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Union Calendar No. 111 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
[Report No. 110–187] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2007 
Mr. DICKS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
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agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
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)), $888,628,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $92,129,000 is 
available for oil and gas management; and of which 
$1,500,000 is for high priority projects, to be carried out 
by the Youth Conservation Corps; and of which 
$2,800,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2008 subject 
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-
porting 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. 
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In addition, $20,000,000 is for the processing of ap-
plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza-
tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
appropriation that shall be derived from $1,866 per new 
application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 
upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 
$34,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not 
more than $888,628,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental 
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,476,000 to re-
main 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 
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interests therein, $18,634,000 to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able 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; $110,242,000, 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 ECOSYSTEM 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 Ecosystem 
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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 Ecosystem 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. 
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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 
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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. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation and hazardous fuels reduction by the De-
partment of the Interior, $806,644,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 
shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: 
Provided, That such funds are also available for repay-
ment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
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without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
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 avail-
able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 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 haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
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State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 
micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per-
cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application 
of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim-
burse 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 con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
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 $9,000,000, between the Depart-
ments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
jointly funded wildland fire management programs and 
projects: Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire 
suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions. 
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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 the Secretary’s 
certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under coopera-
tive cost-sharing and partnership arrangements author-
ized by law, procure 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. 
Section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amend-
ed: (1) in section 28 by striking the phrase ‘‘shall com-
mence at 12 o’clock meridian on the 1st day of Sep-
tember’’ and inserting ‘‘shall commence at 12:01 ante me-
ridian on the 1st day of September’’; (2) in section 28f(a), 
by striking the phrase ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’; 
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and (3) in section 28g, by striking the phrase ‘‘and before 
September 30, 2008,’’. 
Sums not to exceed one percent of the total value of 
procurements received by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment from vendors under enterprise information tech-
nology-procurements that the Department of the Interior 
and other Federal Government agencies may use to order 
information technology hereafter may be deposited into 
the Management of Lands and Resources account to offset 
costs incurred in conducting the procurement. 
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, $1,104,572,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009 except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, 
That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which shall 
be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $18,763,000 shall be used for 
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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 $12,926,000 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, 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 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 
the Secretary’s certificate: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to 
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
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servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $31,653,000, 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, 
$43,046,000, 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. 
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, $81,001,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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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, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $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.), $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 (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 Con-
servation 
Act 
of 
2004 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6301–6305), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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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, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian 
tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this ap-
propriation: 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 fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting said 
$12,000,000 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 
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more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur-
ther, 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 pop-
ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 
such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor-
tioned under this paragraph 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 Fed-
eral 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, 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 dis-
tributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 
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amount apportioned in 2008 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2009, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2010, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for re-
pair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to res-
ervation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 
for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each op-
tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 
conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, 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 man-
agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
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ed quality standards: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 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, notwith-
standing 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 ac-
companying 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 expenses to 
carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Serv-
ice, $2,046,809,000, of which $9,965,000 is for planning 
and interagency coordination in support of Everglades res-
toration and shall remain available until expended; of 
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which $100,164,000, 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 sys-
tem, environmental studies, and comprehensive facility 
condition assessments; and of which $4,000,000 shall be 
for the Youth Conservation Corps and the Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109–154) for high priority projects. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of sec-
tion 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge 
cost share agreements, $50,000,000, 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 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, $62,881,000. 
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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), $81,500,000, to be 
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re-
main available until September 30, 2009; of which 
$20,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 
artifacts and of which $10,000,000 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, That 
any individual Save America’s Treasures or Preserve 
America grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds; in-
dividual projects shall only be eligible for one grant; and 
all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Fed-
eral projects, following approval, shall be available by 
transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies. 
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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, $201,580,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading for implementation of modified 
water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be ex-
pended consistent with the requirements of the fifth pro-
viso under this heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading for imple-
mentation of modified water deliveries to Everglades Na-
tional Park shall be available for obligation only if match-
ing funds are appropriated to the Army Corps of Engi-
neers for the same purpose: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading for implementa-
tion of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be available for obligation if any of the funds 
appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the pur-
pose of implementing modified water deliveries, including 
finalizing 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. 
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2008 
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, $99,402,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $50,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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. 
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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. 
A willing seller from whom the Service acquires title 
to real property may be considered a ‘‘displaced person’’ 
for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and 
Real Property Acquisition Policy Act and its implementing 
regulations, whether or not the Service has the authority 
to acquire such property by eminent domain. 
Section 3(f) of the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
463(f)), related to the National Park System Advisory 
Board, is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
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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; $1,032,764,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, of which $63,345,000 shall be avail-
able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations; of which $32,150,000 shall 
remain available until expended for satellite operations; of 
which $8,023,000 shall be available until expended for de-
ferred maintenance and capital improvement projects; and 
of which $187,114,000 shall be for the biological research 
activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research 
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Units: Provided, 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 reimbursement to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and 
for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance 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-
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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 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di-
rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 
the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju-
ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed-
eral employees for any other purposes. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; for 
energy-related or other authorized marine-related pur-
poses on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $153,552,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, of which 
$82,371,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
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tivities; and an amount not to exceed $135,730,000, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate 
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for 
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities estab-
lished after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the 
extent $135,730,000 in addition to receipts are not real-
ized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 
needed to reach $135,730,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall 
be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 
volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds 
of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases 
in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay-
ments: Provided further, That for the costs of administra-
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tion of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized 
by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), MMS in fiscal years 2008 
through 2010 may retain up to three percent of the 
amounts which are disbursed under section 31(b)(1), such 
retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$6,403,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The eighth proviso under the heading of ‘‘Minerals 
Management Service’’ in division E, title I, of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and Indian accounts’’ after 
‘‘States’’, replacing the term ‘‘provision’’ with ‘‘provi-
sions’’, and inserting ‘‘and (d)’’ after 30 U.S.C. 1721(b). 
None of the funds in this Act shall be used to transfer 
funds from any Federal royalties, rents, and bonuses de-
rived from Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases 
issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) into the Ultra-Deepwater and Uncon-
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ventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research 
Fund. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of 
the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), 
before disbursing a payment to a State, the Secretary shall 
deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to that State 
and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts 
of the Treasury. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, $117,337,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, 
That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regula-
tions, may use directly or through grants to States, mon-
eys collected in fiscal year 2008 for civil penalties assessed 
under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands 
adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 
3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel 
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel at-
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tending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, $52,774,000, to be de-
rived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 
the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from 
the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these 
debts: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading may be used for the travel and per diem expenses 
of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu-
latory and reclamation programs. 
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $2,093,545,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $80,179,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of des-
ignated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed such 
cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for dis-
aster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster; 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, 
as amended, not to exceed $149,628,000 shall be available 
for payments for contract support costs associated with 
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or dur-
ing fiscal year 2008, as authorized by such Act, except 
that federally-recognized tribes may use their tribal pri-
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ority allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongo-
ing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of 
which not to exceed $487,500,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2008, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2009; and of which 
not to exceed $66,822,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo- 
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including but not lim-
ited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $44,060,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with 
the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2007 for the 
operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for the transitional 
costs of initial administrative cost grants to grantees that 
enter into grants for the operation on or after July 1, 
2007, of Bureau-operated schools: Provided further, That 
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any forestry funds allocated to a federally-recognized tribe 
which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2009, may 
be transferred during fiscal year 2010 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of the 
holder of the funds within the tribe’s trust fund account: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2010. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $207,983,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
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shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2008, in implementing 
new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 
requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 
payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering applications, the Secretary shall con-
sider whether such grantee would be deficient in assuring 
that the construction projects conform to applicable build-
ing standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 
health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man-
agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow 
the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided 
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, That in 
order to ensure timely completion of replacement school 
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construction projects, the Secretary may assume control 
of a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 
eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, any 
grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any 
prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 
phase of the project and commenced construction of the 
replacement school: Provided further, That this Appropria-
tion may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians Appropriation for the ap-
propriate share of construction costs for space expansion 
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-
tion. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 107–331, 108–447, 109–379, 109–429, and 109– 
479, and for implementation of other land and water 
rights settlements, $39,136,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, 
$6,276,000, of which $700,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
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1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $85,506,098. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of 
exhibits. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
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