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5 within the Capital Improvement and Maintenance appropriation 
as an advance direct lump sum payment to West Virginia University 
for the planning and construction of a research greenhouse facility 
as the Federal share in the construction of the new facility. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, 
$42,490,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 
$1,053,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant 
to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 
4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 
expended. (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; 
Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 
fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 
National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $56,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund estab-
lished pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487), 
$5,053,000, to remain available until expended.
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 
on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression 
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection 
agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands, 
and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest 
System lands and water, $1,974,276,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such pur-
poses: 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 emer-
gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management 
agency: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of any 
unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous 
fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall be transferred 
to the fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71– 
319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.) if necessary to reimburse the fund 
for unpaid past advances: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under 
this appropriation shall be used for Fire Science Research in support 
of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That all 
authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest 
and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the 
utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided shall be available for emergency 
rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduction activities 
in the urban-wildland interface, support to Federal emergency 
response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $315,000,000 is for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, $11,000,000 is for rehabilita-
tion and restoration, $23,892,000 is for research activities and to 
make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $48,727,000 is for State fire assistance, 
$8,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $14,252,000 is for forest 
health activities on Federal lands and $10,014,000 is for forest 
health activities on State and private lands: Provided further, That 
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘State and 
Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and 
Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund State fire assistance, volun-
teer fire assistance, forest health management, forest and rangeland 
research, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed 
management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish 
habitat management and restoration: Provided further, That trans-
fers of any amounts in excess of those authorized in this paragraph, 
shall require approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming procedures con-
tained in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading for hazardous fuels treatments may be transferred 
to and made a part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account at
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the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service thirty days 
after notifying the House and the Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any coopera-
tive agreement between the Federal Government and any non- 
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties: Provided further, That in addition to funds provided for 
State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities avail-
able to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 
Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non- 
Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities when 
hazard reduction activities are planned on national forest lands 
that have the potential to place such communities at risk: Provided 
further, That funds made available to implement the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be 
available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authori-
ties available to the Forest Service under the State and Private 
Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 
an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, between the 
Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
jointly funded wildland fire management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels 
reduction, not to exceed $7,000,000, may be used to make grants, 
using any authorities available to the Forest Service under the 
State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the purpose of creating 
incentives for increased use of biomass from national forest lands: 
Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire suppression 
shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assess-
ments are calculated against other agency programs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 
hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable 
fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other 
Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 
existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 
or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replace-
ment 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) pur-
chase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public 
improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and 
interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursu-
ant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in 
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only
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if all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds under 
the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by 
the President and apportioned and all wildfire suppression funds 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ are obligated. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with United States and international organizations. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $73,285,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $24,021,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, of which $2,500,000 shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and $2,500,000 shall 
be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may 
be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting 
National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: 
Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the 
period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the 
Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 
rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds: Provided further, That authorized investments of Federal 
funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing
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obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as 
to both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $2,650,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be advanced 
to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to 
aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$45,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing facili-
ties maintenance. Such assessments shall occur using a square 
foot rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess 
programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 
or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 
may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations and similar non-litigation related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers. 
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close any 
regional office for National Forest System administration of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the consent of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 
(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health
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Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$3,018,624,000, together with payments received during the fiscal 
year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the 
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available to 
tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, 
or any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant 
or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided 
further, That $588,515,000 for contract medical care, including 
$27,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That no 
less than $35,094,000 is provided for maintaining operations of 
the urban Indian health program: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under 
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That $14,000,000 is provided for a methamphetamine and 
suicide prevention and treatment initiative, of which up to 
$5,000,000 may be used for mental health, suicide prevention, and 
behavioral issues associated with methamphetamine use: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, these 
funds shall be allocated outside all other distribution methods and 
formulas at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health 
Service and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year contracts 
and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long 
as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds 
are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority 
of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance 
with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII 
and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, 
or construction of new facilities): Provided further, That funding 
contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholar-
ship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations 
under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 
be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes 
and tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts provided 
herein, not to exceed $271,636,000 shall be for payments to tribes 
and tribal organizations for contract or grant support costs associ-
ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual 
funding agreements between the Indian Health Service and a tribe 
or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2008, 
of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for contract support 
costs associated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements: 
Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect 
from the Indian Health Service and tribes and tribal organizations 
operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638 such
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individually identifiable health information relating to disabled chil-
dren as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its func-
tions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That funds available for 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 
to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
Facilities account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equip-
ment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 
for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 
and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and commu-
nity sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self- 
Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II 
and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 
Service, $380,583,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health 
facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used 
to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge health 
or related facilities: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM 
equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the 
Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may 
be used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded 
with grants by the housing programs of the United States Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $1,000,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 
Services’’ account shall be used by the Indian Health Service to 
obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 
in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 
the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in 
a Demolition Fund, available until expended, to be used by the 
Indian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at 
rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equip-
ment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
for telephone service in private residences in the field, when author-
ized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms 
or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 
for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with 
the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made
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or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or 
management of those functions or activities. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health 
care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, 
subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered 
under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 
2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility providing 
the service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred 
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the 
Indian Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 
86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93– 
638, as amended. 
Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, 
except those used for administrative and program direction pur-
poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing 
Federal travel and transportation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 
in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in 
the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the 
reprogramming process. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 
or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through 
a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to 
a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 
in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published 
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 
of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the 
health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian 
Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the 
increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such 
request has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted 
into law. 
With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 
Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service 
is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities, on 
a reimbursable basis, including payment in advance with subse-
quent adjustment. The reimbursements received therefrom, along 
with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 
appropriation account that provided the funding, with such amounts 
to remain available until expended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services 
provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs, 
including direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the 
provision of goods, services, or technical assistance.
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The appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 
not be altered without advance notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 
311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$78,775,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth 
in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and 
section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 
$75,212,000, of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, is for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equiva-
lent employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 
104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evalua-
tions, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health 
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 
104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $2,703,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties 
of the Council.
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire 
of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376, $9,410,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 
three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, 
that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual 
appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 
hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector 
General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector 
General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General 
of the Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 
within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $9,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided 
in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate 
eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, 
Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in 
the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office 
of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo 
or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically 
domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a 
new or replacement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 
new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office shall 
relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected 
a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land 
acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND 
ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV 
of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $7,297,000.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and perform-
ances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of 
information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 
museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, 
lease (for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, 
facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five replacement passenger 
vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $571,347,000, of which not to exceed $19,968,000 for 
the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition re-
installation, the National Museum of African American History 
and Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 
shall remain available until expended; and of which $1,578,000 
for fellowships and scholarly awards shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009; and including such funds as may be necessary 
to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
independent contractors performing research services or partici-
pating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 
of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of 
August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including 
necessary personnel, $107,100,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
LEGACY FUND 
For major restoration, renovation, and rehabilitation of existing 
Smithsonian facilities, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds shall only be available after being 
matched by no less than $30,000,000 in private donations, which 
shall not include in-kind contributions: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading or any required 
matching funds shall be used for day-to-day maintenance, general 
salaries and expenses, or programmatic purposes. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 
the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administra-
tive expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 
24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of 
April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in
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advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for mem-
bership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or to mem-
bers at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 
art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates 
or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery 
may deem proper, $101,718,000, of which not to exceed $3,350,000 
for the special exhibition program shall remain available until 
expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation 
of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the 
National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, 
$18,017,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, 
and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gal-
lery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$20,200,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of 
the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $23,150,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 
hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $10,000,000.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$147,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, 
including arts education and public outreach activities, through 
assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 
5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the func-
tions of the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in accordance 
with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108–447. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$132,490,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant 
to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the functions 
of the Act, to remain available until expended. 
MATCHING GRANTS 
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
amended, $14,510,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$9,479,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the 
Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts 
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises 
of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 
grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 
years for which equal amounts have not previously been appro-
priated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant 
or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 
1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 
grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does 
not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making 
purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant actions 
are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delega-
tion of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the
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Chairperson: Provided further, That section 309(1) of division E, 
Public Law 108–447, is amended by inserting ‘‘National Opera 
Fellowship,’’ after ‘‘National Heritage Fellowship,’’. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commis-
sion of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,092,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 
of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 
as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended with-
out further appropriation. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 
(20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $8,500,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), $5,348,000: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available for compensation 
of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher positions. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,265,000: Provided, That one-quarter 
of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be 
used for official reception and representational expenses associated 
with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and 
physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $45,496,000, of 
which $515,000 for the equipment replacement program shall 
remain available until September 30, 2010; and $1,900,000 for 
the museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 
for the museum’s exhibition design and production program shall 
remain available until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $22,400,000
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shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until 
expended. 
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF 
REMEMBRANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the White House Commission on 
the National Moment of Remembrance, $200,000, which shall be 
transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs, ‘‘Departmental 
Administration, General Operating Expenses’’ account and be 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction 
design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 
of literature that in any way tends to promote public support 
or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional 
action is not complete other than to communicate to Members 
of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal 
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
employee of such department or agency except as otherwise provided 
by law. 
SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves 
or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities 
to support government-wide, departmental, agency or bureau 
administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central oper-
ations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such 
estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations 
for approval.
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SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer provided in, this Act or any other Act. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant 
sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National 
Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner 
different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 408. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 
patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the 
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements 
established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 
2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, 
and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2008, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under 
the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL
EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request 
of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 
the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 
by the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examina-
tion of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent applica-
tion as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management 
shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third- 
party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention 
of third-party contractors. 
SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by 
Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105– 
277, 106–113, 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109– 
54, 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 
Law 110–5) for payments for contract support costs associated 
with self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, com-
pacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded by such Acts, are 
the total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2007 
for such purposes, except that for the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
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tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority alloca-
tions for unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, 
self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements. 
SEC. 410. Prior to October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years 
have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National 
Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from 
any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other 
law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously 
and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be 
void with respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction 
may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
SEC. 411. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised using a residual 
value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western 
redcedar. Program accomplishments shall be based on volume sold. 
Should Region 10 sell, in the current fiscal year, the annual average 
portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the 
current Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not 
deficit when appraised using a residual value approach that assigns 
domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, all of the western 
redcedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
of domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to 
domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing 
domestic prices. Should Region 10 sell, in the current fiscal year, 
less than the annual average portion of the decadal allowable 
sale quantity called for in the Tongass Land Management Plan 
in sales which are not deficit when appraised using a residual 
value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western 
redcedar, the volume of western redcedar timber available to 
domestic processors at prevailing domestic prices in the contiguous 
48 United States shall be that volume: (1) which is surplus to 
the needs of domestic processors in Alaska; and (2) is that percent 
of the surplus western redcedar volume determined by calculating 
the ratio of the total timber volume which has been sold on the 
Tongass to the annual average portion of the decadal allowable 
sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Management 
Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a rolling 
basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this amendment, a 
‘‘rolling basis’’ shall mean that the determination of how much 
western redcedar is eligible for sale to various markets shall be 
made at the time each sale is awarded). Western redcedar shall 
be deemed ‘‘surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ 
when the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest Service 
documentation of the inability to sell western redcedar logs from 
a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at a price equal to 
or greater than the log selling value stated in the contract. All 
additional western redcedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 
48 United States domestic processors may be exported to foreign 
markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow 
cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of 
the timber sale holder.
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SEC. 412. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 
to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 
Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 
existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 
allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 
monument. 
SEC. 413. In entering into agreements with foreign countries 
pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in which 
the individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire 
services are considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees 
of the country receiving said services when the individuals are 
engaged in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any 
agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (either 
directly or through its fire organization) agrees to assume any 
and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters 
engaged in firefighting in a foreign country: Provided further, That 
when an agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, 
the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting 
fires shall be those provided under the laws of the host country, 
and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim 
arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country: Provided further, 
That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associ-
ated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatso-
ever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire 
suppression. 
SEC. 414. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made 
available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procure-
ment and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secretaries’’) may, in evaluating 
bids and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are 
from, and who provide employment and training for, dislocated 
and displaced workers in an economically disadvantaged rural 
community, including those historically timber-dependent areas 
that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal 
lands and other forest-dependent rural communities isolated from 
significant alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting 
laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants or cooperative 
agreements to local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps 
or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, 
or small or micro-business or disadvantaged business: Provided 
further, That the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for 
forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or water quality moni-
toring or restoration, wildlife or fish population monitoring, or 
habitat restoration or management: Provided further, That the 
terms ‘‘rural community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall 
have the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101– 
624: Provided further, That the Secretaries shall develop guidance 
to implement this section: Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty
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under applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 415. (a) LIMITATION ON COMPETITIVE SOURCING STUDIES.— 
(1) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
to the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2008, not 
more than $3,450,000 may be used by the Secretary of the 
Interior to initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies 
in fiscal year 2008 for programs, projects, and activities for 
which funds are appropriated by this Act. 
(2) None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used in fiscal year 2008 for competitive sourcing 
studies and any related activities involving Forest Service per-
sonnel. 
(b) COMPETITIVE SOURCING STUDY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘competitive sourcing study’’ means a study on subjecting 
work performed by Federal Government employees or private con-
tractors to public-private competition or on converting the Federal 
Government employees or the work performed by such employees 
to private contractor performance under the Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy. 
(c) COMPETITIVE SOURCING EXEMPTION FOR FOREST SERVICE 
STUDIES CONDUCTED PRIOR
TO FISCAL YEAR 2006.—The Forest 
Service is hereby exempted from implementing the Letter of Obliga-
tion and post-competition accountability guidelines where a competi-
tive sourcing study involved 65 or fewer full-time equivalents, the 
performance decision was made in favor of the agency provider, 
no net savings was achieved by conducting the study, and the 
study was completed prior to the date of this Act. 
(d) In preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on competitive sourcing activities, agencies funded in this 
Act shall include all costs attributable to conducting the competitive 
sourcing competitions and staff work to prepare for competitions 
or to determine the feasibility of starting competitions, including 
costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors 
and, in accordance with full cost accounting principles, all costs 
attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, 
monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including per-
sonnel, consultant, travel, and training costs associated with pro-
gram management. 
(e) In carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving 
Department of the Interior employees, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
(1) determine whether any of the employees concerned 
are also qualified to participate in wildland fire management 
activities; and 
(2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with 
a private sector source would have on the ability of the Depart-
ment of the Interior to effectively and efficiently fight and 
manage wildfires. 
SEC. 416. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, regarding the pilot pro-
gram to enhance Forest Service administration of rights-of-way 
(as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106– 
113; 113 Stat. 1501A–196; 16 U.S.C. 497 note), as amended, is 
amended—
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(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 417. Section 321 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, regarding Forest Service 
cooperative agreements with third parties that are of mutually 
significant benefit (division F of Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 274; 
16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
SEC. 418. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
until October 1, 2009, the Indian Health Service may not disburse 
funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to Public 
Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) to any Alaska Native village 
or Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the 
area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 
disbursal of funds to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native 
village corporation under any contract or compact entered into 
prior to May 1, 2006, or to prohibit the renewal of any such 
agreement. 
(c) For the purpose of this section, Eastern Aleutian Tribes, 
Inc. and the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments shall be 
treated as Alaska Native regional health entities to which funds 
may be disbursed under this section. 
SEC. 419. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appro-
priated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 
lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 
or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
SEC. 420. Section 337(a) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 
447; 118 Stat. 3012) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. 
SEC. 421. Section 339 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3103) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2005 through 2007’’and inserting ‘‘2005 
through 2008’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 
categorical exclusion under this section shall not apply with 
respect to any allotment in a federally designated wilderness 
area.’’. 
SEC. 422. A permit fee collected during fiscal year 2007 by 
the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of March 4, 1915 (16 
U.S.C. 497) for a marina on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest 
shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury established 
for the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall remain available to 
the Secretary of Agriculture until expended, without further appro-
priation, for purposes stated in section 808(a)(3)(A–D) of title VIII 
of division J of Public Law 108–447 (16 U.S.C. 6807), and for 
direct operating or capital costs associated with the issuance of 
a marina permit.