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tion of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 
(59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal actions to address 
environmental justice in minority populations and low-in-
come populations). 
Title II of Public Law 109–54, under the heading 
Administrative Provisions, is amended: in the fourth para-
graph, strike ‘‘make not to exceed five appointments in 
any fiscal year under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 
209 for the Office of Research and Development’’ and in-
sert ‘‘employ up to thirty persons at any one time in the 
Office of Research and Development under the authority 
provided in 42 U.S.C. 209’’. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 
activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants Account, $10,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
Of the funds provided in the Environmental Pro-
grams 
and 
Management 
Account, 
not 
less 
than 
$6,500,000 shall be used for activities to develop and pub-
lish a final rule not later than June 26, 2009, and to begin 
implementation, to require mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions above appropriate thresholds in all 
sectors of the economy of the United States, as required 
by Public Law 110–161. 
For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and 
Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, 
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Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Super-
fund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust 
Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construc-
tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities provided that the cost does not exceed $85,000 
per project. 
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, $296,380,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $60,770,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program. 
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 man-
agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
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ized, $265,861,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; and of which $49,445,000 is to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,514,805,000, 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 Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
6a(i)): Provided, That of the unobligated balances in this 
account, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $495,393,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im-
provement, 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 $50,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed 
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road decommissioning, road and trail repair and mainte-
nance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas-
sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 
roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 
streams and water bodies which support threatened, en-
dangered or sensitive species or community water sources: 
Provided further, That up to $40,000,000 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 opportunity for public comment has been provided 
on each decommissioning project: Provided further, That 
the decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the 
official transportation system shall be expedited in re-
sponse to threats to public safety, water quality, or natural 
resources: Provided further, That funds becoming available 
in fiscal year 2009 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 
U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of 
the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obli-
gation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 
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