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DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $859,453,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 
for repayment 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 lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-
ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 
to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That using the amounts designated under this title of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure-
ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
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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 
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 
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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 may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 
leases of real property with local governments, at or below 
fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 
for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but 
not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and 
other initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make 
advance payments for any such lease or for construction 
activity associated with the lease: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 
to exceed $10,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppression 
shall be available for support of Federal emergency re-
sponse actions. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
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