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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)), $950,496,000, to remain available 
until expended; and of which $3,000,000 shall be available 
in fiscal year 2010 subject to a match by at least an equal 
amount by the National 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, $45,500,000 is for the processing of ap-
plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza-
tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
appropriation that shall be derived from $6,500 per new 
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application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 
upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 
$36,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not 
more than $950,496,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental 
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,590,000, to re-
main 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, $26,529,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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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; $111,557,000, 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 ECOSYSTEM 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 through fiscal year 
2015 for the purpose of planning, preparing, imple-
menting and monitoring salvage timber sales and forest 
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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 ac-
count shall be deposited through fiscal year 2015 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. 
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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 
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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 
(BLM) shall be available for purchase, erection, and dis-
mantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant fa-
cilities to which the United States has title; up to 
$100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, 
for information or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, 
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under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica-
tions 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 projects to be funded 
pursuant to a written commitment by a State government 
to provide an identified amount of money in support of 
the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a reim-
bursable basis. 
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, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooper-
ative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities, $1,248,756,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011 except as otherwise provided 
herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority 
projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth Con-
servation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$20,603,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
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(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act, as amended (except for processing petitions, de-
veloping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and 
taking any other steps to implement actions described in 
subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of 
which not to exceed $10,632,000 shall be used for any 
activity regarding the designation of critical habitat, pur-
suant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for 
species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) prior to Octo-
ber 1, 2009: Provided further, That of the amount avail-
able for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary 
be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Service, 
and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to 
be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided for environ-
mental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain avail-
able 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-
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tion of lands and interests therein; $21,139,000, 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, 
$67,250,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which, notwithstanding 
16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $2,000,000 (increased 
by $2,000,000) shall be for land conservation partnerships 
authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs. 
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 et seq.), 
as amended, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $34,307,000 is to be derived from the 
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Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of 
which $5,145,706 shall be for the Idaho Salmon and 
Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant to the 
Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004; and of which 
$65,693,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,100,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $52,647,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
6101 et seq.), $5,250,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211– 
4214, 4221–4225, 4241–4246, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
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agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Service may use 
up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for 
employment-related legal services: Provided further, That 
the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements 
for existing aircraft. 
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 expenses to 
carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Serv-
ice, $2,260,684,000, of which $9,982,000 for planning 
and interagency coordination in support of Everglades res-
toration and $98,622,000 for maintenance, repair or reha-
bilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the 
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National Park Service automated facility management 
software system, and comprehensive facility condition as-
sessments shall remain available until September 30, 
2011. 
PARK PARTNERSHIP PROJECT GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of sec-
tion 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge 
cost-share agreements, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended for Park Partnership signature projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent 
of the total cost of each project or program is derived from 
non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, 
or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter 
of credit. 
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, $59,386,000. 
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 
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Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $90,675,000 (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to be derived from the Historic 
Preservation Fund and to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011; of which $30,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 
artifacts; and of which $6,175,000 shall be for Preserve 
America grants to States, federally recognized Indian 
Tribes, and local communities for projects that preserve 
important historic resources through the promotion of her-
itage tourism: Provided, That of the funds provided for 
Save America’s Treasures, $5,310,000 shall be allocated 
in the amounts specified for those projects and purposes 
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including modifications author-
ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro-
tection and Expansion Act of 1989, $214,691,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the National Park Service shall complete 
a special resource study along the route of the Mississippi 
River in the counties contiguous to the river from its head-
waters in the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. 
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2010 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
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, $103,222,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000), to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $30,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
is for the State assistance program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
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ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to 
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-
ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 
for FHWA administrative support costs. 
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-
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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); 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 relative to the fore-
going activities; $1,105,744,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011, of which $65,561,000 shall be avail-
able only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall 
remain available until expended for satellite operations; 
and of which $7,321,000 shall be available until expended 
for
deferred
maintenance
and
capital
improvement 
projects that exceed $100,000 in cost and of which 
$2,000,000 shall be available for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to fund the operating expenses for the Civil 
Applications Committee: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided for the biological research activity shall be used 
to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
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mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for reimbursement to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting 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 the United States Geological Survey 
may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di-
rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
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nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 
the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju-
ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed-
eral employees for any other purposes. 
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; for 
energy-related or other authorized marine-related pur-
poses on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching 
grants or cooperative agreements, $174,317,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2011, of which 
$89,374,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $156,730,000, 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, and from 
cost recovery fees: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
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U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2010, such amounts as are 
assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and cred-
ited to this account and shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to the ex-
tent $156,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized 
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 
needed to reach $156,730,000 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 not to exceed $3,000 shall 
be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 
volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 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 Director of MMS concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay-
ments: Provided further, That for the costs of administra-
tion of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized 
by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), in fiscal year 2010, MMS 
may retain up to 4 percent of the amounts which are dis-
bursed under section 31(b)(1), such retained amounts to 
remain available until expended. 
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For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from non- 
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2010, as 
provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that 
such amounts are not realized from such fees, the amount 
needed to reach $10,000,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993. 
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, 
$6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of 
the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), 
the Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount pay-
able to each State in fiscal year 2010 and deposit the 
amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas-
ury. 
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so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2012: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2010, in implementing 
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new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as amended, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and 
Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance 
Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory 
requirements: Provided further, That such grants shall not 
be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 
the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 
payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur-
ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 
building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 
health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man-
agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol-
low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro-
vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 
the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided fur-
ther, That in order to ensure timely completion of con-
struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 
a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 
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eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, any 
grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any 
prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 
phase of the project and commenced construction: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed 
from the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indi-
ans appropriation for the appropriate share of construc-
tion costs for space expansion needed in agency offices to 
meet trust reform implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 
618, 108–447, 109–379, 109–479, 110–297, and 111–11, 
and for implementation of other land and water rights set-
tlements, $47,380,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$8,215,000, of which $1,629,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
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total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed 
or insured, not to exceed $93,807,956. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli-
dation Act (25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), as amended, by direct 
expenditure or cooperative agreement, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, 
Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating 
Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, In-
dian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian 
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Guaranteed Loan Program Account) shall be available for 
expenses of exhibits. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative 
services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 
offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
413). 
In the event any federally recognized tribe returns ap-
propriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, this action shall not diminish the Federal 
Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the gov-
ernment-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access fu-
ture appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 
452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 
any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
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ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 
title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment
of
the
Interior,
$118,836,000;
of
which 
$12,136,000 for consolidated appraisal services is to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
shall remain available until expended; of which not to ex-
ceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Pro-
vided, That for fiscal year 2010 up to $400,000 of the 
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payments authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be retained for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 
Program: Provided further, That no payment shall be 
made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of 
local government if the computed amount of the payment 
is less than $100. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$83,995,000, of which: (1) $74,715,000 shall remain 
available until expended for technical assistance, including 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man-
agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall 
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be available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 
such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac-
countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant 
to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant 
to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 
funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 
be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 
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Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as-
sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 
funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 
pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free 
Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 
221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
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Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 
the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,076,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $48,590,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $185,984,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $56,536,000 from 
this or any other Act, shall be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 
of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 
Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through con-
tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2010, as au-
thorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended 
by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the statute of lim-
itations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 
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has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from 
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has 
been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any 
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, $932,780,000, 
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to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 
fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 
for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 
to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-
ment 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 further, 
That using the amounts designated under this title of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure-
ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
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on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 
micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per-
cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application 
of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim-
burse 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 con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 
leases of real property with local governments, at or below 
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fair market value, to construct 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 Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 
to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects. 
WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for fire suppression operations of the 
Department of the Interior, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That amounts in this para-
graph may be transferred and expended only if all funds 
appropriated for fire suppression operations under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli-
gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 
available only to the extent the President has issued a 
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finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 
suppression operations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,175,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That Public Law 110–161 (121 
Stat. 2116) under the heading ‘‘Central Hazardous Mate-
rials Fund’’ is amended by striking ‘‘in advance of or as 
reimbursement for remedial action or response activities 
conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 
113(f) of such Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘includ-
ing any fines or penalties’’. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 
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et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
19jj et seq.), $6,462,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system and information technology 
improvements of general benefit to the Department, 
$85,823,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 
this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used to 
establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account 
other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 
equipment without prior approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local, 
and tribal government employees for training services pro-
vided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 
other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise 
provide space and related facilities, equipment or profes-
sional services of the National Indian Program Training 
Center to State, local, and tribal government employees 
or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in 40 U.S.C. 
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3306(a)) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, 
equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National In-
dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all 
funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 
expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 
expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
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able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from 
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
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ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 
operations and shall be available for the payment of obli-
gations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 
of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 
to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be ex-
hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
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as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; pur-
chase and replacement of motor vehicles, including spe-
cially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone serv-
ice in private residences in the field, when authorized 
under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay-
ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for li-
brary membership in societies or associations which issue 
publications to members only or at a price to members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer for Indian trust management and reform activities. 
Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
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transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No federally recognized tribe 
shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2010. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service 
areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 per-
cent limitation does not apply. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 
the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend-
ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 
retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim-
bursement until expended and without further appropria-
tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac-
tivities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis-
cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Salazar to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
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tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. 
Salazar. 
SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
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sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
SEC. 110. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Pub-
lic Law 111–8, is further amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009 only’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal years 
2010 through 2013’’. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Interior may enter 
into cooperative agreements with a State or political sub-
division (including any agency thereof), or any not-for- 
profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mu-
tual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying 
out the programs administered by the Department of the 
Interior; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to 
the accomplishment of these objectives. At the discretion 
of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to 
a competitive process. 
SEC. 112. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 
land acquisition by the National Park Service for Ice Age 
National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, 
a local government, or any other land management entity 
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric-
tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided 
through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 as amended. 
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SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) shall apply 
to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of 
coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource 
on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, easement, 
right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for 
use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources 
under section 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) and 1337(p)) to the same 
extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other 
agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas lease, 
except that in such cases the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ shall 
include any payment required by such lease, easement, 
right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or 
by applicable regulation. 
SEC. 114. (a) In fiscal year 2010, the Minerals Man-
agement Service (MMS) shall collect a non-refundable in-
spection fee, which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management’’ account, from the des-
ignated operator for facilities subject to inspection by 
MMS under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c) that are above the water-
line, except mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place 
at the start of fiscal year 2010. 
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(b) Fees for 2010 shall be— 
(1) $2,000 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $3,250 for facilities with one to ten wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $6,000 for facilities with more than ten 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
(c) MMS will bill designated operators within 60 days 
of enactment of this bill, with payment required within 
30 days of billing. 
SEC. 115. Section 4 of Public Law 89–565, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 282c), relating to San Juan Island 
National
Historic
Park,
is
amended
by
striking 
‘‘$5,575,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,575,000’’. 
SEC. 116. Section 1(c)(2) of Public Law 109–441 is 
amended by adding after subparagraph (D) the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) Minidoka, depicted in a map entitled 
‘Minidoka National Historic Site and Environs 
- Draft Document’, dated May 27, 2009. The 
Secretary is authorized to accept a donation of 
land or interest in land acquired with funds 
provided under this section, as an addition to 
the Minidoka National Historic Site and admin-
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istered in accordance with section 313(c)(5) of 
Public Law 110–229. 
‘‘(F) Heart Mountain, depicted in Figure 
6.3 of the Site Document.’’. 
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 
1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; procurement of labora-
tory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses 
in support of research and development, $849,649,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011. 
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 
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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, $3,022,054,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, not less than $628,941,000 shall be 
for the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act. 
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, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011. 
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, 
$35,001,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), 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), as amended, including sec-
tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
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9611) $1,306,541,000, to remain available until expended, 
consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2009, as authorized by section 517(a) 
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,306,541,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $9,975,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2011, and $26,834,000 shall be paid to the 
‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011. 
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, as amended, 
$113,101,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $78,671,000 shall be for carrying out leaking un-
derground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by 
section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 
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amended; $34,430,000 shall be for carrying out the other 
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in sec-
tion 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended: 
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use ap-
propriations made available under this heading to imple-
ment section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to pro-
vide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian 
tribes for the development and implementation of pro-
grams to manage underground storage tanks. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,379,000, 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, 
$5,215,446,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $2,307,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of which $1,443,000,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
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State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking
Water
Act,
as
amended:
Provided,
That 
$20,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connec-
tion with the construction of high priority water and 
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex-
ico border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
commission; $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra-
structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Pro-
vided further, That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska 
shall provide a match of 25 percent; and (2) no more than 
5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and 
overhead expenses; $160,000,000 shall be for making spe-
cial project grants for the construction of drinking water, 
wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water 
quality protection in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions specified for such grants in the explanatory state-
ment accompanying this Act, and, for purposes of these 
grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45 per-
cent of the cost of the project unless the grantee is ap-
proved for a waiver by the Agency; $100,000,000 shall be 
to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter-
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agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 
$60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; and 
$1,115,446,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized 
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu-
tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol-
lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac-
tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 
particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties subject to terms and conditions specified by the Ad-
ministrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying 
out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 
shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net-
work grants, including associated program support costs, 
$18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under sec-
tion 106 of the Act shall be for water quality monitoring 
activities, $10,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 
communities to develop plans and demonstrate and imple-
ment projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 
and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Pro-
gram’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
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posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 shall be for grants 
to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act, as amended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 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 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 administration: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2010, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, 
the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro-
priated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act 
to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pur-
suant 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 
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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 Ad-
ministrator 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 Vir-
gin 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 no funds provided by 
this appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater 
and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in 
the United States along the United States-Mexico border 
shall be made available to a county or municipal govern-
ment unless that government has established an enforce-
able local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents 
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in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any 
additional colonia areas, or the development within an ex-
isting colonia the construction of any new home, business, 
or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other 
necessary infrastructure. 
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 Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
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 
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amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registra-
tion 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 ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015’’. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 
activities funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants’’ account, $142,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled 
from amounts that were designated by the 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. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$475,000,000 from the ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’ account to the head of any other Federal 
department or agency (including but not limited to the De-
partments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Health and 
Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, State, 
and Transportation), with the concurrence of 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 
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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 organi-
zations, institutions, and individuals for planning, re-
search, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in fur-
therance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the 
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
Not less than 30 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Re-
volving 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 capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State to provide addi-
tional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgive-
ness 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. 
To the extent there are sufficient eligible project ap-
plications, not less than 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to each State for Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and not less 
than 20 percent of the funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
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Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water efficiency, 
or energy efficiency improvements. 
For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the requirements of section 513 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution 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 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the requirements of section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) shall apply to any con-
struction project carried out in whole or in part with as-
sistance made available by a drinking water treatment re-
volving 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 re-
search as authorized by law, $308,612,000, to remain 
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available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $61,939,000 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-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $307,486,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; and of which $76,215,000 is to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
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, 
$1,564,801,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by 
$25,000,000), to remain available 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 
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accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
6a(i)): Provided, That, the Secretary may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000 to the De-
partment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
for removal, preparation, 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: Provided further, That up 
to $10,000,000 may be transferred to and made a part 
of other Forest Service accounts if the transfer enhances 
the efficiency or effectiveness of Federal activities. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $560,637,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im-
provement, 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 $100,000,000 shall be designated for urgently need-
ed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and main-
tenance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas-
sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 
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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 provided herein shall be 
available for the decommissioning of roads, including un-
authorized roads not part of the transportation system, 
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That public 
comment should be provided before system roads are de-
commissioned: Provided further, That the decommis-
sioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official 
transportation system shall be expedited in response to 
threats to public safety, water quality, or natural re-
sources: 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 obli-
gation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 may be 
transferred to and made a part of other Forest Service 
accounts if the transfer enhances the efficiency or effec-
tiveness of Federal activities. 
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 ad-
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ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $36,782,000, 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 bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,050,000, to 
be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 
expended (16 U.S.C. 460l–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 
96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 
78–310). 
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RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$50,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,582,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 
lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels re-
duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $2,370,288,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli-
gated balances under this heading, are available for repay-
ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 
other cooperating entities for services provided in response 
to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 
emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds 
appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 
Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 
Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
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Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: 
Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 
for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 
fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 
support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire sup-
pression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $378,086,000 is for hazardous 
fuels reduction activities, $11,600,000 is for rehabilitation 
and restoration, $23,917,000 is for research activities and 
to make competitive research grants pursuant to the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $80,000,000 is for 
State fire assistance, $10,000,000 is for volunteer fire as-
sistance, $24,252,000 is for forest health activities on 
Federal lands and $12,928,000 is for forest health activi-
ties on State and private lands: Provided further, That 
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, 
and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 
State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest 
health management, forest and rangeland research, the 
Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and watershed 
management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and 
fish habitat management and restoration: Provided fur-
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ther, That up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading may be transferred to and made a part of 
other Forest Service accounts if the transfer enhances the 
efficiency or effectiveness of Federal activities: Provided 
further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative 
agreement between the Federal Government and any non- 
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
the affected parties: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided herein, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter 
into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements, or 
issue grants, for hazardous fuels reduction activities and 
for training and monitoring associated with such haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on 
adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit re-
sources on Federal land: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 
transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 
fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used 
to make grants, using any authorities available to the For-
est Service under the State and Private Forestry appro-
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priation, for the purpose of creating incentives for in-
creased use of biomass from national forest lands: Pro-
vided further, That funds designated for wildfire suppres-
sion shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 
as such assessments are calculated against other agency 
programs. 
WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for emergency fire suppression on Na-
tional Forest System lands or adjacent lands or other 
lands under fire protection agreement, $282,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That amounts 
in this paragraph may be transferred and expended only 
if all funds appropriated for fire suppression under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli-
gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 
available only to the extent the President has issued a 
finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 
suppression. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
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from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use 
in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 
Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 
existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds 
derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 
for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alter-
ation of buildings and other public improvements (7 
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and inter-
ests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses 
pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 
(7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 
U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions five days after the Secretary notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
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all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Wildland Fire Sup-
pression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be fully obli-
gated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used pursu-
ant to this paragraph must be replenished by a supple-
mental appropriation which must be requested as prompt-
ly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
Not more than $78,350,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
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Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$19,825,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority 
projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the au-
thority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
$3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for 
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projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands 
or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the 
Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Fed-
eral financial assistance, private contributions to match on 
at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the For-
est Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may 
transfer Federal funds to Federal or a non-Federal recipi-
ent for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided fur-
ther, That authorized investments of Federal funds held 
by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing 
obligations of the United States or in obligations guaran-
teed as to both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
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that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte-
nance. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot 
rate charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess 
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programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other support 
services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 
of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar non-litiga-
tion related matters. Future budget justifications for both 
the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 
the requested funding transfers. 
The 19th unnumbered paragraph under heading 
‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of 
the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109–54, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
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tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $3,657,618,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b for services furnished 
by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 
available to tribes and tribal organizations through con-
tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com-
pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 
be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-
tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That $16,251,000 is provided for Head-
quarters operations and information technology activities 
and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount available under this proviso shall be allocated at 
the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service: 
Provided further, That $779,347,000 for contract medical 
care, including $48,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That no less than $43,139,000 
is provided for maintaining operations of the urban Indian 
health program: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
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pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act: Provided further, That $16,391,000 is provided for 
the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treat-
ment initiative and $10,000,000 is provided for the do-
mestic violence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the amounts available under 
this proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the Di-
rector of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this Act may be used for 1-year contracts and grants 
which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as 
the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 
funds
are
appropriated:
Provided
further,
That
the 
amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 
XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, de-
sign, or construction of new facilities): Provided further, 
That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appro-
priations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
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amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under 
title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall 
be reported and accounted for and available to the receiv-
ing tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
$398,490,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract or grant support costs associ-
ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or 
annual funding agreements between the Indian Health 
Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior 
to or during fiscal year 2010, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 may be used for contract support costs associ-
ated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 
grants,
self-governance
compacts,
or
annual
funding 
agreements: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes 
and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursu-
ant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable 
health information relating to disabled children as may be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions 
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 
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to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 
Health Facilities account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support
activities
of
the
Indian
Health
Service, 
$394,757,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of a feder-
ally recognized Indian tribe or tribes may be used to pur-
chase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge 
health or related facilities: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart-
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ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health 
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service 
may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new 
homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the 
United States Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,700,000 
from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ ac-
count shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain 
ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facili-
ties in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement 
between the Indian Health Service and the General Serv-
ices Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available 
until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service 
for demolition of Federal buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
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for telephone service in private residences in the field, 
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities 
for which the appropriation is made or otherwise con-
tribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or manage-
ment of those functions or activities. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may 
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the 
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. 
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans-
ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 
Act and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 
Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in 
this Act, except those used for administrative and program 
direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di-
rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 
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None of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess-
ments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica-
tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re-
programming process. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or V of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), 
may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination 
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 
under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain avail-
able to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 
final rule published in the Federal Register on September 
16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, relating to the eligibility for the health care services 
of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Serv-
ice has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
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quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law. 
With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 
to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay-
ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De-
termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse-
quent appropriation account that provided the funding, 
with such amounts to remain available until expended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance. 
The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 
Service may not be altered without advance notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
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set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments
and
Reauthorization
Act
of
1986, 
$79,212,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 
118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 
of
the
Solid
Waste
Disposal
Act,
as
amended, 
$76,792,000, of which up to $1,000 per eligible employee 
of the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry 
shall remain available until expended for Individual Learn-
ing Accounts: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment 
under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 
evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, 
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biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical moni-
toring, and referral to accredited health care providers: 
Provided further, That in performing any such health as-
sessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxi-
cological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA 
during fiscal year 2010, and existing profiles may be up-
dated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $3,159,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
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advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend-
ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and 
for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
U.S.C. 5376, $10,547,000: Provided, That the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 
not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 
of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 
hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize 
personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in 
performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 
Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 
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within the Board: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $150,000 shall be paid to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 
in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 
of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 
used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 
November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 
home is provided for such household: Provided further, 
That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 
or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
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reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 
25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 
U.S.C. 56 part A), $8,300,000. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, 
rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, 
$634,161,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2011, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 
to exceed $19,117,000 for the instrumentation program, 
collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of African American History and Culture, 
and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re-
main available until expended; and of which $1,553,000 
is for fellowships and scholarly awards; and including such 
funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 
research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here-
in are available for advance payments to independent con-
tractors performing research services or participating in 
official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and
for
construction,
including
necessary
personnel, 
$140,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Notwithstanding any provision of the Department of 
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 
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2140), the funds provided for ‘‘Smithsonian Institution, 
Legacy Fund’’ under such Act may be transferred to and 
made a part of the appropriation for ‘‘Smithsonian Insti-
tution, Facilities Capital’’ in this Act and utilized by the 
Smithsonian Institution under the same terms and condi-
tions that apply to other funds contained in such appro-
priation. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 
membership in library, museum, and art associations or 
societies whose publications or services are available to 
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
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ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $110,746,000, of which not to exceed $3,386,000 for 
the special exhibition program shall remain available until 
expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized, $56,259,000, to remain available 
until
expended:
Provided,
That
of
this
amount, 
$40,000,000 shall be available to repair the National Gal-
lery’s East Building facade: Provided further, That con-
tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali-
fications as well as price. 
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $25,000,000: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $2,500,000 is available 
until expended to implement a program to train arts man-
agers throughout the United States. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$17,447,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,225,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011. 
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $170,000,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects 
and productions in the arts, including arts education and 
public outreach activities, through assistance to organiza-
tions and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for 
program support, and for administering the functions of 
the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in ac-
cordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108– 
447. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $170,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $155,700,000 shall be available for sup-
port of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 
7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 
Act; and $14,300,000 shall be available to carry out the 
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one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, apportion the remaining amount in the fol-
lowing manner: (1) 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 (2) 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, for fiscal year 
2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 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, for fiscal 
year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, exceed 75 percent 
of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of 
implementation grants shall not, for fiscal year 2010 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, exceed 50 percent of the total 
costs of such projects: Provided further, That the non-Fed-
eral share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 
grant programs: Provided further, That any amount appor-
tioned in 2010 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2011, shall 
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House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 110– 
161 (121 Stat. 1844), the amount of $150,000 made avail-
able to the City of Hayti, Pemiscot Consolidated Public 
Water Supply District 1 for a Water Storage Tank (as de-
scribed in the section entitled ‘‘STAG Infrastructure 
Grants/Congressional Priorities’’ on page 1264 of the joint 
explanatory statement) may, at the discretion of the Ad-
ministrator, be made available to Pemiscot Consolidated 
Public Water Supply District 1 for a drinking water source 
protection infrastructure project: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives accompanying Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 524), the 
amount of $400,000 made available to the City of Lake 
Norden, South Dakota, for wastewater infrastructure im-
provements (as described in the table entitled ‘‘Congression-
ally Designated Spending’’ contained in section 430 of that 
joint explanatory statement) may, at the discretion of the 
Administrator, be made available to the City of Lake 
Norden, South Dakota, for drinking water infrastructure 
improvements. 
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