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Union Calendar No. 97 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2996 

[Report No. 111–180] 

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

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 2009 

Mr. DICKS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2010, 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 

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1 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

2 and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

4 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

5 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

6 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve7 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi8 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

9 lands, and performance of other functions, including main10 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage11 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

12 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

13 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

14 potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 

15 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $950,496,000, to remain available 

16 until expended; and of which $3,000,000 shall be available 

17 in fiscal year 2010 subject to a match by at least an equal 

18 amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for 

19 cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau 

20 lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 

21 as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are 

22 incurred. 

23 In addition, $45,500,000 is for the processing of ap24 plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza25 tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 

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1 by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 

2 appropriation that shall be derived from $6,500 per new 

3 application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 

4 upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 

5 $36,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 

6 operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

7 claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 

8 be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred9 ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 

10 so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not 

11 more than $950,496,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, from communication site rental 

13 fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin14 istering communication site activities. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 

17 roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,590,000, to re18 main available until expended. 

19 LAND ACQUISITION

20 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 

21 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin22 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 

23 interests therein, $26,529,000, to be derived from the 

24 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail25 able until expended. 

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1 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

2 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

3 and development of resources and for construction, oper4 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

5 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

6 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or7 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

8 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in9 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

10 adjacent to such grant lands; $111,557,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 

12 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

13 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

14 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

15 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 

16 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec17 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

18 August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). 

19 FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

20 (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

21 In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 

22 102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem 

23 Health and Recovery Fund can be used through fiscal year 

24 2015 for the purpose of planning, preparing, imple25 menting and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest 

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1 ecosystem health and recovery activities, such as release 

2 from competing vegetation and density control treatments. 

3 The Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of 

4 salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties under 43 

5 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–1 et seq., and Public 

6 Law 106–393) derived from treatments funded by this ac7 count shall be deposited through fiscal year 2015 into the 

8 Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 

9 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

10 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

11 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

12 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

13 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), 

14 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

15 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

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

17 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve18 ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from 

19 Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of 

20 the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

21 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

23 administrative expenses. 

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1 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

2 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

3 to processing application documents and other authoriza4 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

5 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu6 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi7 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

8 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

9 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend10 ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to 

12 the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 

13 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be 

14 received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of 

15 forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 

16 for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 

17 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 

18 under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im19 prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis20 tered through the Bureau of Land Management which 

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

22 purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 

23 regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac24 tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 

25 the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that 

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1 are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 

2 exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 

3 repair other damaged public lands. 

4 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

5 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

6 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

7 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 

8 Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such 

9 amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur10 veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit11 ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 

12 available until expended. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 

15 (BLM) shall be available for purchase, erection, and dis16 mantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and 

17 maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant fa18 cilities to which the United States has title; up to 

19 $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, 

20 for information or evidence concerning violations of laws 

21 administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 

22 expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved 

23 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 

24 Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 

25 That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, 

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1 under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrange2 ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 

3 cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica4 tions for which the cooperators share the cost of printing 

5 either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 

6 the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 

7 standards: Provided further, That projects to be funded 

8 pursuant to a written commitment by a State government 

9 to provide an identified amount of money in support of 

10 the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reim11 bursable basis. 

12 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

13 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

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

16 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

17 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

18 resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooper19 ative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 

20 and private entities, $1,248,756,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2011 except as otherwise provided 

22 herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority 

23 projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth Con24 servation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 

25 $20,603,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

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1 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe2 cies Act, as amended (except for processing petitions, de3 veloping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and 

4 taking any other steps to implement actions described in 

5 subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of 

6 which not to exceed $10,632,000 shall be used for any 

7 activity regarding the designation of critical habitat, pur8 suant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for 

9 species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to Octo10 ber 1, 2009: Provided further, That of the amount avail11 able for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain avail12 able until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary 

13 be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence 

14 concerning violations of laws administered by the Service, 

15 and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 

16 activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to 

17 be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate: Pro18 vided further, That of the amount provided for environ19 mental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain avail20 able until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 

21 CONSTRUCTION

22 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re23 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con24 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti25 lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisimstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 tion of lands and interests therein; $21,139,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 LAND ACQUISITION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

5 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 

6 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex7 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

8 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

9 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

10 $67,250,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con11 servation Fund and to remain available until expended, 

12 of which, notwithstanding 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more 

13 than $2,000,000 shall be for land conservation partner14 ships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 

15 2004: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for 

16 specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for 

17 any administrative overhead, planning or other manage18 ment costs. 

19 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

20 FUND

21 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

22 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

23 as amended, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, of which $34,307,000 is to be derived from the 

25 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of 

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1 which $5,145,706 shall be for the Idaho Salmon and 

2 Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant to the 

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

4 $65,693,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

5 Conservation Fund. 

6 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

7 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo8 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,100,000. 

9 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

10 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

11 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, as 

12 amended (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $52,647,000, to remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

15 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

16 Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 

17 6101 et seq.), $5,250,000, to remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele21 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211– 

22 4214, 4221–4225, 4241–4246, and 1538), the Asian Ele23 phant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), 

24 the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 

25 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 

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1 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Con2 servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), 

3 $11,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

5 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

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

7 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

8 American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes 

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

10 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel11 opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 

12 of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 

13 hunted or fished, $115,000,000, to remain available until 

14 expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 

15 $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for feder16 ally recognized Indian tribes not subject to the remaining 

17 provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 

18 $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for States, 

19 territories, and other jurisdictions with approved plans, 

20 not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropria21 tion: Provided further, That up to $20,000,000 is for in22 corporating wildlife adaptation strategies and actions to 

23 address the impacts of climate change into State Wildlife 

24 Action plans and implementing these adaptation actions: 

25 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 

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1 $32,000,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the 

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

3 the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 

4 Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half 

5 of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, 

6 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 

7 of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 

8 more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur9 ther, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 

10 amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which 

11 is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State 

12 bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) 

13 two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the pop14 ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 

15 such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor16 tioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably 

17 so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 

18 than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 

19 under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 

20 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Fed21 eral share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent 

22 of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share 

23 of implementation grants shall not exceed 75 percent of 

24 the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the 

25 non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

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1 from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That no 

2 State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant 

3 if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is dis4 approved and such funds that would have been distributed 

5 to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be dis6 tributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdic7 tions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 

8 amount apportioned in 2010 to any State, territory, or 

9 other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep10 tember 30, 2011, shall be reapportioned, together with 

11 funds appropriated in 2012, in the manner provided here12 in. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 Appropriations and funds available to the United 

15 States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for re16 pair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to res17 ervation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 

18 for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each op19 tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 

20 conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 

21 purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar22 ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 

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

24 which are used pursuant to law in connection with man25 agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 

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1 Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv2 ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 

3 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 

4 from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub5 lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 

6 the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv7 ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept8 ed quality standards: Provided further, That, notwith9 standing any other provision of law, the Service may use 

10 up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for 

11 employment-related legal services: Provided further, That 

12 the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements 

13 for existing aircraft. 

14 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

15 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

16 For expenses necessary for the management, oper17 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis18 tered by the National Park Service (including expenses to 

19 carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and 

20 for the general administration of the National Park Serv21 ice, $2,260,684,000, of which $9,982,000 for planning 

22 and interagency coordination in support of Everglades res23 toration and $98,622,000 for maintenance, repair or reha24 bilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the 

25 National Park Service automated facility management 

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1 software system, and comprehensive facility condition as2 sessments shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2011. 

4 PARK PARTNERSHIP PROJECT GRANTS

5 For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of sec6 tion 814(g) of Public Law 104-333 relating to challenge 

7 cost-share agreements, $25,000,000, to remain available 

8 until expended for Park Partnership signature projects 

9 and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent 

10 of the total cost of each project or program is derived from 

11 non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, 

12 or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter 

13 of credit. 

14 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

15 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro16 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

17 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re18 view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual 

19 aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth20 erwise provided for, $59,386,000. 

21 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

22 For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 

23 Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 

24 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 

25 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $90,675,000, to be 

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1 derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re2 main available until September 30, 2011; of which 

3 $30,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 

4 preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 

5 artifacts; and of which $6,175,000 shall be for Preserve 

6 America grants to States, federally recognized Indian 

7 Tribes, and local communities for projects that preserve 

8 important historic resources through the promotion of her9 itage tourism: Provided, That of the funds provided for 

10 Save America’s Treasures, $5,310,000 shall be allocated 

11 in the amounts specified for those projects and purposes 

12 in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in 

13 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

14 CONSTRUCTION

15 For construction, improvements, repair or replace16 ment of physical facilities, including modifications author17 ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro18 tection and Expansion Act of 1989, $214,691,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That the Na20 tional Park Service shall complete a special resource study 

21 along the route of the Mississippi River in the counties 

22 contiguous to the river from its headwaters in the State 

23 of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. 

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1 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2010 

4 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 

5 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

7 Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

8 460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 

9 and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 

10 in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 

11 the National Park Service, $103,222,000, to be derived 

12 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re13 main available until expended, of which $30,000,000 is for 

14 the State assistance program. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

17 of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub18 account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec19 retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 

20 within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 

21 liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in22 terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 

23 the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 

24 fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex25 ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 

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1 liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 

2 credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 

3 a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 

4 the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 

5 to extinguish or reduce liability. 

6 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

7 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

8 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

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

10 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au11 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

12 amounts to remain available until expended. 

13 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

14 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart15 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

16 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

17 for FHWA administrative support costs. 

18 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

19 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

20 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo21 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re22 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

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

24 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author25 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

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1 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su2 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu3 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex4 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

5 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

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

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

8 and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore9 going activities; $1,105,744,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2011, of which $65,561,000 shall be avail11 able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 

12 water resources investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall 

13 remain available until expended for satellite operations; 

14 and of which $7,321,000 shall be available until expended 

15 for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 

16 projects that exceed $100,000 in cost and of which 

17 $2,000,000 shall be available for the United States Geo18 logical Survey to fund the operating expenses for the Civil 

19 Applications Committee: Provided, That none of the funds 

20 provided for the biological research activity shall be used 

21 to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi22 cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro23 vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 

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

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1 tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali2 ties. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

5 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

6 necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the Gen7 eral Services Administration for security guard services; 

8 contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and 

9 for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 

10 when it is administratively determined that such proce11 dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte12 nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 

13 acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 

14 wells; expenses of the United States National Committee 

15 on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses 

16 of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to 

17 represent the United States in the negotiation and admin18 istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 

19 funded by appropriations herein made may be accom20 plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera21 tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro22 vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 

23 may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di24 rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 

25 nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 

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1 for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 

2 recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 

3 the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 

4 Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju5 ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re6 lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed7 eral employees for any other purposes. 

8 MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

9 ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

10 For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi11 ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 

12 collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 

13 laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min14 erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for 

15 energy-related or other authorized marine-related pur16 poses on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 

17 grants or cooperative agreements, $174,317,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2011, of which 

19 $89,374,000 shall be available for royalty management ac20 tivities; and an amount not to exceed $156,730,000, to 

21 be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 

22 until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 

23 increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from 

24 cost recovery fees: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 

25 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2010, such amounts as are 

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1 assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and cred2 ited to this account and shall be available until expended 

3 for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to the ex4 tent $156,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized 

5 from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 

6 needed to reach $156,730,000 shall be credited to this ap7 propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 

8 Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 

9 1993: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall 

10 be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 

11 volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 

12 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds 

14 of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases 

15 in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed 

16 refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 

17 tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay18 ments: Provided further, That for the costs of administra19 tion of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized 

20 by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 

21 as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), in fiscal year 2010, MMS 

22 may retain up to 4 percent of the amounts which are dis23 bursed under section 31(b)(1), such retained amounts to 

24 remain available until expended. 

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1 For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, which shall be derived from non3 refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2010, as 

4 provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that 

5 such amounts are not realized from such fees, the amount 

6 needed to reach $10,000,000 shall be credited to this ap7 propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 

8 Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 

9 1993. 

10 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

11 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

12 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

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

14 $6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li15 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of 

18 the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), 

19 the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount pay20 able to each State in fiscal year 2010 and deposit the 

21 amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas22 ury. 

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1 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

2 ENFORCEMENT

3 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

6 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, $127,180,000, to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 

8 That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Rec9 lamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and 

10 per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 

11 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

12 sponsored training. 

13 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

14 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

15 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

16 Public Law 95–87, as amended, $32,088,000, to be de17 rived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 

18 Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

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

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

21 the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 

22 States Government to pay for contracts to collect these 

23 debts: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 

24 heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses 

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1 of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

2 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 With funds available for the Technical Innovation 

5 and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec6 retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 

7 and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu8 latory and reclamation programs. 

9 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

10 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

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

14 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De15 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

16 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend17 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 

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

19 as amended, $2,300,099,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2011 except as otherwise provided herein; 

21 of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 

22 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

23 $74,915,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 

24 Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, 

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1 vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com2 munities affected by the disaster; and of which, notwith3 standing any other provision of law, including but not lim4 ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 

5 amended, not to exceed $159,084,000 shall be available 

6 for payments for contract support costs associated with 

7 ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

8 agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or dur9 ing fiscal year 2010, as authorized by such Act, except 

10 that federally recognized tribes, and tribal organizations 

11 of federally recognized tribes, may use their tribal priority 

12 allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing 

13 contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree14 ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which 

15 not to exceed $568,702,000 for school operations costs of 

16 Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 

17 shall become available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2011; and of which not to 

19 exceed $59,895,000 shall remain available until expended 

20 for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney 

21 fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination 

22 Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi 

23 Settlement Program: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, including but not lim25 ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 

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

2 within and only from such amounts made available for 

3 school operations shall be available for administrative cost 

4 grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with 

5 the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2009 for the 

6 operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 

7 within and only from such amounts made available for ad8 ministrative cost grants shall be available for the transi9 tional costs of initial administrative cost grants to grant10 ees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2009, of 

11 Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for12 estry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 

13 remain unobligated as of September 30, 2011, may be 

14 transferred during fiscal year 2012 to an Indian forest 

15 land assistance account established for the benefit of the 

16 holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 

17 Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 

18 so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2012: Pro19 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu20 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur21 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

22 personnel. 

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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte4 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

5 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer6 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

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

8 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur9 suant to Public Law 87–483, $200,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

11 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

12 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

13 Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per14 cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In15 dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 

16 be used to cover the road program management costs of 

17 the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 

18 the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 

19 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro20 vided further, That for fiscal year 2010, in implementing 

21 new construction or facilities improvement and repair 

22 project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 

23 grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 

24 Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 

25 Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 

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1 Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 

2 requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 

3 be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 

4 the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 

5 payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 

6 That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 

7 consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur8 ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 

9 building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 

10 health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 

11 2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man12 agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec13 retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol14 low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro15 vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 

16 and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 

17 the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided fur18 ther, That in order to ensure timely completion of con19 struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 

20 a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 

21 eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, any 

22 grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any 

23 prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 

24 phase of the project and commenced construction: Pro25 vided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed 

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1 from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indi2 ans appropriation for the appropriate share of construc3 tion costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to 

4 meet trust reform implementation. 

5 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

6 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

7 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

8 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle9 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 

10 618, 108–447, 109–379, 109–479, 110–297, and 111–11, 

11 and for implementation of other land and water rights set12 tlements, $47,380,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

15 $8,215,000, of which $1,629,000 is for administrative ex16 penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 

17 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 

18 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 

19 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro20 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

21 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed 

22 or insured, not to exceed $93,807,956. 

23 INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

24 For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 

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1 distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 

2 necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli3 dation Act (25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), as amended, by direct 

4 expenditure or cooperative agreement, $3,000,000, to re5 main available until expended. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper8 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

9 cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di10 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza11 tions. 

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

13 Affairs may contract for services in support of the man14 agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi15 sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

16 Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex17 cept the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, 

18 Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating 

19 Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, In20 dian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian 

21 Guaranteed Loan Program Account) shall be available for 

22 expenses of exhibits. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

24 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

25 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 

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1 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

2 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 

3 offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

4 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

5 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 

6 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

7 Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

8 413). 

9 In the event any federally recognized tribe returns ap10 propriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of 

11 Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the Federal 

12 Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the gov13 ernment-to-government relationship between the United 

14 States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access fu15 ture appropriations. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

17 available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 

18 herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 

19 452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 

20 any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 

21 Appropriations made available in this or any other 

22 Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 

23 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep24 tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 

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1 mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 

2 by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu3 reau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made 

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

5 charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 

6 is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments 

7 of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school 

8 that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school be10 fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 

11 that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu12 reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 

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

14 buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 

15 separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 

16 does not assume any obligation for charter school pro17 grams of the State in which the school is located if the 

18 charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau19 funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 

20 performing functions related to the charter schools oper21 ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat22 ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 

23 title 28, 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 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for management of the De11 partment of the Interior, $118,836,000; of which 

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

13 derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

14 shall remain available until expended; of which not to ex15 ceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representa16 tion expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 

17 available for workers compensation payments and unem18 ployment compensation payments associated with the or19 derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Pro20 vided, That for fiscal year 2010 up to $400,000 of the 

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

22 amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be retained for ad23 ministrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 

24 Program: Provided further, That no payment shall be 

25 made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of 

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1 local government if the computed amount of the payment 

2 is less than $100. 

3 INSULAR AFFAIRS

4 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

5 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

6 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 

7 $83,995,000, of which: (1) $74,715,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended for technical assistance, including 

9 maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man10 agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 

11 tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 

12 in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au13 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern14 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev15 enues, for construction and support of governmental func16 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 

17 authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 

18 as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 

19 the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub20 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall 

21 be available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and ex22 penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 

23 financial transactions of the territorial and local govern24 ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 

25 all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 

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1 such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac2 countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 

3 chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur4 ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 

5 funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 

6 Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 

7 United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar8 iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 

9 further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist10 ance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant 

11 to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided fur12 ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist13 ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant 

14 to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 

15 funds for the program of operations and maintenance im16 provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op17 erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra18 structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 

19 be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 

20 commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 

21 Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as22 sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro23 priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 

24 funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 

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1 pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

2 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

3 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

4 For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to 

5 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec6 tions 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free 

7 Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 

8 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 

9 Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 

10 the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Pub11 lic Law 99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 

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 $65,076,000. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General, $48,590,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

21 INDIANS

22 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

25 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

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1 compacts, and grants, $185,984,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, of which not to exceed $56,536,000 from 

3 this or any other Act, shall be available for historical ac4 counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im5 provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 

6 transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af7 fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 

8 of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 

9 Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: 

10 Provided further, That funds made available through con11 tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2010, as au12 thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 

13 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 

14 by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, not15 withstanding any other provision of law, the statute of lim16 itations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 

17 any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 

19 of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 

20 has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from 

21 which the beneficiary can determine whether there has 

22 been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 

24 to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any 

25 Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

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1 18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 

2 further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

3 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

4 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with5 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

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

7 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

8 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de9 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

10 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

11 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re12 main available in this account for this purpose. 

13 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

14 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup17 pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 

18 rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as19 sistance by the Department of the Interior, $932,780,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

21 $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 

22 fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 

23 for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 

24 from which funds were previously transferred for such 

25 purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 

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1 to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg2 ing without cost from funds available from this appropria3 tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 

4 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart5 ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 

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

7 property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 

8 funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 

9 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

10 That using the amounts designated under this title of this 

11 Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure12 ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 

13 hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 

14 monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 

15 activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 

16 land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 

17 Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co18 operative agreement between the Federal Government and 

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

20 on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith21 standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 

22 Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc23 tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi24 tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en25 tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 

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

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

3 micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 

4 train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per5 cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 

6 contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec7 tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 

8 units to ensure accountability and consistent application 

9 of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 

10 funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim11 burse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 

12 National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 

13 out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 

14 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con15 ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 

16 with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

17 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

18 appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 

19 leases of real property with local governments, at or below 

20 fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 

21 for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but 

22 not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and 

23 other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 

24 advance payments for any such lease or for construction 

25 activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That 

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1 the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri2 culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 

3 for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 

4 to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 

5 such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

6 wildland fire management programs and projects. 

7 WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE

8 FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 

11 Fire Management’’ for fire suppression operations of the 

12 Department of the Interior, $75,000,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That amounts in this para14 graph may be transferred and expended only if all funds 

15 appropriated for fire suppression operations under the 

16 heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli17 gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 

18 available only to the extent the President has issued a 

19 finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 

20 suppression operations. 

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 response action, including associated activities, performed 

25 pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

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1 Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 

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

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

4 Stat. 2116) under the heading ‘‘Central Hazardous Mate5 rials Fund’’ is amended by striking ‘‘in advance of or as 

6 reimbursement for remedial action or response activities 

7 conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 

8 113(f) of such Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘includ9 ing any fines or penalties’’. 

10 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

11 RESTORATION

12 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

13 To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 

14 restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 

15 necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 

16 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

17 Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 

18 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 

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

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

21 19jj et seq.), $6,462,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

24 For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 

25 business management system and information technology 

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1 improvements of general benefit to the Department, 

2 $85,823,000, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That none of the funds in this Act or previous ap4 propriations Acts may be used to establish reserves in the 

5 Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an6 nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap7 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria8 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess 

9 reasonable charges to State, local, and tribal government 

10 employees for training services provided by the National 

11 Indian Program Training Center, other than training re12 lated to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 

13 Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 

14 facilities, equipment or professional services of the Na15 tional Indian Program Training Center to State, local, and 

16 tribal government employees or persons or organizations 

17 engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities 

18 (as defined in 40 U.S.C. 3306(a)) at the prevailing rate 

19 for similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the 

20 vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Center: 

21 Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to the 

22 two preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, 

23 shall be available until expended, and shall be used by the 

24 Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian 

25 Program Training Center. 

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail3 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air4 craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 

5 be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex6 cess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 

7 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

8 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

9 replacement aircraft. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

13 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

14 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer15 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

16 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam17 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid18 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail19 able under this authority until funds specifically made 

20 available to the Department of the Interior for emer21 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 

22 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 

23 by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 

24 as promptly as possible. 

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1 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi2 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

3 in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro4 grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer5 gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 

6 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 

7 for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

8 under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po9 tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

10 other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse11 quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 

12 damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 

13 for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 

14 potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

15 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 

16 the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 

17 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 

18 section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from 

19 any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min20 ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 

21 necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 

22 the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu23 latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 

24 That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 

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1 gations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 

2 reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 

3 of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 

4 their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 

5 to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 

6 time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 

7 fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

8 this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 

9 appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘Wildland 

10 Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be ex11 hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 

12 used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 

13 supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 

14 promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen15 ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 

16 basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans17 ferred. 

18 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

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

20 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 

21 Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; pur22 chase and replacement of motor vehicles, including spe23 cially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, mainte24 nance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 

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1 ice in private residences in the field, when authorized 

2 under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay3 ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for li4 brary membership in societies or associations which issue 

5 publications to members only or at a price to members 

6 lower than to subscribers who are not members. 

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

8 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe9 cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 

10 balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 

11 same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans12 fer for Indian trust management and reform activities. 

13 Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 

14 exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 

15 purpose. 

16 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis18 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

19 tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 

20 transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

21 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 

22 distribution methodologies. No federally recognized tribe 

23 shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 

24 funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2010. Under 

25 circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service 

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1 areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 per2 cent limitation does not apply. 

3 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 

5 the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend6 ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 

7 retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 

8 That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim9 bursement until expended and without further appropria10 tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 

11 System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac12 tivities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 

13 SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis14 cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 

15 employees and former employees of the Department of the 

16 Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 

17 Salazar to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 

18 by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 

19 no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec20 tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 

21 of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 

22 for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. 

23 Salazar. 

24 SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv25 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

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1 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

2 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

3 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

4 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

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

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

7 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 

8 SEC. 109. 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 fa21 cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

22 determine reasonable. 

23 SEC. 110. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Pub24 lic Law 111–8, is further amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal 

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1 years 2008 and 2009 only’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal years 

2 2010 through 2013’’. 

3 SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Interior may enter 

4 into cooperative agreements with a State or political sub5 division (including any agency thereof), or any not-for6 profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mu7 tual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying 

8 out the programs administered by the Department of the 

9 Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to 

10 the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion 

11 of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to 

12 a competitive process. 

13 SEC. 112. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 

14 land acquisition by the National Park Service for Ice Age 

15 National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, 

16 a local government, or any other land management entity 

17 for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric18 tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided 

19 through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

20 1965 as amended. 

21 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

23 sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

24 Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) shall apply 

25 to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of 

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1 coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource 

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

3 right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for 

4 use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources 

5 under sections 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf 

6 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) and 1337(p)) to the same 

7 extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other 

8 agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas lease, 

9 except that in such cases the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ shall 

10 include any payment required by such lease, easement, 

11 right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or 

12 by applicable regulation. 

13 SEC. 114. (a) In fiscal year 2010, the Minerals Man14 agement Service (MMS) shall collect a non-refundable in15 spection fee, which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Royalty and 

16 Offshore Minerals Management’’ account, from the des17 ignated operator for facilities subject to inspection by 

18 MMS under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c) that are above the water19 line, except mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place 

20 at the start of fiscal year 2010. 

21 (b) Fees for 2010 shall be: 

22 (1) $2,000 for facilities with no wells, but with 

23 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

24 (2) $3,250 for facilities with one to ten wells, 

25 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

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1 (3) $6,000 for facilities with more than ten 

2 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

3 wells. 

4 (c) MMS will bill designated operators within 60 days 

5 of enactment of this bill, with payment required within 

6 30 days of billing. 

7 SEC. 115. Section 4 of Public Law 89-565, as amend8 ed, (16 U.S.C. 282c), relating to San Juan Island Na9 tional Historic Park, is amended by striking ‘‘$5,575,000’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘$13,575,000’’. 

11 SEC. 116. Section 1(c)(2) of Public Law 109–441 is 

12 amended by adding after subparagraph (D) the following 

13 new subparagraphs: 

14 ‘‘(E) Minidoka, depicted in a map entitled 

15 ‘Minidoka National Historic Site and Environs 

16 - Draft Document’, dated May 27, 2009. The 

17 Secretary is authorized to accept a donation of 

18 land or interest in land acquired with funds 

19 provided under this section, as an addition to 

20 the Minidoka National Historic Site and admin21 istered in accordance with section 313(c)(5) of 

22 Public Law 110–229. 

23 ‘‘(F) Heart Mountain, depicted in Figure 

24 6.3 of the Site Document.’’. 

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1 TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

2 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, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 

9 related costs and travel expenses; procurement of labora10 tory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses 

11 in support of research and development, $849,649,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2011. 

13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

14 For environmental programs and management, in15 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

16 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

17 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper18 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member19 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

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

21 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

22 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil23 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 

24 not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa25 tion expenses, $3,022,054,000, to remain available until 

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1 September 30, 2011: Provided, That of the funds included 

2 under this heading, not less than $628,941,000 shall be 

3 for the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 

4 statement accompanying this Act. 

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, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2011. 

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al12 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

13 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

14 $35,001,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen18 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil19 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec20 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 

21 9611) $1,306,541,000, to remain available until expended, 

22 consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 

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

24 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

25 of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,306,541,000 as a payment 

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1 from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super2 fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 

3 SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated 

4 under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 

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

6 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

7 this heading, $9,975,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of 

8 Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2011, and $26,834,000 shall be paid to the 

10 ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2011. 

12 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

13 PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under15 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub16 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 

17 $113,101,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which $78,671,000 shall be for carrying out leaking un19 derground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by 

20 section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 

21 amended; $34,430,000 shall be for carrying out the other 

22 provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in sec23 tion 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended: 

24 Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use ap25 propriations made available under this heading to implemstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 ment section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to pro2 vide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian 

3 tribes for the development and implementation of pro4 grams to manage underground storage tanks. 

5 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ7 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

8 Pollution Act of 1990, $18,379,000, to be derived from 

9 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 

10 expended. 

11 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

12 For environmental programs and infrastructure as13 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv14 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

15 $5,215,446,000, to remain available until expended, of 

16 which $2,307,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 

17 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

18 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

19 amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of which $1,443,000,000 shall be 

20 for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

21 State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 

22 Drinking Water Act, as amended: Provided, That 

23 $20,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan24 ning, design, construction and related activities in connec25 tion with the construction of high priority water and 

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1 wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex2 ico border, after consultation with the appropriate border 

3 commission; $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

4 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra5 structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Pro6 vided further, That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska 

7 shall provide a match of 25 percent; and (2) no more than 

8 5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and 

9 overhead expenses; $160,000,000 shall be for making spe10 cial project grants for the construction of drinking water, 

11 wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water 

12 quality protection in accordance with the terms and condi13 tions specified for such grants in the explanatory state14 ment accompanying this Act, and, for purposes of these 

15 grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45 per16 cent of the cost of the project unless the grantee is ap17 proved for a waiver by the Agency; $100,000,000 shall be 

18 to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environ19 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

20 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter21 agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 

22 $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 

23 G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; and 

24 $1,115,446,000 shall be for grants, including associated 

25 program support costs, to States, federally recognized 

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1 tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu2 tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol3 lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac4 tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 

5 forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

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

7 particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi8 ties subject to terms and conditions specified by the Ad9 ministrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying 

10 out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 

11 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net12 work grants, including associated program support costs, 

13 $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under sec14 tion 106 of the Act shall be for water quality monitoring 

15 activities, $10,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 

16 communities to develop plans and demonstrate and imple17 ment projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 

18 and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 

19 ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Pro20 gram’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis21 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev22 enue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 

23 Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 shall be for grants 

24 to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Dis25 posal Act, as amended: Provided further, That notwithmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 

2 Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State 

3 water pollution control revolving fund that may be used 

4 by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 

5 amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund 

6 in fiscal year 2010 and prior years where such amounts 

7 represent costs of administering the fund to the extent 

8 that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the 

9 Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets 

10 in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, 

11 including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal 

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

13 the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro14 priated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act 

15 to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pur16 suant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 

17 further, That for fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding the 

18 limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal 

19 Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(i) of the 

20 Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of 

21 the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under 

22 such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

23 under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: 

24 Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, in addition 

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

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1 Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.2486 percent of the 

2 funds appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving 

3 Fund program under the Act may be reserved by the Ad4 ministrator for grants made under Title II of the Clean 

5 Water Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common6 wealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Vir7 gin Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, 

8 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in 

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

10 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water 

11 State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 

12 Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 

13 grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 

14 Water Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by 

15 this appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater 

16 and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in 

17 the United States along the United States-Mexico border 

18 shall be made available to a county or municipal govern19 ment unless that government has established an enforce20 able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents 

21 in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any 

22 additional colonia areas, or the development within an ex23 isting colonia the construction of any new home, business, 

24 or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other 

25 necessary infrastructure. 

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL

2 PROTECTION AGENCY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For fiscal year 2010, 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, as 

21 amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registra22 tion Improvement Renewal Act. 

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

24 II of division E of Public Law 111-8 (123 Stat.729), is 

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1 ministrative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2015’’. 

3 From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 

4 activities funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 

5 Grants’’ account, $142,000,000 are hereby permanently 

6 rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled 

7 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

8 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

9 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

11 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

12 $475,000,000 from the ‘‘Environmental Programs and 

13 Management’’ account to the head of any other Federal 

14 department or agency (including but not limited to the De15 partments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Health and 

16 Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, State, 

17 and Transportation), with the concurrence of such head, 

18 to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 

19 Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 

20 Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 

21 an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal 

22 department or agency to carry out these activities; and 

23 to make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organi24 zations, institutions, and individuals for planning, re25 search, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 therance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the 

2 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

3 Not less than 30 percent of the funds made available 

4 under this title to each State for Clean Water State Re5 volving Fund capitalization grants and not less than 30 

6 percent of the funds made available under this title to each 

7 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital8 ization grants shall be used by the State to provide addi9 tional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgive10 ness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any 

11 combination of these), except that for the Clean Water 

12 State Revolving Fund capitalization grant appropriation 

13 this section shall only apply to the portion that exceeds 

14 $1,000,000,000. 

15 To the extent there are sufficient eligible project ap16 plications, not less than 20 percent of the funds made 

17 available under this title to each State for Clean Water 

18 State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and not less 

19 than 20 percent of the funds made available under this 

20 title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 

21 Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 

22 projects to address green infrastructure, water efficiency, 

23 or energy efficiency improvements. 

24 For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

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1 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) shall apply to the 

2 construction of treatment works carried out in whole or 

3 in part with assistance made available by a State water 

4 pollution control revolving fund as authorized by title VI 

5 of that Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or with assistance 

6 made available under section 205(m) of that Act (33 

7 U.S.C. 1285(m)), or both. 

8 For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

9 the requirements of section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking 

10 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-9(e)) shall apply to any con11 struction project carried out in whole or in part with as12 sistance made available by a drinking water treatment re13 volving loan fund as authorized by section 1452 of that 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12). 

15

16 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

17 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

18 FOREST SERVICE

19 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

20 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re21 search as authorized by law, $308,612,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro23 vided, $61,939,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 

24 program. 

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1 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

2 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro3 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri4 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man5 agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 

6 invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili7 tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper8 ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi9 ties and conducting an international program as author10 ized, $307,486,000, to remain available until expended, as 

11 authorized by law; and of which $76,215,000 is to be de12 rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

13 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

16 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im17 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

18 $1,564,801,000, to remain available until expended, which 

19 shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during 

20 prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 

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

22 accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

23 6a(i)): Provided, That, the Secretary may authorize the 

24 expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000 to the De25 partment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

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1 for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild 

2 horses and burros from National Forest System lands, 

3 and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 

4 the boundaries of such lands: Provided further, That up 

5 to $10,000,000 may be transferred to and made a part 

6 of other Forest Service accounts if the transfer enhances 

7 the efficiency or effectiveness of Federal activities. 

8 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

11 otherwise provided for, $560,637,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 

13 maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili14 ties and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im15 provement, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest 

16 roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 

17 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 

18 That $100,000,000 shall be designated for urgently need19 ed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and main20 tenance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas21 sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 

22 roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 

23 streams and water bodies which support threatened, en24 dangered or sensitive species or community water sources: 

25 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be 

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1 available for the decommissioning of roads, including un2 authorized roads not part of the transportation system, 

3 which are no longer needed: Provided further, That public 

4 comment should be provided before system roads are de5 commissioned: Provided further, That the decommis6 sioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official 

7 transportation system shall be expedited in response to 

8 threats to public safety, water quality, or natural re9 sources: Provided further, That funds becoming available 

10 in fiscal year 2010 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 

11 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of 

12 the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obli13 gation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro14 priated: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 may be 

15 transferred to and made a part of other Forest Service 

16 accounts if the transfer enhances the efficiency or effec17 tiveness of Federal activities. 

18 LAND ACQUISITION

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

20 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 

21 as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad22 ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa23 ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au24 thority applicable to the Forest Service, $36,782,000, to 

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1 be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

2 and to remain available until expended. 

3 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

4 ACTS

5 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound6 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

7 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An8 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

9 Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,050,000, to 

10 be derived from forest receipts. 

11 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

12 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

13 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov14 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au15 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de16 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

17 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 

18 as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 

19 expended. (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 

20 96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 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, as amended, to remain available until ex3 pended, 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 $50,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 

10 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

11 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

12 SUBSISTENCE USES

13 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man14 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

15 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva16 tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,582,000, to remain 

17 available until expended. 

18 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

21 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

22 fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 

23 lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels re24 duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 

25 rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 

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1 lands and water, $2,370,288,000, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli3 gated balances under this heading, are available for repay4 ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre5 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

6 That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 

7 other cooperating entities for services provided in response 

8 to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 

9 such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 

10 emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 

11 management agency: Provided further, That, notwith12 standing any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds 

13 appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 

14 Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 

15 Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 

16 of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop17 erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 

18 Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 

19 the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: 

20 Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 

21 for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 

22 fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 

23 support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire sup24 pression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, 

25 That of the funds provided, $378,086,000 is for hazardous 

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1 fuels reduction activities, $11,600,000 is for rehabilitation 

2 and restoration, $23,917,000 is for research activities and 

3 to make competitive research grants pursuant to the For4 est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 

5 amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $80,000,000 is for 

6 State fire assistance, $10,000,000 is for volunteer fire as7 sistance, $24,252,000 is for forest health activities on 

8 Federal lands and $12,928,000 is for forest health activi9 ties on State and private lands: Provided further, That 

10 amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 

11 ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, 

12 and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 

13 State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest 

14 health management, forest and rangeland research, the 

15 Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed 

16 management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and 

17 fish habitat management and restoration: Provided fur18 ther, That up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under 

19 this heading may be transferred to and made a part of 

20 other Forest Service accounts if the transfer enhances the 

21 efficiency or effectiveness of Federal activities: Provided 

22 further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 

23 agreement between the Federal Government and any non24 Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 

25 the affected parties: Provided further, That of the funds 

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1 provided herein, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter 

2 into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements, or 

3 issue grants, for hazardous fuels reduction activities and 

4 for training and monitoring associated with such haz5 ardous fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on 

6 adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit re7 sources on Federal land: Provided further, That the Sec8 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 

9 may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 

10 wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to 

11 exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 

12 transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 

13 wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro14 vided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 

15 fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used 

16 to make grants, using any authorities available to the For17 est Service under the State and Private Forestry appro18 priation, for the purpose of creating incentives for in19 creased use of biomass from national forest lands: Pro20 vided further, That funds designated for wildfire suppres21 sion shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 

22 as such assessments are calculated against other agency 

23 programs. 

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1 WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE

2 FUND

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 

5 Fire Management’’ for emergency fire suppression on Na6 tional Forest System lands or adjacent lands or other 

7 lands under fire protection agreement, $282,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That amounts 

9 in this paragraph may be transferred and expended only 

10 if all funds appropriated for fire suppression under the 

11 heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli12 gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 

13 available only to the extent the President has issued a 

14 finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 

15 suppression. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

17 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

18 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

19 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

20 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

21 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

22 from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use 

23 in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 

24 Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 

25 existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds 

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1 derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 

2 for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 

3 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 

4 under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alter5 ation of buildings and other public improvements (7 

6 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and inter7 ests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses 

8 pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 

9 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 

10 of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 

11 (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 

12 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

13 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

14 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage15 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re16 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

17 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

18 burning conditions five days after the Secretary notifies 

19 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 

20 all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 

21 ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Wildland Fire Sup22 pression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be fully obli23 gated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used pursu24 ant to this paragraph must be replenished by a supplemstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 mental appropriation which must be requested as prompt2 ly as possible. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

4 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter5 national Development in connection with forest and range6 land research, technical information, and assistance in for7 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

8 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

9 States and its territories and possessions, including tech10 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

11 with United States and international organizations. 

12 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv13 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

14 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

15 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

16 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

17 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

18 Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

19 Not more than $78,350,000 of funds available to the 

20 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

21 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

22 $19,825,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

23 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De24 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

25 as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 

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1 prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re2 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 

3 from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa4 tion Technology Center. 

5 Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail6 able to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority 

7 projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which 

8 $2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 

9 Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the au10 thority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Res11 toration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 

12 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

13 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 

14 reception and representation expenses. 

15 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

16 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

17 $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na18 tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 

19 projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 

20 regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for 

21 projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands 

22 or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the 

23 Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Fed24 eral financial assistance, private contributions to match on 

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1 est Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may 

2 transfer Federal funds to Federal or a non-Federal recipi3 ent for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 

4 obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided fur5 ther, That authorized investments of Federal funds held 

6 by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing 

7 obligations of the United States or in obligations guaran8 teed as to both principal and interest by the United States. 

9 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

10 $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 

11 shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun12 dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

13 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

14 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

15 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

16 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

17 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

18 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

19 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

20 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

21 funds. 

22 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

23 available for interactions with and providing technical as24 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

25 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

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1 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

2 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

3 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

4 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

5 663. 

6 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

7 funded under title V of the Older American 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 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

12 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec13 tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

14 3056(c)(2)). 

15 Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

16 $55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per17 forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte18 nance. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot 

19 rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess 

20 programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other support 

21 services. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap23 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 

24 to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 

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1 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re2 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

3 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

4 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga5 tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both 

6 the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 

7 should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 

8 the requested funding transfers. 

9 The 19th unnumbered paragraph under heading 

10 ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of 

11 the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109-54, 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

17 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au19 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina20 tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 

21 titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re22 spect to the Indian Health Service, $3,657,618,000, to23 gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur24 suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 

25 by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 

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1 available to tribes and tribal organizations through con2 tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com3 pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 

4 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 

5 be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con6 tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 

7 tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 

8 Provided further, That $16,251,000 is provided for Head9 quarters operations and information technology activities 

10 and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

11 amount available under this proviso shall be allocated at 

12 the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service: 

13 Provided further, That $779,347,000 for contract medical 

14 care, including $48,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic 

15 Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until ex16 pended: Provided further, That no less than $43,139,000 

17 is provided for maintaining operations of the urban Indian 

18 health program: Provided further, That of the funds pro19 vided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until ex20 pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 

21 under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

22 Act: Provided further, That $16,391,000 is provided for 

23 the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treat24 ment initiative and $10,000,000 is provided for the do25 mestic violence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding 

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1 any other provision of law, the amounts available under 

2 this proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the Di3 rector of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail4 able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 

5 in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants 

6 which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as 

7 the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 

8 funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

9 amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 

10 Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 

11 Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 

12 expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

13 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

14 XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, de15 sign, or construction of new facilities): Provided further, 

16 That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appro17 priations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian 

18 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re19 main available until expended: Provided further, That 

20 amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under 

21 title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 

22 be reported and accounted for and available to the receiv23 ing tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Pro24 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

25 of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed 

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1 $398,490,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 

2 organizations for contract or grant support costs associ3 ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or 

4 annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 

5 Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 

6 Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior 

7 to or during fiscal year 2010, of which not to exceed 

8 $5,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associ9 ated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 

10 grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding 

11 agreements: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 

12 Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes 

13 and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursu14 ant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable 

15 health information relating to disabled children as may be 

16 necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions 

17 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

18 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian 

19 Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 

20 to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 

21 Health Facilities account. 

22 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

23 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

24 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 

25 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 

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1 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 

2 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail3 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita4 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 

5 the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 

6 Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im7 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 

8 such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv9 ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 

10 support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

11 $394,757,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 

14 or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of a feder15 ally recognized Indian tribe or tribes may be used to pur16 chase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge 

17 health or related facilities: Provided further, That not to 

18 exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv19 ice to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart20 ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health 

21 Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 

22 of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service 

23 may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new 

24 homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the 

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1 opment: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 

2 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ ac3 count shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain 

4 ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facili5 ties in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement 

6 between the Indian Health Service and the General Serv7 ices Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed 

8 $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available 

9 until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service 

10 for demolition of Federal buildings. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

12 Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv13 ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva15 lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 

16 under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

17 aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re18 prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 

19 buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 

20 for telephone service in private residences in the field, 

21 when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec22 retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author23 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend24 ance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities 

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1 tribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or manage2 ment of those functions or activities. 

3 In accordance with the provisions of the Indian 

4 Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may 

5 be extended health care at all tribally administered or In6 dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the 

7 proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

8 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

9 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

10 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 

11 Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans12 ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel13 opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 

14 under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 

15 Act and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 

16 Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in 

17 this Act, except those used for administrative and program 

18 direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di19 rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 

20 None of the funds made available to the Indian 

21 Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess22 ments or charges by the Department of Health and 

23 Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica24 tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 

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1 and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re2 programming process. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

4 previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or5 ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au6 thorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determina7 tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

8 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter9 mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree10 ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 

11 available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 

12 year limitation. 

13 None of the funds made available to the Indian 

14 Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 

15 final rule published in the Federal Register on September 

16 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv17 ices, relating to the eligibility for the health care services 

18 of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Serv19 ice has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 

20 costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re21 quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en22 acted into law. 

23 With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 

24 Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 

25 Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 

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1 to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay2 ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim3 bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re4 ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De5 termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse6 quent appropriation account that provided the funding, 

7 with such amounts to remain available until expended. 

8 Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 

9 services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 

10 total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 

11 associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech12 nical assistance. 

13 The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 

14 Service may not be altered without advance notification 

15 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

18 SCIENCES

19 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

20 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

21 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ22 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

23 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

24 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

25 $79,212,000. 

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1 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

2 REGISTRY

3 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

4 HEALTH

5 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub6 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

7 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

8 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

9 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 

10 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 

12 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 

13 $76,792,000, of which up to $1,000 per eligible employee 

14 of the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry 

15 shall remain available until expended for Individual Learn16 ing Accounts: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment 

18 under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 

19 of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 

20 evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, 

21 biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical moni22 toring, and referral to accredited health care providers: 

23 Provided further, That in performing any such health as24 sessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Ad25 ministrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 

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1 in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, 

2 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

3 shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxi4 cological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA 

5 during fiscal year 2010, and existing profiles may be up6 dated as necessary. 

7 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

8 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

9 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

10 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

11 For necessary expenses to continue functions as12 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

13 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi14 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

15 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

16 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

17 and representation expenses, $3,159,000: Provided, That 

18 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ19 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

20 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

21 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

22 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

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1 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur5 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend6 ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow7 ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and 

8 for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 

9 individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 

10 maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 

11 U.S.C. 5376, $10,547,000: Provided, That the Chemical 

12 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 

13 not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi14 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 

16 of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 

17 Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

18 hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro19 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

20 of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize 

21 personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in 

22 performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 

23 Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 

24 within the Board: Provided further, That of the funds ap25 propriated under this heading, $150,000 shall be paid to 

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1 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation of the En2 vironmental Protection Agency. 

3 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

6 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

7 531, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria9 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

10 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

11 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous12 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

13 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

14 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

15 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

16 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 

17 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

18 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

19 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

20 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

21 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

22 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se23 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 

24 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

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1 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

2 25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 

3 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

4 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

5 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

6 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

7 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author8 ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 

9 U.S.C. 56 part A), $8,300,000. 

10 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu13 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

14 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

15 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

16 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

17 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica18 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist19 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

20 (for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build21 ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 

22 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, 

23 rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 

24 $634,161,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2011 except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 

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1 to exceed $19,117,000 for the instrumentation program, 

2 collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the Na3 tional Museum of African American History and Culture, 

4 and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re5 main available until expended; and of which $1,553,000 

6 is for fellowships and scholarly awards; and including such 

7 funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 

8 research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here9 in are available for advance payments to independent con10 tractors performing research services or participating in 

11 official Smithsonian presentations. 

12 FACILITIES CAPITAL

13 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

14 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso15 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

16 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

17 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

18 $140,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized 

20 by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

22 Notwithstanding any provision of the Department of 

23 the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appro24 priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110—161; 121 Stat. 

25 2140), the funds provided for ‘‘Smithsonian Institution, 

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1 Legacy Fund’’ under such Act may be transferred to and 

2 made a part of the appropriation for ‘‘Smithsonian Insti3 tution, Facilities Capital’’ in this Act and utilized by the 

4 Smithsonian Institution under the same terms and condi5 tions that apply to other funds contained in such appro6 priation. 

7 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal10 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

11 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

12 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

13 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

14 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 

15 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad16 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

17 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

18 societies whose publications or services are available to 

19 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

20 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

21 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

22 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 

23 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

24 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter25 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

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1 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

2 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

3 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 

4 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

5 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop6 er, $110,746,000, of which not to exceed $3,386,000 for 

7 the special exhibition program shall remain available until 

8 expended. 

9 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

10 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

11 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

12 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

13 otherwise, as authorized, $56,259,000, to remain available 

14 until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 

15 $40,000,000 shall be available to repair the National Gal16 lery’s East Building facade: Provided further, That con17 tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys18 tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 

19 National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 

20 contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali21 fications as well as price. 

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1 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

2 ARTS

3 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

4 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte5 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

6 the Performing Arts, $25,000,000: Provided, That of the 

7 funds included under this heading, $2,500,000 is available 

8 until expended to implement a program to train arts man9 agers throughout the United States. 

10 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

11 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora12 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

13 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

14 $17,447,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

16 SCHOLARS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

19 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

20 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

21 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,225,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2011. 

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1 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

2 HUMANITIES

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

6 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

7 as amended, $170,000,000 shall be available to the Na8 tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects 

9 and productions in the arts, including arts education and 

10 public outreach activities, through assistance to organiza11 tions and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for 

12 program support, and for administering the functions of 

13 the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

14 That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in ac15 cordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108– 

16 447. 

17 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

18 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

20 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

21 as amended, $170,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, of which $155,700,000 shall be available for sup23 port of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 

24 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 

25 Act; and $14,300,000 shall be available to carry out the 

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1 matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of 

2 the Act including $9,500,000 for the purposes of section 

3 7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out sec4 tion 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

5 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

6 bequests, and devises of money, and other property accept7 ed by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment 

8 under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 

9 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 

10 for which equal amounts have not previously been appro11 priated. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

14 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

15 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

16 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

17 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

18 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re19 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

20 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 

21 necessary for official reception and representation ex22 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na23 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

24 to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not ex25 ceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making 

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1 purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant 

2 actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 

3 and direct delegation of authority from the National Coun4 cil on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

5 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing 

8 a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,294,000: 

9 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

10 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

11 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col12 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

13 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

14 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art15 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

16 and design of the national capital or the history and activi17 ties of the Commission of Fine Arts, and may be used 

18 only for artistic display, study, or education. 

19 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

20 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

21 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $10,000,000. 

22 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

25 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), 

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1 $5,908,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 

2 available for compensation of level V of the Executive 

3 Schedule or higher positions. 

4 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na7 tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), 

8 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

9 $8,507,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of 

10 the funds provided under this heading may be used for 

11 official reception and representational expenses associated 

12 with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 

13 and physical development of world capitals. 

14 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

15 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

16 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

17 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

18 2310), $48,551,000, of which $515,000 for the Museum’s 

19 equipment replacement program, $1,900,000 for the mu20 seum’s repair and rehabilitation program, and $1,243,000 

21 for the museum’s exhibition design and production pro22 gram shall remain available until expended. 

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1 PRESIDIO TRUST

2 PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

3 For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Om4 nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 

5 $23,200,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to 

6 remain available until expended. 

7 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses, including the costs of con10 struction design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 

11 Commission, $2,000,000 to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

14 For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 

15 Memorial Commission for design and construction of a 

16 memorial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as author17 ized by Public Law 106–79, $10,000,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation 

22 under this Act for any consulting service through procure23 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

24 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

25 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

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1 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex2 isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 

3 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica5 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

6 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

7 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

8 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

9 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

10 SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

12 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

13 SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

14 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 

15 to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 

16 servants to any officer or employee of such department 

17 or agency except as otherwise provided by law. 

18 SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, 

19 reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities 

20 and subactivities to support government-wide, depart21 mental, 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. Changes to 

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1 such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations for approval. 

3 SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer provided in, 

7 this Act or any other Act. 

8 SEC. 407. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

9 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

10 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

11 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

12 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) 

14 shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines 

15 that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was 

16 filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; 

17 and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 

18 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) 

19 for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, 

20 and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 

21 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised 

22 Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case 

23 may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that 

24 date. 

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1 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2010, the Secretary 

2 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com3 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

4 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com5 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

6 a report on actions taken by the Department under the 

7 plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Depart8 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 

9 Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 

10 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

11 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

12 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

13 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

14 third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of 

15 Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

16 the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli17 cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 

18 Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose 

19 and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 

20 standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 

21 Management in the retention of third-party contractors. 

22 SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in 

24 committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

25 the Indian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103– 

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1 332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 

2 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 

3 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Reso4 lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as 

5 amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public 

6 Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 

7 110–329, 111–6, and 111–8 for payments for contract 

8 support costs associated with self-determination or self9 governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

10 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the In11 dian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total 

12 amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2009 for 

13 such purposes, except that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

14 federally recognized tribes, and tribal organizations of fed15 erally recognized tribes may use their tribal priority alloca16 tions for unmet contract support costs of ongoing con17 tracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual fund18 ing agreements. 

19 SEC. 409. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

20 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

21 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan22 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 

23 more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 

24 plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 

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1 quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re2 sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 

3 other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 

4 expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail5 able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 

6 System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

7 and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

8 of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

9 SEC. 410. No funds provided in this Act may be ex10 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

11 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

12 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

13 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu14 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

15 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

16 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

17 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu18 ment. 

19 SEC. 411. In entering into agreements with foreign 

20 fire organizations pursuant to the Temporary Emergency 

21 Wildfire Suppression Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m-1856o), the 

22 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 

23 are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in 

24 which the individuals furnished under said agreements to 

25 provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of 

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1 tort liability, employees of the fire organization receiving 

2 said services when the individuals are engaged in fire sup3 pression or presuppression: Provided, That the Secretary 

4 of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not 

5 enter into any agreement under this provision unless the 

6 foreign fire organization agrees to assume any and all li7 ability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters 

8 engaged in fire suppression or presuppression in a foreign 

9 country: Provided further, That when an agreement is 

10 reached for furnishing fire suppression or presuppression 

11 services, the only remedies for acts or omissions com12 mitted while engaged in fire suppression or presuppression 

13 shall be those provided under the laws applicable to the 

14 fire organization receiving the fire suppression or 

15 presuppression services, and those remedies shall be the 

16 exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of fire sup17 pression or presuppression activities in a foreign country: 

18 Provided further, That neither the sending country nor 

19 any legal organization associated with the firefighter shall 

20 be subject to any legal action, consistent with the applica21 ble laws governing sovereign immunity, pertaining to or 

22 arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression or 

23 presuppression, except that if the foreign fire organization 

24 is unable to provide such protection under laws applicable 

25 to it, it shall assume any and all liability for the United 

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1 States or for any legal organization associated with the 

2 American firefighter, and for any and all costs incurred 

3 or assessed, including legal fees, for any act or omission 

4 pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire 

5 suppression or presuppression. 

6 SEC. 412. In awarding a Federal contract with funds 

7 made available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Gov8 ernment procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary 

9 of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Sec10 retaries’’) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, give con11 sideration to local contractors who are from, and who pro12 vide employment and training for, dislocated and displaced 

13 workers in an economically disadvantaged rural commu14 nity, including those historically timber-dependent areas 

15 that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on 

16 Federal lands and other forest-dependent rural commu17 nities isolated from significant alternative employment op18 portunities: Provided, That notwithstanding Federal Gov19 ernment procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries 

20 may award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to 

21 local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or re22 lated partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth 

23 groups, or small or micro-business or disadvantaged busi24 ness: Provided further, That the contract, grant, or cooper25 ative agreement is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, 

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1 watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration, wild2 life or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration 

3 or management: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘rural 

4 community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have 

5 the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101– 

6 624: Provided further, That the Secretaries shall develop 

7 guidance to implement this section: Provided further, That 

8 nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the 

9 Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement 

10 laws, except as provided in this section. 

11 SEC. 413. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

12 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

13 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec14 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

15 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap16 propriations. 

17 SEC. 414. The terms and conditions of section 325 

18 of Public Law 108–108, regarding grazing permits at the 

19 Department of the Interior and the Forest Service shall 

20 remain in effect for fiscal year 2010. 

21 SEC. 415. Section 6 of the National Foundation on 

22 the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 

23 89–209, 20 U.S.C. 955), as amended, is further amended 

24 as follows: 

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1 (a) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(C), by 

2 striking ‘‘14’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘18’’; and 

3 (b) in the second sentence of subsection (d)(1), by 

4 striking ‘‘Eight’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Ten’’. 

5 SEC. 416. The item relating to ‘‘National Capital 

6 Arts and Cultural Affairs’’ in the Department of the Inte7 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as 

8 enacted into law by section 101(d) of Public Law 99-190 

9 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a), is amended— 

10 (1) in the second sentence of the first para11 graph, by striking ‘‘$7,500,000’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 

13 (2) in the second sentence of the fourth para14 graph, by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘$650,000’’. 

16 SEC. 417. Section 339(h) of the Department of the 

17 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, 

18 as amended, concerning a pilot program for the sale of 

19 forest botanical products by the Forest Service, is further 

20 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

22 SEC. 418. The second sentence of section 2 (a)(1) 

23 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 201(a)(1); relating 

24 to coal bonus bids) does not apply for fiscal year 2010. 

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1 SEC. 419. All monies received by the United States 

2 in fiscal year 2010 from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royal3 ties under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 shall be dis4 posed of as provided by section 20 of that Act (30 U.S.C. 

5 1019), as in effect immediately before enactment of the 

6 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58), and 

7 without regard to the amendments contained in sections 

8 224(b) and section 234 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

9 (42 U.S.C. 17673). 

10 SEC. 420. Section 331(e) of the Department of the 

11 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, 

12 (Public Law 106-291), as added by section 336 of division 

13 E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 

14 Law 108-447), concerning cooperative forestry agree15 ments known as the Colorado Good Neighbor Act Author16 ity is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and in17 serting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 

18 SEC. 421. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

19 shall be used to deposit funds from any Federal royalties, 

20 rents, and bonuses derived from Federal onshore and off21 shore oil and gas leases issued under the Outer Conti22 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and the 

23 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) into the 

24 Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and 

25 Other Petroleum Research Fund. 

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1 SEC. 422. Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools 

2 and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 

3 U.S.C. 7142(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

5 and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 

7 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol9 lowing: ‘‘(4) to reimburse all or part of the costs in10 curred by the county to pay the salaries and benefits 

11 of county employees who supervise adults or juve12 niles performing mandatory community service on 

13 Federal lands.’’. 

14 SEC. 423. Within the amounts appropriated in this 

15 Act, funding shall be allocated in the amounts specified 

16 for those projects and purposes delineated in the table ti17 tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 

18 explanatory statement accompanying this Act. The pre19 ceding sentence shall apply in addition to the allocation 

20 requirements specified in this Act under the heading ‘‘Na21 tional Park Service–Historic Preservation Fund’’ for Save 

22 America’s Treasures and under the heading ‘‘Environ23 mental Protection Agency–State and Tribal Assistance 

24 Grants’’ for special project grants for the construction of 

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1 drinking water, wastewater and storm infrastructure and 

2 for water quality protection. 

3 SEC. 424. Not later than 120 days after the date on 

4 which the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request is 

5 submitted to Congress, the President shall submit a report 

6 to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 Senate describing in detail all Federal agency obligations 

9 and expenditures, domestic and international, for climate 

10 change programs and activities in fiscal year 2008, fiscal 

11 year 2009, and fiscal year 2010, including an accounting 

12 of expenditures by agency with each agency identifying cli13 mate change activities and associated costs by line item 

14 as presented in the President’s Budget Appendix. 

15 SEC. 425. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 

17 Act may be used to implement any rule that requires man18 datory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 

19 management systems. 

20 SEC. 426. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 this or any prior Act may be used to release an individual 

22 who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, 

23 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into any of the United States 

24 territories of Guam, American Samoa (AS), the United 

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1 to Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

2 Islands (CNMI). 

3 (b) None of the funds made available in this or any 

4 other prior Act may be used to transfer an individual who 

5 is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, Guan6 tanamo Bay, Cuba, into any of the United States terri7 tories of Guam, American Samoa (AS), the United States 

8 Virgin Islands (USVI), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

9 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

10 (CNMI), for the purposes of detaining or prosecuting such 

11 individual, until 2 months after the plan described in sub12 section (c) is received. 

13 (c) The President shall submit to the Congress, in 

14 writing, a comprehensive plan regarding the proposed dis15 position of each individual who is detained, as of April 30, 

16 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is 

17 not covered under subsection (d). Such plan shall include, 

18 at a minimum, each of the following for each such indi19 vidual: 

20 (1) The findings of an analysis regarding any 

21 risk to the national security of the United States 

22 that is posed by the transfer of the individual. 

23 (2) The costs associated with not transferring 

24 the individual in question. 

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1 (3) The legal rationale and associated court de2 mands for transfer. 

3 (4) A certification by the President that any 

4 risk described in paragraph (1) has been mitigated, 

5 together with a full description of the plan for such 

6 mitigation. 

7 (5) A certification by the President that the 

8 President has submitted to the Governor and legisla9 ture of the State or territory (or, in the case of the 

10 District of Columbia, to the Mayor of the District of 

11 Columbia) to which the President intends to transfer 

12 the individual a certification in writing at least 30 

13 days prior to such transfer (together with supporting 

14 documentation and justification) that the individual 

15 does not pose a security risk to the United States. 

16 (d) None of the funds made available in this or any 

17 prior Act may be used to transfer or release an individual 

18 detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

19 April 30, 2009, to a freely associated State, unless the 

20 President submits to the Congress, in writing, at least 30 

21 days prior to such transfer or release, the following infor22 mation: 

23 (1) The name of any individual to be trans24 ferred or released and the freely associated State to 

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1 which such individual is to be transferred or re2 leased. 

3 (2) An assessment of any risk to the national 

4 security of the United States or its citizens, includ5 ing members of the Armed Services or the United 

6 States, that is posed by such transfer or release and 

7 the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 

8 (3) The terms of any agreement with the freely 

9 associated State for the acceptance of such indi10 vidual, including the amount of any financial assist11 ance related to such agreement. 

12 (e) In this section, the term ‘‘freely associated 

13 States’’ means the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), 

14 the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Re15 public of Palau. 

16 SEC. 427. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 

18 Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula19 tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 

20 Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water 

21 vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological 

22 processes associated with livestock production. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In24 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

25 Act, 2010’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 97 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2996 

[Report No. 111–180] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JUNE 23, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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