H. R. 2996 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
REFERENCES 
SECTION 1. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any ref-
erence to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRON-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2010 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 
by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 
general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 
3150(a)), $959,571,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2010 subject to a match 
by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of 
Bureau lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 
as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred.
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In addition, $45,500,000 is for the processing of applications 
for permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation that shall be derived 
from $6,500 per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau 
shall collect upon submission of each new application, and in addi-
tion, $36,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program oper-
ations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation 
from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that are 
hereby authorized for fiscal year 2010 so as to result in a final 
appropriation estimated at not more than $959,571,000, and 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication 
site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 430 of division E of Public Law 111–8, the amount 
of $1,000,000 made available to the Bureau of Land Management 
for the shipment and storage of oil shale core samples in the 
State of Colorado, as described in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally 
Designated Spending’’ contained in the joint explanatory statement, 
is rescinded. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, 
and appurtenant facilities, $8,626,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $29,650,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 111– 
8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount of $2,000,000 made available for 
the Henry’s Lake ACEC in the State of Idaho (as described in 
the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ contained 
in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made 
available for the Upper Snake/South Fork River ACEC/SRMA in 
the State of Idaho. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 
on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 
other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant coun-
ties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 
lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 
or adjacent to such grant lands; $111,557,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against
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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 subsection (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 through fiscal year 2015 for the purpose 
of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage 
timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities, 
such as release from competing vegetation and density control treat-
ments. 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 funded by this account shall be deposited 
through fiscal year 2015 into the Forest Ecosystem Health and 
Recovery Fund. 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 
to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding 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 proc-
essing 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, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 
authorizations, and for rehabilitation 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: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
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 settlement, if not appro-
priate 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 Management which have been damaged by the action 
of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized 
person, without regard to whether all moneys collected from each
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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, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making 
conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities. Projects funded pursuant to a written commit-
ment by a State government to provide an identified amount of 
money in support of the project may be carried out by the bureau 
upon receipt of the written commitment. Appropriations for the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 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 evidence con-
cerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 
or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative 
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 
produced 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: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 
of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall 
not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau of Land Management 
or its contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that 
results in their destruction for processing into commercial products: 
Provided further, That title I of division E of the Omnibus Appro-
priations Act, 2009, is further amended, under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management—Administrative 
Provisions’’ in the second paragraph: (1) by striking the phrase 
‘‘mining law administration’’ and inserting ‘‘from mining claim 
holders the mining claim maintenance fees and location’’; and (2) 
by striking ‘‘those’’: Provided further, That section 28f(a) of title 
30, United States Code, is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘for 
years 2004 through 2008,’’ and replacing it with ‘‘, to the extent 
provided in advance in Appropriations Acts,’’. Section 28g of title
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30, United States Code, is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘and 
before September 30, 2008,’’ and replacing it with ‘‘, to the extent 
provided in advance in Appropriations Acts,’’. Section 28i of title 
30, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘28k’’ and replacing 
it with ‘‘28l’’. 
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, general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources, $1,269,406,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011 except as otherwise 
provided herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority 
projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,103,000 shall be 
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, (except for processing 
petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, 
and taking any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 
$11,632,000 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, 2009: 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 pay-
ment for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s 
certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wild-
life resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$37,439,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 111–8, division 
E for Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Nisqually National 
Wildlife Refuge, Patuxent Research Refuge, Tennessee National 
Wildlife Refuge, and Mammoth Springs National Fish Hatchery 
may be reallocated to acquire migratory bird survey aircraft and 
for construction at Neosho National Fish Hatchery. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation 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 United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
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$86,340,000, 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, not more than $4,000,000 shall be for 
land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Con-
servation Act of 2004, including not to exceed $120,000 for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
for specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any 
administrative overhead, planning or other management costs. 
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, 
$85,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$29,000,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered 
Species Conservation Fund, of which $5,145,706 shall be for the 
Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursu-
ant to the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which 
$56,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,500,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4401– 
4414), $47,647,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4214, 4221–4225, 4241– 
4246, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 
(16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Conservation 
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), $11,500,000, 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 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, 
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
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of the amount provided herein, $7,000,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for States, territories, and other 
jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting $12,000,000 and administrative 
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 
1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
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 para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned 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 implementa-
tion grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such 
projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 
projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided 
further, That any amount apportioned in 2010 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2011, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 
in 2012, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the operations 
of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair 
of damage to public 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 maintenance 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-
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 connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least one- 
half the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality
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standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept donated 
aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service (including expenses to carry out programs of the 
United States Park Police), and for the general administration 
of the National Park Service, $2,261,559,000, of which $9,982,000 
for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades 
restoration and $98,622,000 for maintenance, repair or rehabilita-
tion projects for constructed assets, operation of the National Park 
Service automated facility management software system, and com-
prehensive facility condition assessments shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011. 
PARK PARTNERSHIP PROJECT GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of section 814(g) 
of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge cost-share agreements, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended for Park Partner-
ship signature projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 
50 percent of the total cost of each project or program is derived 
from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or 
a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit: 
Provided further, That, of the amount made available under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the transfer of prior 
year unobligated balances available in the National Park Service 
recreation enhancement fee program established by title VIII, divi-
sion J, Public Law 108–447. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $68,436,000, of which $4,600,000 
shall be for Preserve America grants as authorized by section 7302 
of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–11). 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preserva-
tion 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), $79,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2011; of which 
$25,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants as author-
ized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11): Provided, That of the funds 
provided for Save America’s Treasures, $10,200,000 shall be allo-
cated in the amounts specified for those projects and purposes
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in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the joint 
explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including modifications authorized by section 104 
of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act 
of 1989, $232,969,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, beginning in fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, procurements 
for the removal and restoration of the Elwha and Glines Canyon 
dams as authorized in Public Law 102–495 may be issued which 
include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of 
funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading shall be made available without regard 
to the requirements of section 8(b) of Public Law 102–543, as 
amended. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2010 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation 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, $126,266,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $40,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program and of which $9,000,000 shall be 
for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as author-
ized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 appro-
priation, 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 benefitting 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 benefitting 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 benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability.
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For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral 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 permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; 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 author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,111,740,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011, of which $65,561,000 shall be available only for 
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources inves-
tigations; of which $40,150,000 shall remain available until 
expended for satellite operations; of which $7,321,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for deferred maintenance and capital improve-
ment projects that exceed $100,000 in cost; and of which $2,000,000 
shall be available to fund the operating expenses for the Civil 
Applications Committee: 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 be used to pay more than one-half the cost 
of topographic mapping or water resources data collection and inves-
tigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 
be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administra-
tion for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of 
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other special-
ized surveys when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance 
of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of 
lands for gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the 
United States National Committee on Geology; and payment of 
compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey 
duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities
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funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through 
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined 
in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United States 
Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the 
temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, 
who shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 
57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered 
to be Federal employees for any other purposes. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental 
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties, 
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable 
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and oper-
ating contracts; for energy-related or other authorized marine- 
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $175,217,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011, of which $89,374,000 shall be available 
for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed 
$156,730,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain 
available until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 
fees: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 
2010, such amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall 
be collected and credited to this account and shall be available 
until expended for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to 
the extent $156,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized 
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to 
reach $156,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation from 
receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf 
leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That the 
term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in 
section 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, division 
C of Public Law 109–432, shall include only the portion of rental 
revenues that would have been collected at the rental rates in 
effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro-
moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 
under this heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments 
in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director 
of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts 
owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable 
erroneous payments: Provided further, That for the costs of adminis-
tration of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized by 
section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 1456a), in fiscal year 2010, MMS may retain up to 
4 percent of the amounts which are disbursed under section 31(b)(1), 
such retained amounts to remain available until expended.
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For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be derived from non-refundable inspec-
tion fees collected in fiscal year 2010, as provided in this Act: 
Provided, That to the extent that such amounts are not realized 
from such fees, the amount needed to reach $10,000,000 shall 
be credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental 
rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 
5, 1993. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title 
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,303,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the Secretary shall 
deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to each State in fiscal 
year 2010 and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous 
receipts of the Treasury. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95–87, as amended, $127,180,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011: Provided, That appropriations for the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 
as amended, $35,588,000, to be derived from receipts of the Aban-
doned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the 
Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent 
from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States 
Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided 
further, That funds made available under title IV of Public Law 
95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal share of the 
cost of projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose 
of environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement 
of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, 
That such projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this heading may be used 
for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel
H. R. 2996—70 
other provision of law or of this joint resolution, the maximum 
dollar amount limitation on the principal obligation of a mortgage 
for such size residence for such area for purposes of such section 
203(b)(2) shall be considered (except for purposes of section 255(g) 
of such Act (12 U.S.C.1715z-20(g))) to be such dollar amount limita-
tion in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008. 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY
FOR
SUB-AREAS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or of this joint resolution, 
if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines, 
for any geographic area that is smaller than an area for which 
dollar amount limitations on the principal obligation of a mortgage 
are determined under section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing 
Act, that a higher such maximum dollar amount limitation is war-
ranted for any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub- 
area by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Secretary 
may, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit approval 
for the borrower during calendar year 2010, increase the maximum 
dollar amount limitation for such size or sizes of residences for 
such sub-area that is otherwise in effect (including pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section), but in no case to an amount that 
exceeds the amount specified in section 202(a)(2) of the Economic 
Stimulus Act of 2008. 
‘‘SEC. 167. (a) LOAN LIMIT FLOOR BASED ON 2008 LEVELS.— 
For mortgages originated during calendar year 2010, if the limita-
tion on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage 
that may be purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation determined 
under section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) or section 305(a)(2) of the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C.1754(a)(2)) 
respectively, for any size residence for any area is less than such 
maximum original principal obligation limitation that was in effect 
for such size residence for such area for 2008 pursuant to section 
201 of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–185; 
122 Stat. 619), notwithstanding any other provision of law or of 
this joint resolution, the limitation on the maximum original prin-
cipal obligation of a mortgage for such Association and Corporation 
for such size residence for such area shall be such maximum limita-
tion in effect for such size residence for such area for 2008. 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY
FOR
SUB-AREAS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or of this joint resolution, 
if the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency determines, 
for any geographic area that is smaller than an area for which 
limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of a mort-
gage are determined for the Federal National Mortgage Association 
or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, that a higher 
such maximum original principal obligation limitation is warranted 
for any particular size or sizes of residences in such sub-area 
by higher median home prices in such sub-area, the Director may, 
for mortgages originated during calendar year 2010, increase the 
maximum original principal obligation limitation for such size or 
sizes of residences for such sub-area that is otherwise in effect 
(including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section) for such 
Association and Corporation, but in no case to an amount that 
exceeds the amount specified in the matter following the comma 
in section 201(a)(l)(B) of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
H. R. 2996—71 
‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, for mortgages for which the mortgagee issues credit 
approval for the borrower during calendar year 2010, the second 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-20(g)) shall be considered to require that in no case may 
the benefits of insurance under such section 255 exceed 150 percent 
of the maximum dollar amount in effect under the sixth sentence 
of section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 
‘‘SEC. 169. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, other than section 106, up to $200,000,000 of the funds 
provided by Public Law 111–8 that are available on October 1, 
2009, in the ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ account may be avail-
able to adjust allocations for public housing agencies to prevent 
termination of assistance to families.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.