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of hazardous fuels reduction activities, may obtain max-
imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 
nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews or related partnerships with State, local, or 
non-profit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 
(4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 
percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 
in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and 
consistent application of the authorities provided herein: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, 
in connection with wildland fire management activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 
use wildland fire appropriations to enter into non-competi-
tive sole source leases of real property with local govern-
ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-
ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-
erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-
tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support
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facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease 
or for construction activity associated with the lease: Pro-
vided 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 aggre-
gate amount not to exceed $9,000,000, between the Depart-
ments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
jointly funded wildland fire management programs and 
projects: Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire 
suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,840,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, 
and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
therein, $9,217,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
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Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $112,408,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made 
a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 
fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 
Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub-
section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 
876). 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT) 
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem 
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of 
planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage 
timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activi-
ties, such as release from competing vegetation and density 
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined 
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the 
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–1 et 
seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from treatments
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funded by this account shall be deposited into the Forest 
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 
moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 
3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) 
and the amount designated for range improvements from 
grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 
pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, and Public 
Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of sec-
tion 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any 
moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 
section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set-
tlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 
305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available 
and may be expended under the authority of this Act by 
the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per-
son, without regard to whether all moneys collected from 
each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 
led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 
that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to 
the exact land for which funds were collected may be used 
to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance 
of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which 
the United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, 
at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bu-
reau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on her certificate, not to exceed 
$10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, 
the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long- 
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
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general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources by direct ex-
penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re-
imbursable agreements with public and private entities, 
$1,023,703,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 
$2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which shall be car-
ried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $17,859,000 shall be used for imple-
menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the 
Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that are 
indigenous to the United States (except for processing peti-
tions, developing and issuing proposed and final regula-
tions, and taking any other steps to implement actions de-
scribed 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), 
or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $12,672,000 shall be 
used for any activity regarding the designation of critical 
habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation 
support, for species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
prior to October 1, 2006: Provided further, That of the 
amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to 
remain available until expended, may at the discretion of 
the Secretary be used for payment for information, rewards, 
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of
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enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided for environ-
mental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $28,824,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $42,264,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, $1,000,000 shall be for land 
conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands 
Conservation Act of 2004: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can be
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used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or 
other management costs. 
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried out 
on private lands, $10,000,000, to be derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein 
is for a Landowner Incentive Program that provides match-
ing, competitively awarded grants to States, the District 
of Columbia, federally recognized Indian tribes, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, to establish or sup-
plement existing landowner incentive programs that pro-
vide technical and financial assistance, including habitat 
protection and restoration, to private landowners for the 
protection and management of habitat to benefit federally 
listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species on pri-
vate lands. 
PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried out
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on private lands, $7,277,000, to be derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein 
is for the Private Stewardship Grants Program to provide 
grants and other assistance to individuals and groups en-
gaged in private conservation efforts that benefit federally 
listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
as amended, $80,001,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,161,000 is to be derived from the Co-
operative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and 
$59,840,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,202,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public 
Law 101–233, as amended, $39,412,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For financial assistance for projects to promote the 
conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance
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with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 
Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 6101–6109), $4,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 
2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601), $6,800,000, 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, $67,492,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$5,912,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian
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tribes, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appro-
priation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after 
deducting said $5,912,000 and administrative expenses, ap-
portion the amount provided herein in the following man-
ner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Common-
wealth 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 Common-
wealth 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 apportion 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 population of all such States: 
Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this 
paragraph shall be adjusted 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 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
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further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may 
not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided fur-
ther, That no State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall re-
ceive a grant if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan 
is disapproved and such funds that would have been distrib-
uted to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be 
distributed equitably to States, territories, and other juris-
dictions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 
amount apportioned in 2007 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2008, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro-
priated in 2009, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles; repair of damage to pub-
lic roads within and adjacent to reservation 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 conservation areas as 
are consistent with their primary purpose; and the mainte-
nance and improvement of aquaria, 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 notwith-
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standing 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative 
cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by 
law, procure printing services from cooperators in connec-
tion with jointly produced publications for which the co-
operators share at least one-half the cost of printing either 
in cash or services and the Service determines the coop-
erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Service may use up to $2,000,000 from 
funds provided for contracts for employment-related legal 
services: Provided further, That the Service may accept do-
nated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided 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 Refuge 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 state-
ment of the managers accompanying this Act. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by
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the National Park Service (including special road mainte-
nance service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable 
basis), and for the general administration of the National 
Park Service, $1,751,040,000, of which $9,829,000 is for 
planning and interagency coordination in support of Ever-
glades restoration and shall remain available until ex-
pended; of which $89,314,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, is for maintenance, repair or rehabili-
tation projects for constructed assets, operation of the Na-
tional Park Service automated facility management soft-
ware system, and comprehensive facility condition assess-
ments; and of which $2,000,000 is for the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps for high priority projects: Provided, That the 
only funds in this account which may be made available 
to support United States Park Police are those funds ap-
proved for emergency law and order incidents pursuant to 
established National Park Service procedures, those funds 
needed to maintain and repair United States Park Police 
administrative facilities, and those funds necessary to reim-
burse the United States Park Police account for the 
unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with special 
events for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject 
to the review and concurrence of the Washington head-
quarters office.
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UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of 
the United States Park Police, $84,775,000. 
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, $53,501,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act for the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assist-
ance program may be used for cash agreements, or for coop-
erative agreements that are inconsistent with the program’s 
final strategic plan. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
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), $70,658,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008, of which $30,000,000 shall 
be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation of nation-
ally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided, 
That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount provided for 
Save America’s Treasures may be for Preserve America 
grants to States, Tribes, and local communities for projects
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that preserve important historic resources through the pro-
motion of heritage tourism: Provided further, That any in-
dividual Save America’s Treasures or Preserve America 
grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided fur-
ther, That individual projects shall only be eligible for one 
grant: Provided further, That competitive projects to be 
funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior 
in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, and in consultation with the President’s 
Committee on the Arts and Humanities prior to the com-
mitment of Save America’s Treasures grant funds and with 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation prior to the 
commitment of Preserve America grant funds: Provided fur-
ther, That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for 
Federal projects, following approval, shall be available by 
transfer to appropriate accounts of individual 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, $234,855,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,100,000 for the Mark 
Twain Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark shall 
be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant 
to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the National Park Service may be used to plan, de-
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sign, or construct any partnership project with a total value 
in excess of $5,000,000, without advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the National Park Service may not accept donations or 
services associated with the planning, design, or construc-
tion of such new facilities without advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading for imple-
mentation of modified water deliveries to Everglades Na-
tional Park shall be expended consistent with the require-
ments 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 appropriated to the Army Corps 
of Engineers for the same purpose: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided under this heading for imple-
mentation of modified water deliveries to Everglades Na-
tional Park shall be available for obligation if any of the 
funds appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the 
purpose of implementing modified water deliveries, includ-
ing finalizing detailed engineering and design documents 
for a bridge or series of bridges for the Tamiami Trail com-
ponent of the project, becomes unavailable for obligation.
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2007 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
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, $63,393,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $30,000,000 is for the State 
assistance program including $1,625,000 for program ad-
ministration: Provided, That none of the funds provided for 
the State assistance program may be used to establish a 
contingency fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 233 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 193 shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed 190 for police-type use, 11 buses, 
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to the National Park Service may be used to imple-
ment an agreement for the redevelopment of the southern 
end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been submitted
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to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to the 
expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in 
which either House of Congress is not in session because 
of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day cer-
tain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
comprehensive report on the development of the southern 
end of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances 
relied upon in support of the proposed project. 
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the Na-
tional Park Service for activities taken in direct response 
to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Na-
tional Park Service is authorized to expend appropriated 
funds, which may include existing, unobligated NPS recre-
ation fee demonstration balances, 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, That future fees paid by the Na-
tional 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 contribu-
tion made by the National Park Service.
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The National Park Service may distribute to operating 
units based on the safety record of each unit the costs of 
programs designed to improve workplace and employee safe-
ty, and to encourage employees receiving workers’ com-
pensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, to return to appropriate positions for which 
they are medically able. 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
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. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
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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; $979,997,000, 
of which $64,171,000 shall be available only for cooperation 
with States or municipalities for water resources investiga-
tions; of which $8,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for satellite operations; of which $22,977,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2008, for the operation and 
maintenance of facilities and deferred maintenance; and of 
which $176,547,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2008, for the biological research activity and the operation 
of the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of 
the funds provided for the biological research activity shall 
be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall