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Service automated facility management software system, and com-
prehensive facility condition assessments shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
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, $59,684,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION 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), $69,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2010; of which 
$20,000,000 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 
matched by non-Federal funds; individual projects shall only be 
eligible for one grant; and all projects to be funded shall be approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Federal projects, fol-
lowing approval, shall be available by transfer to appropriate 
accounts of individual agencies: Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated balances in this account, $516,000 are permanently rescinded. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including a portion of the expense for the modifica-
tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $233,158,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated in 
this Act, or in any prior Act of Congress, for the implementation 
of the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park 
Project, shall be made available to the Army Corps of Engineers 
which shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, imme-
diately and without further delay construct or cause to be con-
structed Alternative 3.2.2.a to U.S. Highway 41 (the Tamiami Trail) 
consistent with the Limited Reevaluation Report with Integrated 
Environmental Assessment and addendum, approved August 2008: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the National Park Service, is directed to immediately evaluate 
the feasibility of additional bridge length, beyond that to be con-
structed pursuant to the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades 
National Park Project (16 U.S.C. § 410r–8), including a continuous 
bridge, or additional bridges or some combination thereof, for the 
Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) to restore more natural water 
flow to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay and for the 
purpose of restoring habitat within the Park and the ecological
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connectivity between the Park and the Water Conservation Areas. 
The feasibility study and the recommendation of the Secretary 
shall be submitted to the Congress no later than 12 months from 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2009 and hereafter, fees paid by the National Park Service 
to the West Yellowstone/Hebgen Basin Solid Waste District will 
be restricted to operations and maintenance costs of the facility, 
given the capital contribution made by the National Park Service: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a single procurement for the construction project at the Jefferson 
Memorial plaza and seawall in Washington, DC, may be issued 
which includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and the contract shall contain the clause ‘‘avail-
ability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, 
That the National Park Service shall grant funds not to exceed 
$3,000,000 to the St. Louis Metropolitan Park and Recreation Dis-
trict for the purpose of planning and constructing a pedestrian 
bridge to provide safe visitor access to the Jefferson National Expan-
sion Memorial Arch: Provided further, That the unobligated bal-
ances in the Federal Infrastructure Improvement Fund under this 
heading are permanently rescinded. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2009 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation 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, $65,190,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program and of which $4,000,000 is available 
for grants, subject to a match by at least an equal amount, to 
States, regional entities, local communities, and the private sector 
for cost-shared fee simple acquisition of land or permanent, protec-
tive interests in land, to preserve, conserve, and enhance nationally 
significant Civil War Battlefields: Provided, That of the unobligated 
balances under this heading for State Assistance, $1,000,000 are 
permanently rescinded. 
URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$1,300,000 are rescinded.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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 Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for use at any unit within the National Park System 
to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. 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 exceed 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. 
For fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, a willing seller from whom 
the Service acquires title to real property may be considered a 
‘‘displaced person’’ for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assist-
ance 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. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
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 ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration 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 author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,043,803,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, of which $64,078,000 shall be available only for 
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources inves-
tigations; of which $40,150,000 shall remain available until 
expended for satellite operations; and of which $7,321,000 shall 
be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 
improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the biological research activity shall 
be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided further, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more