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been provided on each decommissioning project: Provided 
further, That $7,400,000 of the funds made available in 
section 8098(b) of Public Law 108–287, to construct a 
wildfire management training facility in San Bernardino 
County, shall be transferred within 15 days of the enact-
ment of this Act to the Forest Service, ‘‘Wildland Fire 
Management’’ account and shall be available for haz-
ardous fuels reduction, hazard mitigation, and rehabilita-
tion activities of the Forest Service in the San Bernardino 
National Forest so long as this funding is used in addition 
to, and not in place of, all normal funding allocated to 
this Forest. 
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-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $7,500,000, to be 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Forest Service may not use funds in fiscal year 2007, in-
cluding funds made available in Public Law 96–586 or 
any other Act, to purchase land for the Homewood Con-
servation Project in Lake Tahoe, California. 
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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, $1,053,000, 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 (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public 
Law 96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310), 
pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended. 
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 
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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), 
$63,000, 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), $5,311,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 
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 
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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 upon notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if 
all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have 
been released by the President and apportioned and all 
wildfire suppression funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ are obligated. 
The first transfer of funds into the Wildland Fire 
Management account shall include unobligated funds, if 
available, from the Land Acquisition account and the For-
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est Legacy program within the State and Private Forestry 
account. 
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 under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 
147b. 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $73,052,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 
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agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 
obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s Na-
tional Information Technology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $2,500,000 
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps. 
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, 
$2,500,000 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 ad-
ministrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $100,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available 
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by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient 
for a project at the same rate that the recipient has ob-
tained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, 
That authorized investments of Federal funds held by the 
Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as 
to both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
$2,250,000 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. Such funds shall be matched 
on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its 
subrecipients. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
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 
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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. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be used for necessary expenses in the event 
of law enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect 
natural resources and public or employee safety: Provided, 
That such amounts shall not exceed $500,000. 
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 
$45,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
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forming facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall 
occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis 
the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, 
utilities, and other support services. 
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-
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, $2,830,136,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the 
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, 
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe 
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That up to $18,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
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Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $536,259,000 
for contract medical care shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, up to $27,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be used to carry out the loan repayment pro-
gram under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in 
this Act may be used for one-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 
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-
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