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Calendar No. 240 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $888,628,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $92,129,000 is 
available for oil and gas management; and of which 
$1,500,000 is for high priority projects, to be carried out 
by the Youth Conservation Corps; and of which 
$2,800,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2008 subject 
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-
porting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds 
shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant 
without regard to when expenses are incurred. 
In addition, $20,000,000 is for the processing of ap-
plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza-
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tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
appropriation that shall be derived from $1,866 per new 
application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 
upon submission of each new application, and in addition, 
$34,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program; to remain available until expended, to 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees 
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not 
more than $888,628,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental 
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,476,000 to re-
main 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, $18,634,000 to be derived from the 
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Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able 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; $110,242,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
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 
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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 
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. 
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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 
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 
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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. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation and hazardous fuels reduction by the De-
partment of the Interior, $806,644,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 
shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: 
Provided, That such funds are also available for repay-
ment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 
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without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 
sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 
of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 
U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 
were expended to provide that protection, and are avail-
able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
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State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 
micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per-
cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application 
of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim-
burse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 
amount not to exceed $9,000,000, between the Depart-
ments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
jointly funded wildland fire management programs and 
projects: Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire 
suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions. 
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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-
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 the Secretary’s 
certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under coopera-
tive cost-sharing and partnership arrangements author-
ized by law, procure 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 12:01 ante me-
ridian on the 1st day of September’’; (2) in section 28f(a), 
by striking the phrase ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’; 
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and (3) in section 28g, by striking the phrase ‘‘and before 
September 30, 2008,’’. 
Sums not to exceed one percent of the total value of 
procurements received by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment from vendors under enterprise information tech-
nology-procurements that the Department of the Interior 
and other Federal Government agencies may use to order 
information technology hereafter may be deposited into 
the Management of Lands and Resources account to offset 
costs incurred in conducting the procurement. 
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, $1,104,572,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009 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 $18,763,000 shall be used for 
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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 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $12,926,000 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, 2007: 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 
the Secretary’s certificate: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to 
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
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servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
lization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisi-
tion of lands and interests therein; $31,653,000, 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 
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, 
$43,046,000, 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. 
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, $81,001,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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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, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $42,646,000 to remain 
available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
6101 et seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301–6305), and the Marine Turtle Con-
servation 
Act 
of 
2004 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6301–6305), 
$10,000,000, 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, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian 
tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this ap-
propriation: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is for a 
competitive grant program for States, territories, and 
other jurisdictions with approved plans, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting said 
$12,000,000 and administrative 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 Islands, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 
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more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 
amount in the following 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 pop-
ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 
such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor-
tioned under this paragraph 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 Fed-
eral 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, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant 
if its comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is dis-
approved and such funds that would have been distributed 
to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be dis-
tributed equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdic-
tions with approved plans: Provided further, That any 
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amount apportioned in 2008 to any State, territory, or 
other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2009, shall be reapportioned, together with 
funds appropriated in 2010, in the manner provided here-
in. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for re-
pair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to res-
ervation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 
for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each op-
tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 
conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, 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 man-
agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
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ed quality standards: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Service may use 
up to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for 
employment-related legal services: Provided further, That 
the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements 
for existing aircraft: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated 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 purchase is 
approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the statement of the managers ac-
companying 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 expenses to 
carry out programs of the United States Park Police), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Serv-
ice, $2,046,809,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased 
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of which 
$9,965,000 is for planning and interagency coordination 
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in support of Everglades restoration and shall remain 
available until expended; of which $100,164,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, is for mainte-
nance, repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed as-
sets, operation of the National Park Service automated fa-
cility management software system, environmental stud-
ies, and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and 
of which $4,000,000 shall be for the Youth Conservation 
Corps and the Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154) 
for high priority projects. 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of sec-
tion 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 relating to challenge 
cost share agreements, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended for Centennial Challenge signature projects 
and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent 
of the total cost of each project or program is derived from 
non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, 
in-kind services, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 
an irrevocable letter of credit. 
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, statutory or contractual 
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aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $62,881,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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), $81,500,000, to be 
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to re-
main available until September 30, 2009; of which 
$20,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for 
preservation of nationally significant sites, structures, and 
artifacts and of which $10,000,000 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, That 
any individual Save America’s Treasures or Preserve 
America grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds; in-
dividual projects shall only be eligible for one grant; and 
all projects to be funded shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in consultation with the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Fed-
eral projects, following approval, shall be available by 
transfer to appropriate accounts of individual agencies. 
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HR 2643 PCS 
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, $201,580,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading for implementation of modified 
water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be ex-
pended consistent with the requirements of the fifth pro-
viso under this heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading for imple-
mentation of modified water deliveries to Everglades Na-
tional Park shall be available for obligation only if match-
ing funds are appropriated to the Army Corps of Engi-
neers for the same purpose: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading for implementa-
tion of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be available for obligation if any of the funds 
appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the pur-
pose of implementing modified water deliveries, including 
finalizing 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. 
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