1853), is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 
STUDY FOR SELMA TO MONTGOMERY NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL 
SEC. 120. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) shall conduct a study to evaluate— 
(1) resources associated with the 1965 Voting 
Rights March from Selma to Montgomery not cur-
rently part of the Selma to Montgomery National 
Historic Trail (Trail) (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(20)) that 
would be appropriate for addition to the Trail; and 
(2) the potential designation of the Trail as a 
unit of the National Park System instead of, or in 
addition to, remaining a designated part of the Na-
tional Trails System. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results 
of the study and the conclusions and recommendations of 
the study. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is author-
ized, subject to the availability of appropriations and at 
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her discretion, to acquire property or interests therein lo-
cated in the city of Selma, Alabama and generally depicted 
on the map entitled, ‘‘Selma to Montgomery NHT Pro-
posed Addition,’’ numbered 628/177376 and dated Sep-
tember 14, 2021, with the consent of the owner, for the 
benefit of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic 
Trail and to further the purpose for which the trail has 
been established. 
APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 
SEC. 121. For fiscal year 2023, funds made available 
in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 
the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 
Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 
of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 
pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 
the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 
15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 
reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 
programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 
minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 
higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 
through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 
ONSHORE OIL AND GAS INSPECTION FEE 
SEC. 122. (a) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS INSPECTION 
FEES.—The designated operator under each oil and gas 
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lease on Federal or Indian lands, or under each unit and 
communitization agreement that includes one or more 
such Federal or Indian leases, that is subject to inspection 
under section 108(b) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1718(b)) and that 
is in force at the start of fiscal year 2022 shall pay a non-
refundable annual inspection fee that the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) shall collect and deposit in the ‘‘Man-
agement of Lands and Resources’’ account. 
(b) FEES.—Fees for fiscal year 2023 shall be— 
(1) 
$1,560 
for 
each 
lease 
or 
unit 
or 
communitization agreement with 1 to 10 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; 
(2) 
$7,000 
for 
each 
lease 
or 
unit 
or 
communitization agreement with 11 to 50 wells, with 
any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $14,000 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with more than 50 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) BILLING AND PAYMENT.—BLM shall bill des-
ignated operators not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, with payment required within 
30 days of billing. 
(d) PENALTY.—If the designated operator fails to 
pay the full amount of the fee as prescribed in this section, 
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the Secretary may, in addition to utilizing any other appli-
cable enforcement authority, assess civil penalties against 
the operator in the same manner as if this section were 
a mineral leasing law as defined in paragraph (8) of sec-
tion 3 of Public Law 97–451 (30 U.S.C 1702(8)), as 
amended. 
(e) EXEMPTION FOR TRIBAL OPERATORS.—An oper-
ator that is a Tribe or is controlled by a Tribe is not sub-
ject to subsection (a) with respect to a lease, unit, or 
communitization agreement that is located entirely on the 
lands of such Tribe. 
DECOMMISSIONING ACCOUNT 
SEC. 123. (a) Effective upon the later of October 1, 
2022, or the date of enactment of this Act, the fifth and 
sixth provisos under the amended heading ‘‘Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management’’ for the Minerals Man-
agement Service in Public Law 101–512 shall hereafter 
have no force or effect. 
(b) Beginning on the later of October 1, 2022, or the 
date of enactment of this Act, and in each fiscal year here-
after— 
(1) Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
any moneys hereafter received as a result of the for-
feiture of a bond or other security by an Outer Con-
tinental Shelf permittee, lessee, or right-of-way hold-
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er that does not fulfill the requirements of its per-
mit, lease, or right-of-way or does not comply with 
the regulations of the Secretary, or as a bankruptcy 
distribution or settlement associated with such fail-
ure or noncompliance, shall be credited to a separate 
account established in the Treasury for decommis-
sioning activities and shall be available to the Bu-
reau of Ocean Energy Management without further 
appropriation or fiscal year limitation to cover the 
cost to the United States of any improvement, pro-
tection, rehabilitation, or decommissioning work ren-
dered necessary by the action or inaction that led to 
the forfeiture or bankruptcy distribution or settle-
ment, to remain available until expended. 
(2) Amounts deposited into the decommis-
sioning account may be allocated to the Bureau of 
Safety and Environmental Enforcement for such 
costs. 
(3) Any moneys received for such costs cur-
rently held in the Ocean Energy Management ac-
count shall be transferred to the decommissioning 
account; and 
(4) Any portion of the moneys so credited shall 
be returned to the bankruptcy estate, permittee, les-
see, or right-of-way holder to the extent that the 
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money is in excess of the amount expended in per-
forming the work necessitated by the action or inac-
tion which led to their receipt or, if the bond or se-
curity was forfeited for failure to pay the civil pen-
alty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE TO STATES 
SEC. 124. For expenses necessary to carry out section 
200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 
Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva-
tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 
Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup-
port state program administrative costs. 
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 125. (a) H.R. 6707 as introduced in the 117th 
Congress (Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act) 
is hereby enacted into law. 
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 
United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 
of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 
States shall include after the date of approval at the end 
an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the 
bill referred to in subsection (a). 
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INDIAN RESERVATION GAMING REGULATIONS 
SEC. 126. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
(Public Law 100—89; 101 Stat. 666) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 301 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude 
or limit the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).’’. 
INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT 
SEC. 127. (a) MODIFICATION.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
The first sentence of section 19 of the Act of June 18, 
1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization 
Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘Effective 
beginning on June 18, 1934, the term’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian tribe now 
under Federal jurisdiction’’ and inserting ‘‘any federally 
recognized Indian tribe’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the Act 
of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reor-
ganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), on the date of enact-
ment of that Act. 
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(b) RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF AC-
TIONS.—Any action taken by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized 
on the date of the action is ratified and confirmed, to the 
extent such action is subjected to challenge based on 
whether the Indian tribe was federally recognized or under 
Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934, as if the action 
had, by prior act of Congress, been specifically authorized 
and directed. 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this 
section affects— 
(A) the application or effect of any Federal law other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as amended by subsection (a)); or 
(B) any limitation on the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior under any Federal law or regulation other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as so amended). 
(2) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—An express ref-
erence to the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) contained in any other Federal law shall be consid-
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ered to be a reference to that Act as amended by sub-
section (a). 
LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK 
SEC. 128. Section 103(a) of Public Law 95–290 (16 
U.S.C. 410cc–13; 92 Stat. 292) is amended by striking 
paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (1). 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
to conduct or authorize oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or 
related activities, including but not limited to the issuance 
of permits for geological and geophysical exploration, in 
any planning area where the 2017-2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (No-
vember 2016) did not schedule leases. 
(b) The restrictions under subsection (a) apply to the 
formal steps identified by the Department of the Interior 
and the enabling steps prior to leasing, including the 
issuance of permits for geological and geophysical explo-
ration. 
TRIBAL CANNABIS 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
to the Department of Justice or its agencies or bureaus 
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or the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, Office of Justice Services, including those agency 
funds distributed to any Indian tribe (as such term is de-
fined in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130(2))) via the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. § 
5301, et. seq.), may be used to enforce federal laws crim-
inalizing the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
marijuana against any person engaged in the use, dis-
tribution, possession, or cultivation of marijuana in Indian 
country (as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1151), where tribal 
laws authorize such use, distribution, possession, or cul-
tivation of marijuana, subject to the following: 
(1) unless federal law subjects the Indian lands 
(as such term is defined in the Indian Gaming Reg-
ulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(4)) to the civil and 
criminal laws of the state and the tribal laws author-
izing the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation 
of marijuana do not comply therewith or the Indian 
lands are not in a state that has legalized marijuana 
for any purpose; and 
(2) provided the governing Indian tribe (Feder-
ally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act) takes reason-
able measures under tribal marijuana laws to ensure 
that marijuana is prohibited for minors; marijuana 
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is not diverted to states or tribes where marijuana 
is prohibited by state or tribal law; marijuana is not 
used as a means for trafficking other illegal drugs 
or used to support organized crime activity; and 
marijuana is not permitted on Federal public lands. 
VISITOR EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 131. Section 101938 of title 54, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘7’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’. 
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 
SEC. 132. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 
prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de-
scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B 
§§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro-
posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 
the Big Cypress National Preserve. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
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1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $872,743,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for Research: 
National Priorities as specified in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,792,315,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the 
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amounts made available under this heading, $27,700,000 
shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities 
as specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $679,938,000 shall be for Geographic Programs 
specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
may be used for environmental justice implementation and 
training grants, and associated program support costs. 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduc-
tion program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, 
excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less 
than the amount of appropriations for that program 
project for fiscal year 2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $55,865,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$80,570,000, to remain available until expended. 
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,313,638,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of, in the 
following order, amounts made available for fiscal year 
2023 pursuant to section 613 of Public Law 117–58; to 
the extent necessary, such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2022, and not otherwise 
appropriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA); and to the extent necessary, 
up to $1,313,638,000 as a payment from general revenues 
to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as 
authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 
to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 
111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $12,111,000 shall be 
paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
$31,391,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech-
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nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2024. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $93,814,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,145,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $26,669,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $26,502,000, to be derived from the 
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Water SRF’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean Water SRF’’, in 
the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorpo-
ration of Community Project Funding Items’’ in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act, and, for 
purposes of these grants, each grantee shall con-
tribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the 
project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver 
by the Agency: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
project applications and projects are consistent with 
State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally inno-
vative activities: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of 
amounts made available for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under this heading under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean Watersheds 
Needs Survey: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, amounts made available under this title to 
each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
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Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of 
each State, be used for projects to address green in-
frastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2023 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
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plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2023, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
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educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2023, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2023, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding the amounts 
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
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Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2023, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
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cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 
reserve $12,000,000 of amounts made available 
under this paragraph for making capitalization 
grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu-
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lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 
such Act during fiscal years 2023 through 2027; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
(3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
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of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $130,982,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
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the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 
territory or possession of the United States; 
(5) $150,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $100,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act); 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114—322); 
(8) $42,593,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 
(9) $36,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 
(10) $51,011,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b); 
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(11) $6,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
(12) $33,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(13) $280,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 
(14) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 
(15) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j—1(b)); 
(16) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j—19g); 
(17) $5,000,000, in addition to amounts other-
wise available, shall be for grants under sections 
104(b)(3), 104(b)(8), and 104(g) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(3), 
1254(b)(8) and 1254(g)); 
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(18) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 224 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1302b); 
(19) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 226 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1302d); 
(20) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50213 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 10361; Public Law 117—58); 
(21) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117— 
58); 
(22) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 50217(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(c); Public Law 117— 
58); 
(23) $10,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1300); 
(24) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1276); and 
(25) $1,321,004,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
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erally recognized Tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement, and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, and under section 
2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 
States in developing and implementing programs for 
control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 
$46,954,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $15,000,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,505,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds 
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available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs; and $10,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 
2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4283(a)), of which not more 
than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to 
carry out such section: Provided, That grants made 
pursuant to the authority in such section 302(a) 
may also be used for the construction, maintenance, 
and operation of post consumer materials manage-
ment or recycling facilities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding such section 302(a), the Adminis-
trator may also provide grants pursuant to such au-
thority to intertribal consortia consistent with the 
requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former In-
dian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior), and Alaska Native Vil-
lages as defined in Public Law 92–203). 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $72,108,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 
direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 
projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra-
structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 
infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec-
tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 
of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 
loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri-
teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 
(85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading 
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shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 
or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 
with the criteria referenced in the preceding proviso: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin-
istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-
mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter-
est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 
of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-
ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-
tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 
was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $8,236,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2023, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
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mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2023. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $350,000 per project. 
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2023, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-
ance with section 26(b) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)) for fiscal year 2023, to remain 
available until expended. 
For fiscal year 2023, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2023 to provide 
grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
tershed Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-
tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds made available 
under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 
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be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4). 
Section 122(b)(3) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)), shall be applied by inserting 
before the period: ‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft.’’. 
For fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Office of 
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office 
of Water may, using funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ and 
‘‘Science and Technology’’, contract directly with individ-
uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organiza-
tions, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary 
or intermittent personal services of students or recent 
graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur-
poses of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal em-
ployees for any other purpose: Provided, That amounts 
used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively 
may not exceed $2,000,000. 
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$1,429,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
fice. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $1,112,652,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2026: Provided, That a por-
tion of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 
Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Performance 
Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 
Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administra-
tive and general management support functions: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 
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available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 
leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, 
general management and other Forest Service support 
functions take place; the costs of all utility and tele-
communication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as 
business services; and, for information technology, includ-
ing cyber security requirements: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-
essary expenses to carry out administrative and general 
management support functions of the Forest Service not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation. 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $360,370,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026: Provided, That of 
the funds provided, $37,700,000 is for the forest inventory 
and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori-
ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 
Science Research. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
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tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, including for invasive plants, and conducting an 
international program and trade compliance activities as 
authorized, $332,626,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026, as authorized by law, of which 
$9,482,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Re-
source Information and Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Inte-
rior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items’’ included in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands, $1,997,650,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $60,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 
Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora-
tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $38,000,000 
shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available for hazardous fuels management 
under this heading in prior Acts, any unobligated amounts 
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may be transferred to ‘‘Forest Service—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ to be used for the purposes provided there-
in: Provided further, That funds made available to imple-
ment the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 
106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Fed-
eral lands in accordance with authorities made available 
to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private For-
estry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in cal-
culating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may 
provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee 
to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a con-
servation practice approved by the Secretary in advance 
of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation 
practice is incurred, and that the amount credited shall 
remain available to the Grazing Association or the direct 
permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the 
credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on 
the project for conservation practices approved by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That funds appropriated to this 
account shall be available for the base salary and expenses 
of employees that carry out the functions funded by the 
‘‘Capital Improvement and Maintenance’’ account, the 
‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Manage-
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ment of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ ac-
count. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $162,182,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2026, for construction, capital im-
provement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 
reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
part of the transportation system; and for maintenance 
of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 
Provided, That $15,000,000 shall be for activities author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That funds 
becoming available in fiscal year 2023 under the Act of 
March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to 
the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be avail-
able for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless 
the funds are appropriated. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
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Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2026, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 
Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2026, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
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for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
tem lands and water, $2,678,659,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such funds including unob-
ligated balances under this heading, are available for re-
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payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 
previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis-
cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 
State and other cooperating entities for services provided 
in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 
to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 
for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 
emergency management agency: Provided further, That 
funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-
eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $321,388,000 
shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of 
which not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make 
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Serv-
ice under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, 
for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use 
of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided 
further, That funds made available in the preceding pro-
viso to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, 
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Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use 
on non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities made 
available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Pri-
vate Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into pro-
curement contracts or cooperative agreements; to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels management activities; for 
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 
fuels management activities on Federal land; or for train-
ing or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
management activities on non-Federal land if the Sec-
retary determines such activities benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for 
wildfire suppression operations, and is provided to meet 
the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(g)(2) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
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Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-
ations, $2,210,000,000, to remain available until trans-
ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 
purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2022, and section 1(g) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022: Provided, That such amounts may be 
transferred to and merged with amounts made available 
under the headings ‘‘Department of the Interior—Depart-
ment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ and 
‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in 
the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred: Pro-
vided further, That amounts may be transferred to the 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ accounts in the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture only upon 
the notification of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations 
funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will 
be transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That, in determining 
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whether all wildfire suppression operations funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the Depart-
ment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior will 
be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso, any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred 
pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by law 
shall be excluded. 
COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe-
cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 
shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 
(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
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to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 
Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 
Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 
of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in-
crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-
ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law. 
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Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-
tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 
obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 
pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
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burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro-
vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none 
of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to 
and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States government, private sector, and inter-
national organizations. The Forest Service, acting for the 
International Program, may sign direct funding agree-
ments with foreign governments and institutions as well 
as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation), United States pri-
vate sector firms, institutions and organizations to provide 
technical assistance and training programs on forestry and 
rangeland management: Provided, That to maximize effec-
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tiveness of domestic and international research and co-
operation, the International Program may utilize all au-
thorities related to forestry, research, and cooperative as-
sistance regardless of program designations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
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prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain informa-
tion technology services, including telecommunications and 
system modifications or enhancements, from the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
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