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of capturing and transporting horses and burros. The provi-
sions of subsection (a) of the Act of September 8, 1959 (18
U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such use. Such use
shall be in accordance with humane procedures prescribed
by the Secretary.
SEC. 113. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land
acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah
Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Ice Age
National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State,
a local government, or any other land management entity
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric-
tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided
through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 as amended.
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this or any other Act
can be used to compensate the Special Master and the Spe-
cial Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, appointed
by the United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an annual rate
that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive
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Service rate of pay for the Washington-Baltimore locality
pay area.
SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Interior may use discre-
tionary funds to pay private attorneys fees and costs for
employees and former employees of the Department of the
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v.
Norton to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Norton.
SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 134
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the decision
of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 (2001).
(b) USE OF CERTAIN INDIAN LAND.—Nothing in this
section permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land
described in section 123 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat.
944), or land that is contiguous to that land, regardless of
whether the land or contiguous land has been taken into
trust by the Secretary of the Interior.
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SEC. 118. No funds appropriated for the Department
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding the limitation in subpara-
graph (2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees
imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for
fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $12,000,000.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any implementation of the
Department of the Interior’s trust reorganization or re-
engineering plans, or the implementation of the ‘‘To Be’’
Model, funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006 shall be
available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust
Reform Consortium and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation and the Chippewa Cree
Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same
methodology as funds were distributed in fiscal year 2003.
This Demonstration Project shall continue to operate sepa-
rate and apart from the Department of the Interior’s trust
reform and reorganization and the Department shall not
impose its trust management infrastructure upon or alter
the existing trust resource management systems of the above
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referenced tribes having a self-governance compact and op-
erating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Pro-
gram set forth in 25 U.S.C. 458aa–458hh: Provided, That
the California Trust Reform Consortium and any other
participating tribe agree to carry out their responsibilities
under the same written and implemented fiduciary stand-
ards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Interior:
Provided further, That they demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Secretary that they have the capability to do so: Pro-
vided further, That the Department shall provide funds to
the tribes in an amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C.
458cc(g)(3), including funds specifically or functionally re-
lated to the provision of trust services to the tribes or their
members.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, in-
cluding 42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq., nonrenewable grazing per-
mits authorized in the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management within the past 9 years, shall be re-
newed. The Animal Unit Months contained in the most re-
cently expired nonrenewable grazing permit, authorized be-
tween March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2003, shall con-
tinue in effect under the renewed permit. Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to extend the nonrenewable permits
beyond the standard 1-year term.
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SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands,
waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part
of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York
and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating
and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable.
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the National Park Service final winter use rules published
in Part VII of the Federal Register for November 10, 2004,
69 Fed. Reg. 65348 et seq., shall be in force and effect for
the winter use season of 2005–2006 that commences on or
about December 15, 2005.
SEC. 124. Section 1121(d) of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001(d)) is amended by striking
paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
‘‘(7) APPROVAL OF INDIAN TRIBES.—The Sec-
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transfer to another authority, or take any other ac-
tion relating to an elementary school or secondary
school (or any program of such a school) of an Indian
tribe without the approval of the governing body of
any Indian tribe that would be affected by such an
action.’’.
SEC. 125. (a) U.S.S. ARIZONA MEMORIAL PARKING
FEE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to charge a fee for
visitor parking at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial and to re-
tain and expend the revenues, without further appropria-
tion, for the lease of administrative facilities within or near
the area at the memorial administered by the National
Park Service.
(b) AUTHORITY FOR AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of
the Interior is further authorized to enter into agreements
with public and private entities for the purpose of stream-
lining visitor services by providing visitor information and
admission tickets for National Park Service-administered
sites and other attractions in the vicinity, including but
not limited to the U.S.S. Missouri, the Pacific Air Museum
of Pearl Harbor, and the U.S.S. Bowfin submarine mu-
seum.
SEC. 126. Section 108(e) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to establish the Kalaupapa National Historical Park in the
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State of Hawaii, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 410jj–
7) is amended by striking ‘‘twenty-five years from’’ and in-
serting ‘‘on the date that is 45 years after’’.
SEC. 127. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005,’’ and inserting
‘‘June 30, 2006,’’.
SEC. 128. (a) For necessary expenses for the Memorial
to Martin Luther King, Jr., there is hereby made available
to the Secretary of the Interior $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for activities authorized by section
508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 104–333).
(b) Section 508(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public
Lands Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Pub-
lic Law 104–333) is amended by striking the second sen-
tence.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the amount reduced in title I in the second proviso under
the heading Departmental Management, Salaries and Ex-
penses, is further reduced by $10,000,000.
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TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376;
procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other
operating expenses in support of research and development;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project,
$730,795,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but
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at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations
which issue publications to members only or at a price to
members lower than to subscribers who are not members;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project; and not
to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $2,333,416,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, including administrative costs of the
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to
exceed $85,000 per project, $36,955,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2007.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
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or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$40,218,000, to remain available until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections
111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and ren-
ovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project;
$1,256,165,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund
upon the date of enactment of this Act as authorized by
section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau-
thorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,256,165,000
as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub-
stance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section
517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading may be allocated to other Fed-
eral agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, $13,536,000 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain
available until September 30, 2007, and $30,606,000 shall
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be transferred to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropria-
tion to remain available until September 30, 2007.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section
205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per
project, $73,027,000, to remain available until expended.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, $15,863,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,453,550,000,
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which
$1,100,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’); $850,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for
the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section
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1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except
that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made available
under this heading in this Act, or in previous appropria-
tions Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for health
effects studies on drinking water contaminants; $50,000,000
shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design,
construction and related activities in connection with the
construction of high priority water and wastewater facili-
ties in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after
consultation with the appropriate border commission;
$40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to
address drinking water and waste infrastructure needs of
rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That, of these
funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25
percent; (2) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (3) not
later than October 1, 2005 the State of Alaska shall make
awards consistent with the State-wide priority list estab-
lished in 2004 for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and
similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are
funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall
allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for
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projects in regional hub communities; $200,000,000 shall
be for making grants for the construction of drinking water,
wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water
quality protection in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions specified for such grants in the joint explanatory
statement of the managers accompanying this Act, and, for
purposes of these grants, each grantee shall contribute not
less than 45 percent of the cost of the project unless the
grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency;
$90,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including
grants, interagency agreements, and associated program
support costs, of which $200,000 may be made available
for a brownfields assessment of the Fortuna Radar Site;
$1,000,000 for cost-shared grants for school bus retrofit and
replacement 
projects 
that 
reduce 
diesel 
emissions;
$1,500,000 may be for the expansion of the wastewater
treatment plant in Lake Havasu City, Arizona; $1,000,000
may be for the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant
in Avondale, Arizona; and $1,122,550,000 shall be for
grants, including associated program support costs, to
States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-
media or single media pollution prevention, control and
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abatement and related activities, including activities pursu-
ant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public
Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 103 of
the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and
data collection activities subject to terms and conditions
specified by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended,
$19,344,000 shall be for Environmental Information Ex-
change Network grants, including associated program sup-
port costs, and $16,856,000 shall be for making competitive
targeted watershed grants: Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2006, State authority under section 302(a) of Public
Law 104–182 shall remain in effect: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State
water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts
included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal
year 2005 and prior years where such amounts represent
costs of administering the fund to the extent that such
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Adminis-
trator, accounted for separately from other assets in the
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including
administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006,
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Adminis-
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trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for
any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants
to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of
that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006, not-
withstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c)
of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2 percent of the funds appro-
priated for State Revolving Funds under title VI of that
Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under
section 518(c) of that Act: Provided further, That no funds
provided by this legislation to address the water, wastewater
and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in
the United States along the United States-Mexico border
shall be made available to a county or municipal govern-
ment unless that government has established an enforceable
local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that
jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary
infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, heretofore and hereafter, after
consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations and for the purpose of making technical cor-
rections, the Administrator is authorized to award grants
under this heading to entities and for purposes other than
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those listed in the joint explanatory statements of the man-
agers accompanying the Agency’s appropriations Acts for
the construction of drinking water, wastewater and
stormwater infrastructure and for water quality protection:
Provided further, That from unobligated prior year funds
in appropriation accounts available to the Environmental
Protection Agency, $58,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That such rescissions shall be taken solely
from amounts associated with grants, contracts, and inter-
agency agreements whose availability under the original pe-
riod for obligation for such grant, contract, or interagency
agreement has expired.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
For fiscal year 2006, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal
consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental
programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law,
except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded
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from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (as
added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide Registration Im-
provement Act of 2003), as amended.
Notwithstanding section 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV)),
beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, appropriated
funds may be used to award grants or loans under section
104(k) of CERCLA to eligible entities that satisfy all of the
elements set forth in CERCLA section 101(40) to qualify
as a bona fide prospective purchaser except that the date
of acquisition of the property was prior to the date of enact-
ment of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield
Revitalization Act of 2001.
For fiscal years 2006 through 2011, the Administrator
may, after consultation with the Office of Personnel Man-
agement, make not to exceed five appointments in any fiscal
year under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209 for the
Office of Research and Development.
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Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, and not-
withstanding section 306 of the Toxic Substances Control
Act, the Federal share of the cost of radon program activi-
ties implemented with Federal assistance under section 306
shall not exceed 60 percent in the third and subsequent
grant years.
None of the funds provided in this Act or any other
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to publish proposed or final regulations pursuant
to the requirements of section 428(b) of Division G of Public
Law 108–199 until the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, in coordination with other appropriate
Federal agencies, has completed and published a technical
study to look at safety issues, including the risk of fire and
burn to consumers in use, associated with compliance with
the regulations. Not later than six months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall complete
and publish the technical study.
Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, recipients of grants
provided under section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) may use the grant funds for rea-
sonable administrative expenses, as determined by the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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SEC. 201. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall conduct a thorough review of all
third-party intentional human dosing studies to identify or
quantify toxic effects currently submitted to the Agency
under FIFRA to ensure that they:
(1) address a clearly defined regulatory objective;
(2) address a critical regulatory endpoint by en-
hancing the Agency’s scientific data bases;
(3) were designed and being conducted in a
manner that ensured the study was adequate scientif-
ically to answer the question and ensured the safety
of volunteers;
(4) was designed to produce societal benefits that
outweigh any anticipated risks to participants;
(5) adhered to all recognized ethical standards
and procedures in place at the time the study was
conducted; and
(6) are consistent with section 12(a)(2)(P) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
and all other applicable laws.
(b) The Administrator shall, within 60 days of the en-
actment of this Act, report to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; the Senate Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition and Forestry; and the House Committee
on Agriculture on the results of the review required under
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subsection (a) and any actions taken pursuant to the re-
view.
(c) Within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall issue a final rule that addresses apply-
ing ethical standards to third-party studies involving inten-
tional human dosing to identify or quantify toxic effects.
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency—
(1) to accept, consider, or rely on third-party in-
tentional dosing human studies for pesticides; or
(2) to conduct intentional dosing human studies
for pesticides.
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $280,892,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided,
$58,434,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro-
gram.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage-
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ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, coopera-
tive forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $254,615,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized by law of which $62,632,000 is to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System,
$1,377,656,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during prior
fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance
with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided,
That unobligated balances under this heading available at
the start of fiscal year 2006 shall be displayed by budget
line item in the fiscal year 2007 budget justification: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this heading
for Forest Products, $5,000,000 shall be allocated to the
Alaska Region, in addition to its normal allocation for the
purposes of preparing additional timber for sale, to estab-
lish a 3-year timber supply and such funds may be trans-
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ferred to other appropriations accounts as necessary to
maximize accomplishment: Provided further, That within
funds available for the purpose of implementing the Valles
Caldera Preservation Act, notwithstanding the limitations
of section 107(e)(2) of the Valles Caldera Preservation Act
(Public Law 106–248), for fiscal year 2006, the Chair of
the Board of Trustees of the Valles Caldera Trust may re-
ceive, upon request, compensation for each day (including
travel time) that the Chair is engaged in the performance
of the functions of the Board, except that compensation shall
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect
for members of the Senior Executive Service at the ES–1
level, and shall be in addition to any reimbursement for
travel, subsistence and other necessary expenses incurred by
the Chair in the performance of the Chair’s duties.
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 rehabilita-
tion of burned-over National Forest System lands and
water, $1,745,531,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances