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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$76,683,000, of which: (1) $69,802,000 shall be available 
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management 
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree 
snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in Amer-
ican Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized 
by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of 
American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for 
construction and support of governmental functions; grants 
to the Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by 
law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by 
law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 
Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 
272); and (2) $6,881,000 shall be available for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
ability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter
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35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 
Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be 
made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Develop-
ment Council: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be 
made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: 
Provided further, That the funds for the program of oper-
ations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance im-
provement of capital infrastructure with territorial partici-
pation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary 
based on the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance 
of its capital assets: Provided further, That any appropria-
tion for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act 
or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Fed-
eral matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170c).
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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $4,862,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the 
Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Pub-
lic Law 108–188. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $94,627,000; of which $7,441,000 is 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and shall remain available until expended; of which not to 
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for workers compensation payments and unemploy-
ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 
closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act or previous appropria-
tions Acts may be used to establish reserves in the Working 
Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave 
and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
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vided further, That amounts otherwise appropriated by this 
Act for administrative expenses in operating accounts for 
bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior are 
reduced by $10,000,000 and, not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a listing by account of the pro rata reduction in 
such accounts made pursuant to this provision. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system, $22,555,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
20, 
1976, 
as 
amended 
(31 
U.S.C. 
6901–6907), 
$235,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no 
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local 
government if the computed amount of the payment is less 
than $100. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
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suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $9,855,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That hereafter, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or 
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activities 
conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 
113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account, to be 
available until expended without further appropriation: 
Provided further, That hereafter such sums recovered from 
or paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments 
and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real 
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise 
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited 
to this account. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$55,652,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $39,116,000.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $191,593,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $58,000,000 shall be avail-
able for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for 
trust management improvements and litigation support 
may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac-
count; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
account; and the Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available to Tribes and Tribal organizations through con-
tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2006, as au-
thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 
by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the statute of limi-
tations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from 
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has been
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a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to pro-
vide a quarterly statement of performance for any Indian 
trust account that has not had activity for at least 18 
months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement 
and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall per-
mit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon 
the express written request of the account holder: Provided 
further, That, not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Sec-
retary to make payments to correct administrative errors 
of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual In-
dian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recov-
ered shall be credited to and remain available in this ac-
count for this purpose. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consolida-
tion Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or coop-
erative agreement, $34,514,000, to remain available until 
expended, and which may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and Departmental Management accounts: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be
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expended pursuant to the authorities contained in the pro-
visos under the heading ‘‘Office of Special Trustee for Amer-
ican Indians, Indian Land Consolidation’’ of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public 
Law 106–291). 
NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380) (33 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $6,106,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-
in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement
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aircraft: Provided further, That no programs funded with 
appropriated funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, 
‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
may be augmented through the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That the annual budget justification for De-
partmental Management shall describe estimated Working 
Capital Fund charges to bureaus and offices, including the 
methodology on which charges are based: Provided further, 
That departures from the Working Capital Fund estimates 
contained in the Departmental Management budget jus-
tification shall be presented to the Committees on Appro-
priations for approval: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide a semi-annual report to the Committees on 
Appropriations on reimbursable support agreements be-
tween the Office of the Secretary and the National Business 
Center and the bureaus and offices of the Department, in-
cluding the amounts billed pursuant to such agreements. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable 
causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available
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under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section are hereby designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress), and must be replenished by a supple-
mental appropriation which must be requested as promptly 
as possible. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs 
of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its ju-
risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac-
tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un-
avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the pre-
vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority 
in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 (99 Stat. 1658); 
for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of
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Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year 
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy 
State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the 
Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made 
in this title for wildland fire operations shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equip-
ment in connection with their use for wildland fire oper-
ations, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations 
currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 
further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall 
be made available under this authority until the Secretary 
determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire oper-
ations’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, 
That all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be 
requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That 
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a 
pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 
transferred.
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SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 
the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service 
in private residences in the field, when authorized under 
regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of 
dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library member-
ship in societies or associations which issue publications to 
members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members. 
SEC. 104. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct 
of offshore preleasing, leasing and related activities placed 
under restriction in the President’s moratorium statement 
of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and 
southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and 
Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees 
north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude. 
SEC. 105. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore 
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activi-
ties in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any 
lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final
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Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 1997–2002. 
SEC. 106. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and 
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated bal-
ances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same 
headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities, except that 
total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal years 2006 through 2010, for the purpose of reduc-
ing the backlog of Indian probate cases in the Department 
of the Interior, the hearing requirements of chapter 10 of 
title 25, United States Code, are deemed satisfied by a pro-
ceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge, appointed 
by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of title 
5, United States Code, governing the appointments in the 
competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary 
determines necessary: Provided, That the basic pay of an
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Indian probate judge so appointed may be fixed by the Sec-
retary without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 
governing the classification and pay of General Schedule 
employees, except that no such Indian probate judge may 
be paid at a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable 
for the highest grade of the General Schedule, including lo-
cality pay. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth-
odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri-
ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
year 2006. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over-
lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo-
gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 
SEC. 110. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2006 
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the 
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian 
Education Programs.
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SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended by 
Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and retain 
land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain and use any such reimbursement 
until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for 
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within 
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized 
by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 
SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior may use or 
contract for the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on the 
Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges for the purpose 
of capturing and transporting horses and burros. The provi-
sions of subsection (a) of the Act of September 8, 1959 (18 
U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such use. Such use 
shall be in accordance with humane procedures prescribed 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 113. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land 
acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah 
Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Ice Age 
National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, 
a local government, or any other land management entity 
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric-
tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided
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through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 as amended. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park 
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract 
which permits or requires the removal of the underground 
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
can be used to compensate the Special Master and the Spe-
cial Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, appointed 
by the United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an annual rate 
that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive 
Service rate of pay for the Washington-Baltimore locality 
pay area. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Interior may use discre-
tionary funds to pay private attorneys fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Norton to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Norton.
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SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 134 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the decision 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit 
in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 (2001). 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN INDIAN LAND.—Nothing in this 
section permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land 
described in section 123 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 
944), or land that is contiguous to that land, regardless of 
whether the land or contiguous land has been taken into 
trust by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 118. No funds appropriated for the Department 
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used 
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or 
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water 
levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding the limitation in subpara-
graph (2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees 
imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for 
fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $12,000,000. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any implementation of the 
Department of the Interior’s trust reorganization or re-
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engineering plans, or the implementation of the ‘‘To Be’’ 
Model, funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006 shall be 
available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust 
Reform Consortium and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai 
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation and the Chippewa Cree 
Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same 
methodology as funds were distributed in fiscal year 2003. 
This Demonstration Project shall continue to operate sepa-
rate and apart from the Department of the Interior’s trust 
reform and reorganization and the Department shall not 
impose its trust management infrastructure upon or alter 
the existing trust resource management systems of the above 
referenced tribes having a self-governance compact and op-
erating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Pro-
gram set forth in 25 U.S.C. 458aa–458hh: Provided, That 
the California Trust Reform Consortium and any other 
participating tribe agree to carry out their responsibilities 
under the same written and implemented fiduciary stand-
ards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Interior: 
Provided further, That they demonstrate to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary that they have the capability to do so: Pro-
vided further, That the Department shall provide funds to 
the tribes in an amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C. 
458cc(g)(3), including funds specifically or functionally re-
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lated to the provision of trust services to the tribes or their 
members. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, in-
cluding 42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq., nonrenewable grazing per-
mits authorized in the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of 
Land Management within the past 9 years, shall be re-
newed. The Animal Unit Months contained in the most re-
cently expired nonrenewable grazing permit, authorized be-
tween March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2003, shall con-
tinue in effect under the renewed permit. Nothing in this 
section shall be deemed to extend the nonrenewable permits 
beyond the standard 1-year term. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, 
waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 
of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 
and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 
and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 
and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other
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agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the National Park Service final winter use rules published 
in Part VII of the Federal Register for November 10, 2004, 
69 Fed. Reg. 65348 et seq., shall be in force and effect for 
the winter use season of 2005–2006 that commences on or 
about December 15, 2005. 
SEC. 124. Section 1121(d) of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001(d)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) APPROVAL OF INDIAN TRIBES.—The Sec-
retary shall not terminate, close, consolidate, contract, 
transfer to another authority, or take any other ac-
tion relating to an elementary school or secondary 
school (or any program of such a school) of an Indian 
tribe without the approval of the governing body of 
any Indian tribe that would be affected by such an 
action.’’. 
SEC. 125. (a) U.S.S. ARIZONA MEMORIAL PARKING 
FEE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to charge a fee for 
visitor parking at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial and to re-
tain and expend the revenues, without further appropria-
tion, for the lease of administrative facilities within or near
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the area at the memorial administered by the National 
Park Service. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior is further authorized to enter into agreements 
with public and private entities for the purpose of stream-
lining visitor services by providing visitor information and 
admission tickets for National Park Service-administered 
sites and other attractions in the vicinity, including but 
not limited to the U.S.S. Missouri, the Pacific Air Museum 
of Pearl Harbor, and the U.S.S. Bowfin submarine mu-
seum. 
SEC. 126. Section 108(e) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to establish the Kalaupapa National Historical Park in the 
State of Hawaii, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 410jj–
7) is amended by striking ‘‘twenty-five years from’’ and in-
serting ‘‘on the date that is 45 years after’’. 
SEC. 127. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005,’’ and inserting 
‘‘June 30, 2006,’’.
TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-