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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111–316 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 

OCTOBER 28, 2009.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. DICKS, from the committee of conference, 

submitted the following 

CONFERENCE REPORT 

[To accompany H.R 2996] 

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 

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

2996), making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, having met, after full and 

free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 

their respective Houses as follows; 

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

follows: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 

amendment, insert the following: 

REFERENCES

SECTION 1. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be 

treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

2010 

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

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

September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 


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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 

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

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

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

$959,571,000, to remain available until expended; of which 

$3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2010 subject to a match 

by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife 

Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as 

a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred. 

In addition, $45,500,000 is for the processing of applications for 

permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain available 

until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau 

and credited to this appropriation that shall be derived from $6,500 

per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 

upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 

$36,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, 

including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program; 

to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized 

for fiscal year 2010 so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $959,571,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication 

site activities: Provided, That notwithstanding section 430 of division E of Public Law 111–8, the amount of $1,000,000 made available to the Bureau of Land Management for the shipment and storage of oil shale core samples in the State of Colorado, as described 

in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ contained in the joint explanatory statement, is rescinded. 

CONSTRUCTION

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

and appurtenant facilities, $8,626,000, to remain available until expended. 

LAND ACQUISITION

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

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

and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $29,650,000, 

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

remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 


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the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 111–8 

(123 Stat. 524), the amount of $2,000,000 made available for the 

Henry’s Lake ACEC in the State of Idaho (as described in the table 

entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ contained in section 

430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available for 

the Upper Snake/South Fork River ACEC/SRMA in the State of 

Idaho. 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

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

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

to such grant lands; $111,557,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts 

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

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

the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 

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

(50 Stat. 876). 

FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

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

funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery 

Fund can be used through fiscal year 2015 for the purpose of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage timber sales 

and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities, such as release 

from competing vegetation and density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 

1181f–1 et seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from treatments 

funded by this account shall be deposited through fiscal year 2015 

into the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 

RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

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

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

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

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

the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees 

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

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


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SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

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

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

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

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

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

That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 

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

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

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

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

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

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

lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 

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

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

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

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

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

be used to repair other damaged public lands. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

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

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

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

expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 

funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and 

private entities. Projects funded pursuant to a written commitment 

by a State government to provide an identified amount of money in 

support of the project may be carried out by the bureau upon receipt 

of the written commitment. Appropriations for the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) shall be available for purchase, erection, and 

dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by 

the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 

U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 

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tions for which the cooperators share the cost of printing either in 

cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, That 

projects to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State 

government to provide an identified amount of money in support of 

the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable 

basis. Appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care 

of the Bureau of Land Management or its contractors or for the sale 

of wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products: Provided further, That title I of division E of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, is further 

amended, under the heading ‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau 

of Land Management—Administrative Provisions’’ in the second 

paragraph: (1) by striking the phrase ‘‘mining law administration’’ 

and inserting ‘‘from mining claim holders the mining claim maintenance fees and location’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘those’’: Provided further, That section 28f(a) of title 30, United States Code, is amended 

by striking the phrase ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008,’’ and replacing 

it with ‘‘, to the extent provided in advance in Appropriations Acts,’’. 

Section 28g of title 30, United States Code, is amended by striking 

the phrase ‘‘and before September 30, 2008,’’ and replacing it with 

‘‘, to the extent provided in advance in Appropriations Acts,’’. Section 28i of title 30, United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘28k’’ and replacing it with ‘‘28l’’. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources, $1,269,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011 except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, 

which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,103,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking 

any other steps to implement actions described in subsection 

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

$11,632,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the designation 

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

support, for species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2009: Provided further, That of the amount available for 

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

for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 

administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate: 

Provided further, That of the amount provided for environmental 

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


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CONSTRUCTION

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

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

$37,439,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

funds provided under this heading in Public Law 111–8, division 

E for Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Nisqually National 

Wildlife Refuge, Patuxent Research Refuge, Tennessee National 

Wildlife Refuge, and Mammoth Springs National Fish Hatchery 

may be reallocated to acquire migratory bird survey aircraft and for 

construction at Neosho National Fish Hatchery. 

LAND ACQUISITION

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

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

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

applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

$86,340,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $4,000,000 shall be for 

land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, including not to exceed $120,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 

specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other management costs. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 

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

$85,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$29,000,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of which $5,145,706 shall be for the Idaho 

Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant to 

the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which 

$56,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 

(16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,500,000. 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4401– 

4414), $47,647,000, to remain available until expended. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4214, 4221–4225, 4241– 

4246, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 

U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 

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

2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Conservation 

Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), $11,500,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of 

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

Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 

under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the 

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or fished, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is for a competitive 

grant program for States, territories, and other jurisdictions with 

approved plans, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $12,000,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the 

amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 

of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 

equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to 

Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal 

to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which 

the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 

States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which 

the population of such State bears to the total population of all such 

States: Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this 

paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 

more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the 

Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the 

total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation 

grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects: 

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

not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That 

any amount apportioned in 2010 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2011, shall 

be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2012, in the 

manner provided herein. 


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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the operations of 

Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 

damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 

caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land 

at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public 

recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their 

primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States has title, and which are used 

pursuant to law in connection with management, and investigation 

of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 

U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 

partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of 

printing either in cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

further, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 

maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 

Park Service (including expenses to carry out programs of the 

United States Park Police), and for the general administration of 

the National Park Service, $2,261,559,000, of which $9,982,000 for 

planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and $98,622,000 for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation 

projects for constructed assets, operation of the National Park Service automated facility management software system, and comprehensive facility condition assessments shall remain available 

until September 30, 2011. 

PARK PARTNERSHIP PROJECT GRANTS

For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of section 814(g) 

of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge cost-share agreements, 

$15,000,000, to remain available until expended for Park Partnership signature projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 

50 percent of the total cost of each project or program is derived 

from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or a 

pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit: Provided further, That, of the amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the transfer of prior year unobligated balances available in the National Park Service recreation 

enhancement fee program established by title VIII, division J, Public Law 108–447. 


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NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

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

environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 

statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $68,436,000, of which 

$4,600,000 shall be for Preserve America grants as authorized by 

section 7302 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 

(Public Law 111–11). 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preservation 

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

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

$79,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and 

to remain available until September 30, 2011; of which $25,000,000 

shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 

(Public Law 111–11): Provided, That of the funds provided for Save 

America’s Treasures, $10,200,000 shall be allocated in the amounts 

specified for those projects and purposes in accordance with the 

terms and conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement of 

the managers accompanying this Act. 

CONSTRUCTION

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

the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 

1989, $232,969,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That, beginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, procurements for 

the removal and restoration of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams 

as authorized in Public Law 102–495 may be issued which include 

the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 

and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found 

at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, That funds provided under 

this heading shall be made available without regard to the requirements of section 8(b) of Public Law 102–543, as amended. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2010 by 16 

U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

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

including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or 

waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, $126,266,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 

available until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for the State assistance program and of which $9,000,000 shall be for the American 


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Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized by section 7301 

of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 

111–11). 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts 

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

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

over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf 

of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the 

National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts 

which are authorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 

National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 

for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 

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

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

lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 

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

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

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

and to publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,111,740,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, 

of which $65,561,000 shall be available only for cooperation with 

States or municipalities for water resources investigations; of which 

$40,150,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; of which $7,321,000 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed 

$100,000 in cost; and of which $2,000,000 shall be available to fund 

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activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, 

unless specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to 

pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 

with States and municipalities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 

United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 

be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of 

topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such 

procedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance 

of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of 

lands for gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the 

United States National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly 

appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded 

by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the 

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

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

directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit 

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

intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be 

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

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

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

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

for any other purposes. 

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; for energy-related or other authorized marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 

grants or cooperative agreements, $175,217,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2011, of which $89,374,000 shall be available 

for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed 

$156,730,000, 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, and from cost recovery 

fees: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 

2010, such amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be 

collected and credited to this account and shall be available until 

expended for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to the extent $156,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized from the 


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sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach 

$156,730,000 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 the term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in section 

102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, division C of 

Public Law 109–432, shall include only the portion of rental revenues that would have been collected at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993: 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 for the costs of administration of the 

Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized by section 31 of the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), 

in fiscal year 2010, MMS may retain up to 4 percent of the amounts 

which are disbursed under section 31(b)(1), such retained amounts 

to remain available until expended. For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2010, as provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that such amounts are not realized from 

such fees, the amount needed to reach $10,000,000 shall be credited 

to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 

Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

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

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

Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,303,000, which shall be derived from 

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

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral 

Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to each State in fiscal year 

2010 and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of 

the Treasury. 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 

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

amended, $127,180,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2011: Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and 

per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 


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ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

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

amended, $35,588,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned 

Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 

the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 

of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay 

for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 

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

any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the 

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

under this heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

for computer hardware, software and other technical equipment to 

State and tribal regulatory and reclamation programs. 

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 

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

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

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

$2,335,965,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011 except 

as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $30,000 may 

be for official reception and representation expenses; of which not to 

exceed $74,915,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 

may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide 

for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster; 

and of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 

amended, not to exceed $166,000,000 shall be available for payments for contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts, 

grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with 

the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2010, as authorized by 

such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use their 

tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements 

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$568,702,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 

and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 

2010, and shall remain available until September 30, 2011; of 

which $25,000,000 shall be for public safety and justice programs 

as authorized by the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, 

established by section 601 of Public Law 110–293 (25 U.S.C. 443c); 

and of which not to exceed $59,895,000 shall remain available until 

expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 

litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land 

records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 

1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $43,373,000 

within and only from such amounts made available for school operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated 

with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or during 

fiscal year 2009 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up 

to $500,000 within and only from such amounts made available for 

administrative cost grants shall be available for the transitional 

costs of initial administrative cost grants to grantees that assume 

operation on or after July 1, 2009, of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2011, may be transferred 

during fiscal year 2012 to an Indian forest land assistance account 

established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 

2012: Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel. 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483, $225,000,000, to remain 

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

available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 

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

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 

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

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

year 2010, in implementing new construction or facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained 

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That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; 

the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 

schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 

consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assuring that 

the construction projects conform to applicable building standards 

and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards 

as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational and 

financial management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 

Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall follow the 

requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided further, That 

any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a 

grant shall be subject to the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): 

Provided further, That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and 

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

date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and commenced construction: 

Provided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from 

the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation 

for the appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion 

needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

For payments and necessary administrative expenses for implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to 

Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 108–447, 109–379, 109– 

479, 110–297, and 111–11, and for implementation of other land 

and water rights settlements, $47,380,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $8,215,000, 

of which $1,629,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by 

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

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

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

further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed $93,807,956. 

INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

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

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

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

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

States and other organizations. 

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

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

and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation 

Project. 

Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating Account, Indian Guaranteed 

Loan Financing Account, Indian Direct Loan Financing Account, 

and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) 

shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions 

of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance 

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 

In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by 

this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the 

government-to-government relationship between the United States 

and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school 

in the State of Alaska. 

Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 

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

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

available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded grades 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of the 

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

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

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

United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 

113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if in fiscal year 

2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs 

pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public 

Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and 

administrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior, $118,836,000; of which not to exceed $25,000 may be 

for official reception and representation expenses; and of which up 

to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments 

and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 

$12,136,000 for consolidated appraisal services is to be derived from 

the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available 

until expended: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2010 up to $400,000 

of the payments authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976, as 

amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be retained for administrative 

expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided further, That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of 

the payment is less than $100: Provided further, That for fiscal 

years 2008 through 2012 the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907, as amended, for an individual 

county by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpayments 

to that county: Provided further, That for fiscal years 2008 through 

2012 the amount needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an 

individual county shall be paid from any reductions for overpayments to other counties and the amount necessary to cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to 

individual counties using current fiscal year funds. 

INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $85,195,000, of which: 

(1) $75,915,000 shall remain available until expended for technical 

assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, 

insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and 

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

American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by 

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

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

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

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

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

241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall be available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 

Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 

and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 

such governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 

31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana 

Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 

those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana 

Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That of 

the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall 

be made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Development 

Council: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a 

grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the funds 

for the program of operations and maintenance improvement are 

appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and maintenance 

improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation 

and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 

grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 

Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance 

under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 

be used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard 

mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5170c). 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2), 221(b), 

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

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

the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the 

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

658 and Public Law 108–188. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 

transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 

section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, that 

are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 

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vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guarantees may 

be made without regard to the population of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible entities 

under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture 

shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make or 

guarantee loans under such authorities. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $65,076,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $48,590,000. 

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

$185,984,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 

exceed $56,536,000 from this or any other Act, shall be available for 

historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust management 

improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred 

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

Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Salaries and 

Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made available 

through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2010, as 

authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor 

or grantee: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on 

any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the date of 

the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 

of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been 

furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for 

at least 18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement 

and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the 

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written request of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 

exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to 

correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 

30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available in this account for 

this purpose. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

of the Interior, $794,897,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which not to exceed $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 

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

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

the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 

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

be credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public 

Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 

State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to 

field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the 

authorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head may be used to reimburse the United States 

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conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 

wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the 

Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to 

enter into non-competitive sole source leases of real property with 

local governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, 

and other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 

when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 

That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for 

support of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, 

That no less than $125,000,000 in prior-year wildfire suppression 

balances shall be made available in addition to amounts provided 

in this Act for that purpose. 

FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For deposit in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 

created in title V, section 502(b) of this Act, $61,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 

any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,175,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 

2116) under this heading is amended by striking ‘‘in advance of or 

as reimbursement for remedial action or response activities conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f) of such 

Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘including any fines or penalties’’. 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

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

out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

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

seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 

et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et 

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WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For the acquisition of a departmental financial and business 

management system and information technology improvements of 

general benefit to the Department, $85,823,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used to establish reserves in the 

Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave 

and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government employees for training services provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than training related 

to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or 

professional services of the National Indian Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 40 U.S.C. 3306(a)) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all 

funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall be 

used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian 

Program Training Center. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, 

That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

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

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

approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 

equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 

under this authority until funds specifically made available to the 

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

must be requested as promptly as possible. 

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 

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amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, 

for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 

threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 

Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 

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

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

response and natural resource damage assessment activities related 

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

actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

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

emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95– 

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

may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 

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

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

the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal 

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

use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited 

to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: 

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

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

‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted 

within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to 

this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation 

which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, 

That such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 

rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred. 

AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

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

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

to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by 

the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which 

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

than to subscribers who are not members. 

AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

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tivities. Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 

exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose. 

REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 

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

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

year 2010. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping 

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

TWIN CITIES RESEARCH CENTER

SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended by Public Law 104–208, 

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

such reimbursement until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized by 16 

U.S.C. 460zz. 

PAYMENT OF FEES

SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use discretionary 

funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for employees and 

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

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

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

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

MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 

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

salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked 

fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 

ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or 

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

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port of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 

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

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

subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of 

such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

determine reasonable. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 110. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona & California 

Railroad Company’s Right of Way for conveyance of water shall not 

proceed unless the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the proposed new use is within the scope of the Right of Way. 

(b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 

Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal 

to store water underground for the purpose of export, for approval 

of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National 

Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, or for carrying out any activities associated with such right-of-way or similar approval. 

CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY

SEC. 111. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Public Law 

111–8, is further amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and 

2009 only’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal years 2010 through 2013’’. 

USE OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

SEC. 112. For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, 

the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements 

with a State or political subdivision (including any agency thereof), 

or any not-for-profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a 

mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the 

programs administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) 

all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these 

objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such agreements shall 

not be subject to a competitive process. 

ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL

SEC. 113. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land acquisition by the National Park Service for Ice Age National Scenic Trail 

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

land management entity for the acquisition of lands without regard 

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

as amended. 

CONFORMING AMENDMENT

SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Sections 

109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act 

(30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) shall, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, apply to any lease authorizing exploration for or 

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source on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, easement, 

right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for use of the 

Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources under sections 8(k) 

or 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) 

and 1337(p)) to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of 

way, or other agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas 

lease, except that in such cases the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ shall include any payment required by such lease, easement, right of way 

or other agreement, regardless of form, or by applicable regulation. 

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

SEC. 115. (a) In fiscal year 2010, the Minerals Management 

Service (MMS) shall collect a non-refundable inspection fee, which 

shall be deposited in the ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities subject to 

inspection by MMS under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c) that are above the waterline, except mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place at the 

start of fiscal year 2010. 

(b) Fees for 2010 shall be: (1) $2,000 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 

equipment or gathering lines; (2) $3,250 for facilities with one to ten wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and (3) $6,000 for facilities with more than ten wells, with any 

combination of active or inactive wells. 

(c) MMS will bill designated operators within 60 days of enactment of this Act, with payment required within 30 days of billing. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS, POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be used to further 

reduce the number of Axis or Fallow deer at Point Reyes National 

Seashore below the number as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS, AMENDMENT

SEC. 117. Section 101(a)(1) of Public Law 109–131 is amended 

by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 

SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 118. Section 4 of Public Law 89–565, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 282c), relating to San Juan Island National Historic Park, 

is amended by striking ‘‘$5,575,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,575,000’’. 

JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES, AMENDMENT

SEC. 119. Section 1(c)(2) of Public Law 109–441 is amended by 

adding after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(E) Heart Mountain, depicted in Figure 6.3 of the Site 

Document.’’. 

NORTHERN PLAINS HERITAGE AREA, AMENDMENT

SEC. 120. Section 8004 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1240) is amended— 

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(2) in subsection (h)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; and 

(3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION AND REMOVAL OF PROP- ERTY IN HERITAGE AREA.— ‘‘(1) PRIVATE PROPERTY INCLUSION.—No privately owned 

property shall be included in the Heritage Area unless the 

owner of the private property provides to the management entity 

a written request for the inclusion. 

‘‘(2) PROPERTY REMOVAL.— ‘‘(A) PRIVATE PROPERTY.—At the request of an owner of 

private property included in the Heritage Area pursuant to 

paragraph (1), the private property shall be immediately 

withdrawn from the Heritage Area if the owner of the property provides to the management entity a written notice requesting removal. 

‘‘(B) PUBLIC PROPERTY.—On written notice from the appropriate State or local government entity, public property 

included in the Heritage Area shall be immediately withdrawn from the Heritage Area.’’. 

PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX, JOINT TICKETING

SEC. 121. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) HISTORIC ATTRACTION.—The term ‘‘historic attraction’’ 

mean a historic attraction within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, including— 

(A) the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park; 

(B) the Battleship Missouri Memorial; 

(C) the Pacific Aviation Museum-Pearl Harbor; and 

(D) any other historic attraction within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex that— 

(i) the Secretary identifies as a Pearl Harbor historic attraction; and 

(ii) is not administered or managed by the Secretary. 

(2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means the World 

War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in the State of 

Hawaii. 

(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

(4) VISITOR CENTER.—The term ‘‘Visitor Center’’ means the 

visitor center located within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex 

on land that is— 

(A) within the Monument; and 

(B) managed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. 

(b) FACILITATION OF ADMISSION TO HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS

WITHIN PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In managing the Monument, the Secretary may enter into an agreement with any organization that 

is authorized to administer or manage a historic attraction— 

(A) to allow visitors to the historic attraction to gain 

access to the historic attraction by passing through security 

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(B) to allow the sale of tickets to a historic attraction 

within the Visitor Center by— 

(i) employees of the National Park Service; or 

(ii) the organization that administers or manages 

the historic attraction. 

(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In any agreement entered 

into under paragraph (1), the Secretary— 

(A) shall require the organization administering or 

managing the historic attraction to pay to the Secretary a 

reasonable fee to recover administrative costs of the Secretary associated with the use of the Visitor Center for public access and ticket sales; 

(B) shall ensure that the liability of the United States 

is limited with respect to any liability arising from— 

(i) the admission of the public through the Visitor 

Center to a historic attraction; and 

(ii) the sale or issuance of any tickets to the historic attraction; and 

(C) may include any other terms and conditions that 

the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

(3) USE OF FEES.—The proceeds of any amounts collected 

as fees under paragraph (2)(A) shall remain available, without 

further appropriation, for use by the Secretary for the Monument. 

(4) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary— 

(A) to regulate or approve the rates for admission to a 

historic attraction; 

(B) to regulate or manage any visitor services within 

the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex (other than the services 

managed by the National Park Service as part of the 

Monument); or 

(C) to charge an entrance fee for admission to the 

Monument. 

(5) PROTECTION OF RESOURCES.—Nothing in this section 

authorizes the Secretary or any organization that administers 

or manages a historic attraction to take any action in derogation of the preservation and protection of the values and resources of the Monument. 

ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU

SEC. 122. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the 

United States Government, through the Secretary of the Interior 

shall provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal year 2010 grants 

in amounts equal to the annual amounts specified in subsections 

(a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of the Compact of Free Association 

between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Compact’’). 

(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to subsection (c), the 

United States shall provide programmatic assistance to the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2010 in amounts equal to the amounts 

provided in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic assistance 

provided under subsections (a) and (b) shall be provided to the 

same extent and in the same manner as the grants and assistance were provided in fiscal year 2009. 

(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau withdraws more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund established under 

section 211(f) of the Compact, amounts to be provided under 

subsections (a) and (b) shall be withheld from the Government 

of Palau. 

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, FORT BAKER

AMENDMENT

SEC. 123. Section 120 of title I of H.R. 3423 (Appendix C) as 

enacted into law by section 1000(a)(3) of division B of Public Law 

106–113 is amended by striking the last sentence. 

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, EXTENSION OF PERMIT

SEC. 124. Prior to the expiration on November 30, 2012 of the 

Drake’s Bay Oyster Company’s Reservation of Use and Occupancy 

and associated special use permit (‘‘existing authorization’’) within 

Drake’s Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue a special use permit with the same terms and conditions as the existing authorization, except as provided herein, for a 

period of 10 years from November 30, 2012: Provided, That such extended authorization is subject to annual payments to the United 

States based on the fair market value of the use of the Federal property for the duration of such renewal. The Secretary shall take into 

consideration recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences 

Report pertaining to shellfish mariculture in Point Reyes National 

Seashore before modifying any terms and conditions of the extended 

authorization. Nothing in this section shall be construed to have 

any application to any location other than Point Reyes National 

Seashore; nor shall anything in this section be cited as precedent for 

management of any potential wilderness outside the Seashore. 

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY

SEC. 125. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a special 

resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of including the Honouliuli Gulch and associated sites within 

the State of Hawaii in the National Park System. 

(b) GUIDELINES.—In conducting the study, the Secretary shall 

use the criteria for the study of areas for potential inclusion in the 

National Park System described in section 8 of Public Law 91–383 

(16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 

(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Secretary 

shall consult with— 

(1) the State of Hawaii; 

(2) appropriate Federal agencies; 

(3) Native Hawaiian and local government entities; 

(4) private and nonprofit organizations; 

(5) private land owners; and 

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(d) THEMES.—The study shall evaluate the Honouliuli Gulch, 

associated sites located on Oahu, and other islands located in the 

State of Hawaii with respect to— 

(1) the significance of the site as a component of World War 

II; 

(2) the significance of the site as the site related to the forcible internment of Japanese Americans, European Americans, 

and other individuals; and 

(3) historic resources at the site. 

(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 

Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing the 

findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study required 

under this section. 

CONTROL OF BORDER

SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of the Secretary of 

Homeland Security on public lands to achieve operational control 

(as defined in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 

1701 note; Public Law 109–367) over the international land and 

maritime borders of the United States with respect to section 102(b) 

of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note). 

NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA, OPT OUT PROVISION

SEC. 127. Any owner of private property within an existing or 

new National Heritage Area may opt out of participating in any 

plan, project, program, or activity conducted within the National 

Heritage Area if the property owner provides written notice to the 

local coordinating entity. 

PLACEMENT OF PLAQUE AT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the 

Interior shall install in the area of the World War II Memorial in 

the District of Columbia a suitable plaque to commemorate the extraordinary leadership of Senator Robert J. Dole in making the Memorial a reality on the National Mall: Provided, That the Secretary 

shall design, procure, prepare and install the plaque: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept and 

expend contributions toward the cost of preparing and installing the 

plaque, without further appropriation: Provided further, That Federal funds may be used to design, procure, or install the plaque. 

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL AUTHORITY, EXTENSION

SEC. 129. Section 508(b)(2) of the Omnibus Parks and Public 

Lands Management Act of 1996, as amended (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 

110 Stat. 4157, 114 Stat. 26, 117 Stat. 1347, 119 Stat. 527, 122 

Stat. 5034) shall be amended by striking ‘‘November 12, 2009’’ and 

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JOHN ADAMS MEMORIAL AUTHORITY, EXTENSION

SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 8903(e) of title 40, United 

States Code, the authority provided by Public Law 107–62 and Public Law 107–315 shall continue to apply through September 30, 

2010. 

TITLE II 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

For science and technology, including research and development 

activities, which shall include research and development activities 

under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of research and development, $846,049,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2011. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 

library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the 

brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not to exceed $9,000 for 

official reception and representation expenses, $2,993,779,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That of the 

funds included under this heading, not less than $608,441,000 shall 

be for the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

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

amended, $44,791,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2011. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 

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

Environmental Protection Agency, $37,001,000, to remain available 

until expended, of which up to $500,000 shall be made available for 

preliminary planning and design of a high-performance green 

building to consolidate the multiple offices and research facilities of 

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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,306,541,000, to remain available 

until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 

Trust Fund on September 30, 2009, as authorized by section 517(a) 

of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 

(SARA) and up to $1,306,541,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds 

appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 

agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided 

further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

$9,975,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2011, and 

$26,834,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2011. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $113,101,000, to remain available 

until expended, of which $78,671,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended; 

$34,430,000 shall be for carrying out the other provisions of the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

Revenue Code, as amended: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading 

to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the 

development and implementation of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE

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

$18,379,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 

to remain available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,970,223,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $2,100,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title 

VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (the 

‘‘Act’’); of which $1,387,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 

grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 

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for fiscal year 2010, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 

applications, not less than 20 percent of the funds made available 

under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

capitalization grants and not less than 20 percent of the funds 

made available under this title to each State for Drinking Water 

State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the 

State for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities; $17,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, 

design, construction and related activities in connection with the 

construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the 

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

appropriate border commission; $13,000,000 shall be for grants to 

the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided further, That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide a 

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

be used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (3) the State 

of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-wide priority 

list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar 

projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are funded under 

section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent 

of the funds provided for projects in regional hub communities; 

$156,777,000 shall be for making special project grants and technical corrections to prior-year grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water 

quality protection in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act, and, for purposes of these grants, each 

grantee shall contribute not less than 45 percent of the cost of the 

project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency; 

$100,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs; $60,000,000 shall be 

for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, as amended; $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants 

in accordance with the terms and conditions of the joint explanatory 

statement of the managers accompanying this Act; and 

$1,116,446,000 shall be for grants, including associated program 

support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multimedia or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement 

and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions 

set forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate 

matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms 

and conditions specified by the Administrator, of which $49,495,000 

shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, 

$10,000,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program support costs, 

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the Act shall be for water quality monitoring activities, $10,000,000 

shall be for competitive grants to communities to develop plans and 

demonstrate and implement projects which reduce greenhouse gas 

emissions and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 

‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ to carry 

out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 shall be 

for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 

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

apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund 

in fiscal year 2010 and prior years where such amounts represent 

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

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

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

fiscal year 2010, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the 

Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 

518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(i) of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved 

by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 

1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, in 

addition to the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.2486 percent of the funds appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program 

under the Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

made under title II of the Clean Water Act for American Samoa, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United 

States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, 

notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in section 

1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the 

funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 

programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by 

the Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent 

of the funds made available under this title to each State for Clean 

Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and not less than 

30 percent of the funds made available under this title to each State 

for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 

shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible 

recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

loans, or grants (or any combination of these), except that for the 

Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grant appropriation this section shall only apply to the portion that exceeds 

$1,000,000,000: Provided further, That no funds provided by this 

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the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county 

or municipal government unless that government has established an 

enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 

that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional 

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

water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 

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

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

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

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

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

assistance agreements. 

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 

authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 

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

and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act. 

Title II of Public Law 109–54, as amended by title II of division 

E of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 729), is amended in the fourth 

paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2015.’’ 

The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $475,000,000 

of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Initiative under the 

heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ to the head of 

any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such 

head, to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 

Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 

programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department or agency to carry 

out these activities; and to make grants to governmental entities, 

nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, 

research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance 

of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water 

Quality Agreement. 

From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities 

funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ and ‘‘Hazardous Substance Superfund’’ accounts, $40,000,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

amended. 

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

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shall carry out and submit to Congress the results of a study on domestic and international black carbon emissions that shall include 

an inventory of the major sources of black carbon, an assessment of 

the impacts of black carbon on global and regional climate, an assessment of potential metrics and approaches for quantifying the climatic effects of black carbon emissions (including its radiative forcing and warming effects) and comparing those effects to the effects 

of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, an identification of 

the most cost-effective approaches to reduce black carbon emissions, 

and an analysis of the climatic effects and other environmental and 

public health benefits of those approaches. 

For fiscal year 2010 the requirements of section 513 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) shall apply to the 

construction of treatment works carried out in whole or in part with 

assistance made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by title VI of that Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et 

seq.), or with assistance made available under section 205(m) of 

that Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(m)), or both. 

For fiscal year 2010 the requirements of section 1450(e) of the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) shall apply to any 

construction project carried out in whole or in part with assistance 

made available by a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund 

as authorized by section 1452 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $312,012,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That of the funds provided, $66,939,000 is for the forest 

inventory and analysis program. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and 

others, and for forest health management, including treatments of 

pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring 

and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities 

and conducting an international program as authorized, 

$308,061,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by 

law; of which $76,460,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund; and of which $2,000,000 may be made available to the Pest and Disease Revolving Loan Fund established by 

section 10205(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(16 U.S.C. 2104a(b)). 


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NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 

of the National Forest System, $1,551,339,000, to remain available 

until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance 

with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That, 

through fiscal year 2012, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000 to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and 

adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $556,053,000, to remain available until expended, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition of 

buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, capital improvement, decommissioning, and maintenance of 

forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 

U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That 

$90,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance and associated activities, and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 

where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water quality 

problems in streams and water bodies which support threatened, endangered or sensitive species or community water sources: Provided 

further, That funds provided herein shall be available for the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of 

the transportation system, which are no longer needed: Provided 

further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission any system road until notice and an opportunity for public comment has 

been provided on each decommissioning project: Provided further, 

That the decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official transportation system shall be expedited in response to threats 

to public safety, water quality, or natural resources: Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2010 under the 

Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 

General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 

and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 

statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $63,522,000, to 


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

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 

Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 

and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 

$1,050,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 

deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 

districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to 

Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 

1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 460l–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 

Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 

RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 

improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 

Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of 

Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $50,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 

lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487), 

$2,582,000, to remain available until expended. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 

on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on 

or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands, and 

for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 

lands and water, $2,103,737,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 

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other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided in 

response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 

such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies 

are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: 

Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

$8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be 

used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 

Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, 

including the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, 

available to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

Science Research: Provided further, That funds provided shall be 

available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 

fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, support to 

Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression activities of 

the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

$350,285,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction activities, $11,600,000 

is for rehabilitation and restoration, $23,917,000 is for research activities and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $71,250,000 is for State fire assistance, $9,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $20,752,000 is 

for forest health activities on Federal lands and $11,428,000 is for 

forest health activities on State and private lands: Provided further, 

That no less than $75,000,000 in prior-year wildfire suppression 

balances shall be made available in addition to amounts provided 

in this Act for that purpose: Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, $10,000,000 shall be deposited 

in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred 

to the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, and 

‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health management, forest and 

rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and 

watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife 

and fish habitat management and restoration: Provided further, 

That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading 

for hazardous fuels treatments may be transferred to and made a 

part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account at the sole discretion 

of the Chief 30 days after notifying the House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government 

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

by the affected parties: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of 

the funds provided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements, or issue grants, for hazardous fuels reduction activities and 

for training and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 

reduction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 

land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 

further, That funds made available to implement the Community 

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able for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities 

made available to the Forest Service under the State and Private 

Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 

when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 

That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to make grants, using any authorities 

available to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 

appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased 

use of biomass from national forest lands: Provided further, That 

funds designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for cost 

pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 

other agency programs. 

FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For deposit in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund created in title V, section 502(b) of this Act, $413,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 

shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire 

of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet 

for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 

Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing 

aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or tradein value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed 

$100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 

U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein 

pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 

558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 

5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 

U.S.C. 3718(c). 

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may 

be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for 

forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness 

due to severe burning conditions five days after the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 

fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Wildland 

Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 

Fund’’ shall be fully obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all 

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supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly 

as possible. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

assistance to or through the Agency for International Development 

in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available 

to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside 

the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with 

United States and international organizations. 

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this 

Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject 

to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department 

of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of 

Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the joint explanatory statement of the 

managers accompanying this Act. 

Not more than $78,350,000 of funds available to the Forest 

Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than $19,825,000 of funds 

available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 

shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 

by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center. 

Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority projects within the 

scope of the approved budget, of which $2,500,000 shall be carried 

out by the Youth Conservation Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 

to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. 

Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101–593, 

of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid 

conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service 

mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation 

shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis 

funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, That 

the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to Federal or a nonFederal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 

obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That 

authorized investments of Federal funds held by the Foundation 

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States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest 

by the United States. 

Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $3,000,000 of 

the funds available to the Forest Service shall be advanced to the 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid costshare conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 

Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall be 

matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its 

sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 

Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at 

the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 

matching funds. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 

rural development purposes. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 

payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 

Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 

16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663. 

An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 

under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 

seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to 

be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 

States Code. 

Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to 

meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the 

Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, 

administrative and other facilities maintenance. Such assessments 

shall occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 

agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and 

other support services. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 

or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 may 

be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as 

a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest 

Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land 

purchase negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. 

Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums previously 

transferred and the requested funding transfers. 

The 19th unnumbered paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of the Department of the 

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 

(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 

$3,657,618,000, together with payments received during the fiscal 

year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 

by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available 

to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant 

or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe 

or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $779,347,000 for contract medical care, including 

$48,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

$18,251,000 is provided for Headquarters operations and information technology activities and, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the amount available under this proviso shall be allocated 

at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to $32,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That $16,391,000 is provided for 

the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment initiative and $10,000,000 is provided for the domestic violence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

amounts available under this proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that 

fall within two fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded 

in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for 

those related to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 

U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations 

under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be 

reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and 

tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts provided 

herein, not to exceed $398,490,000 shall be for payments to tribes 

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funding agreements between the Indian Health Service and a tribe 

or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination 

Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2010, of 

which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for contract support 

costs associated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 

grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements: 

Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect 

from the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 

typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 

for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 

acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 

and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 

of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 

for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III 

of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 

health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

$394,757,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for 

the planning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of 

health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be 

used to purchase land on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service 

and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and 

Urban Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ account shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian 

Health Service and the General Services Administration: Provided 

further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition 

Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal buildings. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

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rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of 

passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 

for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service. 

In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care 

at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 

the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and 

shall be available without fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding 

any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service 

shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 

Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, 

except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 

None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 

in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the 

budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or 

herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a 

contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the 

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 

(25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 

under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to 

the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation. 

None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 

in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in 

the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 

Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health 

care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health 

Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs 

associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 

included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law. 

With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 

funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, with 

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Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services 

provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the 

provision of goods, services, or technical assistance. 

The appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 

not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 

311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of 

the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

$79,212,000. 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as 

amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of 

the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $76,792,000, of which up 

to $1,000 per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic Substance 

and Disease Registry shall remain available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment 

under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR 

may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 

providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator 

of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 

104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to 

issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) 

of CERCLA during fiscal year 2010, and existing profiles may be 

updated as necessary. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 

Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

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nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, $3,159,000: Provided, That 

notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by 

the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 

section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire 

of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 

5 U.S.C. 5376, $11,147,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 

and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 

three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector 

General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 

within the Board: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

under this heading, $600,000 shall be for a study by the National 

Academy of Sciences to examine the use and storage of methyl 

isocyanate including the feasibility of implementing alternative 

chemicals or processes and an examination of the cost of alternatives at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, West Virginia. 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in 

this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopipartitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 

and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo 

family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on 

the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

home is provided for such household: Provided further, That no 

relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement 

home: Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified 

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dence off the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 

to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 

Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV of 

Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $8,300,000. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and 

history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 

collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information 

and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning 

of uniforms for employees, $636,161,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2011, except as otherwise provided herein; of which 

not to exceed $19,117,000 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available until expended; of 

which $1,553,000 is for fellowships and scholarly awards; of which 

$250,000 may be made available to carry out activities under the 

Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (20 U.S.C. 80s et seq.), to 

remain available until expended; and including such funds as may 

be necessary to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 

payments to independent contractors performing research services or 

participating in official Smithsonian presentations. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 

of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 

contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 

22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary 

personnel, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109. 

LEGACY FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For the purpose of developing a public-private partnership to 

facilitate the reopening of the Arts and Industries Building of the 

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pended, for repair, renovation and revitalization of the building: 

Provided, That such funds shall be matched on a 1:1 basis by private donations: Provided further, That major in-kind donations that 

contribute significantly to the redesign and purpose of the reopened 

building be considered to qualify toward the total private match: 

Provided further, That privately contributed endowments, which are 

designated for the care and renewal of permanent exhibitions installed in the Arts and Industries Building, be considered as qualifying toward the total private match: Provided further, That this 

appropriation may be made available to the Smithsonian Institution incrementally as private funding becomes available: Provided 

further, That any other provision of law that adjusts the overall 

amount of the Federal appropriation for this account shall also 

apply to the privately contributed requirement: Provided further, 

That the unobligated balances provided under this heading in Public Law 110–161 and Public Law 111–8 are hereby rescinded. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 

the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 

1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 

1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, 

museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or 

services are available to members only, or to members at a price 

lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 

uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 

rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 

thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of 

buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for 

restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of 

Art by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 

or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms and 

conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $110,746,000, of which 

not to exceed $3,386,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 

buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 

Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $56,259,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 

$40,000,000 shall be available for repair of the National Gallery’s 

East Building fac ̧ade: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, a single procurement for the foregoing Major 

Critical Project may be issued which includes the full scope of the 

project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 

contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 

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mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 

with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 

qualifications as well as price. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

$23,000,000: Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, $500,000 is available until expended to implement a program 

to train arts managers throughout the United States. 

CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the 

existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 

Center for the Performing Arts, $17,447,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 

hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, $12,225,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $167,500,000 

shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the 

support of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

$167,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$153,200,000 shall be available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for administering 

the functions of the Act; and $14,300,000 shall be available to carry 

out the matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

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able for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the 

total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other 

property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment 

under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts 

have not previously been appropriated. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or 

contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 

grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not 

exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are 

taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation 

of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,294,000: Provided, That the 

Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its 

publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an 

offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 

and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the Nation’s 

Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, 

for the purpose of artistic display, study or education. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 (20 

U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $9,500,000. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), $5,908,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for compensation 

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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 

Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,507,000: Provided, That one-quarter 

of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

for official reception and representational expenses associated with 

hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 

development of world capitals. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $49,122,000, of 

which $515,000 for the Museum’s equipment replacement program, 

$1,900,000 for the museum’s repair and rehabilitation program, 

and $1,264,000 for the museum’s exhibition design and production 

program shall remain available until expended. 

PRESIDIO TRUST

PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $23,200,000 shall be 

available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended. 

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 

$3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 

Commission for design and construction of a memorial in honor of 

Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized by Public Law 106–79, 

$16,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

LIMITATION ON CONSULTING SERVICES

SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act 

for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 

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RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 

of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action 

is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress 

as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES

SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal 

cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee 

of such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law. 

DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or 

holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to 

support government-wide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations 

shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for 

approval. 

GIANT SEQUOIA

SEC. 406. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 

prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National 

Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner 

different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2009. 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, 

or transfer provided in, this Act or any other Act. 

MINING APPLICATIONS

SEC. 408. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent 

for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining 

laws. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 

apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on 

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under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 

and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 

2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for 

mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the 

applicant by that date. 

(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2010, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 

on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 

(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a 

patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the 

Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as 

set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall 

have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 

appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public 

Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106– 

113, 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 109–289, 

division B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Laws 110–5 

and 110–28), Public Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 110–149, 110– 

161, 110–329, 111–6, and 111–8 for payments for contract support 

costs associated with self-determination or self-governance contracts, 

grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, 

are the total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2009 

for such purposes, except that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes 

and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for 

unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements. 

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

SEC. 410. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 

to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 

1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 

Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That 

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the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National 

Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of the plan 

on an accelerated basis. 

PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

SEC. 411. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to 

conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the 

Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of 

June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on 

January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument. 

INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

SEC. 412. In entering into agreements with foreign fire organizations pursuant to the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m–1856o), the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal 

agreements in which the individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of 

tort liability, employees of the fire organization receiving said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression or 

presuppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture or the 

Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement under 

this provision unless the foreign fire organization agrees to assume 

any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in fire suppression or presuppression in a foreign 

country: Provided further, That when an agreement is reached for 

furnishing fire suppression or presuppression services, the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while engaged in fire suppression or presuppression shall be those provided under the laws applicable to the fire organization receiving the fire suppression or 

presuppression services, and those remedies shall be the exclusive 

remedies for any claim arising out of fire suppression or 

presuppression activities in a foreign country: Provided further, 

That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action, consistent with the applicable laws governing sovereign immunity, pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression 

or presuppression, except that if the foreign fire organization is unable to provide immunity under laws applicable to it, it shall assume any and all liability for the United States or for any legal organization associated with the American firefighter, and for any 

and all costs incurred or assessed, including legal fees, for any act 

or omission pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in 

fire suppression or presuppression. 

CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

SEC. 413. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made 

available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

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and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are from, 

and who provide employment and training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an economically disadvantaged rural community, 

including those historically timber-dependent areas that have been 

affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other 

forest-dependent rural communities isolated from significant alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That notwithstanding 

Federal Government procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to 

local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, or small or 

micro-business or disadvantaged business: Provided further, That 

the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for forest hazardous 

fuels reduction, watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration 

or management: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘rural community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101–624: Provided further, 

That the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this section: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this section. 

LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

SEC. 414. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands 

may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision 

shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades 

National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 

appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

HUNTERS POINT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

SEC. 415. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided to the 

Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, $8,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, is provided to EPA to be transferred to the 

Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval Station—Hunters Point Annex. 

EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

SEC. 416. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 

Law 108–108, regarding grazing permits at the Department of the 

Interior and the Forest Service shall remain in effect for fiscal year 

2010. 

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS MEMBERSHIP

SEC. 417. Section 6 of the National Foundation on the Arts and 

the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–209, 20 U.S.C. 955), as 

amended, is further amended as follows: 

(1) In the first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking 

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(2) In the second sentence of subsection (d)(1), by striking 

‘‘Eight’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Ten’’. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 418. The item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section 101(d) 

of Public Law 99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a), is amended— 

(1) in the second sentence of the first paragraph, by striking 

‘‘$7,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 

(2) in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$650,000’’. 

ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES

SEC. 419. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 

until October 1, 2011, the Indian Health Service may not disburse 

funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to Public 

Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) to any Alaska Native village or 

Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the area 

served by an Alaska Native regional health entity. 

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 

disbursal of funds to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native 

village corporation under any contract or compact entered into prior 

to May 1, 2006, or to prohibit the renewal of any such agreement. 

(c) For the purpose of this section, Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc., 

the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, and the Native Village of Eyak shall be treated as Alaska Native regional health entities to which funds may be disbursed under this section. 

EXTENSION OF FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCT AUTHORITIES

SEC. 420. Section 339(h) of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, as amended, concerning 

a pilot program for the sale of forest botanical products by the Forest Service, is further amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 421. The Forest Service shall use the residual value approach to appraising all timber sales in Alaska’s Region 10 that 

contain a component of Western red cedar and shall only offer sales 

that contain a component of Western red cedar that are not deficit. 

Western red cedar shall be appraised using lower 48 State domestic 

values if the timber might be eligible for shipment to the lower 48 

States. All of the Western red cedar timber from those sales which 

is surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska shall be 

made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United 

States at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous 48 United 

States. Western red cedar shall be deemed ‘‘surplus to the needs of 

domestic processors in Alaska’’ if the Forest Service determines it is 

surplus or if the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest Service documentation that the Forest Service determines is valid of the 

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Alaska processors at a price equal to or greater than the log selling 

value stated in the contract. All additional Western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or to contiguous 48 United States domestic 

processors may be exported to foreign markets if the Forest Service 

determines it is surplus to the needs of the 50 States. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices if the Forest Service determines it is surplus to the needs of the 50 States. 

COLORADO COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

SEC. 422. Section 331(e) of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, (Public Law 106–291), 

as added by section 336 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), concerning cooperative 

forestry agreements known as the Colorado Good Neighbor Act Authority is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RECEIPTS

SEC. 423. All monies received by the United States in fiscal year 

2010 from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 shall be disposed of as provided by section 20 of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1019), as in effect immediately before 

enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58), 

and without regard to the amendments contained in sections 224(b) 

and section 234 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 17673). 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 

the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used 

to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance 

of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) 

for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 

resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production. 

GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

SEC. 425. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 

the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to 

implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems. 

REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS

SEC. 426. Not later than 120 days after the date on which the 

President’s fiscal year 2011 budget request is submitted to Congress, 

the President shall submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate describing in detail all Federal agency obligations and expenditures, domestic and international, for climate 

change programs and activities in fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 

2010, including an accounting of expenditures by agency with each 

agency identifying climate change activities and associated costs by 

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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 427. None of the funds made available under this Act may 

be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for 

Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 

GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES, FUNDING RESTRICTIONS

SEC. 428. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act may be used to release an individual who is detained, as 

of June 24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 

the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, into any of the United States territories of Guam, American 

Samoa (AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). 

(b) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as of June 

24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, 

into any of the United States territories of Guam, American Samoa 

(AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purpose of detention, except as provided in 

subsection (c). 

(c) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as of June 

24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia, 

into any of the United States territories of Guam, American Samoa 

(AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purposes of prosecuting such individual, or 

detaining such individual during legal proceedings, until 45 days 

after the plan described in subsection (d) is received. 

(d) The President shall submit to Congress, in classified form, 

a plan regarding the proposed disposition of any individual covered 

by subsection (c) who is detained as of June 24, 2009. Such plan 

shall include, at a minimum, each of the following for each such individual: 

(1) A determination of the risk that the individual might 

instigate an act of terrorism within the continental United 

States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or the United 

States territories if the individual were so transferred. 

(2) A determination of the risk that the individual might 

advocate, coerce, or incite violent extremism, ideologically motivated criminal activity, or acts of terrorism, among inmate populations at incarceration facilities within the continental United 

States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or the United 

States territories if the individual were transferred to such a facility. 

(3) The costs associated with transferring the individual in 

question. 

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(5) A plan for mitigation of any risks described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (7). 

(6) A copy of a notification to the Governor of the State to 

which the individual will be transferred, to the Mayor of the 

District of Columbia if the individual will be transferred to the 

District of Columbia, or to any United States territories with a 

certification by the Attorney General of the United States in 

classified form at least 14 days prior to such transfer (together 

with supporting documentation and justification) that the individual poses little or no security risk to the United States. 

(7) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the 

United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed 

Services of the United States, that is posed by such transfer and 

the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 

(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

may be used to transfer or release an individual detained at Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, 2009, to the country of such individual’s nationality or last habitual residence or to 

any other country other than the United States or to a freely associated State, unless the President submits to the Congress, in classified form, at least 15 days prior to such transfer or release, the following information: 

(1) The name of any individual to be transferred or released and the country or the freely associated State to which 

such individual is to be transferred or released. 

(2) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the 

United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed 

Services of the United States, that is posed by such transfer or 

release and the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 

(3) The terms of any agreement with the country or the freely associated State for the acceptance of such individual, including the amount of any financial assistance related to such 

agreement. 

(f) In this section, the term ‘‘freely associated States’’ means the 

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall 

Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau. 

(g) Prior to the termination of detention operations at Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the President shall submit to the 

Congress a report in classified form describing the disposition or 

legal status of each individual detained at the facility as of the date 

of enactment of this Act. 

JUNGO DISPOSAL SITE EVALUATION

SEC. 429. Using funds made available under this Act, the Director of the United States Geological Survey may conduct an evaluation of the aquifers in the area of the Jungo Disposal Site in 

Humboldt County, Nevada (referred to in this section as the ‘‘site’’), 

to evaluate— 

(1) how long it would take waste seepage (including asbestos, discarded tires, and sludge from water treatment plants) 

from the site to contaminate local underground water resources; 

(2) the distance that contamination from the site would 

travel in each of— 

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(3) the potential impact of expected waste seepage from the 

site on nearby surface water resources, including Rye Patch 

Reservoir and the Humboldt River; 

(4) the size and elevation of the aquifers; and 

(5) any impact that the waste seepage from the site would 

have on the municipal water resources of Winnemucca, Nevada. 

BUYOUT AND RELOCATION

SEC. 430. (a) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) is encouraged 

to consider all appropriate criteria relating to the buyout and relocation of residents of properties in Treece, Kansas, that are subject 

to risk relating to, and that may endanger the health of occupants 

as a result of risks posed by, chat (as defined in section 278.1(b) of 

title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)). 

(b) For the purpose of the remedial action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) that includes permanent relocation of residents of Treece, Kansas, any such relocation shall not be 

subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 

(c) Nothing in this section shall in any way affect, impede, or 

change the relocation or remediation activities pursuant to the 

Record of Decision Operable Unit 4, Chat Piles, Other Mine and 

Mill Waste, and Smelter Waste, Tar Creek Superfund Site, Ottawa 

County, Oklahoma (OKD980629844) issued by the Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 6 on February 20, 2008, or any other previous Record of Decision at the Tar Creek, Oklahoma, National Priority List Site, by any Federal agency or through any funding by 

any Federal agency. 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 431. Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(c)) is 

amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agricultural Research 

Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Agricultural Research Service and the 

Forest Service’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—To carry out a cooperative 

agreement with a private entity under paragraph (1), the Secretary may rent to the private entity equipment, the title of 

which is held by the Federal Government.’’. 

NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION

SEC. 432. Section 403(a) of the National Forest Foundation Act 

(16 U.S.C. 583j–1(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking 

‘‘fifteen Directors’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 30 Directors’’. 

CABIN USER FEES

SEC. 433. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 

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the Secretary of Agriculture to increase a recreation residence user 

fee for calendar year 2010 by more than 25 percent of the recreation 

residence user fee applicable to the recreation residence for calendar 

year 2009. 

PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

SEC. 434. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to 

enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into 

in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Property and 

Administrative Service Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) or chapter 137 

of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulations, unless: 

(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered into without regard for these requirements, including formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; or 

(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education and Assistance Act (Public Law 93– 

638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., as amended) or by any other Federal 

laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian 

tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); 

or 

(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

POSTING OF REPORTS

SEC. 435. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 

Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 

Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the 

head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 

security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 

after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 

NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA MAP AMENDMENT

SEC. 436. Section 1971(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www note; Public Law 111–11) is 

amended by striking ‘‘December 18, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

20, 2009’’. 

TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE

SEC. 437. (a) IN GENERAL.—To expedite the cleanup of the Federal land and Indian land at the Tar Creek Superfund Site (referred to in this section as the ‘‘site’’), any purchase of chat (as defined in section 278.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

a successor regulation)), from the site shall be— 

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(2) eligible to be counted toward meeting the federally required disadvantaged business enterprise set-aside on federally 

funded projects. 

(b) RESTRICTED INDIAN OWNERS.—Subsection (a) shall only 

apply if the purchase of chat is made from 1 or more restricted Indian owners or an Indian tribe. 

(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The use of chat acquired under subsection (a) shall conform with applicable laws (including the regulations for the use of chat promulgated by the Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency). 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES

SEC. 438. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for 

the Arts— 

(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 

Jazz Masters Fellowship. 

(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 

that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 

to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used 

to make a grant to any other organization or individual to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing 

in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for 

goods and services. 

(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 

unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, 

including identified programs and/or projects. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES

SEC. 439. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that 

priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

underserved populations. 

(b) In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 

of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 

due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic isolation. 

(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a 

family of the size involved. 

(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 

under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 

1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the 

National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

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productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts. 

(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 

of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 

1965— 

(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 

projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 

(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 

(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 

and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 

grant category under section 5 of such Act; and 

(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and support community-based music performance and 

education. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL CORRECTION

SEC. 440. Section 208(a)(2)(E) of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 is amended 

by striking ‘‘$45,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 

AWARDS TO FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES

SEC. 441. Specific projects contained in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying this Act (H. Rept. 111–180) that are considered congressional earmarks for purposes of clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules 

of the House of Representatives, when intended to be awarded to a 

for-profit entity, shall be awarded under a full and open competition. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 442. None of the funds made available for the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act may be expended by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final 

rule that includes fuel sulfur standards applicable to existing 

steamships that operate exclusively within the Great Lakes, and 

their connecting and tributary waters. 

AUTHORIZATION FOR REFINANCING

SEC. 443. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

Agency shall allow the State of Mississippi to refinance the Clean 

Water State Revolving Loans made to the Hancock Water and 

Sewer District and the Hancock Utility Authority for a period not 

to exceed one year with the payment schedule amortized over that 

additional period. 

INCORPORATION OF CONGRESSIONALLY REQUESTED PROJECTS

SEC. 444. Within the amounts appropriated in this Act, funding 

shall be allocated in the amounts specified for those projects and 

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ment of the managers accompanying this Act, except that such funding appropriated for land acquisition, construction, and capital improvement and maintenance may be reallocated to other projects in 

that table funded by the same appropriation account if such reallocation has been approved by the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations; and, such funding appropriated for ‘‘National 

Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ for Save America’s 

Treasures grants may be reallocated to be used for competitive 

grants under the Save America’s Treasures program if such reallocation has been approved by the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations. 

TITLE V—FLAME ACT OF 2009 

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009’’ or ‘‘FLAME Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 502. FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUNDS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means— 

(A) public land, as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1702); 

(B) units of the National Park System; 

(C) refuges of the National Wildlife Refuge System; 

(D) land held in trust by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes or members of an Indian tribe; and 

(E) land in the National Forest System, as defined in 

section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)). 

(2) FLAME FUND.—The term ‘‘FLAME Fund’’ means a 

FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund established by subsection (b). 

(3) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘relevant congressional committees’’ means the Committee on 

Appropriations, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the 

Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 

the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Indian Affairs of 

the Senate. 

(4) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to— 

(i) Federal land described in subparagraphs (A), 

(B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1); and 

(ii) the FLAME Fund established for the Department of the Interior; and 

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to— 

(i) National Forest System land; and 

(ii) the FLAME Fund established for the Department of Agriculture. 

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FLAME FUNDS.—There is established 

in the Treasury of the United States the following accounts: 

(1) The FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund for the 

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(2) The FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund for the 

Department of Agriculture. 

(c) PURPOSE OF FLAME FUNDS.—The FLAME Funds shall be 

available to cover the costs of large or complex wildfire events and 

as a reserve when amounts provided for wildfire suppression and 

Federal emergency response in the Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts are exhausted. 

(d) FUNDING.— (1) CREDITS TO FUNDS.—A FLAME Fund shall consist of 

the following: 

(A) Such amounts as are appropriated to that FLAME 

Fund. 

(B) Such amounts as are transferred to that FLAME 

Fund under paragraph (5). 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated to the FLAME Funds such 

amounts as are necessary to carry out this section. 

(B) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the intent of Congress that, for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts requested by the President for a FLAME 

Fund should be not less than the amount estimated by the 

Secretary concerned as the amount necessary for that fiscal 

year for wildfire suppression activities of the Secretary that 

meet the criteria specified in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i). 

(C) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIGNATION OF FLAME

FUND APPROPRIATIONS, SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST, AND SUPPLEMENT TO OTHER SUPPRESSION FUNDING.—It is 

the sense of Congress that for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter— 

(i) amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund in excess of the amount estimated by the Secretary concerned as the amount necessary for that fiscal year for 

wildfire suppression activities of the Secretary that 

meet the criteria specified in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) 

should be designated as amounts necessary to meet 

emergency needs; 

(ii) the Secretary concerned should promptly make 

a supplemental request for additional funds to replenish the FLAME Fund if the Secretary determines that 

the FLAME Fund will be exhausted within 30 days; 

and 

(iii) funding made available through the FLAME 

Fund should be used to supplement the funding otherwise appropriated to the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response in the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts. 

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in a FLAME Fund shall remain available to the Secretary concerned until expended. 

(4) NOTICE OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—The Secretary concerned shall notify the relevant congressional committees if the 

Secretary estimates that only 60 days worth of funds remain in 

the FLAME Fund administered by that Secretary. 

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FLAME Fund may transfer amounts to the FLAME Fund with 

insufficient funds. Not more than $100,000,000 may be transferred from a FLAME Fund during any fiscal year under this 

authority. 

(e) USE OF FLAME FUND.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 

amounts in a FLAME Fund shall be available to the Secretary 

concerned to transfer to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of that Secretary to pay the costs of wildfire 

suppression activities of that Secretary that are separate from 

amounts for wildfire suppression activities annually appropriated to that Secretary under the Wildland Fire Management 

appropriation account of that Secretary. 

(2) DECLARATION REQUIRED.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in a FLAME Fund shall be 

available for transfer under paragraph (1) only after that 

Secretary concerned issues a declaration that a wildfire 

suppression event is eligible for funding from the FLAME 

Fund. 

(B) DECLARATION CRITERIA.—A declaration by the Secretary concerned under subparagraph (A) may be issued 

only if— 

(i) in the case of an individual wildfire incident— 

(I) the fire covers 300 or more acres; or 

(II) the Secretary concerned determines that 

the fire has required an emergency Federal response based on the significant complexity, severity, or threat posed by the fire to human life, property, or resources; or 

(ii) the cumulative costs of wildfire suppression 

and Federal emergency response activities for the Secretary concerned will exceed, within 30 days, all of the 

amounts previously appropriated (including amounts 

appropriated under an emergency designation, but excluding amounts appropriated to the FLAME Fund) to 

the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression and 

Federal emergency response. 

(3) STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL LAND.—Use of a FLAME 

Fund for emergency wildfire suppression activities on State 

land, private land, and tribal land shall be consistent with any 

existing agreements in which the Secretary concerned has 

agreed to assume responsibility for wildfire suppression activities on the land. 

(f) TREATMENT OF ANTICIPATED AND PREDICTED ACTIVITIES.— 

For fiscal year 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary concerned shall request funds within the Wildland Fire Management 

appropriation account of that Secretary for regular wildfire suppression activities that do not meet the criteria specified in subsection 

(e)(2)(B)(i). 

(g) PROHIBITION ON OTHER TRANSFERS.—The Secretary concerned may not transfer funds from non-fire accounts to the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of that Secretary 

unless amounts in the FLAME Fund of that Secretary and any 

amounts appropriated to that Secretary for the purpose of wildfire 

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(h) ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS.— (1) ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary concerned shall account and report on amounts transferred from the respective FLAME Fund in a manner that is 

consistent with existing National Fire Plan reporting procedures. 

(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary concerned shall submit 

to the relevant congressional committees and make available to 

the public an annual report that— 

(A) describes the obligation and expenditure of 

amounts transferred from the FLAME Fund; and 

(B) includes any recommendations that the Secretary 

concerned may have to improve the administrative control 

and oversight of the FLAME Fund. 

(3) ESTIMATES OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION COSTS TO IM- PROVE BUDGETING AND FUNDING.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the schedule provided in subparagraph (C), the Secretary concerned shall 

submit to the relevant congressional committees an estimate 

of anticipated wildfire suppression costs for the applicable 

fiscal year. 

(B) INDEPENDENT REVIEW.—The methodology for developing the estimates under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to periodic independent review to ensure compliance 

with subparagraph (D). 

(C) SCHEDULE.—The Secretary concerned shall submit 

an estimate under subparagraph (A) during— 

(i) the first week of March of each year; 

(ii) the first week of May of each year; 

(iii) the first week of July of each year; and 

(iv) if a bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service for the following fiscal year has not been enacted by September 

1, the first week of September of each year. 

(D) REQUIREMENTS.—An estimate of anticipated wildfire suppression costs shall be developed using the best 

available— 

(i) climate, weather, and other relevant data; and 

(ii) models and other analytic tools. 

(i) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Secretary concerned to use the FLAME Fund established for that Secretary shall terminate at the end of the third fiscal year in which 

no appropriations to, or withdrawals from, that FLAME Fund have 

been made for a period of three consecutive fiscal years. Upon termination of such authority, any amounts remaining in the affected 

FLAME Fund shall be transferred to, and made a part of, the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of the Secretary 

concerned for wildland suppression activities. 

SEC. 503. COHESIVE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 

(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture, acting jointly, shall submit to Congress a 

report that contains a cohesive wildfire management strategy, consistent with the recommendations described in recent reports of the 

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(b) ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall provide for— 

(1) the identification of the most cost-effective means for allocating fire management budget resources; 

(2) the reinvestment in non-fire programs by the Secretary 

of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture; 

(3) employing the appropriate management response to 

wildfires; 

(4) assessing the level of risk to communities; 

(5) the allocation of hazardous fuels reduction funds based 

on the priority of hazardous fuels reduction projects; 

(6) assessing the impacts of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildfire; and 

(7) studying the effects of invasive species on wildfire risk. 

(c) REVISION.—At least once during each five-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the cohesive wildfire management strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior and 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the strategy to address any 

changes affecting the strategy, including changes with respect to 

landscape, vegetation, climate, and weather. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 

Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’. 

DIVISION B—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 

2010 

SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68) is amended by striking the date 

specified in section 106(3) and inserting ‘‘December 18, 2009’’. 

SEC. 102. Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68) is amended by striking 

‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’, and such amendment shall apply as 

if included in such public law on the date of its enactment. 

SEC. 103. Subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) of section 9503, and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 9504(b)(2), of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by inserting ‘‘the last 

amendment to’’ after ‘‘on the date of the enactment of’’. 

SEC. 104. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68) is amended by adding after section 

164 the following new sections: 

‘‘SEC. 165. In addition to amounts provided in section 101, 

amounts are provided for ‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’, for the cost (as defined in section 502 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, at a rate for operations of $80,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 166. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS.—For 

mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the 

borrower during calendar year 2010, if the dollar amount limitation 

on the principal obligation of a mortgage determined under section 

203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) for any 

size residence for any area is less than such dollar amount limitation that was in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008 

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limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage for such size 

residence for such area for purposes of such section 203(b)(2) shall 

be considered (except for purposes of section 255(g) of such Act (12 

U.S.C. 1715z–20(g))) to be such dollar amount limitation in effect 

for such size residence for such area for 2008. 

‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint resolution, if the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines, for any 

geographic area that is smaller than an area for which dollar 

amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act, that 

a higher such maximum dollar amount limitation is warranted for 

any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher 

median home prices in such sub-area, the Secretary may, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during calendar year 2010, increase the maximum dollar 

amount limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such subarea that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) 

of this section), but in no case to an amount that exceeds the 

amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic Stimulus Act 

of 2008. 

‘‘SEC. 167. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS.—For 

mortgages originated during calendar year 2010, if the limitation 

on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that 

may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association or 

the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation determined under 

section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Association 

Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1754(a)(2)) 

respectively, for any size residence for any area is less than such 

maximum original principal obligation limitation that was in effect 

for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 

201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 

122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this 

joint resolution, the limitation on the maximum original principal 

obligation of a mortgage for such Association and Corporation for 

such size residence for such area shall be such maximum limitation 

in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008. 

‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY FOR SUB-AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint resolution, if the 

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, for any 

geographic area that is smaller than an area for which limitations 

on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage are determined for the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, that a higher such maximum original principal obligation limitation is warranted for any 

particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Director may, for mortgages 

originated during calendar year 2010, increase the maximum original principal obligation limitation for such size or sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that exceeds the amount specified in the matter following the comma in section 201(a)(l)(B) of the 

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‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval for the borrower during calendar year 2010, the second sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

1715z–20(g)) shall be considered to require that in no case may the 

benefits of insurance under such section 255 exceed 150 percent of 

the maximum dollar amount in effect under the sixth sentence of 

section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 

Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 

‘‘SEC. 169. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, other than section 106, up to $200,000,000 of the funds 

provided by Public Law 111–8 that are available on October 1, 

2009, in the ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ account may be available to adjust allocations for public housing agencies to prevent termination of assistance to families.’’. 

And the Senate agree to the same. 

DAVID R. OBEY, NORMAN D. DICKS, JAMES P. MORAN, ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, BEN CHANDLER, MAURICE D. HINCHEY, JOHN W. OLVER, ED PASTOR, DAVID E. PRICE, Managers on the Part of the House. 

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, 

ROBERT C. BYRD, 

PATRICK J. LEAHY, 

BYRON L. DORGAN, 

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, 

HERB KOHL, 

TIM JOHNSON, 

JACK REED, 

BEN NELSON, 

JON TESTER, 

DANIEL K. INOUYE, 

LAMAR ALEXANDER, 

THAD COCHRAN, 

ROBERT F. BENNETT, 

JUDD GREGG, 

LISA MURKOWSKI, 

SUSAN M. COLLINS, 

Managers on the Part of the Senate. 


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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF 

CONFERENCE 

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 

conference on disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2996), making appropriations 

for the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 

purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and 

the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon 

by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report. 

The conference agreement on H.R. 2996 incorporates some of 

the provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of the 

bill. Report language and allocations set forth in either House Report 111–180 or Senate Report 111–38 that are not changed by the 

conference are approved by the committee of conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some report language for 

emphasis, does not negate the language referenced above unless expressly provided herein. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ or ‘‘at the end of this statement’’ shall be treated as referring 

only to the provisions of this division. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

2010 

REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 

The following are the procedures governing reprogramming actions for programs and activities funded in the Department of the 

Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 

Definitions.—‘‘Reprogramming,’’ as defined in these procedures, 

includes the reallocation of funds from one budget activity, budget 

line-item or program area, to another within any appropriation 

funded in this Act. In cases where either the House or Senate Committee report displays an allocation of an appropriation below those 

levels, that more detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming. 

For construction, land acquisition and forest legacy accounts, a 

reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of funds, including unobligated balances, from one construction, land acquisition, or forest legacy project to another such project. The construction, land 

acquisition and forest legacy projects and amounts identified in the 

‘‘Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects’’ table at the 

end of this statement of managers may be reprogrammed, but only 

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A reprogramming shall also consist of any significant departure from the program described in the agency’s budget justifications. This includes proposed reorganizations, especially those of 

significant national or regional importance, even without a change 

in funding. Any change to the organization table presented in the 

budget justification shall be subject to this requirement. 

General 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. 

(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) Except under the most urgent situations, reprogramming 

should not be employed to initiate new programs or increase allocations specifically denied or limited by Congress, or to decrease allocations specifically increased by the Congress. 

(d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval shall be considered 

approved 30 calendar days after receipt if the Committees have 

posed no objection. However, agencies will be expected to extend 

the approval deadline if specifically requested by either Committee. 

Criteria and Exceptions.—A reprogramming must be submitted 

to the Committees in writing prior to implementation if it exceeds 

$1,000,000 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 of the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, there is no restriction on reprogrammings among 

these programs. However, the Bureau shall report on all 

reprogrammings made during a given fiscal year no later than 60 

days after the end of the fiscal year. 

(b) With regard to the Environmental Protection Agency, State 

and Tribal Assistance Grants account, the Committee does not require reprogramming requests associated with States and Tribes 

Partnership Grants. 

Assessments.—‘‘Assessment’’ as defined in these procedures 

shall refer to any charges, reserves, or holdbacks applied to a budget activity or budget line item for costs associated with general 

agency administrative costs, overhead costs, working capital expenses, or contingencies. 

(a) No assessment shall be levied against any program, budget 

activity, subactivity, budget line item, or project funded by the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act unless such assessment and the basis therefore are presented to the 

Committees on Appropriations in the budget justifications and are 

subsequently approved by the Committees. The explanation for any 

assessment in the budget justification shall show the amount of the 

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mitted through the reprogramming process and shall be subject to 

the same dollar and reporting criteria as any other reprogramming. 

(c) The Committees direct that each agency or bureau which 

utilizes assessments shall submit an annual report to the Committees which provides details on the use of all funds assessed from 

any other budget activity, line item, subactivity, or project. 

(d) In no case shall contingency funds or assessments be used 

to finance projects and activities disapproved or limited by Congress, or to finance programs or activities that could be foreseen 

and included in the normal budget review process. 

Quarterly Reports.—All reprogrammings between budget activities, budget line-items, program areas or the more detailed activity levels shown in the Statement of the Managers, including 

those below the monetary thresholds established above, shall be reported to the Committees within 60 days of the end of each quarter 

and shall include cumulative totals for each budget activity, budget 

line item, or construction, land acquisition, or forest legacy project. 

Land Acquisitions, Easements, 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), unless such 

acquisitions are submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for 

approval in compliance with these procedures. 

Land Exchanges.—Land exchanges, wherein the estimated 

value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than 

$1,000,000, shall not be consummated until the Committees have 

had a 30-day period in which to examine the proposed exchange. 

In addition, the Committee shall be provided advance notification 

of exchanges valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 

Budget Structure.—The budget activity or line item structure 

for any agency appropriation account shall not be altered without 

advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

Report Language.—Any limitation or directive 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. 

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND PUBLIC LANDS 

The conferees understand that renewable energy will become 

a more significant source of power for the Nation and that the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service will play a prominent role in its development. However, the conferees are concerned 

about the impacts these projects may have on the landscape and 

water resources, particularly those for wind and solar power. Proposed solar projects can each cover several square miles and the 

newest wind turbines are over 500 feet tall. Appropriate siting of 

these projects and cost-appropriate size limitations are critical to 

ensuring that the pristine landscapes, limited water resources, and 

magnificent views of the country’s public lands and coastlines are 

protected. 

Accordingly, within 180 days of enactment, the conferees direct 

the Department of the Interior to submit a report in consultation 

with the Forest Service on the criteria used for siting renewable 

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landscapes, ridgetops, water resources, habitat including that for 

endangered species, and shorelines will be considered. The report 

should also provide a detailed strategic plan on how the Department and the Forest Service will coordinate the development of 

such projects, particularly in areas where there is mixed ownership 

or management by the Department of the Interior, Forest Service, 

Department of Defense, and non-Federal landowners. Additionally, 

the report should identify specifically what areas of the public 

lands and the Outer Continental Shelf will be considered for 

projects based on: (1) their potential for renewable energy generation; (2) what additional transmission lines will be necessary to 

connect these new sources of power to the energy grid; (3) where 

these transmission lines will be placed; (4) the methodology to be 

used to limit the size of solar troughs and photovoltaic facilities, 

and (5) the impact on water resources. 

The report should also include an analysis of the useful life of 

renewable energy sites and provide an explanation of how the infrastructure will be removed from the public lands when it is no 

longer functional. The conferees believe that some mechanism, such 

as a bond put forth by the permittees, should be utilized by the Department and the Forest Service so that the government does not 

have to pay for the removal of these large facilities after they are 

no longer viable. 

The Department of the Interior and Forest Service should consult with the Congress on a regular basis as they proceed with the 

development of policies and the preparation of environmental documents and permitting of renewable energy projects. 

The conferees believe that renewable energy developers should 

have less difficulty permitting their projects on disturbed private 

lands than on pristine public lands, in order to facilitate greater 

species protection and stewardship of public resources and public 

lands. The conferees recommend that the Secretary evaluate 

whether a cooperative agreement with States under Section 6 of 

the Endangered Species Act, the establishment of a Section 4(d) 

rule under the same Act, or the creation of a template ‘‘general 

habitat conservation plan’’ would improve the permitting process 

for solar projects on private lands in the California desert. 

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND ADAPTATION 

The conference agreement includes a major investment in 

science and management related to impacts of global warming. 

Overall, the bill provides over $400,000,000, including funds for the 

Department of the Interior climate change initiative and substantial investments at the Environmental Protection Agency, Forest 

Service, and Smithsonian Institution. The conference agreement 

supports direction provided by both the House and the Senate regarding this issue. This includes the need for a national strategy 

for dealing with climate change, as well as continued development 

of the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center at the 

U.S. Geological Survey as a model for further implementation of an 

integrated approach to climate change science and adaptation by 

the Interior Department bureaus. The conference agreement also 

includes a provision in Section 426 requiring a detailed report on 

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garding climate change programs. The conferees expect that the 

next budget request will include cross-cutting tables for all Federal 

climate change related activities including climate change observation, science, and management implementation of adaptation and 

mitigation. 

The conferees note the previous direction provided within the 

fiscal year 2009 appropriations act directing the Secretary of the 

Interior to develop a national strategy to assist fish, wildlife, 

plants, and associated ecological processes in becoming more resilient, adapting to, and surviving the impacts of climate change. This 

conference agreement provides ample funds to accomplish substantial scientific and management activities, but this needs to be done 

within the context of an integrated approach among the various 

Federal departments, States, Tribes and other institutions. The 

conferees urge the Council on Environmental Quality, working 

closely with the Department of the Interior as the lead department, 

to develop a national, government-wide strategy to address climate 

impacts on fish, wildlife, plants, and associated ecological processes. It should provide that there is integration, coordination, and 

public accountability to ensure efficiency and avoid duplication. 

The conferees expect to receive a timeline and a blueprint for the 

completion of such a national strategic planning effort, as well as 

regular updates as progress is made. 

The conferees are encouraged by aspects of the recent Interior 

Department Secretarial Order addressing the impacts of climate 

change on America’s water, land and other natural and cultural resources, as well as the draft Fish and Wildlife Service national 

strategy for climate change adaptation, mitigation and engagement. However, it is essential that further departmental implementation of the Secretary’s order on climate change build upon the 

successful National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center 

(NCCWSC) and its approach to provide regional science application 

centers focused on fauna, flora and ecological processes as previously described in Congressional direction and the budget request. The future identity and activities of the NCCWSC must be 

distinct and accountable, while also working with other departmental and national efforts on climate change science and applications. 

LAND ACQUISITION 

The conferees are concerned that lands acquired with funds appropriated via the Land and Water Conservation Fund are being, 

or have been, made available for uses inconsistent with the recreation, conservation or public access for which they were purchased. 

Accordingly, the conferees direct the Secretary of the Interior and 

the Secretary of Agriculture to notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations before any land use or management decision is made that will change the use of the land from conservation or recreational use. Additionally, the conferees encourage the 

Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to include land acquisition 

projects that provide increased access to our Federally-owned public lands to provide opportunities for the public to recreate and 

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The conferees direct the agencies to use inholdings funding to 

acquire high priority lands that are threatened by development and 

are partially or entirely bordered by land currently owned by the 

Federal government. The conferees have been advised that each of 

the land management agencies has unique inholding acquisition 

policies and practices that have not been coordinated with each of 

the other agencies. It is the intention of the conferees that there 

be a single set of policies for implementing Land and Water Conservation Fund acquisitions to the maximum extent possible. 

Therefore, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture are directed to jointly examine the policies and practices of each land 

management agency and submit a report on findings and recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by June 30, 2010. 

The conferees continue to be concerned about the delays in obtaining adequate appraisals for acquisition of Federal lands. Consistent with the language included in the House report, the conferees direct the Department of the Interior to revisit the Department-wide appraisal services consolidation and immediately address the undue delays in obtaining appraisals for Federal land acquisition projects. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $958,571,000 for Manage- ment of Lands and Resources instead of $950,496,000 as proposed 

by the House and $965,721,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by activity for this account is included 

in the table at the end of the statement. In addition to the directions provided in the House and Senate committee reports, the conference agreement also provides the following directions: 

Range Management.—Within the funds provided for range management, the agreement designates $1,000,000 to help reduce 

the backlog in grazing permits. The conferees recognize that the increasing numbers of expiring permits, increased costs for processing, and litigation, has resulted in a significant backlog and 

workload in processing permits. This funding should be targeted to 

those areas where litigation is causing significant delays. 

Cultural Resources Management.—The conference agreement includes $500,000 above the request for cultural resource activities 

in wilderness lands as authorized by the Omnibus Public Lands 

Act of 2009. The Senate had recommended $1,000,000 for this activity. 

Wild Horse and Burro Management.—The conference agreement provides $63,986,000 for wild horse and burro management, 

an increase of $23,373,000 above the fiscal year 2009 level. This is 

a 58 percent increase, by far the largest increase ever provided for 

this program. The conference agreement requires the Bureau to follow the Senate direction for this program. The conferees note that 

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provisions provides that funds shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care 

of the BLM or its contractors, or for the sale of wild horses and 

burros that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products. 

Wildlife Management.—Within the funds provided for wildlife 

management, the conference agreement includes increases of 

$500,000 each above the request for the general wildlife and plant 

conservation programs as was proposed by the House. 

Threatened and Endangered Species Management.—The conference agreement includes the Senate-proposed additions of 

$200,000 for the general program and $300,000 for redband trout 

and salmon habitat assessment and restoration in Nevada. 

Realty and Ownership Management.—The conference agree- ment includes the Senate proposed additions of $100,000 for the 

general cadastral survey program and $300,000 for the Utah Rural 

Cadastral Data Program. 

The conferees strongly encourage the BLM to apply the necessary resources to complete landscape scale assessments by the 

end of fiscal year 2010 on the Mojave Basin and Range, Central 

Basin and Range, Sonoran Desert, and the Colorado Plateau. These 

assessments should, at a minimum, include spatial analyses of priority conservation areas, renewable energy potential, invasive species, and wildfires. 

Resource Protection and Maintenance.—The conference agree- ment includes a $500,000 increase for law enforcement and the 

Senate proposed addition of $1,000,000 for travel and transportation plans for lands authorized by the Omnibus Public Lands Act 

of 2009. 

National Monuments and Conservation Areas.—The conference 

agreement includes a $2,500,000 general program increase above 

the request for national monuments and conservation area management. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes a $1,000,000 rescission of funds provided in fiscal year 2009 for oil 

shale core samples; this project was accomplished from other funding sources. A technical change is included to correct language regarding mining claim maintenance fees and location fees. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement includes the funds requested for 

Construction, plus additions recommended by the Senate of 

$36,000 for architectural and engineering services and $2,000,000 

for the California National Historic Trail visitor center interpretative displays in Nevada. The funding includes: 

State Project Amount 

AK ........................ Anchorage Field Office—Campbell Airstrip Safety Fencing ................................................. $190,000 

AZ ........................ Gila District—Browning Ranch House Preservation ............................................................. 124,000 

AZ ........................ Lake Havasu—Partners Point Waterline ............................................................................... 110,000 

CA ........................ California Radio Fencing and Grounding Improvement ........................................................ 537,000 

CA ........................ Hollister Field Office—El Toro Creek Parking Project .......................................................... 1,209,000 

CA ........................ Barstow—Sawtooth Campground and Trail ......................................................................... 541,000 

CO ....................... Grand Junction Field Office—Bridgeport Access Trail ......................................................... 176,000 

ID ......................... Salmon Field Office—Lemhi River Total Maximum Daily Load Road Maintenance ............ 1,588,000 

ID ......................... Salmon Field Office—Sharkey Hot Springs Renovation ....................................................... 287,000 


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State Project Amount 

NV ........................ California National Historic Trail Interpretive Center ........................................................... 2,000,000 

UT ........................ Salt Lake District—Five Mile Pass Recreation Site Facility ................................................ 362,000 

UT ........................ West Desert District—Knolls Facility .................................................................................... 381,000 

UT ........................ Pelican Lake Recreation Site Reconstruction ........................................................................ 697,000 

Subtotal, projects .......................................................................................................... 8,202,000 

Architectural and engineering services ................................................................................. 424,000 

Total .............................................................................................................................. 8,626,000 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement includes $29,650,000 instead of 

$26,529,000 as proposed by the House and $28,650,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. The conference agreement includes the following 

distribution of funds: 

State Project Amount 

CA ........................ California Wilderness ............................................................................................................. $1,500,000 

CA ........................ Johnson Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern ..................................................... 1,500,000 

CA ........................ King Range National Conservation Area ............................................................................... 2,000,000 

CA ........................ Lacks Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern ........................................................... 750,000 

CA ........................ Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument .............................................. 500,000 

CA ........................ Upper Sacramento River Area of Critical Environmental Concern ....................................... 2,800,000 

MT ....................... Blackfoot River Special Recreation Management Area ......................................................... 4,500,000 

MT ....................... Meeteetsee Spires Area of Critical Environmental Concern ................................................. 1,500,000 

NM ....................... La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern/El Camino Real De Tierra Adento National Historic Trail.3,000,000 

NM ....................... Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern ............................. 1,500,000 

OR ....................... Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument .................................................................................. 1,000,000 

OR ....................... Sandy River/Oregon National Historic Trail ........................................................................... 2,100,000 

WY ....................... Craig Thomas Little Mountain Special Management Area ................................................... 2,000,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Projects ......................................................................................... 24,650,000

Acquisition Management ....................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Inholdings, Emergencies, and Hardships .............................................................................. 3,000,000 

Total, BLM Land Acquisition ........................................................................................ 29,650,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes bill lan- guage making available $2,000,000 for the Upper Snake/South 

Fork River Area of Critical Environmental Concern/Special Resource Management Area from funds appropriated in FY 2009 for 

the Henry’s Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern, as proposed by the Senate. 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

The conference agreement provides $111,557,000 as requested 

and proposed by both the House and the Senate for Oregon and 

California Grant Lands. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

The conference agreement includes language, as in the past, allowing funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and 

Recovery Fund to be used for various forestry purposes including 

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sales and forest ecosystem restoration activities. This authority is 

extended through fiscal year 2015 as proposed by the House. 

RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

The conference agreement includes an indefinite appropriation 

of not less than $10,000,000 to be derived from public lands receipts and Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act lands grazing receipts. This was requested and was proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. Receipts are used for construction, purchase, and 

maintenance of range improvements, such as seeding, fence construction, weed control, water development, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, and planning and design of these projects. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

The conference agreement includes an indefinite appropriation 

estimated to be $31,255,000 for Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures as requested and proposed by both the House and the Senate. The appropriation is offset with fees collected under specified 

sections of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

and other Acts to pay for reasonable administrative and other 

costs. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

The conference agreement includes an indefinite appropriation 

estimated to be $20,130,000 for Miscellaneous Trust Funds as requested and proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conference agreement includes the Administrative Provisions as requested, and includes two additional items proposed by 

the Senate. The first provides authority for the BLM to carry out 

operations by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative 

agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private 

entities. The second provides that appropriations shall not be available for destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 

in the care of the BLM or its contractors or for the sale of wild 

horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing 

into commercial products. The agreement also includes a technical 

correction to a minor amendment made in fiscal year 2009 regarding mining claim maintenance and location fees. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $1,269,406,000 instead of 

$1,248,756,000 as proposed by the House and $1,244,386,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the table at the end of the 

statement. In addition to the directions included in the House and 

Senate Committee reports, the conference agreement includes the 

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Ecological Services.—The conference agreement includes $311,227,000 instead of $295,127,000 as proposed by the House 

and $305,677,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the funds provided for the listing program there is $11,632,000 for critical habitat and $10,471,000 for listing. Within 

the funds for candidate conservation, there is $1,000,000 for sage 

grouse conservation in Idaho and a general increase of $1,000,000. 

There is an increase in the consultation program of $2,500,000 for 

increased monitoring and record-keeping pursuant to recommendations by the GAO. Within the funds for the recovery program, there is $3,000,000 for responding to the State of the Birds report, $1,000,000 for the 

livestock loss demonstration program, $1,900,000 for increased research and monitoring on white nose syndrome in bats, $350,000 

for Lahontan cutthroat trout restoration, $1,500,000 for endangered species grants to be administered by the National Fish and 

Wildlife Foundation, $350,000 for sea eider conservation efforts, 

$500,000 for whooping crane breeding facilities in Louisiana, and 

an increase of $200,000 for additional wolf monitoring in western 

States. 

The conferees support the requested funding for aplomado falcon and California condor recovery. The Service is encouraged to 

continue to support these ongoing, successful recovery efforts. 

The conferees intend that the funding included for the State of 

the Birds report be used to begin to initiate actions in response to 

the recently published multi-agency report, The State of the Birds, 

United States of America, 2009. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the crises and challenges confronting birds in 

every part of the country. The situation for native birds in Hawaii 

is particularly dire. Seventy-one known species of Hawaiian birds 

have gone extinct. Predator control and habitat preservation are 

critical to the survival of the 31 species of endangered birds remaining in Hawaii. The conferees therefore recommend that a significant portion of this funding be used to develop a comprehensive 

strategy, hire staff, and begin on the ground projects to recover endangered and threatened bird species in Hawaii. 

The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Wolf 

Livestock Loss Demonstration Project as authorized by the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. These funds will be 

used to provide grants to States and Indian Tribes to assist livestock producers in undertaking proactive, non-lethal activities to 

reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves, and to 

compensate livestock producers, as appropriate, for livestock losses 

due to such predation. This is a new demonstration program and 

the conferees encourage the agencies to act quickly to implement 

the program. 

The Service should implement program guidelines that establish criteria for the disbursal of funds to ensure that the funds are 

spent efficiently and effectively with a minimum potential for 

waste and abuse. The Service should consult with representatives 

from the relevant agencies and key stakeholders to create the 

guidelines. The guidelines should ensure that each participating 

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reducing depredations overall, that only livestock owners who demonstrate reasonable use of nonlethal methods will remain eligible 

for compensation after one initial incident of reimbursable depredation. 

The conferees recommend $1,900,000 for research, monitoring, 

and related activities to respond to the massive mortality in bats 

from white nose syndrome (WNS) in the northeastern and Appalachian States. This is an increase of $1,400,000 over the Senate 

proposed amount. WNS is spreading rapidly and poses threats of 

extinction to several bat species. The Service is spearheading efforts to better understand this deadly disease and learn how to 

limit its spread, working in conjunction with the U.S. Geological 

Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, State and local 

partners, scientists, caving groups and conservation organizations. 

Within the funds for the partners for fish and wildlife program, there is $6,000,000 for climate change projects, $1,000,000 for 

invasive species management in Hawaii, $350,000 for the Natural 

Resources Economic Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University, $500,000 for milfoil control in Maine lakes, and $500,000 

for stream bank restoration in Georgia. 

Within the funds provided, the conferees have included $750,000 for the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct studies in support of sustainable water and environmental management of the Sacramento-San 

Joaquin Delta in California. A study shall be completed no later 

than March 15, 2010, addressing questions drafted by the Secretary on the subjects of (1) whether the science supports the assumptions and conclusions in the biological opinions regarding the 

Bureau of Reclamation operations in the Central Valley, and (2) 

whether lesser restrictions on pumping could avoid jeopardy to the 

species. There are program increases of $1,000,000 for the coastal pro- gram, $250,000 for the national wetlands inventory and $500,000 

for the environmental contaminants program. 

National Wildlife Refuge System.—The conference agreement 

provides $503,279,000 for the National Wildlife Refuge System as 

proposed by the House, instead of $488,629,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

Within the funds provided for the refuge system there are increases over the request of $16,000,000 for wildlife and habitat 

management, $1,000,000 for the volunteer program, $2,000,000 for 

refuge law enforcement, and $1,000,000 for conservation planning. 

Within the funding provided for refuge system maintenance, there 

is a $2,000,000 increase for annual maintenance and a $2,000,000 

decrease for deferred maintenance. Within the funds provided for 

wildlife and habitat management, the Service is directed to provide 

$1,200,000 for invasive rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll to protect 

native bird populations. 

The conferees remain concerned about the situation on the 

southwest border and encourage the Service to direct a portion of 

the increase for law enforcement to the southwest. 

The conferees are concerned that the Service is not dedicating 

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aging the monuments and partnering with other Federal, international, and private entities. 

Migratory Bird Management, Law Enforcement, and International Affairs.—The conference agreement provides $134,743,000 

for migratory bird management, law enforcement and international 

affairs instead of $133,593,000 as proposed by the House and 

$133,573,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the funds provided for migratory birds, law enforce- ment and international programs, there are increases of $500,000 

for new urban treaties as a part of the Department-wide youth initiative, $1,000,000 for joint ventures under the North American 

Waterfowl Management Plan, $2,000,000 for law enforcement operations, $1,000,000 for the wildlife without borders program, and 

$150,000 for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center. The increase for joint 

ventures is intended to provide all approved joint ventures with 

sufficient base funding. 

The conferees are aware of the impacts of the chytrid disease 

on amphibian species worldwide. Amphibian species are disappearing at over 200 times their historic rate. The conferees urge 

the Service to use a portion of the increase provided for the wildlife 

without borders program to work with the international conservation community to establish conservation and captive breeding programs as well as to support the development and testing of novel 

methods to combat amphibian chytrid to conserve the most imperiled of these species. 

Fisheries.—The conference agreement provides $148,345,000 for the fisheries program instead of $144,195,000 as proposed by 

the House and $143,695,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the funds provided for fisheries and aquatic resource conservation, there is: $2,150,000 to conduct scientific review of the 

Klamath, North Coast, and Central Valley hatchery operations in 

California; $1,000,000 for mass marking fisheries in the Great 

Lakes; $500,000 general increase for fish hatchery operations; 

$500,000 for native freshwater mussel recovery; $1,300,000 to establish a Fisheries Resource Office in West Virginia to focus on 

aquatic species restoration and management in the Appalachian 

Highlands; $2,000,000 to control the spread of and eradicate 

invasive quagga and zebra mussels; and $200,000 for sea otter and 

Steller sea lion conservation in Alaska. 

The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 above the President’s request for the Service to respond to the urgent nationwide 

problem of invasive mussels entering lakes and rivers in the U.S. 

These mussels crowd out native species and encrust any hard surface, including municipal water supply pipes and boat motors. They 

are easily spread by watercraft from one location to another and 

are nearly impossible to eradicate once established. For example, 

the infestation of quagga mussels in Lake Mead was first found in 

2007. The number of quagga mussels has grown to 3 trillion since 

then and is likely irreversible. Today, infestation by quagga and 

zebra mussels and Asian clams is threatening the pristine waters 

of Lake Tahoe. The introduction of these aquatic nuisance species 

to the Lake Tahoe region could have devastating effects to the regional economy, including effects on recreation, tourism, property 

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encourage the Service to devote a significant portion of the increase 

to the study, construction, staffing, and other expenses necessary 

for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations to be located away from boat and vessel ramps at Lake Tahoe, Echo Lake, 

and Fallen Leaf Lake. The conferees recommend that such inspection and decontamination stations be located on each of the seven 

roads leading to the Lake Tahoe region. Further, the conferees believe that the Service should increase its coordination with local, 

State and Federal entities, including the U.S. Forest Service, to 

prevent quagga mussels and other aquatic invasive species from 

entering the Lake Tahoe ecosystem. 

Climate Change Adaptive Science.—The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for climate change adaptive science, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

The conferees have included the requested funding for climate 

change activities. Consistent with language included elsewhere in 

this statement, the Service is directed to implement its climate 

change activities, including the landscape conservation cooperatives, within the scope of the Service’s national strategy for climate 

change, the Secretary’s order on climate change, and the National 

Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center in the U.S. Geological 

Survey. Additionally, the Service should fully integrate these activities with other Federal agencies, States, Tribes and other partners. 

General Administration.—The conference agreement provides $152,812,000 for general administration as proposed by the Senate 

instead of $153,562,000 as proposed by the House. 

Within the funds provided for general administration there is an increase of $750,000 for necessary maintenance at the National 

Conservation Training Center. Funding for the National Fish and 

Wildlife Foundation is $7,537,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Sale of Surplus Property.—The conference agreement includes the proposed reduction of $1,000,000 due to the sale of surplus 

property. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement includes $37,439,000 instead of 

$21,139,000 as proposed by the House and $39,741,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. The conference agreement includes the following 

distribution of funds: 

State Project Amount 

National Wildlife Refuge 

Projects: 

CA .......................... Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge—Salt Pond Restoration $4,000,000 

GU ......................... Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Invasive Species Fence Construction ..................... 866,000 

HI ........................... Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge—Lighthouse Repair ..................................... 1,000,000 

1IN ......................... Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, Old Timbers Dam Rehabilitation ....................... 100,000 

MN ......................... Fergus Falls Wetland Management District, Stang Lake Dam .................................. 175,000 

MS ......................... Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge—Visitor Center/Office ........................ 2,000,000 

OK .......................... Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Lake Rush Dam ................................................ 4,100,000 

WA ......................... Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Pine Lake Dam ......................................... 250,000 

WV ......................... Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge—Trails ....................................................... 850,000 

WV ......................... Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge—Erosion Control ................................. 800,000 

Mult. ...................... National Wildlife Refuge System Visitor Facility Enhancements ............................... 3,000,000 

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State Project Amount 

National Fish Hatchery 

Projects: 

AZ .......................... Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery, Water Treatment ............................................ 482,000 

PA .......................... Allegheny National Fish Hatchery, Fish Production and Electrical Systems ............. 1,500,000 

WA ......................... Quinault National Fish Hatchery, Replace Electric Fish Barriers .............................. 1,000,000 

WV ......................... White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery—Water Supply System .................... 1,500,000 

WY ......................... Jackson National Fish Hatchery, Replace Water Supply Line .................................... 1,650,000 

Mult. ...................... National Fish Hatchery System Visitor Facility Enhancements .................................. 400,000

Mult. ...................... National Fish Hatchery System Green Energy Projects .............................................. 600,000 

Other Projects: 

NV .......................... Nevada Water Catchments ......................................................................................... 150,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Projects .............................................................................. 26,423,000 

Dam & Bridge Safety Inspections .............................................................................. 1,855,000 

Nationwide Engineering Services ................................................................................ 9,161,000 

Total, FWS Construction ..................................................................................... 37,439,000 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement includes $86,340,000 instead of 

$69,250,000 as proposed by the House and $82,790,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. The conference agreement includes the following 

distribution of funds: 

State Project Amount 

AK ................................... Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................. $300,000 

AK ................................... Togiak National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................................. 325,000 

AK ................................... Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ........................................................................ 365,000 

AL ................................... Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge ......................................................................... 500,000 

AZ ................................... Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge ..................................................................... 500,000 

CA ................................... Grasslands Wetland Management Area ..................................................................... 1,000,000 

CA ................................... San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge .............................................................. 2,000,000 

CT ................................... Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................... 2,000,000 

DE ................................... Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge ......................................................................... 1,000,000 

FL ................................... Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Three Sisters Spring .................................... 1,500,000 

FL ................................... St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................................ 500,000 

GA ................................... Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...................................................................... 1,200,000 

HI .................................... James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................. 7,400,000 

IA .................................... Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge ...................................................................... 450,000 

IA, MN ............................ Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge .................................................. 500,000 

IA, MN, WI, IL ................. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge ......................................... 1,200,000 

IL .................................... Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge ..................................................................... 500,000 

IN .................................... Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge ....................................................................... 1,150,000 

KY ................................... Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge ........................................................................ 750,000 

LA ................................... Red River National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................................ 1,000,000 

LA ................................... Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge .................................................................. 500,000 

MA, CT, VT, NH .............. Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge ........................................................................ 2,500,000 

MD .................................. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge .......................................................................... 2,000,000 

ME .................................. Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge ....................................................... 1,000,000 

ME .................................. Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge .................................................................... 3,000,000 

MO .................................. Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge .............................................................. 300,000 

MS .................................. Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge .................................................................. 500,000 

MT .................................. Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge .................................................................. 1,000,000 

MT .................................. Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Area ................................................................... 3,750,000 

ND, SD ............................ Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wetland Management Area ................................................ 1,000,000 

ND .................................. North Dakota Wetland Management Area .................................................................. 1,000,000 

NE ................................... Rainwater Basin Wetlands Management District ...................................................... 500,000 

NH .................................. Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge .................................................................... 1,000,000 

NJ ................................... Cape May National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................................ 2,000,000 

NJ ................................... Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................... 1,100,000 

NJ ................................... Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...................................................................... 1,000,000 

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State Project Amount 

NM .................................. Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge .............................................................................. 500,000 

OR .................................. Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge ...................................................................... 1,000,000 

PA ................................... Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge ....................................................................... 750,000 

PA, CT, NJ, NY ................ Highlands Conservation Act ....................................................................................... 4,000,000 

RI .................................... John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................... 900,000 

SC ................................... Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge ............................................. 500,000 

SC ................................... Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge .......................................................................... 600,000 

TN ................................... Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge .......................................................................... 500,000 

TX ................................... Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge ....................................................... 1,000,000 

TX ................................... Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................ 500,000 

TX ................................... Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge .................................................... 1,000,000 

TX ................................... San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Austin’s Woods Unit ..................................... 1,250,000 

UT ................................... Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge .............................................................................. 1,300,000 

VA ................................... Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................................ 545,000 

VA ................................... Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ......................................................... 500,000 

VA ................................... James River National Wildlife Refuge ........................................................................ 1,000,000 

VA ................................... Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge, Bowers Property .............................. 500,000 

WA .................................. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge ............................................................................. 500,000 

WA .................................. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge .............................................................................. 1,500,000 

WA .................................. Willapa National Wildlife Refuge ................................................................................ 750,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Projects .............................................................................. 66,785,000 

Acquisition Management ............................................................................................ 10,555,000 

Cost Allocation Methodology ....................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Exchanges ................................................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Inholdings, Emergencies, and Hardships ................................................................... 5,000,000 

Total, FWS Acquisition ....................................................................................... 86,340,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes bill language allowing the Service to fund limited administrative costs for 

the Highlands Conservation Act program administration. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $85,000,000 for the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund instead of 

$100,000,000 as proposed by the House and $85,001,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity 

is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

The conference agreement provides $14,500,000 for payments 

to counties authorized by the National Wildlife Refuge Fund, as 

proposed by the Senate, instead of $14,100,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $47,647,000 for the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Fund instead of $52,647,000 as 

proposed by the House and $45,147,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

A detailed allocation of funding by activity is included in the table 

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NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for Neotropical 

Migratory Bird Conservation, as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$5,250,000 as proposed by the House. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $11,500,000 for the Multinational Species Conservation Fund as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area 

and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $90,000,000 for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants instead of $115,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $80,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the 

table at the end of the statement. In addition to the directions included in the House and Senate Committee reports, the conference 

agreement includes the following directions: The conference agreement includes $12,000,000 for competitive grants, including $7,000,000 for Tribes and $5,000,000 for States. 

The conferees are supportive of these competitive grant programs 

as a way to promote wildlife conservation. The conferees direct the 

Service to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the use of these competitive funds in fiscal year 2008 

and 2009, including the types of grants administered and the extent to which these grants were coordinated with other State and 

Tribal conservation plans. The Service should submit this report 

within 90 days of enactment of this Act. 

The conference agreement includes $78,000,000, an increase of 

$15,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level for the State 

and Tribal apportioned grants. The conferees recognize the need for 

States, Tribes and Territories to update their plans to respond to 

climate change, but feel that this can be done within the framework of the required plan updates. Therefore, the conferees have 

not included language directing a portion of these funds for additional planning efforts focused on climate change. The conferees 

consider climate change to be an integral component of State and 

Tribal wildlife action plan implementation and recommend that the 

States use the increased funding provided for on-the-ground conservation projects to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate 

change on wildlife populations. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement modifies bill language included in the House and Senate bills changing the State 

share of implementation grants to 35 percent instead of 25 percent 

as proposed by the House and 50 percent as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement does not include language included by the House that limits funding to States or territories that do not have approved wildlife action plans. The conferees understand that all States, territories and other jurisdictions 

now have approved plans. 

The conference agreement does not include requested funds for 

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language, 

as in the Senate bill, allowing the Service to carry out the operations of programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and 

private entities. This language was previously included in the Resource Management account. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

The conference agreement provides $2,261,559,000 for the Operation of the National Park System instead of $2,260,684,000 as 

proposed by the House and $2,261,309,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program and activity for 

this account is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

The conference agreement also includes the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Resource Stewardship.—Within the amount provided, the conference agreement provides the request of $10,000,000 for the Climate Impacts Initiative as proposed by the House instead of 

$8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also provides 

$1,250,000 for the Enhanced Ocean and Coastal Resources program, as proposed by the House instead of $2,000,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. 

Visitor Services.—Within the amount provided, the conference 

agreement provides $247,386,000 for Visitor Services as proposed 

by the Senate instead of $246,511,000 as proposed by the House. 

The conferees have provided $375,000 for the web learning component of the Interpretative Renaissance Plan and redirect 

$1,000,000 of the request to a new pilot program for teaching 

American history and civics in the National Parks as proposed by 

the Senate. The conferees further direct the Service to work with 

the Department of Education to develop curriculum and bring 

scholars to park units to instruct students and teachers and within 

90 days of enactment provide a report to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations concerning the status of the pilot 

program. 

Facilities Operations and Maintenance.—The conference agreement provides $702,013,000 as proposed by the House instead of 

$703,013,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amount provided, the conferees provide $4,388,000 for the facility management 

software system. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

to limit the amount for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation 

projects to $98,622,000 as proposed by the House instead of 

$99,622,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

National Mall Concerts.—As proposed by the House, the conferees direct the National Park Service to increase funding for this 

program by $350,000 over the level provided in fiscal year 2009. 

Sesquicentennial Civil War Planning.—The conferees encourage the National Park Service, in collaboration with the Civil War 

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of its website and the information available at its Civil War parks 

and to employ modern technology and adaptive and interactive 

media to present this information to the public. 

Regional Reorganizations.—The conferees have recently become aware of a planned reorganization of the Northeast Regional 

Office of the Park Service. The conferees appreciate the Service’s 

willingness to provide information about the planned reorganization and ask that the Service continue to report to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations its plans for managing the 

current programs administered by the Boston Regional Office and 

Service proposals to further change the staffing plan for that office. 

Sequoia National Park.—The conferees are aware that the Department of the Interior has been negotiating the renewal terms of 

a special use permit for the Kaweah hydroelectric project inside Sequoia National Park. Initial proposals from the Department would 

have resulted in a 2,545 percent fee increase to the operator. The 

conferees find that situation unacceptable. As such, the Department is directed to continue its negotiations in an effort to reach 

a fair, cost-effective agreement for the terms of a 10-year special 

use permit. 

Mississippi River Study.—The conferees note that the Mississippi River is one of the Nation’s great natural treasures, an integral part of the country’s history, and a critical transportation artery for modern commerce. As such, the protection and preservation of natural resources along the Mississippi River, and the telling of the history of this great resource is an important and worthy 

goal. The conferees therefore direct the Service to identify those 

natural and cultural resources most in need of protection and preservation and to begin to craft a plan that would address these 

needs. In undertaking this task, the Service shall consult with the 

various Federal, State and local units of government along the corridor, and with non-governmental organizations and partner coalitions working on preservation and interpretation initiatives within 

or along the corridor. 

PARK PARTNERSHIP PROJECT GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for Park Part- nership Project Grants instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the 

House. Of the amount provided, $10,000,000 will be proportionally 

derived from the unobligated balance in the recreation fee account. 

The conferees urge the Director to fund signature projects and programs consistent with the original intent of the program. The conferees direct the Service to provide a report within 90 days of enactment of this Act that (1) outlines the status of the projects announced in January 2009; and (2) provides the criteria to be used 

to select new projects. After the Service competes the remaining 

funds for new projects, the Service will provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a complete description of the 

new projects selected and describe the funds allotted for each 

project from both Federal and non-Federal sources. 

Bill Language.—The conferees have included language that authorizes the National Park Service to use a portion of the high unobligated recreation fee balance to fund projects selected through 

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Recreation Fees.—The conferees remain concerned by the National Park Service’s ineffective management of its recreation fee 

revenues which has led to high unobligated carryover balances over 

many years. It is clear that dramatic changes are needed to address this problem. 

The conferees understand that the Service, in response to Congressional expressions of concern, has developed a phased plan to 

aggressively reduce the recreation fee carryover balance which was 

more than $270,000,000 at the beginning of fiscal year 2009. Further, the conferees recognize that existing authority provides the 

Service sufficient flexibility to address this challenge by reducing 

the allocation of fee revenues to the largest collecting parks from 

80 percent to 60 percent as needed. The conferees encourage the 

Park Service to exercise this authority fully to meet its goal, as outlined by the Service, to reduce the end-of-year carryover balance to 

no more than $80,000,000 by January, 2011. 

When implemented fully, this plan will redirect funds away 

from collecting parks with high carryover balances to fund nationally ranked projects that can be commenced quickly. Parks will receive at least 60 percent of their annual collections, which is the 

minimum allowed by law. To allow these changes to take effect, the 

conferees will not direct specific changes to the management of the 

fee program at this time. However, the conferees will closely monitor the implementation of this effort to ensure it dramatically reduces recreation fee carryover balances and results in more efficient use of fee revenues. Lastly, the conferees reserve the option 

of taking future action to ensure adequate management of recreation fee dollars. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

The conference agreement provides $68,436,000 for the Na- tional Recreation and Preservation program instead of $59,386,000 

as proposed by the House and $67,438,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program and activity for 

this account is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

The conference agreement also includes the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Cultural Programs.—The conferees have included bill language 

in General Provisions, Department of the Interior, amending the 

Japanese-American Confinement Site Grants program by authorizing land acquisition grants at the Heart Mountain Relocation 

Center, WY, as proposed by the House. Similar House bill language 

authorizing land acquisition grants and donations at Minidoka National Historic Site is not included. At the request of the Department, the conferees have withdrawn the language because of an 

unresolved issue involving a pre-existing right-of-way and crossing 

agreement for the Southwest Intertie Project’s renewable energy 

transmission line within or near the Minidoka National Historic 

Site boundary. The conferees urge the Secretary to resolve the 

issue quickly, giving fair consideration to the existing rights of all 

land and permit holders, refraining from acquiring any donations 

of land or interests therein during the 90 day period following enactment of this Act so that a suitable resolution can be reached, 

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on Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act. The 

conferees remain supportive of the Secretary’s renewable energy 

initiative and also recognize that the Federal government has an 

obligation to preserve lands for the Minidoka National Historic Site 

and other relocation centers and to provide for their preservation 

and interpretation. Accordingly, the conferees have provided 

$350,000 for land acquisition and $3,000,000 for the JapaneseAmerican Confinement Site Grants program. 

Heritage Partnership Program.—Within the amount provided, the conference agreement provides $16,805,000 for commissions 

and grants as proposed by the House instead of $16,732,000 as proposed by the Senate. The increase above the request will provide 

at least $150,000 to new heritage areas without approved plans. 

Preserve America.—The conference agreement provides $4,600,000 for Preserve America. The conferees have funded this 

program under the National Recreation and Preservation account, 

instead of the Historic Preservation Fund account as proposed by 

the House. 

Statutory or Contractual Aid.—The conference agreement pro- vides $5,850,000 for Statutory or Contractual Aid, instead of 

$1,900,000 as proposed by the House and $5,350,000 proposed by 

the Senate. The funds provided are to be distributed as follows: 

State Project Amount 

CA ................................... Angel Island Immigration Station, PL 109–119 ........................................................ $1,000,000 

CA ................................... Yosemite National Park schools, PL 109–131 ........................................................... 400,000 

DC .................................. Sewall Belmont House, PL 99–498 ............................................................................ 1,000,000 

HI .................................... National Tropical Botanical Garden, PL 111–11 ....................................................... 500,000 

HI .................................... Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, PL 99–498 .............................................. 500,000 

MD .................................. Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail ............................................................ 500,000 

MD, VA, DC .................... Chesapeake Bay Gateways, PL 107–308 ................................................................... 1,000,000 

NH .................................. Lamprey Wild & Scenic River, PL 90–542 ................................................................. 200,000 

VT, NY ............................ Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, PL 110–229 ........................................ 750,000 

Total, Line Item Projects .................................................................................... 5,850,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

which designates the amount for Preserve America grants. 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

The conference agreement provides $79,500,000 for the Historic Preservation Fund instead of $91,675,000 as proposed by the 

House and $74,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 

agreement funds the Preserve America program in the National 

Recreation and Preservation account as proposed by the Senate. 

The detailed allocation of funding by program and activity for this 

account is included in the table at the end of the statement. The 

conference agreement also includes the following specific funding 

levels and directions: 

Save America’s Treasures.—The conference agreement includes 

a total of $25,000,000 for Save America’s Treasures. Of this 

amount, $14,800,000 is for competitive grants and the balance of 

the funds are to be distributed as follows: 

State Project Amount 

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State Project Amount 

AL ........................ Historic Montevallo Main Hall Renovation ............................................................................ 150,000 

AL ........................ Swayne Hall, Talladega ......................................................................................................... 490,000 

CA ........................ Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara ................................................................................ 650,000 

CO ....................... Shenandoah-Dives Mill National Historic Landmark ............................................................ 150,000 

CT ........................ Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Preservation .......................................................................... 150,000 

CT ........................ Sterling Opera House Renovation .......................................................................................... 150,000 

FL ........................ Freedom Tower, Miami, FL ..................................................................................................... 500,000 

GA ........................ Morehouse College (King papers) .......................................................................................... 200,000 

IA ......................... Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines ...................................................................................... 200,000 

ID ......................... Historic Old Pen Site Stabilization Project ............................................................................ 150,000 

IL ......................... Repairs to Historic Chicago Landmark ................................................................................. 50,000 

KS ........................ Colonial Fox Theater, Pittsburg ............................................................................................. 500,000 

KY ........................ Judge Joseph Holt House Historic Restoration ...................................................................... 150,000 

MA ....................... Hancock Shaker Village Restoration ..................................................................................... 150,000 

MA ....................... Stockbridge Mission House Renovation ................................................................................. 117,000 

MD ....................... Harmony Hall Restoration ...................................................................................................... 100,000 

MI ........................ Big Sable Lighthouse, Ludington .......................................................................................... 100,000 

MN ....................... CSPS Sokol Hall ..................................................................................................................... 150,000 

MN ....................... Restoration of Historic Coe Mansion ..................................................................................... 150,000 

MS ....................... Madison County Courthouse .................................................................................................. 500,000 

MS ....................... Medgar Evers site, Jackson ................................................................................................... 250,000 

MT ....................... City of Bozeman Main Street Historic District Restoration .................................................. 150,000 

NC ....................... Bellamy Mansion Slave Quarters ........................................................................................... 100,000 

NJ ........................ Georgian Court Mansion Restoration .................................................................................... 200,000 

NJ ........................ South Orange Village Hall Restoration ................................................................................. 150,000 

NV ........................ Lincoln County Courthouse, Pioche ....................................................................................... 200,000 

NY ........................ Historic Owego Municipal Building Rehabilitation ............................................................... 150,000 

NY ........................ Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Restoration ......................................................................... 150,000 

NY ........................ Richardson Olmsted Complex, Buffalo .................................................................................. 200,000 

NY ........................ Strand Theater, Plattsburgh .................................................................................................. 200,000 

NY ........................ Tarrytown Music Hall Restoration ......................................................................................... 150,000 

NY ........................ Village Park Historic Preservation ......................................................................................... 150,000 

OR ....................... Wallowa County Courthouse, Enterprise ................................................................................ 200,000 

PA ........................ Hatborough Union Library Restoration .................................................................................. 38,000 

PA ........................ Saylor Cement Kilns Historic Preservation ............................................................................ 200,000 

PR ........................ San Juan North Portal Restoration ........................................................................................ 150,000 

RI ......................... Warwick City Hall, Warwick ................................................................................................... 350,000 

SC ........................ Chesterfield Courthouse Restoration ..................................................................................... 150,000 

SC ........................ Cypress Historic Meeting Compound ..................................................................................... 200,000 

SC ........................ Modjeska Simkins Home Restoration .................................................................................... 150,000 

SD ........................ State Theater, Sioux Falls ...................................................................................................... 200,000 

TN ........................ Blount Mansion, Knoxville ...................................................................................................... 250,000 

UT ........................ Historic Fisher Mansion Restoration Project ......................................................................... 150,000 

VA ........................ Belgian Building Preservation ............................................................................................... 150,000 

VA ........................ Chesterfield County Historic Preservation ............................................................................. 150,000 

VA ........................ Fort Ward Park Preservation .................................................................................................. 75,000 

WA ....................... Schooner Adventuress Restoration ........................................................................................ 180,000 

WI ........................ Bayfield Historic Courthouse Restoration .............................................................................. 150,000 

WV ....................... Capitol Theater, Wheeling ...................................................................................................... 200,000 

WV ....................... Claymont Court Historic Site Restoration ............................................................................. 150,000 

WV ....................... Cottrill’s Opera House Restoration ........................................................................................ 150,000 

Total, Line Item Projects .............................................................................................. 10,200,000 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

which designates the amount for Save America’s Treasures and incorporates the projects into law by reference. 

CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $232,969,000 for Construc- tion instead of $213,691,000 as proposed by the House and 

$219,731,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of 

funding by program and activity for this account is included in the 


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table at the end of the statement. The conference agreement also 

includes the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Line Item Construction.—The bill allocates funding for line 

item construction projects and activities as follows: 

State Project Amount 

AK ........................ Katmai, replace failing infrastructure at Brooks Camp ..................................................... $6,471,000 

AZ ........................ Chiricahua, Replace Failing Sewer Systems ....................................................................... 2,410,000 

AZ ........................ Grand Canyon, employee housing ....................................................................................... 16,890,000 

AZ ........................ Saguaro National Park Trail Improvements ........................................................................ 398,000 

CA ........................ Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Alcatraz) ............................................................... 1,400,000 

CA ........................ Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center ............................................................................ 300,000 

CA ........................ Manzanar National Historical Site ....................................................................................... 900,000 

CA ........................ Point Reyes, restore critical dune habitat .......................................................................... 2,803,000 

CO ....................... Mesa Verde curation center ................................................................................................. 11,675,000 

CO ....................... Mesa Verde Visitor Information Center ............................................................................... 10,500,000 

DC ....................... African American Civil War Memorial, security enhancements .......................................... 220,000 

DC ....................... National Capital Region, GW Memorial Parkway, Theodore Roosevelt rehabilitation site 1,706,000 

DC ....................... National Capital Region, preserve and protect Meridian Hill Park .................................... 3,844,000 

FL ........................ Castillo de San Marcos National Monument ....................................................................... 500,000 

FL ........................ Everglades Mod Waters (NPS) ............................................................................................. 4,200,000 

FL ........................ Everglades Mod Waters (COE) ............................................................................................. 4,200,000 

GA ........................ Fort Pulaski, replace Cockspur Lighthouse revetment ........................................................ 1,577,000 

IN ......................... George Rogers Clark NHP, restore and rehabilitate historic Wabash River floodwall ....... 3,600,000 

IN ......................... Restore Good Fellow Lodge, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore ........................................ 1,000,000 

MA ....................... New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (Bourne bldg) ........................................... 1,500,000 

MI ........................ Keweenaw National Historical Park (Quincy Smelting Works) ............................................ 1,000,000 

MI ........................ Keweenaw National Historical Park Union Building ............................................................ 1,380,000 

MO ....................... Harry S. Truman NHS, rehabilitate interior grounds of Historic Noland House and install 

interpretive exhibits.

1,018,000 

MT ....................... Glacier NP, safety improvements at Many Glacier Hotel .................................................... 8,507,000 

NC ....................... Blue Ridge Parkway, repair Craggy Gardens retaining and guardwalls ............................ 2,728,000 

NJ ........................ Gateway NRA, Sandy Hook Repair of Historic Gun Batteries ............................................. 800,000 

NJ, PA .................. Delaware Water Gap NRA, demolish and remove hazardous structures ............................ 2,234,000 

NY ........................ Fire Island Land Trust Historic Restoration ........................................................................ 250,000 

OH ....................... Cuyahoga Valley National Park Site and Structure Rehabilitation Program ...................... 500,000 

OK ........................ Chickasaw National Recreation Area Visitor Center ........................................................... 500,000 

OR ....................... Crater Lake Visitor Education Center .................................................................................. 350,000 

PA ........................ Delaware Water Gap NRA, rehabilitate Childs Park ........................................................... 3,048,000 

PA ........................ Flight 93 National Memorial ................................................................................................ 725,000 

PA ........................ Valley Forge National Park Visitor Center ........................................................................... 325,000 

TN ........................ Great Smoky Mountains National Park (curatorial facility) ................................................ 1,500,000 

TN ........................ Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tremont/Cosby water) .......................................... 1,940,000 

TN ........................ Moccasin Bend National Archeological District .................................................................. 500,000 

UT ........................ Timpanogos Cave National Monument Interagency Visitors Center ................................... 1,600,000 

UT ........................ Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act, PL 107–329 ................................................ 1,000,000 

VA ........................ Fort Hunt NCO Quarters Restoration ................................................................................... 250,000 

WA ....................... Olympic National Park, restore Elwha River ecosystem and fisheries ............................... 20,000,000 

WI ........................ Apostle Islands Lighthouse Restoration .............................................................................. 2,000,000 

WI ........................ Ice Age National Scenic Trail .............................................................................................. 265,000 

WV ....................... Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ................................................................................ 275,000 

WV ....................... New River Gorge National River .......................................................................................... 1,025,000 

WY ....................... Grand Teton National Park, construct critical housing ...................................................... 13,174,000 

Total, Line Item Projects ............................................................................................. 142,988,000 

Everglades.—The conference agreement includes $8,400,000 for 

the Modified Water Deliveries Project at Everglades National Park 

as proposed by the House. This includes $4,200,000 which the 

President had requested in the budget for the Army Corps of Engineers. These funds will allow for continuous work on the Tamiami 

Trail bridge and road modifications as a first step to return water 

flow to the Park. It is critical that the bridging of the Tamiami 

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be restored between Everglades National Park and the State-managed Water Conservation Areas. 

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park.—Of the amount 

provided, the conferees have included $500,000 for the Park Service’s general management plan for the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. 

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument.—The conferees 

have included $500,000 for preliminary planning and design of the 

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument restoration project 

with the understanding that construction will not commence until 

fee simple title of the affected property is conveyed to the Federal 

government by the City of St. Augustine, FL and the State of Florida. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

for the Everglades Modified Water Projects as proposed by the 

House. The agreement also authorizes a single contract for the full 

scope of the Elwha Dam project. The conference agreement does 

not include statutory language proposed by the House to authorize 

a special resources study along the Mississippi River. The conferees 

have addressed this issue in report language under the Operation 

of the National Park System account. The conference agreement 

also provides that construction funds for the Quincy Smelter stabilization project at Keweenaw National Historical Park shall be 

made without regard to requirements in section 8(b) of Public Law 

102–543, as amended. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

(RESCISSION)

The conference agreement rescinds $30,000,000, as in previous 

years, in annual contract authority. There are no plans to use this 

authority in fiscal year 2010. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $126,266,000 for Land Acquisition and State Assistance instead of $113,222,000 as proposed 

by the House and $118,586,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

conference agreement includes the following distribution of funds: 

State Project Amount 

AL ............................... Little River Canyon National Preserve ........................................................ $1,500,000 

AR, OK ....................... Ft. Smith National Historic Site .................................................................. 362,000 

AZ .............................. Petrified Forest National Park ..................................................................... 4,575,000 

CA .............................. Golden Gate National Recreation Area ....................................................... 5,000,000 

CA .............................. Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park.1,000,000 

CA .............................. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area ................................... 1,000,000 

GA .............................. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area .......................................... 3,100,000

ID ............................... Minidoka National Historic Site .................................................................. 350,000 

KY .............................. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park .................................................. 1,150,000 

MI ............................... Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ................................................... 1,000,000 

MO ............................. Harry S. Truman National Historic Site ...................................................... 1,300,000 

MS ............................. Natchez National Historical Park ................................................................ 264,000 

NC .............................. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ................................................ 880,000 

NH .............................. Appalachian National Scenic Trail .............................................................. 1,375,000 

NM ............................. Petroglyph National Monument ................................................................... 1,000,000 

OH .............................. Cuyahoga Valley National Park ................................................................... 4,000,000 

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State Project Amount 

SC .............................. Congaree National Park .............................................................................. 1,320,000 

TN .............................. Shiloh National Military Park ...................................................................... 250,000 

TX ............................... Big Thicket National Preserve ..................................................................... 5,000,000 

TX ............................... Fort Davis National Historic Site ................................................................ 500,000 

TX ............................... Palo Alto Battlefield National Park ............................................................. 4,120,000 

VA .............................. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park ............................ 200,000 

VA .............................. Prince William Forest Park .......................................................................... 425,000 

VA, NC ....................... Blue Ridge Parkway .................................................................................... 1,250,000 

VI ............................... Virgin Islands National Park ....................................................................... 3,250,000 

VT ............................... Appalachian National Scenic Trail .............................................................. 625,000 

WA ............................. Mt. Ranier National Park ............................................................................ 2,150,000 

WA ............................. Olympic National Park ................................................................................. 3,000,000 

WA ............................. San Juan Island National Historical Park ................................................... 6,000,000 

WI ............................... Ice Age National Scenic Trail ...................................................................... 2,000,000 

Mult. .......................... Civil War Battlefield Grants ........................................................................ 9,000,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Projects ............................................................... 68,766,000 

Acquisition Management ............................................................................. 9,500,000 

Inholdings and Exchanges .......................................................................... 5,000,000 

Emergencies, and Hardships ...................................................................... 3,000,000 

Total, National Park Service Land Acquisition .................................. 86,266,000 

Stateside conservation grants .................................................................... 37,200,000 

Administrative expenses .............................................................................. 2,800,000 

Total, Assistance to States ................................................................ 40,000,000 

Grand Total, Land Acquisition and State Assistance ........................ 126,266,000 

The funding provided for the Virgin Islands National Park in- cludes $2,250,000 for the Maho Bay property and $1,000,000 for 

the Hawksnest Bay property. 

The conferees have included report language under National 

Recreation and Preservation guiding the acquisition of lands or interests therein at the Minidoka National Historic Site. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill continues administrative provisions applicable to the 

National Park Service as proposed by the House and the Senate. 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $1,111,740,000 for Surveys, Investigations and Research instead of $1,105,744,000 as proposed 

by the House and $1,104,340,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

detailed allocation of funding by activity for this account is included in the table at the end of the statement. In addition to the 

guidance included in both the House and Senate committee reports, 

the conference agreement provides the following direction: 

Geographic Research and Remote Sensing.—The conference 

agreement includes the House proposed bill language and direction 

concerning the Civil Applications Committee, and provides 

$1,650,000 above the budget request for its operation. 

Geologic Hazards Assessments.—The conference agreement in- cludes the following increases to the request: $1,000,000 for LIDAR 


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and high risk seismology activities and $250,000 for the Global 

Seismographic Network as proposed by the House; and $250,000 

for the UH-Manoa/HVO volcano research/monitoring partnership in 

Hawaii as proposed by the Senate. 

Geologic Resource Assessments.—The conference agreement in- cludes the Senate proposed increase of $650,000 to continue the 

Nye County minerals assessment project, NV. 

Ground Water Resources.—The conference agreement includes the following increases to the request: $300,000 for the South Arkansas Sparta Aquifer Recovery Initiative and $280,000 for the 

McHenry County groundwater and storm water protection study as 

proposed by the House; and $900,000 to continue the San Diego 

Formation mapping project as proposed by the Senate. 

Hydrologic Research and Development.—The conference agree- ment includes the following increases to the request: $1,000,000 for 

the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program; 

$200,000 for the Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Study, WA; and 

$400,000 for the Survey’s participation in the work of the Long 

Term Estuary Assessment Group, LA. 

Hydrologic Networks and Analysis.—The conference agreement 

includes the following increases to the request, as proposed by the 

Senate: $346,000 for Lake Champlain Basin streamflow monitoring/toxic studies; $500,000 for a water resources assessment of 

Maryland’s Coastal Plain and Piedmont aquifer systems; and 

$500,000 for water resources monitoring, investigations and research in Hawaii. The Survey is encouraged to consider maintaining its activities at the San Pedro River Basin, AZ, as authorized 

by section 321 of Public Law 108–136. 

Biological Research.—The conference agreement includes the following increases to the request: $220,000 for the Conte Anadromous Fish Research Lab, MA; $1,000,000 for San Francisco Bay 

Salt Ponds restoration monitoring/research; $750,000 for general 

genetics and genomic research; $600,000 for tropical ecosystems 

and watershed health research; $2,000,000 within biological information management and delivery to support the coordinators of the 

national network of State conservation data agencies; $750,000 for 

National Biological Information Infrastructure activities; and 

$350,000 for the design and testing of monitoring protocols on 

invasive species, including zebra mussels, in the Columbia River 

Basin in collaboration with Washington State University and its 

partners. The Survey is encouraged to conduct further research 

and analyses regarding the alarming interaction of endocrine 

disrupters on water quality and fish development. 

Enterprise Information.—The conference agreement includes 

the $2,000,000 requested for USGS participation in the Department of the Interior’s 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps initiative. 

Global Climate Change Research Program.—The conference 

agreement includes $58,177,000 as requested and proposed by both 

the House and the Senate for the global climate change research 

program. Additional funds for climate change related research are 

also in other budget activities. The agreement includes $15,000,000 

as requested for the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science 

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hubs, and intra- and extra-mural research. The NCCWSC should 

oversee and coordinate research on the potential effects of climate 

change on wildlife, fish, and flora including both terrestrial and 

aquatic habitats. Locations for the regional centers are to be selected through a collaborative process that engages other Federal, 

State and Tribal agencies, universities, and other partners. Additional direction concerning the adoption of an integrated approach 

to climate change science and management is in the front of this 

statement. 

MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $175,217,000 for Royalty 

and Offshore Minerals Management, as proposed by the Senate instead of $174,317,000 as proposed by the House. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the 

table at the end of the statement. 

In addition, the use of $166,730,000 in receipts and cost recovery fees is included, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $900,000 to continue the Center 

for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology project in 

Mississippi. 

The conferees support the Administration’s efforts to secure a 

balanced energy portfolio that carefully weighs what is in the best 

interest of our energy-dependent nation with what is in the best interest of our natural environment. Future coordinated efforts to 

pursue additional oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) must include the opportunity to apply advanced technologies, be based on the best available science, and take into account the potential environmental impacts of such potential development. Therefore, the conferees direct the Minerals Management 

Service, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, to conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to 

evaluate potential significant environmental effects of multiple geological and geophysical activities in the Atlantic OCS and provide 

a detailed timeline for completion of the PEIS no later than 90 

days after enactment of this Act. The conferees believe this request 

is consistent with the Department’s stated desire to fill in information gaps relating to resource potential in the OCS. 

The conferees note that over the last several years there have 

been expanded areas available for oil and gas leasing in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas and approved exploration plans involving 

seismic testing and exploratory drilling in these waters. These waters currently host a rich diversity of wildlife and fish resources 

and are critical to the survival of the subsistence culture of the 

Inupiat people of Arctic Alaska. To ensure sound science-based 

planning with regard to these important resources, a continuing 

comprehensive assessment of the health, biodiversity, and functioning of Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems, including the impacts of industrial activities and of climate change is needed. To inform this continuing assessment, the conferees believe that there 

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ditional information to ensure adequate environmental review of 

proposed industrial activities in the region. This assessment should 

also include recommendations for obtaining the identified relevant 

scientific information. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $6,303,000 for Oil Spill Research as proposed by both the House and Senate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conference agreement continues language from the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted bill on a legislative matter which deducts two 

percent of State royalties to help cover Federal administrative 

costs, resulting in a $45,000,000 scoring credit for the bill. 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement includes $127,180,000 for Regulation and Technology as proposed by both the House and the Senate. In addition, there is also an indefinite appropriation estimated 

to be $100,000 for civil penalties for a total program level of 

$127,280,000. The detailed allocation of funding by program area 

and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

The conference agreement includes $35,588,000 for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund instead of $32,088,000 as proposed 

by the House and $39,588,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $2,335,965,000 for the Op- eration of Indian Programs instead of $2,300,099,000 as proposed 

by the House and $2,309,322,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. In addition to the 

directions included in the House and Senate Committee reports, 

the conference agreement includes the following directions: 

Tribal Government.—The conference agreement includes $429,778,000 instead of $422,862,000 as proposed by the House 

and $418,572,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds for 

Tribal government, there is $166,000,000 for contract support costs, 

an increase of $18,706,000 over the fiscal year 2009 enacted level. 

Human Services.—The conference agreement includes 

$136,996,000 as proposed by the House instead of $138,059,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

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the House and $161,618,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the 

funds for trust resource management, there is an increase of 

$12,000,000 for rights protection programs, $350,000 for the Upper 

Columbia United Tribes, $500,000 for the Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tribe’s prairie management program, and a general increase of 

$2,000,000 for fish hatchery operations within the fish, wildlife and 

parks program. 

The conferees direct the Bureau to distribute the increase provided for rights protection using a merit-based process for programs with existing memoranda of understanding, legal settlements, treaty rights, or past merit-based funding history, in accordance with language included in the administration’s budget justification. 

Trust—Real Estate Services.—The conference agreement in- cludes $152,493,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

Education.—The conference agreement includes $799,400,000 instead of $796,300,000 as proposed by the House and 

$797,900,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided 

there are increases of $500,000 for Haskell and SIPI colleges, and 

$600,000 for United Tribes Technical College and Navajo Technical 

College. The increases provided should be divided proportionally 

between the respective schools. There is also a general increase of 

$2,000,000 for Tribal colleges and universities and $2,000,000 for 

student transportation. 

Public Safety and Justice.—The conference agreement includes $328,855,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $303,855,000 as 

proposed by the House. Within the funds provided for public safety 

and justice, law enforcement there are increases of $10,000,000 for 

criminal investigation, $5,000,000 for detention and corrections, 

$1,000,000 for special initiatives, $1,000,000 for Indian police academy, $3,000,000 for program management, and $5,000,000 for Tribal courts. 

The conferees commend the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the 

Fort Hall Indian Reservation for their initiative in addressing their 

law enforcement needs by constructing a justice center to house 

their adult and juvenile detention and rehabilitation center, Tribal 

courts, and police department. The conferees encourage the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs to work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to ensure that the Center and the programs it will provide will operate 

effectively. Additionally, the conferees encourage the Bureau to 

consider establishing regional detention centers at new or existing 

facilities as it works to combat the crime problem in Indian Country. 

Community and Economic Development.—The conference 

agreement includes $44,910,000 as proposed by the House instead 

of $43,910,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds for 

community and economic development, there is an increase of 

$1,000,000 for community development programs for training and 

apprenticeship opportunities. 

Executive Direction and Administrative Services.—The conference agreement includes $267,915,000 as proposed by both the 

House and the Senate. 

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dian Land Consolidation account for estate planning assistance as 

provided for under Section 207(f) of the Indian Land Consolidation 

Act (25 U.S.C. 2206(f)). 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $225,000,000 for Construc- tion as proposed by the Senate instead of $200,000,000 as proposed 

by the House. The detailed allocation of funding by program area 

and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

In addition to the directions included in the House and Senate 

Committee reports, the conference agreement includes the following directions: 

Public Safety and Justice.—The conference agreement includes $64,407,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $39,407,000 as 

proposed by the House. Within the funds provided there are increases of $20,000,000 for detention center replacement and 

$5,000,000 for employee housing for new and existing housing 

needs in remote areas to promote recruitment and retention of law 

enforcement officers. 

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

The conference agreement includes $47,380,000 for Indian 

Land and Water Claims Settlements and miscellaneous payments 

to Indians as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The conference agreement provides $8,215,000 for the Indian 

Guaranteed Loan Program Account as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. 

INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for Indian Land 

Consolidation as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $118,836,000 for the Office 

of the Secretary as requested and as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program and 

activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. The 

conference agreement also includes the following directions: 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

that within the appropriated amount, $12,136,000 is to be derived 

from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for consolidated appraisal services and remain available until expended, as requested 

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$25,000 may be used for official reception and representation activities, as proposed by the Senate instead of $15,000 as proposed 

by the House. Language also is included permitting the Secretary 

for fiscal years 2008–2012 to correct prior year overpayments and 

underpayments to counties under the Payments In Lieu of Taxes 

program as proposed by the Senate. 

INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

The conference agreement provides $85,195,000 for Assistance to Territories instead of $83,995,000 as proposed by the House and 

$81,095,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of 

funding by activity for this account is included in the table at the 

end of the statement. The conference agreement follows the House 

proposed bill and report language, including $900,000 above the request for critical wastewater system repairs and improvements in 

the U.S. Virgin Islands. The conference agreement also includes 

$1,200,000 within the technical assistance activity to be used by 

the Secretary to assist American Samoa with recovery from the catastrophic tsunami which hit the islands on September 29, 2009. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

The conference agreement provides $5,318,000 for the Compact 

of Free Association as requested and proposed by the House and 

the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program is included in the table at the end of the statement. As proposed by the 

House, the bill language regarding the authority to use a USDA 

loan program in Guam is included under the Administrative Provision heading for Insular Affairs. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes the Administrative Provision proposed by the House. Similar language was under both the 

Assistance to Territories and the Compact of Free Association 

headings in the budget request and the Senate proposal. This language will allow the Interior Department to transfer certain funds 

designated for Guam to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, when 

requested by the Governor of Guam, as a subsidy for direct or 

guaranteed rural development loans to Guam for construction and 

repair projects. This language, which does not supplant any existing USDA authority, will help the government of Guam respond to 

extensive change as the military relocates major facilities and personnel to Guam. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $65,076,000 for the Office 

of the Solicitor as requested and as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program and 

activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 


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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $48,590,000 for the Office 

of the Inspector General as requested and as proposed by both the 

House and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program and activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $185,984,000 for the Office 

of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Federal Trust Programs as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement does not include bill language added by the Senate that directs funding to estate planning. The detailed allocation 

of funding by program area and activity is included in the table at 

the end of the statement. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes bill language, as in previous years, limiting the amount of funding that 

can be used for historical accounting. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $919,897,000 for Department of the Interior Wildland Fire Management instead of 

$932,780,000 as proposed by the House and $904,637,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes an 

additional $61,000,000 for the new Department of the Interior 

FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund as described below. 

The Senate had included $75,000,000 for a contingency reserve 

fund within this account, whereas the House had included 

$75,000,000 in a separate Wildland Fire Suppression Contingency 

Reserve account as was in the budget request. The detailed allocation of funding by activity for these accounts is included in the 

table at the end of the statement. The conferees note that the funding provided includes the use of $125,000,000 in prior year nonemergency funds because the suppression activity had very large 

carry-over balances from fiscal year 2009. In addition to the directions provided in the House and Senate committee reports, the conference agreement also provides the following directions: 

Wildfire Preparedness.—The conference agreement provides 

$290,452,000 as proposed by the House instead of $289,192,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

Wildfire Suppression Operations.—The conference agreement 

includes $383,797,000 for wildland fire suppression instead of 

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cation of $75,000,000 within the suppression amount for a wildfire 

suppression contingency reserve. The conferees note the use of 

$125,000,000 in prior year funding. An additional $61,000,000 for 

suppression activities is provided in the new FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund. The conferees note that the Forest Service 

wildland fire suppression accounts are provided an additional 

$1,410,505,000, including $413,000,000 in the new Forest Service 

FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund. Thus, the sum for 

wildfire suppression for both Departments, including both the suppression and the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund accounts, is $1,855,302,000. This sum is equal to the request and 

$526,164,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level. This is the 

largest funding increase ever provided for non-emergency wildfire 

suppression activities. 

The conferees reiterate that both the Interior Department and 

the Forest Service should ensure that cost containment is an important priority when suppressing wildland fires. Both Departments must examine and report promptly to the Congress and on 

agency websites, using independent panels, on each and every individual wildfire incident which results in suppression expenses 

greater than $10,000,000. 

The conferees intend that amounts provided through the 

FLAME Fund, together with amounts provided through the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriations account, should fully 

fund anticipated wildland fire suppression requirements in advance 

of the fire season and prevent future borrowing from non-fire programs. To satisfy this requirement, the conferees direct the Secretaries to develop new methods for formulating fire suppression 

funding estimates for the Wildland Fire Management and FLAME 

Fund appropriations accounts as part of their fiscal year 2011 

budget request. In formulating these estimates, the conferees expect the Secretaries to consider data regarding actual prior-year 

fire suppression expenditures, predictive modeling, and any other 

criteria that they deem appropriate, consistent with the direction 

provided in this Act. It is the intent of conferees to provide sufficient funds for FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve accounts to 

preclude the necessity for transferring funds from other non-fire 

programs and activities except in unusual circumstances. 

Other Wildland Fire Management Operations.—The conference 

agreement provides $206,206,000 for hazardous fuels reduction activities at the Department of the Interior as requested and proposed by the Senate instead of $233,089,000 as proposed by the 

House. The conference agreement provides the requested funding 

for the other subactivities as was proposed by both the House and 

the Senate. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes the House 

proposed language allowing up to $50,000,000 to be transferred between the Interior Department and the Forest Service when such 

transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire 

management programs and projects. Bill language is included that 

directs the Department to make no less than $125,000,000 in prior 

year non-emergency suppression funds available for wildfire suppression purposes in addition to amounts otherwise provided. The 

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wildfire suppression funds may be used for support of Federal 

emergency response actions. 

The conference does not include the Wildland Fire Contingency 

Reserve Fund which was in the request and the House recommendation. Instead, funds are provided for the FLAME Wildfire 

Suppression Reserve Fund, as described below. 

FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $61,000,000 for the new 

Department of the Interior FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 

Fund established in the FLAME Act of 2009 (Title V of this Act). 

The Senate had included $75,000,000 within the Wildland Fire 

Management account for a suppression reserve, whereas the House 

had included, as requested, $75,000,000 for a separate Wildland 

Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund. Further direction on 

the use of this new account is provided in Title V. 

A similar account in the Forest Service is also provided an ad- ditional $413,000,000. The conferees note that this is the first year 

for this new account, so adjustments will be required by the Federal wildfire community. The funding provided this year as a beginning allocation is equal to the actual expenditures during fiscal 

year 2009 by the Department of the Interior on large wildfire suppression events, as defined by the FLAME Act of 2009. The conferees have established these funding levels to give the Department 

of the Interior and the Forest Service some degree of funding flexibility as they develop appropriate procedures and infrastructure for 

the FLAME Funds. However, these levels are not intended to represent a final method for calculating FLAME Fund budget requests. Instead, as provided in Title V, the conferees expect the 

agencies to develop new methods for formulating fire suppression 

funding estimates for the Wildland Fire Management and FLAME 

Fund appropriations accounts as part of their fiscal year 2011 

budget request. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

The conference agreement provides the requested amount, 

$10,175,000, for the Central Hazardous Materials Fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

The conference agreement provides $6,462,000 for the Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment Fund as requested and as proposed 

by both the House and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by activity is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

The conference agreement provides $85,823,000 for the Working Capital Fund as proposed by the Senate, instead of $75,823,000 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Sec. 101. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate providing Secretarial authority to transfer program 

funds for expenditures in cases of emergency. 

Sec. 102. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate providing 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, oil spills, grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks, and 

surface mine reclamation emergencies. 

Sec. 103. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate providing for use of appropriated funds for purchase 

and replacement of motor vehicles, contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library memberships, and certain telephone expenses. 

Sec. 104. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate permitting the transfer of funds between the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee for American 

Indians. 

Sec. 105. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate permitting the redistribution of Tribal priority allocation and Tribal base funds to alleviate funding inequities. 

Sec. 106. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate permitting the conveyance of the Twin Cities Research 

Center of the former Bureau of Mines for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Sec. 107. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate allowing the Secretary to pay private attorney fees for 

employees and former employees incurred in connection with 

Cobell v. Salazar. 

Sec. 108. Retains a provision included by the House requiring 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to mark hatchery salmon. 

Sec. 109. Continues a provision included by both the House 

and the Senate authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 

lands for the operation and maintenance of facilities in support of 

transportation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. 

Sec. 110. Retains a provision included by the Senate, directing 

the Secretary of the Interior to make certain certifications with respect to existing rights-of-way. 

Sec. 111. Retains a provision included by the House allowing 

the Minerals Management Service to accept contributions to complete environmental documents prior to energy exploration and production through 2013. 

Sec. 112. Retains a provision included by the Senate extending 

permanently the authority of the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements where such agreements are in the interest of the 

Department of the Interior. 

Sec. 113. Retains a provision included by the House authorizing funds provided for land acquisition at the Ice Age National 

Scenic Trail to be granted to a State, a local government, or any 

other land management entity. 

Sec. 114. Retains a provision included by the House providing 

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collection of solid minerals, geothermal, and offshore alternative 

energy activities. This authority would correct existing deficiencies 

in sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA). The Senate bill contained a similar provision. 

Sec. 115. Retains a provision included by the House allowing 

the Minerals Management Service to charge outer continental shelf 

oil and gas operators a fee for the required MMS inspections. 

Sec. 116. Retains a provision included by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds to reduce the number of Axis and Fallow deer 

at Point Reyes National Seashore. 

Sec. 117. Retains language included by the Senate extending 

the authorization for certain school payments at Yosemite National 

Park until 2013. 

Sec. 118. Retains language included by the House amending 

authority for land purchase at San Juan Island National Historic 

Park. 

Sec. 119. Modifies a provision included by the House amending 

the boundary of Heart Mountain. The agreement does not include 

language amending the boundary of Minidoka National Historic 

Site authorization. 

Sec. 120. Retains language included by the Senate amending 

the Northern Plains National Heritage Area Act by including a private property opt-in provision to clarify that private landowners 

will not have to include their land in the Northern Plains National 

Heritage Area unless they provide written consent for inclusion. 

Sec. 121. Retains language included by the Senate authorizing 

the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a joint ticketing agreement at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii with certain nonprofit entities for the convenience of visitors. 

Sec. 122. Retains language included by the Senate extending 

the authorization of certain payments to the Republic of Palau for 

fiscal year 2010. 

Sec. 123. Retains language included by the Senate amending 

Golden Gate Recreation Area to allow for concurrent jurisdiction. 

This change will allow the National Park Service to enhance its 

law enforcement and fire protection services. 

Sec. 124. Modifies language included by the Senate providing 

the Secretary discretion to issue a special use permit to Drake’s 

Bay Oyster Company within Drake’s Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore. 

Sec. 125. Retains language included by the Senate directing 

the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 

the Honouliuli Gulch and associated sites in Hawaii. 

Sec. 126. Modifies language included by the Senate regarding 

the security along the southwest border. 

Sec. 127. Retains language included by the Senate allowing 

property owners to opt-out of a National Heritage Area plan, 

project or activity. 

Sec. 128. The agreement includes a new provision proposed by 

the Senate which directs the Secretary of the Interior to commemorate the leadership of Senator Robert J. Dole in bringing about the 

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Sec. 129. The agreement includes a new provision proposed by 

the Senate to extend the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial authority until September 30, 2010. 

Sec. 130. The agreement includes a new provision proposed by 

the Senate to extend the John Adams Memorial authority until 

September 30, 2010. 

The conference agreement does not include language regarding 

elk management in Theodore Roosevelt National Park as proposed 

by the Senate. 

TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement provides $846,049,000 for Science and Technology programs instead of $849,649,000 as proposed by 

the House and $842,799,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also transfers $26,834,000 from the Hazardous 

Substance Superfund account to this account. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for this account is included in the table at the end of the statement. The conference 

agreement also includes the following specific funding levels and 

directions: 

Homeland Security.—From within the amount provided, the 

conference agreement fully funds the remaining two Water Security Initiative pilot projects. 

Research/National Priorities.—The conference agreement pro- vides $5,700,000 for this program and allocates the funds as proposed by the House instead of a competitive grant program proposed by the Senate. The conferees have agreed to the following allocation of funds: $2,000,000 for the Water Environment Research 

Foundation; $1,700,000 for the Water Research Foundation; 

$1,000,000 for the Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy; and $1,000,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research. 

Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.—The conference 

agreement includes no less than $11,442,000 for endocrine 

disruptor research. In addition, the conferees direct a portion of the 

increase provided for the Integrated Risk Information System 

Health Assessments to expedite the risk assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE). The conference agreement includes an additional 

$3,000,000 for children’s environmental health research instead of 

$5,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of this amount $2,000,000 

is directed to increase the base program for centers of excellence 

on children’s environmental health and is to be divided equally 

among the four centers. The conferees urge that at least one of 

these centers focus on child care settings. The remaining 

$1,000,000 is directed to accelerate research on the effects of environmental chemicals and toxins on children. 

Air Quality Research.—The conferees encourage the Agency to 

establish a competitively awarded, national research facility to help 

address many of the issues relating to air quality, as noted in the 

House report. The conferees note the need for additional air quality 

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Hydraulic Fracturing Study.—The conferees urge the Agency 

to carry out a study on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water, using a credible approach that relies on 

the best available science, as well as independent sources of information. The conferees expect the study to be conducted through a 

transparent, peer-reviewed process that will ensure the validity 

and accuracy of the data. The Agency shall consult with other Federal agencies as well as appropriate State and interstate regulatory 

agencies in carrying out the study, which should be prepared in accordance with the Agency’s quality assurance principles. 

Health Effects of Fuel Efficiency and Emission Reduction Efforts.—The conferees are aware that efforts to improve fuel efficiency and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will require careful 

evaluation for potential consequences for human health and the environment. To ensure that the Agency can meet the need for this 

critical information in a timely and credible manner, the conferees 

encourage the Agency to work with experienced and independent 

extramural research partners to strengthen ongoing human health 

research and assessment efforts on alternative fuels, engines, and 

emission reduction technologies. 

Black Carbon.—The conferees have included a modified version 

of language originally proposed by the Senate in the Administrative Provisions section requiring the Administrator to complete and 

transmit a study on black carbon to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 

no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

The conferees agree that the Administrator shall carry out the 

study in consultation with other relevant Federal partners. The 

conferees further direct the Agency to fund this study from within 

amounts provided to the Office of Air and Radiation in either the 

Science and Technology account or the Environmental Programs 

and Management account or a combination of funds from each account. Bill language has been included in the Administrative Provisions section mandating this report. 

Great Lakes Emission Control Areas.—Language has been included in the General Provisions section concerning the rule to control emissions from new marine compression-ignition engines. EPA 

is conducting a rulemaking (74 Fed. Reg. 44442) regarding fuel sulfur standards that will apply to vessels including those that are 

powered by large marine diesel engines, called Category 3 engines. 

While these standards can achieve significant health and welfare 

benefits, they can also impose significant costs on the industry and 

on a region whose economy is already reeling. EPA has received 

comments detailing significant negative economic impacts for carriers that operate Category 3 engine vessels exclusively within the 

Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters and therefore for the economy of the region. Because of these economic impacts, EPA should include waiver provisions similar to those in 

other EPA rules in the final rule—one to waive the 10,000 ppm sulfur standard for Great Lakes Category 3 diesel engine vessels that 

burn residual fuel if EPA determines that 10,000 ppm residual fuel 

is not available; and one to waive fuel requirements for an owner/ 

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upon a showing of serious economic hardship. It is important that 

EPA structure such a waiver provision similar to the other fuels 

rules, where parties can apply for and receive a waiver in sufficient 

time prior to the implementation of the requirements. Finally, EPA 

should perform a study and issue a report within six months that 

evaluates the economic impact of the final rule on Great Lakes carriers. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement provides $2,993,779,000 for Environmental Programs and Management activities instead of 

$3,022,054,000 as proposed by the House and $2,878,780,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for this account is included in the table at 

the end of the statement. The conference agreement also includes 

the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Brownfields.—The conference agreement provides the request of $1,246,000 for the Smart Growth Program. As proposed by the 

Senate, the agreement does not provide the requested funds for additional personnel. The House had proposed to fund one-half of the 

increase. 

Compliance.—From within the amount provided, the conferees direct $25,070,000 for compliance assistance and centers and 

$9,702,000 for compliance incentives. 

Environmental Protection/National Priorities.—The conference 

agreement provides $16,950,000 for this program and allocates the 

funds as proposed by the House instead of a competitive grant program as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have agreed to the 

following allocation of funds: $13,000,000 for the National Rural 

Water Association; $2,500,000 for the Rural Community Assistance 

Partnership; $700,000 for the Water Systems Council/WellCare 

program; and $750,000 for the National Biosolids Partnership. 

Geographic Programs.—The conference agreement provides $608,441,000 for this program area instead of $628,941,000 as proposed by the House and $478,696,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The detailed allocation of funding by specific geographic program 

area is included in the table at the end of the statement. In addition to these specific amounts, the conference agreement includes 

the following directives for certain programs. 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.—The conference agreement provides $475,000,000 for this new initiative. The conferees support 

the Administration’s efforts to restore the Great Lakes and have 

agreed to the request to fund an interagency restoration effort, led 

by the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the conferees 

have agreed to consolidate and expand funding for the Agency’s 

Great Lakes National Program Office and Great Lakes Legacy Act 

programs within this new program-project. 

Bill language has been included to allow the Agency to transfer 

funding to or establish interagency agreements with other Federal 

agencies, and to make grants to relevant entities as appropriate. 

The conferees direct the Agency to work with the other Federal 

agencies to ensure these funds supplement and expand, not supplant, base Great Lakes programs when compared to fiscal year 

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1, 2010, annual reports that provide funding allocations by Agency 

and that identify any adjustments from the request. Beginning in 

2011 and each year thereafter, the Agency is directed to provide detailed yearly program accomplishments and compare specific funding levels allocated for participating Federal agencies from fiscal 

year to fiscal year. This includes programs funded at or below 

$500,000 that may not otherwise be identified in cross-cut budgets. 

The Agency and its Federal partners are expected to limit overhead. 

The Agency is directed to use the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy as a guide to maximize funding for actual restoration activities that achieve measurable results. A substantial 

portion of the funds shall be provided for restoration activities conducted by non-Federal partners to accomplish restoration objectives 

where appropriate and cost-effective. The conferees direct the 

Agency and the other Federal agencies to exercise maximum flexibility to minimize non-Federal match requirements in recognition 

of the exceptional economic circumstances of the region and the significant ongoing investments made by non-Federal partners. 

To guide the activities of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through fiscal year 2014, including funding decisions in fiscal 

year 2011 and future years, the conferees direct the Agency to develop a comprehensive, multi-year restoration action plan that will 

lead to the restoration of the Great Lakes. The action plan should 

build upon the foundation of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy, utilize input from Great Lakes stakeholders, outline 

Federal agency actions to help protect and restore the chemical, 

physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem, and include targets and measurable objectives expected for 

fiscal years 2010 through 2014. The Agency should ensure that the 

goals, objectives, and targets of the Action Plan are aligned with 

those of the Great Lakes State, local and Tribal governments. The 

plan should also include a description of the process used to track 

and measure progress, target restoration priorities and adapt and 

modify those priorities in the outyears. In addition, the conferees 

expect the Agency to establish a process that: 

(1) Allows the Great Lakes area governors, mayors, Tribal 

leaders, regional organizations and other stakeholders to provide 

advice, guidance, and recommendations that will assist the Agency 

in making annual decisions on restoration priorities, activities, 

projects, and funding levels that reflect the highest priority needs; 

(2) Coordinates restoration activities in the U.S. with those of 

the Canadian and provincial governments; 

(3) Engages an independent, scientific panel to review the scientific credibility of the plan to optimize the likelihood of successful 

restoration at appropriate scales; and, 

(4) Ensures monitoring and reporting on the progress of the 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, using scientific research to revise restoration priorities as needed, and adapt and modify activities beginning in fiscal year 2011. 

In considering the appropriate science for the process, the 

Agency shall consider that independent scientific reviews are the 

preferred method for some elements and activities to ensure that 

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However, the Agency may selectively use and scale these scientific 

reviews so that the rate of progress is optimized at the same time 

scientific validation is ensured. The Agency shall determine those 

elements for which additional scientific validation is needed to expedite restoration while providing the Agency with the basis for optimizing successful restoration programs and projects to advance 

the goals, objectives, and restoration priorities of the action plan. 

The conferees support funding Habitat and Wildlife Protection 

and Restoration through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration at the Department of Commerce, as proposed by 

the Administration, and expect that funds will be expended on land 

conservation priorities that meaningfully contribute to the goals of 

the Initiative through the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). As with the other funds provided for the 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the conferees further expect 

that these funds would supplement, rather than replace, CELCP 

funds provided in any other appropriations bill for priority projects 

in the Great Lakes region. 

Chesapeake Bay.—The conference agreement includes 

$50,000,000 for this program. In light of the new Executive Order 

on the Bay, which places additional demands on and expectations 

of the Agency and States, the conferees have included an increase 

above the request. The conferees direct the Agency to report within 

30 days of enactment a proposed allocation of the additional funds. 

The conferees expect this allocation to recognize that the funds are 

intended to support additional regulatory and accountability programs to control urban, suburban and agricultural runoff in the 

watershed. The allocation should emphasize increases to State 

grant programs to support and expand the States’ regulatory and 

enforcement capabilities. 

Puget Sound.—The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 

for this program. From within the funds provided, $4,000,000 is included for the Puget Sound Ecosystem Research Initiative at the 

University of Washington’s College of the Environment. These 

funds are to conduct, coordinate, and disseminate scientific research to inform policy decisions necessary to carry out the Puget 

Sound Action Agenda. The remaining funds are for the Agency’s intramural costs, cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, 

contracts and competitive grants, including a competitive grant to 

manage implementation of the Action Agenda. Prior to announcing 

any requests for proposals for competitive grants, the conferees expect the Agency to coordinate with the State on priorities for the 

proposals. 

San Francisco Bay.—The conference agreement includes 

$7,000,000 to continue its competitive grant program to restore the 

San Francisco Bay watershed and improve water quality. The 

Agency shall use no more than five percent of the funds provided 

for the costs of administering the program. 

Long Island Sound.—The conferees direct the Agency to work 

with the appropriate stakeholders to determine the proper allocation of funds between the Long Island Sound Restoration Act and 

the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act. The Agency is directed to 

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Other Geographic Activities.—The conference agreement in- cludes $2,000,000 for a competitive grant program to protect the 

Potomac Highlands. The conferees recognize the Agency’s commitment to protecting the Potomac Highlands through conservation 

and ecological restoration initiatives. The Agency shall use no more 

than 10 percent of the funds for intramural costs, with the remaining funds awarded on a competitive basis for projects identified in 

the Highlands Action Plan. 

Information Exchange/Outreach.—The conference agreement provides $129,972,000 for this program area. Within this amount, 

the conferees direct the following levels: $6,515,000 for children 

and other sensitive populations; $50,480,000 for Congressional, 

intergovernmental, external relations; $9,038,000 for environmental education; and, $16,860,000 for the exchange network. The 

conference agreement does not include additional funding for the 

Office of Children’s Health Protection as proposed by the House. 

IT/Data Management/Security.—The conference agreement provides $104,320,000 for this program. The conferees direct that 

funding for the Agency’s library system be exempted from this reduction. 

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.—The conference 

agreement provides $123,788,000 for this program. The conferees 

have not provided funds for the Performance Track program. The 

conferees direct the Agency to provide, at a minimum, the requested level for the Smart Growth Program. The conference agreement reflects the reduction to the Regulatory/Economic-Management and Analysis program as proposed by the House. 

Operations and Administration.—The conference agreement provides $501,895,000 for this program, which includes a 

$5,000,000 reduction to the request for the Financial System Modernization Project. The Agency may take the remaining $5,000,000 

reduction from rent, utilities and/or security savings. 

Water: Ecosystems.—From within the amount provided, the conference agreement includes $22,400,000 for the National Estuary Grant Program instead of $28,000,000 proposed by the House 

and $16,800,000 proposed by the Senate. This increase will provide 

$800,000 to each National Estuary Program funded under section 

320 of the Clean Water Act. 

Water Quality Protection.—From within the amount provided, 

the conference agreement includes $208,437,000 for the Surface 

Water Protection program. 

Bill Language.—Language is included which mandates the 

amount allocated to the Geographic Programs. 

National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program.—The conferees are aware that the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program is an effective way to reduce mercury emissions from 

end-of-life vehicles. The conferees have not included bill language 

as proposed by the Senate; however, the conferees remain concerned that the program’s operating fund and bounty fund have 

both been depleted since August, 2009. The conferees urge the 

Agency to assist program stakeholders in exploring all options to 

ensure the program’s continued operation. 

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ess oil and gas permits in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in 

Alaska and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The Agency is directed to 

allocate sufficient funds and personnel to process OCS air permits 

in a timely manner consistent with all environmental laws. Within 

90 days of enactment of this Act, the Agency is directed to report 

to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on its 

progress to comply with this directive, provide a detailed timeline 

for issuance of the pending permits, and submit its plan to address 

this issue consistently among all affected regional offices. Lastly, 

the conferees expect the Agency to set clear, reasonable national 

guidelines for issuing OCS air permits. 

Gulf of Maine.—The conferees urge the Agency to undertake a 

study of pollution and water quality issues in the Gulf of Maine 

with the assistance of regional stakeholders to determine whether 

a comprehensive restoration plan should be developed for this region. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement provides $44,791,000 for the Office 

of Inspector General as requested and as proposed by both the 

House and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for this account is included in the table at 

the end of the statement. The conference agreement also includes 

$9,975,000 to be transferred from the Hazardous Substance Superfund account to this account. 

The conference agreement again includes bill language which 

authorizes the Agency’s Inspector General (IG) to serve as the IG 

for the Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board (the 

Board). The conferees have not included language in the Board’s 

section of the bill to transfer funds from the Board’s account to this 

account, as proposed by the House. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed that it has sufficient funds in fiscal year 

2010 to perform its duties as IG for the Board. The conferees expect the OIG to continue to expand reviews of the Board beyond 

those mandated in law to include follow up on earlier GAO recommendations. 

The conferees also are concerned by the numerous reorganization proposals submitted by the Agency’s OIG and the lack of sufficient notice regarding such proposals. The conferees direct the IG 

to submit a report describing any proposed reorganization within 

the OIG at least 90 days before any reorganization is to take effect. 

Any report filed shall describe the purpose and need for the reorganization, the impact to personnel and anticipated costs. The submission also should contain charts of the current and proposed organizational structure. 

The conferees have included language in the Administrative 

Provisions section expressing their displeasure with the inadequate 

OIG analysis of the Agency’s unliquidated balances. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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location of funding by program area and activity for this account 

is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

Bill Language.—The conferees have included modified language, as proposed by the Senate, directing the Agency to use up 

to $500,000 provided under this heading to begin preliminary planning and design work to consolidate the numerous offices and laboratories in the Las Vegas, NV area into a single sustainable building complex. As part of its planning and design process, the conferees expect the Agency to develop precise estimates of total cost 

savings from improved administrative efficiencies, workspace proximity and reductions in water and energy consumption of such a 

consolidation. Given recent legislative and executive mandates for 

Federal agencies to display leadership in adopting sustainable technologies such as the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007, the EPAct of 2005, Executive Orders 13423 and 13514, and 

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the conferees expect 

this project to further the Agency’s mission to set an example for 

energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Further, the conferees urge the Agency to include full funding for the next phase 

of this project as part of the Agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget request. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $1,306,541,000 for the Hazardous Substance Superfund program as proposed by the House instead of $1,308,541,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 

agreement includes bill language to transfer $9,975,000 to the Inspector General account and $26,834,000 to the Science and Technology account as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 

detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for this 

account is included in the table at the end of the statement. The 

conference agreement also includes the following specific direction: 

Operations and Administration.—The conference agreement 

provides $6,068,000 for human resources management as proposed 

by the House instead of $8,068,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

conferees have provided only a small increase above the fiscal year 

2009 level because the Agency’s budget assumes a personnel decrease in this account. 

Brookfield Avenue Landfill.—The conferees encourage the 

agency to reevaluate the inclusion of the Brookfield Avenue Landfill in Staten Island, NY on the Superfund National Priority List 

as proposed by the House. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

The conference agreement provides $113,101,000 for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program, as recommended by the House instead of $114,171,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. From within this amount, the conference agreement 

provides the request of $34,430,000 for the Energy Policy Act 

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area and activity for this account is included in the table at the end 

of the statement. 

OIL SPILL RESPONSE

For the Oil Spill Response account, the conference agreement 

provides the request of $18,379,000 as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area 

and activity for this account is included in the table at the end of 

the statement. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

The conference agreement provides $4,970,223,000 for the 

State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) instead of 

$5,215,446,000 as proposed by the House and $4,954,274,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for this account is included in the table at 

the end of the statement. The conference agreement also includes 

the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Infrastructure Assistance.—The bill provides $3,853,777,000 for 

infrastructure assistance instead of $4,100,000,000 as proposed by 

the House and $3,843,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

State Revolving Funds.—The conference agreement provides 

$2,100,000,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) 

and $1,387,000,000 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. 

Both amounts are at the Senate proposed levels. These funds, combined with the STAG Infrastructure Grants, provide a total of 

$3,643,777,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements. Bill language provides that not less than 30 percent of the 

funds for each State drinking water SRF capitalization grant and 

30 percent of the funds made available for State clean water SRF 

capitalization grants above $1,000,000,000 shall be used by the 

States to provide forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or 

grants, or any combination of these. The conferees believe that priority for additional subsidies should be given to projects in communities that could not otherwise afford such projects and directs the 

Agency and the States to track how these subsidies are used and 

by what types of communities. 

Mexican Border Infrastructure.—The conference agreement 

provides $17,000,000 for the Mexico Border program instead of 

$20,000,000 as proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. From within the amount provided, $2,500,000 is directed to the El Paso and Brownsville, TX projects as in prior 

years. The conferees direct the Agency to reduce unliquidated balances in this program and expedite construction of projects along 

the border. 

Targeted Airshed Grants.—The conference agreement includes 

$20,000,000 for this program as proposed by the Senate to reduce 

air pollution in the Nation’s most polluted air districts. Of these 

funds, $10,000,000 shall be divided equally between the San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District and the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District. These grants shall continue emission reduction activities in the transportation, agriculture and ports sectors 

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funds are for competitive grants to reduce air pollution in nonattainment areas that the Agency determines are ranked as the top 

five most polluted areas relative to annual ozone or particulate 

matter2.5 standards. The Agency is expected to follow the program 

directives included in the Senate report. 

Brownfields.—The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 

for Brownfields programs as proposed by the House instead of 

$101,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. From within the amount 

provided, the conferees direct $1,800,000 for the Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities program and expect the Agency 

to expand this program in future years. 

STAG Infrastructure Grants.—The conference agreement in- cludes $156,777,000 for infrastructure assistance grants instead of 

$160,000,000 as proposed by the House and $150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language has been included to incorporate 

these projects into law by reference and to require a local match 

of 45 percent of the total project costs as proposed by the House 

and Senate. The conferees note that technical corrections to prior 

year project designations have been included as part of the table 

below. 

The conferees have agreed to the following distribution of 

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Categorical Grants.—The bill provides $1,116,446,000 for cat- egorical grants instead of $1,115,446,000 as proposed by the House 

and $1,111,274,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this program area, the conference agreement includes: 

Climate Change Initiative Grants for Local Communities.—The 

conference agreement includes $10,000,000 to continue this competitive grant program, which provides assistance to local governments to establish and implement climate change initiatives. The 

Agency is expected to follow the program directives included in the 

House report. 

Section 106 Water Quality Grants.—The conferees are very 

concerned by recent reports that EPA and the States are not keeping pace with Clean Water Act enforcement requirements and believe that increased oversight and enforcement efforts related to 

water quality are essential. The conferees recognize that Section 

106 grants are the primary tool for funding State water quality and 

enforcement programs and have agreed to provide the requested 

funding increase of $10,769,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted 

level. The Agency is directed to ensure that the increased funds are 

used to strengthen State permitting and enforcement efforts and to 

ensure that these funds supplement and expand, not supplant, 

base State enforcement program resources. Consistent with recommendations from both the House and the Senate, the conference 

agreement does not include language proposed by the President regarding water quality monitoring. The conferees direct the Agency 

to follow the historic allocation criteria between State capacitybuilding and national surveys. 

Bill Language.—Language is included within the STAG account, instead of in the Administrative Provisions section as proposed by the House, to address green infrastructure projects funded 

from the State Revolving Funds. The language, including technical 

modifications, clarifies that the type of projects eligible for the 20 

percent green infrastructure set-aside includes environmentally innovative activities as proposed by the Senate. Language is included 

to provide for additional subsidies from the State Revolving Funds 

as proposed by the House in the Administrative Provisions section. 

Language is included, as proposed by the Senate, to provide direction on the allocation of funds to address drinking water and 

waste water infrastructure needs of Alaska Native villages, including that not less than 25 percent of those funds be used for projects 

in regional hub communities. 

The conferees have included language as proposed by the 

House to increase the set-asides for Tribes and territories from the 

State Revolving Funds instead of language proposed by the Senate. 

As noted below, the conferees have modified language, as proposed by the Senate, making technical corrections to prior year infrastructure grants. These project corrections are now incorporated 

into law by inclusion in the table above. 

Technical Corrections to Prior Year STAG Infrastructure 

Grants.—As proposed by the Senate, technical corrections to prioryear infrastructure grants are as follows: 

AL—Item number 9 in House Report 107–272 for the Southeast Alabama Regional Water Authority for a water facility project 

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AL—Item number 20 in House Report 107–272 for the Alabama Regional Water Authority for the Southwest Alabama Rural/ 

Municipal Water System shall be made available to the City of 

Thomasville for that project. 

AL—Item number 20 in House Report 108–10 for the Southwest Alabama Regional Water Authority for water infrastructure 

improvements shall be made available to the City of Thomasville 

for that project. 

AL—Item number 31 in House Report 108–401 for the Southwest Alabama Regional Water Supply District for regional water 

supply distribution shall be made available to the City of Thomasville for that project. 

AL—Item number 30 in House Report 108–401 for the Tom 

Bevill Reservoir Management Area for construction of a drinking 

water reservoir shall be made available to Fayette County for 

water system upgrades. 

CA—Item number 44 in the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 111–8 for the San Bernardino Municipal Water District for the Inland Empire alternative water supply project shall 

be made available to the San Bernardino Municipal Water Department for that project. 

IL—Item number 95 in the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 111–8 for the Village of Crestwood for water storage 

improvements shall be made available for the City of Quincy for 

drinking water system improvements. 

KS—Of the funds made available for item number 96 in the 

joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 110–161 for the 

City of Prescott for a wastewater treatment plant construction, 

$170,800 shall be made available to the City of Prescott for that 

wastewater treatment plant construction and $129,200 shall be 

made available to the City of Wichita for a storm water technology 

pilot project. 

KS—Item number 108 in the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 111–8 for the City of Manhattan for a sewer mainline extension project shall be made available to City of Manhattan 

for a water mainline extension project. 

KS—Item number 111 in the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 111–8 for the Riley County Board of Commissioners 

for the Konza Sewer Main Extension shall be made available to the 

City of Manhattan for the Konza Water Main Extension Project. 

MO—Item number 154 in the joint explanatory statement to 

accompany P.L. 111–8 for the City of Warrensburg for a drinking 

water and wastewater infrastructure project shall be made available to Johnson County for that project. 

MO—Item number 151 in the joint explanatory statement to 

accompany P.L. 111–8 for the City of Gravois Mills for wastewater 

infrastructure shall be made available to the Gravois Arm Sewer 

District for that project. 

MO—Item number 155 in the joint explanatory statement to 

accompany P.L. 111–8 for McDonald County for a wastewater infrastructure expansion project shall be made available to PWSD #1 

of McDonald County for that project. 

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dated Public Water Supply District 1 for a water storage tank shall 

be made available to Pemiscot Consolidated Public Water Supply 

District 1 for a drinking water source protection infrastructure 

project. 

SD—Item number 245 in the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 111–8 for the City of Lake Norden for wastewater infrastructure improvements shall be made available to the City of 

Lake Norden for drinking water infrastructure improvements. 

Hancock, County, MS State Revolving Fund Loans.—The 

agreement includes a general provision that directs EPA to extend 

loan repayment periods for the Hancock County, MS Water and 

Sewer District and the Hancock Utility authority by one year in 

order to allow the community to explore all possible remedies to 

avoid defaulting on loans. The conferees see this as an extraordinary action based upon the devastating effect of Hurricane 

Katrina on Hancock County. Due to the population loss and economic impact caused by Hurricane Katrina, the community has 

sought, and been granted, this one year extension. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 

House to extend until 2015 authority provided in P.L. 109–54 (as 

amended by Title II of Division E of Public Law 111–8) which provides special hiring authority for the Agency’s Office of Research 

and Development. The conferees believe that it is in the public’s 

best interest to have elite scientists at the EPA addressing human 

health-related issues, and that they should be compensated at or 

near market rates. To that end, for the past five years the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations have been supportive of 

extending to the EPA on a pilot basis the authorities originally 

granted the Department of Health and Human Services under Title 

42 U.S.C. § 209. The conference agreement extends this authority 

for another five years, through FY 2015. The conferees are aware 

that the National Academy of Sciences is in the process of assessing and evaluating the EPA’s use of Title 42 authority, and the 

conferees look forward to its report. Further, the conferees urge the 

EPA to work with the appropriate authorizing committees to seek 

more permanent authorization. The conferees understand that the 

EPA has made 11 Title 42 appointments to date utilizing Sections 

209(g) and 209(h) authorities, but has not utilized Section 209(f) 

authority. The conferees direct the EPA to notify the Appropriations and Authorizing Committees prior to announcing any position 

to be filled utilizing Section 209(f) authority. 

Modified language is included to authorize the Administrator 

to transfer up to $475,000,000 of funds appropriated for the Great 

Lakes Restoration Initiative. Language authorizing a green infrastructure set-aside from the State Revolving Funds has been included in the STAG account as proposed by the Senate instead of 

in the Administrative Provisions section as proposed by the House. 

Language proposed by the House authorizing subsidized assistance 

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the House to provide specific wage rate requirements for the Clean 

Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. 

Rescission.—The conference agreement modifies rescission language proposed by the House and the Senate and rescinds 

$40,000,000 from the STAG and Superfund accounts. Based on information provided by the Agency, the conferees have expanded the 

scope of the rescission to include the Superfund account. For the 

STAG component of the rescission, the conferees direct the Agency 

to use unobligated balances from prior year categorical and other 

grant programs. Unlike in previous years, the Agency is not to include as part of the rescission unobligated balances from prior year 

special project infrastructure grants. The conferees are concerned 

about the method by which the Agency has selected infrastructure 

grants as eligible for rescission and therefore will not allow the use 

of these types of funds for this specific rescission. The conferees 

further direct the Agency to report within 90 days of enactment of 

this Act the status of unobligated balances from the Title II Construction Grants program and a proposed plan to resolve legal and 

administrative impasses to either the use of these funds or their 

rescission. 

In light of the significant amount of unliquidated obligations 

remaining on prior year grants, the conferees direct the Agency to 

improve procedures to ensure that grant funds are expended in a 

timely manner. In addition, the conferees are very concerned about 

the quality of information and analysis provided by the Office of 

the Inspector General (OIG) concerning the Agency’s unliquidated 

obligation balances. Any future submissions from the OIG on this 

topic should, at a minimum, identify the appropriation account for 

each program with unliquidated obligations. In addition, the OIG 

should not submit any estimates unless and until it has met with 

the Agency to review each obligation and determine together 

whether or not it is actually available for rescission. Only after consultation with and agreement from the Agency, should the OIG report to Congress as available for rescission any funds attached to 

grants with active performance periods. 

Black Carbon Study.—The conferees have included a modified 

version of the language proposed by the Senate requiring the Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions and have provided 

additional direction under the Science and Technology account. 

TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOREST SERVICE

The conference agreement provides a total of $5,297,256,000 

for all Forest Service accounts instead of $5,420,138,000 as proposed by the House and $5,368,758,000 as proposed by the Senate 

(including the entire $834,000,000 proposed by the Senate in their 

section 431 version of the FLAME Act). The detailed allocation of 

funding by appropriation account and budget activity is included in 

the table at the end of the statement. 

The conference agreement concurs with the House proposed 

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pine restoration effort using funds provided within the National 

Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and Forest and Rangeland Research accounts. 

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $312,012,000 for Forest 

and Rangeland Research instead of $308,612,000 as proposed by 

the House and $307,012,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by activity for this account is included 

in the table at the end of the statement. In addition to the directions provided in the House and Senate committee reports, the conference agreement also provides the following directions: 

Research and Development Programs.—The conference agreement includes the $5,000,000 funding increase and the directions 

proposed by the House concerning the global climate change program increase and the Senate proposed increase above the request 

of $400,000 to increase the budget request for the Center for 

Bottomlands Hardwood Research, MS, for a total of $800,000. The 

House proposed fixed cost increase is not included. The conferees 

reiterate their support for the amount requested for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative and expect the Service to allocate funds among participating entities. 

Forest Inventory and Analysis.—The conference agreement includes an increase of $5,000,000 above the request as recommended 

by the Senate. The Senate directions concerning this program 

should be followed. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

The conference agreement provides $308,061,000 for State and 

Private Forestry instead of $307,486,000 as proposed by the House 

and $276,946,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by activity for this account is included in the table 

at the end of the statement. In addition to the directions provided 

in the House and Senate committee reports, the conference agreement also provides the following directions: 

Forest Health Management.—The conference agreement provides an increase of $2,000,000 above the request for high priority 

work in the Federal program as described by the House. The cooperative program includes the $2,000,000 increase for emerald ash 

borer urban restoration as recommended by the House as well as 

the Senate proposed $750,000 increase for gypsy moth activities. 

The conferees encourage the Service to pursue additional emerald 

ash borer response activities such as those discussed by the Senate 

to help the State of Wisconsin, within the normal program. 

As detailed below, the conference agreement also allows up to 

$2,000,000 within the cooperative Forest Health Management program to be made available for the Pest and Disease Revolving Loan 

Fund established by Public Law 110–246. 

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Forest Stewardship.—The conference agreement includes the 

House proposed increase of $1,000,000 for the Chesapeake Bay program but the agreement does not include the other increases proposed by the House. 

Forest Legacy.—The Forest Legacy program is funded at a 

total level of $79,460,000, of which $3,000,000 is derived from 

prior-year unobligated funds. This includes $6,200,000 for program 

administration, $500,000 to initiate the community forest program, 

and $72,760,000 for forest legacy projects. The Service should fund 

projects in priority order according to their competitively selected 

national priority list for fiscal year 2010. 

Urban and Community Forestry.—The conference agreement 

includes the following projects proposed by the House: $150,000 for 

the Baltimore Urban Forestry Watershed Demonstration Cooperative Project; $300,000 to support the Menomonee Valley Partners 

Inc., Urban Forestry Project in Milwaukee, WI; and $1,000,000 to 

continue the Seattle-Tacoma regional urban forestry restoration effort, WA. 

Economic Action Program.—The conference agreement includes 

the following projects proposed by the Senate: $300,000 to the Missouri Forest Foundation for a biomass demonstration project; 

$200,000 to the Utah Department of Agriculture for a fuels-forschools biomass utilization project; $2,500,000 to the Service’s Region 5, for small forest products infrastructure assistance grants in 

California; $500,000 to the State of Vermont for the Vermont Wood 

Products Collaborative; and $500,000 to the Blue Mountain Community Renewable Council for the Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions biomass utilization project (CHIPS) in Calaveras, 

California. An additional $1,000,000 above the request is also provided to increase the budget request for the Wood Education and 

Resource Center in Princeton, WV, for technical assistance and 

business development activities, for a total of $1,900,000. 

International Program.—The conference agreement provides 

$9,818,000 for the International program, an increase of $750,000 

above the request. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

proposed by the Senate within the National Forest System account, 

which allows up to $2,000,000 to be made available to the Pest and 

Disease Revolving Loan Fund as established by section 10205(b) of 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (16 U.S.C. 

2104a(b)). 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $1,551,339,000 for the National Forest System instead of $1,564,801,000 as proposed by the 

House and $1,552,429,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed 

allocation of funding by activity for this account is included in the 

table at the end of the statement. The House proposed increases 

within several budget activities for climate change adaptation are 

not included. In addition to the directions provided in the House 

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Land management planning.—The conference agreement includes $399,000 above the request to partially offset fixed cost increases. 

Inventory and Monitoring.—The conference agreement includes 

$1,807,000 above the request to partially offset fixed cost increases. 

Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.—The conference agreement does not include the House proposed increases for fixed costs 

or the youth and conservation initiative. The agreement does include an increase of $5,000,000 above the request to assist priority 

recreation operations. 

Wildlife and Fisheries Habitat Management.—The conference 

agreement includes $1,543,000 above the request to partially offset 

fixed cost increases. 

Forest Products.—The conference agreement does not include 

the Senate proposed increase for regions with recently closed and 

at-risk mills but does include an increase above the request of 

$6,513,000 to offset fixed costs. The conferees expect the Service to 

consider regional needs to maintain at-risk forest products infrastructure as it allocates the fixed cost increase. The Senate proposed increase of $1,250,000 to increase the budget request for the 

Tongass National Forest timber pipeline program, AK, is included. 

Vegetation and Watershed Management.—The conference 

agreement includes $3,500,000 above the request to expand efforts 

to fund cleanup activities associated with marijuana eradication on 

national forest lands and $2,174,000 above the request to partially 

offset fixed cost increases. 

Minerals and Geology Management.—The conference agreement includes $590,000 above the request to partially offset fixed 

cost increases. 

Land Ownership Management.—The conference agreement includes $1,234,000 above the request to partially offset fixed cost increases. 

Law Enforcement Operations.—The conference agreement includes an increase of $10,000,000 above the request to expand the 

Service’s marijuana eradication activities on national forest system 

lands as proposed by the Senate and discussed during House floor 

action. The conferees have retained Senate direction regarding the 

allocation of this increase. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement provides three-year 

authority for the Forest Service to transfer up to $10,000,000 to the 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for certain wild horse and cadastral survey work they perform on behalf 

of the Service. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $556,053,000 for Capital 

Improvement and Maintenance instead of $560,673,000 as proposed by the House and $513,418,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees note that they have agreed to offset these funds with 

a $18,000,000 scoring credit, as proposed by the House and Senate. 

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directions provided in the House and Senate committee reports, the 

conference agreement also provides the following directions: 

Facilities Capital Improvement.—The conference agreement provides for the following projects: $595,000 increase for facilities 

improvements on the Monongahela National Forest, WV; an increase of $800,000 above the budget request to continue construction of research stations in Hawaii, for a total of $1,460,000; 

$500,000 to complete construction of a Cherokee National Forest 

work center, TN; $1,900,000 for relocation of the Northern Great 

Plains Interagency Dispatch Center on the Black Hills National 

Forest, SD; and $475,000 to redesign the Ratcliff Lake Recreation 

Area and campground, TX. 

Road Capital Improvement.—The conference agreement in- cludes an increase of $1,521,000 for road improvements for the 

Monongahela National Forest, WV. 

Trail Maintenance and Capital Improvement.—The conference 

agreement includes the House proposed $2,000,000 increase for 

fixed costs and the $1,200,000 designated for Sawtooth National 

Recreation Area, ID trail construction and maintenance. The agreement also includes the Senate-proposed increase of $100,000 to the 

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for improvements to the 

Tahoe Rim Trail, NV, to be conducted by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. 

Legacy Road and Trail Remediation.—The conference agree- ment provides $90,000,000 for the legacy road and trail remediation program. The Service should follow the direction as described 

by the House. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes the House 

proposed language concerning the availability of funds for decommissioning of roads. The conference agreement includes the Senate 

proposed language limiting funds to decommission any system road 

until notice and an opportunity for public comment has been provided on each decommissioning project. 

LAND ACQUISITION

The conference agreement includes $63,522,000 for Land Acquisition instead of $36,782,000 as proposed by the House and 

$67,784,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 

includes the following distribution of funds: 

State Project Amount 

CA ................................... Angeles National Forest, Bighorn Mine ...................................................................... $1,750,000 

CA ................................... Angeles National Forest, Shoemaker Canyon ............................................................. 500,000 

CA ................................... Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest .............................................................................. 2,400,000 

CA ................................... Los Padres National Forest, Big Sur Ecosystem ........................................................ 1,500,000 

CA ................................... San Bernardino National Forest, Garner Home Ranch ............................................... 500,000 

CA ................................... Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests, Sierra Nevada Checkerboard ....................... 1,000,000 

CO .................................. Uncompahgre National Forest .................................................................................... 1,000,000 

FL ................................... Florida National Scenic Trail ...................................................................................... 500,000 

FL ................................... Osceola National Forest, Pinhook Swamp Wildlife Corridor ....................................... 500,000 

GA ................................... Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest ...................................................................... 1,200,000 

ID .................................... Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Piva Parcel ....................................................... 400,000 

IN .................................... Hoosier National Forest ............................................................................................... 825,000 

KY ................................... Daniel Boone National Forest ..................................................................................... 900,000 

MI ................................... Ottawa National Forest, Great Lakes/Great Lands ..................................................... 1,500,000 

MN .................................. Chippewa/Superior National Forest, Minnesota Wilderness ....................................... 900,000 

MO .................................. Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri Ozark .............................................................. 500,000 


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State Project Amount 

MT .................................. Gallatin and Custer National Forests, Greater Yellowstone Area .............................. 2,000,000 

MT .................................. Helena National Forest, Blackfoot Challenge ............................................................. 1,000,000 

MT .................................. Lewis and Clark National Forest ................................................................................ 1,500,000 

NC .................................. Pisgah National Forest, Catawba Falls Access & Trail Acquisition .......................... 713,000 

NC .................................. Uwharrie National Forest, Uwharrie Trail ................................................................... 500,000 

NH .................................. White Mountain National Forest ................................................................................. 434,000 

NM .................................. Gila National Forest, Bear Creek Ranch .................................................................... 3,000,000 

PA ................................... Allegheny National Forest ........................................................................................... 500,000 

SD ................................... Black Hills National Forest, Lady C Ranch ................................................................ 1,640,000 

TN ................................... Cherokee National Forest, Rocky Fork ........................................................................ 6,000,000 

UT ................................... Bonneville Shoreline Trail ........................................................................................... 1,500,000 

UT ................................... Dixie National Forest ................................................................................................... 2,500,000 

UT ................................... Uinta & Wasatch-Cache National Forests, High Uintas ............................................ 1,500,000 

VT ................................... Green Mountain National Forest ................................................................................. 2,250,000 

WA .................................. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie/Wenatchee National Forests, Cascades Ecosystem ............... 1,000,000

WA .................................. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Wild Sky Wilderness .................................... 1,700,000 

WA, OR ........................... Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area ............. 1,500,000 

WI ................................... Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin Wild Waterways .......................... 2,125,000 

WV .................................. Monongahela National Forest, Cummings Tract ........................................................ 985,000 

WV .................................. Monongahela National Forest, Dolly Sods Conservation Area .................................... 2,800,000 

Subtotal, Line Item Projects ................................................................................. 51,022,000 

Acquisition Management ............................................................................................ 8,000,000 

Equalization ................................................................................................................ 1,000,000 

Inholdings ................................................................................................................... 3,500,000 

Total, Forest Service Land Acquisition ............................................................ 63,522,000 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

The conference agreement includes $1,050,000 as requested 

and as proposed by both the House and the Senate for Acquisition 

of Lands for National Forests Special Acts. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

The conference agreement includes $250,000 as requested and 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate for Acquisition of 

Lands to Complete Land Exchanges. 

RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

The conference agreement includes $3,600,000 as requested 

and as proposed by both the House and the Senate for the Range 

Betterment Fund. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $50,000 as requested and 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate for Gifts, Donations 

and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

The conference agreement includes $2,582,000 as requested 

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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $2,178,737,000 for Forest Service Wildland Fire Management instead of $2,370,288,000 as 

proposed by the House and $1,817,637,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes an additional 

$413,000,000 for the new Forest Service FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund established in the FLAME Act of 2009 (Title V 

of this Act). The Senate had included $282,000,000 for a contingency reserve fund within Wildland Fire Management, whereas the 

House had included $282,000,000 in a separate Wildland Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve account, as requested. The Senate 

recommendation also included in section 431 an additional 

$834,000,000 for the inter-departmental FLAME Fund and an additional $10,000,000 in a separate Collaborative Forest Landscape 

Restoration Fund. 

The detailed allocation of funding by activity for the wildfire 

accounts is included in the table at the end of the statement. The 

conferees note that the funding provided includes the use of 

$75,000,000 in prior year funds because the suppression activity 

had large, non-emergency carry-over balances from fiscal year 

2009. In addition to the directions provided in the House and Senate committee reports, the conference agreement also provides the 

following directions: 

Wildfire Preparedness.—The conference agreement provides $675,000,000 as requested for preparedness but not the funds recommended by the House and the Senate for fixed costs or firefighter retention. The conferees have retained direction directing 

the Secretary of Agriculture, after notifying the House and Senate 

Appropriations Committees, to adjust allocations between preparedness and suppression funds to ensure that readiness needs 

are fully funded for this fiscal year. However, the conferees are concerned that these shifts of aviation, personnel and overhead costs 

to the suppression appropriation have continued to grow exponentially and cloaked the true cost of the agency’s readiness needs. 

The conferees believe an analysis of base preparedness requirements must be an essential element of the firefighting budget reforms proposed in Title V and has provided additional direction to 

that effect within the description of that title. Further, the conferees note that firefighter retention initiatives for fiscal year 2010 

will be fully funded by prior-year appropriations as appropriate to 

maintain experienced and qualified staffing. 

The conferees reiterate the House and Senate direction concerning readiness required for public safety and the requirement 

that the Forest Service provide a copy of its report on Federal air 

tanker needs, including an estimate of replacement costs, within 30 

days of enactment of this Act. 

Wildfire Suppression Operations.—The conference agreement 

includes $997,505,000 for wildland fire suppression instead of 

$1,128,505,000 as proposed by the House and $369,505,000 as proposed by the Senate. As noted above, the Senate had also included 

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ing. An additional $413,000,000 for suppression activities is provided in the new Forest Service FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund. The conferees note that the Department of the Interior 

wildland fire suppression accounts are provided $444,797,000, including $61,000,000 in the new Department of the Interior FLAME 

Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund. Thus, the sum for wildfire suppression for both Departments, including both the suppression and 

the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund accounts is 

$1,855,302,000. This total is equal to the request for all wildfire 

suppression accounts and is $526,164,000 above the fiscal year 

2009 funding level. This is the largest non-emergency funding increase ever provided for wildfire suppression. 

The conferees note that additional direction concerning the use 

of the new Forest Service and Interior Department FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds is included in Title V accompanying the FLAME Act of 2009. In particular, the conferees note 

that direction has been provided to the Service in Title V relating 

to the formulation of future fire suppression budget estimates for 

Wildland Fire Management and FLAME Fund appropriations. The 

use of the FLAME funds is entirely consistent with the risk-informed wildfire suppression reforms discussed in the budget request, including expanded use of the Wildland Fire Decision Support System, which will result in strengthened oversight and accountability of suppression spending. 

The conferees reiterate that both the Interior Department and 

the Forest Service should ensure that cost containment is an important priority when suppressing wildland fires. Both Departments must examine and report promptly to the Congress and on 

agency websites, using independent panels on each and every individual wildfire incident which results in suppression expenses 

greater than $10,000,000. 

The conferees note that bill language included in the Administrative Provisions provides authority for the Forest Service to 

transfer non-wildfire funds for emergency wildfire suppression once 

all the funds in this account and the new FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund will be exhausted within 30 days. 

Hazardous Fuels Reduction.—The conference agreement provides $350,285,000 for hazardous fuels reduction activities at the 

Forest Service instead of $378,086,000 as proposed by the House 

and $340,285,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides a $25,000,000 increase for this program; the Service is directed to allocate this increase to areas that face the highest risk 

of catastrophic wildfire based on fuel loads and values at risk. The 

conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 for fuels reduction 

and restoration activities authorized by the Collaborative Forest 

Landscape Restoration Act (P.L. 111–11) within this account instead of within a separate appropriations account as proposed by 

the Senate. The conferees expect the Service to follow direction included in the Senate report regarding the submission of forest 

landscape projects funded through this new program no later than 

March 1, 2010. The agreement does not include the general program increase recommended by the House. The agreement includes 

the House recommendation of $5,000,000 for certain biomass 

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Rehabilitation.—The conference agreement includes the 

$100,000 increase proposed by the House for the San Bernardino, 

CA, urban youth conservation corps. The conferees note that there 

have been extreme wildfires in recent years, which will require extensive rehabilitation and restoration activities. The Service is 

urged to provide a detailed assessment of future needs and accomplishments in the next budget request. 

Forest Health Management.—The conference agreement includes general program increases above the fiscal year 2009 level 

of $3,500,000 for Federal lands forest health management and 

$1,500,000 for cooperative lands forest health management. 

State Fire Assistance.—The conference agreement includes a 

general program increase of $15,000,000. This will help the States 

accomplish national fire plan activities including hazardous fuels 

reduction and implementation of community wildfire protection 

plans. The agreement also includes the following increases above 

the request as proposed by the Senate: $4,000,000 for the South 

Lake Tahoe Public Utility District to increase the budget request 

for the Lake Tahoe Community Fire Protection Project to fund 

water system improvements by local utility districts to enhance 

firefighting capability, for a total of $5,000,000; $2,000,000 for fire 

risk reduction activities by California Fire Safe Council chapters, 

including activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, for a total of 

$5,000,000; and $250,000 for the City of Reno, NV to fund firefighting equipment for the wildland-urban interface. The conferees 

have agreed that a 25 percent local match shall be required for 

Fire Safe Council grants. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement modifies the language in the budget request and House recommendation concerning procurements and cooperative agreements for hazardous 

fuels and associated monitoring activities so it is limited to 

$15,000,000. The conference agreement includes Senate-proposed 

language: (1) allowing up to $15,000,000 in hazardous fuels funding 

to be transferred to the National Forest System account at the sole 

discretion of the Forest Service Chief 30 days after notifying the 

Committees on Appropriations; and (2) concerning the use of funds 

on adjacent non-Federal lands and the availability of funds to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act. As previously 

noted, modified language is also included that allows $10,000,000 

of funds made available for hazardous fuels reduction to be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Restoration Fund. Bill language is 

included that directs the Forest Service to make no less than 

$75,000,000 in prior year non-emergency wildfire suppression 

funds available for wildfire suppression purposes in addition to 

amounts otherwise provided. The agreement includes the House 

proposed language allowing up to $50,000,000 to be transferred between the Interior Department and the Forest Service when such 

transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire 

management programs and projects. 

The conference agreement does not include the Wildland Fire 

Contingency Reserve Fund, which was in the request and the 

House recommendation. Instead, funds are provided for the 

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FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $413,000,000 for the new 

Forest Service FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund established in the FLAME Act of 2009 (Title V of this Act). The Senate 

had included $282,000,000 within the Wildland Fire Management 

account for a suppression reserve, whereas the House had included, 

as requested, $282,000,000 for a separate Wildland Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund. Further direction on the use of 

this new account is provided in Title V. The conferees note that 

funding provided this year as a beginning allocation is equal to the 

actual expenditures during fiscal year 2009 by the Forest Service 

on large wildfire suppression events, as defined by the FLAME Act 

of 2009 (Title V of this Act). A similar account in the Department 

of the Interior is also provided an additional $61,000,000. The conferees have established these funding levels to give the Department 

of the Interior and the Forest Service some degree of funding flexibility as they develop appropriate procedures and infrastructure for 

the FLAME Funds. However, these levels are not intended to represent a final method for calculating FLAME Fund budget requests. Instead, as provided in Title V, the conferees expect the 

agencies to develop new methods for formulating fire suppression 

funding estimates for the Wildland Fire Management and FLAME 

Fund appropriations accounts as part of their fiscal year 2011 

budget request. 

The conferees appreciate the Administration’s recognition that 

budgeting for wildfire suppression using the 10-year rolling average has failed to keep pace with actual funding requirements and 

has led to significant disruption as agencies borrow from non-fire 

program accounts when funds are exhausted. The conferees intend 

that, for fiscal year 2010 and beyond, amounts provided through 

the FLAME Fund, together with amounts provided through the 

Wildland Fire Management account, should fully fund anticipated 

wildland fire suppression requirements and prevent future borrowing from non-fire programs. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes administrative provisions 

similar to previous years. This includes limiting transfers to the 

USDA for reimbursable charges to the requested amount and allowing up to $55,000,000 to be assessed for fire, administrative and 

other facilities maintenance. The House recommended language 

continuing a provision concerning the use of funds for certain Puerto Rico school expenses is included. The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the National Forest Foundation and 

$3,000,000 for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; it is acceptable for these foundations to make grants to Federal recipients, 

including Forest Service offices. As recommended by the House, the 

Government Accountability Office should conduct an independent 

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The bill language concerning transfers of funds for certain 

emergency wildfire suppression needs has been modified from the 

versions recommended by either the House or the Senate to be consistent with the FLAME Act of 2009. Non-wildfire suppression 

funds may not be transferred unless all other funds, including both 

those in the Wildland Fire Management account and the FLAME 

Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund, will be fully exhausted within 

30 days. The Service should take its first fire suppression transfers 

from unobligated balances, if available, from the Knutson-Vandenberg Trust Fund and other permanent and trust fund accounts, 

and use those balances, as appropriate, before transferring funds 

from discretionary accounts. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

The conference agreement provides $3,657,618,000 for Indian 

Health Services as proposed by the House, instead of 

$3,639,868,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation 

of funding by program area and activity for this account is included 

in the table at the end of the statement. The conference agreement 

also includes the following directions: 

Domestic Violence Prevention.—The conference agreement provides a total of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House for domestic 

violence and sexual assault prevention and treatment, instead of 

$7,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. From within those funds, 

the Indian Health Service (IHS) is directed to implement a nationally coordinated Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner/Sexual Assault 

Response Team (SAFE/SART) program to be used to fund IHS and 

Tribally managed hospitals, clinics and/or other facilities that provide 24/7 emergency care through competitive grants, 638 contracts 

and/or program awards to build local SAFE and SART capacity. In 

addition, the Service is directed to expand its national domestic violence grant program through competitive grants, 638 contracts 

and/or program awards to address the growing need for these services. 

As the need for domestic violence programs increases, so do the 

number of cases that need to be prosecuted. However, there have 

been reports that the Department of Health and Human Services 

policy on witness subpoenas impedes the ability of IHS personnel 

to present evidence or testimony in these cases. This can cause the 

cases to be dropped and the perpetrators to potentially walk free. 

This scenario is simply unacceptable. Therefore, the Department 

and the Service are directed to reevaluate and revise this policy to 

ensure that IHS personnel are able to testify and present evidence 

in these cases and to report to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations on their revised policy within 90 days of enactment of this Act. 

Dental Health.—The conference agreement provides 

$152,634,000 for dental health programs as proposed by the House, 

instead of $151,384,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of those funds, 

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pand the dental residency program and $250,000 is to expand the 

summer extern program. In addition, the Service is directed to further its dental health efforts by utilizing a portion of the health information technology funds to refine and expedite the deployment 

schedule of the electronic dental record system. 

Urban Indian Health Program.—The conference agreement 

provides $43,139,000 as proposed by the House for urban health 

programs, instead of $38,139,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

increase is provided to assist the Service in addressing shortfalls 

within this program that have accumulated over the last several 

years. Bill language from previous years has not been included because the conferees are satisfied that the Administration does not 

intend to eliminate this program. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

The conference agreement provides $394,757,000 for Indian 

Health Facilities as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

The detailed allocation of funding by program area and activity for 

this account is included in the table at the end of the statement. 

The conference agreement also includes the following directions: 

The conferees remain concerned about the systemic weaknesses in the IHS inventory management system, as identified by 

the Government Accountability Office (GAO). A recently released 

follow-up investigation by the GAO suggests these weaknesses persist. The conferees expect the Service to ensure that the provision 

of health care services is not adversely affected by these problems 

and demonstrate that it is working aggressively to strengthen administration and accountability. The Service is directed to evaluate 

its inventory management system, identify and correct any deficiencies, and provide a detailed report to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations on its efforts within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

The conferees are concerned about the persistent backlog of Indian Health Service health facilities construction projects serving 

American Indians and Alaska Natives. The conferees believe that 

the joint venture program provides a cost-effective means to address this backlog and to increase access to health care services for 

American Indians and Alaska Natives. The conferees are aware 

that IHS is currently reviewing competitive applications from 

Tribes and Tribal organizations to participate in the 2010 joint venture program and encourage the Service to move forward with the 

process in an expeditious manner. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

The conference agreement provides $79,212,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as requested and 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 


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AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

The conference agreement provides $76,792,000 for the Agency 

for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry as requested and as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees continue 

to be concerned with the CDC’s administrative costs. The conferees 

are aware that the CDC plans to commission a study on administrative costs. The conferees direct the ATSDR to submit the results 

of that study, as soon as it becomes available. If necessary, the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations may consider a 

cap on administration expenses. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes language 

that provides up to $1,000 per eligible employee of the ATSDR for 

Individual Learning Accounts as proposed by the House. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

The conference agreement provides $3,159,000 for the Council 

on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality as 

requested and as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 

conference agreement also includes the following directions: 

Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Interagency Plan.—The conferees expect the Council on Environmental Quality to abide by the 

language in Senate Report 111–38 referencing the Administration’s 

Interagency Action Plan to ‘‘diversify and strengthen the Appalachian regional economy.’’ The conferees direct the Council, in coordination with the Appalachian Regional Commission, to provide 

a detailed report no later than March 31, 2010, on how the Administration intends to achieve its goals. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $11,147,000 for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board instead of $10,547,000 

as proposed by the House and $11,195,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes language that: limits the 

Board to not more than three career SES positions; directs that 

EPA’s Inspector General serve as the Board’s Inspector General; 

and instructs the Board to utilize the personnel in EPA’s Office of 

Inspector General. The conferees have not included language to 

transfer funds from the Board’s account to the EPA OIG account, 

as proposed by the House. The Inspector General has confirmed 

that he has sufficient funds in fiscal year 2010 to perform this 

function. The conference agreement also includes the following specific funding levels and directions: 

Methyl isocyanate report.—The conference agreement includes 

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Sciences report on the use and storage of methyl isocyanate and alternatives at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, WV. 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for the Office of 

Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Salaries and Expenses as requested and proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

The conference agreement provides $8,300,000 for the Institute 

of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development as requested and proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $636,161,000 for the Salaries and Expenses account of the Smithsonian Institution, instead 

of $634,161,000 as requested and as proposed by both the House 

and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program area 

and activity is included in the table at the end of this section of 

the statement. The increase above the request is designated for the 

museum-wide collections care initiative to assist the Institution in 

strengthening its efforts to preserve priceless historical collections. 

The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by the 

House concerning two-year funding availability. Language is also 

included in the bill as proposed by the Senate stipulating that from 

within the funds provided, $250,000 will be used to carry out activities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009. 

The conferees note that some Smithsonian Institution collections, such as the priceless military uniform collection at the National Museum of American History, may be stored in unsatisfactory conditions. The conferees urge the Smithsonian to take the 

necessary steps to preserve these irreplaceable historical collections 

and ensure that preservation of its collections is made a high priority. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

The conference agreement includes $125,000,000 as requested 

and as proposed by the Senate instead of $140,000,000 as proposed 

by the House for the Facilities Capital account. 

LEGACY FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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ances in this account and appropriate $30,000,000 for revitalization 

of the Arts and Industries building on the National Mall, provided 

the funds are matched on a 1:1 basis with private contributions. 

The conference agreement does not include the House recommended administrative provision, which allowed the fiscal year 

2008 Legacy Fund appropriation to be transferred into the Facilities Capital account, to be used under the terms and conditions of 

that account. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $110,746,000 for the Salaries and Expenses account of the National Gallery of Art as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Bill language is included 

which allows up to $3,386,000 for the Special Exhibition Program, 

as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by activity for this account is included in the table 

at the end of this section of the statement. 

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

The conference agreement provides $56,259,000 for the Repair, 

Restoration and Renovation account as proposed by the House instead of $54,499,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language is included which provides $40,000,000 for the repair of the East Building exterior marble facade, as proposed by the House. The conferees have provided this significant increase in light of the considerable public safety hazard posed by the deterioration of the fac ̧ade. 

In addition, the agreement includes bill language as proposed by 

the Senate to allow for a single contract for the full scope of this 

project. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

The conference agreement provides $23,000,000 for the Operations and Maintenance account instead of $25,000,000 proposed 

by the House and $22,500,000 proposed by the Senate. Bill language has been included as proposed by the House directing 

$500,000 toward the Center’s efforts to assist arts organizations 

nationwide with tools to manage the challenges posed by the economy. Such assistance should address issues including board governance, budgeting, marketing, and technology. The Kennedy Center 

is directed to submit a spending plan for these funds no later than 

30 days after enactment of this Act. 

CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

The conference agreement provides $17,447,000 for the Capital 

Repair and Restoration account as proposed by both the House and 

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WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $12,225,000 for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars as proposed by the 

House instead of $10,225,000 as proposed in the request and by the 

Senate. Within the overall increase, $650,000 is provided for the 

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, which was established by the Center last year, and other related Asia programs. 

While the conferees understand that the Institute was originally to 

be supported solely with private contributions, the downturn in the 

economy has slowed the response to the Center’s initial fundraising 

efforts. This program support will allow the Institute to move forward with its first initiatives at a critical stage in its development. 

An additional amount of $600,000 is provided for necessary administrative costs that were not covered in the request. Language has 

been included in the bill, as proposed by the House, to make the 

Center’s appropriation available for two years in order to accommodate any issues that may arise because of discrepancies between 

the obligation of grant monies and the fiscal year calendar. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement provides $167,500,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) instead of $170,000,000 as 

proposed by the House and $161,315,000 as requested and proposed by the Senate. The detailed allocation of funding by program 

area for this account is included in the table at the end of the 

statement. 

The conferees commend the National Endowment for the Arts 

for promoting literacy and reading in the United States through 

the highly acclaimed Big Read program. The Big Read engages 

communities of all sizes and Americans of all ages by celebrating 

the literary works of American writers. Since 2005, the NEA has 

awarded grants—leveraged with millions of private sector dollars— 

in every State and virtually every Congressional district in the 

United States. The NEA study, Reading on the Rise, released last 

year, documents a definitive increase in the number of American 

adults who read with the biggest increase in young adults aged 18– 

24. This new growth reverses two decades of downward trends 

cited in previous NEA reports. The conferees remain committed to 

the Big Read program and direct the NEA to report to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations, no later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act, with a detailed funding plan for the 

continuation of this popular and successful program. 

Bill Language.—The conference agreement includes three provisions in Title IV, General Provisions, which relate to the NEA. 

The first, Section 417, concurs with the administration’s request to 

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Endowment to receive counsel and advice from a more diverse body 

that represents a broader array of arts disciplines and fields. 

Sections 438 and 439 include the full text of language regarding program priorities and grant guidelines, which in recent years 

has been incorporated by reference to sections 309 and 311 of P.L. 

108–447. These provisions are in addition to the instructions provided under the agency’s most recent authorization regarding the 

awarding of grants. The conferees have taken this step in light of 

recent controversies in order to restate for the Endowment and the 

general public the guidelines within which the agency is expected 

to conduct its work and distribute taxpayer dollars in support of 

the arts. 

Finally, the conferees note that section 402 of Title IV, General 

Provisions, prohibits any agency, including the NEA, from any activity, publication or distribution of literature that ‘‘in any way 

(emphasis added) tends to promote public support or opposition to 

any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress. . . .’’ 

The conferees urge the NEA to take immediate steps to ensure that 

all employees are aware of these provisions when conducting any 

activities funded by this appropriation. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement provides $167,500,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) instead of 

$170,000,000 as proposed by the House and $161,315,000 as requested and proposed by the Senate. The conferees do not agree 

with the proposal to fund the National Capital Arts and Cultural 

Affairs grant program through the NEH. Instead, the conferees 

agree to continue administering the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs grant program through the Commission of Fine Arts 

as proposed by both the House and Senate. The detailed allocation 

of funding by program area for this account is included in the table 

at the end of this section of the statement. 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $2,294,000 for the Commission of Fine Arts, as requested and proposed by both the House and 

the Senate. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

The conference agreement provides $9,500,000 for the National 

Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs grant program as proposed by 

the Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House. Language is included in the bill in title IV, General Provisions, to adjust the authorized funding level for this program to $10,000,000 

and increase the maximum allowable grant level to $650,000 per 

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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $5,908,000 for the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation as requested and as proposed by 

both the House and the Senate. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $8,507,000 for the National 

Capital Planning Commission, as requested and proposed by both 

the House and the Senate. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

The conference agreement provides $49,122,000 for the United 

States Holocaust Memorial Museum as proposed by the Senate, instead of $48,551,000 as requested and as proposed by the House. 

The increase above the request is provided to sustain the additional security measures that were implemented by the Museum 

earlier this year immediately following the tragic shooting of an 

employee there. The conferees understand that further steps may 

be taken upon completion of a security review by the Department 

of Homeland Security based on the findings contained therein. 

PRESIDIO TRUST

PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

The conference agreement provides $23,200,000 for the Presidio Trust Fund as proposed by the House, instead of $17,230,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the Dwight 

D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission for salaries and expenses as 

proposed by the Senate, instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 for the Dwight 

D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission for capital construction as 

proposed by the Senate, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Sec. 401. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

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Sec. 402. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate limiting certain activities related to support or opposition to legislative proposals. 

Sec. 403. Retains a provision included by the House which provides that appropriations in the bill are available only for the current fiscal year, unless otherwise stated. 

Sec. 404. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate prohibiting funds for certain personal services. 

Sec. 405. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate which limits overhead charges, deductions, reserves or 

holdbacks for certain functions. 

Sec. 406. Retains a provision included by the Senate prohibiting the sale of giant sequoia trees. 

Sec. 407. Retains a provision included by the House limiting 

transfer of funds except as provided in this or other Acts. 

Sec. 408. Retains, with minor technical changes, a provision included by both the House and the Senate limiting funds for patents 

for mining or mill site claims. 

Sec. 409. Modifies a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate limiting payments for BIA and IHS contract support 

costs in past years to the funds available in law. 

Sec. 410. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate regarding Forest Service land management planning. 

Sec. 411. Retains a provision included by the House and the 

Senate limiting certain mineral, oil and gas leasing activities within the boundaries of certain National Monuments. 

Sec. 412. Retains, with minor technical changes, a provision included by both the House and the Senate concerning wildfire suppression assistance with foreign countries. 

Sec. 413. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate pertaining to the awarding of Federal contracts by the 

Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior in certain disadvantaged 

communities. 

Sec. 414. Modifies a provision which restricts funding for acquisition of land from being used for declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation. 

Sec. 415. Retains a provision included by the Senate regarding 

the clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval Station— 

Hunters Point Annex. 

Sec. 416. Retains, with minor technical changes, a provision included by both the House and the Senate continuing for one year 

certain authorities to renew grazing permits or leases administered 

by the Forest Service or Department of the Interior. 

Sec. 417. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate that amends the authorization for the National Council 

on the Arts. 

Sec. 418. Retains a provision included by the House that 

amends the authorization for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program. 

Sec. 419. Retains a provision included by the Senate that 

places a two-year prohibition on the ability of Alaska Native villages to assume the administration of health services contracts 

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and the Native Village of Eyak be considered regional health entities for purposes of disbursement of funds. 

Sec. 420. Retains a provision included by the House extending 

the pilot program for the sale of forest botanical products by the 

Forest Service through fiscal year 2014. 

Sec. 421. Modifies a provision included by the Senate making 

Alaska red cedar timber available to domestic mills. 

Sec. 422. Retains a provision included by both the House and 

the Senate extending the authority for the Colorado Cooperative 

Conservation Authority until 2013. 

Sec. 423. Retains a provision included by the House reverting 

the formula for geothermal receipts to the distribution used before 

2005. 

Sec. 424. Retains a provision included by the Senate regarding 

greenhouse gas reporting requirements associated with livestock 

production. The House version contained minor technical differences. 

Sec. 425. Modifies a provision included by the Senate regarding 

greenhouse gas reporting requirements for animal waste. 

Sec. 426. Modifies a provision included by the House regarding 

reporting of climate change expenditures. 

Sec. 427. Retains a provision included by the Senate prohibiting the distribution of funds to ACORN or its subsidiaries. 

Sec. 428. Modifies a provision included by the House that prohibits detainees from Guantanamo Bay from being transferred or 

released into the United State or its territories except under certain circumstances. 

Sec. 429. Retains a provision included by the Senate authorizing an aquifer study of the Jungo disposal site in the Humboldt 

National Forest. 

Sec. 430. Retains a provision included by the Senate encouraging the EPA Administrator to reassess the cost effectiveness of 

the buyout and relocation of residents in Treece, KS due to certain 

environmental risks. 

Sec. 431. Modifies a provision included by the Senate changing 

the authority for Forest Service research on biobased products. 

Sec. 432. Retains a provision included by the Senate modifying 

the composition of the board of the National Forest Foundation. 

Sec. 433. Modifies a provision included by the Senate limiting 

the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to increase recreational 

residence user fees. 

Sec. 434. Modifies language included by the Senate prohibiting 

no-bid contracts and grants. 

Sec. 435. Modifies language included by the Senate requiring 

public disclosure of certain reports. 

Sec. 436. Retains language included by the Senate modifying 

the ‘‘Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area’’ map. 

Sec. 437. Retains language included by the Senate to expedite 

the cleanup of Federal and Indian land at the Tar Creek Superfund 

site. 

Sec. 438. Restates the full text of bill language delineating the 

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Sec. 439. Restates the full text of bill language delineating the 

priorities for the programs managed by the National Endowment 

for the Arts. 

Sec. 440. Contains new language making a technical correction 

to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. 

Sec. 441. Contains new language restricting awards to for-profit entities with funds from this Act. 

Sec. 442. Contains new language limiting the Environmental 

Protection Agency from implementing fuel standards for certain 

vessels in the Great Lakes. 

Sec. 443. Contains new language concerning State revolving 

loans made to the Hancock Water and Sewer District and the Hancock Utility Authority in Mississippi. 

Sec. 444. Modifies language included by both the House and 

the Senate regarding the incorporation of Congressionally requested priorities. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision included by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds in this or any 

other Act for competitive sourcing studies and associated activities 

involving the Forest Service. 

The conference agreement does not retain language included 

by the Senate expressing the sense of the Senate that the National 

Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program effectively addresses 

mercury pollution and should continue. Instead, the conferees have 

included language on this issue as part of the joint explanatory 

statement for the Environmental Programs and Management account. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision included by the House that required bonus bids for lease sales of coal 

to be paid at the time of sale rather than over a five-year period. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision included by the House that prevented the Secretary of the Interior 

from transferring funding to the Secretary of Energy for certain energy research purposes. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision included by the House that allowed funding under the Secure Rural 

Schools Act to be used for certain purposes. 

The conferees have not agreed to statutory language proposed 

by the Senate in its section 424 regarding limitations on the use 

of certain funds made available through the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (P.L. 111–5) to the Forest Service. The conferees note that the Service was given legal authority under the 

Recovery Act to fund $250,000,000 of hazardous fuels reduction, 

forest health and ecosystem restoration projects, including urban 

forestry projects, using all authorities available to the Service 

through the State and Private Forestry appropriation. However, 

the conferees believe that greater priority should have been given 

to projects that both create jobs and reduce fire risk. The conferees 

note that there appears to be an inadequate relationship between 

the geographical allocation of project funding by the Forest Service 

and the need for jobs to reduce unemployment. Further, the conferees remain troubled by the lack of transparency and the lack of 

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related to the project selection process. The Service is directed to 

provide to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, a comprehensive list of all 

projects selected for Recovery Act funding; a detailed description, 

including proposed accomplishments, for each project; and a detailed description of criteria used to select each project. Finally, the 

conferees direct that no additional funds from the Recovery Act be 

expended on urban and community forestry projects unless previously announced by the Secretary, and that in the future, any additional projects will be devoted to activities that directly reduce 

fire hazards on public and private lands. 

TITLE V—FEDERAL LAND ASSISTANCE, MANAGEMENT AND 

ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2009 (FLAME ACT OF 2009) 

Title V of the conference agreement includes the FLAME Act 

of 2009. This Act is very similar to the FLAME Act included in sections 431 and 432 in the Senate recommended bill and H.R. 1404, 

which passed the House of Representatives on March 26, 2009. The 

conference agreement has strengthened the workability and usefulness of the previous FLAME Acts while retaining most major provisions. The main change is the creation of FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds in both the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior, and the appropriation of funds for these funds 

under normal appropriation accounts within title I and title III. 

These changes also make the FLAME Act consistent with other 

wildfire suppression reforms recommended in the Administration 

budget request. This includes risk-informed wildfire suppression reforms discussed in the budget request, and expanded use of the 

Wildland Fire Decision Support System, which will result in 

strengthened oversight and accountability of suppression spending. 

The conferees expect the budget reforms provided through this 

title, together with changes to the agencies’ appropriations accounts in titles I and III, will lead to improved transparency regarding the true costs of fire preparedness and suppression activities. The conferees expect these budget reforms to be accompanied 

by a commitment from the Administration that fire readiness and 

suppression activities will not be funded at the expense of other 

programs, and that any non-fire program transfers will be accounted for and reported to the appropriate Congressional committees in a transparent manner and will be promptly repaid. 

Section 501. Short Title.—Section 501 consists of the short title 

of the Act, the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009 or, for short, the FLAME Act of 2009. 

Section 502. FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds.— 

Section 502 includes the major portions of the FLAME Act of 2009. 

The FLAME Act of 2009 includes a clear purpose statement: 

the FLAME Funds shall be available to cover the costs of large or 

complex wildfire events and as a reserve when amounts provided 

for wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response in the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriation accounts are exhausted 

(section 502(c)). 

The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service each 

are authorized to have their own account, but there are the same 

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serve accounts are transfer accounts, from which each Secretary 

may transfer funds into their respective Wildland Fire Management account for wildfire suppression activities, if certain conditions are met. These conditions require a Secretarial declaration 

and are nearly the same as required in the previous Senate and 

House FLAME acts: either the wildfire event is large or complex, 

or the respective wildland fire suppression account will be exhausted within 30 days (section 502(e)). 

The conferees intend that amounts provided through the 

FLAME Fund, together with amounts provided through the 

Wildland Fire Management appropriations account, should fully 

fund anticipated wildland fire suppression requirements in advance 

of fire season and prevent future borrowing from non-fire programs. To satisfy this requirement, the conferees direct the Secretaries to develop new methods for formulating fire suppression 

funding estimates for the Wildland Fire Management and FLAME 

Fund appropriations accounts as part of their fiscal year 2011 

budget request. In formulating these estimates, the conferees expect the Secretaries to consider data regarding actual prior-year 

fire suppression expenditures, predictive modeling, and any other 

criteria that they deem appropriate, consistent with the direction 

provided in this title. Further, as noted previously, the conferees 

expect the Service to analyze current readiness requirements and 

to submit a realigned preparedness budget in fiscal year 2011 that 

accurately reflects anticipated readiness costs instead of relying on 

large-scale shifts to the suppression appropriation. 

In addition, each Secretary is given authority to transfer up to 

$100,000,000 per fiscal year to the other department’s FLAME 

Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund if one department has much 

greater expenses than the other (section 502(d)(5)). A Congressional intent statement indicates that the President should request 

funding for the FLAME funds so that large or complex wildfire 

event activities are funded adequately. The Act includes Sense of 

Congress statements that: (1) future FLAME appropriations in excess of funds needed for large or complex fires should be designated 

as amounts necessary to meet emergency needs (section 

502(d)(2)(C)(i)); and (2) each Secretary should make a supplemental 

budget request for wildfire suppression if their FLAME fund will 

be exhausted in 30 days (section 502(d)(2)(C)(ii)). 

The FLAME Act of 2009 retains many provisions of the Senate 

recommendation and H.R. 1404. This includes the definitions (section 502(a)) and the authorization of such amounts as are necessary to carry out the section (section 502(d)(2)(A)). The Act retains the provision that funds are available until expended (section 

502(d)(3)) and the requirement that the Secretary notify the Congressional Committees if the Secretary estimates that only 60 days 

of funds remain in the respective FLAME fund (section 502(d)(4)). 

As in the previous versions of the FLAME Act, the FLAME 

funds cannot be used until the Secretary makes a declaration that 

the wildfire event is large or complex, or that the cumulative costs 

of suppression and Federal emergency activities will exceed within 

30 days all available funds (section 502(e)). The conferees expect 

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minimizes the administrative burden and ensures that funding is 

made available for eligible wildfire events in an expedited manner. 

As in previous versions of the FLAME Act, the FLAME funds 

may be used for State, private and Tribal land wildfire suppression 

activities consistent with any existing agreements (section 

502(e)(3)). The Act retains the prohibition on transfers of non-fire 

funds for wildland fire suppression unless amounts in the FLAME 

funds and all other funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted within 30 days (section 502(g)). The Act 

retains accounting and reporting requirements (section 502(h)) and 

retains the requirement that estimates of wildfire suppression costs 

be provided to the Congress in an orderly fashion (section 

502(h)(3)). 

As in the Senate recommended version, the FLAME Act of 

2009 includes a termination clause if no appropriations to, or withdrawals from, each FLAME fund have been made for three consecutive fiscal years (section 502(i)). The conference agreement includes an additional provision that if such termination occurs, remaining funds in each FLAME fund shall be transferred to and 

made a part of the Wildland Fire Management appropriation account of that Secretary (section 502(i)). 

Section 503. Cohesive Wildfire Management Strategy.—Section 

503 consists of the requirement for the Secretaries of Agriculture 

and the Interior to submit a joint report to Congress within one 

year that contains a cohesive wildfire management strategy consistent with recommendations described in recent reports of the 

Government Accountability Office. Nearly identical language was 

in the Senate recommended section 432 and similar language was 

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INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT 

[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Bureau of Land Management Management of Lands and Resources NV Redband Trout and Salmon habitat assessment and restoration $300,000 Bureau of Land Management Management of Lands and Resources UT Utah Rural Cadastral Data Program $300,000 Bureau of Land Management Construction NV California National Historic Trail Interpretive Center $2,000,000 Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA California Wilderness $1,500,000 Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Johnson Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern $1,500,000 Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management AK Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Education and Conservation $200,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management AK Stellers and Spectacled Sea Eider Research $350,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management CA National Academy of Sciences California Delta Study $750,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management CA Review of the Klamath, North Coast, and Central Valley Hatchery Operations in 

California 

$2,150,000 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management GA Georgia Streambank Restoration $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management HI Hawaii invasive species management $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management HI Palmyra Atoll NWR rat eradication $1,200,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management ID Idaho Sage-Grouse Management Plan $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management LA Endangered Whooping Crane Propogation Facility $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management ME Maine lakes invasive species/habitat restoration $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management MI Mass Marking of Hatchery Fish in the Great Lakes $1,000,000 


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INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT—Continued 

[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management MS Mississippi State Natural Resources Economic Enterprise Program $350,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management NV Lahontan Cutthroat Trout $350,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management TX Caddo Lake Institute of Texas $150,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management WV National Conservation Training Center $750,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management WV West Virginia Fisheries Resource Office $1,300,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction CA Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Ponds Restoration $4,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction HI Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Lighthouse Repair $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction MS Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge, Visitor Center/Office $2,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction NV Nevada Water Catchments $150,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Trails $850,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Erosion Control $800,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery, Water Supply System $1,500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition CT Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge $2,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition FL Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge $1,500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition HI James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge $7,400,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IA Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge $450,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition KY Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge $750,000 


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Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition LA Red River National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MA, CT, 

VT, NH 

Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge $2,500,000 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition ME Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NE Rainwater Basin Wetlands Management District $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NH Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge $1,400,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition PA Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge $750,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition RI John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge $900,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge $1,300,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge, Bowers property $500,000 Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition WA Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge $1,500,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid CA Angel Island Immigration Station $1,000,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid CA Yosemite National Park schools, PL 109–131 $400,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid DC Sewall Belmont House $1,000,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid HI National Tropical Botanical Garden, PL 111–11 $500,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid HI Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, PL 99–498 $500,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid MD Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail $500,000 


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[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid MD, VA, 

DC 

Chesapeake Bay Gateways $1,000,000 

National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid NH Lamprey Wild & Scenic River, PL 90–542 $200,000 National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid VT, NY Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, PL 110–229 $750,000 National Park Service Construction AZ Saguaro National Park Trail Improvements $398,000 National Park Service Construction CA Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Alcatraz) $1,400,000 National Park Service Construction CA Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center $300,000 National Park Service Construction CA Manzanar National Historical Site $900,000 National Park Service Construction DC African American Civil War Memorial, security enhancements $220,000 National Park Service Construction FL Castillo de San Marcos National Monument $500,000 National Park Service Construction IN Restore Good Fellow Lodge, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore $1,000,000 National Park Service Construction MA New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (Bourne bldg) $1,500,000 National Park Service Construction MI Keweenaw National Historical Park (Quincy Smelting Works) $1,000,000 National Park Service Construction MI Keweenaw National Historical Park Union Building $1,380,000 National Park Service Construction NJ Gateway NRA, Sandy Hook Repair of Historic Gun Batteries $800,000 National Park Service Construction NJ Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park $500,000 National Park Service Construction NY Fire Island Land Trust Historic Restoration $250,000 National Park Service Construction OH Cuyahoga Valley National Park Site and Structure Rehabilitation Program $500,000 


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National Park Service Construction OK Chickasaw National Recreation Area Visitor Center $500,000 National Park Service Construction OR Crater Lake Visitor Education Center $350,000 National Park Service Construction PA Flight 93 National Memorial $725,000 National Park Service Construction PA Valley Forge National Park Visitor Center $325,000 National Park Service Construction TN Great Smoky Mountains National Park (curatorial facility) $1,500,000 National Park Service Construction TN Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tremont/Cosby water) $1,940,000 National Park Service Construction TN Moccasin Bend National Archeological District $500,000 National Park Service Construction UT Timpanogos Cave National Monument Interagency Visitors Center $1,600,000 National Park Service Construction UT Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act, PL 107–329 $1,000,000 National Park Service Construction VA Fort Hunt NCO Quarters Restoration $250,000 National Park Service Construction WI Apostle Islands Lighthouse Restoration $2,000,000 National Park Service Construction WI Ice Age National Scenic Trail $265,000 National Park Service Construction WV Harpers Ferry National Historical Park $275,000 National Park Service Construction WV New River Gorge National River $1,025,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition AL Little River Canyon National Preserve $1,500,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition CA Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park $1,000,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition CA Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area $1,000,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition KY Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Fern Lake $1,150,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition MI Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore $1,000,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition NH Appalachian National Scenic Trail $1,375,000 


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[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

National Park Service Land Acquisition NM Petroglyph National Monument $1,000,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition OH Cuyahoga Valley National Park $4,000,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition PA Appalachian National Scenic Trail $1,820,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition TN Shiloh National Military Park $250,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition TX Fort Davis National Historic Site $500,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition VA Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Binns property $200,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition VT Appalachian National Scenic Trail $625,000 National Park Service Land Acquisition WI Ice Age National Scenic Trail $2,000,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research AR South Arkansas Sparta Aquifer Recovery Initiative $300,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research AZ, NM U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program $1,000,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research CA San Diego formation mapping $900,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research CA San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds restoration monitoring/research $1,000,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research HI Volcano research/monitoring partnership UH-Manoa/HVO $250,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research HI Water resources monitoring, investigations and research $500,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research IL McHenry County groundwater and stormwater protection $280,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research LA Long Term Estuary Assessment Group support $400,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research MA Conte Anadromous Fish Research Lab $220,000 


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U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research MD Coastal plain & fractured rock study $500,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research NV Nye County minerals assessment project $650,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research VT Lake Champlain Basin streamflow monitoring/toxic studies $346,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research WA Columbia River Basin, design/test monitoring protocols-invasive species $350,000 U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research WA Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Study $200,000 Minerals Management Service Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management MS Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology $900,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs Multi Upper Columbia United Tribes, resource management program $350,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs ND United Tribes Technical College $400,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs NM Navajo Technical College $200,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, prairie management program $500,000 Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories VI Critical Wastewater System Repairs and Improvements $900,000 Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology CO Water Research Foundation $1,700,000 Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology GA Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research $1,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology TX Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) $1,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology VA Water Environment Research Foundation $2,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management CA San Francisco Bay competitive grant program $7,000,000Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management DC Rural Community Assistance Partnership $2,500,000 Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management DC Water Systems Council Wellcare Program $700,000 Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management OK National Rural Water Association $13,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management VA National Biosolids Partnership $750,000 


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[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management VT Lake Champlain environmental improvement program $4,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency WA Puget Sound Ecosystem Research Initiative at the University of Washington $4,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency Buildings and Facilities NV Las Vegas Facilities Consolidation Study $500,000 Environmental Protection Agency Other CA Hunters Point Naval Shipyard environmental cleanup $8,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other AK Alaska Native Villages water infrastructure program $13,000,000 Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other CA Emissions Reduction Grants to the South Coast Air Quality Management District 

and San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District 

$10,000,000 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other TX The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for water and wastewater infrastructure $2,500,000 US Forest Service Research MS Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research $800,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry CA Blue Mountain Community Renewable Council for the Calaveras Healthy Impact 

Product Solutions biomass utilization project 

$500,000 

US Forest Service State & Private Forestry CA Region 5, USFS for small forest products infrastructure assistance grants $2,500,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry MD Baltimore Urban Forestry Watershed Demonstration Cooperative Project $150,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry MO Missouri Forest Foundation for biomass demonstration project $300,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry UT Utah Department of Agriculture for a fuels-for-schools biomass utilization project $200,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry VT State of Vermont for the Vermont Wood Products Collaborative $500,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WA Seattle-Tacoma Regional Urban Forestry Restoration Project $1,000,000 US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WI Menomonee Valley Partners Inc; Urban Forestry Project $300,000 


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US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WV Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton $1,900,000 US Forest Service National Forest System AK Tongass National Forest timber pipeline program $2,500,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance HI PSW, Hawaii Research Field Stations $1,460,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID Sawtooth National Recreation Area trail construction and maintenance $1,200,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance NV Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for trail improvements by the Tahoe Rim Trail 

Association 

$100,000 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance SD Relocation of the Northern Great Plains Interagency Dispatch Center on the Black 

Hills National Forest 

$1,900,000 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance TN Complete construction of a Cherokee National Forest work center $500,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance TX Redesign Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and Campground $475,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WV Facilities improvements on the Monongahela National Forest $595,000 US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WV Road improvements for the Monongahela National Forest $1,521,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Angeles National Forest, Bighorn Mine $1,750,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Angeles National Forest, Shoemaker Canyon $500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest $2,400,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Los Padres National Forest—Big Sur Ecosystem $1,500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition CO Uncompahgre National Forest $1,000,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition FL Florida National Scenic Trail $500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition FL Osceola National Forest, Pinhook Swamp Wildlife Corridor $500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition GA Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest $1,200,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition ID Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Piva Parcel $400,000 


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[Incorporation of Congressionally Requested Projects] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition IN Hoosier National Forest $825,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition KY Daniel Boone National Forest $900,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition MN Chippewa/Superior National Forest—Minnesota Wilderness $900,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition MT Gallatin and Custer National Forests—Greater Yellowstone Area $2,000,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition MT Lewis and Clark National Forest $1,500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition NC Pisgah National Forest, Catawba Falls Access & Trail Acquisition $713,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition NC Uwharrie National Forest, Uwharrie Trail $500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition NM Gila National Forest—Bear Creek Ranch $3,000,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition SD Black Hills National Forest—Lady C Ranch $1,640,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition TN Cherokee National Forest—Rocky Fork $6,000,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition UT Bonneville Shoreline Trail $1,500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition UT Dixie National Forest $2,500,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition VT Green Mountain National Forest $2,250,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition WA Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest—Wild Sky Wilderness $1,700,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition WI Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest—Wisconsin Wild Waterways $2,125,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition WV Monongahela National Forest, Cummings Tract $985,000 US Forest Service Land Acquisition WV Monongahela National Forest, Dolly Sods Conservation Area $2,800,000 


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US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA California Fire Safe Councils $5,000,000 US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA Lake Tahoe Community Fire Protection Project $5,000,000 US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA San Bernardino Urban Youth Conservation Corp $100,000 US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management NV City of Reno to fund firefighting equipment for the wildland-urban interface $250,000 


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DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY 

DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS 

Following is a list of Congressional earmarks and Congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives and rule XLIV of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) included in the conference report or the accompanying joint statement of managers, 

along with the name of each Senator, House Member, Delegate, or 

Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee 

of jurisdiction for each item so identified. Neither the conference report nor the joint statement of managers contains any limited tax 

benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House 

or Senate rules. Pursuant to clause 9(b) of rule XXI of the Rules 

of the House of Representatives, neither the conference report nor 

the joint statement of managers contains any Congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits that were not 

(1) committed to the conference committee by either House or (2) 

in a report of a committee of either House on this bill or on a companion measure. 


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INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

Bureau of Land Management Construction AK Anchorage Field Office, Campbell Airstrip 

Safety Fencing 

$190,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Construction AZ Gila District, Browning Ranch House Preservation $124,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction AZ Lake Havasu, Partners Point Waterline $110,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction CA Barstow, Sawtooth Campground $541,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction CA California Radio Fencing and Grounding 

Improvement 

$537,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Construction CA Hollister Field Office, El Toro Creek Parking 

Project 

$1,209,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Construction CO Grand Junction Field Office, Bridgeport Access Trail $176,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction ID Salmon Field Office, Lemhi River Road 

Maintenance 

$1,588,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Construction ID Salmon Field Office, Sharkey Hot Springs 

Renovation 

$287,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Construction UT Pelican Lake Recreation Site Reconstruction $697,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction UT Salt Lake District, Five Mile Pass Recreation Site Facility $362,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Construction UT West Desert District, Knolls Facilities $381,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA California Wilderness $1,500,000 The President Feinstein Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA King Range National Conservation Area $2,000,000 The President Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Lacks Creek Area of Critical Environmental 

Concern 

$750,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Upper Sacramento River Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern 

$2,800,000 The President 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition MT Blackfoot River Special Recreation Management Area $4,500,000 The President Rehberg Baucus; Tester Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition MT Meeteetsee Spires Area of Critical Environmental Concern $1,500,000 The President Rehberg Baucus; Tester Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition NM La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental 

Concern/El Camino Real De Tierra Adento National Historic Trail 

$3,000,000 The President Lujan Bingaman; Udall, 

Tom 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition NM Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Area of 

Critical Environmental Concern 

$1,500,000 The President Bingaman; Udall, 

Tom 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition OR Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument $1,000,000 The President Pelosi Merkley; WydenBureau of Land Management Land Acquisition OR Sandy River/Oregon National Historic Trail $2,100,000 The President Blumenauer Merkley; Wyden Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition WY Craig Thomas Little Mountain Special 

Management Area 

$2,000,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction AZ Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery, 

Water Treatment 

$482,000 The President 


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Fish and Wildlife Service Construction GU Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Invasive 

Species Fence Construction 

$866,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction IN Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, Old 

Timbers Dam Rehabilitation 

$100,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction MN Fergus Falls Wetland Management District, 

Stang Lake Dam 

$175,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction OK Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Lake 

Rush Dam 

$4,100,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction PA Allegheny National Fish Hatchery, Fish Production and Electrical Systems $1,500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WA Quinault National Fish Hatchery, Replace 

Electric Fish Barriers 

$1,000,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WA Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Lower 

Pine Lake Dam 

$250,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WY Jackson National Fish Hatchery, Replace 

Water Supply Line 

$1,650,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition AK Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge $300,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition AK Togiak National Wildlife Refuge $325,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition AK Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge $365,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition AL Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition AZ Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition CA Grasslands Wetland Management Area $1,000,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition CA San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge $2,000,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition DE Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 The President Carper; Kaufman 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition FL St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition GA Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $1,200,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition HI James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge $7,400,000 The President Abercrombie; 

Hirono 

Akaka; Inouye 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IA, MN Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 

Refuge 

$500,000 The President Harkin; Klobuchar 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IA, MN, 

WI, IL 

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & 

Fish Refuge 

$1,200,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IL Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IN Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge $1,150,000 The President Lugar Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition LA Red River National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 The President Landrieu Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition LA Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MA, CT, 

VT, NH 

Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge $2,500,000 The President Hodes; Courtney; 

Murphy (CT); Olver 

Dodd; Gregg; Kennedy; Kerry; 

Leahy; Lieberman 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MD Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge $2,000,000 The President Kratovil Cardin Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition ME Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge $3,000,000 The President Pingree (ME) Collins; Snowe Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MO Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge $300,000 The President 


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Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MS Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MT Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition MT Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Area $3,750,000 The President Rehberg Baucus; Tester Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition ND North Dakota Wetland Management Area $1,000,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition ND, SD Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wetland Management Area $1,000,000 The President Herseth Sandlin Johnson Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Cape May National Wildlife Refuge $2,000,000 The President LoBiondo; Sires; 

Rothman (NJ) 

Lautenberg; 

Menendez 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge $1,100,000 The President Adler (NJ); 

LoBiondo; Sires; Rothman (NJ) 

Lautenberg; 

Menendez 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NM Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Bingaman Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition OR Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 The President Schrader Merkley; Wyden Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition PA Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge $750,000 The President Kanjorski Casey; Specter Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition SC Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National 

Wildlife Refuge 

$500,000 The President 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition SC Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge $600,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition TN Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition TX Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife 

Refuge 

$1,000,000 The President Hutchison 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition TX Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition TX Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife 

Refuge 

$1,000,000 The President Ortiz Hutchison 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition TX San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge-Austin’s Woods Unit $1,250,000 The President Paul Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition UT Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge $1,300,000 The President Bishop (UT) Bennett; Hatch Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge $545,000 The President Nye Warner; Webb Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA James River National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 The President Moran (VA); Scott 

(VA) 

Warner; Webb 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition WA Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 The President Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition WA Willapa National Wildlife Refuge $750,000 The President National Park Service Construction AK Katmai, replace failing infrastructure at 

Brooks Camp 

$6,471,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction AZ Chiricahua, Replace Failing Sewer Systems $2,410,000 The President National Park Service Construction AZ Grand Canyon, employee housing $16,890,000 The President National Park Service Construction CA Point Reyes, restore critical dune habitat $2,803,000 The President National Park Service Construction CO Mesa Verde curation center $11,675,000 The President National Park Service Construction CO Mesa Verde Visitor Information Center $10,500,000 The President Salazar National Park Service Construction DC National Capital Region, GW Memorial 

Parkway, Theodore Roosevelt rehabilitation site 

$1,706,000 The President 


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National Park Service Construction DC National Capital Region, preserve and protect Meridian Hill Park $3,844,000 The President National Park Service Construction GA Fort Pulaski, replace Cockspur Lighthouse 

revetment 

$1,577,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction IN George Rogers Clark NHP, restore and rehabilitate historic Wabash River 

floodwall 

$3,600,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction MO Harry S. Truman NHS, rehabilitate interior 

grounds of Historic Noland House and install interpretive exhibits 

$1,018,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction MT Glacier NP, safety improvements at Many 

Glacier Hotel 

$8,507,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction NC Blue Ridge Parkway, repair Craggy Gardens retaining and guardwalls $2,728,000 The President National Park Service Construction NJ, PA Delaware Water Gap NRA, demolish and 

remove hazardous structures 

$2,234,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction PA Delaware Water Gap NRA, rehabilitate 

Childs Park 

$3,048,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction WA Olympic National Park, restore Elwha River 

ecosystem and fisheries 

$20,000,000 The President 

National Park Service Construction WY Grand Teton National Park, construct critical housing $13,174,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition AR, OK Ft. Smith National Historic Site $362,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition AZ Petrified Forest National Park $4,575,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition CA Golden Gate National Recreation Area $5,000,000 The President Feinstein 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

National Park Service Land Acquisition GA Chattahoochee River National Recreation 

Area 

$3,100,000 The President Chambliss; 

Isakson 

National Park Service Land Acquisition ID Minidoka National Historic Site $350,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition MO Harry S. Truman National Historic Site $1,300,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition MS Natchez National Historical Park $264,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition NC Guilford Courthouse National Military Park $880,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition SC Congaree National Park $1,320,000 The President Clyburn Graham National Park Service Land Acquisition TX Big Thicket National Preserve $5,000,000 The President Brady (TX) Cornyn; Hutchison National Park Service Land Acquisition TX Palo Alto Battlefield National Park $4,120,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition VA Prince William Forest Park $425,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition VA, NC Blue Ridge Parkway $1,250,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition VI Virgin Islands National Park $3,250,000 The President Christensen National Park Service Land Acquisition WA Mt. Rainier National Park $2,150,000 The President Reichert; 

McDermott 

Cantwell; Murray 

National Park Service Land Acquisition WA Olympic National Park $3,000,000 The President National Park Service Land Acquisition WA San Juan Island National Historical Park $6,000,000 The President Larsen (WA) Cantwell; Murray Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management CA San Francisco Bay competitive grant pro- gram $7,000,000 The President Feinstein 


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Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management VT Lake Champlain environmental improve- ment program $4,000,000 The President Leahy Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other AK Alaska Native Villages water infrastructure 

program 

$13,000,000 The President Murkowski 

US Forest Service Research MS Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research $800,000 The President Cochran US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WV Wood Education and Resource Center in 

Princeton 

$1,900,000 The President Byrd 

US Forest Service National Forest System AK Tongass National Forest timber pipeline 

program 

$2,500,000 The President Young (AK) Begich; Murkowski 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AK Chugach NF, Porcupine Creek Campground 

Reconstruction 

$1,911,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AK PNW, Juneau Lab Collocation Phase 1 $4,980,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AK Tongass NF, Thorne Bay Quads Phase 2 

and 3 

$906,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AR Ozark-St. Francis NF, Pleasant Hill Ranger 

District Office Addition & Renovation 

$1,500,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AZ Kaibab NF, Kaibab Lake Campground $818,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AZ Prescott NF, Lynx Southshore Recreation 

Area 

$450,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance AZ Tonto NF, Needle Rock Campground, Phase 

1 

$668,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Angeles NF, Pyramid Lake Rehabilitation $1,069,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Inyo NF, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Visitor 

Center 

$2,105,000 The President 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Klamath NF, Oak Knoll Work Center $1,028,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Lassen NF, Merrill Campground Phase 3 $1,115,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA San Dimas, Energy Conservation and Renewable Generation $400,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Six Rivers NF, Smith River National Recreation Area Warehouse $996,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CA Stanislaus NF, Long Barn Barracks $1,126,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CO Arapaho/Roosevelt NF, Pawnee Campground/Picnic Area, Phase 1 $1,240,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CO Arapaho/Roosevelt NF, Shadow Mountain 

Village Exterior Bldg Rehabilitation 

$668,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CO Grand Mesa/Uncompahgre/Gunnison NF, 

Lottis Creek Recreation Area Rehabilitation 

$1,312,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance CO RMRS, Ft. Collins Prospect Renovation 

Planning & Design 

$370,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance HI PSW, Hawaii Research Field Stations $1,460,000 The President Abercrombie; 

Hirono 

Akaka; Inouye 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID ID Panhandle NF, Nursery Roof Replacement $450,000 The President 


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US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID ID Panhandle NF, Outlet Campground 

Phase 1 

$760,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID Payette NF, Seasonal Housing $2,130,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID Salmon-Challis NF, Central Idaho Fire 

Aviation Center 

$2,400,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MI Hiawatha NF, Clear Lake Environmental 

Education Center 

$480,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MI Ottawa NF, Watersmeet Administrative Site 

Phase 3 

$2,000,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MN Chippewa NF, Walker Administrative Site 

Phase 1 

$1,000,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MN NRS, Grand Rapids Lab Renovation $379,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MN NRS, St. Paul Elevator and Roof Replacement $475,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MS SRS, Wood Products Insect Laboratory $1,000,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MS SRS,Oxford HVAC Replacement $432,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MT Custer NF, Camp Crook Water System $564,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MT Lewis & Clark NF, Interpretive Center 

Health and Safety Improvements 

$386,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MT Regional Office, Aerial Fire Depot Roofing $381,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MT RMRS, Bozeman Research Complex $906,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance MT RMRS,Tenderfoot Creek, Experimental Forest Administrative Site $495,000 The President 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance NJ NRS, Silas Little Experimental Forest Remodel $253,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance NM Cibola NF, Magdalena Ranger Station, 

Phase 1 

$1,568,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance OR Deschutes NF, Allingham Guard Station 

Water System Phase 2 

$250,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance OR Malheur NF, Prairie City Offices & Warehouse $1,800,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance OR Siuslaw/Corvallis Collocation—East Wing 

Replacement 

$4,100,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance PA Meadow Ponds Dam Rehabilitation $400,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance PR IITF, Sabana Woodshop Renovation $519,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance SC Francis Marion NF, Burrells Ford Campground Rehabilitation $355,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance SC Francis Marion NF, Ranger District Office 

Phase 2 

$1,080,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance TN Cherokee NF, Tellico River Corridor Recreation Rehabilitation, Phase 3 $330,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance UT Dixie NF, Pine Valley Recreation Area Reconstruction, Phase 3 $450,000 The President 


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US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance VA George Washington/Jefferson NF, Elizabeth 

Furnace Water/Sanitation Rehabilitation 

$265,000 The President 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WA Gifford Pinchot NF, Johnston Ridge Observatory Deferred Maintenance $410,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WA Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument $1,195,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WI FPL, Freight Elevator Replacement $785,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WV NRS, Parsons Lab Renovation $254,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WY Bighorn NF, South Fork Campground Rehabilitation $490,000 The President US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WY Medicine Bow/Routt NF,Walden Bunkhouse $1,080,000 The President US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Angeles National Forest, Bighorn Mine $1,750,000 The President Chu Feinstein US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Los Padres National Forest—Big Sur Ecosystem $1,500,000 The President Farr Feinstein US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA San Bernardino National Forest—Garner 

Home Ranch 

$500,000 The President 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests—Sierra Nevada Checkerboard $1,000,000 The President Feinstein US Forest Service Land Acquisition GA Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest $1,200,000 The President Marshall Chambliss US Forest Service Land Acquisition IN Hoosier National Forest $825,000 The President Lugar US Forest Service Land Acquisition MI Ottawa National Forest—Great Lakes/Great 

Lands 

$1,500,000 The President Stupak Levin; Stabenow 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition MN Chippewa/Superior National Forest—Minnesota Wilderness $900,000 The President Oberstar Klobuchar 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House Senate 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition MO Mark Twain National Forest—Missouri 

Ozark 

$500,000 The President 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition MT Gallatin and Custer National Forests— 

Greater Yellowstone Area 

$2,000,000 The President Rehberg Tester, Baucus 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition MT Helena National Forest—Blackfoot Challenge $1,000,000 The President Rehberg Baucus; Tester US Forest Service Land Acquisition NH White Mountain National Forest $434,000 The President US Forest Service Land Acquisition NM Gila National Forest—Bear Creek Ranch $3,000,000 The President Teague Bingaman; Udall, 

Tom 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition OR, WA Wallowa Whitman National Forests, Hells 

Canyon National Recreation Area 

$1,500,000 The President Wyden; Merkley 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition PA Allegheny National Forest $500,000 The President US Forest Service Land Acquisition SD Black Hills National Forest—Lady C Ranch $1,640,000 The President Herseth Sandlin JohnsonUS Forest Service Land Acquisition TN Cherokee National Forest—Rocky Fork $6,000,000 The President Price (NC) Alexander; Burr; 

Corker 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition UT Uinta and Wasatch-Cache National Forests—High Uintas $1,500,000 The President Bennett; Hatch US Forest Service Land Acquisition VT Green Mountain National Forest $2,250,000 The President Leahy US Forest Service Land Acquisition WA Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie/Wenatchee National 

Forests—Cascades Ecosystem 

$1,000,000 The President Murray 


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US Forest Service Land Acquisition WI Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest— 

Wisconsin Wild Waterways 

$2,125,000 The President Kohl 

US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA California Fire Safe Councils $5,000,000 The President Feinstein US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA Lake Tahoe Community Fire Protection 

Project 

$5,000,000 The President Boxer; Feinstein 

INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Bureau of Land Management Management of Lands and Resources NV Redband Trout and Salmon habitat assessment and restoration $300,000 Reid Bureau of Land Management Management of Lands and Resources UT Utah Rural Cadastral Data Program $300,000 Bennett Bureau of Land Management Construction NV California National Historic Trail Interpretive 

Center 

$2,000,000 Reid 

Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Johnson Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern $1,500,000 Feinstein Bureau of Land Management Land Acquisition CA Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument $500,000 Bono Mack Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management AK Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Education 

and Conservation 

$200,000 Young (AK) 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management AK Stellers and Spectacled Sea Eider Research $350,000 Young (AK) Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management CA National Academy of Sciences California 

Delta Study 

$750,000 Feinstein 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management CA Review of the Klamath, North Coast, and 

Central Valley Hatchery Operations in California 

$2,150,000 Thompson (CA) 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management GA Georgia Streambank Restoration $500,000 Johnson (GA); Scott 

(GA); Marshall 

Chambliss 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management HI Hawaii invasive species management $1,000,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Akaka; Inouye Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management HI Palmyra Atoll NWR rat eradication $1,200,000 Inouye Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management ID Idaho Sage-Grouse Management Plan $1,000,000 Simpson Crapo; Risch Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management LA Endangered Whooping Crane Propogation Facility $500,000 Cao Landrieu Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management ME Maine lakes invasive species/habitat restoration $500,000 Collins; Snowe Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management MI Mass Marking of Hatchery Fish in the Great 

Lakes 

$1,000,000 Dingell Levin; Stabenow 

Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management MS Mississippi State Natural Resources Economic Enterprise Program $350,000 Harper Cochran; Wicker Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management NV Lahontan Cutthroat Trout $350,000 Reid Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management TX Caddo Lake Institute of Texas $150,000 Hutchison Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management WV National Conservation Training Center $750,000 Byrd Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management WV West Virginia Fisheries Resource Office $1,300,000 Mollohan 


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Fish and Wildlife Service Construction CA Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National 

Wildlife Refuge, Salt Ponds Restoration 

$4,000,000 Feinstein 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction HI Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, 

Lighthouse Repair 

$1,000,000 Inouye 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction MS Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge, 

Visitor Center/Office 

$2,000,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction NV Nevada Water Catchments $150,000 Reid Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, 

Trails 

$850,000 Byrd 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, 

Erosion Control 

$800,000 Byrd 

Fish and Wildlife Service Construction WV White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery, Water Supply System $1,500,000 Byrd Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition CT Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge $2,000,000 DeLauro Dodd, Lieberman Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition FL Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge $1,500,000 Brown-Waite, Ginny Martinez; Nelson, Bill Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition IA Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge $450,000 Harkin Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition KY Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge $750,000 McConnell Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition ME Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Collins; Snowe Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NE Rainwater Basin Wetlands Management District $500,000 Nelson, Ben Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NH Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Hodes Gregg; Shaheen Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $1,000,000 Frelinghuysen; Sires; 

Rothman (NJ) 

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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition NJ Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge $1,400,000 Garrett (NJ); Rothman 

(NJ) 

Lautenberg; Menendez 

Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition RI John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge $900,000 Reed; Whitehouse Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge $500,000 Forbes Warner; Webb Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition VA Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge, Bowers property $500,000 Wittman; Moran (VA) Warner; Webb Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition WA Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge $1,500,000 Murray National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid CA Angel Island Immigration Station $1,000,000 Pelosi; Woolsey Boxer; Feinstein National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid CA Yosemite National Park schools, PL 109–131 $400,000 Feinstein National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid DC Sewall Belmont House $1,000,000 Landrieu National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid HI National Tropical Botanical Garden, PL 111– 

11 

$500,000 Abercrombie Akaka; Inouye 

National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid HI Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, PL 

99–498 

$500,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Akaka; Inouye 

National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid MD Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail $500,000 Ruppersberger; Sarbanes; Cummings Cardin National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid MD, VA, 

DC 

Chesapeake Bay Gateways $1,000,000 Sarbanes; Moran (VA); 

Cummings; Hoyer; Kratovil 

Cardin; Mikulski 


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National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid NH Lamprey Wild & Scenic River, PL 90–542 $200,000 Shea-Porter Gregg; Shaheen National Park Service Statutory or Contractual Aid VT, NY Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, 

PL 110–229 

$750,000 Hinchey Leahy 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures AL Historic Fort Payne Coal and Iron Building 

Rehabilitation 

$150,000 Aderholt 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures AL Historic Montevallo Main Hall Renovation $150,000 Bachus; Aderholt National Park Service Save America’s Treasures AL Swayne Hall, Talladega $490,000 Rogers (AL) Sessions National Park Service Save America’s Treasures CA Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara $650,000 Feinstein National Park Service Save America’s Treasures CO Shenandoah-Dives Mill National Historic 

Landmark 

$150,000 Salazar 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures CT Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Preservation $150,000 Larson (CT) Dodd; Lieberman National Park Service Save America’s Treasures CT Sterling Opera House Renovation $150,000 DeLauro National Park Service Save America’s Treasures FL Freedom Tower, Miami $500,000 Martinez National Park Service Save America’s Treasures GA Morehouse College (King papers) $200,000 Marshall; Lewis (GA) Isakson National Park Service Save America’s Treasures IA Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines $200,000 Harkin National Park Service Save America’s Treasures ID Historic Old Pen Site Stabilization Project $150,000 Simpson Crapo; Risch National Park Service Save America’s Treasures IL Repairs to Historic Chicago Landmark $50,000 Davis (IL) National Park Service Save America’s Treasures KS Colonial Fox Theater, Pittsburg $500,000 Brownback; Roberts National Park Service Save America’s Treasures KY Judge Joseph Holt House Historic Restoration $150,000 Guthrie National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MA Hancock Shaker Village Restoration $150,000 Olver Kennedy; Kerry National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MA Stockbridge Mission House Renovation $117,000 Olver National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MD Harmony Hall Restoration $100,000 Hoyer 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MI Big Sable Lighthouse, Ludington $100,000 Levin; Stabenow National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MN CSPS Sokol Hall $150,000 McCollum National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MN Restoration of Historic Coe Mansion $150,000 Ellison National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MS Madison County Courthouse $500,000 Cochran; Wicker National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MS Medgar Evers site, Jackson $250,000 Cochran National Park Service Save America’s Treasures MT City of Bozeman Main Street Historic District 

Restoration 

$150,000 Rehberg 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NC Bellamy Mansion Slave Quarters $100,000 McIntyre National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NJ Georgian Court Mansion Restoration $200,000 Smith (NJ); Rothman 

(NJ) 

Lautenberg; Menendez 

National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NJ South Orange Village Hall Restoration $150,000 Payne; Pascrell National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NV Lincoln County Courthouse, Pioche $200,000 Reid National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Historic Owego Municipal Building Rehabilitation $150,000 Hinchey National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Restoration $150,000 Hinchey National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Richardson Olmsted Complex, Buffalo $200,000 Higgins Gillibrand; Schumer National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Strand Theater, Plattsburgh $200,000 Gillibrand; Schumer National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Tarrytown Music Hall Restoration $150,000 Lowey 


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National Park Service Save America’s Treasures NY Village Park Historic Preservation $150,000 McHugh National Park Service Save America’s Treasures OR Wallowa County Courthouse, Enterprise $200,000 Merkley; Wyden National Park Service Save America’s Treasures PA Hatborough Union Library Restoration $38,000 Schwartz National Park Service Save America’s Treasures PA Saylor Cement Kilns Historic Preservation $200,000 Dent National Park Service Save America’s Treasures PR San Juan North Portal Restoration $150,000 Pierluisi National Park Service Save America’s Treasures RI Warwick City Hall, Warwick $350,000 Langevin Reed; Whitehouse National Park Service Save America’s Treasures SC Chesterfield Courthouse Restoration $150,000 Spratt National Park Service Save America’s Treasures SC Cypress Historic Meeting Compound $200,000 Brown (SC) National Park Service Save America’s Treasures SC Modjeska Simkins Home Restoration $150,000 Clyburn National Park Service Save America’s Treasures SD State Theater, Sioux Falls $200,000 Johnson National Park Service Save America’s Treasures TN Blount Mansion, Knoxville $250,000 Duncan Alexander National Park Service Save America’s Treasures UT Historic Fisher Mansion Restoration Project $150,000 Bishop (UT) Bennett; Hatch National Park Service Save America’s Treasures VA Belgian Building Preservation $150,000 Scott (VA) National Park Service Save America’s Treasures VA Chesterfield County Historic Preservation $150,000 Forbes National Park Service Save America’s Treasures VA Fort Ward Park Preservation $75,000 Moran (VA) National Park Service Save America’s Treasures WA Schooner Adventuress Restoration $180,000 Dicks National Park Service Save America’s Treasures WI Bayfield Historic Courthouse Restoration $150,000 Obey National Park Service Save America’s Treasures WV Capitol Theater, Wheeling $200,000 Byrd National Park Service Save America’s Treasures WV Claymont Court Historic Site Restoration $150,000 Capito National Park Service Save America’s Treasures WV Cottrill’s Opera House Restoration $150,000 Mollohan 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

National Park Service Construction AZ Saguaro National Park Trail Improvements $398,000 Giffords National Park Service Construction CA Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Alcatraz) $1,400,000 Feinstein National Park Service Construction CA Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center $300,000 Lewis (CA) National Park Service Construction CA Manzanar National Historical Site $900,000 Feinstein National Park Service Construction DC African American Civil War Memorial, security enhancements $220,000 Norton National Park Service Construction FL Castillo de San Marcos National Monument $500,000 Mica National Park Service Construction IN Restore Good Fellow Lodge, Indiana Dunes 

National Lakeshore 

$1,000,000 Visclosky 

National Park Service Construction MA New Bedford Whaling National Historical 

Park (Bourne bldg) 

$1,500,000 Kennedy; Kerry 

National Park Service Construction MI Keweenaw National Historical Park (Quincy 

Smelting Works) 

$1,000,000 Levin 

National Park Service Construction MI Keweenaw National Historical Park Union 

Building 

$1,380,000 Stupak Levin; Stabenow 

National Park Service Construction NJ Gateway NRA, Sandy Hook Repair of Historic 

Gun Batteries 

$800,000 Pallone 

National Park Service Construction NJ Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park $500,000 Pascrell National Park Service Construction NY Fire Island Land Trust Historic Restoration $250,000 Israel; Bishop (NY) 


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National Park Service Construction OH Cuyahoga Valley National Park Site and 

Structure Rehabilitation Program 

$500,000 LaTourette; Sutton 

National Park Service Construction OK Chickasaw National Recreation Area Visitor 

Center 

$500,000 Cole 

National Park Service Construction OR Crater Lake Visitor Education Center $350,000 Walden; Blumenauer Merkley; Wyden National Park Service Construction PA Flight 93 National Memorial $725,000 Shuster Specter National Park Service Construction PA Valley Forge National Park Visitor Center $325,000 Sestak National Park Service Construction TN Great Smoky Mountains National Park (curatorial facility) $1,500,000 Alexander National Park Service Construction TN Great Smoky Mountains National Park 

(Tremont/Cosby water) 

$1,940,000 Alexander; Corker 

National Park Service Construction TN Moccasin Bend National Archeological District $500,000 Wamp National Park Service Construction UT Timpanogos Cave National Monument Interagency Visitors Center $1,600,000 Matheson Bennett National Park Service Construction UT Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act, 

PL 107–329 

$1,000,000 Bennett; Hatch 

National Park Service Construction VA Fort Hunt NCO Quarters Restoration $250,000 Moran (VA) National Park Service Construction WI Apostle Islands Lighthouse Restoration $2,000,000 Obey National Park Service Construction WI Ice Age National Scenic Trail $265,000 Obey National Park Service Construction WV Harpers Ferry National Historical Park $275,000 Byrd National Park Service Construction WV New River Gorge National River $1,025,000 Byrd National Park Service Land Acquisition AL Little River Canyon National Preserve $1,500,000 Rogers (AL) Sessions 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

National Park Service Land Acquisition CA Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park $1,000,000 Feinstein National Park Service Land Acquisition CA Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 

Area 

$1,000,000 Berman; Sherman Feinstein 

National Park Service Land Acquisition KY Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 

Fern Lake 

$1,150,000 Rogers (KY) McConnell 

National Park Service Land Acquisition MI Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore $1,000,000 Levin; Stabenow National Park Service Land Acquisition NH Appalachian National Scenic Trail $1,375,000 Hodes Gregg; Shaheen National Park Service Land Acquisition NM Petroglyph National Monument $1,000,000 Heinrich Bingaman National Park Service Land Acquisition OH Cuyahoga Valley National Park $4,000,000 Sutton; LaTourette; 

Ryan (OH) 

Brown; Voinovich 

National Park Service Land Acquisition PA Appalachian National Scenic Trail $1,820,000 Specter National Park Service Land Acquisition TN Shiloh National Military Park $250,000 Alexander; Corker National Park Service Land Acquisition TX Fort Davis National Historic Site $500,000 Rodriguez Hutchison National Park Service Land Acquisition VA Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National 

Military Park, Binns property 

$200,000 Wittman 

National Park Service Land Acquisition VT Appalachian National Scenic Trail $625,000 Leahy National Park Service Land Acquisition WI Ice Age National Scenic Trail $2,000,000 Baldwin; Obey 


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U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research AR South Arkansas Sparta Aquifer Recovery Initiative $300,000 Ross U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research AZ, NM U.S.—Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program $1,000,000 Grijalva; Pastor (AZ) Bingaman U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research CA San Diego formation mapping $900,000 Feinstein U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research CA San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds restoration 

monitoring/research 

$1,000,000 Stark; Lofgren, Zoe; 

Honda; Pelosi 

Feinstein 

U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research HI Volcano research/monitoring partnership UHManoa/HVO $250,000 Inouye U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research HI Water resources monitoring, investigations 

and research 

$500,000 Inouye; Akaka 

U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research IL McHenry County groundwater and stormwater 

protection 

$280,000 Manzullo 

U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research LA Long Term Estuary Assessment Group support $400,000 Landrieu U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research MA Conte Anadromous Fish Research Lab $220,000 Olver U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research MD Coastal plain & fractured rock study $500,000 Cummings Cardin; Mukulski U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research NV Nye County minerals assessment project $650,000 Reid U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research VT Lake Champlain Basin streamflow monitoring/toxic studies $346,000 Leahy U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research WA Columbia River Basin, design/test monitoring protocols-invasive species $350,000 Murray U.S. Geological Survey Surveys, Investigations & Research WA Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Study $200,000 Dicks Minerals Management Service Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management MS Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology $900,000 Childers Cochran; Wicker 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs Multi Upper Columbia United Tribes, resource 

management program 

$350,000 McMorris Rodgers Cantwell; Crapo; Murray; Risch 

Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs ND United Tribes Technical College $400,000 Pomeroy Conrad; Dorgan Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs NM Navajo Technical College $200,000 Bingaman; Udall, Tom Bureau of Indian Affairs Operation of Indian Programs SD Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, prairie management program $500,000 Herseth Sandlin Johnson Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories VI Critical Wastewater System Repairs and Improvements $900,000 Christensen Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology CO Water Research Foundation $1,700,000 Kissell; Rehberg; 

Moran (VA) 

Kennedy; Kerry; Reid 

Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology GA Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research $1,000,000 Towns; Rogers (MI); 

Rehberg; Stupak; Conyers; Price (NC); Abercrombie; Lewis (GA); Rogers (KY) 

Hagan; Levin; McConnell; Murray; 

Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology TX Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) $1,000,000 Reyes; Pastor (AZ) Bingaman; Udall, Tom Environmental Protection Agency Science & Technology VA Water Environment Research Foundation $2,000,000 Price (NC); Moran 

(VA) 

Begich; Bond; Brown; 

Burris; Cardin; Collins; Kennedy; Kohl; Lautenberg; Schumer; Snowe 


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Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management DC Rural Community Assistance Partnership $2,500,000 Olver; Rogers (KY) Baucus; Begich; 

Bingaman; Brown; Collins; Crapo; Johanns; Johnson; Klobuchar; Leahy; Lincoln; Merkley; Risch; Rockefeller; Shaheen; Tester; Udall, Mark; Udall, Tom; Wyden 

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management DC Water Systems Council Wellcare Program $700,000 Langevin; Latham; 

Arcuri; Boswell 

Baucus; Bingaman; 

Grassley; Harkin; Reed; Whitehouse 

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management OK National Rural Water Association $13,000,000 Etheridge; Jones; Kennedy Barrasso; Bingaman; Bond; Burr, Cantwell; Casey; 

Chambliss; Collins; Conrad; Corker, Crapo; Dorgan; Durbin; Enzi, Gillibrand; Graham; Grassley; Hagan; Hatch; Inhofe; Isakson; Johanns; Johnson; Kennedy; Kerry; Leahy; Levin; Lieberman; Lincoln; Menendez; Pryor; Reed; Risch; Roberts; Sanders; Schumer; Shaheen; Snowe; Specter; Stabenow; Thune; Udall, Mark; Udall, Tom; Vitter; Webb; Whitehouse; Wicker; Wyden 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management VA National Biosolids Partnership $750,000 Moran (VA) Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Programs and Management WA Puget Sound Ecosystem Research Initiative 

at the University of Washington 

$4,000,000 Smith (WA); 

McDermott; Dicks; Baird 

Environmental Protection Agency Buildings and Facilities NV Las Vegas Facilities Consolidation Study $500,000 Reid Environmental Protection Agency Other CA Hunters Point Naval Shipyard environmental 

cleanup 

$8,000,000 Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other CA Emissions Reduction Grants to the South 

Coast Air Quality Management District and San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District 

$10,000,000 Cardoza; McNerney; 

Costa 

Boxer; Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG—Other TX The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for 

water and wastewater infrastructure 

$2,500,000 Reyes; Ortiz Cornyn; Hutchison 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AK City of Buckland for construction of a piped 

water and sewer system 

$500,000 Begich; Murkowski 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AK City of Homer for planning and design of a 

new drinking water system 

$500,000 Murkowski 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AK City of Kodiak for water and sewer improvements $300,000 Young (AK) Begich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AK City of Soldotna for a water and wastewater 

improvements project 

$500,000 Begich; Murkowski 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AK Municipality of Skagway for a wastewater 

treatment facility expansion project 

$300,000 Begich; Murkowski 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL City of Brewton for a wastewater improvements project $300,000 Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL East Alabama Water Sewer and Fire Protection District for wastewater system planning $275,000 Rogers (AL) Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL Fayette County for the construction of a 

drinking water reservoir 

$6,000,000 Aderholt Shelby 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Enterprise for the Enterprise 

Southeast lagoon upgrade project 

$500,000 Bright 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Sulligent for a water well and 

storage tank project 

$500,000 Aderholt 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL Washington County Commission for the 

Washington County sanitary sewer extension 

$500,000 Bonner Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR Cabot Waterworks for wastewater improvements $500,000 Berry 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR City of Dardanelle for water treatment plant 

expansion 

$300,000 Lincoln; Pryor 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR City of Forrest City for water infrastructure 

improvements 

$300,000 Lincoln; Pryor 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR City of Warren for water infrastructure improvements $300,000 Lincoln; Pryor 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority for 

water system improvements 

$300,000 Lincoln; Pryor 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AR The City of Fayetteville for Elkins Outfall 

Sewer Line sewer replacement 

$500,000 Boozman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AZ City of Safford for water infrastructure improvements $300,000 Kyl 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AZ The Pascua Yacqui Tribe for the master 

drainage plan 

$1,000,000 Pastor (AZ); Grijalva 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AZ The Town of Chino Valley for water and 

wastewater infrastructure 

$500,000 Kirkpatrick (AZ) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AZ The Town of Miami for sewer collection system upgrades $220,000 Pastor (AZ) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Big Bear Department of Water and Power for 

Big Bear Lake water system infrastructure improvements 

$750,000 Lewis (CA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Carlsbad for Vista-Carlsbad joint wastewater 

project 

$500,000 Bilbray 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of East Palo Alto for the East Palo Alto 

water supply and stormwater management improvements 

$875,000 Eshoo Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of Eureka for the Martin Slough interceptor project $875,000 Thompson (CA) Boxer; Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of Galt for Wastewater Treatment Plant 

Upgrades 

$500,000 Lungren, Dan 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of Rialto for Inland empire groundwater 

remediation and drinking water system improvements 

$300,000 Baca Boxer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of Santa Monica for the Santa Monica 

water system reliability project 

$875,000 Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA City of Westminster for Stormwater System 

improvements 

$875,000 Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Helix Water District for the El Monte Valley 

groundwater recharge project 

$500,000 Hunter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Monterey County Water Resources Agency for 

the Lower Carmel River and Lagoon Floodplain restoration and enhancement project 

$500,000 Farr 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Municipal Water District of Orange County 

for water supply improvements 

$875,000 Boxer; Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Palmdale Water District for water main replacement $500,000 McKeon 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Shasta County for Elk Trail Water System 

Improvements 

$875,000 Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA South Montebello Irrigation District for water 

system infrastructure improvements 

$550,000 Napolitano 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA South Pasadena for Wilson Reservoir replacement $300,000 Schiff 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Arcadia for the Arcadia and Sierra Madre joint water infrastructure 

project 

$500,000 Dreier 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Bell for Sewer Infrastructure 

Modernization 

$675,000 Roybal-Allard 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Calimesa for storm drain improvements $500,000 Lewis (CA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Cathedral City for South City Improvement District groundwater protection $500,000 Bono Mack 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Ceres for East Service Road sanitary sewer extension $500,000 Cardoza 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Culver City for storm water improvements $500,000 Watson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Los Angeles for the Elysian Park 

water recycling project 

$500,000 Becerra 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Ridgecrest for wastewater treatment facility infrastructure $400,000 McCarthy (CA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of San Jose for the San Jose Redevelopment Area sewer main rehabilitation $300,000 Honda; Lofgren, Zoe 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of San Juan Capistrano for ground 

water recovery plant expansion and regional distribution facility 

$625,000 Calvert 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Temple City for storm drain installation $200,000 Schiff 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA The City of Vallejo for Mare Island sanitary 

sewer and storm drain improvements 

$750,000 Miller, George 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA Western Municipal Water District for Arlington Desalter Biodenitrification $625,000 Calvert 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CO City of Monte Vista for wastewater facility 

consolidation 

$300,000 Bennet 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CO City of Rifle for drinking water infrastructure 

improvements 

$300,000 Salazar Udall, Mark 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CT City of Norwich for wastewater treatment facility improvements $300,000 Courtney Dodd; Lieberman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CT The Mattabasset District for wastewater 

treatment facility upgrades 

$500,000 Larson (CT) Lieberman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CT The Town of Prospect for drinking water infrastructure $495,000 DeLauro 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CT Town of East Lyme for drinking water system 

improvements 

$300,000 Courtney Dodd 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

DE New Castle County for Turkey Run interceptor improvements $300,000 Castle Carper; Kaufman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

DE Sussex County Council for the Johnson’s Corner wastewater improvement project $300,000 Castle Carper; Kaufman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL City of West Palm Beach for water infrastructure improvements $500,000 Klein (FL); Wexler 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL Jacksonville Water and Sewer Expansion Authority for septic tank replacement $500,000 Crenshaw Martinez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL Santa Rosa County for Navarre Beach water 

clarifier 

$220,000 Miller (FL) Nelson, Bill 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL South Seminole and North Orange County 

Wastewater Transmission Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Kosmas; Mica Martinez 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL St. Johns River Water Management District 

for the East-Central Florida Integrated Water Resources Project 

$300,000 Posey Martinez; Nelson, Bill 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL The City of Clearwater for wastewater treatment facility improvements $500,000 Young (FL); Bilirakis 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL The City of Homestead for water utility upgrades $500,000 Diaz-Balart, Mario Nelson, Bill 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL The City of Opa-Locka Public Works Division 

for wastewater infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Meek (FL) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL The City of Quincy for inflow and infiltration 

improvements 

$440,000 Boyd 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL The City of Sunrise for a water reclamation 

system 

$1,000,000 Wasserman Schultz; 

Hastings (FL) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

FL City of Tampa for reclaimed water expansion 

project 

$300,000 Martinez; Nelson, Bill 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA City of Rome for construction of a new 

drinking water transmission main 

$300,000 Isakson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA Fort Valley Utility Commission for wastewater 

reclamation facility 

$500,000 Bishop (GA) 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning 

District for multiple water and wastewater system improvements 

$500,000 Scott (GA); Kingston; 

Deal; Johnson (GA); Gingrey (GA); Lewis (GA) 

Chambliss 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA The City of Atlanta for sewer system infrastructure improvements $500,000 Lewis (GA); Johnson (GA); Bishop (GA); 

Barrow; Scott (GA) 

Chambliss,Isakson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA The City of Crawfordville for the sewer rehabilitation $500,000 Barrow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GA The City of Kingsland for water and sewer 

infrastructure 

$500,000 Kingston 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

GU Guam Waterworks Authority for Wastewater 

Infrastructure Improvements 

$600,000 Bordallo 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

HI County of Kauai for the Waimea Wastewater 

Treatment Plant expansion project 

$1,000,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Inouye 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

HI Hawaii County for the Hawaii Ocean View 

Estates drinking water source development project 

$220,000 Inouye 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

HI Hawaii County for the Kapulena drinking 

water source development project 

$739,750 Inouye 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

HI Maui County for infrastructure improvements 

at the Kamole Water Treatment Plant 

$1,000,000 Inouye 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

HI Maui County for Kaa Force main replacement $1,000,000 Inouye 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IA City of Boone for wastewater and stormwater 

infrastructure improvements 

$300,000 Grassley; Harkin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IA City of Clinton for construction of a new 

wastewater treatment facility 

$300,000 Braley (IA) Grassley; Harkin 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IA City of Keokuk for a stormwater and sewer 

separation project 

$300,000 Grassley; Harkin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IA City of Ottumwa for wastewater and 

stormwater infrastructure improvements 

$300,000 Loebsack Harkin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IA The City of Garner for wastewater treatment 

infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Latham Grassley 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ID City of American Falls for construction of a 

wastewater treatment facility 

$300,000 Simpson Crapo; Risch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ID Granite Reeder Water and Sewer District for 

construction of a sewage collection system 

$300,000 Crapo; Risch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ID The City of Buhl for wastewater treatment 

infrastructure 

$750,000 Simpson Crapo; Risch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL City of Decatur for water infrastructure improvements $250,000 Durbin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL City of Lexington for water infrastructure improvements $100,000 Durbin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL City of Peoria for sewer and stormwater improvements $300,000 Schock Burris 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL Naperville Heritage Society, Naperville, for 

stormwater management at Naper Settlement 

$500,000 Biggert 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL Sharpsburg and Neighboring Area Water System for infrastructure $500,000 Shimkus 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The Village of Buckner for a water storage 

tank 

$352,000 Costello 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The Village of Carol Stream for Tubeway 

Drive storm water lift station rehabilitation 

$192,500 Roskam 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The Village of Hopedale for wastewater 

treatment facility upgrades 

$180,000 Schock 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The Village of Johnsburg for wastewater 

treatment infrastructure 

$500,000 Bean 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The Village of Park Forest for sanitary sewer 

infrastructure 

$500,000 Jackson (IL) Burris 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL Will County for Ridgewood water and wastewater infrastructure improvements $550,000 Halvorson Burris; Durbin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL Macoupin County for water infrastructure 

improvements 

$250,000 Durbin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IN City of Tipton for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades project $300,000 Lugar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IN Clinton County Government for the Eastside 

Regional stormwater improvements 

$500,000 Buyer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IN The City of Portage for water infrastructure 

improvements 

$800,000 Visclosky 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IN Wadesville-Blairsville Regional Sewer District 

for the sanitary sewer system project 

$500,000 Ellsworth 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Buhler for construction of an adsorption media drinking water treatment facility $600,000 Brownback 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Iola for drinking water and wastewater pipe improvements project $300,000 Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Junction City for construction of a 

drinking water project 

$250,000 Moran (KS) Brownback; Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Marion for construction of a wastewater project $150,000 Brownback 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Russell for replacement of cast iron 

drinking water lines 

$400,000 Brownback 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS Pottawatomie County for construction of a 

main pump wastewater station 

$400,000 Brownback 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS The City of DeSoto for water treatment infrastructure improvements at the Sunflower 

Army Ammunition Plant 

$500,000 Moore (KS) Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS The City of Rose Hill for the Berlin Drainage 

Project 

$500,000 Tiahrt 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY City of Burgin for upgrades to the drinking 

water distribution system 

$340,000 McConnell 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY City of Eubank for a water line replacement 

project 

$200,000 Bunning 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY City of Franklin for a sewer line replacement 

project 

$100,000 Bunning 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY City of Vine Grove for construction of additional sewer lines $840,000 McConnell 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY Fleming County for a sewer collection expansion project $620,000 Bunning; McConnell 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY Franklin County Fiscal Court for the 

Farmdale Area wastewater treatment plant 

$900,000 Chandler Bunning 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Water 

Resource Agency for the Locust Hills Subdivision sewer installation project 

$220,000 Guthrie Bunning 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY Perry County Sanitation District No. 1 for 

wastewater treatment infrastructure 

$500,000 Rogers (KY) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY The City of Paris for combined utilities water 

plan improvements 

$500,000 Chandler 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY The City of Tompkinsville for a water treatment plant backwash lagoon project $189,750 Whitfield 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KY The City of Wurtland for the Wurtland/ 

Greenup/Lloyd regional sewer project 

$500,000 Davis (KY) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA City of Baton Rouge for East Baton Rouge 

Parish wastewater system improvements 

$300,000 Landrieu;Vitter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA City of Lake Charles for wastewater system 

improvements 

$300,000 Landrieu 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA Lafayette Utilities System for drinking water 

and wastewater line relocations and upgrades project 

$300,000 Landrieu;Vitter 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA St. Tammany Parish for Bayou Chinchuba 

Regional water retention 

$500,000 Scalise Landrieu 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA The City of Monroe for a wastewater treatment system $500,000 Alexander Landrieu; Vitter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

LA City of Grambling for drinking water system 

improvements 

$300,000 Landrieu 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MA City of Gloucester for Essex Avenue Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade $500,000 Tierney 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MA City of Marlborough for infrastucture upgrades at the Westerly Wastewater Treatment Facility $300,000 McGovern Kennedy; Kerry 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MA Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for the 

Connecticut River CSO 

$871,500 Olver; Neal Kennedy; Kerry 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MA The Cities of Fall River and New Bedford 

and the Towns of Acushnet, Mansfield, Norton, and Foxboro for Bristol County CSO upgrades 

$750,000 Frank (MA); McGovern Kennedy; Kerry 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MA The City of Malden for citywide lead water 

service replacement 

$500,000 Markey (MA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MD City of Frostburg for combined sewer overflow improvements $300,000 Mikulski 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MD Maryland Department of the Environment for 

Salisbury cast iron distribution pipe 

$500,000 Kratovil 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MD The City of Rockville for sanitary sewer rehabilitation $750,000 Van Hollen Cardin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MD The Town of Chesapeake Beach for WWTP 

Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade and Expansion 

$700,000 Hoyer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MD, DC, 

VA 

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 

(MD), Washington Area Sewer Authority (DC), and Fairfax County Public Works Department (VA) for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant 

$1,200,000 Edwards (MD); 

Ruppersberger 

Cardin; Mikulski; Warner 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ME City of Portland for a combined sewer overflow and storm water runoff improvements project $1,250,000 Pingree (ME) Collins 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ME Limestone Water and Sewer District for design and construction of new wastewater 

pipes and pumping stations 

$550,000 Michaud Collins; Snowe 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ME The Town of Machias for sewer system upgrades $500,000 Michaud Snowe 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI City of Port Huron for combined sewer overflow improvements $300,000 Levin; Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI Lansing Board of Water & Light for Lansing 

energy efficient drinking water system 

$500,000 Rogers (MI) Levin; Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI Oakland/Macomb County Drain Drainage District for interceptor improvements $500,000 Miller (MI); Levin Levin; Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI The City of Detroit DEGC for East Riverfront 

wastewater infrastructure 

$500,000 Kilpatrick (MI) Levin; Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI The City of Grand Rapids for Eastside CSO 

separation 

$500,000 Ehlers 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MI Wayne County for the Rouge River Wet 

Weather Demonstration Project 

$500,000 Dingell; Peters Levin; Stabenow 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MN City of Faribault for wastewater infrastructure improvements $150,000 Klobuchar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MN City of St. Cloud for water infrastructure improvements $300,000 Klobuchar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MN Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission for 

wastewater facilities improvements 

$1,000,000 Oberstar Klobuchar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MN South Bend Township for water and sewer 

infrastructure 

$500,000 Walz Klobuchar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MN The City of Maple Plain for water treatment 

facility infrastructure 

$500,000 Paulsen Klobuchar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO City of Lee’s Summit for a wastewater infrastructure improvements project $1,500,000 Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO City of New Haven for consolidation and replacement of wastewater pump stations $300,000 Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO PWSD #1 of McDonald County for wastewater 

infrastructure 

$465,000 Blunt 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO The City of East Prairie for stormwater and 

sewer infrastructure 

$200,000 Emerson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO The City of Saint Joseph for stormwater and 

wastewater infrastructure 

$500,000 Graves 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS Black Bayou Water Association for drinking 

water improvements 

$250,000 Thompson (MS) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS City of Batesville for design and construction of wastewater improvements projects $275,000 Cochran 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS City of Carthage for a wastewater improvements and rehabilitation project $275,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS City of Pearl for rehabilitation of wastewater 

gravity mains 

$277,000 Cochran 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS City of Ridgeland for construction of a new 

potable water well 

$200,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS Hinds County Board of Supervisors for planning and design of a centralized wastewater system $300,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS Leflore County Board of Supervisors for a 

stormwater project 

$143,000 Thompson (MS) Cochran 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for rehabilitation of wastewater pump stations $380,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MS Tunica County Utility District for construction 

of a wastewater treatment facility 

$400,000 Cochran; Wicker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MT Butte-Silver Bow Consolidated Government 

for drinking water improvements for the City of Butte 

$500,000 Rehberg Baucus; Tester 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MT City of Bozeman for water treatment facility 

improvements 

$500,000 Rehberg Baucus; Tester 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MT City of Missoula for wastewater facility improvements $200,000 Rehberg Tester 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MT Crow Tribe in Crow Agency for wastewater 

infrastructure improvements 

$300,000 Baucus 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MT Em-Kayan County Water and Sewer District 

for infrastructure improvements 

$290,600 Rehberg 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NC City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department 

for the Dempsey E. Benton Water Treatment Plant Backwash Waste Facility 

$500,000 Miller (NC); Price (NC) Hagan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NC Greenville Utilities Commission for construction of a wastewater pumping station $300,000 Burr; Hagan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NC McDowell County for water system improvements $500,000 Shuler Burr 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NC Town of Ahoskie for wastewater system improvements $300,000 Butterfield Hagan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NC Town of Cary Public Works and Utilities Department for Western Wake regional 

wastewater management facility 

$1,000,000 Price (NC); Miller (NC) Burr; Hagan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ND City of Valley City for drinking water system 

improvements 

$400,000 Pomeroy Conrad; Dorgan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ND City of Washburn for drinking water treatment facility upgrades $400,000 Pomeroy Conrad; Dorgan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

ND Stutsman Rural Water District, Stutsman 

County for drinking water system improvements 

$400,000 Pomeroy Conrad; Dorgan 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NE City of Plattsmouth for combined sewer 

overflow improvements 

$1,200,000 Nelson, Ben 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NE The City of Omaha for CSO controls $500,000 Terry Nelson, Ben 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH City of Berlin for replacement and upgrades 

of water lines and mains 

$450,000 Gregg 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH City of Keene for a wastewater treatment facility upgrades project $300,000 Gregg; Shaheen 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH City of Manchester for the Phase II combined sewer overflow abatement program $450,000 Gregg 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH City of Nashua for combined sewer overflow 

improvements 

$300,000 Shaheen 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH Conway Village Fire District for water and 

wastewater treatment extension project 

$300,000 Gregg 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NH Town of Winchester for a wastewater treatment facility upgrades project $300,000 Gregg 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ City of Hackensack for the Clay Street area 

combined sewer overflow improvement project 

$300,000 Rothman (NJ) Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ City of New Brunswick for water pumping 

station improvements 

$300,000 Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ City of Orange Township for drinking water 

system improvements 

$300,000 Payne Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ City of Perth Amboy for drinking water infrastructure improvements $300,000 Sires Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ Monmouth County for water and wastewater 

infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Holt Lautenberg; Menendez 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission for a 

Combined Sewage Overflow Project 

$750,000 Pascrell; Sires; Payne; 

Rothman (NJ) 

Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ The Borough of Califon for Railroad Ave./ 

Main St. stormwater improvements 

$500,000 Lance 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ The Borough of Fort Lee for CSO abatement 

upgrades 

$500,000 Rothman (NJ) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NJ The Borough of Hopatcong for drinking water 

infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Frelinghuysen Lautenberg; Menendez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NM The Pueblo of San Felipe for wastewater infrastructure $400,000 Lujan Udall, Tom; Bingaman 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NM City of Carlsbad for a water reuse project $300,000 Teague Bingaman; Udall, Tom 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NM City of Portales for wastewater treatment 

plant improvements 

$300,000 Bingaman; Udall, Tom 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NV City of Boulder City for water infrastructure 

improvements 

$290,000 Reid 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NV City of Carson City for the Marlette-Hobart 

water system improvements 

$350,000 Ensign; Reid 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NV City of Fernley for a wastewater infrastructure project $300,000 Heller Ensign, Reid 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NV Las Vegas Paiute Tribe for water infrastructure improvements $550,000 Reid 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NV Lyon County Utilities for wastewater infrastructure improvements at Mound House $500,000 Heller 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Gowanus Canal Conservancy for Gowanus 

Canal water quality improvement 

$300,000 Velazquez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Onondaga County for storm water infrastructure improvements $400,000 Maffei Schumer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Rockland Co. Sewer District No. 1 for Ramapo wastewater treatment $500,000 Engel Gillibrand 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The City of Glen Cove for water and 

stormwater infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 King (NY) Gillibrand 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The City of New York, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation for Bronx 

River stormwater management 

$550,000 Serrano 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The City of Rochester for the Highland Reservoir $600,000 Slaughter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The City of White Plains for a drinking water 

transmission line 

$500,000 Lowey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The Town of Pendleton for the replacement 

of grinder pumps 

$500,000 Lee (NY) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The Town of Urbana for water and wastewater infrastructure $500,000 Massa 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY The Village of Saugerties for water and 

wastewater infrastructure improvements 

$800,000 Hinchey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Westchester Joint Water Works for water 

main rehabilitation 

$517,000 Lowey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Nassau County for Bay Park STP outfall 

project 

$300,000 King (NY); McCarthy 

(NY) 

Gillibrand; Schumer 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

NY Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga, NY for water 

supply improvements 

$300,000 Schumer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Belmont County Commissioners for construction of sanitary sewer system $400,000 Wilson (OH) Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Butler County Commissioners for the Ross 

Township sewer project 

$500,000 Driehaus 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH City of Fostoria for the planning, design and 

construction of a new sanitary pump station and force main 

$500,000 Latta Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH City of Fremont for combined sewer overflow 

improvements 

$500,000 Brown; Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Knox County for construction of wastewater 

collection and treatment system 

$400,000 Space Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Muskingum County Commissioners for 

Maysville sewer improvements 

$500,000 Space Brown 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Ottawa County for the Ottawa County sanitary sewer project $500,000 Kaptur Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The City of Ashland for a waterline replacement project $500,000 Boccieri 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The City of Stow for sanitary sewer system 

infrastructure 

$500,000 LaTourette 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The City of Vandalia for airport access road 

water and sewer extensions 

$500,000 Turner 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The City of Worthington for sanitary sewer 

improvements 

$500,000 Kilroy 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The Village of Dillonvale for water meter replacement $100,000 Wilson (OH) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH The Village of Tiro for a water distribution 

system 

$500,000 Latta 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OH Trumbull County Commissioners for wastewater infrastructure improvements $300,000 Ryan (OH) Voinovich 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OK City of Enid for planning, design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant $300,000 Inhofe 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OK Lawton Ft. Sill Chamber of Commerce for 

Lawton Industrial Park Expansion for Water and Sewer Line Extensions 

$750,000 Cole Inhofe 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OR City of Vernonia wastewater system improvements $300,000 Wu Merkley; Wyden 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

OR Umatilla County for Milton-Freewater 

stormwater system improvements 

$300,000 Walden Merkley; Wyden 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Allegheny County Sanitary Authority for the 

Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program 

$225,000 Doyle Casey; Specter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Chester County Economic Development Council for the Upper Worthington Infrastructure Improvement Project $225,000 Specter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Findlay Township Municipal Authority for 

water and sewer upgrades 

$500,000 Murphy, Tim Casey; Specter 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Haines Aaronsburg Municipal Authority for 

water line interconnection 

$250,000 Thompson (PA) Specter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Hegins-Hubley Authority for facility improvements $68,000 Holden 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Lehigh County Authority for the Vera Cruz 

wastewater collection system 

$500,000 Dent 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Municipal Authority of the City of Lower 

Burrell for Wildlife Lodge Road sanitary sewer extension 

$800,000 Murtha 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Northampton, Bucks County Municipal Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements $500,000 Murphy, Patrick 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA The City of Reading for wastewater infrastructure improvements at Fritz’s Island $500,000 Gerlach Casey; Specter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Thornbury Township for Cheyney University/ 

Thornbury Township wastewater treatment facility improvements 

$250,000 Sestak 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Tri-County Joint Municipal Authority for water 

treatment infrastructure 

$393,000 Murtha 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA Westmoreland County Industrial Development 

Corporation for wastewater infrastructure replacement 

$300,000 Casey; Specter 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

PA York City Sewer Authority for wastewater facility infrastructure $225,000 Platts Casey; Specter 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

RI City of Cranston for wastewater infrastructure $400,000 Reed; Whitehouse 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

RI City of East Providence for drinking water 

infrastructure improvements 

$400,000 Reed; Whitehouse 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

RI The City of Newport for UV disinfection system improvements $500,000 Kennedy Reed; Whitehouse 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

RI Town of North Providence for storm water infrastructure improvements $400,000 Kennedy Reed; Whitehouse 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SC Laurens Commission of Public Works for 

construction of a pump station, water lines and water tank 

$300,000 Barrett (SC) Graham 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SC The City of Rock Hill for the Phase II 

Hagins-Fewell Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvement Project 

$600,000 Spratt Graham 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SC The Town of Coward for drinking water and 

wastewater improvements 

$500,000 Clyburn 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SD City of Elk Point for water and wastewater 

infrastructure improvements 

$400,000 Johnson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SD City of Lead for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements $400,000 Johnson 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SD City of Rapid City for wastewater infrastructure improvements $300,000 Herseth Sandlin Johnson; Thune 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SD Brant Lake Sanitary District for wastewater 

infrastructure improvements 

$400,000 Johnson 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN Campbell County Government for Campbell 

County waterline improvements 

$500,000 Davis (TN) Alexander 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN City of Tusculum for planning, design and 

construction of a wastewater treatment facility and collection system 

$500,000 Alexander; Corker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN Dickson County Water Authority for construction of a drinking water system $250,000 Tanner Alexander 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN Hancock County for a drinking water extension project $500,000 Alexander; Corker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN Springville Utility District of Henry County for 

drinking water system improvements 

$500,000 Tanner Alexander; Corker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TN The City of Harrogate for wastewater system 

improvements 

$500,000 Wamp Corker 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX City of Beaumont for a sewer line rehabilitation project $400,000 Hutchison 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX City of Lubbock for a treated drinking water 

pipeline project 

$200,000 Cornyn; Hutchison 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX City of Lufkin for design and construction of 

drinking water infrastructure, storage and treatment capacity 

$400,000 Gohmert Cornyn; Hutchison 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX City of Nacogdoches for construction of two 

detention ponds 

$500,000 Gohmert Hutchison 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX City of Round Rock for planning, design and 

construction of a regional water supply system 

$300,000 Carter Cornyn 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Andrews for Andrews arsenic filtration pilot project $400,000 Conaway 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Austin for Austin Sanitary Sewer 

Overflow Prevention 

$500,000 Smith (TX) Cornyn 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Baytown for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements $500,000 Poe (TX); Paul 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Crystal City for water infrastructure improvements $500,000 Rodriguez 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Gainesville for the water treatment plant expansion project $500,000 Burgess Cornyn 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Joshua for the Joshua drainage 

project in Johnson County 

$1,000,000 Edwards (TX) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of La Vernia for drinking water infrastructure $500,000 Cuellar 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Petersburg for elevated water 

tank replacement 

$439,000 Neugebauer 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

TX The City of Temple for industrial park wastewater line and interceptor $500,000 Carter Hutchison 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT City of Lindon for channel improvements in 

a stormwater detention and management area 

$500,000 Bennett; Hatch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT City of Taylorsville for stormwater infrastructure improvements and upgrades $500,000 Bennett; Hatch 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT Clearfield City for a drinking water and 

wastewater improvements project 

$300,000 Bennett; Hatch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT Draper City for construction of a culinary 

reservoir 

$500,000 Bennett 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT South Salt Lake City for a waterline replacement project $300,000 Matheson Bennett; Hatch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

UT Weber County for the Weber County storm 

water master plan 

$500,000 Bishop (UT) Bennett; Hatch 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA Caroline County for the Dawn Community 

Decentralized Wastewater System project 

$300,000 Wittman Warner; Webb 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA Halifax County Service Authority for Maple 

Avenue wastewater plant upgrades 

$500,000 Perriello 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA The City of Alexandria for a water reuse 

project 

$500,000 Moran (VA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA The City of Alexandria, Arlington County for 

Four Mile Run infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Moran (VA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA The City of Falls Church for storm water infrastructure $500,000 Moran (VA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VA Town of Onancock for wastewater treatment 

system improvements 

$300,000 Nye Warner; Webb 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VT Ferrisburgh Fire District #1 for water infrastructure improvements $300,000 Sanders 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VT Town of Guilford for drinking water system 

improvements 

$375,000 Leahy 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

VT Village of Waterbury for wastewater system 

improvements 

$825,000 Leahy; Sanders 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA City of Puyallup for wastewater pump and 

main force upgrades 

$500,000 Murray 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA Cowlitz Public Utility District in Cowlitz 

County for replacement of wastewater infrastructure 

$400,000 Murray 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA Jefferson County Department of Community 

Development for the Port Hadlock wastewater system 

$1,000,000 Dicks Murray 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of Buckley for emergency intertie 

booster station 

$333,850 Reichert 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of Lacey for regional reclaimed 

water project 

$500,000 Smith (WA) 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of Rock Island for wastewater system infrastructure $500,000 Hastings (WA) Cantwell 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of Seattle for the Magnuson Park 

Wetlands project 

$500,000 McDermott 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of South Bend for the Willapa Regional wastewater facilities project $500,000 Baird 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA The City of Tacoma for the Tacoma downtown sustainable storm drainage system $1,500,000 Dicks Cantwell 


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Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA West Sound Utility District for the Port Orchard reclaimed water distribution system $165,000 Dicks 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WA Whatcom County for stormwater system improvements $300,000 Cantwell 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI City of Janesville for wastewater treatment 

plant improvements 

$400,000 Kohl 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI City of Waukesha Water Utility for drinking 

water system improvements 

$400,000 Kohl 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for 

the replacement of a central sewer system 

$400,000 Kohl 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI The City of Abbotsford for water treatment 

infrastructure 

$1,000,000 Obey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI The City of Park Falls for sewer infrastructure $550,000 Obey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI The Village of Athens for wastewater treatment facility upgrades $1,000,000 Obey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WI The Village of Stetsonville for a public drinking water system $1,000,000 Obey 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WV Marshall County Sewerage District for wastewater infrastructure improvements $800,000 Byrd 


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Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WV Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission of 

organic detection system improvements 

$1,200,000 Brown; Byrd 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WV The Town of Rowlesburg for drinking water 

infrastructure improvements 

$500,000 Mollohan 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

WV Town of Moorefield for wastewater treatment 

facility upgrades 

$2,500,000 Capito Byrd 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL Fayette County for water system upgrades Shelby 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Thomasville for a water facility 

project 

Shelby; Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Thomasville for regional water 

supply distribution 

Shelby; Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Thomasville for the Southwest 

Alabama Rural/Municipal Water System 

Shelby; Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

AL The City of Thomasville for water infrastructure improvements Shelby; Sessions 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

CA San Bernardino Municipal Water Department 

for the Inland Empire alternative water supply project 

Feinstein 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

IL The City of Quincy for drinking water system 

improvements 

Durbin 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS City of Manhattan for a water mainline extension project Brownback; Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS The City of Manhattan for the Konza Water 

Main Extension project 

Brownback; Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS The City of Prescott for a wastewater treatment plant construction Brownback; Roberts 


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Requester(s) 

House Senate 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

KS The City of Wichita for a storm water technology pilot project Brownback; Roberts 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO Johnson County for a drinking water and 

wastewater infrastructure project 

Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO Pemiscot Consolidated Public Water Supply 

District 1 for a drinking water source protection infrastructure project 

Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO PWSD #1 of McDonald County for wastewater 

infrastructure expansion 

Blunt Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

MO The Gravois Arm Sewer District for a wastewater infrastructure project Bond 

Environmental Protection Agency STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 

Project 

SD The City of Lake Norden for drinking water 

infrastructure improvements 

Johnson 

US Forest Service State & Private Forestry CA Blue Mountain Community Renewable Council for the Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions biomass utilization project $500,000 Feinstein US Forest Service State & Private Forestry CA Region 5, USFS for small forest products infrastructure assistance grants $2,500,000 Feinstein US Forest Service State & Private Forestry MD Baltimore Urban Forestry Watershed Demonstration Cooperative Project $150,000 Cummings US Forest Service State & Private Forestry MO Missouri Forest Foundation for biomass demonstration project $300,000 Bond 


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US Forest Service State & Private Forestry UT Utah Department of Agriculture for a fuelsfor-schools biomass utilization project $200,000 Bennett US Forest Service State & Private Forestry VT State of Vermont for the Vermont Wood 

Products Collaborative 

$500,000 Leahy 

US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WA Seattle-Tacoma Regional Urban Forestry Restoration Project $1,000,000 Dicks US Forest Service State & Private Forestry WI Menomonee Valley Partners Inc; Urban Forestry Project $300,000 Moore (WI) US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance ID Sawtooth National Recreation Area trail construction and maintenance $1,200,000 Simpson US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance NV Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for trail 

improvements by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association 

$100,000 Reid 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance SD Relocation of the Northern Great Plains 

Interagency Dispatch Center on the Black Hills National Forest 

$1,900,000 Herseth Sandlin Johnson 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance TN Complete construction of a Cherokee National Forest work center $500,000 Alexander US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance TX Redesign Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and 

Campground 

$475,000 Barton (TX) 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WV Facilities improvements on the Monongahela 

National Forest 

$595,000 Byrd 

US Forest Service Capital Improvement and Maintenance WV Road improvements for the Monongahela 

National Forest 

$1,521,000 Byrd 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Angeles National Forest, Shoemaker Canyon $500,000 McKeon Feinstein US Forest Service Land Acquisition CA Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest $2,400,000 Feinstein 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account State Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

House Senate 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition CO Uncompahgre National Forest $1,000,000 Salazar Bennet; Udall, Mark US Forest Service Land Acquisition FL Florida National Scenic Trail $500,000 Young (FL); Kosmas; 

Wexler; Mica; Meek (FL); Klein (FL); Diaz-Balart, Lincoln 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition FL Osceola National Forest, Pinhook Swamp 

Wildlife Corridor 

$500,000 Crenshaw Nelson, Bill 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition ID Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Piva Parcel $400,000 Simpson US Forest Service Land Acquisition KY Daniel Boone National Forest $900,000 Rogers (KY) McConnell US Forest Service Land Acquisition MT Lewis and Clark National Forest $1,500,000 Rehberg Tester, Baucus US Forest Service Land Acquisition NC Pisgah National Forest, Catawba Falls Access & Trail Acquisition $713,000 Price (NC); Shuler Burr US Forest Service Land Acquisition NC Uwharrie National Forest, Uwharrie Trail $500,000 Coble US Forest Service Land Acquisition UT Bonneville Shoreline Trail $1,500,000 Bishop (UT) Bennett; Hatch US Forest Service Land Acquisition UT Dixie National Forest $2,500,000 Matheson Bennett; Hatch US Forest Service Land Acquisition WA Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest—Wild 

Sky Wilderness 

$1,700,000 Larsen (WA); 

McDermott 

Murray 

US Forest Service Land Acquisition WV Monongahela National Forest, Cummings 

Tract 

$985,000 Rahall 


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US Forest Service Land Acquisition WV Monongahela National Forest, Dolly Sods 

Conservation Area 

$2,800,000 Mollohan; Capito Byrd 

US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management CA San Bernardino Urban Youth Conservation 

Corp 

$100,000 Baca 

US Forest Service Wildland Fire Management NV City of Reno to fund firefighting equipment 

for the wildland-urban interface 

$250,000 Reid 


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CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year 

2010 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2009 amount, the 2010 budget estimates, 

and the House and Senate bills for 2010 follow: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2009 ........................ $38,790,958 

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2010 32,382,043 

House bill, fiscal year 2010 ................................................................... 32,354,850 

Senate bill, fiscal year 2010 .................................................................. 32,153,734 

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2010 .............................................. 32,294,848 

Conference agreement compared with: 

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2009 ................ ¥6,496,110 

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 

2010 .............................................................................................. ¥87,195 

House bill, fiscal year 2010 ............................................................ ¥60,002 

Senate bill, fiscal year 2010 ........................................................... +141,114 


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DIVISION B—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 

2010 

Division B provides further continuing appropriations for agencies and activities that would be covered by the regular fiscal year 

2010 appropriations bills not yet enacted into law. Specifically, language is included amending the first fiscal year 2010 continuing 

resolution (division B of Public Law 111–68) to extend its general 

expiration date to December 18 2009, to add certain additional necessary extensions, and to make technical corrections. 

DAVID R. OBEY, 

NORMAN D. DICKS, 

JAMES P. MORAN, 

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, 

BEN CHANDLER, 

MAURICE D. HINCHEY, 

JOHN W. OLVER, 

ED PASTOR, 

DAVID E. PRICE, 

Managers on the Part of the House. 

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, ROBERT C. BYRD, PATRICK J. LEAHY, BYRON L. DORGAN, BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, HERB KOHL, TIM JOHNSON, JACK REED, BEN NELSON, JON TESTER, DANIEL K. INOUYE, LAMAR ALEXANDER, 

THAD COCHRAN, ROBERT F. BENNETT, 

JUDD GREGG, LISA MURKOWSKI, SUSAN M. COLLINS, Managers on the Part of the Senate. 

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