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WILDLIFE RESTORATION EXTENSION OF INVESTMENT OF UNEXPENDED 
AMOUNTS 
SEC. 120. Section 3(b)(2)(C) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 121. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona & California 
Railroad Company’s Right of Way for conveyance 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 to any proposal 
to store water underground for the purpose of export, for approval 
of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National 
Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the 
Bureau of Land Management, or for carrying out any activities 
associated with such right-of-way or similar approval. 
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 Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equip-
ment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 
research and development, $734,648,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds included under 
this heading, $14,100,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities 
as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
library memberships in societies or associations which issue publica-
tions 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, $2,613,679,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of 
the funds included under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for 
Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, $427,737,000 shall be 
for Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory statement
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described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the development, 
operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste 
electronic manifest system established by such section, $3,674,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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, 
$41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, $42,317,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 
U.S.C. 9611) $1,088,769,000, to remain available until expended, 
consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on 
September 30, 2015, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and 
up to $1,088,769,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by sec-
tion 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accord-
ance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $9,939,000 shall be 
paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, and $18,850,000 shall be paid 
to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 
underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 
9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for 
carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, 
That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 
available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the
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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. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$18,209,000, 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 assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,518,161,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,393,887,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 
for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
$863,233,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 
2016, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applica-
tions and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, 
not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects 
to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 
improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, funds made avail-
able under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 
of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastruc-
ture, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollu-
tion 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 2016 and 
prior years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were 
deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding the limitation 
on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the 
limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 
or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, 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 2016, notwithstanding 
the amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds
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appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund pro-
gram under the Act less any sums reserved under section 
518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands: 
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding 
the limitations on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appro-
priated 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 10 percent 
of the funds made available under this title to each State 
for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants 
and 20 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 additional 
subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin-
cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination 
of these), and shall be so used by the State only where such 
funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient 
or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of 
eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, 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; Provided, 
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 
government 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 addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 
colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 
infrastructure; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 
used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 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 disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consoli-
dated 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;