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and data collection activities subject to terms and condi-
tions specified by the Administrator, of which $49,495,000 
shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amend-
ed, $14,850,000 shall be for Environmental Information 
Exchange Network grants, including associated program 
support costs, $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Act shall be for water quality moni-
toring activities that meet EPA standards for statistically 
representative monitoring programs, $17,567,000 to make 
grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended, and to federally recognized tribes 
under Public Law 105–276, and to provide financial assist-
ance to States and federally-recognized tribes for the pur-
poses authorized by title XV, subtitle B of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, with the exception of leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities that are authorized by section 
205 of Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 
1986, and $16,608,000 shall be for making competitive tar-
geted watershed grants: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 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 2007 and prior years where such amounts represent
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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 2007, 
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants 
to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 
319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2 
percent of the funds appropriated 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 Act to 
address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastruc-
ture 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 enforceable local ordinance, or other zon-
ing rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the develop-
ment or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the construction 
of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks
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water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Pro-
vided further, That funds that were appropriated under this 
heading for special project grants in fiscal year 2001 or 
earlier that have not been obligated on an approved grant 
by September 1, 2007, are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2007, 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 
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.
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By December 31, 2006, EPA shall finalize a rule for 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, sec-
tion 106 (Water Pollution Control) grants that incorporates 
financial incentives for States that implement adequate Na-
tional Pollutant Discharge Elimination System fee pro-
grams. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SEC. 201. RELIEF FOR SMALL SYSTEMS. (a) DEFINI-
TIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) SMALL SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘small system’’ 
means a small public water system eligible to receive 
a variance under section 1415(e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–4(e)). 
(b) SMALL SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Of 
the amounts made available under the heading ‘‘SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY’’ in title II, not less than $5,500,000 
shall be used by the Administrator to develop alternative 
technologies to comply with the disinfection byproducts 
rules and regulations described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of 
subsection (c)(1)(A). 
(c) THIRD-PARTY STATE ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—
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(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Using 
not 
less 
than 
$5,500,000 of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGE-
MENT’’ in title II, the Administrator shall carry out 
a competitive grant program to provide additional 
assistance under section 1452(q) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(q)) to small systems 
and qualified (as determined by the Administrator) 
organizations for use in addressing State needs, in-
cluding for use in— 
(A) complying with— 
(i) the standard for arsenic promul-
gated in the final rule entitled ‘‘National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Ar-
senic and Clarifications to Compliance and 
New Source Contaminants Monitoring’’ (66 
Fed. Reg. 6976 (January 22, 2001)); 
(ii) the final rule entitled ‘‘National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Dis-
infectants and Disinfection Byproducts’’ (63 
Fed. Reg. 69390 (December 16, 1998)); and 
(iii) other regulations promulgated in 
accordance with the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) relating to dis-
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infection byproducts, wastewater permits, 
and source water protection; and 
(B) completing and submitting applications 
for funding assistance. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall give priority to 
small systems and qualified (as determined by the 
Administrator) organizations that have the most sup-
port (or a majority of support) from small commu-
nities in each State. 
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, $274,987,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$62,000,000 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-
ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
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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, $251,091,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law of which $49,935,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for the 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands shall be available 
until the Forest Service notifies the House Committee on 
Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions, in writing, of specific contractual and grant details 
including the non-Federal cost share. 
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, 
$1,413,791,000, 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 2007 shall be displayed by budget 
line item in the fiscal year 2008 budget justification: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this heading
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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-
ferred to other appropriations accounts as necessary to 
maximize accomplishment. 
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, $1,782,949,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances 
from other appropriations accounts previously transferred 
for such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be available to reimburse State and other cooperating enti-
ties for services provided in response to wildfire and other 
emergencies or disasters to the extent such reimbursements 
by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully re-
paid by the responsible emergency management agency: 
Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of any un-
obligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for haz-
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ardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall 
be transferred to the fund established pursuant to section 
3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.) if necessary 
to reimburse the fund for unpaid past advances: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 
shall be used for Fire Science Research in support of the 
Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That all au-
thorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the 
Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also 
available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science 
Research: Provided further, That funds provided shall be 
available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland 
interface, support to Federal emergency response, and wild-
fire suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $291,792,000 is for haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities, $2,000,000 is for rehabili-
tation and restoration, $24,439,000 is for research activities 
and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $40,000,000 is for 
State fire assistance, $8,000,000 is for volunteer fire assist-
ance, $6,802,000 is for forest health activities on Federal
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lands and $4,552,000 is for forest health activities on State 
and private lands: Provided further, That amounts in this 
paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘State and Private 
Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and 
Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund State fire assistance, 
volunteer fire assistance, forest health management, forest 
and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, 
vegetation and watershed management, heritage site reha-
bilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and 
restoration: Provided further, That transfers of any 
amounts in excess of those authorized in this paragraph, 
shall require approval of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming pro-
cedures contained in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
for hazardous fuels treatments may be transferred to and 
made a part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account at 
the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service thirty 
days after notifying the House and the Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the costs of im-
plementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal 
Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 
mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to funds provided for State Fire As-
sistance programs, and subject to all authorities available
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to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 
Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent 
non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting commu-
nities when hazard reduction activities are planned on na-
tional forest lands that have the potential to place such com-
munities at risk: Provided further, That included in fund-
ing for hazardous fuel reduction is $5,000,000 for imple-
menting the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public 
Law 106–393, title VI, and any portion of such funds shall 
be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities available to the Forest Service under the 
State and Private Forestry appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $9,000,000, between the Departments 
when such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly 
funded wildland fire management programs and projects: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 
fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to 
make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest 
Service under the State and Private Forestry appropria-
tion, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use 
of biomass from national forest lands: Provided further, 
That funds designated for wildfire suppression shall be as-
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sessed for indirect costs on the same basis as such assess-
ments are calculated against other agency programs. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $383,740,000, to remain available until 
expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, 
and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for 
construction, reconstruction, repair, decommissioning, and 
maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service 
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 
and 205: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds 
provided herein for road maintenance shall be available for 
the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads 
not part of the transportation system, which are no longer 
needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be expended 
to decommission any system road until notice and an op-
portunity for public comment has been provided on each 
decommissioning project. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including admin-
istrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $36,985,000, to be derived