implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species 
that are indigenous to the United States (except for proc-
essing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
regulations, and taking any other steps to implement ac-
tions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $12,581,000 shall 
be used for any activity regarding the designation of crit-
ical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding liti-
gation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2006: Provided further, That 
of the amount available for law enforcement, up to 
$400,000, to remain available until expended, may at the 
discretion of the Secretary be used for payment for infor-
mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
her certificate: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 
may remain available until expended for contaminant sam-
ple analyses.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $39,756,000, to remain 
available until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$19,751,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs.
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program established 
by the Secretary that provides matching, competitively
awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia, feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and American Samoa, to establish or supplement 
existing landowner incentive programs that provide tech-
nical and financial assistance, including habitat protection 
and restoration, to private landowners for the protection 
and management of habitat to benefit federally listed, pro-
posed, candidate, or other at-risk species on private lands.
PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $7,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for the Private Stewardship Grants Program es-
tablished by the Secretary to provide grants and other as-
sistance to individuals and groups engaged in private con-
servation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, 
candidate, or other at-risk species.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
as amended, $80,507,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,161,000 is to be derived from the 
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and 
$60,346,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,202,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public 
Law 101–233, as amended, $36,646,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For financial assistance for projects to promote the 
conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance 
with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 
Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 6101–6109), $4,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96; 16 
U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), and the Ma-
rine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–
266; 16 U.S.C. 6601), $6,057,000, to remain available 
until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and federally-recognized Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel-
opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 
hunted or fished, $50,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided herein, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes, not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting said $5,000,000 and adminis-
trative 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 Is-
lands, 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 apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 
such projects and the Federal share of implementation 
grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of 
such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 
share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 
grant programs: Provided further, That no State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant if its com-
prehensive wildlife conservation plan is disapproved and 
such funds that would have been distributed to such State, 
territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distributed equi-
tably to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with ap-
proved plans: Provided further, That any amount appor-
tioned in 2007 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2008, shall 
be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 
2009, in the manner provided herein: Provided further, 
That balances from amounts previously appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 54 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 54 are for replacement only (including 15 for police-
type use); 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 rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with 
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment 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 notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least 
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and 
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Service 
may use up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for con-
tracts for employment-related legal services: Provided fur-
ther, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as re-
placements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior may not spend any of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the purchase of lands or interests 
in lands to be used in the establishment of any new unit 
of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the pur-
chase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the statement of the 
managers accompanying this Act.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road 
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, $1,754,317,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000), of which $9,829,000 is for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and shall remain available until expended; of which 
$86,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets, operation of the National Park 
Service automated facility management software system, 
and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of 
which $1,909,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for 
high priority projects: Provided, That the only funds in 
this account which may be made available to support 
United States Park Police are those funds approved for 
emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established 
National Park Service procedures, those funds needed to 
maintain and repair United States Park Police adminis-
trative facilities, and those funds necessary to reimburse 
the United States Park Police account for the unbudgeted 
overtime and travel costs associated with special events for 
an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to the 
review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters 
office: Provided further, That funds in this account may
be spent without regard to the ‘‘no net loss’’ of law en-
forcement personnel policy.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of 
the United States Park Police, $84,775,000.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $47,161,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act for the Rivers, Trails and 
Conservation Assistance program may be used for cash 
agreements, or for cooperative agreements that are incon-
sistent with the program’s final strategic plan.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $58,658,000, to be 
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re-
main available until September 30, 2008, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 
artifacts and of which $3,000,000 shall be for Preserve 
America grants to States, Tribes, and local communities
for projects that preserve important historic resources 
through the promotion of heritage tourism: Provided fur-
ther, That any individual Save America’s Treasures or 
Preserve America grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only 
be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That competi-
tive projects to be funded shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and with the Advi-
sory Council on Historic Preservation prior to the commit-
ment of Preserve America grant funds.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $229,934,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds available to the National Park Service may be 
used to plan, design, or construct any partnership project 
with a total value in excess of $5,000,000, without ad-
vance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the National Park Service may 
not accept donations or services associated with the plan-
ning, design, or construction of such new facilities without 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading for implementation of modified water 
deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be expended 
consistent with the requirements of the fifth proviso under 
this heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading for implementa-
tion of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be available for obligation only if matching 
funds are appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers 
for the same purpose: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for implementation of 
modified water deliveries to Everglades National Park 
shall be available for obligation if any of the funds appro-
priated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose 
of implementing modified water deliveries, including final-
izing detailed engineering and design documents for a 
bridge or series of bridges for the Tamiami Trail compo-
nent of the project, becomes unavailable for obligation: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading for implementation of modified water deliv-
eries to Everglades National Park shall be available for 
obligation if the consent decree in United States v. South 
Florida Water Management District is terminated prior 
to the achievement of the requirements of the consent de-
cree as set forth in Appendix A and Appendix B, including
achievement of the 10 parts per billion numeric phos-
phorus criterion throughout the A.R.M. Loxahatchee Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park: Pro-
vided further, That hereafter, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, procurements for the National Mall and 
Memorial Park, Ford’s Theatre National Historical Site 
accessibility and infrastructure improvements 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.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2007 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 
the National Park Service, $29,995,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,625,000 is for 
the State assistance program administration: Provided,
That none of the funds provided for the State assistance 
program may be used to establish a contingency fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 233 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 193 shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed 190 for police-type use, 11 buses, 
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the 
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been 
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented 
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including 
any day in which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion because of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days 
to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 
of a full and comprehensive report on the development of 
the southern end of Ellis Island, including the facts and 
circumstances relied upon in support of the proposed 
project: Provided further, That not to exceed $66,000 of 
funds available to the National Park Service in this Act 
may be used to provide a grant to the Washington Tennis 
and Education Foundation for recreation and education 
programs to be offered to at-risk school children in the 
District of Columbia.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the 
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention. 
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the 
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions 
for which they are medically able. 
If the Secretary of the Interior considers that the de-
cision of any value determination proceeding conducted 
under a National Park Service concession contract issued 
prior to November 13, 1998, misinterprets or misapplies 
relevant contractual requirements or their underlying legal 
authority, then the Secretary may seek, within 180 days 
of any such decision, the de novo review of the value deter-
mination by the United States Court of Federal Claims. 
This Court may make an order affirming, vacating, modi-
fying or correcting the determination. 
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 Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law;
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $991,447,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), 
of which $64,171,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; of which $7,882,000 shall remain available 
until 
expended 
for 
satellite 
operations; 
of 
which 
$21,083,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the operation and maintenance of facilities and de-
ferred maintenance; of which $2,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for deferred maintenance and capital im-
provement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost; of which 
$175,597,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the biological research activity and the operation of 
the 
Cooperative 
Research 
Units; 
and 
of 
which, 
$13,000,000 shall be available only for the Mid-Continent 
Mapping Center (MCMC) in Rolla, Missouri to continue 
functioning as a full service mapping organization: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to consolidate the functions, activities, 
operations, or archives of the Mid-Continent Mapping 
Center (MCMC), located in Rolla, Missouri, into the Na-
tional Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC): 
Provided further, 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 investigations 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 the purchase and replace-
ment of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized sur-
veys when it is administratively determined that such pro-
cedures are in the public interest; construction and main-
tenance 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 admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey