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NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 
6101 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 
4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhi-
noceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 
5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Conservation 
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), $8,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa, and federally-recognized Indian tribes under the 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the 
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development 
and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife 
and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or 
fished, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,282,000
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is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That $5,000,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions with approved plans, not subject to the remaining pro-
visions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, after deducting said $11,282,000 and ad-
ministrative expenses, apportion the amount provided here-
in in the following manner: (1) to the District of Columbia 
and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal 
to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to 
Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor-
tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 
one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 
to which the population of such State bears to the total pop-
ulation of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad-
justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum 
which is less than 1 percent of the amount available for 
apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or
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more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 
percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 
share of implementation grants shall not exceed 50 percent 
of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That 
the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That no 
State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant 
if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is dis-
approved and such funds that would have been distributed 
to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be dis-
tributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 
amount apportioned in 2008 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2009, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2010, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for re-
pair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to res-
ervation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 
for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; 
facilities incident to such public recreational uses on con-
servation areas as are consistent with their primary pur-
pose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria,
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buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Service and to which the United States has title, and which 
are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 
and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from co-
operators in connection with jointly produced publications 
for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost 
of printing either in cash or services and the Service deter-
mines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 
standards: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Service may use up to 
$2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for employ-
ment-related legal services: Provided further, That the Serv-
ice may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 
aircraft: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not 
spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the 
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Ref-
uge System unless the purchase is approved in advance by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in 
compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained 
in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service (including expenses to carry out 
programs of the United States Park Police), and for the 
general administration of the National Park Service, 
$2,001,809,000, of which $9,965,000 is for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and shall remain available until expended; of which 
$101,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets, operation of the National Park Serv-
ice automated facility management software system, and 
comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of which 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Youth Conservation Corps for 
high priority projects. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of sec-
tion 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge 
cost share agreements, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended for Centennial Challenge signature projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 
the total cost of each project or program is derived from 
non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, in-
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kind services, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an ir-
revocable letter of credit. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for 
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $68,481,000, of which not to exceed $7,500,000 
may be for Preserve America grants to States, Tribes, and 
local communities for projects that preserve important his-
toric resources through the promotion of heritage tourism: 
Provided, That any individual Preserve America grant 
shall be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, 
That individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: 
Provided further, That grants shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and in consultation 
with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation prior 
to the commitment of grant funds. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104–333), $71,500,000, to be derived
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from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009; of which $25,000,000 shall 
be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation of nation-
ally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided, 
That any individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 
be matched by non-Federal funds; individual projects shall 
only be eligible for one grant; and all projects to be funded 
shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in con-
sultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That Save America’s Treasures 
funds allocated for Federal projects, following approval, 
shall be available by transfer to appropriate accounts of in-
dividual agencies. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement 
of physical facilities, including the modifications authorized 
by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection 
and Expansion Act of 1989, $221,985,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading for implementation of modified water deliv-
eries to Everglades National Park shall be expended con-
sistent with the requirements of the fifth proviso under this 
heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading for implementation of 
modified water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall 
be available for obligation only if matching funds are ap-
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propriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the same 
purpose: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
under this heading for implementation of modified water 
deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be available for 
obligation if any of the funds appropriated to the Army 
Corps of Engineers for the purpose of implementing modi-
fied water deliveries, including finalizing detailed engineer-
ing and design documents for a bridge or series of bridges 
for the Tamiami Trail component of the project, becomes 
unavailable for obligation: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$3,800,000 is authorized to be used for the National Park 
Service’s proportionate cost of upgrading the West Yellow-
stone/Hebgen Basin (Gallatin County, Montana) municipal 
solid waste disposal system for the processing and disposal 
of municipal solid waste generated within Yellowstone Na-
tional Park: Provided further, That future fees paid by the 
National Park Service to the West Yellowstone/Hebgen 
Basin Solid Waste District will be restricted to operations 
and maintenance costs of the facility, given the capital con-
tribution made by the National Park Service. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2008 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
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LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and 
for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
National Park Service, $70,070,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $25,000,000 is for the State 
assistance program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2008 and hereafter, if the Secretary of 
the Interior, or either party to a value determination pro-
ceeding conducted under a National Park Service conces-
sion contract issued prior to November 13, 1998, considers 
that the value determination decision issued pursuant to 
the proceeding misinterprets or misapplies relevant contrac-
tual requirements or their underlying legal authority, the 
Secretary or either party may seek, within 180 days of any 
such decision, the de novo review of the value determination 
decision by the United States Court of Federal Claims. This 
court may make an order affirming, vacating, modifying 
or correcting the determination decision. 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-
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account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, 
without further appropriation, for use at any unit within 
the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability 
for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such 
funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that 
the benefiting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over 
the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of 
funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees 
at the benefiting unit shall be credited to the sub-account 
of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term 
of a single contract at the benefiting unit, in the amount 
of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
A willing seller from whom the Service acquires title 
to real property may be considered a ‘‘displaced person’’ 
for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policy Act and its implementing reg-
ulations, whether or not the Service has the authority to 
acquire such property by eminent domain. 
Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
463(f)), related to the National Park System Advisory 
Board, is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2009’’.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 
purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,022,430,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, of which $63,845,000 shall be available only for co-
operation with States or municipalities for water resources 
investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall remain available 
until expended for satellite operations; and of which 
$8,023,000 shall be available until expended for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided for the biological research 
activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private
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property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap-
propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost 
of topographic mapping or water resources data collection 
and investigations carried on in cooperation with States 
and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for 
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when 
it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of 
lands for gauging stations and observation wells; expenses 
of the United States National Committee on Geology; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the 
rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United 
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate 
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropria-
tions herein made may be accomplished through the use of 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 
31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United
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States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent serv-
ices of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 
5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel 
and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be consid-
ered to be Federal employees for any other purposes. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for 
energy-related or other authorized marine-related purposes 
on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $157,202,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009, of which $82,371,000 shall 
be available for royalty management activities; and an 
amount not to exceed $135,730,000, to be credited to this 
appropriation and to remain available until expended, 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates
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in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collec-
tions for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities 
performed by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) 
over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, 
and from additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities established after September 30, 1993 
that the Secretary of the Interior shall collect in fiscal year 
2008 and retain and use for the necessary expenses of this 
appropriation: Provided, That to the extent $135,730,000 
in addition to receipts are not realized from the sources of 
receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach 
$135,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation from 
receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental 
Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reason-
able expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and ma-
rine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in 
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director 
of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 
prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, 
That for the costs of administration of the Coastal Impact 
Assistance Program authorized by section 31 of the Outer
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Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
1456a), MMS in fiscal years 2008 through 2010 may retain 
up to three percent of the amounts which are disbursed 
under section 31(b)(1), such retained amounts to remain 
available until expended. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$6,403,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The eighth proviso under the heading of ‘‘Minerals 
Management Service’’ in division E, title I, of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and Indian accounts’’ after 
‘‘States’’, replacing the term ‘‘provision’’ with ‘‘provisions’’, 
and inserting ‘‘and (d)’’ after 30 U.S.C. 1721(b). 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the 
Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount payable 
to each State in fiscal year 2008 and deposit the amount 
deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, $120,237,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use di-
rectly or through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal 
year 2008 for civil penalties assessed under section 518 of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal 
mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That appropriations for 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State 
and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, as amended, $52,774,000, to be derived from 
receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is
633 
authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the 
delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to 
pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this heading may be used for 
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal per-
sonnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation and 
Professional Services program in this Act, the Secretary 
may transfer title for computer hardware, software and 
other technical equipment to State and tribal regulatory 
and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, 
$2,080,261,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009 except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to
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exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and of which not to exceed $80,179,000 shall 
be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases 
of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed 
such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for 
disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the dis-
aster; notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ-
ing but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act 
of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $149,628,000 shall be 
available for payments for contract support costs associated 
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2008, as authorized by such Act, except 
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of on-
going contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which 
not to exceed $487,500,000 for school operations costs of Bu-
reau-funded schools and other education programs shall be-
come available on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009; and of which not to exceed 
$60,222,000 shall remain available until expended for hous-
ing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litiga-
tion support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land 
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
635 
gram: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 
2008, not to exceed $44,060,000 within and only from such 
amounts made available for school operations shall be avail-
able for administrative cost grants associated with ongoing 
grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fis-
cal year 2007 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, 
and up to $500,000 within and only from such amounts 
made available for school operations shall be available for 
the transitional costs of initial administrative cost grants 
to grantees that enter into grants for the operation on or 
after July 1, 2007, of Bureau-operated schools: Provided 
further, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which 
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2009, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2010 to an Indian forest land 
assistance account established for the benefit of the holder 
of the funds within the tribe’s trust fund account: Provided 
further, That any such unobligated balances not so trans-
ferred shall expire on September 30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineering
636 
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 
to Public Law 87–483, $206,983,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 
the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of 
Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2008, in implementing new construc-
tion or facilities improvement and repair project grants in 
excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under 
Public Law 100–297, as amended, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements 
and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 
43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided 
further, That such grants shall not be subject to section 
12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall nego-
tiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work 
to be performed: Provided further, That in considering ap-
637 
plications, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee 
would be deficient in assuring that the construction projects 
conform to applicable building standards and codes and 
Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as re-
quired by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational 
and financial management capabilities: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary declines an application, the Secretary 
shall follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 
2504(f): Provided further, That any disputes between the 
Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall be sub-
ject to the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided 
further, That in order to ensure timely completion of re-
placement school construction projects, the Secretary may 
assume control of a project and all funds related to the 
project, if, within eighteen months of the date of enactment 
of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in 
this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the plan-
ning and design phase of the project and commenced con-
struction of the replacement school: Provided further, That 
this Appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians Appropriation 
for the appropriate share of construction costs for space ex-
pansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform imple-
mentation.
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INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 
107–331, 108–447, 109–379, and 109–479, and for imple-
mentation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$34,069,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, 
$6,276,000, of which $700,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, 
as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$85,506,098. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions.
639 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the manage-
ment, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division 
of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee 
and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations and re-
gional offices) shall be available for contracts, grants, com-
pacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that tribe, 
or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 
et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any 
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
Appropriations made available in this or any other 
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only 
to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to 
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school 
system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under 
this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at 
a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 
1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
2026)), except that a charter school that is in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated 
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may 
continue to operate during that period, but only if the char-
ter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds 
to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal 
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the char-
ter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, 
and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter
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school programs of the State in which the school is located 
if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school 
and performing functions related to the charter school’s op-
eration and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 
28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 2007(d), and imple-
menting regulations, the funds reserved from the Indian 
Student Equalization Program to meet emergencies and un-
foreseen contingencies affecting education programs appro-
priated herein and in Public Law 109–54 may be used for 
costs associated with significant student enrollment in-
creases at Bureau-funded schools during the relevant school 
year. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution formula.
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $101,151,000; of which not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 
of the United States Bureau of Mines. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$78,613,000, of which: (1) $70,137,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for technical assistance, including 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man-
agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in 
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local reve-
nues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as
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authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the 
Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public 
Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $8,476,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2009 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
ability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 
35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 
Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be 
made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Develop-
ment Council: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be 
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: 
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure with territorial partici-
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pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary 
based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance 
of its capital assets: Provided further, That any appropria-
tion for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act 
or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Fed-
eral matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,362,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the 
Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Pub-
lic Law 108–188. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$59,250,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $44,572,000.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $182,331,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $56,384,000 from this or 
any other Act, shall be available for historical accounting: 
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of 
Indian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
retary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, 
That funds made available through contracts or grants obli-
gated during fiscal year 2008, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not com-
mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga-
tion pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, con-
cerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until 
the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished 
with an accounting of such funds from which the bene-
ficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Pro-
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vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a 
quarterly statement of performance for any Indian trust ac-
count that has not had activity for at least 18 months and 
has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and 
maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit 
the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the 
express written request of the account holder: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Sec-
retary to make payments to correct administrative errors 
of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual In-
dian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recov-
ered shall be credited to and remain available in this ac-
count for this purpose. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consolida-
tion Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or coop-
erative agreement, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, and which may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and Office of the Secretary accounts.