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Calendar No. 447 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4802 

[Report No. 118–201] 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. MERKLEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

6 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 

7 and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

4 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

5 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve6 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi7 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

8 lands, and performance of other functions, including main9 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage10 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

11 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

12 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

13 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 

14 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,342,510,000, 

15 to remain available until September 30, 2026; of which 

16 $67,238,000 for annual maintenance and deferred mainte17 nance programs and $143,102,000 for the wild horse and 

18 burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 

19 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until ex20 pended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the 

21 BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used 

22 for any bureau-related expenses associated with the proc23 essing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and 

24 related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of the 

25 amounts made available under this heading, up to 
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1 $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025 subject 

2 to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 

3 Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup4 porting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds 

5 shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant 

6 without regard to when expenses are incurred: Provided 

7 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

8 heading, up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the 

9 purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G 

10 of Public Law 115–31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Pro11 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

12 this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 

13 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

14 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

15 $150,000 is for projects specified for Land Management 

16 Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

17 Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

18 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

19 under this heading, $3,096,000 is for projects specified 

20 for Construction Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congression21 ally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying 

22 this Act. 

23 In addition, $40,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis24 tration program operations, including the cost of admin25 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 
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1 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 

2 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

3 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

4 authorized for fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final 

5 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,342,510,000, 

6 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 

7 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

8 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

9 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

10 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

11 and development of resources and for construction, oper12 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

13 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

14 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or15 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

16 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in17 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

18 adjacent to such grant lands; $120,261,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

21 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

22 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

23 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

24 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 

25 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
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1 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

2 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

3 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im4 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 

5 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart6 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

7 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

9 administrative expenses. 

10 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

11 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

12 to processing application documents and other authoriza13 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

14 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu15 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi16 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

17 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

18 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

19 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

20 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con22 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

23 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 

24 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 

25 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 
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1 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 

2 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 

3 the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 

4 to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad5 ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 

6 which have been damaged by the action of a resource de7 veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 

8 without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 

9 such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 

10 led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 

11 that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 

12 to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 

13 used to repair other damaged public lands. 

14 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

15 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

16 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

17 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub18 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 

19 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap20 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 

21 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

25 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 
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1 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimburs2 able agreements with public and private entities, including 

3 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail4 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem5 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec6 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

7 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 

8 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 

9 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 

10 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac11 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 

12 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 

13 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

14 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co15 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au16 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 

17 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 

18 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 

19 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 

20 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

21 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

22 commitment by a State government to provide an identi23 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 

24 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
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1 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

2 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

5 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

6 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

7 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

8 resources, $1,549,935,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 

10 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro11 vided, That not to exceed $22,543,000 shall be used for 

12 implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 

13 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

14 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 

15 issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 

16 other steps to implement actions described in subsection 

17 (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): 

18 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

19 this heading, $15,838,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2027, shall be for projects specified for Stew21 ardship Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Di22 rected Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 

23 Act: Provided further, That amounts in the preceding pro24 viso may be transferred to the appropriate program, 

25 project, or activity under this heading and shall continue 
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1 to only be available for the purposes and in such amounts 

2 as such funds were originally appropriated. 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re6 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con7 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti8 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

9 of lands and interests therein; $27,049,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided further, That of the 

11 amount appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000, 

12 shall be for projects specified for Line Item Construction 

13 Projects (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Di14 rected Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 

15 Act. 

16 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

17 FUND

18 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

19 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

20 $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de21 rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva22 tion Fund. 

23 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

24 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo25 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
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1 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

3 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 

4 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

8 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 

9 seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele12 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 

13 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

14 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 

15 of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con16 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

17 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 

18 et seq.), $20,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

20 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

21 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

22 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

23 American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 

24 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 

25 Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-
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1 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

2 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

3 $72,384,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,100,000 is 

5 for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub6 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro7 vided further, That $7,284,000 is for a competitive grant 

8 program to implement approved plans for States, terri9 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af10 fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

11 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 

12 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

13 after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative expenses, 

14 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 

15 manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com16 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 

17 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 

18 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

19 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 

20 a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 

21 thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte22 rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 

23 manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 

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

25 area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 
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1 based on the ratio to which the population of such State 

2 bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 

3 further, That the amounts apportioned under this para4 graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 

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

6 amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 

7 for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 

8 Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 

9 grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 

10 such projects and the Federal share of implementation 

11 grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 

12 such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 

13 share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 

14 grant programs: Provided further, That any amount ap15 portioned in 2025 to any State, territory, or other jurisdic16 tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2026, 

17 shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 

18 in 2027, in the manner provided herein. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

21 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex22 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 

23 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 

24 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 

25 Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
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1 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 

2 areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

3 purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op4 tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 

5 conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 

6 purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar7 ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 

8 the Service and to which the United States has title, and 

9 which are used pursuant to law in connection with man10 agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 

11 Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv12 ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 

13 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 

14 from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub15 lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 

16 the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv17 ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept18 ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 

19 may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 

20 aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

21 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap22 proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 

23 States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 

24 and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 

25 appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 
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1 such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis2 ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 

3 until expended. 

4 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

5 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

6 For expenses necessary for the management, oper7 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis8 tered by the National Park Service and for the general 

9 administration of the National Park Service, 

10 $2,994,292,000, of which $11,758,000 for planning and 

11 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora12 tion and $120,168,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha13 bilitation projects for constructed assets and 

14 $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con15 structed assets and cultural resources and $213,510,000 

16 for external administrative costs and $11,000,000 for uses 

17 authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States 

18 Code shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and 

19 not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 

20 representation expenses: Provided, That funds appro21 priated under this heading in this Act are available for 

22 the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided 

23 further, That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years 

24 of African-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. 

25 note prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the 
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1 funds provided under this heading shall be made available 

2 for the purposes specified by that Act: Provided further, 

3 That sections 7(b) and 8(a) of that Act shall be amended 

4 by striking ‘‘July 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2026’’. 

5 In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Pub6 lic Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount deposited 

7 in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services 

8 Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, 

9 to remain available until expended, shall be derived from 

10 such Fund. 

11 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

12 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro13 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

14 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re15 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

16 not otherwise provided for, $96,192,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2026, of which $1,250,000 shall 

18 be for projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid 

19 in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 

20 Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

21 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

22 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

23 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 

24 54, United States Code), $182,775,000, to be derived 

25 from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2026, of which $26,000,000 shall 

2 be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 

3 of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as 

4 authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 

5 Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 

6 That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 

7 be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 

8 individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro9 vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap10 proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 

11 with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria12 tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 

13 Historic Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for competitive 

14 grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 

15 National Register of Historic Places and as National His16 toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 

17 under-represented, as determined by the Secretary; 

18 $24,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 

19 and stories of the African American Civil Rights move20 ment; $5,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve 

21 sites related to the struggle of all people to achieve equal 

22 rights in America; $11,000,000 is for grants to Histori23 cally Black Colleges and Universities; $10,000,000 is for 

24 competitive grants for the restoration of historic prop25 erties of national, State, and local significance listed on 
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1 or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of His2 toric Places, to be made without imposing the usage or 

3 direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 

4 302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; and 

5 $17,375,000 is for projects specified for the Historic Pres6 ervation Fund Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally 

7 Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 

8 Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants shall 

9 be made without imposing the matching requirements in 

10 section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code to 

11 States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of 

12 such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local govern13 ments, including Certified Local Governments, and non14 profit organizations. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace17 ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and 

18 compliance and planning for programs and areas adminis19 tered by the National Park Service, $202,283,000, to re20 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith21 standing any other provision of law, for any project ini22 tially funded in fiscal year 2025 with a future phase indi23 cated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Con24 struction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 

25 includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
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1 That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 

2 availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Pro3 vided further, That National Park Service Donations, 

4 Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 

5 may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 

6 changes within the original scope of effort for projects 

7 funded by the National Park Service Construction appro8 priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte9 rior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 

10 in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, 

11 prior to making any charges authorized by this section: 

12 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

13 this heading, $4,808,000 is for projects specified for Line 

14 Item Construction and Maintenance in the table titled 

15 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report 

16 accompanying this Act. 

17 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

19 of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 

20 to challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to re21 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 

22 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 

23 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 

24 be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-
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1 nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 

2 an irrevocable letter of credit. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 In addition to other uses set forth in section 

6 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 

7 fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex8 penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 

9 for use at any unit within the National Park System to 

10 extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 

11 leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 

12 for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an13 ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con14 tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex15 tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit16 ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi17 nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 

18 contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 

19 so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

20 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

21 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

22 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

23 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

24 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
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1 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

2 amounts to remain available until expended. 

3 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

4 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart5 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

6 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

7 for FHWA administrative support costs. 

8 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

9 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo12 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re13 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

14 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 

15 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author16 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

17 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su18 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu19 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex20 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

21 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

22 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 

23 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by 

24 law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 

25 foregoing activities; $1,481,963,000, to remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2026; of which $101,610,000 shall 

2 remain available until expended for satellite operations; 

3 and of which $74,851,000 shall be available until ex4 pended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 

5 projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 

6 none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research ac7 tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 

8 property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 

9 property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap10 propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 

11 cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col12 lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 

13 States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 

14 amount appropriated under this heading, $4,511,000 shall 

15 be for projects specified for Special Initiatives in the table 

16 titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the 

17 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

18 amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred to 

19 the appropriate program, project, or activity under this 

20 heading and shall continue to only be available for the pur21 poses and in such amounts as such funds were originally 

22 appropriated: Provided further, That of the amount appro23 priated under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may 

24 be for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

3 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

4 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur5 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo6 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra7 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 

8 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build9 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

10 gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip11 ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 

12 for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 

13 expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap14 pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 

15 and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 

16 activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 

17 accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co18 operative agreements (including noncompetitive coopera19 tive agreements with tribes) as defined in section 6302 

20 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

21 United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 

22 or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi23 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 

24 regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermit25 tent services of students or recent graduates, who shall 
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1 be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 

2 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com3 pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 

4 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 

5 but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

6 any other purposes. 

7 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

8 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

9 For expenses necessary for granting and admin10 istering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 

11 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma12 rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 

13 approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 

14 for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple15 menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi16 dential or Secretarial delegation; and for grants and coop17 erative agreements, both with or without a non-Federal 

18 share, $216,043,000, of which $161,043,000 is to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2026, and of which 

20 $55,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

22 amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and 

23 credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts 

24 resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on 

25 August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activi-
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1 ties conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage2 ment pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 

3 including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella4 neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 

5 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec6 tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 

7 in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 

8 more than $161,043,000: Provided further, That not to 

9 exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 

10 related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 

11 activities: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 

12 shall be available for official reception and representation 

13 expenses. 

14 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

15 ENFORCEMENT

16 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

17 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper18 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 

19 agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 

20 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 

21 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple22 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

23 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele24 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree25 ments, $173,886,000, of which $144,006,000, including 
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1 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa2 tion expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 

3 2026, and of which $29,880,000 is to remain available 

4 until expended, including $2,880,000 for offshore decom5 missioning activities: Provided, That this total appropria6 tion shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec7 retary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 

8 from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 

9 rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost 

10 recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 

11 Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the 

12 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as13 sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac14 tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro15 priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 

16 during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

17 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

18 $146,886,000. 

19 For an additional amount, $37,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col21 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 

22 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 

23 collected in fiscal year 2025, as provided in this Act: Pro24 vided, That for fiscal year 2025, not less than 50 percent 

25 of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 
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1 and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per2 sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 

3 expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 

4 safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 

5 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

6 seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 

7 drill. 

8 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

9 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

10 1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 

11 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

12 $15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li13 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

14 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

15 ENFORCEMENT

16 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

19 1977, Public Law 95–87, $118,223,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2026, of which $63,000,000 shall 

21 be available for State and tribal regulatory grants, and 

22 of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception 

23 and representation expenses: Provided, That appropria24 tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

25 Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
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1 penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

2 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 

3 training. 

4 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en5 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 

6 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re7 main available until expended: Provided, That fees as8 sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 

9 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off10 setting collections, to remain available until expended: 

11 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

12 the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re13 ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 

14 year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

15 $118,223,000. 

16 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

17 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

18 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

19 Public Law 95–87, $34,207,000, to be derived from re20 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 

21 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 

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

23 authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 

24 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

25 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 

2 Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 

3 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov4 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re5 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

6 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 

7 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior8 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 

9 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head10 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 

11 State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

12 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: 

13 Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

14 heading, not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 

15 reception and representation expenses. 

16 In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until 

17 expended, for payments to States and federally recognized 

18 Indian tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 

19 other related activities in accordance with the terms and 

20 conditions described in the report accompanying this Act: 

21 Provided, That such additional amount shall be used for 

22 economic and community development in conjunction with 

23 the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface 

24 Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 

25 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 
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1 amount, $86,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 

2 amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest 

3 amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 

4 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $33,000,000 

5 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three Appa6 lachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of un7 funded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,000,000 

8 shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian tribes, 

9 without regard to their status as certified or uncertified 

10 under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 

11 of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of aban12 doned mine lands and other related activities in accord13 ance with the terms and conditions described in the report 

14 accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and 

15 community development in conjunction with the priorities 

16 in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec17 lamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such pay18 ments shall be made to States and federally recognized 

19 Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act. 
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1 INDIAN AFFAIRS

2 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

3 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

6 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 

7 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self8 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

9 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,963,076,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided 

11 herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 

12 reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex13 ceed $78,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay14 ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis15 asters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap 

16 for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, 

17 to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af18 fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec19 ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 

20 recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo21 cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur22 ther, That not to exceed $71,919,000 shall remain avail23 able until expended for housing improvement, road main24 tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 

25 land records improvement, hearings and appeals, and the 
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1 Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 

2 of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

3 $6,650,000 shall be for projects specified for Special Ini4 tiatives in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

5 Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

6 Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a 

7 federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of 

8 September 30, 2026, may be transferred during fiscal year 

9 2027 to an Indian forest land assistance account estab10 lished for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 

11 the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 

12 any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex13 pire on September 30, 2027: Provided further, That in 

14 order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 

15 Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden16 tifying articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, 

17 That funds for trust, probate, and administrative func18 tions may, as needed, be transferred to the ‘‘Office of the 

19 Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided 

20 further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept 

21 transfers of funds from United States Customs and Bor22 der Protection to supplement any other funding available 

23 for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau 

24 of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal 

25 Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 
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1 INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

2 For the acquisition of fractional interests to further 

3 land consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land 

4 Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

5 462), and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 

6 2004 (Public Law 108–374), $4,000,000, to remain avail7 able until expended: Provided, That any provision of the 

8 Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 

9 (Public Law 106–462) that requires or otherwise relates 

10 to application of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions 

11 funded herein. 

12 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

13 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

14 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter15 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

16 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

17 Education for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec18 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep19 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

21 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

22 budget account. 

23 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

24 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

25 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
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1 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

2 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec3 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep4 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

6 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

7 budget account. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte11 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

12 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer13 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

14 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 

15 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur16 suant to Public Law 87–483; $146,022,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

18 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

19 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

20 Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 

21 for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 

22 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 

23 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 

24 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 

25 Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the appro-
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1 priate share of construction costs for space expansion 

2 needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa3 tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

4 under this heading, $11,000,000 shall be derived from the 

5 Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 

6 WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Pro7 vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 

8 are made available for the modernization of Federal field 

9 communication capabilities, in addition to amounts other10 wise made available for such purpose. 

11 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

12 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

13 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

14 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle15 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 101–618, and 

16 117–349 and for implementation of other land and water 

17 rights settlements, $45,897,000, to remain available until 

18 expended. 

19 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

21 $13,616,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026, of which $2,412,000 is for administrative expenses, 

23 as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro24 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

25 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
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1 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

2 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

3 any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 

4 exceed $185,707,188. 

5 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

6 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

7 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

8 education programs, as authorized by law, including the 

9 Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In10 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 

11 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend12 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 

13 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 

14 $1,156,853,000 to remain available until September 30, 

15 2026, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 

16 federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

17 of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 

18 priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 

19 Provided further, That not to exceed $852,740,000 for 

20 school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 

21 other education programs shall become available on June 

22 1, 2025, and shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2026: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 

25 Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
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1 and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

2 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $96,844,000 within and 

3 only from such amounts made available for school oper4 ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as5 sociated with grants approved prior to June 1, 2025: Pro6 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu7 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur8 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

9 personnel. 

10 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

11 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte12 nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 

13 for the operation of Indian education programs, including 

14 architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi15 tion of lands, and interests in lands; $264,775,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 

17 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec18 retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 

19 all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 

20 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 

21 Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 

22 receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 

23 Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 

24 the project and commenced construction. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In3 dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro4 grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree5 ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera6 tion with States and other organizations. 

7 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 

8 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 

9 support of the management, operation, and maintenance 

10 of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

12 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 

13 of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec14 utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec15 utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 

16 Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 

17 operations and maintenance) shall be available for con18 tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 

19 the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 

20 Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter21 mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

22 (Public Law 103–413). 

23 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

24 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 

25 the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-
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1 minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 

2 that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 

3 between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 

4 ability to access future appropriations. 

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

6 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

7 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

8 schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 

9 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

10 school in the State of Alaska. 

11 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu12 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

13 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

14 or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 

15 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 

16 October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 

17 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

18 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

19 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 

20 of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 

21 grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu22 reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo23 ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 

24 prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail25 able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
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1 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep2 tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 

3 was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 

4 under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 

5 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 

6 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

7 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 

8 in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

9 that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep10 tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe11 riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 

12 a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 

13 the use of the real and personal property (including buses 

14 and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa15 rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 

16 not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 

17 the State in which the school is located if the charter 

18 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 

19 schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per20 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 

21 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 

22 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

23 United States Code. 

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

25 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
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1 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi2 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

3 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

4 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin5 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

6 distribution formula. 

7 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

8 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

9 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

10 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

11 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

12 programs for non-public schools located within the juris13 dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 

14 serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 

15 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 

16 provide an educational environment with educator pres17 ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau18 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 

19 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 

20 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es21 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur22 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 

23 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 

24 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 

25 available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
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1 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili2 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 

3 the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

4 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 

5 the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 

6 forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 

7 Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 

8 within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In9 dian Education Programs may be used to execute re10 quested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated 

11 by an Indian tribe. 

12 BUREAU OF TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTRATION

13 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

16 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

17 compacts, and grants, $100,472,000, to remain available 

18 until expended, of which not to exceed $17,152,000 from 

19 this or any other Act, may be available for settlement sup20 port: Provided, That funds for trust management improve21 ments and litigation support may, as needed, be trans22 ferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

23 ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 

24 Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 

25 accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
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1 penses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Depart2 mental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That funds 

3 made available through contracts or grants obligated dur4 ing fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the Indian Self-De5 termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 

6 remain available until expended by the contractor or 

7 grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 

9 provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In10 dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

11 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur12 ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

13 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

14 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with15 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

16 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 

17 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

18 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de19 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

20 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

21 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re22 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec24 oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 

25 $1,000 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
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1 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac2 counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

3 section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage4 ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 

5 other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 

6 trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un7 known for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall 

8 not be required to generate periodic statements of per9 formance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 

10 That with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary 

11 shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine 

12 the balance of the individual accounts, including any ac13 crued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 

14 available to the individual account holders. 

15 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

17 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses for management of the De20 partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 

21 agreements, as authorized by law, $154,945,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 

23 exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen24 tation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail25 able for workers compensation payments and unemploy-
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1 ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 

2 closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of 

3 which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 

4 valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re6 source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 

7 to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Oper8 ation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Edu9 cation ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac10 counts and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

11 ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, 

12 That funds made available through contracts or grants ob13 ligated during fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the In14 dian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 

15 seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con16 tractor or grantee. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 For fiscal year 2025, up to $550,000 of the payments 

19 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

20 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay21 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 

22 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay23 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 

24 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

25 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 
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1 event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay2 ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 

3 the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 

4 of local government, then the payment to each local gov5 ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 

7 individual units of local government to correct for prior 

8 overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 

9 no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth10 erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 

11 amount of the payment is less than $100. 

12 INSULAR AFFAIRS

13 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

14 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

15 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 

16 $114,615,000, of which: (1) $103,890,000 shall remain 

17 available until expended for territorial assistance, includ18 ing general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, 

19 disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural re20 sources activities, and brown tree snake control and re21 search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 

22 compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 

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

24 Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc25 tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
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1 Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 

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

3 and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 

4 Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 

5 Stat. 272); and (2) $10,725,000 shall be available until 

6 September 30, 2026, for salaries and expenses of the Of7 fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans8 actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro9 vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 

10 instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 

11 may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, 

12 at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 

13 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 

14 Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 

15 according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 

16 Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist17 ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 

18 Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 

19 program of operations and maintenance improvement are 

20 appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 

21 maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 

22 territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 

23 by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 

24 timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 

25 That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
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1 heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 

2 be used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose 

3 of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 

4 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer5 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

6 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

7 For grants and necessary expenses, $813,000, to re8 main available until expended, to support Federal services 

9 and programs provided to the Republic of Palau, the Re10 public of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States 

11 of Micronesia. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec15 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

16 funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 

17 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

18 Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 

19 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per20 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

21 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

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

23 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

24 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
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1 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

2 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

3 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran4 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

5 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

6 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica7 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

8 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

9 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

10 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

11 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

12 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

15 $101,559,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2026. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General, $71,540,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2026. 
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

2 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

5 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer6 gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 

7 rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 

8 $1,210,789,000, to remain available until expended, of 

9 which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for the renova10 tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 

11 funds are also available for repayment of advances to 

12 other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre13 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

14 That of the funds provided $244,766,000 is for fuels man15 agement and post-fire activities: Provided further, That of 

16 the funds provided $10,000,000 is for burned area reha17 bilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 

18 to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg19 ing without cost from funds available from this appropria20 tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 

21 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart22 ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 

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

24 property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 

25 funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
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1 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

2 That using the amounts designated under this title of this 

3 Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure4 ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for (1) 

5 fuels management and post-fire activities, or (2) training 

6 and monitoring associated with such activities: Provided 

7 further, That activities for the purposes specified in the 

8 preceding proviso may occur on Federal land, or on non9 Federal land when such activities benefit resources on 

10 Federal land or federally-recognized Tribal land: Provided 

11 further, That not to exceed 15 percent of funds provided 

12 for fuels management and post-fire activities may be used 

13 for activities on non-Federal land: Provided further, That 

14 the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement be15 tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 

16 may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par17 ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 

18 of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 

19 purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain max20 imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 

21 nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 

22 Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 

23 or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit 

24 youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 

25 entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-
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1 age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work2 force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 

3 in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 

4 written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 

5 and consistent application of the authorities provided here6 in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

7 heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish 

8 and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 

9 Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 

10 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

11 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by 

12 section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 

13 management activities: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 

15 to enter into leases of real property with local govern16 ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital17 ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop18 erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re19 tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 

20 facilities, and to make advance payments for any such 

21 lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 

23 the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

24 of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 

25 an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between 
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1 the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 

2 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 

3 Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres4 sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 

5 response actions: Provided further, That funds appro6 priated under this heading shall be available for assistance 

7 to or through the Department of State in connection with 

8 forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 

9 assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence 

10 of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support for11 estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re12 source activities outside the United States and its terri13 tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu14 cation and training, and cooperation with United States 

15 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

16 funds made available under this heading in this Act and 

17 unobligated balances made available under this heading in 

18 prior Acts, other than amounts designated by the Con19 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

20 a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall 

22 be available, in addition to any other funds made available 

23 for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal 

24 wildland firefighter base salary increases provided under 

25 section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58: Provided 
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1 further, That of the funds made available under this head2 ing, $1,210,789,000 is designated by the Congress as 

3 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the 

6 funds provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall be 

7 available for wildfire suppression operations, and is pro8 vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of 

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

10 of 1985. 

11 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 In addition to the amounts provided under the head14 ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro15 grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres16 sion operations, $360,000,000, to remain available until 

17 transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci18 fied for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 

19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro20 vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 

21 merged with amounts made available under the headings 

22 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 

23 Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—De24 partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ 

25 for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in 
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1 which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 

2 That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 

3 Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture 

4 or the Department of the Interior only upon the notifica5 tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria6 tions that all wildfire suppression operations funds appro7 priated under that heading in this and prior appropria8 tions Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans9 ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 

10 That the transfer authority provided under this heading 

11 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

12 law: Provided further, That, in determining whether all 

13 wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under 

14 the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and 

15 prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Ag16 riculture or the Department of the Interior will be obli17 gated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 

18 any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pur19 suant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall 

20 be excluded. 

21 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

22 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In23 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 

24 the response action, including associated activities, per25 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
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1 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

2 et seq.) (CERCLA), $9,801,000, to remain available until 

3 expended: Provided, That amounts provided under this 

4 heading in this or any prior Act shall not be available to 

5 fund liabilities or obligations of the United States, or any 

6 agency or department thereof, for past or future response 

7 actions or costs agreed to pursuant to section 122 of 

8 CERCLA or imposed by court order in any action pursu9 ant to CERCLA or other Federal or State environmental 

10 law. 

11 ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In14 terior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond 

15 to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant 

16 to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 

17 and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy 

18 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 

19 $5,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

20 That such amount shall be in addition to amounts other21 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

22 amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 

23 program management and oversight of these activities: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the 

25 funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other 
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1 account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 

2 and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: 

3 Provided further, That these amounts are not available to 

4 fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com5 pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obli6 gations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, 

7 whether for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 

8 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

9 RESTORATION

10 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

11 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res12 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

13 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

14 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

15 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

16 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 

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

18 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,769,000, to 

19 remain available until expended. 

20 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

21 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

22 financial and business management system, data manage23 ment, information technology improvements of general 

24 benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consoli25 dation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart-
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1 ment, $108,311,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 

3 or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 

4 Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an5 nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap6 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

8 the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable 

9 charges to State, local, and tribal government employees 

10 for training services provided by the National Indian Pro11 gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub12 lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

13 lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 

14 equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 

15 Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern16 ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in 

17 cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 

18 in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the 

19 prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or 

20 services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program 

21 Training Center: Provided further, That all funds received 

22 pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited 

23 to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall 

24 be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 

25 National Indian Program Training Center: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooper2 ative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re3 source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 

4 fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 

5 by law. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail8 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

9 which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 

10 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

11 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

12 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

13 replacement aircraft. 

14 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

15 For necessary expenses for management of the collec16 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 

17 revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree18 ments, as authorized by law, $169,412,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2026; of which $59,751,000 

20 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

21 mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $50,000 shall 

23 be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 

24 with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 

25 Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
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1 amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 

2 prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

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

7 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

8 or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Inte9 rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re10 pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 

11 equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 

12 other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 

13 be made available under this authority until funds specifi14 cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 

15 emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 

16 That all funds used pursuant to this section must be re17 plenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 

18 requested as promptly as possible. 

19 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

20 SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author21 ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria22 tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 

23 the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup24 pression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 

25 threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
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1 ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of 

2 burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency ac3 tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 

4 volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin5 gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 

6 and natural resource damage assessment activities related 

7 to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 

8 the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con9 trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 

10 outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 

11 pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 

12 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 

13 projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 

14 transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 

15 of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 

16 funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu17 latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car18 rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 

19 Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 

20 wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 

21 of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 

22 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de23 struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con24 nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 

25 such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-
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1 rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 

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

3 be made available under this authority until the Secretary 

4 determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup5 pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur6 ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 

7 be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 

8 must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur9 ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim10 burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 

11 funds were transferred. 

12 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

13 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

14 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 

15 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

16 Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 

17 in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re18 placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 

19 law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper20 ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur21 chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 

22 residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 

23 approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 

24 authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so25 cieties or associations which issue publications to members 
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1 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

2 who are not members. 

3 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

4 MANAGEMENT

5 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

6 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

7 Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

8 and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations 

9 Acts made under the same headings shall be available for 

10 expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and 

11 reform activities. Total funding for settlement support ac12 tivities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in 

13 this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the 

14 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 

15 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under 

16 this section, including the amount expended or transferred 

17 and how the funds will be used. 

18 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN

19 AFFAIRS

20 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis22 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

23 tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 

24 transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

25 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
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1 distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc2 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 

3 percent in fiscal year 2025. Under circumstances of dual 

4 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis5 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 

6 apply. 

7 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

8 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 

10 lands, waters, or interests therein, including the use of all 

11 or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 

12 New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 

13 of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 

14 transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 

15 Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 

16 administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

17 funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con18 sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author19 ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces20 sion contracts, or other agreements for the use of such 

21 facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 

22 may determine reasonable: Provided, That for purposes of 

23 54 U.S.C. 200306(a), such lands, waters, or interests ac24 quired under this heading shall be considered to be within 
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1 the exterior boundary of a System unit authorized or es2 tablished. 

3 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

4 SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 

5 the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, 

6 which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Envi7 ronmental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated op8 erator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 

9 1348(c). 

10 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 

11 are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 

12 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 

13 2025 shall be— 

14 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

15 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

16 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 

17 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

18 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 

19 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

20 wells. 

21 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in22 spections completed in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal 

23 year 2025 shall be— 

24 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

25 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 
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1 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

2 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

3 (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 

4 via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 

5 D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com6 pleted in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal year 2025 shall 

7 be— 

8 (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op9 erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 

10 (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op11 erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 

12 and 

13 (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op14 erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 

15 (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

16 under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 

17 within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des18 ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 

19 the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 

20 with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec21 retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 

22 with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 
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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

2 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

3 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

5 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza6 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

7 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

8 section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 

9 the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

10 apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 

11 wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 

12 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 

13 and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 

14 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

15 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

16 SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv17 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

18 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

19 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

20 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

21 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

22 fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

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

24 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

2 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, during fiscal year 2025, in carrying out work involv4 ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 

5 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 

6 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 

7 such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 

8 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

9 available at the end of the fiscal year. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES

11 PROGRAM

12 SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree14 ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 

15 grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri16 vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 

17 of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

18 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au19 thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 

20 Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

21 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 

22 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree23 ment would not— 

24 (1) result in the displacement of individuals 

25 currently employed by the Department, including 
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1 partial displacement through reduction of non-over2 time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 

3 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 

4 Department of the Interior Experienced Services 

5 Program for a job or function in a case in which a 

6 Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 

7 or substantially equivalent job within the Depart8 ment; or 

9 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 

10 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

11 SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 

12 Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 

13 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

16 SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

17 implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 

18 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

19 Education, may transfer funds among and between the 

20 successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza21 tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide22 lines described in this Act. 
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1 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

2 SEC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 

3 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

4 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

5 DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE

6 APPROVAL

7 SEC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 

8 in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En9 forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

10 prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate 

11 procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, 

12 under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 

13 550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head 

14 of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 

15 or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 

16 bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi17 ness days after such issuance. 

18 (b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 

19 business information. 

20 LONG BRIDGE PROJECT

21 SEC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.— 

22 Hereafter, until the expiration of authority pursuant to 

23 subsection (e), on request by the State of Virginia or the 

24 District of Columbia for the purpose of the construction 

25 of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long 
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1 Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey 

2 to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, 

3 all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 

4 to any portion of the approximately 4.4 acres of National 

5 Park Service land depicted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS 

6 Land’’ on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified 

7 by the State or the District of Columbia. 

8 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of 

9 the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall 

10 be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary 

11 may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used 

12 for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or in13 terests therein shall revert to the National Park Service 

14 after they have been restored or remediated to the satis15 faction of the Secretary. 

16 (c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or 

17 the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agree18 ment, may— 

19 (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 

20 National Park Service land to be conveyed to the 

21 State or the District of Columbia under subsection 

22 (a); and 

23 (2) correct any minor errors in the Map re24 ferred to in subsection (a). 

25 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
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1 (1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Long 

2 Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 

3 by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 

4 Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 

5 L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 

6 which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 

7 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di9 rector of the National Park Service. 

10 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

11 of Virginia. 

12 (e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

13 provided by this section shall expire once the conveyance 

14 described in subsection (a) has been completed. 

15 INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL

16 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

17 or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes 

18 or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally19 Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 

20 297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 

21 services for performance of any activities carried out 

22 under such grants to the same extent as if they were con23 tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu24 cation Assistance Act. 
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1 APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 118. For fiscal year 2025, funds made available 

3 in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 

4 the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 

5 Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 

6 of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 

7 pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 

8 the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 

9 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 

10 reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 

11 programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 

12 minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 

13 higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 

14 through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 

15 SAGE-GROUSE

16 SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 

17 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte18 rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan19 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

20 (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 

21 (Centrocercus urophasianus); 

22 (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis23 tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 
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1 STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS

2 SEC. 120. For expenses necessary to carry out section 

3 200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 

4 Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva5 tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 

6 Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup7 port state program administrative costs. 

8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND DEPOSITS

9 SEC. 121. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 

10 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

11 for ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’. 

12 INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES

13 SEC. 122. (a) In fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Sec14 retary of the Interior may authorize and execute agree15 ments to achieve operating efficiencies among and between 

16 two or more component bureaus and offices through the 

17 following activities: 

18 (1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by 

19 any such component bureau or office and sharing re20 lated utilities and equipment; 

21 (2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reim22 bursable basis for up to 5 business days; and 

23 (3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to 

24 meet mission requirements. 
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1 (b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 

2 to support areas of mission alignment between and among 

3 component bureaus and offices or where geographic prox4 imity allows for efficiencies. 

5 (c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements au6 thorized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear 

7 costs for such agreements in a manner that reflects their 

8 approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may 

9 or may not include indirect costs. 

10 (d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection 

11 (c), the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of 

12 funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis. 

13 EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT CEILING

14 SEC. 123. Section 103101 of title 54, United States 

15 Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking 

16 ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. 

17 CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY EXTENSION

18 SEC. 124. Section 113 of division G of the Consoli19 dated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), as 

20 amended by section 114 of division E of the Consolidated 

21 Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6), is further 

22 amended by striking ‘‘In fiscal years 2014 through 2024’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘In fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 

24 thereafter’’. 
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1 FIELD UNIT LOCAL HIRING

2 SEC. 125. The Secretary of the Interior may recruit 

3 and directly appoint qualified individuals into the competi4 tive service who are certified as maintaining a permanent 

5 and exclusive residence within, or contiguous to, a field 

6 unit, into any position at or below grades GS-9 or WG7 15 or equivalent within such field unit: Provided, That any 

8 action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit 

9 principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and with the 

10 public notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 

11 5: Provided further, That appointments under this author12 ity shall be considered compliant with all applicable provi13 sions of chapter 33 of title 5. 

14 PERMIT EXTENSION

15 SEC. 126. The first section of Public Law 99–338, 

16 as amended by subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division 

17 E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 

18 Law 108–447), is further amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘3 renewals’’ and inserting ‘‘7 

20 renewals’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘of Southern California Edison 

22 Company’’. 
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1 REDESIGNATION

2 SEC. 127. The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua 

3 Tree National Park shall hereafter be known and des4 ignated as the ‘‘Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center’’. 

5 GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

6 SEC. 128. Section 1521 of the American Indian, 

7 Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art De8 velopment Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

10 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘private,’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘be Native Hawaiians 

14 or’’ and inserting ‘‘include Native Hawai15 ians and’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking the comma at the end 

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

18 (B) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 

19 (D); 

20 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘of 

21 office’’; and 

22 (D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

23 subparagraph (B). 
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1 TITLE II 

2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For science and technology, including research and 

5 development activities, which shall include research and 

6 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ7 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

8 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

9 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

10 and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 

11 and other operating expenses in support of research and 

12 development, $783,704,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds included 

14 under this heading, $25,204,000 shall be for Research: 

15 National Priorities as specified in the report accom16 panying this Act, of which $7,704,000 shall be for projects 

17 specified for Research: National Priorities in the table ti18 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the re19 port accompanying this Act. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

21 For environmental programs and management, in22 cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 

23 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

24 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper25 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
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1 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

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

3 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

4 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil5 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im6 plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro7 gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 

8 2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 

9 representation expenses, $3,255,489,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That funds in11 cluded under this heading may be used for environmental 

12 justice implementation and training grants, and associated 

13 program support costs: Provided further, That of the funds 

14 included under this heading— 

15 (1) $32,700,000 shall be for Environmental 

16 Protection: National Priorities as specified in the re17 port accompanying this Act; 

18 (2) $690,176,000 shall be for Geographic Pro19 grams as specified in the report accompanying this 

20 Act; and 

21 (3) $22,016,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, shall be for grants, including grants that 

23 may be awarded on a non-competitive basis, inter24 agency agreements, and associated program support 

25 costs to establish and implement a program to assist 
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1 Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Na2 tive Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes 

3 in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations 

4 and Alaska Native Nonprofit Associations, and 

5 intertribal consortia comprised of Alaskan tribal en6 tities to address contamination on lands conveyed 

7 under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set8 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or 

9 are contaminated at the time of conveyance and are 

10 on an inventory of such lands developed and main11 tained by the Environmental Protection Agency: 

12 Provided, That grants awarded using funds made 

13 available in this paragraph may be used by a recipi14 ent to supplement other funds provided by the Envi15 ronmental Protection Agency through individual 

16 media or multi-media grants or cooperative agree17 ments: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

18 available in this paragraph, in addition to amounts 

19 otherwise available for such purposes, the Environ20 mental Protection Agency may reserve up to 

21 $2,000,000 for salaries, expenses, and administra22 tion of the program and for grants related to such 

23 program that address contamination on lands con24 veyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native 

25 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that 
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1 were or are contaminated at the time of conveyance 

2 and are on the EPA inventory of such lands. 

3 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 

5 section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu7 ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 

8 Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 

9 fiscal year 2025 shall be retained and used for necessary 

10 salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re11 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

12 sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen13 eral fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced by the 

14 amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 

15 fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 

16 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

17 than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 

18 realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those 

19 amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the 

20 ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re21 ceipts in fiscal year 2025, shall be retained and used for 

22 necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 

23 remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds included in the first paragraph under this head25 ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 
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1 project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 

2 amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 

3 of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 

4 2014. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, $49,242,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Office of 

10 Inspector General shall continue to be subject to the 

11 terms, conditions, and requirements specified under this 

12 heading in Senate Report 118–83. 

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al15 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

16 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

17 $40,676,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen21 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil22 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

23 (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 

24 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $546,004,000, to 

25 remain available until expended, consisting of such sums 
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1 as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 

2 2024, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust 

3 Fund, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 

4 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

5 and up to $546,004,000 as a payment from general reve6 nues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes 

7 as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 

8 funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 

9 to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 

10 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 

11 appropriated under this heading, $11,328,000 shall be 

12 paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2026, and 

14 $32,120,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech15 nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

16 30, 2026: Provided further, That section 122(b)(3) of 

17 CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)) shall be applied in this 

18 fiscal year by inserting before the period: ‘‘, including for 

19 the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft’’: Pro20 vided further, That the matter preceding the first proviso 

21 in section 443(b) of title IV of division G of the Consoli22 dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) 

23 shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting before the 

24 semicolon ‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, and oper25 ation of aircraft’’: Provided further, That amounts 
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1 repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso shall con2 tinue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 

3 of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

4 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

5 PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under7 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub8 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $89,371,000, to 

9 remain available until expended, of which $64,880,000 

10 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

11 cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 

12 Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $24,491,000 shall be for 

13 carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Dis14 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev15 enue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 

16 to use appropriations made available under this heading 

17 to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

18 Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized 

19 Indian tribes for the development and implementation of 

20 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

21 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ23 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

24 Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 

25 operation of aircraft, $20,952,000, to be derived from the 
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1 Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For environmental programs and infrastructure as5 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv6 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

7 $4,428,488,000, to remain available until expended, of 

8 which— 

9 (1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capital10 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

11 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

12 Control Act; and of which $1,126,101,000 shall be 

13 for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 

14 Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 

15 the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That 

16 $362,500,000 of the funds made available for cap17 italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv18 ing Funds and $242,391,000 of the funds made 

19 available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 

20 Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the con21 struction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 

22 water infrastructure and for water quality protection 

23 in accordance with the terms and conditions speci24 fied for such grants in the report accompanying this 

25 Act for projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drinking 
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1 Water State Revolving Fund [SRF]’’ and ‘‘STAG— 

2 Clean Water State Revolving Fund [SRF]’’ in the 

3 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 

4 Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act, and, for 

5 purposes of these grants, each grantee shall con6 tribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the 

7 project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver 

8 by the Agency: Provided further, That $19,000,000 

9 of the funds appropriated under this heading for 

10 capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Re11 volving Funds and for capitalization grants for the 

12 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, in addition 

13 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

14 may be used by the Administrator for salaries, ex15 penses, and administration for Community Project 

16 Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 

17 Items: Provided further, That the amounts in the 

18 preceding proviso under this heading shall not be 

19 available for obligation until the report, as specified 

20 under this heading in the report accompanying this 

21 Act is received by the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

23 Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, to the 

24 extent there are sufficient eligible project applica25 tions and projects are consistent with State Intended 
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1 Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds 

2 made available under this title to each State for 

3 Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

4 grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad5 dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

6 improvements, or other environmentally innovative 

7 activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

8 2025, funds made available under this title to each 

9 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap10 italization grants may, at the discretion of each 

11 State, be used for projects to address green infra12 structure, water or energy efficiency improvements, 

13 or other environmentally innovative activities: Pro14 vided further, That the Administrator is authorized 

15 to use up to $1,500,000 of funds made available for 

16 the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this 

17 heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollu18 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the 

19 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: Provided further, 

20 That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Fed21 eral Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on 

22 the amounts in a State water pollution control re23 volving fund that may be used by a State to admin24 ister the fund shall not apply to amounts included 

25 as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal 
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1 year 2025 and prior years where such amounts rep2 resent costs of administering the fund to the extent 

3 that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by 

4 the Administrator, accounted for separately from 

5 other assets in the fund, and used for eligible pur6 poses of the fund, including administration: Provided 

7 further, That for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 

8 the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of 

9 section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

10 Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 

11 American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

12 Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Is13 lands, and the District of Columbia may also be 

14 made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) 

15 solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, 

16 specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

17 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

18 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

19 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

20 more principal residences or small commercial estab21 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

22 2025, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub23 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec24 tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

25 Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
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1 under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 

2 Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 

3 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

4 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

5 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

6 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

7 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

8 more principal residences or small commercial estab9 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

10 2025, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 

11 Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 

12 pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 

13 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

14 under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

15 for grants for training, technical assistance, and 

16 educational programs relating to the operation and 

17 management of the treatment works specified in sec18 tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 

19 fiscal year 2025, funds reserved under section 

20 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 

21 to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 

22 Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 

23 determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na24 tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro25 vided further, That for fiscal year 2025, notwith-
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1 standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 

2 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 

3 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 

4 $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith5 standing the limitation on amounts in section 

6 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 

7 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 

8 $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv9 ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 

10 Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 

11 section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

12 for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding the amounts 

13 specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol14 lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre15 gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 

16 Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 

17 sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

18 be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 

19 under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

20 Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 

21 of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 

22 Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, 

23 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 

24 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

25 up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
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1 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 

2 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 

3 by the Administrator for grants made under section 

4 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 

5 further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

6 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 

7 Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 

8 of the funds made available under this title to each 

9 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap10 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro11 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 

12 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

13 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 

14 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 

15 are provided as initial financing for an eligible re16 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 

17 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 

18 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 

20 the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 

21 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 

22 such funds could be used to help address a threat 

23 to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 

24 drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 

25 declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
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1 health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic2 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact3 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 

4 in which such an emergency declaration has been 

5 issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 

6 the funds made available under this title to the 

7 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap8 italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli9 gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith10 standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 

12 reserve up to $12,000,000 of the amounts made 

13 available for fiscal year 2025 for making capitaliza14 tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 

15 Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu16 lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 

17 such Act: Provided further, That the funds made 

18 available under this heading for Community Project 

19 Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grants 

20 in this or prior appropriations Acts are not subject 

21 to compliance with Federal procurement require22 ments for competition and methods of procurement 

23 applicable to Federal financial assistance, if a Com24 munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 

25 Spending recipient has procured services or products 
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1 through contracts entered into prior to the date of 

2 enactment of this legislation that complied with 

3 state and/or local laws governing competition: Pro4 vided further, That the Administrator may provide 

5 funding by grant or cooperative agreement to States 

6 to administer or to support administration of any 

7 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di8 rected Spending project when the State and the 

9 project recipient agree on such administration: Pro10 vided further, That of the funds made available to 

11 the Administrator to administer the Community 

12 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 

13 projects, the Administrator may provide funding 

14 through grant or cooperative agreement to the 

15 States which administer Community Project 

16 Funding/ Congressional Directed Spending projects 

17 on a pro rata bases: Provided further, That when a 

18 State administers the grant or cooperative agree19 ment for any Community Project Funding/ Congres20 sionally Directed Spending projects, the projects will 

21 be subject to the same requirements that apply to 

22 the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking 

23 Water State Revolving Fund project grants: Pro24 vided further, That the funds made available under 

25 this heading for Community Project Funding/ Con-
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1 gressionally Directed Spending grants in this or 

2 prior appropriations Acts are not subject to compli3 ance with Federal procurement requirements for 

4 competition and methods of procurement applicable 

5 to Federal financial assistance, if a Community 

6 Project Funding/ Congressionally Directed Spending 

7 recipient has procured services or products through 

8 contracts that were entered into in compliance with 

9 State and/or local laws governing competitions: Pro10 vided further, That when a State does not administer 

11 or support administration of any Community Project 

12 Funding/ Congressionally Directed Spending project, 

13 the Environmental Protection Agency shall continue 

14 to administer such projects: Provided further, That 

15 the Administrator may provide funding to the U.S. 

16 Department of Health and Human Services to ad17 minister or to support administration of any Com18 munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 

19 Spending project for Tribal recipients when the U.S. 

20 Department of Health and Human Services and the 

21 Tribal project recipient agree; 

22 (2) $35,500,000 shall be for architectural, engi23 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

24 activities in connection with the construction of high 

25 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
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1 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta2 tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro3 vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 

4 Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit5 ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 

6 United States along the United States-Mexico bor7 der shall be made available to a county or municipal 

8 government unless that government has established 

9 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

10 which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 

11 or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

12 the development within an existing colonia the con13 struction of any new home, business, or other struc14 ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec15 essary infrastructure; 

16 (3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

17 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

18 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil19 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 

20 of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 

21 no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 

22 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

23 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

24 with the Statewide priority list established in con25 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
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1 of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 

2 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas3 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

4 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 

5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

6 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 

7 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

8 in regional hub communities; 

9 (4) $99,386,000 shall be to carry out section 

10 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re11 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

12 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree13 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro14 vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 

15 assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 

16 further, That for purposes of this section, the term 

17 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

18 has had 20 percent or more of its population living 

19 in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

20 the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 

21 the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 

22 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 

23 territory or possession of the United States; 

24 (5) $91,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

25 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
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1 (6) $68,860,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

2 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

3 in the report accompanying this Act; 

4 (7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under sub5 sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 

6 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Pro7 vided, That for fiscal year 2025, funds provided 

8 under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 

9 such Act may be used— 

10 (A) by a State to provide assistance to 

11 benefit one or more owners of drinking water 

12 wells that are not public water systems or con13 nected to a public water system for necessary 

14 and appropriate activities related to a contami15 nant pursuant to subsection (j) of such section 

16 of such Act; and 

17 (B) to support a community described in 

18 subsection (c)(2) of such section of such Act; 

19 (8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under sec20 tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 

22 (9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under sec23 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
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1 (10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 

4 (11) $27,500,000 shall be for grants under sec5 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con6 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 

7 (12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec8 tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

9 (33 U.S.C. 1301); 

10 (13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under sec11 tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

12 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 

13 (14) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec14 tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 

15 4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 

16 for administrative costs to carry out such section: 

17 Provided, That notwithstanding section 302(a) of 

18 such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 

19 pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia 

20 consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR 

21 35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Okla22 homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte23 rior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Pub24 lic Law 92–203; 
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1 (15) $9,000,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 103(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act for wildfire 

3 smoke preparedness grants in accordance with the 

4 terms and conditions in the report accompanying 

5 this Act: Provided, That not more than 3 percent 

6 shall be for administrative costs to carry out such 

7 section; 

8 (16) $26,297,000 shall be for projects specified 

9 for STAG–Other in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally 

10 Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accom11 panying this Act; 

12 (17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under sec13 tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 300j–19g); 

15 (18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec16 tion 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act 

17 of 2018 (Public Law 115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c 

18 note): Provided, That the Administrator may award 

19 grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, inter20 tribal consortia, public or private agencies, institu21 tions, organizations, and individuals, without regard 

22 to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 

23 6101 of title 41, United States Code, and enter into 

24 interagency agreements as appropriate; 
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1 (19) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 

3 Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 

4 (20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under sec5 tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

6 (33 U.S.C. 1276); 

7 (21) $3,000,000 shall be for grants for remedi8 ation of above ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to 

9 Public Law 106–554; and 

10 (22) $1,113,833,000 shall be for grants, includ11 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed12 erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 

13 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

14 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

15 control and abatement, and related activities, includ16 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 

17 under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

18 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

19 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col20 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

21 specified by the Administrator, and under section 

22 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 

23 States in developing and implementing programs for 

24 control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 

25 $46,750,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
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1 CERCLA; $9,500,000 shall be for Environmental 

2 Information Exchange Network grants, including as3 sociated program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be 

4 for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 

5 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

6 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 

7 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 

8 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis9 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

10 Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 

11 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds 

12 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

13 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par14 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur15 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

16 monitoring programs. 

17 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar20 anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 

21 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $64,634,000, to re22 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

23 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de24 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

25 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
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1 subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di2 rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 

3 principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 

4 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro5 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

6 heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 

7 direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 

8 projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra9 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 

10 infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec11 tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 

12 of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 

13 heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 

14 loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri15 teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 

16 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 

17 heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

18 Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli19 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 

20 Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 

21 guarantee authority made available under this heading 

22 shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 

23 and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

24 have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 

25 or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 
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1 with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro2 vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 

4 Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin5 istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor6 mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter7 est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 

8 of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist9 ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova10 tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 

11 was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 

12 of this Act. 

13 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

14 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

15 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 

16 in this account, to remain available until expended. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

18 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 

19 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In20 novation Act of 2014, $7,744,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2026. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

2 PROTECTION AGENCY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

5 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ6 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

7 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro8 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

9 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree10 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

11 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 

12 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

13 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

14 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award15 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

16 agreements. 

17 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg19 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

20 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 

21 U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 

22 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In23 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

24 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
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1 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

2 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2025. 

3 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

4 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord5 ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2025, to remain avail7 able until expended. 

8 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

9 $371,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

10 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ11 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 

12 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

13 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 

14 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 

15 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

16 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 

17 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac18 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non19 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan20 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

21 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

22 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

23 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro24 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz25 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
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1 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail2 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

3 and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 

4 not exceed $300,000 per project. 

5 For fiscal year 2025, and notwithstanding section 

6 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

7 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 

8 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 

9 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 

10 to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

11 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

12 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro13 grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2025 to provide 

14 grants to implement the Southeast New England Water15 shed Restoration Program. 

16 Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec17 tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

18 Act, not less than $2,535,714 of the funds made available 

19 under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 

20 be for making competitive awards described in section 

21 320(g)(4). 

22 For fiscal year 2025, the Office of Chemical Safety 

23 and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 

24 using funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environ25 mental Programs and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and 
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1 Technology’’, contract directly with individuals or indi2 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 

3 regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 

4 personal services of students or recent graduates, who 

5 shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 

6 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com7 pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 

8 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 

9 but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

10 any other purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this 

11 purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

12 Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 

13 exceed $2,000,000. 

14 In this fiscal year and each fiscal year through 2030, 

15 the Administrator may, after consultation with the Office 

16 of Personnel Management, employ up to 75 persons at any 

17 one time in the Office of Research and Development and 

18 25 persons at any one time in the Office of Chemical Safe19 ty and Pollution Prevention pursuant to the authority pro20 vided in 42 U.S.C. 209. 

21 The Environmental Protection agency shall provide 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and Senate with copies of any available De24 partment of Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund 

25 receipts collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117– 
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1 169 and section 80201 of Public Law 117–58, an annual 

2 operating plan for such receipts showing amounts allo3 cated by program area and program project, and quarterly 

4 reports for such receipts of obligated balances by program 

5 area and program project. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

5 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

8 $1,000,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ10 ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

11 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of12 fice. 

13 FOREST SERVICE

14 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

17 otherwise provided for, $1,207,128,000, to remain avail18 able through September 30, 2028: Provided, That a por19 tion of the funds made available under this heading shall 

20 be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 

21 Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Performance 

22 Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 

23 Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administra24 tive and general management support functions: Provided 

25 further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 
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1 available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 

2 leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, 

3 general management and other Forest Service support 

4 functions take place; the costs of all utility and tele5 communication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as 

6 business services; and, for information technology, includ7 ing cybersecurity requirements: Provided further, That 

8 funds provided under this heading may be used for nec9 essary expenses to carry out administrative and general 

10 management support functions of the Forest Service not 

11 otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation: 

12 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

13 this heading, $550,600,000 is designated by the Congress 

14 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec15 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

18 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re19 search as authorized by law, $319,124,000, to remain 

20 available through September 30, 2028: Provided, That of 

21 the funds provided, $33,697,000 is for the forest inventory 

22 and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori23 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

24 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

25 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
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1 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

2 Science Research. 

3 STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY

4 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro5 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri6 tories, possessions, tribes, and others, and for forest 

7 health management, including for invasive plants, and 

8 conducting an international program and trade activities 

9 as authorized, $314,481,000, to remain available through 

10 September 30, 2028, as authorized by law, of which 

11 $14,923,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Re12 source Information and Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Con13 gressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report ac14 companying this Act. 

15 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

16 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

17 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im18 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

19 and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 

20 such lands, $2,009,697,000, to remain available through 

21 September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the funds pro22 vided, $34,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 

23 Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora24 tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro25 vided further, That for the funds provided in the preceding 
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1 proviso, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public 

2 Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 

3 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘20’’ for 

4 ‘‘10’’ and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Public 

5 Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 

6 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘4’’ for 

7 ‘‘2’’: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

8 $42,000,000 shall be for forest products: Provided further, 

9 That of the funds provided, $208,548,000 shall be for haz10 ardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 

11 $30,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au12 thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State, 

13 Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appropriation, for the pur14 pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 

15 from National Forest System lands: Provided further, 

16 That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels manage17 ment activities, no more than 15 percent of such funds 

18 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to, with re19 spect to Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Sec20 retary determines such activities benefit resources on Fed21 eral land, enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 

22 agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, 

23 issue grants for procurement contracts or cooperative 

24 agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, or 

25 pay for training or monitoring associated with such haz-
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1 ardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on 

2 non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such activi3 ties benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 

4 That funds made available to implement the Community 

5 Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, 

6 shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accord7 ance with authorities made available to the Forest Service 

8 under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appro9 priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

10 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

11 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 

12 for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 

13 of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As14 sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 

15 approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 

16 in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, 

17 and that the amount credited shall remain available to the 

18 Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro19 priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 

20 each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con21 servation practices approved by the Secretary: Provided 

22 further, That funds appropriated to this account shall be 

23 available for the base salary and expenses of employees 

24 that carry out the functions funded by the ‘‘Capital Im25 provement and Maintenance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Better-
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1 ment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Management of National 

2 Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ account. 

3 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

6 otherwise provided for, $179,701,000, to remain available 

7 through September 30, 2028, for construction, capital im8 provement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and 

9 other facilities and infrastructure; for construction, recon10 struction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 

11 longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 

12 part of the transportation system; and for maintenance 

13 of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author14 ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 

15 Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities author16 ized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That 

17 $21,201,000 shall be for projects specified for Construc18 tion Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 

19 Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

20 Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 

21 year 2025 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 

22 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 

23 Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga24 tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro25 priated. 
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1 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

2 ACTS

3 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound4 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

5 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An6 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

7 Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 

8 Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 

9 law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

10 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

11 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

12 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov13 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au14 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de15 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

16 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 

17 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

18 30, 2028, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 

19 586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 

20 Law 78–310). 

21 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

22 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro23 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re24 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do25 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
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1 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

2 Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 

3 2028, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

4 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 

5 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

6 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

7 RANGELAND RESEARCH

8 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

9 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028, 

10 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 

11 above Act. 

12 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

13 SUBSISTENCE USES

14 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man15 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

16 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva17 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 

18 available through September 30, 2028. 

19 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

22 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

23 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 

24 other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer25 gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
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1 tem lands and water, $2,438,611,000, to remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That such funds, including un3 obligated balances under this heading, are available for re4 payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 

5 previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

6 That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis7 cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans8 ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 

9 further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 

10 State and other cooperating entities for services provided 

11 in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 

12 to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 

13 for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 

14 emergency management agency: Provided further, That 

15 funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 

16 emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 

17 implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed18 eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 

19 shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro20 vided further, That funds made available under this head21 ing in this Act and unobligated balances made available 

22 under this heading in prior Acts, other than amounts des23 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

25 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
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1 Control Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any 

2 other funds made available for such purpose, to continue 

3 uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter base salary 

4 increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public 

5 Law 117–58: Provided further, That of the funds made 

6 available under this heading, $2,438,611,000 is des7 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

10 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

11 heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire 

12 suppression operations, and is provided to meet the terms 

13 of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 In addition to the amounts provided under the head18 ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 

19 Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper20 ations, $2,390,000,000, to remain available until trans21 ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 

22 purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 

23 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 

24 That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 

25 with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart-
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1 ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 

2 Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri3 culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 

4 wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 

5 such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 

6 amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man7 agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 

8 the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 

9 of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

10 that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 

11 under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 

12 to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 

13 be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 

14 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi15 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro16 vided further, That, in determining whether all wildfire 

17 suppression operations funds appropriated under the 

18 heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior 

19 appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agri20 culture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 

21 within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 

22 funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 

23 to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 

24 excluded. 
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1 COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec4 tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

5 2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe6 cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 

7 shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 

8 (c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail9 able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 

10 be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

14 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

15 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

16 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

17 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

18 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 

19 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 

20 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

21 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

22 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

23 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

24 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 

25 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
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1 buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 

2 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur3 suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 

4 Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

5 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 

6 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col7 lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

8 Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 

9 Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 

10 Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 

11 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

12 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 

13 transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in14 crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 

15 in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur16 ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 

17 other transfer authority provided by law. 

18 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

19 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage20 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re21 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

22 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

23 burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no24 tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro25 priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 

2 obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 

3 pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup4 plemental appropriation which must be requested as 

5 promptly as possible. 

6 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 

7 the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 

8 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 

9 fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 

10 fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 

11 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 

13 Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis14 cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 

15 this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 

16 or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz17 ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 

18 burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro19 vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 

20 through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That none 

21 of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 

22 be available for obligation without written notification to 

23 and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

2 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter3 national Development in connection with forest and range4 land research, technical information, and assistance in for5 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

6 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

7 States and its territories and possessions, including tech8 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

9 with United States government, private sector, and inter10 national organizations: Provided, That the Forest Service, 

11 acting for the International Program, may sign direct 

12 funding agreements with foreign governments and institu13 tions as well as other domestic agencies (including the 

14 U.S. Agency for International Development, the Depart15 ment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora16 tion), United States private sector firms, institutions and 

17 organizations to provide technical assistance and training 

18 programs on forestry and rangeland management: Pro19 vided further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic 

20 and international research and cooperation, the Inter21 national Program may utilize all authorities related to for22 estry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless of 

23 program designations. 

24 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

25 available to enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
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1 section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Serv2 ice International Foundation’’ to assist the Foundation in 

3 meeting administrative, project, and other expenses, and 

4 may provide for the Foundation’s use of Forest Service 

5 personnel and facilities. 

6 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

7 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 

8 of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

9 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

10 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform11 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

12 such lands. 

13 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv14 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

15 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

16 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

17 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

18 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

19 Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

20 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

21 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

22 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

23 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

24 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De25 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
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1 as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing in this 

2 paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 

3 agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 

4 obtain information technology services, including tele5 communications and system modifications or enhance6 ments, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

7 of Agriculture. 

8 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

9 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

10 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 

11 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

12 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

13 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

14 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

15 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 

16 reception and representation expenses. 

17 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

18 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

19 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 

20 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner21 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

22 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

23 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

24 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 

25 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
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1 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin2 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

3 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 

4 assistance, private contributions to match funds made 

5 available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 

6 basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 

7 Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 

8 a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

9 the non-Federal matching funds. 

10 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

11 up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 

12 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

13 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

14 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

15 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

16 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

17 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

18 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

19 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

20 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

21 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

22 funds. 

23 Any amounts made available to the Forest Service 

24 in this fiscal year, including available collections, may be 

25 used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
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1 Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial 

2 assistance grants and cooperative agreements to support 

3 forest or grassland collaboratives in the accomplishment 

4 of activities benefitting both the public and the National 

5 Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal 

6 lands. Eligible activities are those that will improve or en7 hance Federal investments, resources, or lands, including 

8 for collaborative and collaboration-based activities, includ9 ing but not limited to facilitation, planning, and imple10 menting projects, technical assistance, administrative 

11 functions, operational support, participant costs, and 

12 other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest 

13 Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities (de14 fined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local gov15 ernments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organi16 zations, and educational institutions. The Secretary of Ag17 riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 

18 may enter into such cooperative agreements notwith19 standing chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary deter20 mines that the public interest will be benefited and that 

21 there exists a mutual interest other than monetary consid22 erations. Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of 

23 Federal Regulations shall be publicly advertised and re24 quire competition when required by such Title 2. For those 

25 transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal 
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1 Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 

2 and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘for3 est and grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individ4 uals or entities with diverse interests participating in a 

5 cooperative process to share knowledge, ideas, and re6 sources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement 

7 of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent 

8 non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance of 

9 public access to Federal lands, or the reduction of risk 

10 to such lands caused by natural disasters. 

11 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the 

12 headings ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Forest and 

13 Rangeland Research’’ may be used for expenses associated 

14 with primary and secondary schooling for dependents of 

15 agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico, who are sub16 ject to transfer and reassignment to other locations in the 

17 United States, at a cost not in excess of those authorized 

18 for the Department of Defense for the same area, when 

19 it is determined by the Chief of the Forest Service that 

20 public schools available in the locality are unable to pro21 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; Pro22 vided, That Congress hereby ratifies and approves pay23 ments for such purposes to agency employees stationed in 

24 Puerto Rico made by the Forest Service after August 2, 

25 2005, in accordance with the 19th unnumbered paragraph 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest 

2 Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109–54, as amended. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

4 available for interactions with and providing technical as5 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

6 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

7 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

8 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

9 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

10 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

11 663. 

12 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

13 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec14 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

15 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

16 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur17 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 

18 maintenance and decommissioning. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 

20 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 

21 not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of22 fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri23 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re24 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

25 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
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1 reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 

2 unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 

3 justifications for both the Forest Service and the Depart4 ment of Agriculture should clearly display the sums pre5 viously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 

6 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

7 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

8 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

9 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

10 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

11 The Forest Service may employ or contract with an 

12 individual who is enrolled in a training program at a long13 standing Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in sec14 tion 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

15 Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for nec16 essary hours of work on National Forest System lands. 

17 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

18 available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 

19 and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 

20 by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 

21 Technology and Applications Center, National Applica22 tions Liaison Office, Job Corps, and National Technology 

23 and Development Program. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

2 SERVICES 

3 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

4 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

5 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au6 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina7 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

8 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 

9 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv10 ice, $249,761,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2026, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be 

12 in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 

13 heading that become available on October 1, 2024; in ad14 dition, $278,018,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2026, for the Electronic Health Record System and 

16 the Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which 

17 $74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 

18 Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 

19 typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac20 count; and, in addition, $4,933,790,000, which shall be21 come available on October 1, 2025, and remain available 

22 through September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided 

23 herein; together with payments received during the fiscal 

24 year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public 

25 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for serv-
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1 ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 

2 That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza3 tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 

4 agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De5 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

6 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 

7 of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 

8 available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 

9 year limitation: Provided further, That from the amounts 

10 that become available on October 1, 2025, $2,500,000 

11 shall be available for grants or contracts with public or 

12 private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment 

13 services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification serv14 ices: Provided further, That from the amounts that become 

15 available on October 1, 2025, $1,005,356,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended for Purchased/Referred Care: 

17 Provided further, That of the total amount specified in the 

18 preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred Care, 

19 $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health 

20 Emergency Fund: Provided further, That from the 

21 amounts that become available on October 1, 2025, up to 

22 $51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im23 plementation of the loan repayment program under section 

24 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 

25 further, That from the amounts that become available on 
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1 October 1, 2025, $58,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, shall be for costs related to or resulting from 

3 accreditation emergencies, including supplementing activi4 ties funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’, 

5 of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement 

6 amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: 

7 Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Fed8 eral Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 

9 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

10 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for 

11 breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund author12 ized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and 

13 shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding 

14 section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds 

15 shall be available to make new awards under the loan re16 payment and scholarship programs under sections 104 

17 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Pro18 vided further, That the amounts made available within this 

19 account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 

20 Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 

21 Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 

22 for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au23 thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro24 grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans25 formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 
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1 Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 

2 quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 

3 public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 

4 tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re5 duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 

6 health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 

7 Excellence, for Alzheimer’s activities, for Village Built 

8 Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accredita9 tion emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 

10 Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 

11 available until expended: Provided further, That funds pro12 vided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and 

13 grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total 

14 obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appro15 priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 

16 the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 

17 authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve18 ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 

19 expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

20 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

21 XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 

22 to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 

23 Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol24 arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve25 ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 
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1 expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 

2 tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian 

3 Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and ac4 counted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 

5 organizations until expended: Provided further, That the 

6 Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian 

7 Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations 

8 operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, 

9 such individually identifiable health information relating 

10 to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose 

11 of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with 

12 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds provided that become 

14 available on October 1, 2025, may be used for implemen15 tation of the Electronic Health Record System or the In16 dian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 

18 other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 

19 Health Record system shall be available for obligation or 

20 expenditure for the selection or implementation of a new 

21 Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance 

24 of such obligation. 
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1 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

2 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

3 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter4 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

5 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2025, such sums 

6 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

8 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

9 budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 

10 but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for con11 tract support costs for such agreements for the current 

12 fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 

13 for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 

14 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

15 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

16 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter17 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

18 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec19 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep20 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

22 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

23 budget account. 
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1 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 

3 improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil4 iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara5 tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 

6 sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 

7 purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 

8 community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 

9 by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

10 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In11 dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec12 essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 

13 Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 

14 health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 

15 Service, $16,890,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 

17 under this heading that become available on October 1, 

18 2024; in addition, $367,850,000, to remain available until 

19 expended, for Sanitation Facilities Construction and 

20 Health Care Facilities Construction; and, in addition, 

21 $523,744,000, which shall become available on October 1, 

22 2025, and remain available until expended: Provided, That 

23 notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro24 priated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, 

25 or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
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1 dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on which 

2 such facilities will be located: Provided further, That not 

3 to exceed $500,000 may be used for fiscal year 2026 by 

4 the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equip5 ment from the Department of Defense for distribution to 

6 the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided 

7 further, That none of the funds provided that become 

8 available on October 1, 2025, may be used for Health Care 

9 Facilities Construction or for Sanitation Facilities Con10 struction: Provided further, That of the amount appro11 priated under this heading for fiscal year 2025 for Sanita12 tion Facilities Construction, $10,806,000 shall be for 

13 projects specified for Sanitation Facilities Construction in 

14 the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 

15 Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur16 ther, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian 

17 Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities con18 struction for new homes funded with grants by the hous19 ing programs of the United States Department of Housing 

20 and Urban Development. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

22 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

23 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

24 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

25 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
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1 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 

2 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur3 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 

4 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

5 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

6 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al8 lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

9 and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 

10 the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

11 Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 

12 Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 

13 may be extended health care at all tribally administered 

14 or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 

15 the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

16 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

17 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

18 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 

19 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 

20 regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 

21 Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 

22 Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 

23 the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 

24 638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In25 dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
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1 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

2 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

3 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

5 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 

6 Department of Health and Human Services unless such 

7 assessments or charges are identified in the budget jus8 tification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 

9 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 

10 the reprogramming process: Provided further, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 

12 or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization 

13 through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 

14 title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 

15 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 

16 seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter17 mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree18 ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 

19 available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 

20 year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 

21 made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 

22 shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 

23 Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart24 ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi25 bility for the health care services of the Indian Health 
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1 Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 

2 budget request reflecting the increased costs associated 

3 with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 

4 included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 

5 Provided further, That with respect to functions trans6 ferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal or7 ganizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 

8 provide goods and services to those entities on a reimburs9 able basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 

10 adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 

11 along with the funds received from those entities pursuant 

12 to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to 

13 the same or subsequent appropriation account from which 

14 the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided further, That re16 imbursements for training, technical assistance, or serv17 ices provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 

18 total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 

19 costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 

20 technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian 

21 Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 

22 serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 

23 housing allowances equivalent to those that would be pro24 vided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 

25 United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-
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1 sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro2 priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 

3 be altered without advance notification to the House and 

4 Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

7 SCIENCES

8 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

9 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

10 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ11 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

12 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 

13 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

14 $81,614,000. 

15 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

16 REGISTRY

17 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

18 HEALTH

19 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub20 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

21 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

22 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

23 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 

24 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $83,089,000: Provided, 

25 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
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1 of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 

2 of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 

3 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 

4 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 

5 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

6 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

7 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 

8 or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 

9 bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 

10 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro11 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

12 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

13 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2025, and 

14 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

15 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

16 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

17 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

18 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

19 For necessary expenses to continue functions as20 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

21 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi22 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

23 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

24 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

25 and representation expenses, $4,746,000: Provided, That 
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1 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ2 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

3 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

4 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

5 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

6 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur9 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

10 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there11 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, the rental of 

12 space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 

13 Columbia and elsewhere, and for services authorized by 

14 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 

15 the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 

16 senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,634,000: 

17 Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investiga18 tion Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 

19 Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That 

20 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual 

21 appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Envi22 ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of 

23 such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector Gen24 eral of the Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the 
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1 Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector 

2 General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector 

3 General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individ4 uals to positions within the Board. 

5 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

8 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

9 531, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

10 which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 

11 prior year appropriations available under this heading: 

12 Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro13 priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 

14 and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti15 tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 

16 housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in17 cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 

18 none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 

19 be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca20 tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 

21 of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 

22 lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re23 placement home is provided for such household: Provided 

24 further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 

25 one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 
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1 Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 

2 have selected and received an approved homesite on the 

3 Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 

4 the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 

5 to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 

6 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

7 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

8 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

9 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

10 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author11 ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 

12 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,642,000, which shall become 

13 available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available until 

14 September 30, 2026. 

15 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu18 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

19 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

20 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

21 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

22 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica23 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist24 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

25 agreements of no more than 30 years including lease 
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1 agreements with the same terms as the multi-year con2 tracting authority provided in section 3903 of title 41, 

3 United States Code, except that notwithstanding such sec4 tion, lease agreements may be for a period of not more 

5 than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 

6 approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as author7 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and 

8 cleaning of uniforms for employees, $912,347,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 2026, except as other10 wise provided herein; of which not to exceed $28,000,000 

11 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 

12 exhibition reinstallation, Smithsonian American Women’s 

13 History Museum, National Museum of the American 

14 Latino, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 

15 shall remain available until expended; and including such 

16 funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 

17 research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here18 in are available for advance payments to independent con19 tractors performing research services or participating in 

20 official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That 

21 the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appro22 priations designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, 

23 as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such 

24 rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 

25 funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for 
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1 expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of the 

2 building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 

3 to the extent that federally supported activities will be 

4 housed there: Provided further, That the use of such 

5 amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 

6 such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv7 ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or 

8 an obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 

9 That no appropriated funds may be used directly to serv10 ice debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring 

11 a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, 

12 Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and con13 structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 

14 That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian In15 stitution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any por16 tion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take 

17 effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins 

18 on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

19 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 

21 House Administration and Transportation and Infrastruc22 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

23 on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as 

24 outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 

25 4 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
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1 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2536) on the intended 

2 sale. 

3 FACILITIES CAPITAL

4 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

5 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso6 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

7 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

8 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

9 $197,645,000, to remain available until expended, of 

10 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

12 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal15 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

16 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

17 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

18 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

19 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 

20 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 

21 authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 

22 in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

23 publications or services are available to members only, or 

24 to members at a price lower than to the general public; 

25 purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
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1 uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 

2 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 

3 rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 

4 contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve5 ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 

6 and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 

7 works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 

8 made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or9 ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 

10 and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 

11 $186,471,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026, of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special 

13 exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

14 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 

17 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

18 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

19 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 

20 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

21 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

22 $27,369,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That of this amount, $5,651,000 shall be available 

24 for design and construction of an off-site art storage facil25 ity in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and 
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1 may be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such 

2 purposes: Provided further, That contracts awarded for en3 vironmental systems, protection systems, and exterior re4 pair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 

5 Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 

6 awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well 

7 as price. 

8 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

9 ARTS

10 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

11 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte12 nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

13 the Performing Arts, including rent of temporary office 

14 space in the District of Columbia during renovations of 

15 such Center, $34,315,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2026. 

17 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

18 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora19 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

20 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

21 $12,633,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

2 SCHOLARS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

5 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

6 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

7 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2026. 

9 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

10 HUMANITIES

11 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

12 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

14 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

15 $209,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow16 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc17 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out18 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

19 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

20 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

23 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

25 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
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1 $209,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

2 which $192,000,000 shall be available for support of ac3 tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 

4 Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 

5 $15,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

6 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

7 including $13,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

8 Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 

9 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

10 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

11 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

12 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow13 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

14 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre15 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre16 viously been appropriated. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

19 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

20 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

21 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

22 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

23 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re24 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

25 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
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1 necessary for official reception and representation ex2 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na3 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

4 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

5 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

6 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

7 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 

8 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

9 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

10 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

13 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,834,000: 

14 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

15 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

16 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col17 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

18 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

19 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art20 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

21 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac22 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

23 of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 

24 That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
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1 this heading may be used for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses. 

3 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

4 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

5 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the 

6 item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Af7 fairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law 

9 by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 

10 956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2025 in the second 

11 paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ 

12 before the first period: Provided further, That in deter13 mining an eligible organization’s annual income for cal14 endar years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, funds or grants 

15 received by the eligible organization from any supple16 mental appropriations made available in 2020 and 2021 

17 in connection with the public health emergency declared 

18 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Janu19 ary 31, 2020 (including renewals thereof) shall be counted 

20 as part of the eligible organization’s annual income. 

21 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

24 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,735,000. 
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1 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan4 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

5 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, $8,849,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per7 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

8 for official reception and representational expenses associ9 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

10 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

11 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

12 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

13 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

14 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

15 2310), $66,331,000, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Museum’s 

17 equipment replacement program, $4,000,000 shall be for 

18 the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program, and 

19 $1,264,000 shall be for the Museum’s outreach initiatives 

20 program. 

21 PRESIDIO TRUST

22 The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 

23 to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 

24 104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man-
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1 agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 

2 amount not to exceed $45,000,000. 

3 UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the United States 

6 Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 

7 observances and activities associated with the 250th anni8 versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 

9 by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 

10 Public Law 114–196, $15,250,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2026. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

5 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica7 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

8 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

9 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

10 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

11 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

12 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over18 head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 

19 working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac20 tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de21 partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 

22 headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre23 sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap24 proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
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1 mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria2 tions for approval. 

3 MINING APPLICATIONS

4 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

6 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

7 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

8 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

9 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

10 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

11 concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec12 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re13 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

14 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

15 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

16 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

17 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

18 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

19 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

20 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2026, the Secretary 

21 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

23 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

24 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

25 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
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1 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re2 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

3 104–208). 

4 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

5 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

6 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

7 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

8 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

9 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam10 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

11 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu12 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi13 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac14 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

15 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third16 party contractors. 

17 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

18 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

19 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

20 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis21 cal year 2025. 

22 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2025

23 LIMITATION

24 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

25 year 2025 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
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1 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 

2 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 

3 Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup4 port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 

5 support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov6 ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

7 agreements for fiscal year 2025 with the Bureau of Indian 

8 Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 

9 Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 

10 this Act are not available for payment of claims for con11 tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 

12 payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 

13 support costs for prior years. 

14 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

15 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

16 considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 

17 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 

18 of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 

19 than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 

20 for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 

21 section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 

22 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan23 ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro24 vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 

25 in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
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1 for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 

2 be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 

3 jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel4 erated basis. 

5 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

6 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex7 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

8 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

9 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

10 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu11 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

12 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

13 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

14 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu15 ment. 

16 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

17 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

18 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

19 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec20 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

21 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap22 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

23 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na24 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

25 funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
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1 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur2 poses. 

3 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

4 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen6 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

7 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re8 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

9 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

10 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

11 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con12 tract to be entered into without regard for these re13 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

14 federally recognized Indian tribes; 

15 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

16 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

17 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 

18 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

19 contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

20 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 

21 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

22 of enactment of this Act. 

23 POSTING OF REPORTS

24 SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail25 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
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1 post on the public website of that agency any report re2 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

3 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen4 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

6 (1) the public posting of the report com7 promises national security; or 

8 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

10 do so only after such report has been made available to 

11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

12 no less than 45 days. 

13 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

14 GUIDELINES

15 SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En16 dowment for the Arts— 

17 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

18 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in19 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit20 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow21 ship. 

22 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

23 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

24 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

25 or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
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1 any other organization or individual to conduct ac2 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

3 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

4 made in exchange for goods and services. 

5 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

6 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

7 contents of the season, including identified programs 

8 or projects. 

9 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

10 PRIORITIES

11 SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi12 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

13 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro14 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

15 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

16 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

17 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

18 underserved populations. 

19 (b) In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

21 a population of individuals, including urban minori22 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

23 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

24 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

25 or to geographic isolation. 
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1 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

2 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

3 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec4 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

6 the size involved. 

7 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as8 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

9 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

10 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

11 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv12 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc13 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

14 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

15 the arts. 

16 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

17 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu18 manities Act of 1965— 

19 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat20 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro21 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

22 are able to tour several States; 

23 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex24 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
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1 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

2 authority of paragraph (1); 

3 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con4 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

5 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec6 tion 5 of such Act; and 

7 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

8 grants to improve and support community-based 

9 music performance and education. 

10 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

11 SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi12 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

13 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen15 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro16 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob17 ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 

18 of enactment of this Act. 

19 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

20 SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 

21 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz22 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 

23 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

24 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 

25 shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2025. 
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1 FUNDING PROHIBITION

2 SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 

3 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

4 network unless such network is designed to block access 

5 to pornography websites. 

6 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

7 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

8 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi9 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

10 HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

11 SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 

13 administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 

14 Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis15 tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 

16 the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 

17 horses and burros that have been removed from land ad18 ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 

19 State, and local government agencies for use as work ani20 mals. 

21 (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 

22 under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed23 eral, State, or local government agency. 

24 (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 

25 subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 
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1 horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 

2 195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 

3 and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 

4 (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re5 ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub6 section (a) shall not— 

7 (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 

8 results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 

9 a commercial product; 

10 (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 

11 in a manner that results in the destruction of the 

12 horse or burro for processing into a commercial 

13 product; or 

14 (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 

15 recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 

16 of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 

17 (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 

18 available for— 

19 (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 

20 and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 

21 Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 

22 (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 

23 in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 

24 processing into a commercial product. 
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1 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND

2 ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

3 SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 

4 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep5 tember 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

6 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

7 SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

8 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au9 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 

11 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

12 water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 

13 steel products used in the project are produced in the 

14 United States. 

15 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

16 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

17 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

18 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

19 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein20 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat22 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ23 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 

24 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
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1 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon2 sistent with the public interest; 

3 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

4 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail5 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

6 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro7 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

8 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

9 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv10 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail11 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re12 quest and information available to the Administrator con13 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 

14 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 

15 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 

16 make the request and accompanying information available 

17 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter18 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

19 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con20 sistent with United States obligations under international 

21 agreements. 

22 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

23 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

24 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
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1 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage2 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

3 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS4 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR

5 WILDFIRES

6 SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

7 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol8 unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 

9 fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 

10 provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 

11 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec12 tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 

13 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 

14 authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 

15 Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 

16 out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man17 agement program to such organizations. 

18 RECREATION FEES

19 SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre20 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 

21 by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

22 2019’’. 

23 REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

24 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 
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1 without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re3 programming procedures contained in the report accom4 panying this Act. 

5 LOCAL CONTRACTORS

6 SEC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 

7 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

8 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

9 SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY

10 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

11 SEC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 

12 110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 

13 by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

14 INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

15 SEC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 

16 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub17 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

18 2019’’. 

19 FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION

20 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

21 SEC. 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte22 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 

23 enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 

24 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 

25 108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-
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1 plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 

2 2019’’. 

3 CHACO CANYON

4 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 

6 leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil 

7 and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal 

8 area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 

9 Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of 

11 the cultural resources investigation identified in the ex12 planatory statement described in section 4 in the matter 

13 preceding division A of the Consolidated Appropriations 

14 Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 

15 TRIBAL LEASES

16 SEC. 428. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 

18 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

19 Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com20 mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro21 posal. 

22 (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 

23 Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 

24 year 2025 consult with tribes and tribal organizations 

25 through public solicitation and other means regarding the 
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1 requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 

2 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

3 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 

4 transparent process for the payment of such leases. 

5 FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

6 SEC. 429. The authority provided under the heading 

7 ‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 

8 I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 

9 division F of Public Law 113–235, is further amended by 

10 striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2020’’ each place it appears 

11 and inserting ‘‘hereafter’’. 

12 ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB13 LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND

14 AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

15 SEC. 430. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

16 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 

17 made available from the National Parks and Public Land 

18 Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant 

19 to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 

20 States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec21 tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 

22 the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 

23 in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 

24 specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 

25 the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 
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1 Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

2 in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 

5 as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 

6 expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

7 for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 

8 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 

9 and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for 

10 the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al11 location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 

12 Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

13 (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 

14 of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 

15 allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

16 year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 

17 United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 

18 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 

19 and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub20 sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 

21 in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 

22 not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad23 ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na24 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 

25 or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 
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1 be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 

2 allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 

3 (a)(2) of this section. 

4 (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

5 of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 

6 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 

7 of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res8 toration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ to any project funded 

9 by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora10 tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 

11 that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 

12 cost overruns, in accordance with the following require13 ments: 

14 (1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 

15 reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re16 sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 

17 (2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 

18 reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 

19 within the original scope of effort for projects fund20 ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 

21 Restoration Fund; and 

22 (3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec23 retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica24 tion to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days 

25 before taking any actions authorized by this sub-
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1 section if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin2 gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 

3 percent or greater than the following, as applicable: 

4 (A) The amount allocated to that project 

5 in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Na6 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora7 tion Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report ac8 companying this Act; or 

9 (B) The initial estimate in the most recent 

10 report submitted, prior to enactment of this 

11 Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur12 suant to section 430(e) of division E of the 

13 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public 

14 Law 118–42). 

15 (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

16 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

17 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub18 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 

20 the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 

21 to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 

22 United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 

23 Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 

24 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo25 cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 
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1 54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 

2 event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 

3 the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 

4 Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 

5 such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 

6 that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 

7 That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate 

8 a previously approved project must be clearly identified 

9 in such submission. 

10 (2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

11 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

12 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub13 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary 

15 allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 

16 Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 

17 Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 

18 the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Sub19 mission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 

20 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are 

21 prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, 

22 and that total no less than half the full amount allocated 

23 to each account for that land management Agency under 

24 the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of 

25 title 54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event 
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1 amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant 

2 to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 

3 States Code are no longer needed because a project has 

4 been completed or can no longer be executed, such 

5 amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for realloca6 tion in the annual budget submission. 

7 (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 

8 projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 

9 by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 

10 and on the list of supplementary allocations required by 

11 subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for 

12 which a willing seller has been identified and for which 

13 an appraisal or market research has been initiated. 

14 (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

15 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

16 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub17 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in 

19 the same format and containing the same level of detailed 

20 information that is found on such sheets in the Budget 

21 Justifications annually submitted by the Department of 

22 the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 

23 in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 

24 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the 

25 same format and containing the same level of detailed in-
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1 formation that is found on such sheets submitted to the 

2 Committees pursuant to section 427 of division D of the 

3 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

4 Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations re5 quired by subparagraph (A). 

6 (e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart7 ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap8 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

9 quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 

10 activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 

11 Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 

12 to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal13 ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 

14 Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 

15 to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom16 mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 

17 amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 

18 section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora19 tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 

20 of this section. 

21 POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY

22 SEC. 431. To support the key role that forests in the 

23 United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 

24 the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 

25 of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
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1 mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis2 sions, jointly— 

3 (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 

4 bioenergy— 

5 (A) is consistent across all Federal depart6 ments and agencies; and 

7 (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 

8 of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 

9 responsible forest management; and 

10 (2) establish clear and simple policies for the 

11 use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ12 ing policies that— 

13 (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 

14 bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 

15 energy source, provided the use of forest bio16 mass for energy production does not cause con17 version of forests to non-forest use; 

18 (B) encourage private investment through19 out the forest biomass supply chain, including 

20 in— 

21 (i) working forests; 

22 (ii) harvesting operations; 

23 (iii) forest improvement operations; 

24 (iv) forest bioenergy production; 

25 (v) wood products manufacturing; or 
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1 (vi) paper manufacturing; 

2 (C) encourage forest management to im3 prove forest health; and 

4 (D) recognize State initiatives to produce 

5 and use forest biomass. 

6 SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS

7 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 

9 issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 

10 CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 

11 Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 

12 units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula13 tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 

14 and regulations in effect prior to such date. 

15 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

16 SEC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

17 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 

18 the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 

19 and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 

20 allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 

21 when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west22 ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 

23 to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

24 be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 

25 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
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1 tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con2 tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex3 ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 

4 holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 

5 export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 

6 TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS7 TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC

8 LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND

9 SEC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this 

10 Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 

11 of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi12 tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 

13 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 

14 to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 

15 projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 

16 200401(2). 

17 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

18 SEC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 

20 other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 

21 regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 

22 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 

23 dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 

24 resulting from biological processes associated with live25 stock production. 
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1 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

2 SEC. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 

4 Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 

5 if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green6 house gas emissions from manure management systems. 

7 FUNDING PROHIBITION

8 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

9 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

10 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

11 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

12 et seq.) or any other law. 

13 FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP

14 SEC. 438. Section 1701 of division B of the Extend15 ing Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As16 sistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public 

17 Law 117–103, is further amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last 

19 sentence and inserting ‘‘Any Services during a given 

20 calendar year that generate payments payable in the 

21 subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in ap22 plying this subsection’’; and 

23 (2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting 

24 ‘‘or 2025’’ after ‘‘or 2024’’ each place it appears. 
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1 ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES

2 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

3 SEC. 439. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 

4 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 

5 113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 

6 2025’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 

7 EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA

8 VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM

9 SEC. 440. Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Din10 gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 

11 (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘5- 

12 year period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 

13 COST SHARE WAIVER

14 SEC. 441. The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec15 retary of Agriculture, may waive, in whole or in part, the 

16 non-Federal cost sharing requirement of any appropriate 

17 conservation project under section 212(a)(1) of the Public 

18 Lands Corps Act (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)): Provided, That 

19 in the event of such a waiver, the Secretary of the Interior 

20 or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, is author21 ized to pay up to 100 percent of the costs of such con22 servation project. 
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1 GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 442. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 

3 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), as amended, shall be applied by 

4 substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’. 

5 CRITICAL MINERALS

6 SEC. 443. In implementing regulations related to tail7 pipe greenhouse gas emissions standards under section 

8 202(a) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency shall assess and report to Congress on the impact 

10 such regulations would have on the amount of critical min11 erals extracted, processed, or recycled by a foreign entity 

12 of concern (as defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the Infra13 structure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 18741(a)(5))). 

15 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

16 SEC. 444. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

17 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 

20 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 

21 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

22 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

23 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

24 SEC. 445. (a) Sections 1 through 3 of S. 2272 (A 

25 bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
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1 special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, and for 

2 other purposes) of the 118th Congress, as placed on the 

3 calendar of the Senate on September 11, 2023, are hereby 

4 enacted into law. 

5 (b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 

6 United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 

7 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 

8 States shall include after the date of approval at the end 

9 an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the 

10 bill referred to in subsection (a). 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In12 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

13 Act, 2025’’. 
Calendar No. 447 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4802 

[Report No. 118–201] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JULY 25, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar