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STATE WILDLIFE GRANTS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
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 rec-
ognized Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife
Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the
development and implementation of programs for the benefit of
wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted
or fished, $85,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, and to
be for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, for the purposes of such Act: Provided, That of the
amount provided herein, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions
of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall,
after deducting said $5,000,000 and administrative expenses, appor-
tion 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
Islands, 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 paragraph 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 plan-
ning 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 developed, 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 appropriate priority placed on those
species with the greatest conservation need and taking into consid-
eration the relative level of funding available for the conservation
of those species: Provided further, That any amount apportioned
in 2002 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains
unobligated as of September 30, 2003, shall be reapportioned,
together with funds appropriated in 2004, in the manner provided
herein.
Of the amounts appropriated in title VIII of Public Law 106–
291, $25,000,000 for State Wildlife Grants are rescinded.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed
74 passenger motor vehicles, of which 69 are for replacement only
(including 32 for police-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 recreational
uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement 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
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing serv-
ices from cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions 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 meeting accepted quality standards:
Provided further, That the Service may accept donated aircraft
as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 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 Wildlife Refuge
System unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in Senate Report 105–56.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National
Park Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, $1,476,977,000, of which
$10,869,000 for research, planning and interagency coordination
in support of land acquisition for Everglades restoration shall
remain available until expended; and of which $72,640,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2003, is for maintenance
repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, operation
of the National Park Service automated facility management soft-
ware system, and comprehensive facility condition assessments;
and of which $2,000,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps,
defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for the purposes
of such Act, 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 administrative facilities, and those funds
necessary to reimburse the United States Park Police account for
the unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with special
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events for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject
to the review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters
office: Provided further, That none of the funds in this or any
other Act may be used to fund a new Associate Director position
for Partnerships.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the United
States Park Police, $65,260,000.
CONTRIBUTION FOR ANNUITY BENEFITS
For reimbursement (not heretofore made), pursuant to provi-
sions of Public Law 85–157, to the District of Columbia on a
monthly basis for benefit payments by the District of Columbia
to United States Park Police annuitants under the provisions of
the Policeman and Fireman’s Retirement and Disability Act (Act),
to the extent those payments exceed contributions made by active
Park Police members covered under the Act, such amounts as
hereafter may be necessary: Provided, That hereafter the appropria-
tions made to the National Park Service shall not be available
for this purpose.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs,
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $66,159,000, of which $500,000
are for grants pursuant to the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 469l, as amended).
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.), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be
for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, for the purposes of such Act.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preserva-
tion 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), $74,500,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2003, and to be
for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Control Act
of 1985, as amended, for the purposes of such Act: Provided, That,
of the amount provided herein, $2,500,000, to remain available
until expended, is for a grant for the perpetual care and mainte-
nance of National Trust Historic Sites, as authorized under 16
U.S.C. 470a(e)(2), to be made available in full upon signing of
a grant agreement: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, these funds shall be available for investment
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with the proceeds to be used for the same purpose as set out
herein: Provided further, That of the total amount provided,
$30,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for priority
preservation projects, including preservation of intellectual and cul-
tural artifacts, preservation of historic structures and sites, and
buildings to house cultural and historic resources and to provide
educational opportunities: Provided further, That any individual
Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be
eligible for one grant, and all projects to be funded shall be approved
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to
the commitment of grant funds: Provided further, That Save Amer-
ica’s Treasures funds allocated for Federal projects shall be available
by transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies, after
approval of such projects by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided for Save America’s Treas-
ures may be used for administrative expenses, and staffing for
the program shall be available from the existing staffing levels
in the National Park Service.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including the modifications authorized by section
104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion
Act of 1989, $366,044,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $66,851,000 is for conservation activities defined in section
250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended, for the purposes of such Act: Provided,
That of the amount provided for Cuyahoga National Park, $200,000
may be used for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad platform
and station in Canton, Ohio.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2002 by 16
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation 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, $274,117,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to
remain available until expended, and to be for the conservation
activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control of 1985, as amended, for the pur-
poses of such Act, of which $144,000,000 is for the State assistance
program including $4,000,000 to administer the State assistance
program, and of which $11,000,000 shall be for grants, not covering
more than 50 percent of the total cost of any acquisition to be
made with such funds, to States and local communities for purposes
of acquiring lands or interests in lands to preserve and protect
Civil War battlefield sites identified in the July 1993 Report on
the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields prepared by the Civil War Sites