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tion expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines: Pro-
vided, 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 ad-
ministrative 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. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$83,995,000, of which: (1) $74,715,000 shall remain 
available until expended for technical assistance, including 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular man-
agement controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown 
tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 
in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au-
thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern-
ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev-
enues, for construction and support of governmental func-
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tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, 
as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of 
the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub-
lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
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 Ac-
countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Mar-
iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant 
to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided for technical assist-
ance, sufficient funding shall be made available for a grant 
to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That the 
funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
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provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to 
be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: 
Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster as-
sistance under this heading in this Act or previous appro-
priations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching 
funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided 
pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,318,000, to 
remain available until expended, as provided for in sec-
tions 221(a)(2), 221(b), and 233 of the Compact of Free 
Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 
221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 99–658 and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-
retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 
funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 
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188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 
Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 
of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-
cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 
of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 
construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-
tees 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 Electrifica-
tion 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 addition to funds otherwise made available to make 
or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,076,000. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $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 
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
compacts, 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 ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office 
of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the 
Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through con-
tracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2010, as au-
thorized 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, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the statute of lim-
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itations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement 
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian 
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from 
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has 
been a loss: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any 
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
18 months and has a balance of $15.00 or less: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose. 
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire as-
sistance by the Department of the Interior, $932,780,000, 
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 
purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 
to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-
ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 
to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 
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 procure-
ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 
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hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal 
land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: 
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any co-
operative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed 
on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith-
standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competi-
tion among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative en-
tities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands 
Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with 
State, local, or non-profit youth groups; (3) small or 
micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 per-
cent or more, of the project workforce to complete such 
contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field 
units to ensure accountability and consistent application 
of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this head may be used to reim-
burse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
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out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 
appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source 
leases of real property with local governments, at or below 
fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 
for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but 
not limited to fire guard stations, retardant 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: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated 
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not 
to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 
such transfers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded 
wildland fire management programs and projects. 
WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for transfer to ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ for fire suppression operations of the 
Department of the Interior, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That amounts in this para-
graph may be transferred and expended only if all funds 
appropriated for fire suppression operations under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ shall be fully obli-
gated within 30 days: Provided further, That amounts are 
available only to the extent the President has issued a 
finding that the amounts are necessary for emergency fire 
suppression operations. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 
response action, including associated activities, performed 
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,175,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That Public Law 110–161 (121 
Stat. 2116) under the heading ‘‘Central Hazardous Mate-
rials Fund’’ is amended by striking ‘‘in advance of or as 
reimbursement for remedial action or response activities 
conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107 or 
113(f) of such Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘includ-
ing any fines or penalties’’. 
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 
RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
19jj et seq.), $6,462,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 
this Act or previous appropriations 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, local, 
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and tribal government employees for training services pro-
vided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 
other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise 
provide space and related facilities, equipment or profes-
sional services of the National Indian Program Training 
Center to State, local, and tribal government employees 
or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, edu-
cational, 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 National In-
dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all 
funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 
expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 
expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may 
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
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. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
(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 unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made 
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested 
as promptly as possible. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
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quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills; 
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198 
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under 
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from 
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be 
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in 
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire 
operations and shall be available for the payment of obli-
gations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 
reimbursement 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 credited to appropriations currently available at the 
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Suppression Contingency Reserve Fund’’ shall be ex-
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hausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds 
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen-
ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; pur-
chase and replacement of motor vehicles, including spe-
cially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone serv-
ice in private residences in the field, when authorized 
under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the pay-
ment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for li-
brary membership in societies or associations which issue 
publications to members only or at a price to members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Spe-
cial Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 
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same headings shall be available for expenditure or trans-
fer for Indian trust management and reform activities. 
Total funding for historical accounting activities shall not 
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No federally recognized tribe 
shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2010. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service 
areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 per-
cent limitation does not apply. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under 
the authority provided by Public Law 104–134, as amend-
ed by Public Law 104–208, the Secretary may accept and 
retain land and other forms of reimbursement: Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain and use any such reim-
bursement until expended and without further appropria-
tion: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
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System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all ac-
tivities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 460zz. 
SEC. 107. The Secretary of the Interior may use dis-
cretionary funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Salazar to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid 
by the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In 
no case shall the Secretary make payments under this sec-
tion that would result in payment of hourly fees in excess 
of the highest hourly rate approved by the District Court 
for the District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. 
Salazar. 
SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 
a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 
for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 
Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 
identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 
SEC. 109. 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 
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or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 
New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 
of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-
sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-
ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-
sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa-
cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine reasonable. 
SEC. 110. Title 43 U.S.C. 1473, as amended by Pub-
lic Law 111–8, is further amended by striking ‘‘in fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009 only’’ and inserting ‘‘in fiscal years 
2010 through 2013’’. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Interior may enter 
into cooperative agreements with a State or political sub-
division (including any agency thereof), or any not-for- 
profit organization if the agreement will: (1) serve a mu-
tual 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 
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of the Secretary, such agreements shall not be subject to 
a competitive process. 
SEC. 112. Funds provided in this Act for Federal 
land acquisition by the National Park Service for Ice Age 
National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, 
a local government, or any other land management entity 
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restric-
tion on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided 
through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 as amended. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
sections 109 and 110 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1719 and 1720) shall apply 
to any lease authorizing exploration for or development 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 form, for 
use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources 
under section 8(k) or 8(p) of the Outer Continental 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, 
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right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or 
by applicable regulation. 
SEC. 114. (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 water-
line, except mobile offshore drilling units, and are in place 
at the start of fiscal year 2010. 
(b) Fees for 2010 shall be— 
(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 bill, with payment required within 
30 days of billing. 
SEC. 115. Section 4 of Public Law 89–565, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 282c), relating to San Juan Island 
National 
Historic 
Park, 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,575,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,575,000’’. 
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SEC. 116. Section 1(c)(2) of Public Law 109–441 is 
amended by adding after subparagraph (D) the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) Minidoka, depicted in a map entitled 
‘Minidoka National Historic Site and Environs 
- Draft Document’, dated May 27, 2009. The 
Secretary is authorized to accept a donation of 
land or interest in land acquired with funds 
provided under this section, as an addition to 
the Minidoka National Historic Site and admin-
istered in accordance with section 313(c)(5) of 
Public Law 110–229. 
‘‘(F) Heart Mountain, depicted in Figure 
6.3 of the Site Document.’’. 
TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; procurement of labora-
tory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses 
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in support of research and development, $849,649,000, to 
remain available 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 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies 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 Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $3,022,054,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That of the funds included 
under this heading, not less than $628,941,000 shall be 
for the Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $44,791,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011. 
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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 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available 
until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec-
tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611) $1,306,541,000, to remain available until expended, 
consisting 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 $1,306,541,000 as a payment 
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund 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 accordance 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 
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September 30, 2011, and $26,834,000 shall be paid to the 
‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain avail-
able until September 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, 
$113,101,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $78,671,000 shall be for carrying out leaking un-
derground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by 
section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as 
amended; $34,430,000 shall be for carrying out the other 
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in sec-
tion 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended: 
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use ap-
propriations made available under this heading to imple-
ment section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to pro-
vide financial assistance to federally recognized Indian 
tribes for the development and implementation of pro-
grams to manage underground storage tanks. 
OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $18,379,000, to be derived from 
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the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$5,215,446,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $2,307,000,000 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 $1,443,000,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, as amended: Provided, That 
$20,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connec-
tion with the construction of high priority water and 
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex-
ico border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
commission; $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra-
structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Pro-
vided further, That, of these funds: (1) the State of Alaska 
shall provide a match of 25 percent; and (2) no more than 
5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and 
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overhead expenses; $160,000,000 shall be for making spe-
cial project grants for the construction of drinking water, 
wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water 
quality protection in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions specified for such grants in the explanatory state-
ment accompanying this Act, and, for purposes of these 
grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45 per-
cent of the cost of the project unless the grantee is ap-
proved for a waiver by the Agency; $100,000,000 shall be 
to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 
$60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 
G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; and 
$1,115,446,000 shall be for grants, including associated 
program support costs, to States, federally recognized 
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu-
tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol-
lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac-
tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 
particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties subject to terms and conditions specified by the Ad-
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ministrator, of which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying 
out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, $10,000,000 
shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Net-
work grants, including associated program support costs, 
$18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under sec-
tion 106 of the Act shall be for water quality monitoring 
activities, $10,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to 
communities to develop plans and demonstrate and imple-
ment projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 
and, in addition to funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Pro-
gram’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue 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 Dis-
posal Act, as amended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 
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 
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Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets 
in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, 
including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2010, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, 
the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appro-
priated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act 
to make grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pur-
suant 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 State Revolving Funds under 
such Acts may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, in addition 
to the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.2486 percent of the 
funds appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund program under the Act may be reserved by the Ad-
ministrator for grants made under title II of the Clean 
Water Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Vir-
gin Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2010, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in 
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section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 
percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water 
State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 
Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by 
this appropriations 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 govern-
ment unless that government has established an enforce-
able 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 ex-
isting colonia the construction of any new home, business, 
or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other 
necessary infrastructure. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND 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 
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acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pesticide Registra-
tion Improvement Renewal Act. 
Title II of Public Law 109–54, as amended by title 
II of division E of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat.729), is 
amended in the fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015’’. 
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 
activities funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants’’ account, $142,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
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Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$475,000,000 from the ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’ account to the head of any other Federal 
department or agency (including but not limited to the De-
partments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Health and 
Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, State, 
and Transportation), with the concurrence of such head, 
to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement programs, 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 organi-
zations, institutions, and individuals for planning, re-
search, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in fur-
therance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the 
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
Not less than 30 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State Re-
volving Fund capitalization grants and not less than 30 
percent of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capital-
ization grants shall be used by the State to provide addi-
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tional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgive-
ness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any 
combination of these), except that for the Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grant appropriation 
this section shall only apply to the portion that exceeds 
$1,000,000,000. 
To the extent there are sufficient eligible project ap-
plications, not less than 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this title to each State for Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and not less 
than 20 percent of the funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water efficiency, 
or energy efficiency improvements. 
For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the requirements of section 513 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) shall apply to the 
construction of treatment works carried out in whole or 
in part with assistance made available by a State water 
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by title VI 
of that Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or with assistance 
made available under section 205(m) of that Act (33 
U.S.C. 1285(m)), or both. 
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For fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the requirements of section 1450(e) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–9(e)) shall apply to any con-
struction project carried out in whole or in part with as-
sistance made available by a drinking water treatment re-
volving loan fund as authorized by section 1452 of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 
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, $308,612,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro-
vided, $61,939,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 
program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 
invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili-
tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper-
ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi-
ties and conducting an international program as author-
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ized, $307,486,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by law; and of which $76,215,000 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 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,564,801,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by 
$25,000,000), to remain available until expended, which 
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during 
prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l– 
6a(i)): Provided, That, the Secretary may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000 to the De-
partment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
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 up 
to $10,000,000 may be transferred to and made a part 
of other Forest Service accounts if the transfer enhances 
the efficiency or effectiveness of Federal activities. 
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $560,637,000, to remain available 
until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 
maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili-
ties and infrastructure; and for construction, capital im-
provement, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest 
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 
That $100,000,000 shall be designated for urgently need-
ed road decommissioning, road and trail repair and main-
tenance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas-
sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 
roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 
streams and water bodies which support threatened, en-
dangered or sensitive species or community water sources: 
Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be 
available for the decommissioning of roads, including un-
authorized roads not part of the transportation system, 
which are no longer needed: Provided further, That public 
comment should be provided before system roads are de-
commissioned: Provided further, That the decommis-
sioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official 
transportation system shall be expedited in response to 
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