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INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 
to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,545,161,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,448,887,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
$906,896,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 
2015, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applica-
tions, not less than 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy effi-
ciency improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, funds 
made available under this title to each State for Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 
discretion of each State, be used for projects to address green 
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or 
other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State 
water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts 
included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal 
year 2015 and prior years where such amounts represent costs 
of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted 
for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limita-
tion on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated for 
State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by 
the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 
1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2015, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent 
of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 
under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants made under title II of the Clean Water Act 
for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limita-
tions on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe
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Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under 
the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That not less than 20 
percent but not more than 30 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State 
to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form 
of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants 
(or any combination of these), and shall be so used by the 
State only where such funds are provided as initial financing 
for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure 
the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 
consultation with the appropriate border commission; Provided, 
That no funds provided by this appropriations Act 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 
government unless that government has established an enforce-
able 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; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 
State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the State-
wide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used 
for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facili-
ties described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
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(6) $10,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act; and 
(7) $1,054,378,000 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 abatement and related activities, including activi-
ties pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 
and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall 
be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall 
be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 
statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 
State monitoring programs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 
agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 
agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State finan-
cial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112–177, the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 
year 2015. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 
of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’
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to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concur-
rence of such head, to carry out activities that would support 
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water 
Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 
an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department 
or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 
governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and 
individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and 
implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
tiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 
Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 
Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities provided that 
the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project. 
The fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-
sions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is amended by striking 
‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
For fiscal year 2015, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
the Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator is authorized 
to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes 
pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Manage-
ment’’ for fiscal year 2015 to provide grants to implement the 
Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities 
funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, 
$40,000,000, are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $296,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, $70,000,000 is 
for the forest inventory and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing tech-
nical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 
and others, and for forest health management, including treatments 
of pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring 
and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants,