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(2) to address the recommendations of the Cali-
fornia Hatchery Scientific Review Group; and 
(3) to minimize adverse effects to operations of 
the Central Valley Project and State Water Project 
(as those terms are used in the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act of 2002 (title XXXIV of 
Public Law 102–575)). 
(c) MISCELLANEOUS
REQUIREMENTS.—In imple-
menting this section, the Secretary— 
(1) shall give priority to existing and prospec-
tive hatchery programs and facilities within the Sac-
ramento-San Joaquin Delta and the riverine tribu-
taries thereto; and 
(2) may enter into cooperative agreements for 
the operation of conservation hatchery programs 
with the State of California, tribes, and other non- 
Governmental entities for the benefit, enhancement, 
and support of naturally spawning fish species. 
REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES 
SEC. 119. Before the end of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published 
on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 et seq.) and 
the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 
Reg. 55530 et seq.), without regard to any other provision 
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of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 
rules. Such reissuances (including this section) shall not 
be subject to judicial review. 
STREAM BUFFER 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary to (1) further develop, 
finalize, carry out, or implement the proposed rule entitled 
‘‘Stream Protection Rule’’ signed by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Land and Minerals Management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior on July 7, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
44436), or (2) develop, carry out, or implement any guid-
ance, policy, or directive to reinterpret or change the his-
toric interpretation of ‘‘material damage to the hydrologic 
balance outside the permit area’’ in section 510(b)(3) of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1260(b)(3)), or 30 CFR 816.57 or 30 CFR 
817.57, as promulgated on June 30, 1983 by the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the 
Department of the Interior (48 Fed. Reg. 30312). 
BOTTLED WATER 
SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Director of the National Park 
Service to implement, administer, or enforce Policy Memo-
randum 11–03 or to approve a request by a park super-
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intendent to eliminate the sale in national parks of water 
in disposable, recyclable plastic bottles. 
OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the Bu-
reau of Land Management’s proposed rule regarding 
Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and 
Resource Conservation published February 8, 2016. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN HISTORIC 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to take any action 
to designate a Federal property for inclusion on, or to add 
a Federal property to, the National Register of Historic 
Places, or to operate or maintain a property on that reg-
istry, if the managing agency of that Federal property ob-
jects to such designation or inclusion, including actions re-
lated to— 
(1) cooperative agreements; 
(2) general administration; 
(3) maintenance of records and agreements; and 
(4) any other functions necessary to designate, add, 
operate, or maintain such Federal property. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to actions related to a managing agency 
request for expedited removal of Federal property from 
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the National Register of Historic Places for reasons of na-
tional security. 
DRILLING MARGINS 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 
develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 
change to the regulations and guidance in effect on April 
1, 2015, pertaining to drilling margins or static downhole 
mud weight (30 CFR 250.414(c)) including the provisions 
of the rules dated April 17, 2015, and April 29, 2016. 
TRIBAL RECOGNITION 
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule en-
titled ‘‘Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian 
Tribes’’ published by the Department of the Interior in 
the Federal Register on July 1, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37862 
et seq.). 
ECHINODERMS 
SEC. 126. Section 14.92(a)(1) of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
echinoderms commonly known as sea urchins and sea cu-
cumbers,’’ after ‘‘products’’. 
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LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AIR QUALITY 
REGULATIONS 
SEC. 127. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used by 
the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to issue, finalize, or implement any 
final regulations addressing any subject of the proposed 
rule entitled ‘‘Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compli-
ance’’, published April 5, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 19717), be-
fore the date on which the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement— 
(1) completes the two air modeling studies enti-
tled ‘‘Arctic Air Quality Impact Assessment Mod-
eling (AK–13–01)’’ and ‘‘Air Quality Modeling in 
the Gulf of Mexico Region (GM–14–01)’’, and pub-
lishes the results of such studies and all supporting 
data and documentation in a form available to the 
public; 
(2) concludes, following peer review of such 
studies, publication of public notice, and 120 days of 
opportunity for public comment on the studies, that 
the activities expressly authorized under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.) are significantly affecting the air quality of any 
State for purposes of compliance with the national 
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ambient air quality standards, pursuant to, as re-
quired by section 5(a)(8) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 
1334(a)(8)); and 
(3) consults with the affected coastal states (as 
that term is used in that Act) on the results of such 
studies and analyses, and any actions that may be 
taken including any incremental burdens on such 
coastal states that may result. 
(b) REPROPOSAL OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) before issuing any such final regulations— 
(A) repropose the regulations; and 
(B) provide a period of at least 180 days 
for the submission of public comment on such 
reproposed regulations; and 
(2) delay the effective date of such final regula-
tions for at least 180 days after the date they are 
published. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
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1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $720,072,000 (increased by 
$3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That of the funds included under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for Research: National Pri-
orities as specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $2,527,470,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) 
(reduced by $14,000,000) (reduced by $70,000,000) (re-
duced by $12,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,750,000) (reduced by $468,000) (increased by 
$468,000), to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
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Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: Na-
tional Priorities as specified in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That of the funds included 
under this heading, $409,709,000 shall be for Geographic 
Programs specified in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency is authorized, in carrying out 
its responsibilities under section 2002(b) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6912(b)), to use appro-
priations made available under this heading to evaluate 
the effectiveness of States using State solid waste manage-
ment plans to ensure the efficient and effective implemen-
tation, consistent with Executive Order No. 12898, of the 
final regulations on coal combustion residuals that took 
effect on October 19, 2015, and codified in parts 257 and 
261 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator shall provide to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the appropriate author-
izing Committees a report on the effectiveness of States 
using such plans in implementing the requirements of final 
coal combustion residual regulations in an efficient and 
effective manner. 
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HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ-
ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $3,178,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $41,489,000 (increased by 
$10,038,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), 
(c)(6), 
and 
(e)(4) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9611) 
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$1,115,929,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2016, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,115,929,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$8,778,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2018, and $15,496,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $94,605,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $68,016,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $26,589,000 shall be for car-
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rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,079,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,370,729,000 (increased by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000), to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $1,070,500,000 shall be 
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for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fis-
cal year 2017, funds made available under this title 
to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants and for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 
discretion of each State, be used for projects to ad-
dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a 
State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 
not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
made by such fund in fiscal year 2017 and prior 
years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the 
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in-
cluding administration: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the provisions of 
sections 201(g)(1), (h), and (l) of the Federal Water 
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Pollution Control Act, grants under Title II of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
District of Columbia may also be made for the pur-
pose of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility 
plans, design activities, or plans, specification, and 
estimates for any proposed project for the construc-
tion of treatment works; and (2) for the construc-
tion, repair, or replacement of privately owned treat-
ment works serving one or more principal residences 
or small commercial establishments; Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the 
provisions of 201(g)(1), (h), and (l) and section 
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments; Funds reserved under section 518(c) of 
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such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian 
tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and 
former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as defined 
by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages 
(as defined in Public Law 92–203): Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of the Clean Water Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used for grants for training, 
technical assistance, and educational programs relat-
ing to the operation and management of the treat-
ment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act; 
Funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act 
shall be available for grants only to Indian tribes, as 
defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former In-
dian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages (as 
defined in Public Law 92–203): Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding the limi-
tation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 per-
cent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, 
whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limita-
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tion on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of 
the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever 
is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such 
Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of 
such Acts: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2017, notwithstanding the amounts specified in sec-
tion 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appro-
priated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
program under the Act less any sums reserved under 
section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants made under title II of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2017, notwith-
standing the limitations on amounts specified in sec-
tion 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 
1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drink-
ing Water State Revolving Fund programs under the 
Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
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further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients where such debt was 
incurred on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act if the State, with con-
currence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
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issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients; 
(2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission; Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure; 
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(3) $17,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste 
disposal, and similar projects carried out by the 
State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall 
allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds pro-
vided for projects in regional hub communities; 
(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 
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CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as-
sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any coun-
ty that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 
by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Esti-
mates; 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $40,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of the report accompanying this Act; and 
(7) $1,058,229,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
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making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
$47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
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Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $45,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $5,487,000,000. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
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grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2017. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
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such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities provided that the cost does not 
exceed $150,000 per project. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall base agency policies and actions regarding 
air emissions from forest biomass including, but not lim-
ited to, air emissions from facilities that combust forest 
biomass for energy, on the principle that forest biomass 
emissions do not increase overall carbon dioxide accumula-
tions in the atmosphere when USDA Forest Inventory and 
Analysis data show that forest carbon stocks in the United 
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States are stable or increasing on a national scale, or when 
forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest re-
siduals or forest management activities. Such policies and 
actions shall not pre-empt existing authorities of States 
to determine how to utilize biomass as a renewable energy 
source and shall not inhibit States’ authority to apply the 
same policies to forest biomass as other renewable fuels 
in implementing Federal law. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall apply the criteria and procedures in effect 
as of the date of enactment of this Act for aquifer exemp-
tions under the underground injection control regulatory 
framework, in a collaborative manner with the States and 
regulated industries, to promptly review and make deci-
sions on all aquifer exemption applications using the cri-
teria for exempted aquifers set forth in section 146.4 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on April 
1, 2016). The Administrator shall not use substantial pro-
gram revisions for purposes of reviewing and making deci-
sions on aquifer exemption applications involving under-
ground injection authorized by permit, provided the injec-
tion is occurring into aquifers that meet the criteria for 
an exemption under such section 146.4 and the rec-
ommendations of key State resource agencies are taken 
in account. 
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For fiscal year 2017, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to federally recognized In-
dian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that 
Act. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $291,982,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided, That of the funds provided, $77,000,000 
is for the forest inventory and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
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ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $244,038,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, as authorized by law, of which 
$55,000,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Pro-
gram, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,531,443,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 
funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Col-
laborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecologi-
cal restoration treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
7303(f): Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$384,805,000 shall be for forest products: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, up to $159,941,000 is 
for the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for 
Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, and Region 5: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for forest 
products, up to $161,560,000 may be transferred to sup-
port the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program 
in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary of Agriculture may transfer to the Secretary of the 
Interior any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous 
fiscal year for operation of the Valles Caldera National 
Preserve. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $364,164,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2018, for construction, capital im-
provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 
other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 
reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 
part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for-
est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro-
vided, That $40,000,000 shall be designated for urgently 
needed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and 
maintenance and associated activities, and removal of fish 
passage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 
roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 
streams and water bodies which support threatened, en-
dangered, or sensitive species or community water sources: 
Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 
year 2017 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
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WITHIN
THE
SACRAMENTO
RIVER
WATER-
SHED.—The term ‘‘existing Central Valley 
Project agricultural water service contractor 
within 
the 
Sacramento 
River 
Watershed’’ 
means any water service contractor within the 
Shasta, Trinity, or Sacramento River division of 
the Central Valley Project that has in effect a 
water service contract on the date of enactment 
of this section that provides water for irriga-
tion. 
(B) YEAR
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Above 
Normal’’, ‘‘Below Normal’’, ‘‘Dry’’, and ‘‘Wet’’, 
with respect to a year, have the meanings given 
those terms in the Sacramento Valley Water 
Year Type (40–30–30) Index. 
(2) ALLOCATIONS OF WATER.— 
(A) ALLOCATIONS.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the Secretary of the Interior shall make 
every reasonable effort in the operation of the 
Central Valley Project to allocate water pro-
vided for irrigation purposes to each existing 
Central Valley Project agricultural water service 
contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in accordance with the following: 
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