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of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water Rule: ‘Definition of 
Waters of the United States’ ’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 37053 (June 
29, 2015)) is repealed, and, until such time as the Admin-
istrator and the Secretary issue a final rule after the date 
of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters pro-
tected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
such new final rule goes into effect, any regulation or pol-
icy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the 
rule repealed by this section shall be applied as if that 
repealed rule had not been issued. 
AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENTS 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to issue any regulation under 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 
that applies to an animal feeding operation, including a 
concentrated animal feeding operation and a large con-
centrated animal feeding operation, as such terms are de-
fined in section 122.23 of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON 
FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 433. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use 
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of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational 
shooting if such use or access— 
(1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 
of January 1, 2013; and 
(2) was conducted in compliance with the re-
source management plan (as defined in section 101 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 
Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 
(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES ALLOWED.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a 
period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by 
the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 
if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is 
necessary to accommodate a special event or for public 
safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary clo-
sure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary 
determines the extension is necessary because of extraor-
dinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF STATES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, 
or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, 
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or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
regulations. 
AVAILABILITY OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 434. The Secretary of the Interior, with respect 
to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 
to the National Forest System lands, shall make vacant 
grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing per-
mit or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered 
by the permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the 
holder of the permit or lease are unusable because of 
drought or wildfire, as determined by the Secretary con-
cerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 
or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be 
the same as the terms and conditions of the most recent 
permit or lease that was applicable to the vacant grazing 
allotment made available. Section 102 of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 
not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under 
this section. 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 435. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance 
Superfund’’, $40,000,000, which shall be for the Super-
fund Remedial program, to remain available until ex-
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pended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 
Trust Fund on September 30, 2018, as authorized by sec-
tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor-
ization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $40,000,000 as 
a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub-
stance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ 
$300,000,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $150,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act. 
(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Program Account’’, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the cost of direct loans, for 
the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
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grams, of which $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, may be used for such administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That these additional funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $2,683,000,000. 
DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY 
SEC. 436. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may appoint, without regard to the provisions 
of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, 
a qualified candidate described in subsection (b) directly 
to a position with the United States Department of Agri-
culture, Forest Service for which the candidate meets Of-
fice of Personnel Management qualification standards. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies to a former resource assist-
ant (as defined in section 203 of the Public Land Corps 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1722)) who completed a rigorous under-
graduate or graduate summer internship with a land man-
aging agency, such as the Forest Service Resource Assist-
ant Program; successfully fulfilled the requirements of the 
internship program; and subsequently earned an under-
graduate or graduate degree from an accredited institu-
tion of higher education. 
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(c) The direct hire authority under this section may 
not be exercised with respect to a specific qualified can-
didate after the end of the two-year period beginning on 
the date on which the candidate completed the under-
graduate or graduate degree, as the case may be. 
CALIFORNIA WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 437. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Final Environmental Impact Report/Final Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement for the Bay Delta Conserva-
tion Plan/California Water Fix (81 Fed. Reg. 96485 (Dec. 
30, 2016)) and any resulting agency decision, record of 
decision, or similar determination shall hereafter not be 
subject to judicial review under any Federal or State law. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSPLANTATION 
OR INTRODUCTION OF GRIZZLY BEARS INTO NORTH 
CASCADES ECOSYSTEM 
SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the transplantation or introduction 
of grizzly bears into the North Cascades Ecosystem. 
MANAGEMENT OF WILD HORSES OR BURROS 
SEC. 439. Notwithstanding the first section and sec-
tion 2(d) of Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 and 
1332(d)), the Secretary of the Interior may hereafter 
manage any group of wild horses or burros as a non-
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reproducing or single-sex herd, in whole or in part, includ-
ing through chemical or surgical sterilization. 
MARBLED MURRELET LONG TERM CONSERVATION 
STRATEGY 
SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to approve, or require the development 
or implementation of, a Marbled Murrelet Long Term 
Conservation Strategy for the 1997 Washington State 
Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan that sets aside 
forested acres in excess of those identified as occupied 
habitat, existing old growth stands, stands that will be-
come old growth within 70 years, and associated buffers. 
LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA WATER 
PROJECTS 
SEC. 441. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act (title I of 
Public Law 108–361; 118 Stat. 1681), the water project 
described in chapter 5 of part 3 of division 6 of the Cali-
fornia Water Code (sections 11550 et seq.) as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act and operated by the 
California Department of Water Resources, and all 
projects authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 26, 
1937 (chapter 832; 50 Stat. 850) and all Acts amendatory 
or supplemental thereto, shall hereafter not be subject to 
judicial review. 
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OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES FROM ALASKA COASTAL PLAIN 
SEC. 442. Section 20001(b) of Public Law 115–97 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘47’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon ‘‘and 
3 percent shall be deposited into the Fund es-
tablished in section 6 of Public Law 92–203 to 
be divided and distributed in the same manner 
as ‘revenues’ pursuant to section 7 of such 
Act’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) 
USE
OF
DISTRIBUTIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, amounts re-
ceived as a distribution under paragraph (5)(A) shall 
be used for the purpose of providing for the social 
and economic needs of Natives (as defined in section 
3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1602)).’’. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 443. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2019’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 595 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6147 
[Report No. 115–765] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes. 
JUNE 19, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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