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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 2010 and prior years where 
such amounts represent costs of administering 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, including adminis-
tration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, and notwith-
standing section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is authorized 
to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of that Act to make grants to federally recognized Indian 
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding the limitation 
on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act and section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 
a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated 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 2010, in addition to the 
amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, up to 1.2486 percent of the funds appropriated for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act 
may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title 
II of the Clean Water Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding the 
limitations on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
for the Drinking 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 further, That not less than 30 percent of the funds 
made available under this title to each State for Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and not less than 30 
percent of the funds made available under this title to each State 
for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall 
be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipi-
ents in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, 
or grants (or any combination of these), except that for the Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grant appropriation this 
section shall only apply to the portion that exceeds $1,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastruc-
ture needs of the colonias in the United States along the United 
States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or munic-
ipal government unless that government has established an enforce-
able 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 
construction of any new home, business, or other structure which 
lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 
agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such coopera-
tive agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State 
financial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pes-
ticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act. 
Title II of Public Law 109–54, as amended by title II of division 
E of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 729), is amended in the fourth 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions’’ by 
striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2015.’’ 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $475,000,000 
of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Initiative under 
the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ to the 
head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence 
of such head, to carry out activities that would support the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agree-
ment programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency 
agreement with the head of such Federal department or agency 
to carry out these activities; and to make grants to governmental 
entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for 
planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in 
furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great 
Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities 
funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ and ‘‘Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund’’ accounts, $40,000,000 are perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator, in consultation with other Federal agencies, 
shall carry out and submit to Congress the results of a study 
on domestic and international black carbon emissions that shall 
include an inventory of the major sources of black carbon, an 
assessment of the impacts of black carbon on global and regional 
climate, an assessment of potential metrics and approaches for 
quantifying the climatic effects of black carbon emissions (including 
its radiative forcing and warming effects) and comparing those 
effects to the effects of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, 
an identification of the most cost-effective approaches to reduce 
black carbon emissions, and an analysis of the climatic effects
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and other environmental and public health benefits of those 
approaches. 
For fiscal year 2010 the requirements of section 513 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) shall apply 
to the construction of treatment works carried out in whole or 
in part with assistance made available by a State water pollution 
control revolving fund as authorized by title VI of that Act (33 
U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or with assistance made available under section 
205(m) of that Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(m)), or both. 
For fiscal year 2010 the requirements of section 1450(e) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) shall apply 
to any construction project carried out in whole or in part with 
assistance made available by a drinking water treatment revolving 
loan fund as authorized by section 1452 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12). 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $312,012,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, $66,939,000 is 
for the forest inventory and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing tech-
nical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 
and others, and for forest health management, including treatments 
of pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring 
and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, 
cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities 
and 
conducting 
an 
international 
program 
as 
authorized, 
$308,061,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by law; of which $76,460,000 is to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund; and of which $2,000,000 may be made 
available to the Pest and Disease Revolving Loan Fund established 
by section 10205(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (16 U.S.C. 2104a(b)). 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utiliza-
tion of the National Forest System, $1,551,339,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys 
received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accord-
ance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided,
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That, through fiscal year 2012, the Secretary may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000 to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, prepara-
tion, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National 
Forest System lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys 
to designate the boundaries of such lands. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $556,053,000, to remain available until expended, 
for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition 
of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construc-
tion, capital improvement, decommissioning, and maintenance of 
forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That 
$90,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road decommis-
sioning, 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, 
endangered or sensitive species or community water sources: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall be available for 
the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not 
part of the transportation system, which are no longer needed: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission 
any system road until notice and an opportunity for public comment 
has been provided on each decommissioning project: Provided fur-
ther, That the decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part 
of the official transportation system shall be expedited in response 
to threats to public safety, water quality, or natural resources: 
Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2010 
under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred 
to the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available 
for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds 
are appropriated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, 
$63,522,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 
$1,050,000, to be derived from forest receipts.