That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $834,088,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,000,000 is for high priority
projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps; $2,222,000 is for assessment of the mineral poten-
tial of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010
of Public Law 96–487; (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special
receipt account established by the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i));
and $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2004 sub-
ject to a match by at least an equal amount by the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared
projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and
such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump
sum grant without regard to when expenses are incurred;
in addition, $32,696,000 is for Mining Law Administra-
tion program operations, including the cost of admin-
istering the mining claim fee program; to remain available
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual
mining claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$834,088,000, 
and
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from com-
munication site rental fees established by the Bureau for
the cost of administering communication site activities:
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac-
tors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
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, $698,725,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed
$12,374,000 shall be for the renovation or construction
of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also avail-
able for repayment of advances to other appropriation ac-
counts from which funds were previously transferred for
such purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pur-
suant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and
lodging without cost from funds available from this appro-
priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42
U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the
Department 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 fur-
ther, That using the amounts designated under this title
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements,
for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels re-
duction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Fed-
eral land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutu-
ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further,
That in entering into such grants or cooperative agree-
ments, the Secretary may consider the enhancement of
local and small business employment opportunities for
rural communities, and that in entering into procurement
contracts under this heading on a best value basis, the
Secretary may take into account the ability of an entity
to enhance local and small business employment opportu-
nities in rural communities, and that the Secretary may
award procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative
agreements under this heading to entities that include
local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or re-
lated partnerships, or small or disadvantaged businesses:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head
may be used to reimburse 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 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7
of such Act in connection with wildland fire management
activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior 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 con-
struct 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 Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the
transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage-
ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000,
between the Departments when such transfers would fa-
cilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire manage-
ment programs and projects: Provided further, That funds
provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for sup-
port of Federal emergency response 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-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $9,978,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That 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 activi-
ties 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 appropria-
tion: Provided further, That 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.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $10,976,000, to
remain available until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $14,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $106,672,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring sal-
vage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery
activities, such as release from competing vegetation and
density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts
(defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid
to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C.
1181f–1 et seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from
treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into
the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of
the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES
For administrative expenses and other costs related
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further,
That section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amend-
ed: (1) in section 28f(a), by striking ‘‘for years 2002
through 2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for years
2004 through 2008’’; and (2) in section 28g, by striking
‘‘and before September 30, 2003’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘and before September 30, 2008’’.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific
and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $959,901,000, to remain available until September
30, 2005, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided,
That not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local
governments in southern California for planning associ-
ated with the Natural Communities Conservation Plan-
ning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is for high pri-
ority projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth
Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed
$12,286,000 shall be used for implementing subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to
the United States (except for processing petitions, devel-
oping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and tak-
ing any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which
not to exceed $8,900,000 shall be used for any activity
regarding the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to
subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species
already listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as of the date
of enactment this Act: Provided further, That of the
amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to
remain available until expended, may at the discretion of
the Secretary be used for payment for information, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certifi-
cate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may re-
main available until expended for contaminant sample
analyses.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $52,718,000, to remain
available until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$23,058,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific
land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management
costs.
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried
out on private lands, $40,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided
herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program established
by the Secretary that provides matching, competitively
awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia,
Tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa, to establish or supplement existing landowner in-
centive programs that provide technical and financial as-
sistance, including habitat protection and restoration, to
private landowners for the protection and management of
habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or
other at-risk species on private lands.
STEWARDSHIP GRANTS
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried
out on private lands, $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided
herein is for a Stewardship Grants Program established
by the Secretary to provide grants and other assistance
to individuals and groups engaged in private conservation
efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate,
or other at-risk species.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543),
as amended, $86,614,000, of which $36,614,000 is to be
derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund and $50,000,000 is to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $24,560,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION
For financial assistance for projects to promote the
conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance
with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act,
Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 6101–6109), $5,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96; 16
U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), and the Great
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301),
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel-
opment and implementation of programs for the benefit
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not
hunted or fished, $75,000,000 to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided herein, $6,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting said $6,000,000 and adminis-
trative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in
the following manner: (A) to the District of Columbia and
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal
to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (B)
to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following
manner: (A) one-third of which is based on the ratio to
which the land area of such State bears to the total land
area of all such States; and (B) two-thirds of which is
based on the ratio to which the population of such State
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided
further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall
be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount:
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of
such projects and the Federal share of implementation
grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of
such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal
share of such projects may not be derived from Federal
grant programs: Provided further, That no State, territory,
or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant unless it has de-
veloped, or committed to develop by October 1, 2005, a
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan, consistent with
criteria established by the Secretary of the Interior, that
considers the broad range of the State, territory, or other
jurisdiction’s wildlife and associated habitats, with appro-
priate priority placed on those species with the greatest
conservation need and taking into consideration the rel-
ative level of funding available for the conservation of
those species: Provided further, That any amount appor-
tioned in 2004 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2005, shall
be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in
2006, in the manner provided herein: Provided further,
That balances from amounts previously appropriated
under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 157 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 142 are for replacement only (including 33 for po-
lice-type use); repair of damage to public roads within and
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the
Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection
with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife
resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the House Report accompanying this Act.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional 
Park 
Service, 
$1,636,882,000 
(reduced 
by
$6,000,000) of which $10,887,000 is for planning and
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and shall remain available until expended; of which
$98,480,000, to remain available until September 30,
2005, is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects
for constructed assets, operation of the National Park
Service automated facility management software system,
and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of
which $2,000,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for
high priority projects: Provided, That the only funds in
this account which may be made available to support
United States Park Police are those funds approved for
emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established
National Park Service procedures, those funds needed to
maintain and repair United States Park Police adminis-
trative facilities, and those funds necessary to reimburse
the United States Park Police account for the unbudgeted
overtime and travel costs associated with special events for
an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to the
review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters
office.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of
the United States Park Police, $78,859,000.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $54,924,000: Provided, That none of
the funds in this or previous Acts for the Rivers, Trails
and Conservation Assistance Program may be used for co-
operative agreements or any other form of cash grant.
URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $305,000, to remain available
until expended.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation 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), $71,000,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the
total amount provided, $30,000,000 shall be for Save
America’s Treasures for priority preservation projects, of
nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Pro-
vided further, That any individual Save America’s Treas-
ures grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds: Pro-
vided further, That individual projects shall only be eligible
for one grant, and all projects to be funded shall be ap-
proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Secretary of the Interior in consultation
with the President’s Committee on the Arts and Human-
ities prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided fur-
ther, That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for
Federal projects shall be available by transfer to appro-
priate accounts of individual agencies, after approval of
such projects by the Secretary of the Interior, in consulta-
tion with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Hu-
manities.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $303,199,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of
the funds in this or any other Act, may be used to pay
the salaries and expenses of more than 160 Full Time
Equivalent personnel working for the National Park Serv-
ice’s Denver Service Center funded under the construction
program management and operations activity: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this or any
other Act may be used to pre-design, plan, or construct
any new facility (including visitor centers, curatorial facili-
ties, administrative buildings), for which appropriations
have not been specifically provided if the net construction
cost of such facility is in excess of $5,000,000, without
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That this restriction ap-
plies to all funds available to the National Park Service,
including partnership and fee demonstration projects: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this Act and in
any prior Acts for the purpose of implementing the Modi-
fied Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park Project
shall be available for expenditure unless the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney
General file a joint report by September 30, 2003, and
each year thereafter until December 31, 2006, to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works, indicating that
the water entering A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge and Everglades National Park does not meet all
applicable State water quality standards and numeric cri-
teria 
adopted 
for 
phosphorus 
throughout 
A.R.M.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades Na-
tional Park, as well as water quality requirements set
forth in the Consent Decree entered in United States v.
South Florida Water Management District, and that the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations respond
in writing disapproving the further expenditure of funds.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2004
by 16 U.S.C. 4601–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation 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, $131,154,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $97,500,000 is for
the State assistance program including $2,500,000 to ad-
minister this program: Provided, That none of the funds
provided for the State assistance program may be used
to establish a contingency fund: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Interior, using prior year unobligated funds made
available under any Act enacted before the date of enact-
ment of this Act for land acquisition assistance to the
State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or water, or
interests therein, within the Everglades watershed, shall
transfer $5,000,000 to the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service ‘‘Resource Management’’ account for the pur-
pose of funding water quality monitoring and eradication
of invasive exotic plants at A.R.M. Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge, as well as recovery actions for any listed
species in the South Florida ecosystem, and may transfer
such sums as may be determined necessary by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
‘‘Construction, General’’ account for the purpose of modi-
fying the construction of Storm Water Treatment Area 1
East to include additional water quality improvement
measures, such as additional compartmentalization, im-
proved flow control, vegetation management, and other ad-
ditional technologies based upon the recommendations of
the Secretary of the Interior and the South Florida Water
Management District, to maximize the treatment effective-
ness of Storm Water Treatment Area 1 East so that water
delivered by Storm Water Treatment Area 1 East to
A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge achieves
State water quality standards, including the numeric cri-
terion for phosphorus, and that the cost sharing provisions
of section 528 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1996 (110 Stat. 3769) shall apply to any funds pro-
vided by the Secretary of the Interior to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for this purpose: Provided further,
That, subsequent to the transfer of the $5,000,000 to the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the transfer of funds,
if any, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out
water quality improvement measures for Storm Water
Treatment Area 1 East, if any funds remain to be ex-
pended after the requirements of these provisions have
been met, then the Secretary of the Interior may transfer,
as appropriate, and use the remaining funds for Ever-
glades restoration activities benefiting the lands and re-
sources managed by the Department of the Interior in
South Florida, subject to the approval by the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations of a reprogramming
request by the Secretary detailing how the remaining
funds will be expended for this purpose.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 249 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 202 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 193 for police-type use, 10 buses,
and 8 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than 3 calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions
for which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology,
and the mineral and water resources of the United States,
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and dis-
seminate data relative to the foregoing activities; and to
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 authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data;
$935,660,000, of which $64,536,000 shall be available
only for cooperation with States or municipalities for
water resources investigations; and of which $15,227,000
shall remain available until expended for conducting in-
quiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and
materials processing industries; and of which $8,000,000
shall remain available until expended for satellite oper-
ations; and of which $24,190,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2005, for the operation and maintenance
of facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which
$173,349,000 shall be available until September 30, 2005,
for the biological research activity and the operation of
the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of
these funds provided for the biological research activity
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property,
unless specifically authorized in writing by the property
owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of
topographic mapping or water resources data collection
and investigations carried on in cooperation with States
and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; con-
tracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities;
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977
(31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the U.S. Geological Survey is au-
thorized to continue existing, and hereafter, to enter into
new cooperative agreements directed towards a particular
cooperator, in support of joint research and data collection
activities with Federal, State, and academic partners
funded by appropriations herein, including those that pro-
vide for space in cooperator facilities.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $164,216,000, of which
$80,396,000, shall be available for royalty management
activities; and an amount not to exceed $100,230,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities estab-
lished after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the
extent $100,230,000 in additions to receipts are not real-
ized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount
needed to reach $100,230,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5,
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30,
2005: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this
heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in
connection with certain Indian leases in which the Direc-
tor of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to
pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to cor-
rect prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided
further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot
program, or under its authority to transfer oil to the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues
from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year
limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market
centers or upstream pooling points, and to process or oth-
erwise dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and
to recover MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other
administrative costs directly related to filling the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, That MMS shall
analyze and document the expected return in advance of
any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the maximum extent
practicable that royalty income under the pilot program
is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized
under a comparable royalty-in-value program.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$7,105,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only; $106,424,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 2004 for civil penalties assessed under section
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $194,469,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund,
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from
(aa) reside in geographically
diverse regions of the Heritage
Area;
(bb) be a representative of
State or local governments or the
private sector; and
(cc) have knowledge of tour-
ism, economic and community de-
velopment, regional planning, his-
toric preservation, cultural or
natural resources development,
regional planning, conservation,
recreational services, education,
or museum services.
(e) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after
the date of enactment of this section, the manage-
ment entity shall submit to the Secretary for ap-
proval a management plan for the Heritage Area.
(2) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER PLANS AND AC-
TIONS.—In developing the management plan, the
management entity shall—
(A) for the purpose of presenting a unified
preservation and interpretation plan, take into