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is for high priority projects, which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$18,263,000 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 
processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which 
not to exceed $9,926,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2007: 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 information, rewards, or evidence concerning viola-
tions of laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and 
emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s 
certificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wild-
life resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$33,688,000, to remain available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land 
or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$35,144,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $1,750,000 shall be for 
land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Con-
servation Act of 2004: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
for specific land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any 
administrative overhead, planning or other management costs. 
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, 
$75,001,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$25,228,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered 
Species Conservation Fund, $5,066,666 of which shall be for the 
Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursu-
ant to the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which 
$49,773,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund.
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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 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, $42,646,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241– 
4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 
(16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Conservation 
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), $8,000,000, 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 Wild-
life Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for 
the development and implementation of programs for the benefit 
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted 
or fished, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount provided herein, $6,282,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for States, territories, and other 
jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the remaining 
provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting said $11,282,000 and administrative 
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 Islands, 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:
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Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned 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 implementa-
tion 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, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive 
a grant if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is dis-
approved and such funds that would have been distributed to such 
State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distributed equitably 
to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with approved plans: 
Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2008 to any 
State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as 
of September 30, 2009, shall be reapportioned, together with funds 
appropriated in 2010, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for 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 improvement 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 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing serv-
ices from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions 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 meeting 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 
contracts for employment-related legal services: Provided further, 
That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for 
existing aircraft: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 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 the statement of the managers accompanying this 
Act.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service (including expenses to carry out programs of the 
United States Park Police), and for the general administration 
of the National Park Service, $2,001,809,000, of which $9,965,000 
is for planning and interagency coordination in support of Ever-
glades restoration and shall remain available until expended; of 
which $101,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, 
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 $3,000,000 shall be for the Youth Con-
servation Corps for high priority projects. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of section 814(g) 
of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge cost share agreements, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended for Centennial 
Challenge signature projects and programs: Provided, That not 
less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 
is derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, 
assets, in-kind services, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $68,481,000, of which not to 
exceed $7,500,000 may be for Preserve America grants to States, 
Tribes, and local communities for projects that preserve important 
historic resources through the promotion of heritage tourism: Pro-
vided, That any individual 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 grants 
shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and 
in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
prior to the commitment of grant funds. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preserva-
tion 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), $71,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2009; of which 
$25,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation 
of nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided, 
That any individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be