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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 Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa, to establish, or supplement existing, landowner incentive
programs that provide technical and financial assistance, including
habitat protection and restoration, to private landowners for the
protection and management of habitat to benefit federally listed,
proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species on private
lands: Provided further, That from unobligated balances of prior
year appropriations, an amount of $40,000,000 is rescinded.
STEWARDSHIP GRANTS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through
11), including administrative expenses, 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 the Secretary to establish a Private Stewardship Grants
Program to provide grants and other assistance to individuals and
groups engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit federally
listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species: Pro-
vided further, That from unobligated balances of prior year appro-
priations, an amount of $10,000,000 is rescinded.
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,
$81,000,000, of which $29,529,000 is to be derived from the Coopera-
tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund and $51,471,000 is
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and
to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 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, $38,560,000, to remain available 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), $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–
4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997
(Public Law 105–96; 16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), and the
Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), $4,800,000,
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 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, $65,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $5,000,000 is for a
competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall, after deducting said $3,000,000 and administra-
tive 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 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 para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned 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 implementa-
tion 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 2003 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains
unobligated as of September 30, 2004, shall be reapportioned,
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together with funds appropriated in 2005, in the manner provided
herein: Provided further, That balances from amounts previously
appropriated under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be
transferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed
102 passenger motor vehicles, of which 75 are for replacement
only (including 39 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 the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to grant
$500,000 appropriated in Public Law 107–63 for land acquisition
to the Narragansett Indian Tribe for acquisition of the Great Salt
Pond burial tract: 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 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, $1,565,565,000, of which
$10,878,000 for planning and interagency coordination in support
of Everglades restoration shall remain available until expended;
of which $85,280,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004,
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
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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 nec-
essary 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, $78,431,000.
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, $61,667,000.
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.), $300,000, to remain available until expended.
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), $69,000,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided,
That, of the amount provided herein, $2,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, is for a grant for the perpetual care and
maintenance 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
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, of nationally significant sites, structures, and
artifacts: 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 and the Secretary of
the Interior in consultation with the President’s Committee on
the Arts and Humanities prior to the commitment of grant funds:
Provided further, That Save America’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, in consultation with the House