TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment 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)), $840,401,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for high priority
projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps; $2,232,000 is for assessment of the mineral poten-
tial of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010
of Public Law 96–487; (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special
receipt account established by the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i));
and of which $3,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year
2005 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.
In addition, $32,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-
tration program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering 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 annual
mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$840,401,000, 
and
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from com-
munication site rental fees established by the Bureau for
the cost of administering communication site activities:
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac-
tors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $743,099,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$12,374,000 shall be for the renovation or construction
of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also avail-
able for repayment of advances to other appropriation ac-
counts from which funds were previously transferred for
such purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pur-
suant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and
lodging without cost from funds available from this appro-
priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42
U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the
Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United
States property, may be credited to the appropriation from
which funds were expended to provide that protection, and
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That using the amounts designated under this title
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements,
for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels re-
duction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: 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 notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in
Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous
fuels reduction activities, may obtain maximum prac-
ticable competition among: (A) local private, nonprofit, or
cooperative entities; (B) Youth Conservation Corps crews
or related partnerships with state, local, or non-profit
youth groups; (C) small or micro-businesses; or (D) other
entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-
age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-
force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That
in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop
written guidance to field units to ensure accountability
and consistent application of the authorities provided here-
in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
head may be used to reimburse the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries
Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by
section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire
management activities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations
to enter into non-competitive sole source leases of real
property with local governments, at or below fair market
value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facili-
ties on such leased properties, including but not limited
to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial
attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance
payments for any such lease or for construction activity
associated with the lease: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $12,000,000, between the Departments when such
transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded
wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppression
shall be available for support of Federal emergency re-
sponse actions.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $9,855,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account,
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $15,000,000, 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 admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $4,500,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests 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 the Oregon and
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS 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 Ecosystems
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring sal-
vage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery
activities, such as release from competing vegetation and
density control treatments. 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 into
the Forest Ecosystems 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 improve-
ments 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: Pro-
vided, 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 processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation 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 amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, 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 appropriate
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 im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered 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 such ac-
tion 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, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing 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.
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, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $970,494,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006, Provided, That not less than $1,750,000 shall
be provided to local governments in southern California
for planning associated with the Natural Communities
Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$2,000,000 is for high priority projects, which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided
further, That not to exceed $16,226,000 shall be used for
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 $12,700,000 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, 2004: 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; $48,400,000, 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. 4601–4 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,
$12,500,000, 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, $5,000,000, 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: Provided further, That
balances from amounts previously appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Stewardship Grants’’ shall be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation and shall remain available
until expended.
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, $81,596,000, of which $49,384,000 is to be
derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund and $49,384,000 is to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.
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, $38,000,000, 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), $4,400,000,
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), and the Great
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301),
$5,900,000, 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, $67,500,000, 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, $6,000,000 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 $6,000,000 and adminis-
trative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in
the following manner: (A) 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 (B)
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: (A) 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 (B) 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
Grants’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this ap-
propriation and shall remain 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 179 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 161 are for replacement only (including 44 for po-
lice-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 not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the service may
use up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts
for employment-related legal services: Provided further,
That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replace-
ments for existing aircraft: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
the Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated
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 purchase is
approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming
procedures contained in House Report 108–330.
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, 
$1,686,067,000, 
of 
which
$10,708,000 is for planning and interagency coordination
in support of Everglades restoration and shall remain
available until expended; of which $94,690,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005, is for maintenance,
repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, op-
eration of the National Park Service automated facility
management software system, and comprehensive facility
condition assessments; and of which $2,000,000 is for the
Youth Conservation Corps for high priority projects: Pro-
vided, 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 inci-
dents pursuant to established National Park Service pro-
cedures, those funds needed to maintain and repair United
States Park Police administrative facilities, and those
funds necessary to reimburse the United States Park Po-
lice 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.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of
the United States Park Police, $81,204,000.
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, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise 
provided 
for, 
$53,877,000: 
Provided, 
That
$700,000 from the Statutory and Contractual Aid Ac-
count shall be provided to the City of Tacoma, Washington
for the purpose of conducting a feasibility study for the
Train to the Mountain project: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this or previous Acts for the Rivers,
Trails and Conservation Assistance Program may be used
for cooperative agreements, contracts, or cash grants.
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), $71,533,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2006, of which $30,000,000
shall be for Save America’s Treasures for priority preser-
vation projects, of nationally significant sites, structures,
and artifacts: Provided, That any individual Save Amer-
ica’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only
be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be funded shall
be approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations and the Secretary of the Interior in consulta-
tion with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Hu-
manities prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided
further, That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated
for Federal projects, following approval, shall be available
by transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies.
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, $297,628,000, 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, written approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Park
Service may not accept donations or services associated
with the planning, design, or construction of such new fa-
cilities without advance written approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That these restrictions do not apply to the Flight 93 Me-
morial: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this or any other Act may be used for planning, design,
or construction of any underground security screening or
visitor contact facility at the Washington Monument until
such facility has been approved in writing by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act and in any prior
Acts for the purpose of implementing the Modified Water
Deliveries to Everglades National Park Project shall be
available for expenditure unless the joint report of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Attorney General which shall be filed within 90 days
of enactment of this Act and by September 30 each year
thereafter until December 31, 2006, to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the House
Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works, indicates that the water
entering A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
and Everglades National Park does not meet applicable
State water quality standards and numeric criteria adopt-
ed for phosphorus throughout A.R.M. Loxahatchee Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park, as
well as water quality requirements set forth in the Consent
Decree entered in United States v. South Florida Water
Management District, and that the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations respond in writing dis-
approving the further expenditure of funds.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2005
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, $107,500,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $91,500,000 is for
the State assistance program including $1,500,000 to ad-
minister this program: 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 249 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 202 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 193 for police-type use, 10 buses,
and 8 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment 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 Con-
gress is not in session 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 sup-
port of the proposed project: Provided further, That appro-
priations available to the National Park Service may be
used to maintain the following areas in Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia: Jackson Place, Madison Place, and
Pennsylvania Avenue between 15th and 17th Streets,
Northwest.
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal
year 2005, with respect to the administration of the Na-
tional Park Service park pass program by the National
Park Foundation, the Secretary may pay to the Founda-
tion administrative funds expected to be received in that
fiscal year before the revenues are collected, so long as
total payments in the administrative account do not exceed
total revenue collected and deposited in that account by
the end of the fiscal year.
If the Secretary of the Interior considers the decision
of any value determination proceeding conducted under a
National Park Service concession contract issued prior to
November 13, 1998, to misinterpret and/or misapply rel-
evant contractual requirements, and their underlying legal
authority, the Secretary may seek the de novo review of
the value determination by the United States Court of
Federal Claims, and that court may make an order affirm-
ing, vacating, modifying 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); and publish and dis-
seminate data relative to the foregoing activities; and to
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;
$944,498,000, of which $63,262,000 shall be available
only for cooperation with States or municipalities for
water resources investigations; and of which $16,185,000
shall remain available until expended for conducting in-
quiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and
materials processing industries; and of which $7,901,000
shall remain available until expended for satellite oper-
ations; and of which $20,099,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2006, for the operation and maintenance
of facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which
$1,600,000 shall be available until expended for deferred
maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed
$100,000 in cost; and of which $171,976,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2006, for the biological re-
search activity and the operation of the Cooperative Re-
search Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided
for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, 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 car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase and re-
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chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants up to
$10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making pur-
poses per year: Provided further, That such small grant
actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed
and direct delegation of authority from the National Coun-
cil on the Arts to the Chairperson.