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(4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appro-
priated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used 
for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facili-
ties described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act); 
(7) $1,060,041,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 
interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, including activi-
ties 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 activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall 
be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall 
be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 
statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 
State monitoring programs: Provided, That for the period of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2020, notwithstanding other 
applicable provisions of law, the funds appropriated for the 
Indian Environmental General Assistance Program shall be 
available to federally recognized tribes for solid waste and 
recovered materials collection, transportation, backhaul, and 
disposal services; and 
(8) $21,000,000 shall be for grants to States and federally 
recognized Indian tribes for implementation of environmental 
programs and projects that complement existing environmental 
program grants, including interagency agreements, as specified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 
agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 
tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 
agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State finan-
cial assistance agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112–177, the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 
year 2016. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 
of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 
to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concur-
rence 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 
an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department 
or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 
governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and 
individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and 
implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
tiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 
Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 
Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities provided that 
the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2016, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to 
federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 
518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Manage-
ment’’ for fiscal year 2016 to provide grants to implement the 
Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program. 
In addition to the amounts otherwise made available in this 
Act for the Environmental Protection Agency, $27,000,000, to be
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available until September 30, 2017, to be used solely to meet 
Federal requirements for cybersecurity implementation, including 
enhancing response capabilities and upgrading incident manage-
ment tools: Provided, That such funds shall supplement, not sup-
plant, any other amounts made available to the Environmental 
Protection Agency for such purpose: Provided further, That solely 
for the purposes provided herein, such funds may be transferred 
to and merged with any other appropriation in this Title. 
Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants’’ account, $40,000,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $291,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, $75,000,000 is 
for the forest inventory and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing tech-
nical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 
and others, and for forest health management, including treatments 
of pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring 
and rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, 
cooperative forestry, and education and land conservation activities 
and 
conducting 
an 
international 
program 
as 
authorized, 
$237,023,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by law; of which $62,347,000 is to be derived 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, improvement, and utiliza-
tion of the National Forest System, $1,509,364,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Land-
scape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments as 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $359,805,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, up to $81,941,000 is for the 
Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for Region 1, Region 
3 and Region 4: Provided further, That of the funds provided for
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forest products, up to $65,560,000 may be transferred to support 
the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may 
transfer to the Secretary of the Interior any unobligated funds 
appropriated in a previous fiscal year for operation of the Valles 
Caldera National Preserve. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $364,164,000, to remain available until expended, 
for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition 
of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construc-
tion, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no longer 
needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 
transportation system, 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 $40,000,000 shall be des-
ignated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road and trail 
repair and maintenance and associated activities, and removal of 
fish passage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service roads 
may be contributing to water quality problems in streams and 
water bodies which support threatened, endangered, or sensitive 
species or community water sources: Provided further, That funds 
becoming available in fiscal year 2016 under the Act of March 
4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund 
of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obligation 
for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided for decommissioning of roads, 
up to $14,743,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest 
System’’ to support the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot pro-
gram. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 
2003 of title 54, United States Code, including administrative 
expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 
Service, $63,435,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 
$950,000, 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 governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant