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from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 
the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, as authorized by law, $1,053,000, to be derived from 
forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 
by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 
96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310), pursu-
ant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
484a), to remain available until expended. 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 
livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 
States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–
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579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$63,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(Public Law 96–487), $5,311,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft from ex-
cess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest 
Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived
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or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of build-
ings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volun-
teers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 
558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts 
in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
None of the funds made available under this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or 
close any regional office for National Forest System admin-
istration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture 
without the consent of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha-
bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under 
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions upon notification of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and if and only if all previously 
appropriated emergency contingent funds under the head-
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ing ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the 
President and apportioned and all wildfire suppression 
funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ are 
obligated. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service 
in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall 
be available to support forestry and related natural resource 
activities outside the United States and its territories and 
possessions, including technical assistance, education and 
training, and cooperation with United States and inter-
national organizations. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provi-
sions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b. 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $73,052,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital
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Fund of the Department of Agriculture. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 
agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to ob-
tain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National 
Information Technology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available 
to conduct a program of not less than $2,500,000 for high 
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget 
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
$3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National 
Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects 
in support of the Forest Service mission, without regard 
to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or 
benefitting National Forest System lands or related to For-
est Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall 
obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assist-
ance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one 
basis funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds 
to a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate
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that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds: Provided further, That authorized investments of 
Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only 
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in 
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by 
the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, with-
out regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting 
National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs: Provided, That such funds shall be matched on 
at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-
recipients. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of 
the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for 
travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as-
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar non-litigation related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display 
the sums previously transferred and the requested funding 
transfers. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event of 
law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That 
such amounts shall not exceed $500,000. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for pur-
poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be 
used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section
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502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$45,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 
facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall occur using 
a square foot rate charged on the same basis the agency 
uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and 
other support services. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and 
III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the In-
dian Health Service, $2,835,544,000, together with pay-
ments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 
Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 
of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain
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available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That up to $18,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That 
$536,259,000 for contract medical care shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2008: Provided fur-
ther, That no less than $32,744,000 is provided for main-
taining operations of the urban Indian health program at 
the current level: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, up to $27,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may 
be used for one-year contracts and grants which are to be 
performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation 
is recorded in the year for which the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the author-
ity of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and re-
quirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security 
Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new 
facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, 
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
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grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $270,316,000 shall be for payments to tribes 
and tribal organizations for contract or grant support costs 
associated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts 
or annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 
Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior 
to or during fiscal year 2007, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associ-
ated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agree-
ments: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
may collect from the Indian Health Service and tribes and 
tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to 
Public Law 93–638 such individually identifiable health 
information relating to disabled children as may be nec-
essary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
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1400, et seq.): Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided to the Indian Health Service, $15,000,000 is des-
ignated for alcohol control, enforcement, prevention, treat-
ment, sobriety and wellness, and education in Alaska, to 
be distributed in accordance with the instruction provided 
in Senate Report 109–80: Provided further, That none of 
these funds may be used for tribal courts or tribal ordinance 
programs or any program that is not directly related to 
alcohol control, enforcement, prevention, treatment, or so-
briety: Provided further, That no more than 15 percent may 
be used by any entity receiving funding for administrative 
overhead including indirect costs. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $357,287,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities 
for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used 
to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge 
health or related facilities: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Service 
to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of 
Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service and 
tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for 
sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with 
grants by the housing programs of the United States De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 from this account 
and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ account shall be used by 
the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the In-
dian Health Service and tribal facilities in conjunction 
with an existing interagency agreement between the Indian 
Health Service and the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
placed in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, to 
be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of Fed-
eral buildings.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular build-
ings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and 
for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings which are concerned with the functions or activities 
for which the appropriation is made or which will con-
tribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management 
of those functions or activities. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be ex-
tended health care at all tribally administered or Indian 
Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the pro-
ceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited 
to the account of the facility providing the service and shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation. Notwith-
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standing any other law or regulation, funds transferred 
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under 
Public Law 86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) 
and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 
Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in 
this Act, except those used for administrative and program 
direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di-
rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or 
charges by the Department of Health and Human Services 
unless identified in the budget justification and provided 
in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process. 
Personnel ceilings may not be imposed on the Indian 
Health Service nor may any action be taken to reduce the 
full time equivalent level of the Indian Health Service below 
the level in fiscal year 2002 adjusted upward for the staffing 
of new and expanded facilities, funding provided for staff-
ing at the Lawton, Oklahoma hospital in fiscal years 2003 
and 2004, critical positions not filled in fiscal year 2002, 
and staffing necessary to carry out the intent of Congress 
with regard to program increases.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement author-
ized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
tation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, 
by the Department of Health and Human Services, relating 
to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian 
Health Service until the Indian Health Service has sub-
mitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associ-
ated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law. 
With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 
to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay-
ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds received
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from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appro-
priation account that provided the funding, with such 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 
assistance. 
The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 
Service may not be altered without prior consultation with 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 
as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $78,414,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
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tivities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 
111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as 
amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended; and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $75,004,000, 
of which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, is for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time 
equivalent employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assess-
ment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limi-
tation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical 
monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers: 
Provided further, That in performing any such health as-
sessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological 
profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fis-
cal year 2007, and existing profiles may be updated as nec-
essary.