The Commission established and financed with this 
appropriation shall consist of the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation, the Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director 
of the United States Geological Survey, the Undersecre-
tary for Science of the Department of Energy, the Admin-
istrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 
Administration, the Chief of the United States Forest 
Service, the President of the National Academy of 
Sciences, who shall serve as the Commission’s Chairman, 
the President of the National Academy of Engineering, 
and six additional members with appropriate expertise, to 
be selected by the Chairman. 
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. 
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, $2,375,582,000 
(reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (in-
creased by $2,500,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, 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, $43,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009. 
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, 
$34,801,000, 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; $1,272,008,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2007, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,272,008,000, 
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 
CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be paid to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, and $26,126,000 shall 
be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, and 
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and ren-
ovation of Environmental Protection Agency facilities, not 
to exceed $85,000 per project, $117,961,000 to remain 
available until expended, of which $82,461,000 shall be 
for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup 
activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended; $35,500,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code, as amended: Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to use appropriations made available under this 
heading to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act to provide financial assistance to federally-recog-
nized Indian tribes for the development and implementa-
tion of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $17,280,000, to be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,391,514,000 (increased by $15,000,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,125,000,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’); of which up 
to $75,000,000 shall be available for loans, including in-
terest 
free 
loans 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, 
or State agencies or nonprofit entities for projects that 
provide treatment for or that minimize sewage or 
stormwater discharges using one or more approaches 
which include, but are not limited to, decentralized or dis-
tributed stormwater controls, decentralized wastewater 
treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation 
easements, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration; 
$842,167,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 
$10,000,000 (increased by $15,000,000) shall be for ar-
chitectural, engineering, planning, design, construction 
and related activities in connection with the construction 
of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation 
with the appropriate border commission; $10,500,000 
shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drink-
ing water and waste infrastructure 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 expenses; and (3) not later 
than October 1, 2005, the State of Alaska shall make 
awards consistent with the State-wide priority list estab-
lished 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 Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) 
which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
$140,000,000 shall be for making special project grants 
for the construction of drinking water, wastewater and 
storm water infrastructure and for water quality protec-
tion, 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; $100,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as 
amended, including grants, interagency agreements, and 
associated program support costs; $50,000,000 shall be 
for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended; and $1,113,847,000 shall be 
for grants, including associated program support costs, to 
States, federally-recognized tribes, interstate agencies, 
tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control 
and abatement and related activities, including activities 
pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under sec-
tion 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter moni-
toring and data collection activities subject to terms and 
conditions specified by the Administrator, of which 
$49,495,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 shall be for Environ-
mental Information Exchange Network grants, including 
associated program support costs, $18,500,000 of the 
funds available for grants under section 106 of the Act 
shall 
be 
for 
water 
quality 
monitoring 
activities, 
$25,000,000 shall be for making competitive targeted wa-
tershed grants, and, in addition to funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 
Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $2,500,000 
shall be for financial assistance to States under section 
2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended: 
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 2008 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 2008, 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 2008, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in 
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 appropria-
tions Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United 
States along the United States-Mexico border shall be 
made available to a county or municipal government un-
less that government has established an enforceable local 
ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that ju-
risdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or 
other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other 
necessary infrastructure. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2008, 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 
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by 
law. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 
activities authorized under section 206(a) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, $5,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded.
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of, or to delay the implementa-
tion 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-in-
come populations). 
Of the funds provided in the Environmental Pro-
grams and Management account, not less than $2,000,000 
shall be available to take such actions as are necessary 
for the proposal of regulations requiring the reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions and to publish such proposed 
regulations. 
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, $295,937,000, 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, $280,602,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; of which $8,000,000 is for the Inter-
national Program; and of which $56,336,000 is to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,506,502,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during 
prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances under this 
heading available at the start of fiscal year 2008 shall be 
displayed by budget line item in the fiscal year 2009 budg-
et justification.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $480,197,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties, and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im-
provement, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest 
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205; and in 
addition $40,000,000 to be transferred from the timber 
roads purchaser election fund and merged with this ac-
count, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$65,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road 
decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance 
and associated activities, and removal of fish passage bar-
riers, especially in areas where Forest Service roads may 
be contributing to water quality problems in streams and 
water bodies which support threatened, endangered or 
sensitive species or community water sources and for ur-
gently needed road repairs required due to recent storm 
events: Provided further, That up to $65,000,000 of the 
funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be avail-
able for the decommissioning of roads, including unau-
thorized roads not part of the transportation system,
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That the 
decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the of-
ficial transportation system shall be expedited in response 
to threats to public safety, water quality, or natural re-
sources: Provided further, That funds becoming available 
in fiscal year 2008 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 
U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of 
the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obli-
gation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $44,485,000, to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,053,000, to 
be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 
expended. (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 
96–586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$56,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $5,053,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 
lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels re-
duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $1,974,648,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli-
gated balances under this heading, are available for repay-
ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further,
That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 
other cooperating entities for services provided in response 
to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 
emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That not less than 
50 percent of any unobligated balances remaining (exclu-
sive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end 
of fiscal year 2007 shall be transferred to the fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 
U.S.C. 576 et seq.) if necessary to reimburse the fund for 
unpaid past advances: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds 
appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 
Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 
Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use 
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 
the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: 
Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 
for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous 
fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland interface, 
support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire sup-
pression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further,
That of the funds provided, $310,258,000 is for hazardous 
fuels reduction activities, $18,000,000 is for rehabilitation 
and restoration, $23,500,000 is for research activities and 
to make competitive research grants pursuant to the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $46,221,000 is for 
State fire assistance, $10,000,000 is for volunteer fire as-
sistance, $14,252,000 is for forest health activities on 
Federal lands and $10,014,000 is for forest health activi-
ties on State and private lands: Provided further, That 
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, 
and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund 
State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest 
health management, forest and rangeland research, joint 
fire sciences, vegetation and watershed management, her-
itage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat man-
agement and restoration: Provided further, That transfers 
of any amounts in excess of those authorized in this para-
graph, shall require approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with re-
programming procedures contained in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That the costs of im-
plementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-
eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to funds provided for State 
Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities 
available to the Forest Service under the State and Pri-
vate Forestry Appropriation, up to $10,000,000 may be 
used on adjacent non-Federal lands for the purpose of pro-
tecting communities when hazard reduction activities are 
planned on national forest lands that have the potential 
to place such communities at risk: Provided further, That 
included in funding for hazardous fuel reduction is 
$5,000,000 for implementing the Community Forest Res-
toration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, and any por-
tion of such funds shall be available for use on non-Fed-
eral lands in accordance with authorities available to the 
Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry Ap-
propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire man-
agement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$9,000,000, between the Departments when such trans-
fers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction, 
not to exceed $7,000,000, may be used to make grants, 
using any authorities available to the Forest Service under
the State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the pur-
pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from national forest lands: Provided further, That funds 
designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for 
cost pools on the same basis as such assessments are cal-
culated against other agency programs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet for use 
in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest 
Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, 
existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds 
derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 
for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alter-
ation of buildings and other public improvements (7 
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and inter-
ests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses 
pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and 
(7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 
U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and if and only if 
all previously appropriated emergency contingent funds 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have 
been released by the President and apportioned and all 
wildfire suppression funds under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ are obligated. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with United States and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $73,285,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$24,021,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 
from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa-
tion Technology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $5,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved 
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps or the Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109– 
154). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
$3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na-
tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 
projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for ad-
ministrative expenses or projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service 
programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $100,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available 
by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient 
for a project at the same rate that the recipient has ob-
tained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further,
That authorized investments of Federal funds held by the 
Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as 
to both principal and interest by the United States. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older American Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$45,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per-
forming facilities maintenance. Such assessments shall 
occur using a square foot rate charged on the same basis 
the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, 
utilities, and other support services. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $3,023,532,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, except as other-
wise provided herein, together with payments received dur-
ing the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for serv-
ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 
of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That up to $18,000,000 
shall remain available until expended, for the Indian Cata-
strophic Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That 
not less than $561,515,000 shall be for contract medical 
care: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$32,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used to carry out the loan repayment program under sec-
tion 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used 
for one-year contracts and grants which are to be per-
formed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation 
is recorded in the year for which the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 
authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act shall remain available until expended for the 
purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or con-
struction of new facilities): Provided further, That funding 
contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts 
for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613), shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That amounts received 
by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 
accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and 
tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
amounts provided herein, not to exceed $274,638,000 
shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations 
for contract or grant support costs associated with con-
tracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding 
agreements between the Indian Health Service and a tribe 
or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fis-
cal year 2008, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be 
used for contract support costs associated with new or ex-
panded self-determination contracts, grants, self-govern-
ance compacts or annual funding agreements: Provided 
further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect 
from the Indian Health Service and tribes and tribal orga-
nizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public 
Law 93–638 such individually identifiable health informa-
tion relating to disabled children as may be necessary for 
the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400, 
et seq. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian 
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support 
activities 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$360,895,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction 
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of a feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribe or tribes may be used to pur-
chase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge 
health or related facilities: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health Serv-
ice to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Depart-
ment of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health 
Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service 
may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new 
homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the 
United States Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health Services’’ ac-
count shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain 
ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facili-
ties in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement 
between the Indian Health Service and the General Serv-
ices Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available 
until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service 
for demolition of Federal buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
for telephone service in private residences in the field, 
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings which are concerned with the functions 
or activities for which the appropriation is made or which 
will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or man-
agement of those functions or activities. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may 
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the 
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans-
ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 
under Public Law 86–121 (the Indian Sanitation Facili-
ties Act) and Public Law 93–638, as amended. 
Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in 
this Act, except those used for administrative and program 
direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations di-
rected at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess-
ments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica-
tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re-
programming process. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation. 
None of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the 
final rule published in the Federal Register on September 
16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, relating to the eligibility for the health care services 
of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Serv-
ice has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law. 
With respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 
to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including pay-
ment in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-De-
termination Act, may be credited to the same or subse-
quent appropriation account which provided the funding. 
Such amounts shall remain available until expended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead
associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech-
nical assistance. 
The appropriation structure for the Indian Health 
Service may not be altered without advance notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments 
and 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of 
1986, 
$79,117,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 
111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), 
as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, as amended, $75,212,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000), of which up to $1,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, is for Individual Learning 
Accounts for full-time equivalent employees of the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
health care providers: Provided further, That in per-
forming any such health assessment or health study, eval-
uation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not 
be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $2,703,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend-
ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and 
for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
U.S.C. 5376, $9,549,000: Provided, That the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, that notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the individual appointed to the position of Inspec-
tor General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 
in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 
of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 
used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 
November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 
home is provided for such household: Provided further, 
That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 
or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 
Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 
25 U.S.C. 640d–10. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 
U.S.C. 56 part A), $7,297,000. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five
replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $536,295,000, of 
which $1,578,000 for fellowships and scholarly awards 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009, including 
such funds as may be necessary to support American over-
seas research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated 
herein are available for advance payments to independent 
contractors performing research services or participating 
in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$116,100,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 
membership in library, museum, and art associations or 
societies whose publications or services are available to 
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $101,850,000, of which not to exceed $3,239,000 for 
the special exhibition program shall remain available until 
expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized, $18,017,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art 
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $20,200,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$23,150,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,000,000.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $160,000,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects 
and productions in the arts, including arts education and 
public outreach activities, through assistance to organiza-
tions and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for 
program support, and for administering the functions of 
the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein shall be expended in ac-
cordance with sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108– 
447. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $145,500,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS 
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act 
of 1965, as amended, $14,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $9,500,000 shall be available to 
the National Endowment for the Humanities for the pur-
poses of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as 
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and 
devises of money, and other property accepted by the 
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during 
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal 
amounts have not previously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-