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terms and conditions specified for such grants in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act); 
(17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19g); 
(18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of 
the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c note): Provided, That the Adminis-
trator may award grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, 
intertribal consortia, public or private agencies, institutions, 
organizations, and individuals, without regard to section 
3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code, and enter into interagency agreements as appro-
priate; 
(19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 
1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 
(20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276); 
(21) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for remediation of above 
ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to Public Law 106–554; 
(22) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 220 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300); and 
(23) $1,109,833,000 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, and under section 2301 of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist States in developing 
and implementing programs for control of coal combustion 
residuals, of which: $46,250,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA; $9,500,000 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including associated 
program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be for grants to States 
under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which 
shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other 
than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; 
$18,512,000 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 sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State monitoring 
programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act of 2014, $64,634,000, to remain available until
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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 these funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, 
including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely 
for the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans 
for projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure financing 
authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority 
under this heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 
loans for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria pub-
lished in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) 
pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Water Infrastruc-
ture Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ in division D of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116–94): Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 
guarantee authority made available under this heading shall be 
available for any project unless the Administrator and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget have certified in advance 
in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, 
and the project comply with the criteria referenced in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office may request, and the Administrator shall 
promptly provide, documentation and information relating to a 
project identified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Adminis-
trator pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 
for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act Program, including with respect to a project that 
was initiated or completed before the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 
the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 
$7,640,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2026, 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
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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 (7 U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until 
expended. 
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 2026. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 
3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal 
year 2026, to remain available until expended. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $369,000,000 
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 $300,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2026, 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 
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 2026 to provide grants to implement the 
Southeast New England Watershed Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 
320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less 
than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under this title for 
the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive 
awards described in section 320(g)(4). 
For fiscal year 2026, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 
and ‘‘Science and Technology’’, contract directly with individuals 
or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 
regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent personal 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered
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employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 
claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this purpose 
by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and 
the Office of Water collectively may not exceed $2,000,000. 
In this fiscal year and each fiscal year through 2031, the 
Administrator may, after consultation with the Office of Personnel 
Management, employ up to 100 persons at any one time at the 
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the authority pro-
vided in 42 U.S.C. 209. 
The Environmental Protection Agency shall maintain staffing 
levels in order to fulfill the mission and statutory obligations of 
the agency, including Section 2(f) of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 4363). 
The Environmental Protection agency shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate with copies of any available Department of Treasury quar-
terly certification of trust fund receipts collected from section 13601 
of Public Law 117–169 and section 80201 of Public Law 117–
58, an annual operating plan for such receipts showing amounts 
allocated by program area and program project, and quarterly 
reports for such receipts of obligated balances by program area 
and program project. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Natural Resources and Environment, $780,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural 
Resources and Environment mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the office. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $1,090,600,000, of which $944,114,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2029: Provided, That a portion 
of the funds made available under this heading shall be for the 
base salary and expenses of employees in the Chief’s Office, the 
Work Environment and Performance Office, the Business Oper-
ations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer’s Office to 
carry out administrative and general management support func-
tions: Provided further, That funds provided under this heading