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wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed-
eral emergency response actions. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,476,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 
interests therein, $3,067,000, to be derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, 
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 
adjacent to such grant lands; $111,408,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
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from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT) 
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem 
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose 
of planning, preparing, implementing and monitoring sal-
vage timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery 
activities, such as release from competing vegetation and 
density control treatments. The Federal share of receipts 
(defined as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid 
to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 
1181f–1 et seq., and Public Law 106–393) derived from 
treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into 
the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund. 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), 
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
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of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from 
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of 
the
Interior
pursuant
to
law,
but
not
less
than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related 
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to 
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be 
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of 
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
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under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which 
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to 
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that 
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the 
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to 
repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the 
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to 
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
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ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information 
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate, 
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with 
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, 
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of 
meeting accepted quality standards. 
Section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amend-
ed: (1) in section 28 by striking the phrase ‘‘shall com-
mence at 12 o’clock meridian on the 1st day of Sep-
tember’’ and inserting ‘‘shall commence at 12:00 ante me-
ridian on the 1st day of September’’; (2) in section 28f(a), 
by striking the phrase ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’; 
and (3) in section 28g, by striking the phrase ‘‘and before 
September 30, 2008,’’. 
Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis 
from an information technology (IT) vendor as part of the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) consolidated IT pro-
curements for the Department of the Interior and other
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Federal Government departments hereafter may be depos-
ited into the Management of Lands and Resources Fund 
to be used to offset BLM’s costs incurred in providing this 
service. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long- 
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 
general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources by direct 
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements 
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $1,016,669,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, 
That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which shall 
be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $17,759,000 shall be used for 
implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species 
that are indigenous to the United States (except for proc-
essing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
regulations, and taking any other steps to implement ac-
tions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or
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(c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $12,581,000 shall 
be used for any activity regarding the designation of crit-
ical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding liti-
gation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2006: Provided further, That 
of the amount available for law enforcement, up to 
$400,000, to remain available until expended, may at the 
discretion of the Secretary be used for payment for infor-
mation, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
her certificate: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 
may remain available until expended for contaminant sam-
ple analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $39,756,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
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U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 
to
the
United
States
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service, 
$19,751,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific 
land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any ad-
ministrative overhead, planning or other management 
costs. 
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program established 
by the Secretary that provides matching, competitively 
awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia, feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and American Samoa, to establish or supplement 
existing landowner incentive programs that provide tech-
nical and financial assistance, including habitat protection
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and restoration, to private landowners for the protection 
and management of habitat to benefit federally listed, pro-
posed, candidate, or other at-risk species on private lands. 
PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $7,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for the Private Stewardship Grants Program es-
tablished by the Secretary to provide grants and other as-
sistance to individuals and groups engaged in private con-
servation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, 
candidate, or other at-risk species. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
as amended, $80,507,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,161,000 is to be derived from the 
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and 
$60,346,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund.
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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,202,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public 
Law 101–233, as amended, $36,646,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For financial assistance for projects to promote the 
conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance 
with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 
Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 6101–6109), $4,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211– 
4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96; 16 
U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), and the Ma-
rine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
266; 16 U.S.C. 6601), $6,057,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa, and federally-recognized Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the devel-
opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 
of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 
hunted or fished, $50,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided herein, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro-
gram for Indian tribes, not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, after deducting said $5,000,000 and adminis-
trative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in 
the following manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and 
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal 
to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) 
to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following
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manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
which the land area of such State bears to the total land 
area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 
based on the ratio to which the population of such State 
bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 
further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 
be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 
for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 
grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 
such projects and the Federal share of implementation 
grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of 
such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 
share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 
grant programs: Provided further, That no State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant if its com-
prehensive wildlife conservation plan is disapproved and 
such funds that would have been distributed to such State, 
territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distributed equi-
tably to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with ap-
proved plans: Provided further, That any amount appor-
tioned in 2007 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 
that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2008, shall
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be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 
2009, in the manner provided herein: Provided further, 
That balances from amounts previously appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 54 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 54 are for replacement only (including 15 for police- 
type use); repair of damage to public roads within and 
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the 
Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed 
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with 
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the 
jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection 
with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife 
resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, 
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
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one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and 
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Service 
may use up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for con-
tracts for employment-related legal services: Provided fur-
ther, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as re-
placements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior may not spend any of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the purchase of lands or interests 
in lands to be used in the establishment of any new unit 
of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the pur-
chase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the statement of the 
managers accompanying this Act. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road 
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional
Park
Service,
$1,754,317,000
(increased
by
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$1,000,000), of which $9,829,000 is for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and shall remain available until expended; of which 
$86,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects 
for constructed assets, operation of the National Park 
Service automated facility management software system, 
and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of 
which $1,909,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for 
high priority projects: Provided, That the only funds in 
this account which may be made available to support 
United States Park Police are those funds approved for 
emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established 
National Park Service procedures, those funds needed to 
maintain and repair United States Park Police adminis-
trative facilities, and those funds necessary to reimburse 
the United States Park Police account for the unbudgeted 
overtime and travel costs associated with special events for 
an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to the 
review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters 
office: Provided further, That funds in this account may 
be spent without regard to the ‘‘no net loss’’ of law en-
forcement personnel policy.
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UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of 
the United States Park Police, $84,775,000. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $47,161,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act for the Rivers, Trails and 
Conservation Assistance program may be used for cash 
agreements, or for cooperative agreements that are incon-
sistent with the program’s final strategic plan. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), 
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $58,658,000, to be 
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re-
main available until September 30, 2008, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 
artifacts and of which $3,000,000 shall be for Preserve 
America grants to States, Tribes, and local communities 
for projects that preserve important historic resources 
through the promotion of heritage tourism: Provided fur-
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ther, That any individual Save America’s Treasures or 
Preserve America grant shall be matched by non-Federal 
funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only 
be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That competi-
tive projects to be funded shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and with the Advi-
sory Council on Historic Preservation prior to the commit-
ment of Preserve America grant funds. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $229,934,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds available to the National Park Service may be 
used to plan, design, or construct any partnership project 
with a total value in excess of $5,000,000, without ad-
vance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the National Park Service may 
not accept donations or services associated with the plan-
ning, design, or construction of such new facilities without 
advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading for implementation of modified water
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deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be expended 
consistent with the requirements of the fifth proviso under 
this heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading for implementa-
tion of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be available for obligation only if matching 
funds are appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers 
for the same purpose: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for implementation of 
modified water deliveries to Everglades National Park 
shall be available for obligation if any of the funds appro-
priated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose 
of implementing modified water deliveries, including final-
izing detailed engineering and design documents for a 
bridge or series of bridges for the Tamiami Trail compo-
nent of the project, becomes unavailable for obligation: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading for implementation of modified water deliv-
eries to Everglades National Park shall be available for 
obligation if the consent decree in United States v. South 
Florida Water Management District is terminated prior 
to the achievement of the requirements of the consent de-
cree as set forth in Appendix A and Appendix B, including 
achievement of the 10 parts per billion numeric phos-
phorus criterion throughout the A.R.M. Loxahatchee Na-
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tional Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park: Pro-
vided further, That hereafter, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, procurements for the National Mall and 
Memorial Park, Ford’s Theatre National Historical Site 
accessibility and infrastructure improvements may be 
issued which include 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. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2007 
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, 
in accordance with the statutory authority applicable to 
the National Park Service, $29,995,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,625,000 is for 
the State assistance program administration: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided for the State assistance 
program may be used to establish a contingency fund.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 233 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 193 shall be for replacement only, 
including not to exceed 190 for police-type use, 11 buses, 
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the 
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been 
submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented 
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including 
any day in which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion because of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days 
to a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 
of a full and comprehensive report on the development of 
the southern end of Ellis Island, including the facts and 
circumstances relied upon in support of the proposed 
project: Provided further, That not to exceed $66,000 of 
funds available to the National Park Service in this Act 
may be used to provide a grant to the Washington Tennis 
and Education Foundation for recreation and education 
programs to be offered to at-risk school children in the 
District of Columbia.
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None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the 
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention. 
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the 
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions 
for which they are medically able. 
If the Secretary of the Interior considers that the de-
cision of any value determination proceeding conducted 
under a National Park Service concession contract issued 
prior to November 13, 1998, misinterprets or misapplies 
relevant contractual requirements or their underlying legal 
authority, then the Secretary may seek, within 180 days 
of any such decision, the de novo review of the value deter-
mination by the United States Court of Federal Claims. 
This Court may make an order affirming, vacating, modi-
fying or correcting the determination. 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce
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liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 
the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 
U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law;
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and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $991,447,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), 
of which $64,171,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; of which $7,882,000 shall remain available 
until
expended
for
satellite
operations;
of
which 
$21,083,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the operation and maintenance of facilities and de-
ferred maintenance; of which $2,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for deferred maintenance and capital im-
provement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost; of which 
$175,597,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the biological research activity and the operation of 
the
Cooperative
Research
Units;
and
of
which, 
$13,000,000 shall be available only for the Mid-Continent 
Mapping Center (MCMC) in Rolla, Missouri to continue 
functioning as a full service mapping organization: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to consolidate the functions, activities, 
operations, or archives of the Mid-Continent Mapping 
Center (MCMC), located in Rolla, Missouri, into the Na-
tional Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC): 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the 
biological research activity shall be used to conduct new 
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized
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in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more 
than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
cooperation with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for the purchase and replace-
ment of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized sur-
veys when it is administratively determined that such pro-
cedures are in the public interest; construction and main-
tenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee 
on Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses 
of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey
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may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements di-
rectly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for 
the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work inju-
ries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, re-
lating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Fed-
eral employees for any other purposes. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and 
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, $157,496,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000)
(reduced
by
$1,000,000),
of
which 
$79,158,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $128,730,000, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available 
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
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increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate 
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service (MMS) over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for 
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities estab-
lished after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the 
extent $128,730,000 in additions to receipts are not real-
ized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount 
needed to reach $128,730,000 shall be credited to this ap-
propriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer ac-
quisitions shall remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall 
be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 
volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds 
of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases 
in which the Director of MMS concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous pay-
ments: Provided further, That for the costs of administra-
tion of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized
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by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), MMS in fiscal years 2007 
through 2010 may retain three percent of the amounts 
which are disbursed under section 31 (b)(1), such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$6,903,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only; $112,109,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use 
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in 
fiscal year 2007 for civil penalties assessed under section 
518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely af-
fected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
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appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase 
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $185,936,000, to be derived from receipts of 
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain 
available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to 
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, 
shall be for supplemental grants to States for the reclama-
tion of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from 
coal mines, and for associated activities, through the Ap-
palachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants 
to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State 
in fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That pursuant to 
Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is au-
thorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the 
delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to 
pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, 
That funds made available under title IV of Public Law 
95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal share
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of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government 
for the purpose of environmental restoration related to 
treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from aban-
doned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts allocated under section 402(g)(2) of 
such Act as of September 30, 2006, but not appropriated 
as of that date, are reallocated to the allocation estab-
lished in section 402(g)(3) of the Act: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this heading may be used 
for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal 
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and Tribal regu-
latory and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 
of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
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U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $1,973,403,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008 except as otherwise provided herein, 
of which not to exceed $74,179,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments and, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self- 
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed 
$151,628,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and 
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated 
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or 
during fiscal year 2007, as authorized by such Act, except 
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of on-
going contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and 
of which not to exceed $457,352,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 2007, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008; and of which 
not to exceed $66,277,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-Determina-
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tion Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo- 
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That in cases of des-
ignated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed the 
welfare assistance payments cap, from the amounts pro-
vided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian com-
munities affected by the disaster: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but 
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, 
as
amended,
and
U.S.C.
2008,
not
to
exceed 
$44,060,000 within and only from such amounts made 
available for school operations shall be available to tribes 
and tribal organizations for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau 
prior to or during fiscal year 2006 for the operation of 
Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for school oper-
ations shall be available for the transitional costs of initial 
administrative cost grants to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions that enter into grants for the operation on or after 
July 1, 2006, of Bureau-operated schools: Provided fur-
ther, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which 
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2008, may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2009 to an Indian forest 
land assistance account established for the benefit of such 
tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Provided fur-
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ther, That any such unobligated balances not so trans-
ferred shall expire on September 30, 2009. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 
in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $215,799,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 
be used to cover the road program management costs of 
the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2007, in implementing 
new construction or facilities improvement and repair 
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100– 
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
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Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR 
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications, 
the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would 
be deficient in assuring that the construction projects con-
form to applicable building standards and codes and Fed-
eral, tribal, or State health and safety standards as re-
quired by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organiza-
tional and financial management capabilities: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary declines an application, the 
Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in 25 
U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided further, That any disputes be-
tween the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant 
shall be subject to the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 
2507(e): Provided further, That in order to ensure timely 
completion of replacement school construction projects, 
the Secretary may assume control of a project and all 
funds related to the project, if, within eighteen months 
of the date of enactment of this Act, any tribe or tribal 
organization receiving funds appropriated in this Act or 
in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and de-
sign phase of the project and commenced construction of
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the replacement school: Provided further, That this Appro-
priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians Appropriation for the ap-
propriate share of construction costs for space expansion 
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-
tion. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals
and
for
necessary
administrative
expenses, 
$39,213,000, to remain available until expended, for im-
plementation of Indian land and water claim settlements 
pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 
107–331, and 108–477, and for implementation of other 
land and water rights settlements, of which $316,000 shall 
be available for payment to the Quinault Indian Nation 
pursuant to the terms of the North Boundary Settlement 
Agreement dated July 14, 2000, providing for the acquisi-
tion of perpetual conservation easements from the Nation 
and of which $5,067,000 shall be for the Idaho Salmon 
and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account pursuant 
to the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004 and of which 
$200,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Bureau of Land 
Management, Management of Lands and Resources’’ ac-
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count for mitigation of land transfers associated with the 
Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, 
$6,262,000, of which $626,000 is for administrative ex-
penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $87,376,744. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs may contract for services in support of the man-
agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi-
sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guar-
antee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed 
Loan Program account) shall be available for expenses of
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exhibits, and purchase and replacement of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and executive direction and administrative serv-
ices (except executive direction and administrative services 
funding for Tribal Priority Allocations and regional of-
fices) shall be available for tribal contracts, grants, com-
pacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that 
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil-
ity to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 
452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of 
any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
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Appropriations made available in this or any other 
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made 
available under this Act may not be used to establish a 
charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 
is defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school 
that is in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school be-
fore September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 
that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including 
buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
does not assume any obligation for charter school pro-
grams of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau- 
funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 
performing functions related to the charter school’s oper-
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ation and employees of a charter school shall not be treat-
ed as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of 
title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 2007(d), and imple-
menting regulations, the funds reserved from the Indian 
Student Equalization Program to meet emergencies and 
unforeseen contingencies affecting education programs ap-
propriated herein and in Public Law 109–54 may be used 
for costs associated with significant student enrollment in-
creases at Bureau-funded schools during the relevant 
school year. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if a tribe or tribal organization in fiscal year 2003 
or 2004 received indirect and administrative costs pursu-
ant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Pub-
lic Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to dis-
tribute indirect and administrative cost funds to such tribe 
or tribal organization using the section 5(f) distribution 
formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
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$77,561,000, of which: (1) $69,537,000 shall remain 
available until expended for technical assistance, including 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man-
agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $8,024,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008, for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, 
That all financial transactions of the territorial and local 
governments herein provided for, including such trans-
actions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or 
used by such governments, may be audited by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance 
with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future
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United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant 
to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant 
to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 
funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 
be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 
Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as-
sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 
funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 
pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,362,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free 
Association for the Republic of Palau; and section
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221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $118,303,000 (reduced by 
$3,000,000)
(reduced
by
$1,000,000)
(reduced
by 
$18,000,000)
(reduced
by
$1,800,000);
of
which 
$7,915,000 for appraisal services and Take Pride in 
America activities is to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available until 
expended; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensa-
tion payments and unemployment compensation payments 
associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
Bureau of Mines: Provided, That none of the funds in this 
Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used to estab-
lish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account other 
than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equip-
ment without prior approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907), 
$228,000,000 (increased by $16,000,000), of which not 
to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to oth-
erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.), $9,923,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$56,755,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $39,688,000.
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, and grants, $150,036,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $45,000,000 from 
this or any other Act, shall be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 
of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 
Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ ac-
count: Provided further, That funds made available to 
Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2007, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
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which the beneficiary can determine whether there has 
been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any 
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian 
lands and expenses associated with redetermining and re-
distributing escheated interests in allotted lands, and for 
necessary expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consoli-
dation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or 
cooperative agreement, $34,006,000, to remain available 
until expended, and which may be transferred to the Bu-
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reau of Indian Affairs and Departmental Management ac-
counts: Provided, That funds provided under this heading 
may be expended pursuant to the authorities contained in 
the provisos under the heading, ‘‘Office of Special Trustee 
for American Indians, Indian Land Consolidation’’ of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–291). 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
380) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $6,109,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
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cess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs 
funded with appropriated funds in the ‘‘Departmental 
Management’’, ‘‘Office of the Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’ may be augmented through the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That the annual budget 
justification for Departmental Management shall describe 
estimated Working Capital Fund charges to bureaus and 
offices, including the methodology on which charges are 
based: Provided further, That departures from the Work-
ing Capital Fund estimates contained in the Departmental 
Management budget justification shall be presented to the 
Committees on Appropriations for approval: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide a semi-annual re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations on reimbursable 
support agreements between the Office of the Secretary 
and the National Business Center and the bureaus and 
offices of the Department, including the amounts billed 
pursuant to such agreements. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
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gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
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the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from 
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 
operations shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 
to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall be ex-
hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata
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basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and 
the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, 
for library membership in societies or associations which 
issue publications to members only or at a price to mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 104. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct 
of offshore oil preleasing, leasing and related activities 
placed under restriction in the President’s moratorium 
statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, cen-
tral, and southern California; the North Atlantic; Wash-
ington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south 
of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west 
longitude. 
SEC. 105. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
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shore oil preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Conti-
nental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997– 
2002. 
SEC. 106. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil 
preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlan-
tic and South Atlantic planning areas. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated bal-
ances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer for Indian trust management and reform activities, ex-
cept that total funding for historical accounting activities 
shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this 
Act for such purpose. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
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tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 
percent in fiscal year 2007. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 
the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend-
ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 
retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim-
bursement until expended and without further appropria-
tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac-
tivities authorized by Public Law 100–696; 16 U.S.C. 
460zz. 
SEC. 110. The Secretary of the Interior may use or 
contract for the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on 
the Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges for the 
purpose of capturing and transporting horses and burros. 
The provisions of subsection (a) of the Act of September 
8, 1959 (18 U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such 
use. Such use shall be in accordance with humane proce-
dures prescribed by the Secretary.
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SEC. 111. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 
land acquisition by the National Park Service for Shen-
andoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and 
Ice Age National Scenic Trail, and funds provided in divi-
sion E of Public Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 3050) for land 
acquisition at the Niobrara National Scenic River, may be 
used for a grant to a State, a local government, or any 
other land management entity for the acquisition of lands 
without regard to any restriction on the use of Federal 
land acquisition funds provided through the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park 
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract 
which permits or requires the removal of the underground 
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent 
pedestrian use of such bridge, when such pedestrian use 
is consistent with generally accepted safety standards. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
can be used to compensate the Special Master and the 
Special Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, ap-
pointed by the United States District Court for the Dis-
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trict of Columbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an 
annual rate that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior 
Executive Service rate of pay for the Washington-Balti-
more locality pay area. 
SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis-
cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Norton to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Nor-
ton. 
SEC. 116. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from Federally operated or 
Federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers.
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SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in section 134 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the deci-
sion of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th 
Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 
(2001). 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN INDIAN LAND.—Nothing in this 
section permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land 
described in section 123 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 
944), or land that is contiguous to that land, regardless 
of whether the land or contiguous land has been taken 
into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 118. No funds appropriated for the Department 
of the Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used 
to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or 
to reduce the water level of the lake below the range of 
water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon 
Dam. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding the limitation in subpara-
graph (2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)), in fiscal year 2008, the 
total amount of all fees imposed by the National Indian 
Gaming Commission shall not exceed $13,000,000.
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SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any implementation of 
the Department of the Interior’s trust reorganization or 
reengineering plans, or the implementation of the ‘‘To Be’’ 
Model, funds appropriated for fiscal year 2007 shall be 
available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust 
Reform Consortium and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai 
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation and the Chippewa Cree 
Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same 
methodology as funds were distributed in fiscal year 2003. 
This Demonstration Project shall continue to operate sep-
arate and apart from the Department of the Interior’s 
trust reform and reorganization and the Department shall 
not impose its trust management infrastructure upon or 
alter the existing trust resource management systems of 
the above referenced tribes having a self-governance com-
pact and operating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Gov-
ernance Program set forth in 25 U.S.C. 458aa–458hh. 
The California Trust Reform Consortium and any other 
participating tribe agree to carry out their responsibilities 
under the same written and implemented fiduciary stand-
ards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. The Consortium shall demonstrate to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary that they have the capability to do so. 
The Department shall provide funds to the tribes in an
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amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C. 458cc(g)(3), 
including funds specifically or functionally related to the 
provision of trust services to the tribes or their members. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, in-
cluding 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., nonrenewable grazing per-
mits authorized in the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of 
Land Management within the past 9 years, shall be re-
newed. The Animal Unit Months authorized in any non-
renewable grazing permit between March 1, 1997, and 
February 28, 2005, shall continue in effect under the re-
newed permit. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to 
extend the renewed permit beyond the standard 1-year 
term. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 
lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 
or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
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sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
SEC. 123. Upon the request of the permittee for the 
Clark Mountain Allotment lands adjacent to the Mojave 
National Preserve, the Secretary shall also issue a special 
use permit for that portion of the grazing allotment lo-
cated within the Preserve. The special use permit shall be 
issued with the same terms and conditions as the most 
recently-issued permit for that allotment and the Sec-
retary shall consider the permit to be one transferred in 
accordance with section 325 of Public Law 108–108. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the National Park Service final winter use rules pub-
lished in Part VII of the Federal Register for November 
10, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 65348 et seq., shall be in force 
and effect for the winter use season of 2006–2007 that 
commences on or about December 15, 2006. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to set up Centers of Excellence and Partner-
ship Skills Bank training without prior approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable for senior level posi-
tions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in sup-
port of research and development; construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 
exceed $85,000 per project, $808,044,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen-
ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci-
eties or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re-
habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$85,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $2,336,442,000 
(increased by $1,800,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008, including administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili-
ties, not to exceed $85,000 per project, $35,100,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
That in fiscal year 2007 and thereafter, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Inspector General shall not
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serve as the Inspector General for the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$39,816,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec-
tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 
per project; $1,256,855,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2006, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,256,855,000 
as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by sec-
tion 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of
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CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $13,316,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 
to remain available until September 30, 2008, and 
$30,011,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and 
Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec-
tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$85,000 per project, $72,759,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $16,506,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
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ing
funds
and
performance
partnership
grants, 
$3,009,348,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which $687,555,000 shall be for making capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of which up to $50,000,000 shall 
be available for loans, including interest free loans as au-
thorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter- 
municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit enti-
ties for projects that provide treatment for or that mini-
mize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 
approaches which include, but are not limited to, decen-
tralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 
wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, 
conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands res-
toration; $841,500,000 shall be for capitalization grants 
for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec-
tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 
$24,750,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connec-
tion with the construction of high priority water and 
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex-
ico border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
commission; $14,850,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastruc-
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ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, 
That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide 
a match of 25 percent; (2) no more than 5 percent of the 
funds may be used for administrative and overhead ex-
penses; and (3) the State of Alaska shall make awards 
consistent with the State-wide priority list established in 
2004 for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar 
projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are funded 
under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allo-
cate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for 
projects in regional hub communities; $200,000,000 shall 
be for making special project grants for the construction 
of drinking water, wastewater and storm water infrastruc-
ture and for water quality protection in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the 
joint explanatory statement of the managers accom-
panying this Act, and, for purposes of these grants, each 
grantee shall contribute not less than 45 percent of the 
cost of the project unless the grantee is approved for a 
waiver by the Agency; $89,119,000 shall be to carry out 
section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse,
Compensation,
and
Liability
Act
of
1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency
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agreements,
and
associated
program
support
costs; 
$28,000,000 shall be for the national grant and loan pro-
gram authorized by section 792 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 for the National Clean Diesel Initiative; and 
$1,122,584,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally-recognized 
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu-
tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol-
lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac-
tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 
particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties subject to terms and conditions specified by the Ad-
ministrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying 
out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $14,850,000 
shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net-
work grants, including associated program support costs, 
not less than $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants 
under section 106 of the Act shall be for the water quality 
monitoring initiative that meet EPA standards for statis-
tically representative monitoring programs, $17,567,000 
to make grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, and to federally- 
recognized tribes under Public Law 105–276, and to pro-
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vide financial assistance to States and federally-recognized 
tribes for the purposes authorized by Title XV, Subtitle 
B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with the exception 
of leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities 
that are authorized by section 205 of Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and $15,930,000 
shall be for making competitive targeted watershed grants: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation 
on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolv-
ing fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in 
loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2007 and prior 
years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or 
were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted 
for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2007, and notwith-
standing section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is 
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal 
year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to fed-
erally-recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) 
and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2007, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in
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section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2 percent 
of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds 
under title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants under section 518(c) of that Act: Pro-
vided further, That no funds provided by this Act to ad-
dress the water, wastewater and other critical infrastruc-
ture needs of the colonias in the United States along the 
United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a 
county or municipal government unless that government 
has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other 
zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the devel-
opment or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the construc-
tion of any new home, business, or other structure which 
lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading in Division I of Public Law 108–447, 
$500,000 is for Monticello, AR water and wastewater in-
frastructure improvements and $500,000 is for Pine 
Bluff, AR water and wastewater infrastructure improve-
ments: Provided further, That funds that were appro-
priated under this heading for special project grants in 
fiscal year 2001 or earlier that have not been obligated 
on an approved grant by September 1, 2007, are re-
scinded.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (as 
added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act of 2003), as amended. 
None of the funds provided in this Act may be used, 
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether 
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more 
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of
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the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by 
law. 
None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate in final form, issue, implement, or 
enforce the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Re-
lease Inventory Burden Reduction Proposed Rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register on October 4, 2005 (Volume 
70, Number 191) at pages 57822 and following or the 
Toxics Release Inventory 2006 Burden Reduction Pro-
posed Rule published in the Federal Register on October 
4, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 191) at pages 57871 
through 57872. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SEC. 201. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of, or to delay the imple-
mentation of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 
1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal actions to 
address environmental justice in minority populations and 
low-income populations). 
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3) 
or to delay the implementation of that section.
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TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $280,318,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $62,329,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $228,608,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law of which $9,280,000 is to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund: Provided, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for 
the acquisition of lands or interests in lands shall be avail-
able until the Forest Service notifies the House Committee 
on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appro-