subpart E of part 4 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and subpart 4160 of part 4100 of such title. 
WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 
MINING FEES: CORRECTION 
SEC. 115. Section 10101(a) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f), as amended 
by section 430 of the Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (di-
vision E of Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 1047), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘on’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘before, on,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘located’’ the 
second place it appears. 
INDIAN LAW AND ORDER COMMISSION 
SEC. 116. Section 15(f) of the Indian Law Enforce-
ment Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2812(f)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
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GRAY WOLVES 
SEC. 117. Before the end of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall issue a final rule pertaining to the 
proposed rule published on October 5, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 
61782 et seq.). 
EXTENSION OF NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 118. (a) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note) is amended in each of sections 107, 208, 
310, 408, 507, 607, 707, 809, and 910, by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(b) Section 7 of Public Law 99–647 (16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’. 
(c) Section 12 of Public Law 100–692 (16 U.S.C. 
461 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the date that 
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
(d) Section 108 of Public Law 106–278 (16 U.S.C. 
461 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’. 
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ONSHORE OIL AND GAS ON PUBLIC LANDS 
SEC. 119. For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, funds 
made available in this title for the Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs may be used 
by the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher min-
imum rates of basic pay for employees of the Department 
of the Interior carrying out the inspection and regulation 
of onshore oil and gas operations on public lands in the 
Petroleum Engineer (GS–0881) and Petroleum Engineer-
ing Technician (G–0802) job series at grades 5 through 
14 at rates no greater than 25 percent above the minimum 
rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such higher 
rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) 
of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 
TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $738,357,000, to remain avail-
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able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
Research: National Priorities as specified in the explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $2,479,081,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2014: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $346,261,000 shall be for Geographic 
Programs specified in the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That of the funds in-
cluded under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Envi-
ronmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $41,933,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2014. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$36,370,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
$1,164,917,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2012, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,164,917,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA. 
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $104,117,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $71,687,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $32,430,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,223,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$2,602,043,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $689,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the 
‘‘Act’’); of which $829,000,000 shall be for making cap-
italization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act; $60,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including 
grants, interagency agreements, and associated program 
support costs: Provided, That not more than 25 percent 
of the amount appropriated to carry out section 104(k) 
of CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, assess-
ment, and remediation of facilities described in section 
101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; $30,000,000 shall be for 
grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005; and $994,043,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally rec-
ognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air 
pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
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pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
activities, including activities 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 ac-
tivities subject to terms and conditions specified by the 
Administrator, of which $47,572,000 shall be for carrying 
out section 128 of CERCLA, $9,964,000 shall be for En-
vironmental Information Exchange Network grants, in-
cluding associated program support costs, $11,300,000 of 
the funds available for grants under section 106 of the 
Act shall be for State participation in national- and State- 
level statistical surveys of water resources and enhance-
ments to State monitoring programs, and, in addition to 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Under-
ground 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, 
$1,490,000 shall be for grants to States under section 
2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Fed-
eral 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 
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not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made 
by such fund in fiscal year 2013 and prior years where 
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed rea-
sonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately 
from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible pur-
poses of the fund, including administration: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2013, and notwithstanding sec-
tion 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is authorized to 
use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under 
section 319 of that Act to make grants to federally recog-
nized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 
518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2013, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in sec-
tion 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 
2013, 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, 
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may be reserved by the Administrator 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 2013, notwithstanding the limitations on 
amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 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 Administrator 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 available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
grants and not less than 20 percent but not more than 
30 percent of the funds made available 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 for-
giveness 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 financ-
ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or re-
structure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only 
where such debt was incurred on or after the date of en-
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actment of this Act: Provided further, That no funds pro-
vided 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 mu-
nicipal government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which 
prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construc-
tion of any additional 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2013, 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, 
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except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
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 
amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Renewal Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$250,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence 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 ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
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From unobligated balances available to carry out 
projects and activities funded through the State and Trib-
al Assistance Grants account, $130,000,000 are perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con-
current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able 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 Administra-
tive Provisions of title II of Public Law 109–54, as amend-
ed by the fifth paragraph under such heading of title II 
of division E of Public Law 111–8 and the third para-
graph under such heading of the title II of Public Law 
111–88, is further amended by striking ‘‘thirty persons’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fifty persons’’. 
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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, $247,796,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $71,805,000 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-
ized, $183,000,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; of which $3,000,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
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$1,495,484,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided, $342,211,000 shall be 
for forest products: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collabo-
rative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological 
restoration treatments as authorized by section 4003(f) of 
Public Law 111–11 (16 U.S.C. 7303(f)): Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, up to $68,887,000 is for the 
Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for Region 
1, Region 3 and Region 4: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided for forest products, up to $45,403,000 may 
be transferred to support the Integrated Resource Res-
toration pilot program in the preceding proviso. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $356,086,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruc-
tion, decommissioning (including decommissioning unau-
thorized roads not part of the transportation system), and 
maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Serv-
ice as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 
101 and 205: Provided, That $35,000,000 shall be des-
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ignated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road 
and trail repair and maintenance and associated activities, 
and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 
where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water 
quality problems in streams and water bodies which sup-
port threatened, endangered, or sensitive species or com-
munity water sources: Provided further, That funds be-
coming available in fiscal year 2013 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 avail-
able for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless 
the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided for decommissioning of roads, up to 
$8,369,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest 
System’’ to support the Integrated Resource Restoration 
pilot program. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to the Forest Service, $16,494,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $955,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 
U.S.C. 460l-516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 
Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available until expended, of which 
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not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administra-
tive expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$46,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 re-
duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $2,072,799,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli-
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gated balances under this heading, are available for repay-
ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 
other cooperating entities 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 repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $5,226,000 of funds 
appropriated under this appropriation shall be available 
for the Forest Service in support of fire science research 
authorized by the Joint Fire Science Program, including 
all Forest Service authorities for the use of funds, such 
as contracts, grants, research joint venture agreements, 
and cooperative agreements: Provided further, That all au-
thorities for the use of funds, including the use of con-
tracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to 
execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropria-
tion, 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, hazardous fuels reduction activities, sup-
port to Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppres-
sion activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That 
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of the funds provided, $345,005,000 is for hazardous fuels 
reduction activities, $20,634,000 is for research activities 
and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $72,688,000 is for State fire 
assistance, $11,733,000 is for volunteer fire assistance: 
Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph may be 
transferred to the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Re-
search’’ account to fund State fire assistance, volunteer 
fire assistance, forest health management, forest and 
rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Program, vege-
tation and watershed management, heritage site rehabili-
tation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may 
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into pro-
curement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels reduction and for training or 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities on Federal land or on non-Federal land if the 
Secretary determines such activities implement a commu-
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nity wildfire protection plan (or equivalent) and benefit 
resources on Federal land: Provided further, That funds 
made available to implement the Community Forest Res-
toration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be avail-
able for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with au-
thorities made 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 $50,000,000, between the Depart-
ments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro-
vided 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’’ appro-
priation, for the purpose of creating incentives for in-
creased use of biomass from National Forest System 
lands: Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire 
suppression, including funds transferred from the 
‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’, shall be 
assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assess-
ments are calculated against other agency programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds for hazardous fuels reduc-
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Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed-
eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a 
project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That 
hereafter, the National Forest Foundation may hold Fed-
eral funds made available but not immediately disbursed 
and may use any interest or other investment income 
earned (before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the purposes of 
Public Law 101–593: Provided further, That such invest-
ments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations 
of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to 
both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
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