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the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 
of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 
Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 
out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-
agement program to such organizations. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 
without the advance notification and approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
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LOCAL CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 422. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 
112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 423. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 
113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 424. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 
note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 
108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’. 
CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 
leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil 
and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal 
area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 
Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-
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ment and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of 
the cultural resources investigation identified in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 in the matter 
preceding division A of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 426. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com-
mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro-
posal. 
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 
Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 
year 2026 consult with tribes and tribal organizations 
through public solicitation and other means regarding the 
requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 
transparent process for the payment of such leases. 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 427. The authority provided under the heading 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 
I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 
division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by sub-
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stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 
place it appears. 
ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, LAND AND WATER 
CONSERVATION FUND 
SEC. 428. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made 
available for expenditure from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to subsection 
(a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to 
the agencies and accounts specified, for the projects speci-
fied under the accounts titled ‘‘Land Acquisition Projects’’ 
and ‘‘Forest Legacy Projects’’ in the Forest Service, and 
in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of 
Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 
2026’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That the matter preceding this proviso 
shall not apply to amounts in any account titled ‘‘Land 
Acquisition Projects’’ in the Bureau of Land Management, 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or National Park 
Service in such table. 
(2)(A) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations project lists with 
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project data sheets as described in subsection (c)(4), which 
shall include a sufficient number of projects to total the 
amounts for the account titled ‘‘Land Acquisition 
Projects’’ for each of the Bureau of Land Management, 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National 
Park Service, as specified in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 
of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal 
Year 2026’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That on the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Interior provides to the Committees on Ap-
propriations such project lists with such project data 
sheets, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations lists of supplementary allo-
cations for Federal land acquisition projects for each of 
the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and National Park Service that are 
prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, 
and that total no less than half the full amount allocated 
to each such account for that land management Agency 
in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
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expenditure of funds under this paragraph is a reprogram-
ming and shall be subject to section 421 of this Act. 
(B) Within 45 days of the date on which a re-
programming is approved pursuant to the last proviso in 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall allo-
cate amounts made available for expenditure from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code, to the account titled ‘‘Land Acquisi-
tion Projects’’ for each of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Na-
tional Park Service, as applicable, in the amounts specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) and for the projects 
included in the project lists approved by the Committees 
on Appropriations in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
(3) If any portion of a project specified under the 
accounts titled ‘‘Land Acquisition Projects’’ and ‘‘Forest 
Legacy Projects’’ in the Forest Service in the table titled 
‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) or for the projects included in the 
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project lists approved by the Committees on Appropria-
tions in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(A) is intended 
to be carried out within the Federal land unit or project 
boundary as specified in such table (or any prior allocation 
table incorporated by reference into a prior Act, as appli-
cable) or project list but outside the specific tracts for the 
project described in the corresponding project data sheet 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations required 
by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
or paragraph (2), not later than 30 days before the date 
on which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture expends amounts on the project, the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
appropriate, shall provide written notice to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of such expendi-
ture. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code, other than in amounts and for 
projects and activities that are allocated by subsection 
(a)(1) or in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this sec-
tion: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of 
amounts for continuing administration of programs allo-
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cated funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, 
which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) 
and (a)(2) of this section. 
(c)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land 
acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the Forest Serv-
ice that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission of Cost Esti-
mates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by 
account, program, and project, and that total no less than 
half the full amount allocated to each such account for 
the Forest Service under the allocations submitted under 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act 
or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, are no longer 
needed because a project has been completed or can no 
longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identi-
fied if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget sub-
mission. 
(2) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the 
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Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acqui-
sition projects at the National Park Service, the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land 
Management that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission of 
Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 
54, United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed 
by account, program, and project, and that total the full 
amount allocated to each such account for that land man-
agement Agency in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act 
or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, are no longer 
needed because a project has been completed or can no 
longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identi-
fied if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget sub-
mission. 
(3) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 
by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
in the project lists provided under subsection (a)(2), in 
the list of supplementary allocations provided under sub-
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section (a)(2), and on the lists of supplementary alloca-
tions required by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be com-
prised only of projects for which a willing seller has been 
identified and for which an appraisal or market research 
has been initiated. 
(4) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations project data 
sheets in the same format and containing the same level 
of detailed information that is found on such sheets in 
the Budget Justifications annually submitted by the Sec-
retary of the Interior with the President’s Budget for the 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 
by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
and in the same format and containing the same level of 
detailed information that is found on such sheets sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to 
section 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for the list 
of supplementary allocations required by paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(5) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations quarterly reports on the status of balances of 
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projects and activities funded by the National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, and the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2) of this section, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds. 
(d) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 
as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 
expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 
and accounts specified, for the projects specified, under 
the accounts specified, and in the amounts specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Fiscal Year 2025 Revisions’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e)(1) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations project lists with project data sheets, which 
shall include a sufficient number of projects to total the 
amounts for the account titled ‘‘National Parks and Public 
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Land Legacy Restoration Fund’’ for each of the Bureau 
of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation, and U.S. Forest Service: Provided, That expendi-
ture of funds under this paragraph is a reprogramming 
and shall be subject to section 421 of this Act. 
(2) Within 45 days of the date on which a reprogram-
ming is approved pursuant to the last proviso in subpara-
graph (1), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall allocate amounts made available for 
expenditure from the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to subsection (c) of 200402 of title 54, United States 
Code, to the account titled ‘‘National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund’’ for each of the Bureau 
of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation, and U.S. Forest Service as applicable, in the 
amounts specified and for the projects included in the 
project lists approved by the Committees on Appropria-
tions in accordance with subparagraph (1). 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 429. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
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of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
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(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 
Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 
units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-
tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 
and regulations in effect prior to such date. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 431. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
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48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 
LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 432. Funds made available or allocated in this 
Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-
tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 
U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 
to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 
projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 
200401(2). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 433. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
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resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 434. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 
SEC. 436. (a) Section 1701 of division B of the Ex-
tending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency 
Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Pub-
lic Law 117–103, is further amended in subsection (a)(1), 
by striking the last sentence and inserting ‘‘Any Services 
during a given calendar year that generate payments pay-
able in the subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded 
in applying this subsection’’. 
(b) The waivers of premium and overtime pay author-
ized in subsections (a) through (c) of section 1701 of divi-
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sion B of the Extending Government Funding and Deliv-
ering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as 
amended by Public Law 117–103, shall be applied in fiscal 
year 2026. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 437. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 
113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 
2026’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
LAVA RIDGE WIND PROJECT 
SEC. 438. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of 
granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 
501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, 
unless or until the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Land Management, has analyzed, 
in consultation with local elected officials and stake-
holders, action alternatives designed to reduce impacts to 
wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, hunting, wet-
lands and the connected surface and ground waters. The 
Secretary shall complete such consultations, and seek 
feedback regarding action alternatives, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and no funds made available in this Act 
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shall be used for granting, issuing, or renewing a right- 
of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava 
Ridge Wind Project while such consultations and efforts 
are ongoing. 
(b) Prior to granting, issuing, or renewing a right- 
of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava 
Ridge Wind Project, the Secretary shall periodically report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on the status of consultations required under subsection 
(a) and, once such consultations are complete, provide a 
briefing to the Committees on the action alternatives and 
the feedback of local elected officials and stakeholders. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING AND FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACT 
SEC. 439. Section 104 of the Wildfire Suppression 
Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (division 
O of Public Law 115–141) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘90’’ and in-
serting ‘‘180’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), by in-
serting the following before the semi-colon: ‘‘, and 
shall include an accounting of any spending in the 
first two quarters of the succeeding fiscal year that 
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is attributable to suppression operations in the fiscal 
year for which the report was prepared’’. 
FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN 
SEC. 440. The Department of the Interior and the 
Forest Service are directed to maintain updated 5-year de-
ferred maintenance plans that, to the extent practicable, 
include a list of all outstanding deferred maintenance 
needs, and to provide them to the Committee on a quar-
terly basis. 
QUARTERLY DISASTER ESTIMATES 
SEC. 441. The Department of the Interior, the 
United States Forest Service, and the Environmental Pro-
tection agency shall provide quarterly estimates to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate within 30 days of a quarter closing 
detailing the costs to repair, restore, or otherwise reme-
diate damages to Federal lands and infrastructure caused 
by disasters and, for the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, the costs to repair and improve the resiliency of drink-
ing water and wastewater infrastructure damaged in 
states, territories, and on tribal lands. 
AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM AND NATIONAL 
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO 
SEC. 442. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close, halt development 
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of, merge with or transfer to another function or program, 
reduce funding, or otherwise diminish the operations of 
the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum or 
the National Museum of the American Latino established 
by Public Law 116–260 on December 27, 2020. 
PROGRAM FUNDING INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 443. Amounts provided in this Act shall be allo-
cated in the amounts specified for the programs, projects 
and activities specified in the tables in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) titled: 
(1) Program Funding for Management of 
Lands and Resources; 
(2) Program Funding for Resource Manage-
ment; 
(3) Program Funding for Operation of the Na-
tional Park System; 
(4) Program Funding for National Recreation 
and Preservation; 
(5) Program Funding for National Heritage 
Areas; 
(6) Program Funding for Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research; 
(7) Program Funding for Operation of Indian 
Programs; 
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(8) Program Funding for Science and Tech-
nology Programs; 
(9) Program Funding for Environmental Pro-
grams and Management; 
(10) Program Funding for National Estuary 
Program; 
(11) Program Funding for Forest and Range-
land Research; 
(12) Program Funding for State, Private, and 
Tribal Forestry; and 
(13) Program Funding for National Forest 
System. 
REPURPOSING 
SEC. 444. (a) Of the amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘Department of the Interior—Departmental 
Offices—Department-Wide 
Programs—Wildland 
Fire 
Management’’, $763,514,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously ap-
propriated in division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) as follows: (1) 
$125,000,000 from the unobligated balances under the 
heading ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ from amounts that will become 
available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (3); (2) 
$353,514,000 from the unobligated balances under the 
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heading ‘‘Department of the Interior—Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement—Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund’’; (3) $285,000,000 from the unobli-
gated balances under the heading ‘‘Department of the In-
terior—Methane Reduction Infrastructure’’: Provided, 
That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this sub-
section shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5: Pro-
vided further, That amounts derived by transfer pursuant 
to this subsection shall not be available for wildfire sup-
pression operations. 
(b) Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Departmental Offices—Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, $65,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), including 
amounts that will become available for fiscal year 2026, 
that have been or will be transferred to the Office of In-
spector General of the Department of the Interior for 
oversight of funding provided to the Department of the 
Interior in title VI of division J of that Act: Provided, 
That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this sub-
section shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
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