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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, classifica-
tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 
and performance of other functions, including maintenance 
of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 
lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, including the general adminis-
tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 
of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 
3150(a)), $965,721,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $69,336,000 is available for oil and 
gas management; and of which $1,500,000 is for high pri-
ority projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps; and of which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal 
year 2010 subject to a match by at least an equal amount 
by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost- 
shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands; 
and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a 
lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are in-
curred.
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In addition, $45,500,000 is for the processing of appli-
cations for permit to drill and related use authorizations, 
to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 
amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appro-
priation that shall be derived from $6,500 per new applica-
tion for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect upon 
submission of each new application, and in addition, 
$36,696,000 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 credited 
to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as 
to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more 
than $965,721,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, from communication site rental fees estab-
lished by the Bureau for the cost of administering commu-
nication site activities. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $8,626,000, 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 administra-
tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests
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therein, $28,650,000, to be derived from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding the joint ex-
planatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 
111–8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount of $2,000,000 made 
available for the Henry’s Lake ACEC in the State of Idaho 
(as described in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Des-
ignated Spending’’ contained in section 430 of that joint 
explanatory statement) shall be made available for the 
Upper Snake/South Fork River ACEC/SRMA in the State 
of Idaho. 
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 Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja-
cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 
therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 
to such grant lands; $111,557,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or-
egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made
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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 second paragraph of sub-
section (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 salvage 
timber sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activi-
ties, 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 range-
lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwith-
standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all
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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 improvements 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: Provided, 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 authorizations 
for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 
of providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa-
cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re-
habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94–579, as amended, and Public 
Law 93–153, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of sec-
tion 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 set-
tlement, 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
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the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per-
son, without regard to whether all moneys collected from 
each such action 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 avail-
able until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 
operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con-
tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities. Projects funded 
pursuant to a written commitment by a State government
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to provide an identified amount of money in support of 
the project may be carried out by the bureau upon receipt 
of the written commitment. Appropriations for the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) shall be available for pur-
chase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, 
and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; 
up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary, for information or evidence concerning violations of 
laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, 
under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrange-
ments authorized by law, procure printing services from co-
operators 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 coop-
erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to 
a written commitment by a State government to provide 
an identified amount of money in support of the project 
may be carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 
Appropriations herein made shall not be available for the
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destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 
in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its con-
tractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 
in their destruction for processing into commercial prod-
ucts. 
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, general administration, and for the 
performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources, $1,244,386,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011 except as otherwise provided herein: Pro-
vided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which 
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $22,103,000 shall be used 
for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, (except for 
processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and 
final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement 
actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $11,632,000 shall be 
used for any activity regarding the designation of critical 
habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation 
support, for species listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)
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prior to October 1, 2009: 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 information, rewards, 
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s cer-
tificate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain 
available until expended for contaminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili-
zation of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $39,741,000, to remain avail-
able 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, $82,790,000,
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to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
and to remain available until expended, of which, notwith-
standing 16 U.S.C. 460l–9, not more than $1,500,000 shall 
be for land conservation partnerships authorized by the 
Highlands Conservation Act of 2004: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition 
projects can be used to pay for any administrative over-
head, 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, $85,001,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $30,307,000 is to be derived from the Co-
operative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, of which 
$5,146,000 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 $54,694,000 is to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,500,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, as amend-
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ed (16 U.S.C. 4401–4414), $45,147,000, 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, 4211–4214, 
4221–4225, 4241–4246, and 1538), the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhi-
noceros 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 Conservation 
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601–6606), $11,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro-
grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including
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within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by oper-
ations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at 
not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such 
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are con-
sistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
and improvement 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 partnership arrangements authorized by law, 
procure printing services from cooperators in connection 
with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash 
or services and the Service determines the cooperator is ca-
pable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided fur-
ther, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as re-
placements for existing aircraft. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 
and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 
the National Park Service (including expenses to carry out 
programs of the United States Park Police), and for the
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general administration of the National Park Service, 
$2,261,309,000, of which $9,982,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-
tion and $99,622,000 for maintenance, repair or rehabilita-
tion projects for constructed assets, operation of the Na-
tional Park Service automated facility management soft-
ware system, and comprehensive facility condition assess-
ments shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part-
nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for 
other activities, and grant administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $67,438,000, of which $3,175,000 shall be for 
Preserve America grants as authorized by section 7302 of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–11). 
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), $74,500,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011; of which $20,000,000 shall
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be for Save America’s Treasures grants as authorized by 
section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (Public Law 111–11) of which $200,000 may be 
made available by the Secretary of the Interior to develop, 
in conjunction with Morehouse College, a program to cata-
logue, preserve, provide public access to and research on, 
develop curriculum and courses based on, provide public ac-
cess to, and conduct scholarly forums on the important 
works and papers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to provide 
a better understanding of the message and teachings of Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr.. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement 
of physical facilities, including a portion of the expense for 
the modifications authorized by section 104 of the Ever-
glades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
1989, $219,731,000, to remain available until expended. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2010 
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
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for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
National Park Service, $118,586,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $35,000,000 is for the State 
assistance program and of which $4,000,000 shall be for 
the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as au-
thorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 Secretary, 
without further appropriation, for use at any unit within 
the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability 
for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. 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 exceed 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.
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For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 
Conservation 
Fund 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 
may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-
thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 
FHWA administrative support costs. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov-
ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min-
eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 
and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 
31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 
water resources; give engineering supervision to power per-
mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens-
ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30
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U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 
purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi-
nate 
data 
relative 
to 
the 
foregoing 
activities; 
$1,104,340,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011, of which $65,561,000 shall be available only for co-
operation with States or municipalities for water resources 
investigations; of which $40,150,000 shall remain available 
until expended for satellite operations; and of which 
$7,321,000 shall be available until expended for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed 
$100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided 
for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct 
new surveys on private property, unless specifically author-
ized 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 reimbursement to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; 
contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for 
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
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it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of nec-
essary 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 administration of interstate 
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropria-
tions herein made may be accomplished through the use of 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 
31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United 
States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop-
erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re-
gard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent serv-
ices 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 injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be consid-
ered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.
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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; for 
energy-related or other authorized marine-related purposes 
on the Outer Continental Shelf; and for matching grants 
or cooperative agreements, $175,217,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011, of which $89,374,000 shall 
be available for royalty management activities; and an 
amount not to exceed $156,730,000, to be credited to this 
appropriation and to remain available until expended, 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates 
in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal 
year 2010, such amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 
9701 shall be collected and credited to this account and shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses: Provided 
further, That to the extent $156,730,000 in addition to re-
ceipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated 
above, the amount needed to reach $156,730,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from 
rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect be-
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fore August 5, 1993: Provided further, That the term ‘‘quali-
fied Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined in sec-
tion 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, 
division C of Public Law 109–432, shall include only the 
portion of rental revenues that would have been collected 
at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for rea-
sonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and 
marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 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 payments: Provided further, 
That for the costs of administration of the Coastal Impact 
Assistance Program authorized by section 31 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
1456a), MMS in fiscal year 2010 may retain up to 4 per-
cent of the amounts which are disbursed under section 
31(b)(1), such retained amounts to remain available until 
expended. 
For an additional amount, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from non- 
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2010, as
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provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that such 
amounts are not realized from such fees, the amount needed 
to reach $10,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Conti-
nental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993. 
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, 
$6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the 
Secretary shall deduct 2 percent from the amount payable 
to each State in fiscal year 2010 and deposit the amount 
deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. 
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, $127,180,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That appro-
priations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
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Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-
penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Sur-
face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, as amended, $39,588,000, to be derived from 
receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 
to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 
authorized 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 of 
the cost of projects funded by the Federal Government for 
the purpose of environmental restoration related to treat-
ment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned 
mines: Provided further, That such projects must be con-
sistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Min-
ing Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That 
amounts provided under this heading may be used for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel
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attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation and 
Professional Services program in this Act, the Secretary 
may transfer title for computer hardware, software and 
other technical equipment to State and tribal regulatory 
and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro-
grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments 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, 
$2,309,322,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011 except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to 
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; of which not to exceed $74,915,000 shall be 
for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of 
designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed such 
cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for dis-
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aster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster; 
of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in-
cluding but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $154,794,000 shall 
be available for payments for contract support costs associ-
ated with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual 
funding agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to 
or during fiscal year 2010, as authorized by such Act, ex-
cept that tribes and tribal organizations may use their trib-
al priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of 
ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of which 
not to exceed $566,702,000 for school operations costs of Bu-
reau-funded schools and other education programs shall be-
come available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011; of which $25,000,000 shall be for 
public safety and justice programs as authorized by the 
Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, established 
by section 601 of Public Law 110–293 (25 U.S.C. 443c); 
and of which not to exceed $60,958,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for housing improvement, road mainte-
nance, attorney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self-De-
termination Fund, land records improvement, and the Nav-
ajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, including but not
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limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $43,373,000 
within and only from such amounts made available for 
school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with the 
Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2009 for the operation 
of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for administrative 
cost grants shall be available for the transitional costs of 
initial administrative cost grants to grantees that assume 
operation on or after July 1, 2009, of Bureau-funded 
schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated 
to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 
2011, may be transferred during fiscal year 2012 to an In-
dian forest land assistance account established for the ben-
efit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund 
account: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal-
ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2012: 
Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase 
uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for per-
sonnel.
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CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 
and other facilities, including architectural and engineering 
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 
to Public Law 87–483, $225,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con-
tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 
the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro-
vided 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: Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2010, in implementing new construc-
tion or facilities improvement and repair project grants in 
excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under 
Public Law 100–297, as amended, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements 
and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in
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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 nego-
tiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work 
to be performed: Provided further, That in considering 
grant applications, the Secretary shall consider whether 
such grantee would be deficient in assuring that the con-
struction projects conform to applicable building standards 
and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 
standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect 
to organizational and financial management capabilities: 
Provided further, That if the Secretary declines a grant ap-
plication, the Secretary shall follow the requirements con-
tained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided further, That any 
disputes between 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 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 enact-
ment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated 
in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed the plan-
ning and design phase of the project and commenced con-
struction: Provided further, That this appropriation may 
be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee for
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American Indians appropriation for the appropriate share 
of construction costs for space expansion needed in agency 
offices to meet trust reform implementation. 
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses 
for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-
ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 
108–447, 109–379, 109–479, 110–297, and 111–11, and for 
implementation of other land and water rights settlements, 
$47,380,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION, BIA 
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 Consolida-
tion Act of 1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or coop-
erative agreement, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$8,215,000, of which $1,629,000 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
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 
not to exceed $93,807,956. 
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 manage-
ment, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division 
of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the Revolving Fund for Loans Liquidating Account, 
Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund Liquidating 
Account, Indian Guaranteed Loan Financing Account, In-
dian Direct Loan Financing Account, and the Indian 
Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for 
expenses of exhibits. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except executive direction and administrative
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services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional of-
fices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 
available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination 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, this 
action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern-
ment relationship between the United States and that tribe, 
or that tribe’s ability 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. 
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 September 
1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to 
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school 
system as of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under
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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 before September 1, 1999, may 
continue to operate during that period, but only if the char-
ter school pays to the Bureau 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 char-
ter school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, 
and the Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter 
school programs of the State in which the school is located 
if the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu-
reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school 
and performing functions related to the charter schools op-
eration 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 any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
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trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis-
tribution formula. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for management of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, $118,836,000; of which not to exceed 
$25,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
for workers compensation payments and unemployment 
compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 
of the United States Bureau of Mines: Provided, That, for 
fiscal year 2010 up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 
by the Act of October 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
6901–6907) may be retained for administrative expenses of 
the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided further, 
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to 
otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed 
amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, 
That for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the Secretary may 
reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907, 
as amended, for an individual county by the amount nec-
essary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: 
Provided further, That for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
the amount needed to correct a prior year underpayment
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to an individual county shall be paid from any reductions 
for overpayments to other counties and the amount nec-
essary to cover any remaining underpayment is hereby ap-
propriated and shall be paid to individual counties using 
current fiscal year funds. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$81,095,000, of which: (1) $71,815,000 shall remain avail-
able 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 reve-
nues, 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 (Public 
Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all
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financial transactions of the territorial and local govern-
ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 
all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
ability 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 United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for 
the program of operations and maintenance improvement 
are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 
maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 
territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 
by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time-
ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head-
ing in this Act or previous appropriations 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 Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c): Provided further, That at the 
request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may trans-
fer any mandatory or discretionary funds appropriated, in-
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cluding those provided under Public Law 104–134, to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or 
guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 3 percent of the amount 
of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra-
tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re-
pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be 
made without regard to the population of the area, credit 
elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types of eli-
gible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That any funds trans-
ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 
to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 
loans under such authorities. 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to re-
main available until expended, as provided for in sections 
221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa-
tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the
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Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Pub-
lic Law 108–188: Provided further, That at the request of 
the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer any 
mandatory or discretionary funds appropriated, including 
those provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188, 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct 
or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 3 percent of the 
amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan ad-
ministration, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction 
and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guarantees 
may be made without regard to the population of the area, 
credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 
of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addi-
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tion to funds otherwise made available to make or guar-
antee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,076,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $48,590,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN 
INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di-
rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com-
pacts, and grants, $185,984,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $56,536,000 from this or 
any other Act, shall be available for historical accounting, 
and of which $1,500,000 shall be available for the estate 
planning assistance program under section 207(f) of the In-
dian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2206(f)): Pro-
vided, That funds for trust management improvements and 
litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 
merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ‘‘Operation of
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Indian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec-
retary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, 
That funds made available through contracts or grants obli-
gated during fiscal year 2010, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not com-
mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga-
tion pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, con-
cerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, until 
the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished 
with an accounting of such funds from which the bene-
ficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: Pro-
vided 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 ac-
count 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 withdrawn upon the 
express written request of the account holder: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Sec-
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retary to make payments to correct administrative errors 
of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual In-
dian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recov-
ered shall be credited to and remain available in this ac-
count for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppres-
sion operations, fire science and research, emergency reha-
bilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assist-
ance by the Department of the Interior, $904,637,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire 
facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for 
repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging with-
out cost from funds available from this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums 
received by a bureau or office of the Department of the Inte-
rior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 
et seq., protection of United States property, may be cred-
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ited to the appropriation from which funds were expended 
to provide that protection, and are available 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 hazardous fuels reduction ac-
tivities, 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 cooperative agreement between the 
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the 
Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 
of hazardous fuels reduction activities, may obtain max-
imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 
nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 
Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or non-profit 
youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 
entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-
age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce 
to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in imple-
menting this section, the Secretary shall develop written
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guidance to field units to ensure accountability and con-
sistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this head 
may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, 
in connection with wildland fire management activities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 
use wildland fire appropriations to enter into non-competi-
tive sole source leases of real property with local govern-
ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-
ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-
erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-
tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 
facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease 
or for construction activity associated with the lease: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds 
appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggre-
gate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, 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
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suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte-
rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.), $10,175,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That Public Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 
2116) under this heading is amended by striking ‘‘in ad-
vance of or as reimbursement for remedial action or re-
sponse activities conducted by the Department pursuant to 
section 107 or 113(f) of such Act’’ and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘including any fines or penalties’’. 
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 nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Pub-
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lic Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), 
$6,462,000, to remain available until expended. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of a departmental financial and 
business management system and information technology 
improvements of general benefit to the Department, 
$85,823,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act or previous appropria-
tions Acts may be used to establish reserves in the Working 
Capital Fund account other than for accrued annual leave 
and depreciation of equipment without prior approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable 
charges to State, local and tribal government employees for 
training services provided by the National Indian Program 
Training Center, other than training related to Public Law 
93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or 
otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or 
professional services of the National Indian Program 
Training Center to State, local and tribal government em-
ployees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, 
educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 40 
U.S.C. 3306(a)) at the prevailing rate for similar space, 
facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the Na-
tional Indian Program Training Center: Provided further,
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That all funds received pursuant to the two preceding pro-
visos shall be credited to this account, shall be available 
until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for nec-
essary expenses of the National Indian Program Training 
Center. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
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-
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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable 
causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 
under this authority until funds specifically made available
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to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 
been exhausted. 
EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
for the suppression or emergency 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 potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 
volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin-
gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related 
to actual oil spills; for the prevention, suppression, and con-
trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 
outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 
pursuant to 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 
Mining 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 oper-
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ations shall be available for the payment of obligations in-
curred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, 
aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use 
for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement to be cred-
ited to appropriations currently available at the time of 
receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire op-
erations, no funds shall be made available under this au-
thority until the Secretary determines that funds appro-
priated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall be exhausted 
within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pur-
suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 
appropriation which must be requested as promptly as pos-
sible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall 
be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from 
which emergency funds were transferred. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
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 Sec-
retary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 
and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially 
equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur-
chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private
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residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership 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. 
AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the 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 transfer for 
Indian trust management and reform activities. Total 
funding for historical accounting activities shall not exceed 
amounts specifically designated in this Act for such pur-
pose. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
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 meth-
odologies. No federally recognized tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10
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percent in fiscal year 2010. Under circumstances of dual 
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 
apply. 
TWIN CITIES RESEARCH CENTER 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the au-
thority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amended 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 reimbursement 
until expended and without further appropriation: (1) for 
the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System within 
the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all activities authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 
PAYMENT OF FEES 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use discre-
tionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for em-
ployees and former employees of the Department of the Inte-
rior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. Sala-
zar 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 section 
that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess of
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the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court for 
the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Salazar. 
ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS 
SEC. 108. 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 Lib-
erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac-
tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 
franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex-
change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 
agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 109. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona 
& California Railroad Company’s Right of Way for convey-
ance of water shall not proceed unless the Secretary of the 
Interior certifies that the proposed new use is within the 
scope of the Right of Way. 
(b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation
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to any proposal to store water underground for the purpose 
of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar au-
thorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands man-
aged by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, or for carrying out any activities associated with 
such right-of-way or similar approval. 
USE OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 110. For fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into coop-
erative agreements with a State or political subdivision (in-
cluding any agency thereof), or any not-for-profit organiza-
tion if the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of 
the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 
administered by the Department of the Interior; and (2) 
all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment 
of these objectives. At the discretion of the Secretary, such 
agreements shall not be subject to a competitive process. 
CONFORMING AMENDMENT 
SEC. 111. Sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and 
Gas Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) 
shall, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
apply to any lease authorizing exploration for or develop-
ment of coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal 
resource on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, 
easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of
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form, for use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its 
resources under sections 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k) and 1337(p)) 
to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, 
or other agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas 
lease, except that in such cases the term ‘‘royalty payment’’ 
shall include any payment required by such lease, easement, 
right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or by 
applicable regulation. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS, POINT REYES NATIONAL 
SEASHORE 
SEC. 112. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to further reduce the number of Axis or Fallow deer at Point 
Reyes National Seashore below the number as of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 
SEC. 113. (a) In fiscal year 2010, the Minerals Man-
agement Service (MMS) shall collect a non-refundable in-
spection fee, which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management’’ account, from the des-
ignated operator for facilities subject to inspection by MMS 
under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c) that are above the waterline, ex-
cept mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place at the 
start of fiscal year 2010. 
(b) Fees for 2010 shall be:
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(1) $2,000 for facilities with no wells, but with 
processing equipment or gathering lines; 
(2) $3,250 for facilities with one to ten wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 
(3) $6,000 for facilities with more than ten wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells. 
(c) MMS will bill designated operators within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act, with payment required within 30 
days of billing. 
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS, 
AMENDMENT 
SEC. 114. Section 101(a)(1) of Public Law 109–131 
is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
NORTHERN PLAINS HERITAGE AREA, AMENDMENT 
SEC. 115. Section 8004 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 
1240) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) 
as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (h)(1) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1)), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (j)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
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‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION AND REMOVAL 
OF PROPERTY IN HERITAGE AREA.— 
‘‘(1) PRIVATE
PROPERTY
INCLUSION.—No pri-
vately owned property shall be included in the Herit-
age Area unless the owner of the private property pro-
vides to the management entity a written request for 
the inclusion. 
‘‘(2) PROPERTY REMOVAL.— 
‘‘(A) PRIVATE PROPERTY.—At the request of 
an owner of private property included in the 
Heritage Area pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
private property shall be immediately with-
drawn from the Heritage Area if the owner of 
the property provides to the management entity 
a written notice requesting removal. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC PROPERTY.—On written no-
tice from the appropriate State or local govern-
ment entity, public property included in the 
Heritage Area shall be immediately withdrawn 
from the Heritage Area.’’. 
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX, JOINT TICKETING 
SEC. 116. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HISTORIC ATTRACTION.—The term ‘‘historic 
attraction’’ mean a historic attraction within the 
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, including—
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(A) the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum 
and Park; 
(B) the Battleship Missouri Memorial; 
(C) the Pacific Aviation Museum-Pearl 
Harbor; and 
(D) any other historic attraction within the 
Pearl Harbor Naval Complex that— 
(i) the Secretary identifies as a Pearl 
Harbor historic attraction; and 
(ii) is not administered or managed by 
the Secretary. 
(2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 
the Word War II Valor in the Pacific National Monu-
ment in the State of Hawaii. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) VISITOR CENTER.—The term ‘‘Visitor Cen-
ter’’ means the visitor center located within the Pearl 
Harbor Naval Complex on land that is— 
(A) within the Monument; and 
(B) managed by the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Serv-
ice. 
(b) FACILITATION OF ADMISSION TO HISTORIC AT-
TRACTIONS WITHIN PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In managing the Monument, 
the Secretary may enter into an agreement with any 
organization that is authorized to administer or man-
age a historic attraction— 
(A) to allow visitors to the historic attrac-
tion to gain access to the historic attraction by 
passing through security screening at the Visitor 
Center; and 
(B) to allow the sale of tickets to a historic 
attraction within the Visitor Center by— 
(i) employees of the National Park 
Service; or 
(ii) the organization that administers 
or manages the historic attraction. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In any agreement 
entered into under paragraph (1), the Secretary— 
(A) shall require the organization admin-
istering or managing the historic attraction to 
pay to the Secretary a reasonable fee to recover 
administrative costs of the Secretary associated 
with the use of the Visitor Center for public ac-
cess and ticket sales; 
(B) shall ensure that the liability of the 
United States is limited with respect to any li-
ability arising from—
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(i) the admission of the public through 
the Visitor Center to a historic attraction; 
and 
(ii) the sale or issuance of any tickets 
to the historic attraction; and 
(C) may include any other terms and con-
ditions that the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(3) USE OF FEES.—The proceeds of any amounts 
collected as fees under paragraph (2)(A) shall remain 
available, without further appropriation, for use by 
the Secretary for the Monument. 
(4) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this 
section authorizes the Secretary— 
(A) to regulate or approve the rates for ad-
mission to a historic attraction; 
(B) to regulate or manage any visitor serv-
ices within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex 
(other than the services managed by the National 
Park Service as part of the Monument); or 
(C) to charge an entrance fee for admission 
to the Monument. 
(5) PROTECTION
OF
RESOURCES.—Nothing in 
this section authorizes the Secretary or any organiza-
tion that administers or manages a historic attrac-
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tion to take any action in derogation of the preserva-
tion and protection of the values and resources of the 
Monument. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU 
SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the Govern-
ment of Palau for fiscal year 2010 grants in amounts equal 
to the annual amounts specified in subsections (a), (c), and 
(d) of section 211 of the Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Compact’’). 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the United States shall provide programmatic 
assistance to the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2010 in 
amounts equal to the amounts provided in subsections (a) 
and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 
(c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic 
assistance provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be provided to the same extent and in the same 
manner as the grants and assistance were provided in 
fiscal year 2009. 
(2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau 
withdraws more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund
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established under section 211(f) of the Compact, 
amounts to be provided under subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be withheld from the Government of Palau. 
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, FORT BAKER 
AMENDMENT 
SEC. 118. Section 120 of title I of H.R. 3423 (Appen-
dix C) as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(3) of division 
B of Public Law 106–113 is amended by striking the last 
sentence. 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, ELK REDUCTION 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used to establish or implement a plan to reduce 
the number of elk in Theodore Roosevelt National Park un-
less such plan, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
allows North Dakota residents possessing a State hunting 
license to be deputized by the Secretary as rangers in such 
numbers as the Secretary deems sufficient for purposes of 
culling the elk herd at the Park, and allows each such volun-
teer to cull one elk and remove its carcass from the Park. 
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, EXTENSION OF PERMIT 
SEC. 120. Prior to the expiration on November 30, 
2012 of the Drake’s Bay Oyster Company’s Reservation of 
Use and Occupancy and associated special use permit (‘‘ex-
isting authorization’’) within Drake’s Estero at Point Reyes 
National Seashore, notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue a 
special use permit with the same terms and conditions as 
the existing authorization, except as provided herein, for a 
period of 10 years from November 30, 2012: Provided, That 
such extended authorization is subject to annual payments 
to the United States based on the fair market value of the 
use of the Federal property for the duration of such renewal. 
The Secretary shall take into consideration recommenda-
tions of the National Academy of Sciences Report per-
taining to shellfish mariculture in Point Reyes National 
Seashore before modifying any terms and conditions of the 
extended authorization. 
CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 121. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Public 
Law 110–161 and Public Law 111–8, is further amended 
by deleting ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010 only’’. 
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY 
SEC. 122. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In-
terior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
conduct a special resource study of the national signifi-
cance, suitability, and feasibility of including the 
Honouliuli Gulch and associated sites within the State of 
Hawaii in the National Park System.
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(b) GUIDELINES.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall use the criteria for the study of areas for poten-
tial inclusion in the National Park System described in sec-
tion 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5). 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall consult with— 
(1) the State of Hawaii; 
(2) appropriate Federal agencies; 
(3) Native Hawaiian and local government enti-
ties; 
(4) private and nonprofit organizations; 
(5) private land owners; and 
(6) other interested parties. 
(d) THEMES.—The study shall evaluate the Honouliuli 
Gulch, associated sites located on Oahu, and other islands 
located in the State of Hawaii with respect to— 
(1) the significance of the site as a component of 
World War II; 
(2) the significance of the site as the site related 
to the forcible internment of Japanese Americans, Eu-
ropean Americans, and other individuals; and 
(3) historic resources at the site. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Represent-
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atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report describing the findings, conclusions, 
and recommendations of the study required under this sec-
tion. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPEDE OPERATIONAL 
CONTROL 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to impede, prohibit, or restrict activities 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security on public lands to 
achieve operational control (as defined in section 2(b) of 
the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public 
Law 109–367) over the international land and maritime 
borders of the United States. 
SEC. 124. Any owner of private property within an 
existing or new National Heritage Area may opt out of par-
ticipating in any plan, project, program, or activity con-
ducted within the National Heritage Area if the property 
owner provides written notice to the local coordinating enti-
ty. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
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amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $842,799,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011. 
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; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; 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; administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not 
to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $2,878,780,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011: Provided, That of the funds included under 
this heading, not less than $478,696,000 shall be for the Ge-
ographic Programs specified in the committee report accom-
panying this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
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Act of 1978, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011. 
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, 
$35,001,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, at the discretion of the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, from the funds included under 
this heading, $500,000 may be made available for prelimi-
nary planning and design of a high-performance green 
building to consolidate the multiple offices and research fa-
cilities of the Environmental Protection Agency in Las 
Vegas, Nevada. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 
111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) 
$1,308,541,000, to remain available until expended, con-
sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 
on September 30, 2009, as authorized by section 517(a) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 
1986 (SARA) and up to $1,308,541,000 as a payment from
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general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for 
purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as 
amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac-
cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$9,975,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 
2011, and $26,834,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and 
Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011. 
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, 
$114,171,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$78,671,000 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 carrying 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
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the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance 
to federally recognized Indian tribes for the development 
and implementation of programs to manage underground 
storage tanks. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, $18,379,000, 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 revolving 
funds and performance partnership grants, $4,954,274,000, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$2,100,000,000 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 $1,387,000,000 shall be for capitalization 
grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under 
section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended: 
Provided, That, for fiscal year 2010, to the extent that there 
are sufficient applications, not less than 20 percent of the 
funds made available for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitaliza-
tion grants shall be for projects to address green infrastruc-
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ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other en-
vironmentally innovative activities; $10,000,000 shall be for 
architectural, 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; $15,000,000 shall be for 
grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and 
wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native 
Villages: Provided further, 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) the State of Alaska shall 
make awards consistent with the State-wide priority list 
established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste dis-
posal, and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka 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 allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 
provided for projects in regional hub communities; 
$150,000,000 shall be for making special project grants for 
the construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm 
water infrastructure and for water quality protection in ac-
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cordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
grants in the committee report accompanying 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; 
$101,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, includ-
ing grants, interagency agreements, and associated pro-
gram support costs; $60,000,000 shall be for grants under 
title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as 
amended; $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants 
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the com-
mittee report accompanying this Act; and $1,111,274,000 
shall be for grants, including associated program support 
costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agen-
cies, 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 section 
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 
and data collection activities subject to terms and condi-
tions specified by the Administrator, of which $49,495,000 
shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amend-
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ed, $10,000,000 shall be for Environmental 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 moni-
toring activities, 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 grants 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 Pol-
lution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State 
water pollution control revolving 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 2010 and prior years where such amounts represent 
costs of administering the fund to the extent that such 
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Adminis-
trator, 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 2010, 
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for
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any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants 
to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 
319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That, for 
fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for grants to Tribes: Provided further, That, for 
fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, up to a total of 1.5 percent of the funds provided for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds and Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for grants to territories of the United States: 
Provided further, That no funds provided by this appro-
priations Act to address the water, wastewater and other 
critical 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 unless that 
government has established an enforceable local ordinance, 
or other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the 
development or construction of any additional colonia 
areas, or the development within an existing colonia the 
construction of any new home, business, or other structure
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which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infra-
structure: Provided further, That notwithstanding the joint 
explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 
111–8, the $300,000 made available to the Village of Crest-
wood for water storage improvements (as described in the 
table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ in 
section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be 
made available to the City of Quincy, Illinois, for drinking 
water system improvements: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding House Report 107–272, the amount of 
$1,000,000 made available to the Southeast Alabama Re-
gional Water Authority for a water facility project and the 
amount of $2,500,000 made available to the Alabama Re-
gional Water Authority for the Southwest Alabama Rural/ 
Municipal Water System may, at the discretion of the Ad-
ministrator, be made available to the city of Thomasville 
for those projects: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
House Report 108–10, the amount of $450,000 made avail-
able to the Southwest Alabama Regional Water Authority 
for water infrastructure improvements may, at the discre-
tion of the Administrator, be made available to the city of 
Thomasville for that project: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding House Report 108–401, the amount of 
$450,000 made available to the Southwest Alabama Re-
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gional Water supply District for regional water supply dis-
tribution in Thomasville, Alabama, may, at the discretion 
of the Administrator, be made available to the city of Thom-
asville for that project: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing House Report 108–401, the amount of $2,000,000 
made available to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management 
Area Authority for construction of a drinking water res-
ervoir in Fayette County, Alabama, may, at the discretion 
of the Administrator, be made available to Fayette County, 
Alabama, for water system upgrades: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives accompanying Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 
524), the amount of $500,000 made available to the San 
Bernardino Municipal Water District for the Inland Em-
pire alternative water supply project (as described in the 
table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ con-
tained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) 
may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be made avail-
able to the city of San Bernardino municipal water depart-
ment for that project: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the joint explanatory statement of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 1844), from funds made available
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by that Act for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants pro-
gram, $170,800 may, at the discretion of the Administrator, 
be made available to the city of Prescott for a wastewater 
treatment plant construction project and $129,200 may, at 
the discretion of the Administrator, be made available to 
the city of Wichita for a storm water technology pilot 
project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint 
explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 
524), the amount of $185,000 made available to the city 
of Manhattan for the sewer mainline extension project (as 
described in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated 
Spending’’ contained in section 430 of that joint explana-
tory statement) may, at the discretion of the Administrator, 
be made available to the city of Manhattan for a water 
mainline extension project: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the joint explanatory statement of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 
Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $290,000 made 
available to the Riley County Board of Commissioners for 
the Konza Sewer Main Extension project (as described in 
the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ 
contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory state-
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ment) may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be made 
available to the city of Manhattan for the Konza Water 
Main Extension project: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the joint explanatory statement of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount 
of $1,300,000 made available to the City of Warrensburg, 
Missouri for a drinking water and wastewater infrastruc-
ture project (as described in the table entitled ‘‘Congression-
ally Designated Spending’’ contained in section 430 of that 
joint explanatory statement) may, at the discretion of the 
Administrator, be made available to Johnson County, Mis-
souri for that project: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the joint explanatory statement of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accom-
panying Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount 
of $1,000,000 made available to the City of Gravois Mills 
for wastewater infrastructure (as described in the table enti-
tled ‘‘Congressionally Designated Spending’’ contained in 
section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) may, at 
the discretion of the Administrator, be made available to 
the Gravois Arm Sewer District for that project: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory state-
ment of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives accompanying Public Law 111–8 (123
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ally Designated Spending’’ contained in section 430 of that 
joint explanatory statement) may, at the discretion of the 
Administrator, be made available to the City of Lake 
Norden, South Dakota, for drinking water infrastructure 
improvements. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2010, 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 awarded 
from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments. 
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
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amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Renewal Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 50 
percent of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Ini-
tiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’ to the head of any Federal department or 
agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out ac-
tivities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
tiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement pro-
grams, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency 
agreement with the head of such Federal department or 
agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants 
to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institu-
tions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, 
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water 
Quality Agreement. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 
activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants Account, $40,000,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
BLACK CARBON 
SEC. 201. (a) Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation 
with other Federal agencies, may carry out and submit to 
Congress the results of a study to define black carbon, assess 
the impacts of black carbon on global and regional climate, 
and identify the most cost-effective ways to reduce black car-
bon emissions— 
(1) to improve global and domestic public health; 
and 
(2) to mitigate the climate impacts of black car-
bon. 
(b) In carrying out the study, the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) identify global and domestic black carbon 
sources, the quantities of emissions from those sources, 
and cost-effective mitigation technologies and strate-
gies; 
(2) evaluate the public health, climate, and eco-
nomic impacts of black carbon; 
(3) identify current and practicable future op-
portunities to provide financial, technical, and re-
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lated assistance to reduce domestic and international 
black carbon emissions; and 
(4) identify opportunities for future research and 
development to reduce black carbon emissions and 
protect public health in the United States and inter-
nationally. 
(c) Of the amounts made available under this title 
under the heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MAN-
AGEMENT’’ for operations and administration, up to 
$2,000,000 shall be— 
(1) transferred to the account used to fund the 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; and 
(2) used by the Administrator to carry out this 
section. 
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, $307,012,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$66,939,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro-
gram.
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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 manage-
ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, coopera-
tive forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
ized, $276,946,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; and of which $55,145,000 is to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, for management, protection, improve-
ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,552,429,000, 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 Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance 
with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) and of 
which $2,000,000 may be made available to the Pest and 
Disease Revolving Loan Fund established by section 
10205(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
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(16 U.S.C. 2104a(b)): Provided, That, through fiscal year 
2014, the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the ex-
penditure or transfer of such sums as are necessary to the 
Secretary of the Interior for removal, preparation and 
adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National 
Forest System lands and for the performance of cadastral 
surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands: Provided 
further, That $282,617,000 shall be made available for 
recreation, heritage, and wilderness. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other-
wise provided for, $513,418,000, to remain available until 
expended, for construction, capital improvement, mainte-
nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and 
infrastructure; and for construction, capital improvement, 
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: Provided, That 
$50,000,000 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 sen-
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sitive species or community water sources: Provided further, 
That up to $40,000,000 of the funds provided herein for 
road maintenance shall be available for the decommis-
sioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of 
the transportation system, which are no longer needed: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be expended to decommis-
sion any system road until notice and an opportunity for 
public comment has been provided on each decommissioning 
project: Provided further, That the decommissioning of un-
authorized roads not part of the official transportation sys-
tem shall be expedited in response to threats to public safety, 
water quality, or natural resources: Provided further, That 
funds becoming available in fiscal year 2010 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 obligation for any other purpose unless the 
funds are appropriated. 
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 admin-
istrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $67,784,000, to be derived
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from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re-
main available until expended. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 
ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 
of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 
the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali-
fornia, as authorized by law, $1,050,000, 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 govern-
ments, public school districts, or other public school authori-
ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 
by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended. (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, protec-
tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 
livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western
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States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94– 
579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha-
bilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$50,000, 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 manage 
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(Public Law 96–487), $2,582,000, 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 reduction 
on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency rehabilita-
tion of burned-over National Forest System lands and
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water, $1,817,637,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances 
from other appropriations accounts previously transferred 
for such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be available to reimburse State and other cooperating enti-
ties 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 re-
paid by the responsible emergency management agency: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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 fur-
ther, That all authorities for the use of funds, including the 
use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, avail-
able to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appro-
priation, 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 re-
sponse, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$340,285,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction activities,
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$11,500,000 
is 
for 
rehabilitation 
and 
restoration, 
$23,917,000 is for research activities and to make competi-
tive research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1641 et seq.), $56,250,000 is for State fire assistance, 
$9,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $17,252,000 is 
for forest health activities on Federal lands and $9,928,000 
is for forest health activities 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’’ ac-
counts to fund State fire assistance, volunteer fire assist-
ance, forest health management, forest and rangeland re-
search, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and wa-
tershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wild-
life and fish habitat management and restoration: Provided 
further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading for hazardous fuels treatments may be trans-
ferred to and made a part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ 
account at the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice 30 days after notifying the House and the Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the costs 
of implementing any cooperative agreement between the 
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
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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 Private 
Forestry Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used on 
adjacent non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting 
communities when hazard reduction activities are planned 
on national forest lands that have the potential to place 
such communities at risk: Provided further, That funds 
made available to implement the Community Forest Res-
toration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be avail-
able for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with au-
thorities available to the Forest Service under the State and 
Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $10,000,000, between the Departments when such 
transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels re-
duction, not to exceed $10,000,000, may be used to make 
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service 
under the State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the 
purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from national forest lands: Provided further, That funds
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designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for cost 
pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated 
against other agency programs. 
COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION FUND 
For expenses authorized by section 4003(f) of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303(f)), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, op-
eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft from ex-
cess 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 alteration of build-
ings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volun-
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teers 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 wildland 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 Committees on 
Appropriations for the House of Representatives and Senate 
if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that all emer-
gency fire suppression funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be fully obligated 
within 30 days. 
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.
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None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
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 
title IV of this Act. 
Not more than $88,785,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$19,400,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart-
ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 
Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro-
hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 
Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech-
nology Center. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available 
to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority
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projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the author-
ity of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2005, 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 
101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up 
to $2,000,000 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 admin-
istrative expenses or projects on or benefitting National 
Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: 
Provided, That, of the Federal funds made available to the 
Foundation, no more than $200,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal fi-
nancial assistance, private contributions to match on at 
least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may trans-
fer Federal funds to Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained
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the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That au-
thorized investments of Federal funds held by the Founda-
tion may be made only in interest-bearing obligations 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 Foundation 
in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, with-
out 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 and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section
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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 pur-
poses 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 section 
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 
$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 
fire, administrative and other facilities maintenance. Such 
assessments shall occur using a square foot rate charged on 
the same basis the agency uses to assess programs for pay-
ment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap-
propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of 
the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for 
travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as-
sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur-
chase negotiations and similar non-litigation related mat-
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ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display 
the sums previously transferred and the requested funding 
transfers. 
Funds provided to the Forest Service in this Act may 
be used for the purpose of expenses associated with primary 
and secondary schooling for the 2009–2010 school year of 
dependents of agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico, 
at a cost not in excess of those authorized by the Department 
of Defense for that same area, when it is determined by 
the Chief of the Forest Service that public schools available 
in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the edu-
cation of such dependents. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 
5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and 
III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the In-
dian Health Service, $3,639,868,000, together with pay-
ments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
238(b) and 238b for services furnished by the Indian Health 
Service: Provided, That funds made available to tribes and
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tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or 
any other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination 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 $779,347,000 for 
contract medical care, including $48,000,000 for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That $18,251,000 is 
provided for Headquarters operations and information 
technology activities and, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the amount available under this proviso shall 
be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 
Health Service: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided, up to $32,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act: Provided further, That $16,391,000 is provided for the 
methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
initiative and $7,500,000 is provided for the domestic vio-
lence prevention initiative and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the amounts available under this proviso 
shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the 
Indian Health Service and shall remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 
may be used for annual contracts and grants that fall with-
in two fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded 
in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under the authority of title IV of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available 
until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with 
the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII 
and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 
to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 
Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol-
arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes 
and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for 
and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organiza-
tions until expended: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of the amounts pro-
vided herein, not to exceed $389,490,000 shall be for pay-
ments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or 
grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self- 
governance compacts, or annual funding agreements be-
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nization pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 
1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2010, of 
which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for contract 
support costs associated with new or expanded self-deter-
mination contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or 
annual funding agreements: Provided further, That the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health 
Service, tribes and tribal organizations operating health fa-
cilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually 
identifiable health information relating to disabled children 
as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its 
functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, 
as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under 
the Indian Health Facilities account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci-
fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 
erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter-
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mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to environmental health and facilities support activi-
ties of the Indian Health Service, $394,757,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan-
ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of 
health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 
may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will 
be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for 
distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facili-
ties: 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 Development: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian 
Health Services’’ account shall be used by the Indian Health 
Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 
and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter-
agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 
the General Services Administration: Provided further,
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That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition 
Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by 
the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase 
of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for 
telephone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uni-
forms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that 
relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health 
Service. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be ex-
tended health care at all tribally administered or Indian 
Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the pro-
ceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited
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to the account of the facility providing the service and shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation. Notwith-
standing any other law or regulation, funds transferred 
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under 
Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 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 assessments or 
charges by the Department of Health and Human Services 
unless identified in the budget justification and provided 
in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations through the reprogramming 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 author-
ized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 
title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available
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to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
tation. 
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 Services, relating 
to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian 
Health Service until the Indian Health Service has sub-
mitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associ-
ated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted 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-
ments in advance with subsequent adjustment. The reim-
bursements received therefrom, along with the funds received 
from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appro-
priation account from which the funds were originally de-
rived, with such amounts to remain available until ex-
pended. 
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead
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associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 
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 Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,212,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 
118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $76,792,000, of 
which up to $1,000 to remain available until expended, is
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for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent 
employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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 test-
ing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral 
to accredited health care providers: Provided further, That 
in performing any such health assessment or health study, 
evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall 
not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2010, and ex-
isting profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned 
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
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provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $3,159,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent 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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 
including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$11,195,000. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
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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 housing, 
and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by 
the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict 
any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 
30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 
to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is pro-
vided for such household: Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re-
placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 
or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva-
tion or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d– 
10. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 
by title XV of Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
56 part A), $8,300,000.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub-
lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis-
semination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro-
grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 
of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa-
cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $634,161,000, 
of which not to exceed $19,117,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 
shall remain available until expended; of which $1,553,000 
for fellowships and scholarly awards shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011; of which $250,000 may be made 
available to carry out activities under the Civil Rights His-
tory Project Act of 2009 (20 U.S.C. 80s et seq.), to remain 
available until expended; and including such funds as may 
be necessary to support American overseas research centers:
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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, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109. 
LEGACY FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the purpose of developing a public-private part-
nership to facilitate the reopening of the Arts and Industries 
Building of the Smithsonian Institution, $30,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for repair, renovation and 
revitalization of the building: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on a 1:1 basis by private donations: Pro-
vided further, That major in-kind donations that contribute 
significantly to the redesign and purpose of the reopened 
building be considered to qualify toward the total private 
match: Provided further, That privately contributed endow-
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ments, which are designated for the care and renewal of 
permanent exhibitions installed in the Arts and Industries 
Building, be considered as qualifying toward the total pri-
vate match: Provided further, That this appropriation may 
be made available to the Smithsonian Institution incremen-
tally as private funding becomes available: Provided fur-
ther, That any other provision of law that adjusts the over-
all amount of the Federal appropriation for this account 
shall also apply to the privately contributed requirement: 
Provided further, That the unobligated balances provided 
under this heading in Public Law 110–161 and Public Law 
111–8 are hereby rescinded. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 
of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 
and 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 Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au-
thorized 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; pur-
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chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 
thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re-
pair 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 ad-
vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 
Gallery may deem proper, $110,746,000, of which not to 
exceed $3,386,000 for the special exhibition program shall 
remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu-
pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other-
wise, as authorized, $54,499,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of this amount, up to $40,000,000 
shall be available for repair of the National Gallery’s East 
Building fac¸ade: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, a single procurement for the 
foregoing Major Critical Project may be issued which in-
cludes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘avail-
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ability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided fur-
ther, That contracts awarded for environmental 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 con-
tractor qualifications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $22,500,000. 
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, 
$17,447,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,225,000.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
amended, $161,315,000 shall be available to the National 
Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and pro-
ductions in the arts, including arts education and public 
outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated herein shall be expended in accordance with sec-
tions 309 and 311 of Public Law 108–447. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
amended, $161,315,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $147,015,000 shall be available for support 
of activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of 
the Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$14,300,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act in-
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terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority 
from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing 
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $2,294,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees 
to cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to re-
main available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 
to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 
and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com-
mission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, 
study or education. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $9,500,000: Pro-
vided, That no organization shall receive a grant in excess 
of $650,000 in a single year. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
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$5,908,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available for compensation of level V of the Executive Sched-
ule or higher positions. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,507,000: 
Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds pro-
vided under this heading may be used for official reception 
and representational expenses associated with hosting inter-
national visitors engaged in the planning and physical de-
velopment of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 
$49,122,000, of which $515,000 for the Museum’s equipment 
replacement program, $1,900,000 for the museum’s repair 
and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the muse-
um’s exhibition design and production program shall re-
main available until expended.
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PRESIDIO TRUST 
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omni-
bus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, 
$17,230,000 shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to re-
main available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construc-
tion design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Com-
mission, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission for design and construction of a me-
morial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–79, $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
LIMITATION ON CONSULTING SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
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lic record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro-
posal on which Congressional action is not complete other 
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 
SEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal serv-
ants to any officer or employee of such department or agen-
cy except as otherwise provided by law. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 404. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, re-
serves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and 
subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, 
agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, 
regional or central operations shall be presented in annual 
budget justifications and subject to approval by the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. Changes to such estimates shall
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be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval. 
GIANT SEQUOIA 
SEC. 405. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are lo-
cated on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Man-
agement lands in a manner different than such sales were 
conducted in fiscal year 2009. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 406. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to accept or process applications for a patent 
for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) 
shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines 
that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was 
filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; 
and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 
and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) 
for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 
2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) 
for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes
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(30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, 
were fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2010, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
report on actions taken by the Department under the plan 
submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of 
the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third- 
party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement to conduct a mineral examination of the mining 
claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as 
set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Manage-
ment shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay 
the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard 
procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management 
in the retention of third-party contractors.
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CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
SEC. 407. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in com-
mittee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the In-
dian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 
104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 106–291, 
107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 109–289, divi-
sion B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
(division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 
Laws 110–5 and 110–28), and Public Laws 110–92, 110– 
116, 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 110–329, 111–6, and 
111–8 for payments for contract support costs associated 
with self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants, 
compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded 
by such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal years 
1994 through 2009 for such purposes, except that for the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations 
may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract 
support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance 
compacts, or annual funding agreements. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 408. Prior to October 1, 2010, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of sub-
paragraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
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able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have 
passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the Na-
tional Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the 
Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 
1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Sec-
retary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within 
the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 
National Forest System, this section shall be void with re-
spect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may 
order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 409. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument es-
tablished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, 
except where such activities are allowed under the Presi-
dential proclamation establishing such monument. 
INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 410. In entering into agreements with foreign 
countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into 
reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished 
under said agreements to provide wildfire services are con-
sidered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the coun-
try receiving said services when the individuals are engaged 
in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior should not enter into 
any agreement under this provision unless the foreign coun-
try (either directly or through its fire organization) agrees 
to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions 
of American firefighters engaged in firefighting in a foreign 
country: Provided further, That when an agreement is 
reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only rem-
edies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires 
shall be those provided under the laws of the host country, 
and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any 
claim arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country: Pro-
vided further, That neither the sending country nor any 
legal organization associated with the firefighter shall be 
subject to any legal action whatsoever pertaining to or aris-
ing out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 411. In awarding a Federal contract with funds 
made available by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Gov-
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ernment procurement and contracting laws, the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secre-
taries’’) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, give consid-
eration to local contractors who are from, and who provide 
employment and training for, dislocated and displaced 
workers in an economically disadvantaged rural commu-
nity, including those historically timber-dependent areas 
that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on 
Federal lands and other forest-dependent rural communities 
isolated from significant alternative employment opportu-
nities: Provided, That notwithstanding Federal Government 
procurement and contracting laws the Secretaries may 
award contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to local 
non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related 
partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth groups, 
or small or micro-business or disadvantaged business: Pro-
vided further, That the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or 
water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish 
population monitoring, or habitat restoration or manage-
ment: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘rural community’’ 
and ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ shall have the same 
meanings as in section 2374 of Public Law 101–624: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretaries shall develop guidance 
to implement this section: Provided further, That nothing
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in this section shall be construed as relieving the Secretaries 
of any duty under applicable procurement laws, except as 
provided in this section. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used in fiscal year 2010 for com-
petitive sourcing studies and any related activities involv-
ing Forest Service personnel. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 413. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in-
terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara-
tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to 
funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National 
Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 
appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida 
to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
HUNTERS POINT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
SEC. 414. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided to the Environmental Protection Agency in this Act, 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, is provided 
to EPA to be transferred to the Department of the Navy
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for clean-up activities at the Treasure Island Naval Sta-
tion—Hunters Point Annex. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. Section 325 of Public Law 108–108 is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004–2008’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2010.’’ 
ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
SEC. 416. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and until October 1, 2011, the Indian Health Service 
may not disburse funds for the provision of health care serv-
ices pursuant to Public Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) 
to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native village cor-
poration that is located within the area served by an Alaska 
Native regional health entity. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit the disbursal of funds to any Alaska Native village 
or Alaska Native village corporation under any contract or 
compact entered into prior to May 1, 2006, or to prohibit 
the renewal of any such agreement. 
(c) For the purpose of this section, Eastern Aleutian 
Tribes, Inc., the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, 
and the Native Village of Eyak shall be treated as Alaska 
Native regional health entities to which funds may be dis-
bursed under this section.
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mined by calculating the ratio of the total timber volume 
which has been sold on the Tongass to the annual average 
portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in 
the current Tongass Land Management Plan. The percent-
age shall be calculated by Region 10 on a rolling basis as 
each sale is sold (for purposes of this amendment, a ‘‘rolling 
basis’’ shall mean that the determination of how much west-
ern red cedar is eligible for sale to various markets shall 
be made at the time each sale is awarded). Western red 
cedar shall be deemed ‘‘surplus to the needs of domestic 
processors in Alaska’’ when the timber sale holder has pre-
sented to the Forest Service documentation of the inability 
to sell western red cedar logs from a given sale to domestic 
Alaska processors at a price equal to or greater than the 
log selling value stated in the contract. All additional west-
ern red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 
United States domestic processors may be exported to for-
eign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All 
Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices 
at the election of the timber sale holder. 
COLORADO COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 418. Section 331 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, as 
amended, is amended in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2009,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS MEMBERSHIP 
SEC. 419. Section 6 of the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–209, 
20 U.S.C. 955), as amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) In the first sentence of subsection (b)(1)(C), 
by striking ‘‘14’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘18’’; 
and 
(2) In the second sentence of subsection (d)(1), by 
striking ‘‘Eight’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Ten’’. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 
from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to implement any rule that requires man-
datory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 
management systems emitting less than 25,000 tons of car-
bon dioxide equivalent per year.
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CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING 
SEC. 422. Within the amounts appropriated in this 
Act, funding shall be allocated in the amounts specified for 
those projects and purposes delineated in the table titled 
‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the com-
mittee report accompanying this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
STIMULUS FUNDS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 
123 Stat. 115) for wildland fire management shall be used 
in the District of Columbia. 
JUNGO DISPOSAL SITE EVALUATION 
SEC. 425. Using funds made available under this Act, 
the Director of the United States Geological Survey may 
conduct an evaluation of the aquifers in the area of the 
Jungo Disposal Site in Humboldt County, Nevada (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘site’’), to evaluate— 
(1) how long it would take waste seepage (in-
cluding asbestos, discarded tires, and sludge from
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water treatment plants) from the site to contaminate 
local underground water resources; 
(2) the distance that contamination from the site 
would travel in each of— 
(A) 95 years; and 
(B) 190 years; 
(3) the potential impact of expected waste seep-
age from the site on nearby surface water resources, 
including Rye Patch Reservoir and the Humboldt 
River; 
(4) the size and elevation of the aquifers; and 
(5) any impact that the waste seepage from the 
site would have on the municipal water resources of 
Winnemucca, Nevada. 
BUYOUT AND RELOCATION 
SEC. 426. (a) As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) is encouraged to consider all appropriate 
criteria, including cost-effectiveness, relating to the buyout 
and relocation of residents of properties in Treece, Kansas, 
that are subject to risk relating to, and that may endanger 
the health of occupants as a result of risks posed by, chat 
(as defined in section 278.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act)).
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(b) For the purpose of the remedial action under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) that in-
cludes permanent relocation of residents of Treece, Kansas, 
any such relocation shall not be subject to the Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 
(c) Nothing in this section shall in any way affect, 
impede, or change the relocation or remediation activities 
pursuant to the Record of Decision Operable Unit 4, Chat 
Piles, Other Mine and Mill Waste, and Smelter Waste, Tar 
Creek 
Superfund 
Site, 
Ottawa 
County, 
Oklahoma 
(OKD980629844) issued by the Environmental Protection 
Agency Region 6 on February 20, 2008, or any other pre-
vious Record of Decision at the Tar Creek, Oklahoma, Na-
tional Priority List Site, by any Federal agency or through 
any funding by any Federal agency. 
SEC. 427. Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7624(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agricultural 
Research Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Ag-
riculture’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—To carry out 
a cooperative agreement with a private entity under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary may rent to the private 
entity equipment, the title of which is held by the 
Federal Government.’’. 
SEC. 428. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sen-
ate— 
(1) supports the National Vehicle Mercury 
Switch Recovery Program as an effective way to re-
duce mercury pollution from electric arc furnaces 
used by the steel industry to melt scrap metal from 
old vehicles; and 
(2) urges the founders of the Program to secure 
private sector financial support so that the successful 
efforts of the Program to reduce mercury pollution 
may continue. 
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION 
SEC. 429. Section 403(a) of the National Forest Foun-
dation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–1(a)) is amended, in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘fifteen Directors’’ and inserting ‘‘not 
more than 30 Directors’’. 
CABIN USER FEES 
SEC. 430. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used 
to increase the amount of cabin user fees under section 608 
of the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
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6207) to an amount beyond the amount levied on December 
31, 2009. 
FLAME FUND FOR EMERGENCY WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 431. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) public land, as defined in section 103 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702); 
(B) units of the National Park System; 
(C) refuges of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System; 
(D) land held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of Indian tribes or members of an 
Indian tribe; and 
(E) land in the National Forest System, as 
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
(16 U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(2) FLAME
FUND.—The term ‘‘Flame Fund’’ 
means the Federal Land Assistance, Management, 
and Enhancement Fund established by subsection (b). 
(3) 
SECRETARIES.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, acting jointly.
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(4) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to Federal land described in subparagraphs 
(A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1); and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FLAME FUND.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States a fund to 
be known as the ‘‘Federal Land Assistance, Management, 
and Enhancement Fund’’, consisting of— 
(1) such amounts as are appropriated to the 
Flame Fund; and 
(2) such amounts as are transferred to the Flame 
Fund under subsection (d). 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Flame Fund such 
amounts as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
(B) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the in-
tent of Congress that the amounts appropriated 
to the Flame Fund for each fiscal year should be 
not less than the combined average amount ex-
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pended by each Secretary concerned for emer-
gency wildfire suppression activities over the 5 
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which 
amounts are appropriated. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated 
to the Flame Fund shall remain available until 
expended. 
(2) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to 
the Flame Fund, out of funds of the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, $834,000,000. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIGNATION OF 
FLAME FUND APPROPRIATIONS AS EMERGENCY RE-
QUIREMENT.—It is the sense of Congress that further 
amounts appropriated to the Flame Fund should be 
designated as amounts necessary to meet emergency 
needs. 
(4) NOTICE OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—The Sec-
retaries shall notify the congressional committees de-
scribed in subsection (h)(2) if the Secretaries estimate 
that only 60 days worth of funding remains in the 
Flame Fund. 
(d) TRANSFER OF EXCESS WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 
AMOUNTS INTO FLAME FUND.—At the end of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary concerned shall transfer to the Flame 
Fund amounts that—
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(1) are appropriated to the Secretary concerned 
for wildfire suppression activities for the fiscal year; 
but 
(2) are not obligated for wildfire suppression ac-
tivities before the end of the fiscal year. 
(e) USE OF FLAME FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), 
(3), and (4), amounts in the Flame Fund shall be 
available to the Secretary concerned to pay the costs 
of emergency wildfire suppression activities that are 
separate from amounts annually appropriated to the 
Secretary concerned for routine wildfire suppression 
activities. 
(2) DECLARATION REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Flame 
Fund shall be made available to the Secretary 
concerned only after the Secretaries issue a dec-
laration that a wildfire suppression activity is 
eligible for funding from the Flame Fund. 
(B) DECLARATION
CRITERIA.—A declara-
tion by the Secretaries under subparagraph (A) 
may be issued only if— 
(i) in the case of an individual wild-
fire incident—
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(I) the fire covers 300 or more 
acres; and 
(II) the Secretaries determine that 
the fire has required an emergency 
Federal response based on the signifi-
cant complexity, severity, or threat 
posed by the fire to human life, prop-
erty, or resources; or 
(ii) the cumulative costs of wildfire 
suppression activities for the Secretary con-
cerned have exceeded the amounts appro-
priated to the Secretary concerned for those 
activities (not including funds deposited in 
the Flame Fund). 
(3) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO SECRETARY CON-
CERNED.—After issuance of a declaration under 
paragraph (2) and on request of the Secretary con-
cerned, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 
from the Flame Fund to the Secretary concerned such 
amounts as the Secretaries determine are necessary 
for wildfire suppression activities associated with the 
declaration. 
(4) STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL LAND.—Use of 
the Flame Fund for emergency wildfire suppression 
activities on State land, private land, and tribal land
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shall be consistent with any existing agreements in 
which the Secretary concerned has agreed to assume 
responsibility for wildfire suppression activities on 
the land. 
(f) TREATMENT OF ANTICIPATED AND PREDICTED AC-
TIVITIES.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subject 
to 
subsection 
(e)(2)(B)(ii), the Secretary concerned shall continue 
to fund routine wildfire suppression activities within 
the appropriate agency budget for each fiscal year. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the intent of 
Congress that funding made available through the 
Flame Fund be used— 
(A) to supplement the funding otherwise ap-
propriated to the Secretary concerned; and 
(B) only for purposes in, and instances con-
sistent with, this section. 
(g) PROHIBITION
ON
OTHER
TRANSFERS.—Any 
amounts in the Flame Fund and any amounts appro-
priated for the purpose of wildfire suppression on Federal 
land shall be obligated before the Secretary concerned may 
transfer funds from non-fire accounts for wildfire suppres-
sion. 
(h) ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS.—
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(1) ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.—The 
Secretaries shall establish an accounting and report-
ing system for the Flame Fund that is compatible 
with existing National Fire Plan reporting proce-
dures. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Annually, the Secretaries 
shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the 
Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and make available to 
the public a report that— 
(A) describes the use of amounts from the 
Flame Fund; and 
(B) includes any recommendations that the 
Secretaries may have to improve the administra-
tive control and oversight of the Flame Fund. 
(3) ESTIMATES
OF
WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION 
COSTS TO IMPROVE BUDGETING AND FUNDING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
schedule provided in subparagraph (C), the Sec-
retaries shall submit to the committees described 
in paragraph (2) an estimate of anticipated
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wildfire suppression costs for the applicable fis-
cal year and the subsequent fiscal year. 
(B) PEER
REVIEW.—The methodology for 
developing the estimates under subparagraph (A) 
shall be subject to periodic peer review to ensure 
compliance with subparagraph (D). 
(C) SCHEDULE.—The Secretaries shall sub-
mit an estimate under subparagraph (A) dur-
ing— 
(i) the first week of February of each 
year; 
(ii) the first week of April of each year; 
(iii) the first week of July of each year; 
and 
(iv) if a bill making appropriations 
for the Department of the Interior and the 
Forest Service for the following fiscal year 
has not been enacted by September 1, the 
first week of September of each year. 
(D) REQUIREMENTS.—An estimate of an-
ticipated wildfire suppression costs shall be de-
veloped using the best available— 
(i) climate, weather, and other relevant 
data; and 
(ii) models and other analytic tools.
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(i) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
under this section shall terminate at the end of the third 
fiscal year in which no appropriations to or withdrawals 
from the Flame Fund have been made for a period of 3 
consecutive fiscal years. 
COHESIVE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 
SEC. 432. (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
jointly, shall submit to Congress a report that contains a 
cohesive wildfire management strategy, consistent with the 
recommendations described in recent reports of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office regarding management strate-
gies. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required 
by subsection (a) shall provide for— 
(1) the identification of the most cost-effective 
means for allocating fire management budget re-
sources; 
(2) the reinvestment in non-fire programs by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture; 
(3) employing the appropriate management re-
sponse to wildfires; 
(4) assessing the level of risk to communities;
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(5) the allocation of hazardous fuels reduction 
funds based on the priority of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion projects; 
(6) assessing the impacts of climate change on 
the frequency and severity of wildfire; and 
(7) studying the effects of invasive species on 
wildfire risk. 
(c) REVISION.—At least once during each 5-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the submission of the cohesive 
wildfire management strategy under subsection (a), the Sec-
retaries shall revise the strategy submitted under that sub-
section to address any changes affecting the strategy, in-
cluding changes with respect to landscape, vegetation, cli-
mate, and weather. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS AND GRANTS 
SEC. 433. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be— 
(1) used to make any payment in connection 
with a contract not awarded using competitive proce-
dures in accordance with the requirements of section 
303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253), section 2304 of title 
10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation; or
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(2) awarded by grant not subjected to merit- 
based competitive procedures, needs-based criteria, or 
other procedures specifically authorized by law to se-
lect the grantee or award recipient. 
(b) This prohibition shall not apply to the awarding 
of contracts or grants with respect to which— 
(1) no more than one applicant submits a bid 
for a contract or grant; or 
(2) Federal law specifically authorizes a grant or 
contract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
Federally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(3) such contracts or grants are authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education and 
Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et 
seq., as amended) or by any other Federal laws that 
specifically authorize a grant or contract with an In-
dian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 
U.S.C. 450b (e)). 
SEC. 434. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act and except as provided in subsection (b), any re-
port required to be submitted by a Federal agency or de-
partment to the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
Senate or the House of Representatives in this Act shall
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be posted on the public website of that agency upon receipt 
by the committee. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
SEC. 435. Section 1971(1) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www note; Public 
Law 111–11) is amended by striking ‘‘December 18, 2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 20, 2009’’. 
TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE 
SEC. 436. (a) IN GENERAL.—To expedite the cleanup 
of the Federal land and Indian land at the Tar Creek 
Superfund Site (referred to in this section as the ‘‘site’’), 
any purchase of chat (as defined in section 278.1(b) of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), 
from the site shall be— 
(1) counted at twice the purchase price of the 
chat; and 
(2) eligible to be counted toward meeting the fed-
erally required disadvantaged business enterprise set- 
aside on federally funded projects. 
(b) RESTRICTED INDIAN OWNERS.—Subsection (a) 
shall only apply if the purchase of chat is made from 1 
or more restricted Indian owners or an Indian tribe.
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(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The use of chat acquired under 
subsection (a) shall conform with applicable laws (includ-
ing the regulations for the use of chat promulgated by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Inte-
rior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2010’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.