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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 Substances 
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 
Reauthorization 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 Learning 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 activi-
ties, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health 
care providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health 
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Adminis-
trator 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 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 
104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2010, and existing profiles 
may be updated 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 assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization 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 Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed 
by the President, by and with the 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 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire 
of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376, $11,147,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 
three career Senior Executive Service positions: 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: Provided fur-
ther, 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 
within the Board: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $600,000 shall be for a study by the National 
Academy of Sciences to examine the use and storage of methyl 
isocyanate including the feasibility of implementing alternative 
chemicals or processes and an examination of the cost of alternatives 
at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, West Virginia. 
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: Provided, That funds provided 
in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate 
eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, 
Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, 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 selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo 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 authorized by title XV 
of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $8,300,000.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 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 perform-
ances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of 
information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 
museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, 
lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, 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, $636,161,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $19,117,000 for the 
instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition re-
installation, the National Museum of African American History 
and Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 
shall remain available until expended; of which $1,553,000 is for 
fellowships and scholarly awards; of which $250,000 may be made 
available to carry out activities under the Civil Rights History 
Project Act of 2009 (20 U.S.C. 80s et seq.), to remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be necessary 
to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
independent contractors performing research services or partici-
pating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 
of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 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, $125,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
LEGACY FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the purpose of developing a public-private partnership to 
facilitate the reopening of the Arts and Industries Building of 
the Smithsonian Institution, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for repair, renovation and revitalization of the building: 
Provided, That such funds shall be matched on a 1:1 basis by 
private donations: Provided further, That major in-kind donations 
that contribute significantly to the redesign and purpose of the 
reopened building be considered to qualify toward the total private 
match: Provided further, That privately contributed endowments, 
which are designated for the care and renewal of permanent exhibi-
tions installed in the Arts and Industries Building, be considered 
as qualifying toward the total private match: Provided further, 
That this appropriation may be made available to the Smithsonian
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Institution incrementally as private funding becomes available: Pro-
vided further, That any other provision of law that adjusts the 
overall amount of the Federal appropriation for this account shall 
also apply to the privately contributed requirement: Provided fur-
ther, That the unobligated balances provided under this heading 
in Public Law 110–161 and Public Law 111–8 are hereby rescinded. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 
the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administra-
tive 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 
advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for mem-
bership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or to mem-
bers 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, alteration, 
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 proper, $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 for repair of the 
National Gallery’s East Building fac¸ade: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single procurement 
for the foregoing Major Critical Project may be issued which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of 
funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, That contracts 
awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exte-
rior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 
Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on 
the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
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$23,000,000: Provided, That of the funds included under this 
heading, $500,000 is available until expended to implement a pro-
gram to train arts managers throughout the United States. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 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. 
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, 
$167,500,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, 
including arts education and public outreach activities, through 
assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 
5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the func-
tions of the Act, to remain available until expended. 
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, 
$167,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$153,200,000 shall be available for support 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 matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) 
of the Act including $9,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall 
be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, 
and other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of 
the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which 
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant
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or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 
1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 
grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does 
not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant-making 
purposes per year: Provided further, That such small grant actions 
are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delega-
tion of authority from the National Council on the Arts to the 
Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commis-
sion of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,294,000: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 
of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 
as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended with-
out further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission 
is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design 
of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commis-
sion of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study or 
education. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 
(20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $9,500,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended), $5,908,000: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available for compensation 
of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher positions. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,507,000: Provided, That one-quarter 
of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be 
used for official reception and representational expenses associated 
with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and 
physical development of world capitals.
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $49,122,000, of 
which $515,000 for the Museum’s equipment replacement program, 
$1,900,000 for the museum’s repair and rehabilitation program, 
and $1,264,000 for the museum’s exhibition design and production 
program shall remain available until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $23,200,000 
shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until 
expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construction 
design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission for design and construction of a memorial in honor 
of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized by Public Law 106–79, 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
LIMITATION ON CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 
of literature that in any way tends to promote public support 
or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional 
action is not complete other than to communicate to Members 
of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
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OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal 
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
employee of such department or agency except as otherwise provided 
by law. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves 
or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities 
to support government-wide, departmental, agency or bureau 
administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central oper-
ations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject 
to approval by the Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such 
estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations 
for approval. 
GIANT SEQUOIA 
SEC. 406. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant 
sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National 
Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner 
different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2009. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer provided in, this Act or any other Act. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 408. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 
be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 
patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the 
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements 
established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 
2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, 
and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
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(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2010, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104– 
208). 
(d) MINERAL
EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request 
of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 
the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 
by the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examina-
tion of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent applica-
tion as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management 
shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third- 
party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention 
of third-party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
appropriated to or otherwise designated in committee reports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by 
Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105– 
277, 106–113, 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109– 
54, 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 
Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 
110–149, 110–161, 110–329, 111–6, and 111–8 for payments for 
contract support costs associated with self-determination or self- 
governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 
Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available 
for fiscal years 1994 through 2009 for such purposes, except that 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may 
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs 
of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual 
funding agreements. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 410. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 
to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed with-
out revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 
Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other 
requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 
That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, 
within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 
National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 
to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis.
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PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 411. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 
to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 
Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 
existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 
allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 
monument. 
INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 412. In entering into agreements with foreign fire 
organizations pursuant to the Temporary Emergency Wildfire 
Suppression Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m–1856o), the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter 
into reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished under 
said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, for 
purposes of tort liability, employees of the fire organization receiving 
said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression 
or presuppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture or 
the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement 
under this provision unless the foreign fire organization agrees 
to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American 
firefighters engaged in fire suppression or presuppression in a for-
eign country: Provided further, That when an agreement is reached 
for furnishing fire suppression or presuppression services, the only 
remedies for acts or omissions committed while engaged in fire 
suppression or presuppression shall be those provided under the 
laws applicable to the fire organization receiving the fire suppres-
sion or presuppression services, and those remedies shall be the 
exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of fire suppression 
or presuppression activities in a foreign country: Provided further, 
That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associ-
ated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action, con-
sistent with the applicable laws governing sovereign immunity, 
pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppres-
sion or presuppression, except that if the foreign fire organization 
is unable to provide immunity under laws applicable to it, it shall 
assume any and all liability for the United States or for any 
legal organization associated with the American firefighter, and 
for any and all costs incurred or assessed, including legal fees, 
for any act or omission pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s 
role in fire suppression or presuppression. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 413. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made 
available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procure-
ment and contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secretaries’’) may, in evaluating 
bids and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are 
from, and who provide employment and training for, dislocated 
and displaced workers in an economically disadvantaged rural 
community, including those historically timber-dependent areas 
that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal
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lands and other forest-dependent rural communities isolated from 
significant alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That 
notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting 
laws the Secretaries may award contracts, grants or cooperative 
agreements to local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps 
or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, 
or small or micro-business or disadvantaged business: Provided 
further, That the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for 
forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or water quality moni-
toring or restoration, wildlife or fish population monitoring, or 
habitat restoration or management: Provided further, That the 
terms ‘‘rural community’’ and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall 
have the same meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101– 
624: Provided further, That the Secretaries shall develop guidance 
to implement this section: Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty 
under applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this sec-
tion. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 414. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appro-
priated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 
lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 
or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
HUNTERS POINT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
SEC. 415. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided to 
the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, $8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is provided to EPA to be trans-
ferred to the Department of the Navy for clean-up activities at 
the Treasure Island Naval Station—Hunters Point Annex. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 416. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 
Law 108–108, regarding grazing permits at the Department of 
the Interior and the Forest Service shall remain in effect for fiscal 
year 2010. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS MEMBERSHIP 
SEC. 417. Section 6 of the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–209, 20 U.S.C. 
955), as amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) In the first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking 
‘‘14’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘18’’; and 
(2) In the second sentence of subsection (d)(1), by striking 
‘‘Eight’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Ten’’.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 418. The item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and 
Cultural Affairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section 
101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956a), is 
amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of the first paragraph, by striking 
‘‘$7,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, by 
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$650,000’’. 
ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
SEC. 419. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
until October 1, 2011, the Indian Health Service may not disburse 
funds for the provision of health care services pursuant to Public 
Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) to any Alaska Native village 
or Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the 
area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 
disbursal of funds to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native 
village corporation under any contract or compact entered into 
prior to May 1, 2006, or to prohibit the renewal of any such 
agreement. 
(c) For the purpose of this section, Eastern Aleutian Tribes, 
Inc., the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, and the Native 
Village of Eyak shall be treated as Alaska Native regional health 
entities to which funds may be disbursed under this section. 
EXTENSION OF FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCT AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 420. Section 339(h) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, as amended, con-
cerning a pilot program for the sale of forest botanical products 
by the Forest Service, is further amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 421. The Forest Service shall use the residual value 
approach to appraising all timber sales in Alaska’s Region 10 that 
contain a component of Western red cedar and shall only offer 
sales that contain a component of Western red cedar that are 
not deficit. Western red cedar shall be appraised using lower 48 
State domestic values if the timber might be eligible for shipment 
to the lower 48 States. All of the Western red cedar timber from 
those sales which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors 
in Alaska shall be made available to domestic processors in the 
contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices in the 
contiguous 48 United States. Western red cedar shall be deemed 
‘‘surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska’’ if the 
Forest Service determines it is surplus or if the timber sale holder 
has presented to the Forest Service documentation that the Forest 
Service determines is valid of the inability to sell Western red 
cedar logs from a given sale to domestic Alaska processors at 
a price equal to or greater than the log selling value stated in 
the contract. All additional Western red cedar volume not sold
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to Alaska or to contiguous 48 United States domestic processors 
may be exported to foreign markets if the Forest Service determines 
it is surplus to the needs of the 50 States. All Alaska yellow 
cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices if the Forest Service 
determines it is surplus to the needs of the 50 States. 
COLORADO COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 422. Section 331(e) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, (Public Law 106– 
291), as added by section 336 of division E of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447), concerning coopera-
tive forestry agreements known as the Colorado Good Neighbor 
Act Authority is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RECEIPTS 
SEC. 423. All monies received by the United States in fiscal 
year 2010 from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties under the 
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 shall be disposed of as provided 
by section 20 of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1019), as in effect immediately 
before enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–58), and without regard to the amendments contained in sec-
tions 224(b) and section 234 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 17673). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 
methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 
with livestock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 425. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 
management systems. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 426. Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget request is submitted to 
Congress, the President shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate describing in detail all 
Federal agency obligations and expenditures, domestic and inter-
national, for climate change programs and activities in fiscal year 
2009 and fiscal year 2010, including an accounting of expenditures 
by agency with each agency identifying climate change activities 
and associated costs by line item as presented in the President’s 
Budget Appendix.
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. 
GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES, FUNDING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 428. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to release an individual who is detained, 
as of June 24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
into the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District 
of Columbia, into any of the United States territories of Guam, 
American Samoa (AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). 
(b) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as 
of June 24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 
the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of 
Columbia, into any of the United States territories of Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa (AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purpose of detention, 
except as provided in subsection (c). 
(c) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to transfer an individual who is detained, as 
of June 24, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 
the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of 
Columbia, into any of the United States territories of Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa (AS), the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for the purposes of prosecuting 
such individual, or detaining such individual during legal pro-
ceedings, until 45 days after the plan described in subsection (d) 
is received. 
(d) The President shall submit to Congress, in classified form, 
a plan regarding the proposed disposition of any individual covered 
by subsection (c) who is detained as of June 24, 2009. Such plan 
shall include, at a minimum, each of the following for each such 
individual: 
(1) A determination of the risk that the individual might 
instigate an act of terrorism within the continental United 
States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or the United 
States territories if the individual were so transferred. 
(2) A determination of the risk that the individual might 
advocate, coerce, or incite violent extremism, ideologically moti-
vated criminal activity, or acts of terrorism, among inmate 
populations at incarceration facilities within the continental 
United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, or 
the United States territories if the individual were transferred 
to such a facility. 
(3) The costs associated with transferring the individual 
in question. 
(4) The legal rationale and associated court demands for 
transfer. 
(5) A plan for mitigation of any risks described in para-
graphs (1), (2), and (7).
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(6) A copy of a notification to the Governor of the State 
to which the individual will be transferred, to the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia if the individual will be transferred 
to the District of Columbia, or to any United States territories 
with a certification by the Attorney General of the United 
States in classified form at least 14 days prior to such transfer 
(together with supporting documentation and justification) that 
the individual poses little or no security risk to the United 
States. 
(7) An assessment of any risk to the national security 
of the United States or its citizens, including members of the 
Armed Services of the United States, that is posed by such 
transfer and the actions taken to mitigate such risk. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to transfer or release an individual detained 
at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, 2009, 
to the country of such individual’s nationality or last habitual 
residence or to any other country other than the United States 
or to a freely associated State, unless the President submits to 
the Congress, in classified form, at least 15 days prior to such 
transfer or release, the following information: 
(1) The name of any individual to be transferred or released 
and the country or the freely associated State to which such 
individual is to be transferred or released. 
(2) An assessment of any risk to the national security 
of the United States or its citizens, including members of the 
Armed Services of the United States, that is posed by such 
transfer or release and the actions taken to mitigate such 
risk. 
(3) The terms of any agreement with the country or the 
freely associated State for the acceptance of such individual, 
including the amount of any financial assistance related to 
such agreement. 
(f) In this section, the term ‘‘freely associated States’’ means 
the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau. 
(g) Prior to the termination of detention operations at Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the President shall submit to 
the Congress a report in classified form describing the disposition 
or legal status of each individual detained at the facility as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
JUNGO DISPOSAL SITE EVALUATION 
SEC. 429. Using funds made available under this Act, the 
Director of the United States Geological Survey may conduct an 
evaluation of the aquifers in the area of the Jungo Disposal Site 
in Humboldt County, Nevada (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘site’’), to evaluate— 
(1) how long it would take waste seepage (including 
asbestos, discarded tires, and sludge from water treatment 
plants) from the site to contaminate local underground water 
resources; 
(2) the distance that contamination from the site would 
travel in each of— 
(A) 95 years; and 
(B) 190 years;
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(3) the potential impact of expected waste seepage from 
the site on nearby surface water resources, including Rye Patch 
Reservoir and the Humboldt River; 
(4) the size and elevation of the aquifers; and 
(5) any impact that the waste seepage from the site would 
have on the municipal water resources of Winnemucca, Nevada. 
BUYOUT AND RELOCATION 
SEC. 430. (a) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) is encour-
aged to consider all appropriate criteria relating to the buyout 
and relocation of residents of properties in Treece, Kansas, that 
are subject to risk relating to, and that may endanger the health 
of occupants as a result of risks posed by, chat (as defined in 
section 278.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act)). 
(b) For the purpose of the remedial action under the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) that includes permanent reloca-
tion of residents of Treece, Kansas, any such relocation shall not 
be subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 
(c) Nothing in this section shall in any way affect, impede, 
or change the relocation or remediation activities pursuant to the 
Record of Decision Operable Unit 4, Chat Piles, Other Mine and 
Mill Waste, and Smelter Waste, Tar Creek Superfund Site, Ottawa 
County, Oklahoma (OKD980629844) issued by the Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 6 on February 20, 2008, or any other 
previous Record of Decision at the Tar Creek, Oklahoma, National 
Priority List Site, by any Federal agency or through any funding 
by any Federal agency. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 431. Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agricultural Research 
Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Agricultural Research Service and the 
Forest Service’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—To carry out a cooperative 
agreement with a private entity under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may rent to the private entity equipment, the title 
of which is held by the Federal Government.’’. 
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION 
SEC. 432. Section 403(a) of the National Forest Foundation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–1(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘fifteen Directors’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 30 Direc-
tors’’.
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CABIN USER FEES 
SEC. 433. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used by the Secretary of Agriculture to increase a recreation resi-
dence user fee for calendar year 2010 by more than 25 percent 
of the recreation residence user fee applicable to the recreation 
residence for calendar year 2009. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 434. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used 
to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered 
into in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Service Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) or chapter 
137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition 
Regulations, unless: 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; 
or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education and Assistance Act (Public Law 93– 
638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., as amended) or by any other Federal 
laws that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian 
tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); 
or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 435. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA MAP AMENDMENT 
SEC. 436. Section 1971(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www note; Public Law 111–11) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 18, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 20, 2009’’. 
TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE 
SEC. 437. (a) IN GENERAL.—To expedite the cleanup of the 
Federal land and Indian land at the Tar Creek Superfund Site 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘site’’), any purchase of chat
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(as defined in section 278.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation)), from the site shall be— 
(1) counted at twice the purchase price of the chat; and 
(2) eligible to be counted toward meeting the federally 
required disadvantaged business enterprise set-aside on feder-
ally funded projects. 
(b) RESTRICTED INDIAN OWNERS.—Subsection (a) shall only 
apply if the purchase of chat is made from 1 or more restricted 
Indian owners or an Indian tribe. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The use of chat acquired under sub-
section (a) shall conform with applicable laws (including the regula-
tions for the use of chat promulgated by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency). 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 438. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an indi-
vidual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a lit-
erature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 
Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 
to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, 
including identified programs and/or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 
SEC. 439. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assist-
ance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Human-
ities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure 
that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 
serve underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically 
been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 
due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the 
poverty line or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as 
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to 
a family of the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for
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projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 
public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 
5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
improve and support community-based music performance and 
education. 
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
SEC. 440. Section 208(a)(2)(E) of the Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 is amended 
by striking ‘‘$45,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
AWARDS TO FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES 
SEC. 441. Specific projects contained in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying this Act (H. Rept. 111–180) that are considered congres-
sional earmarks for purposes of clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, when intended to be awarded 
to a for-profit entity, shall be awarded under a full and open 
competition. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 442. None of the funds made available for the Environ-
mental Protection Agency in this Act may be expended by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 
a final rule that includes fuel sulfur standards applicable to existing 
steamships that operate exclusively within the Great Lakes, and 
their connecting and tributary waters. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR REFINANCING 
SEC. 443. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall allow the State of Mississippi to refinance the Clean 
Water State Revolving Loans made to the Hancock Water and 
Sewer District and the Hancock Utility Authority for a period 
not to exceed one year with the payment schedule amortized over 
that additional period. 
INCORPORATION OF CONGRESSIONALLY REQUESTED PROJECTS 
SEC. 444. Within the amounts appropriated in this Act, funding 
shall be allocated in the amounts specified for those projects and