Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2007.
Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) wildland fire management (including transfer of funds); (3) construction; (4) land acquisition; (5) Oregon and California grant lands; (6) range improvements; (7) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (8) miscellaneous trust funds.
Appropriates funds for FY2007 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) the Landowner Incentive Program that provides assistance to private landowners for private conservation efforts; (5) the Private Stewardship Grants Program; (6) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (7) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (8) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (9) financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds; (10) expenses related to carrying out, through the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; and (11) wildlife conservation grants to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System; (2) U.S. Park Police; (3) expenses for national recreation and preservation programs; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996; (5) construction; and (6) land acquisition and state assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for FY2007.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service for royalty and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs for operation of Indian programs, construction, Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians (including transfer of funds), and Indian guaranteed loans; (5) assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (6) the Department of the Interior for departmental management; (7) make payments in lieu of taxes to units of local government containing certain federally owned lands; (8) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; (9) the Office of the Solicitor; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; (11) trust programs for Indians; (12) a program for consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement; and (13) the Department of the Interior for natural resource damage assessment and restoration.
Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds.
(Sec. 117) Prohibits a provision of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 concerning the determination of whether land is a "reservation" from affecting the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton (2001).
Prohibits the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on certain lands described in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, or land that is contiguous to such land, whether or not such land has been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Sec. 118) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior to study or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or reduce the water level of the lake below the range of water levels required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
(Sec. 119) Limits the total amount of all fees imposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission for FY2008 to $13 million.
(Sec. 120) Makes funds appropriated for FY2007 under this Act available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust Reform Consortium, the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same methodology used to distribute funds in FY2003.
Requires this Demonstration Project (sic), under specified conditions, to continue to operate separately and apart from the Department of the Interior's trust reform and reorganization. Prohibits the Department from imposing its trust management infrastructure upon or altering existing trust resource management systems of such tribes which have a self-governance compact and operate in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program.
(Sec. 121) Provides for: (1) the renewal of nonrenewable grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge Field Office of the BLM within the past nine years; and (2) the Animal Unit Months contained in the most recently expired nonrenewable grazing permit, authorized between March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2005, to continue in effect under the renewed permit. Prohibits anything in this section from being deemed to extend such nonrenewable permits beyond the standard one-year term.
(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land, waters, or interests therein for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands.
(Sec. 123) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request by the permittee for the Clark Mountain Allotment lands adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve, to also issue a special use permit for that portion of the grazing allotment located within the Preserve. Instructs the Secretary to consider the permit to be one transferred in accordance with a specified section of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 concerning grazing permits.
(Sec. 124) Declares that the NPS final winter use rules for managing winter visitation and recreational use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway for up to three winter seasons shall be in force and effect for the winter use season of 2006-2007 that commences on or about December 15, 2006.
(Sec. 125) Prohibits the use of funds to set up Centers for Excellence and Partnership Skills Bank training without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Title II: Environmental Protection Agency - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to EPA for: (1) science and technology; (2) environmental programs and management; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) buildings and facilities; (5) the Hazardous Substance Superfund (including transfers of funds); (6) the Leaking underground Storage Tank Program; (7) expenses to carry out EPA responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 concerning oil spill response; and (8) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance.
(Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to contravene or delay the implementation of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (relating to federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations).
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to contravene or delay the implementation of requirements regarding certification determination with respect to contractors who are engaged in renovation or remodeling activities in target housing, public buildings constructed before 1978, and commercial buildings that create lead-based paint hazards.
Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) state and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) wildland fire management (including transfers of funds); (5) capital improvement and maintenance (including transfer of funds); (6) land acquisitions, including specified National Forest areas in Utah, Nevada, and California; (7) range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement; (8) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; and (9) federal land management in Alaska.
Makes appropriations for FY2007 to the Department of Health and Human Services for: (1) the Indian Health Service and Indian health facilities; and (2) the National Institutes of Health for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Makes appropriations in specified amounts for various purposes to the: (1) Executive Office of the President; (2) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) the Smithsonian Institution (earmarking certain funds for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and other specified programs); (6) the National Gallery of Art; (7) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) the Commission of Fine Arts, including expenses for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs; (11) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) the National Capital Planning Commission; (13) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; (14) the Presidio Trust; and (15) the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance.
Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds under this Act.
(Sec. 405) Requires: (1) estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities, and subactivities to support governmentwide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations to be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) changes to such estimates to be presented to such Committees for approval.
(Sec. 415) Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior (Secretaries) to make reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished by an agreement to provide fire management services are considered, for tort liability, employees of the foreign country receiving the services when the individuals are fighting fires. Prohibits the Secretaries from making any agreement in which a foreign country does not assume any and all responsibility for acts or omissions of American firefighters who are firefighting in such foreign country.
(Sec. 416) Allows the Secretaries, in awarding a federal contract for any of specified purposes with funds made available by this Act, to give consideration to local contractors who are from economically disadvantaged rural communities and who provide employment and training for dislocated and displaced workers. Allows the Secretaries to award contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in certain areas to various entities, including local non-profits and the Youth Conservation Corps. Includes in such areas habitat restoration or management and forest hazardous fuels reduction.
(Sec. 418) Limits the amounts of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to the Department of the Interior to initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in FY2007 for programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act until such time as the appropriate Secretary submits a reprogramming proposal to the Committees on Appropriations and it has been processed consistent with the reprogramming guidelines included in the report accompanying this Act.
Limits funds appropriated by this Act to $2.5 million in FY2007 for use by the Forest Service for competitive sourcing studies and related activities.
Exempts the Forest Service from implementing the Letter of Obligation and post-competitive accountability guidelines where a competitive sourcing study involved 65 or fewer full-time equivalents, the performance decision was made in favor of the agency provider, no net savings were achieved by conducting the study, and such study was completed prior to the date of this Act.
Directs agencies funded in this Act, in preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on competitive sourcing activities, to include all costs attributable to conducting the competitive sourcing competitions and staff work to prepare for competitions or to determine the feasibility of starting competitions, including costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance with full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, travel, and training costs associated with program management.
Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving Forest Service employees, to: (1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are also qualified to participate in wildland fire management activities; and (2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with a private sector source would have on the ability of the Forest Service to effectively and efficiently fight and manage wildfires.
(Sec. 419) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies from being provided to the managing partners or their agents for the SAFECOM or Disaster Management projects.
(Sec. 420) Extends the authority for: (1) the pilot program for enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and other land uses; and (2) the deposit of all fees collected to recover the costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to certain Acts.
(Sec. 421) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire a parcel of real property, including improvements, of the Inland Valley Development Agency of San Bernardino, California, or its successors and assigns, generally comprising Building No. 3 and Building No. 4 of the former Defense Finance and Accounting Services complex located at the southwest corner of Tippecanoe Avenue and Mill Street in San Bernardino adjacent to the former Norton Air Force Base.
Allows the Secretary, as full consideration for such property, to terminate certain leasehold rights of the United States received pursuant the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005. Permits the acquisition of the property to be carried out without appraisals, environmental or administrative surveys, consultations, analyses, or other considerations of the condition of such property.
(Sec. 422) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to study, without specific authorization from Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary or Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, including support personnel of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, relating to wildfire management or wildfire suppression programs.
(Sec. 423) Prohibits any of the funds made available in this Act from being used to work on, or enter into a contract to carry out, the Fire Program Analysis system, unless both the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior certify to the Comptroller General that this funding will accomplish the existing work plan, as determined by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, and that state wildfire agencies will be full participants in the use and development of such system.
(Sec. 424) Bars any officer or employee of the Smithsonian Institution or any of its subsidiary organizations from being compensated directly or indirectly at an annual rate of pay in excess of the statutorily established rate of pay of the President.
(Sec. 425) Prohibits the use of any funds made available in this Act for the sale or slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros (all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on U.S. public lands).
Title V: Additional General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available by this Act to contravene the federal buildings performance and reporting requirements of Executive Order No. 13123 ("Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management"), part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (relating to federal energy management), or subtitle A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (relating to energy efficiency with respect to federal programs).
(Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to issue any new lease that authorizes production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any lessee under an existing lease issued by the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, where such existing lease is not subject to limitations on royalty relief based on market price.
(Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to plan, design, study, or construct, for the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or individuals, a forest development road in the Tongass National Forest.
(Sec. 504) Prohibits the use of any funds made available in this Act to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being obligated or spent to conduct the San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study in the cities of Diamond Bar, La Habra, Industry, Chino Hills, and the community of Rowland Heights in Los Angeles County, California (as defined by specified boundaries).
(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to eliminate or restrict programs that are for the reforestation of urban areas.
(Sec. 507) Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available in this Act to limit outreach programs administered by the Smithsonian Institution.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of any of the funds in this Act by the Administrator of the EPA to implement or enforce the Joint Memorandum published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2003, under Appendix A of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the Clean Water Act regulatory definition of "waters of the United States."
(Sec. 509) Prohibits any funds provided in title I of this Act from being spent by the Department of the Interior: (1) for the conduct of offshore natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern California, the North Atlantic, Washington and Oregon, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude; (2) to conduct offshore natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002; or (3) to conduct natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5386 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 257
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5386
[Report No. 109-465]
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2006
Mr. Taylor, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 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 Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $867,738,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $1,250,000 is for high
priority projects, to be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps;
and of which $2,750,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2007 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 incurred.
In addition, $32,696,000 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 $867,738,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau
for the cost of administering communication site activities.
wildland fire management
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation,
hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department
of the Interior, $769,253,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $7,338,000 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 lodging without cost from funds available
from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42
U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 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 procurement
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for 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
cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected
parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the
Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of
hazardous fuels reduction activities, may obtain maximum practicable
competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative
entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews 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 percent or more, of the project
workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in
implementing this section, 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 reimburse the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered
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-
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 Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$9,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would
facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland fire management
programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal
emergency response actions.
construction
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads,
trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,476,000, to remain available
until expended.
land acquisition
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 318(d)
of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses and acquisition
of lands or waters, or interests therein, $3,067,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until
expended.
oregon and california grant lands
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development
of resources and for construction, operation, 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 adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands;
$111,408,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25
percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby
made 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 subsection (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 activities, 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 rangelands pursuant to
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all 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 facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and
for rehabilitation 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 section 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
settlement, 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 the Secretary to improve, protect,
or rehabilitate any public lands administered through the Bureau of
Land Management which have been damaged by the action of a resource
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 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, surveys,
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under
section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available
for purchase, 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 Secretary, for information or
evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau;
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely
on her certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau 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 the cost of printing
either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards.
Section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amended: (1) in
section 28 by striking the phrase ``shall commence at 12 o'clock
meridian on the 1st day of September'' and inserting ``shall commence
at 12:00 ante meridian on the 1st day of September''; (2) in section
28f(a), by striking the phrase ``for years 2004 through 2008''; and (3)
in section 28g, by striking the phrase ``and before September 30,
2008,''.
Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis from an
information technology (IT) vendor as part of the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) consolidated IT procurements for the Department of the
Interior and other Federal Government departments hereafter may be
deposited into the Management of Lands and Resources Fund to be used to
offset BLM's costs incurred in providing this service.
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,
maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains
Wildlife Refuge, general administration, and for the performance of
other authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities, $1,016,669,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2008, except as otherwise provided
herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 is for high priority projects, which
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further,
That not to exceed $17,759,000 shall be used for implementing
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to the United
States (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 $12,581,000 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) prior to October 1, 2006: 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 Secretary and to be accounted for solely
on her certificate: 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 removal of buildings
and other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wildlife
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein;
$39,756,000, to remain available 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 expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or
interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $19,751,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific
land acquisition projects can be used to pay for any administrative
overhead, planning or other management costs.
landowner incentive program
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 expenses, and for private conservation efforts to be
carried out on private lands, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the amount provided herein is for a Landowner Incentive
Program established by the Secretary that provides matching,
competitively awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia,
federally-recognized Indian tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa, to establish or supplement existing landowner incentive programs
that provide technical and financial assistance, including habitat
protection and restoration, to private landowners for the protection
and management of habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed,
candidate, or other at-risk species on private lands.
private stewardship grants
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 expenses, and for private conservation efforts to be
carried out on private lands, $7,000,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the amount provided herein is for the Private
Stewardship Grants Program established by the Secretary to provide
grants and other assistance to individuals and groups engaged in
private conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed,
candidate, or other at-risk species.
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, $80,507,000
to remain available until expended, of which $20,161,000 is to be
derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and
$60,346,000 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), $14,202,000.
north american wetlands conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, as amended,
$36,646,000, to remain available until expended.
neotropical migratory bird conservation
For financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation
of neotropical migratory birds in accordance with the Neotropical
Migratory Bird Conservation Act, Public Law 106-247 (16 U.S.C. 6101-
6109), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.
multinational species conservation fund
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 4241-4245,
and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-
96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of
1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301-5306), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 6301), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (Public
Law 108-266; 16 U.S.C. 6601), $6,057,000, 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 federally-recognized
Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, $50,000,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein,
$5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes, not
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting said $5,000,000 and
administrative expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the
following manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half
of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent
thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion the
remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is
based on the ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the
total land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is
based on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the
total population of all such States: Provided further, That the amounts
apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no
State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the
amount available for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal
year or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the
Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the
total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementation
grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of such projects:
Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not
be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That no
State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant if its
comprehensive wildlife conservation plan is disapproved and such funds
that would have been distributed to such State, territory, or other
jurisdiction shall be distributed equitably to States, territories, and
other jurisdictions with approved plans: Provided further, That any
amount apportioned in 2007 to any State, territory, or other
jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2008, shall
be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2009, in the
manner provided herein: Provided further, That balances from amounts
previously appropriated under the heading ``State Wildlife Grants''
shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall
remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 54
passenger motor vehicles, of which 54 are for replacement only
(including 15 for police-type use); repair of damage to public roads
within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations 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 consistent 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 capable of meeting
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Service may use up to $2,000,000 from funds
provided for contracts for employment-related legal services: Provided
further, That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements
for existing aircraft: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not spend any
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or
interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new unit of
the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in
advance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in
compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the statement
of the managers accompanying this Act.
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 special road maintenance service to trucking
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administration
of the National Park Service, $1,754,317,000, of which $9,829,000 is
for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades
restoration and shall remain available until expended; of which
$86,164,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, is for
maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed assets,
operation of the National Park Service automated facility management
software system, and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and
of which $1,909,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for high
priority projects: Provided, That the only funds in this account which
may be made available to support United States Park Police are those
funds approved for emergency law and order incidents pursuant to
established National Park Service procedures, those funds needed to
maintain and repair United States Park Police administrative
facilities, and those funds necessary to reimburse the United States
Park Police account for the unbudgeted overtime and travel costs
associated with special events for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per
event subject to the review and concurrence of the Washington
headquarters office: Provided further, That funds in this account may
be spent without regard to the ``no net loss'' of law enforcement
personnel policy.
united states park police
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the United
States Park Police, $84,775,000.
national recreation and preservation
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs,
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $47,161,000:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act for the Rivers, Trails and
Conservation Assistance program may be used for cash agreements, or for
cooperative agreements that are inconsistent with the program's final
strategic plan.
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), $58,658,000,
to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain
available until September 30, 2008, of which $15,000,000 shall be for
Save America's Treasures for preservation of nationally significant
sites, structures, and artifacts and of which $3,000,000 shall be for
Preserve America grants to States, Tribes, and local communities for
projects that preserve important historic resources through the
promotion of heritage tourism: Provided further, That any individual
Save America's Treasures or Preserve America grant shall be matched by
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall
only be eligible for one grant: Provided further, That competitive
projects to be funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the
Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
prior to the commitment of Preserve America grant funds.
construction
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical
facilities, including the modifications authorized by section 104 of
the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989,
$229,934,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none
of the funds available to the National Park Service may be used to
plan, design, or construct any partnership project with a total value
in excess of $5,000,000, without advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Park Service
may not accept donations or services associated with the planning,
design, or construction of such new facilities without advance approval
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That funds provided under this heading for implementation of modified
water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be expended
consistent with the requirements of the fifth proviso under this
heading in Public Law 108-108: Provided further, That funds provided
under this heading for implementation of modified water deliveries to
Everglades National Park shall be available for obligation only if
matching funds are appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the
same purpose: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under
this heading for implementation of modified water deliveries to
Everglades National Park shall be available for obligation if any of
the funds appropriated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose
of implementing modified water deliveries, including finalizing
detailed engineering and design documents for a bridge or series of
bridges for the Tamiami Trail component of the project, becomes
unavailable for obligation: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading for implementation of modified water
deliveries to Everglades National Park shall be available for
obligation if the consent decree in United States v. South Florida
Water Management District is terminated prior to the achievement of the
requirements of the consent decree as set forth in Appendix A and
Appendix B, including achievement of the 10 parts per billion numeric
phosphorus criterion throughout the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park: Provided further, That
hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, procurements for
the National Mall and Memorial Park, Ford's Theatre National Historical
Site accessibility and infrastructure improvements may be issued which
include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ``availability of
funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.
land and water conservation fund
(rescission)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2007 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 for acquisition of lands or waters, or
interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applicable
to the National Park Service, $29,995,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of
which $1,625,000 is for the State assistance program administration:
Provided, That none of the funds provided for the State assistance
program may be used to establish a contingency fund.
administrative provisions
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for
the purchase of not to exceed 233 passenger motor vehicles, of which
193 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 190 for
police-type use, 11 buses, and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to
implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the southern end of
Ellis Island until such agreement has been submitted to the Congress
and shall not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Congress is not in
session because of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and
comprehensive report on the development of the southern end of Ellis
Island, including the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of
the proposed project: Provided further, That not to exceed $66,000 of
funds available to the National Park Service in this Act may be used to
provide a grant to the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation for
recreation and education programs to be offered to at-risk school
children in the District of Columbia.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National Park
Service for activities taken in direct response to the United Nations
Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units based
on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs designed to
improve workplace and employee safety, and to encourage employees
receiving workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of
title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for
which they are medically able.
If the Secretary of the Interior considers that the decision of any
value determination proceeding conducted under a National Park Service
concession contract issued prior to November 13, 1998, misinterprets or
misapplies relevant contractual requirements or their underlying legal
authority, then the Secretary may seek, within 180 days of any such
decision, the de novo review of the value determination by the United
States Court of Federal Claims. This Court may make an order affirming,
vacating, modifying or correcting the determination.
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.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography,
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral 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
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees;
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1))
and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and
disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $991,447,000, of
which $64,171,000 shall be available only for cooperation with States
or municipalities for water resources investigations; of which
$7,882,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite
operations; of which $21,083,000 shall be available until September 30,
2008, for the operation and maintenance of facilities and deferred
maintenance; of which $2,000,000 shall be available until expended for
deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed
$100,000 in cost; of which $175,597,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2008, for the biological research activity and the
operation of the Cooperative Research Units; and of which, $13,000,000
shall be available only for the Mid-Continent Mapping Center (MCMC) in
Rolla, Missouri to continue functioning as a full service mapping
organization: Provided, That none of the funds made available under
this Act may be used to consolidate the functions, activities,
operations, or archives of the Mid-Continent Mapping Center (MCMC),
located in Rolla, Missouri, into the National Geospatial Technical
Operations Center (NGTOC): Provided further, That none of the funds
provided for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized 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 the purchase and replacement of passenger motor vehicles;
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard
services; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for
the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 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 appropriations 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
cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with
institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5,
for the temporary or intermittent services 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
considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.
Minerals Management Service
royalty and offshore minerals management
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of
royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations
applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses
and operating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative
agreements; including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $157,496,000, of which $79,158,000
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not
to exceed $128,730,000, 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, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities performed by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) over and
above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from additional
fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities established
after September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent $128,730,000 in
additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts
stated above, the amount needed to reach $128,730,000 shall be credited
to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for
Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993:
Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall
remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided further, That not
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to
promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 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 years 2007 through 2010 may retain three percent of the amounts
which are disbursed under section 31 (b)(1), such retained amounts to
remain available until expended.
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, $6,903,000, which shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
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, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor
vehicles, for replacement only; $112,109,000: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or
through grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2007 for
civil penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands
adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 1977, to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That appropriations
for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may
provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training.
abandoned mine reclamation fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, as amended,
including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, $185,936,000, to be derived from receipts of the
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended;
of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses
Share of the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal
mines, and for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program States
will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 2007: Provided further,
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 treatment or abatement
of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That
amounts allocated under section 402(g)(2) of such Act as of September
30, 2006, but not appropriated as of that date, are reallocated to the
allocation established in section 402(g)(3) of the Act: Provided
further, That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 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
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25
U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 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, $1,973,403,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2008 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $74,179,000 shall be for welfare assistance
payments and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended,
not to exceed $151,628,000 shall be available for payments to tribes
and tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements
entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2007, as
authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may
use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs
of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agreements
and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and of which not to exceed
$457,352,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and
other education programs shall become available on July 1, 2007, and
shall remain available until September 30, 2008; and of which not to
exceed $66,277,000 shall remain available until expended for housing
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, the
Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the
Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That in cases of designated
Federal disasters, the Secretary may exceed the welfare assistance
payments cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster
relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but
not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended,
and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed $44,060,000 within and only from such
amounts made available for school operations shall be available to
tribes and tribal organizations for administrative cost grants
associated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau prior to or
during fiscal year 2006 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, and
up to $500,000 within and only from such amounts made available for
school operations shall be available for the transitional costs of
initial administrative cost grants to tribes and tribal organizations
that enter into grants for the operation on or after July 1, 2006, of
Bureau-operated schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds
allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2008,
may be transferred during fiscal year 2009 to an Indian forest land
assistance account established for the benefit of such tribe within the
tribe's trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated
balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2009.
construction
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance 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 construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483, $215,799,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That
not to exceed 6 percent of contract 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: Provided
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 2007, in implementing new
construction or facilities improvement and repair project grants in
excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally controlled grant
schools under Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the
Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 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 negotiate and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be
performed: Provided further, That in considering applications, the
Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in
assuring that the construction 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 an application, the Secretary shall
follow the requirements contained 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 replacement school 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 enactment of this Act, any
tribe or tribal organization receiving funds appropriated in this Act
or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of
the project and commenced construction of the replacement school:
Provided further, That this Appropriation may be reimbursed from the
Office of the Special Trustee for 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
(including transfer of funds)
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals and for
necessary administrative expenses, $39,213,000, to remain available
until expended, for implementation of Indian land and water claim
settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 101-618, 107-331,
and 108-477, and for implementation of other land and water rights
settlements, of which $316,000 shall be available for payment to the
Quinault Indian Nation pursuant to the terms of the North Boundary
Settlement Agreement dated July 14, 2000, providing for the acquisition
of perpetual conservation easements from the Nation and of which
$5,067,000 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 $200,000 shall be transferred to the ``Bureau of Land
Management, Management of Lands and Resources'' account for mitigation
of land transfers associated with the Snake River Water Rights Act of
2004.
indian guaranteed loan program account
For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, $6,262,000, of which
$626,000 is for administrative expenses, 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 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $87,376,744.
administrative provisions
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of Indian
programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements,
compacts and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and
other organizations.
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs may
contract for services in support of the management, operation, and
maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and insurance fund,
and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) shall be available for
expenses of exhibits, and purchase and replacement of passenger motor
vehicles.
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 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations and
regional offices) shall be available for tribal 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 for distribution to other
tribes, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government's trust
responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government
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 beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the
Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as
of October 1, 1995. Funds made available under 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 charter 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 charter
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 Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a
charter school and performing functions related to the charter school's
operation and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United
States Code.
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 2007(d), and implementing regulations,
the funds reserved from the Indian Student Equalization Program to meet
emergencies and unforeseen contingencies affecting education programs
appropriated herein and in Public Law 109-54 may be used for costs
associated with significant student enrollment increases at Bureau-
funded schools during the relevant school year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113
of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if a tribe or tribal
organization in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 received indirect 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 administrative cost funds to such tribe or
tribal organization using the section 5(f) distribution formula.
Departmental Offices
Insular Affairs
assistance to territories
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $77,561,000, of which:
(1) $69,537,000 shall remain available until expended for technical
assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance,
insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and
brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in
American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48
U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in
addition to current local revenues, for construction and support of
governmental functions; 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) $8,024,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial
transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided
for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities
established or used by such governments, may be audited by the
Government Accountability 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 of the amounts provided for technical assistance,
sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant to the Pacific
Basin Development Council: Provided further, That of the amounts
provided for technical assistance, 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
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 timely maintenance of its capital
assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster
assistance under this heading 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 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170c).
compact of free association
For grants and necessary expenses, $5,362,000, to remain available
until expended, as provided for in sections 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 Public Law 99-658 and Public Law
108-188.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the
Interior, $118,303,000; of which $7,915,000 for appraisal services and
Take Pride in America activities is to be derived from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended; of
which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and
representation expenses; 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 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.
payments in lieu of taxes
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $228,000,000, of which not to exceed
$400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided, That
no payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100.
central hazardous materials fund
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of
its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action, including
associated activities, of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or
contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.),
$9,923,000, to remain available until expended.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $56,755,000.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$39,688,000.
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
federal trust programs
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants,
$150,036,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to
exceed $45,000,000 from this or any other Act, shall be available for
historical accounting: Provided, 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 Indian
Programs'' account; the Office of the Solicitor, ``Salaries and
Expenses'' account; and the Departmental Management, ``Salaries and
Expenses'' account: Provided further, That funds made available to
Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated
during fiscal year 2007, 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 commence to run on any claim, including any claim in
litigation pending on the date of the enactment 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 withdrawn 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 deposits to Individual Indian
Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further,
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and
remain available in this account for this purpose.
indian land consolidation
For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands and
expenses associated with redetermining and redistributing escheated
interests in allotted lands, and for necessary expenses to carry out
the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1983, as amended, by direct
expenditure or cooperative agreement, $34,006,000, to remain available
until expended, and which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Departmental Management accounts: Provided, That funds
provided under this heading may be expended pursuant to the authorities
contained in the provisos under the heading, ``Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians, Indian Land Consolidation'' of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-
291).
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 (Public Law 101-380) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.), and Public Law 101-337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.),
$6,109,000, to remain available until expended.
Administrative Provisions
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources
within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which shall be for
replacement and which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through
available excess 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:
Provided further, That no programs funded with appropriated funds in
the ``Departmental Management'', ``Office of the Solicitor'', and
``Office of Inspector General'' may be augmented through the Working
Capital Fund: Provided further, That the annual budget justification
for Departmental Management shall describe estimated Working Capital
Fund charges to bureaus and offices, including the methodology on which
charges are based: Provided further, That departures from the Working
Capital Fund estimates contained in the Departmental Management budget
justification shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations
for approval: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide a
semi-annual report to the Committees on Appropriations on reimbursable
support agreements between the Office of the Secretary and the National
Business Center and the bureaus and offices of the Department,
including the amounts billed pursuant to such agreements.
General Provisions, Department of the Interior
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 emergency reconstruction,
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other
facilities or equipment damaged 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
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 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 expenditure or transfer
of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, 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 contingency
planning subsequent 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 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 regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act:
Provided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire
operations shall be available for the payment of obligations 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'' shall be exhausted 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 replenishment funds shall be used
to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
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; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone
service in private 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 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. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the
Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore oil preleasing,
leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the
President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of
northern, central, and southern California; the North Atlantic;
Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26
degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
Sec. 105. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the
Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil preleasing, leasing
and related activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer
Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002.
Sec. 106. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the
Department of the Interior to conduct oil preleasing, leasing and
related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning
areas.
Sec. 107. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for
Indian trust management and reform activities, except that total
funding for historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts
specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.
Sec. 108. 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 methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in
Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year
2007. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas
or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation
does not apply.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in conveying
the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 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 Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
Sec. 110. The Secretary of the Interior may use or contract for the
use of helicopters or motor vehicles on the Sheldon and Hart National
Wildlife Refuges for the purpose of capturing and transporting horses
and burros. The provisions of subsection (a) of the Act of September 8,
1959 (18 U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such use. Such use
shall be in accordance with humane procedures prescribed by the
Secretary.
Sec. 111. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land acquisition
by the National Park Service for Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
National Historic District and Ice Age National Scenic Trail, and funds
provided in division E of Public Law 108-447 (118 Stat. 3050) for land
acquisition at the Niobrara National Scenic River, 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 restriction
on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided through the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended.
Sec. 112. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter into or
implement a concession contract which permits or requires the removal
of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Sec. 113. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and
Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of such bridge, when
such pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety
standards.
Sec. 114. None of the funds in this or any other Act can be used
to compensate the Special Master and the Special Master-Monitor, and
all variations thereto, appointed by the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia in the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an
annual rate that exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive
Service rate of pay for the Washington-Baltimore locality pay area.
Sec. 115. The Secretary of the Interior may use discretionary 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. Norton 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 the highest hourly rate
approved by the District Court for the District of Columbia for counsel
in Cobell v. Norton.
Sec. 116. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 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. 117. (a) In General.--Nothing in section 134 of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (115
Stat. 443) affects the decision of the United States Court of Appeals
for the 10th Circuit in Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250
(2001).
(b) Use of Certain Indian Land.--Nothing in this section permits
the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.) on land described in section 123 of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 944),
or land that is contiguous to that land, regardless of whether the land
or contiguous land has been taken into trust by the Secretary of the
Interior.
Sec. 118. No funds appropriated for the Department of the Interior
by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or implement any
plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water level of the lake
below the range of water levels required for the operation of the Glen
Canyon Dam.
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph (2)(B) of
section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)),
in fiscal year 2008, the total amount of all fees imposed by the
National Indian Gaming Commission shall not exceed $13,000,000.
Sec. 120. Notwithstanding any implementation of the Department of
the Interior's trust reorganization or reengineering plans, or the
implementation of the ``To Be'' Model, funds appropriated for fiscal
year 2007 shall be available to the tribes within the California Tribal
Trust Reform Consortium and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation
through the same methodology as funds were distributed in fiscal year
2003. This Demonstration Project shall continue to operate separate and
apart from the Department of the Interior's trust reform and
reorganization and the Department shall not impose its trust management
infrastructure upon or alter the existing trust resource management
systems of the above referenced tribes having a self-governance compact
and operating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program set
forth in 25 U.S.C. 458aa-458hh. The California Trust Reform Consortium
and any other participating tribe agree to carry out their
responsibilities under the same written and implemented fiduciary
standards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Interior. The
Consortium shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
they have the capability to do so. The Department shall provide funds
to the tribes in an amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C.
458cc(g)(3), including funds specifically or functionally related to
the provision of trust services to the tribes or their members.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any provision of law, including 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq., nonrenewable grazing permits authorized in the Jarbidge
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management within the past 9 years, shall
be renewed. The Animal Unit Months authorized in any nonrenewable
grazing permit between March 1, 1997, and February 28, 2005, shall
continue in effect under the renewed permit. Nothing in this section
shall be deemed to extend the renewed permit beyond the standard 1-year
term.
Sec. 122. 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
Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by
donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and
other monetary consideration), or by exchange; 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.
Sec. 123. Upon the request of the permittee for the Clark Mountain
Allotment lands adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve, the Secretary
shall also issue a special use permit for that portion of the grazing
allotment located within the Preserve. The special use permit shall be
issued with the same terms and conditions as the most recently-issued
permit for that allotment and the Secretary shall consider the permit
to be one transferred in accordance with section 325 of Public Law 108-
108.
Sec. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National
Park Service final winter use rules published in Part VII of the
Federal Register for November 10, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 65348 et seq.,
shall be in force and effect for the winter use season of 2006-2007
that commences on or about December 15, 2006.
Sec. 125. None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to
set up Centers of Excellence and Partnership Skills Bank training
without prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
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, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory equipment and
supplies; other operating expenses in support of research and
development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project,
$808,044,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.
Environmental Programs and Management
For environmental programs and management, including necessary
expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000
for official reception and representation expenses, $2,336,442,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2008, including administrative
costs of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project,
$35,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided,
That in fiscal year 2007 and thereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Inspector General shall not serve as the
Inspector General for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board.
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, $39,816,000, to remain available 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), as amended,
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project;
$1,256,855,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of such
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2006, as
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,256,855,000 as a
payment from 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 accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $13,316,000
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General''
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2008, and
$30,011,000 shall be transferred to the ``Science and Technology''
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2008.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not
to exceed $85,000 per project, $72,759,000, to remain available until
expended.
Oil Spill Response
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$16,506,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to
remain available until expended.
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
(including rescission of funds)
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance
partnership grants, $3,007,348,000 to remain available until expended,
of which $687,555,000 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 up to
$50,000,000 shall be available for loans, including interest free loans
as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter-
municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit entities for
projects that provide treatment for or that minimize sewage or
stormwater discharges using one or more approaches which include, but
are not limited to, decentralized or distributed stormwater controls,
decentralized wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices,
conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration;
$841,500,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, as amended; $24,750,000 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; $14,850,000 shall be for grants to
the State of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastructure
needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That, of these
funds: (1) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (2)
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and
overhead expenses; and (3) the State of Alaska shall make awards
consistent with the State-wide priority list established in 2004 for
all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by
the State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal
Water 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; $200,000,000 shall be for making special project
grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm
water infrastructure and for water quality protection in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the joint
explanatory statement of the managers 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; $89,119,000 shall be to carry out section
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants,
interagency agreements, and associated program support costs;
$26,000,000 shall be for the national grant and loan program authorized
by section 792 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for the National Clean
Diesel Initiative; and $1,122,584,000 shall be for grants, including
associated program support costs, to States, federally-recognized
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution
control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention,
control and abatement and related activities, including activities
pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law
104-134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act
for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities
subject to terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, of
which $49,495,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as
amended, $14,850,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange
Network grants, including associated program support costs, not less
than $18,500,000 of the funds available for grants under section 106 of
the Act shall be for the water quality monitoring initiative that meet
EPA standards for statistically representative monitoring programs,
$17,567,000 to make grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, and to federally-recognized
tribes under Public Law 105-276, and to provide financial assistance to
States and federally-recognized tribes for the purposes authorized by
Title XV, Subtitle B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with the
exception of leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities that
are authorized by section 205 of Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, and $15,930,000 shall be for making
competitive targeted watershed grants: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution
control 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 2007 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 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 2007, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act,
the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any
fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to federally-
recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that
Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding the
limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of
1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds
under title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator for
grants under section 518(c) of that Act: Provided further, That no
funds provided by this 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 which lacks
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading in Division I of
Public Law 108-447, $500,000 is for Monticello, AR water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements and $500,000 is for Pine Bluff, AR water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements: Provided further, That
funds that were appropriated under this heading for special project
grants in fiscal year 2001 or earlier that have not been obligated on
an approved grant by September 1, 2007, are rescinded.
Administrative Provisions
For fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements 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
agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (as added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act of 2003), as amended.
None of the funds provided in this Act may be used, directly or
through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level
IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
By December 31, 2006, EPA shall finalize a rule for the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, section 106 (Water Pollution
Control) grants that incorporates financial incentives for States that
implement adequate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System fee
programs.
General Provisions, Environmental Protection Agency
Sec. 201. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
in contravention of, or to delay the implementation of, Executive Order
No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal
actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and
low-income populations).
Sec. 202. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
in contravention of 15 U.S.C. 2682(c)(3) or to delay the implementation
of that section.
TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
forest and rangeland research
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as
authorized by law, $280,318,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the funds provided, $62,329,000 is for the forest
inventory and analysis program.
state and private forestry
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and
others, and for forest health management, including treatments of
pests, pathogens, and invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and
rehabilitating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooperative
forestry, and education and land conservation activities and conducting
an international program as authorized, $228,608,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by law of which $9,280,000 is
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund: Provided, That
none of the funds provided under this heading for the acquisition of
lands or interests in lands shall be available until the Forest Service
notifies the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, in writing, of specific contractual and grant
details including the non-Federal cost share.
national forest system
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization
of the National Forest System, $1,445,659,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received
during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4
of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances
under this heading available at the start of fiscal year 2007 shall be
displayed by budget line item in the fiscal year 2008 budget
justification.
wildland fire management
(including transfer 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 rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands
and water, $1,810,566,000, 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 entities for services provided in response to
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided
further, That not less than 50 percent of any unobligated balances
remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the
end of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 shall be transferred to the fund
established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576
et seq.) if necessary to reimburse the fund for unpaid past advances:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be used
for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Program:
Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including
the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to
execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also
available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research:
Provided further, That funds provided shall be available for emergency
rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduction activities in
the urban-wildland interface, support to Federal emergency response,
and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided
further, That of the funds provided, $296,792,000 is for hazardous
fuels reduction activities, $5,000,000 is for rehabilitation and
restoration, $22,800,000 is for research activities and to make
competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.),
$43,000,000 is for State fire assistance, $12,810,000 is for volunteer
fire assistance, $14,800,000 is for forest health activities on Federal
lands and $10,000,000 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'' accounts to fund State
fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health management,
forest and rangeland research, vegetation and watershed management,
heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management
and restoration: Provided further, That transfers of any amounts in
excess of those authorized in this paragraph, shall require approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with
reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act:
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: Provided
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 included in funding for
hazardous fuel reduction is $5,000,000 for implementing the Community
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, title VI, and any portion
of such funds shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in
accordance with authorities 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 $9,000,000, 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 reduction, not
to exceed $5,000,000, 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
designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for indirect
costs on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against
other agency programs.
capital improvement and maintenance
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $411,025,000, to remain available until expended for
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and acquisition of,
buildings and other facilities, and for construction, reconstruction,
repair, 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 up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein
for road maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of
roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the transportation
system, which are no longer needed: Provided further, That no funds
shall be expended to decommission any system road until notice and an
opportunity for public comment has been provided on each
decommissioning project: Provided further, That $7,400,000 of the funds
made available in section 8098(b) of Public Law 108-287, to construct a
wildfire management training facility in San Bernardino County, shall
be transferred within 15 days of the enactment of this Act to the
Forest Service, ``Wildland Fire Management'' account and shall be
available for hazardous fuels reduction, hazard mitigation, and
rehabilitation activities of the Forest Service in the San Bernardino
National Forest so long as this funding is used in addition to, and not
in place of, all normal funding allocated to this Forest.
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 administrative expenses, and for acquisition of
land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $7,500,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Forest Service may not use funds in fiscal
year 2007, including funds made available in Public Law 96-586 or any
other Act, to purchase land for the Homewood Conservation Project in
Lake Tahoe, California.
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, California, as authorized by law, $1,053,000, to be
derived from forest receipts.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to
Land Sale and Exchange Acts (16 U.S.C. 4601-516-617a, 555a; Public Law
96-586; Public Law 76-589, 76-591; and 78-310), pursuant to the Act of
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available
until expended.
range betterment fund
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, 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 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 administrative
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvements.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $63,000, 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),
$5,311,000, to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions, forest service
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles;
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire
of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and
acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable
fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest
Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in
value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft;
(2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration
of buildings 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 Volunteers in the National
Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions upon notification of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations and if and only if all previously appropriated
emergency contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire
Management'' have been released by the President and apportioned and
all wildfire suppression funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire
Management'' are obligated.
The first transfer of funds into the Wildland Fire Management
account shall include unobligated funds, if available, from the Land
Acquisition account and the Forest Legacy program within the State and
Private Forestry account.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information,
and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support
forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United
States and its territories and possessions, including technical
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this
Act 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) or
7 U.S.C. 147b.
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 accordance with the reprogramming
procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act.
Not more than $73,052,000 of funds available to the Forest Service
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of
Agriculture. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit 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 Technology Center.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct
a program of not less than $2,500,000 for high priority projects within
the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and
representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of
the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500,000 may be advanced
in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation
partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without
regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative
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 $100,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the
Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial
assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one
basis funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That
authorized investments of Federal funds held by the Foundation 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, $2,250,000 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, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs. Such funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one
basis by the Foundation or its subrecipients.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of
Public Law 99-663.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 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 assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase
negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. 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.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
used for necessary expenses in the event of law enforcement emergencies
as necessary to protect natural resources and public or employee
safety: Provided, That such amounts shall not exceed $500,000.
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under
title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet
the non-Federal share requirement in 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 $45,000,000,
shall be assessed for the purpose of performing facilities maintenance.
Such assessments shall occur using a square foot rate charged on the
same basis the agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent,
utilities, and other support services.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
indian health services
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of 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 Indian Health Service, $2,830,136,000, together
with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
238(b) for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided,
That funds made available to tribes and 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 up to $18,000,000 shall remain
available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency
Fund: Provided further, That $536,259,000 for contract medical care
shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided further, That
of the funds provided, up to $27,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program under
section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided
further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so
long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which 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 Indian 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 (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of
new facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, and
in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by
tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available
to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the amounts provided herein, not to exceed $270,316,000 shall be for
payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or grant
support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-governance
compacts or annual funding agreements between the Indian Health Service
and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during fiscal year
2007, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used for contract
support costs associated with new or expanded self-determination
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding
agreements: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may
collect from the Indian Health Service and tribes and tribal
organizations operating health facilities 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 Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1400, et seq.).
indian health facilities
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings;
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and
purchases of 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-Determination
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 respect to environmental health and facilities
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $363,573,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design,
construction or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an
Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to
construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities: Provided
further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be used by the Indian Health
Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense
for distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian
Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further,
That not to exceed $1,000,000 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 interagency agreement between the Indian
Health Service and the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition
Fund, available until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service
for demolition of Federal buildings.
administrative provisions, indian health service
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for
senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations
approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses of attendance at
meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which
the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct,
supervision, or management of those functions or activities.
In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all
tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to
charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to
the account of the facility providing the service and shall be
available without fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding any other law
or regulation, funds 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 directed 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 Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process.
Personnel ceilings may not be imposed on the Indian Health Service nor
may any action be taken to reduce the full time equivalent level of the
Indian Health Service below the level in fiscal year 2002 adjusted
upward for the staffing of new and expanded facilities, funding
provided for staffing at the Lawton, Oklahoma hospital in fiscal years
2003 and 2004, critical positions not filled in fiscal year 2002, and
staffing necessary to carry out the intent of Congress with regard to
program increases.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or
herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a
contract, grant, or agreement authorized 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
contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of
such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal
organization without fiscal year limitation.
None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in
this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and
Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care
services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service
has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs
associated 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 payment in advance with subsequent
adjustment. The reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds
received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination
Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account
which provided the funding. Such amounts shall remain available until
expended.
Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services
provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total costs,
including direct, administrative, and overhead associated with the
provision of goods, services, or 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 Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,414,000, of which
$3,000,000 for individual project grants shall remain available until
September 30, 2008.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
toxic substances and environmental public health
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in
sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $76,754,000, of which up to $1,500,000,
to remain available until expended, is for Individual Learning Accounts
for full-time equivalent employees of the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under
section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities,
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care
providers: Provided further, That in 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 funds paid for administrative costs to
the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shall not exceed 7.5
percent of the funding provided under this heading: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated 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 2007, and
existing 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 Environmental Quality
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and
representation expenses, $2,627,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 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 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
$9,208,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior Executive
Service positions: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2007 and
thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General shall not serve as
the Inspector General for the Board: Provided further, That up to
$600,000 of the funds provided herein may be used for personnel
compensation and benefits for the Members of the Board.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $5,940,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any
other appropriations 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
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will
be provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided
further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
payment to the institute
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV of Public Law
99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), $6,703,000.
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 documentation of the
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances;
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to
exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; up to five replacement passenger vehicles; purchase,
rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $517,094,000,
of which $10,000,000 is for facilities maintenance at the National
Zoological Park; of which not to exceed $9,964,000 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; and of which $2,077,000 for fellowships and
scholarly awards shall remain available until September 30, 2008; and
including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas
research centers and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are
available for advance payments to independent contractors performing
research services or participating in official Smithsonian
presentations.
facilities capital
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 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, $107,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$20,000,000 is for maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and
construction of facilities at the National Zoological Park, and of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems,
protection systems, and repair or restoration of facilities of the
Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors and
awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
administrative provisions, smithsonian institution
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to make any
changes to the existing Smithsonian science programs including closure
of facilities, relocation of staff or redirection of functions and
programs without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to initiate
the design for any proposed expansion of current space or new facility
without consultation with the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for the Holt
House located at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.,
unless identified as repairs to minimize water damage, monitor
structure movement, or provide interim structural support.
None of the funds available to the Smithsonian may be reprogrammed
without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to purchase
any additional buildings without prior consultation with the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to execute
any contract or legal agreement with a for-profit entity which has the
effect of significantly limiting access by the public to Smithsonian
personnel or to Smithsonian collections unless such agreement has been
publicly noticed at least 30 days prior to entering into such contract
or agreement and has been approved by the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution after reviewing any public comments that have been received
during the public comment period. This section does not limit the
Smithsonian's existing authority to grant or deny any specific request,
by any organization or individual for access, based on its judgment of
the appropriateness of the use of Smithsonian resources being proposed
in a specific application.
None of the funds in the Act shall be used to administer or
otherwise facilitate the payment of compensation to any officer or
employee of the Smithsonian or any of its subsidiary organizations at
an annual rate of pay, including any bonuses or similar cash or in-kind
amounts, in excess of the rate of pay of the President of the United
States.
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 Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the
treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art
associations or societies whose publications or services are available
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general
public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services
for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance,
alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and
grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works
of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem
proper, $101,794,000, of which not to exceed $3,239,000 for the special
exhibition program shall remain available until expended.
repair, restoration and renovation of buildings
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized, $14,949,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, 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
contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single procurement for
the Master Facilities Plan renovation project at the National Gallery
of Art may be issued which includes the full scope of the Work Area #3
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and the contract shall
contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.
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 Performing Arts, $18,909,000.
construction
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, $19,800,000, 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,
$9,438,000.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $124,412,000 shall be
available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of
projects and productions in the arts, including arts education and
public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, including $14,097,000 for
support of arts education and public outreach activities through the
Challenge America program, for program support, and for administering
the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the
Arts ``Matching Grants'' account and ``Challenge America'' account may
be transferred to and merged with this account: Provided further, That
funds appropriated herein shall be expended in accordance with sections
309 and 311 of Public Law 108-108.
National Endowment for the Humanities
grants and administration
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $126,049,000, shall be
available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support of
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until
expended.
matching grants
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
$14,906,000, to remain available until expended, of which $9,648,000
shall be available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the
total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and other
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under
the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the
current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not
previously been appropriated.
Administrative Provisions
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That funds from
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants up to $10,000,
if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed 5 percent of the sums
appropriated for grant-making purposes per year: Provided further, That
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an
expressed and direct delegation of authority from the National Council
on the Arts to the Chairperson: Provided further, That 20 U.S.C. 954(e)
shall not apply to grants and contracts funded solely with
nonappropriated monies.
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), $1,951,000: 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 remain available until expended without further
appropriation.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20
U.S.C. 956a), as amended, $6,534,000.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $5,118,000: Provided,
That none of these funds shall be available for compensation of level V
of the Executive Schedule 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), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,623,000: Provided, That one-quarter of
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for
official reception and representational expenses associated with
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical
development 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), $43,415,000, of which
$515,000 for the equipment replacement program shall remain available
until September 30, 2009; and $1,900,000 for the museum's repair and
rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum's exhibition
design and production program shall remain available until expended.
Presidio Trust
presidio trust fund
For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus Parks
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $19,256,000 shall be available
to the Presidio Trust, to remain available until expended.
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the White House Commission on the
National Moment of Remembrance, $200,000.
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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 public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or
under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or
opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is
not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
Sec. 403. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 404. 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 servants to any officer or employee of
such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 405. Estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves 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 Committees on Appropriations. Changes to such estimates shall be
presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval.
Sec. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
provided in, this Act or any other Act.
Sec. 407. None of the funds available to the Forest Service or the
Bureau of Land Management may be used in fiscal year 2007 or fiscal
year 2008 to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees
classified as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are
located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in
a manner different than such sales were conducted in fiscal year 2005.
Sec. 408. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise 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 (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, 2007, the Secretary of the Interior
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee 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 Management 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 Management 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.
Sec. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Indian 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, and 109-54 for payments to tribes and tribal
organizations 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 2006 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.
Sec. 410. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 5-year program under
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act.
Sec. 411. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2006 in the roads
and trails fund provided for in the 14th paragraph under the heading
``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C.
501), shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to
the State in which the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct
roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or to carry
out and administer projects to improve forest health conditions, which
may include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and trails
on National Forest System lands in the wildland-community interface
where there is an abnormally high risk of fire. The projects shall
emphasize reducing risks to human safety and public health and property
and enhancing ecological functions, long-term forest productivity, and
biological integrity. The projects may be completed in a subsequent
fiscal year. Funds shall not be expended under this section to replace
funds which would otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber
salvage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt
any project from any environmental law.
Sec. 412. Other than in emergency situations, none of the funds in
this Act may be used to operate telephone answering machines during
core business hours unless such answering machines include an option
that enables callers to reach promptly an individual on-duty with the
agency being contacted.
Sec. 413. Prior to October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A)
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 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 National 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
Secretary 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 respect to such plan and a
court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an
accelerated basis.
Sec. 414. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 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 established 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 Presidential proclamation
establishing such monument.
Sec. 415. In entering into agreements with foreign countries
pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m)
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are
authorized through the end of fiscal year 2010 to enter into reciprocal
agreements in which the individuals furnished under said agreements to
provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of tort
liability, employees of the country receiving said services when the
individuals are engaged in fire suppression. The Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any
agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (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. When an agreement is reached for
furnishing fire fighting services, the only remedies 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. Neither the sending country nor any legal organization
associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action
whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter's role in
fire suppression.
Sec. 416. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made available
by this Act, notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and
contracting laws, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior (the ``Secretaries'') may, in evaluating bids and proposals,
give consideration to local contractors who are from, and who provide
employment and training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an
economically disadvantaged rural community, 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
opportunities. 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. The
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is for forest hazardous fuels
reduction, watershed or water quality monitoring or restoration,
wildlife or fish population monitoring, or habitat restoration or
management. The terms ``rural community'' and ``economically
disadvantaged'' shall have the same meanings as in section 2374 of
Public Law 101-624. The Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement
this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving
the Secretaries of any duty under applicable procurement laws, except
as provided in this section.
Sec. 417. No funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of
lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of
declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
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.
Sec. 418. (a) Limitation on Competitive Sourcing Studies.--
(1) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2007, not more
than $3,450,000 may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to
initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in fiscal
year 2007 for programs, projects, and activities for which
funds are appropriated by this Act until such time as the
Secretary concerned submits a reprogramming proposal to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, and such proposal has been processed
consistent with the reprogramming guidelines included in the
report accompanying this Act.
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more than
$2,500,000 may be used in fiscal year 2007 for competitive
sourcing studies and related activities by the Forest Service.
(b) Competitive Sourcing Study Defined.--In this section, the term
``competitive sourcing study'' means a study on subjecting work
performed by Federal Government employees or private contractors to
public-private competition or on converting the Federal Government
employees or the work performed by such employees to private contractor
performance under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or
any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
(c) Competitive Sourcing Exemption for Forest Service Studies
Conducted Prior to Fiscal Year 2006.--The Forest Service is hereby
exempted from implementing the Letter of Obligation and post-
competition accountability guidelines where a competitive sourcing
study involved 65 or fewer full-time equivalents, the performance
decision was made in favor of the agency provider, no net savings was
achieved by conducting the study, and the study was completed prior to
the date of this Act.
(d) In preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on
competitive sourcing activities, agencies funded in this Act shall
include all costs attributable to conducting the competitive sourcing
competitions and staff work to prepare for competitions or to determine
the feasibility of starting competitions, including costs attributable
to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance with
full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing,
implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on
competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, travel, and
training costs associated with program management.
(e) In carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving Forest
Service employees, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are also
qualified to participate in wildland fire management
activities; and
(2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with
a private sector source would have on the ability of the Forest
Service to effectively and efficiently fight and manage
wildfires.
Sec. 419. None of the funds in this Act or prior Acts making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
may be provided to the managing partners or their agents for the
SAFECOM or Disaster Management projects.
Sec. 420. Section 331 of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by
section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1501A-196; 16
U.S.C. 497 note), as amended, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ``2006'' and inserting
``2007''; and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ``2006'' and inserting
``2007''.
Sec. 421. The Secretary of Agriculture may acquire, by exchange or
otherwise, a parcel of real property, including improvements thereon,
of the Inland Valley Development Agency of San Bernardino, California,
or its successors and assigns, generally comprising Building No. 3 and
Building No. 4 of the former Defense Finance and Accounting Services
complex located at the southwest corner of Tippecanoe Avenue and Mill
Street in San Bernardino, California, adjacent to the former Norton Air
Force Base. As full consideration for the property to be acquired, the
Secretary of Agriculture may terminate the leasehold rights of the
United States received pursuant to section 8121(a)(2) of the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat.
999). The acquisition of the property shall be on such terms and
conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate and
may be carried out without appraisals, environmental or administrative
surveys, consultations, analyses, or other considerations of the
condition of the property.
Sec. 422. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to study, complete a study of, or enter into a contract with a private
party to carry out, without specific authorization in a subsequent Act
of Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, including support
personnel of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the
Interior, relating to wildfire management or wildfire suppression
programs.
Sec. 423. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to work on or enter into a contract with a private party to carry out,
the Fire Program Analysis system, unless both the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior certify, in writing to
the Comptroller General, that this funding will accomplish the existing
work plan, as determined by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, and
that State wildfire agencies will be full participants in the use and
development of the system.
Sec. 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no officer or
employee of the Smithsonian Institution or any of its subsidiary
organizations shall be compensated directly or indirectly at an annual
rate of pay in excess of the statutorily established rate of pay of the
President of the United States.
Sec. 425. (a) The Congress finds that--
(1) greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere are
causing average temperatures to rise at a rate outside the
range of natural variability and are posing a substantial risk
of rising sea-levels, altered patterns of atmospheric and
oceanic circulation, and increased frequency and severity of
floods and droughts;
(2) There is a growing scientific consensus that human
activity is a substantial cause of greenhouse gas accumulation
in the atmosphere; and
(3) mandatory steps will be required to slow or stop the
growth of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted a
comprehensive and effective national program of mandatory, market-based
limits and incentives on emissions of greenhouse gases that slow, stop,
and reverse the growth of such emissions at a rate and in a manner that
(1) will not significantly harm the United States economy; and (2) will
encourage comparable action by other nations that are major trading
partners and key contributors to global emissions.
TITLE V--SUSPENSION OF ROYALTY RELIEF
Sec. 501. (a) Requirement To Suspend.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall suspend the application of any provision of Federal law
under which any person is given relief from any requirement to pay
royalty for production oil or natural gas from Federal lands (including
submerged lands), for leases occurring in any period after the date of
the enactment of this Act with respect to which--
(1) in the case of production of oil, the average price of
crude oil in the United States over the most recent 4
consecutive weeks is greater than $34.71 per barrel; and
(2) in the case of production of natural gas, the average
wellhead price of natural gas in the United States over the
most recent 4 consecutive weeks is greater than $4.34 per
thousand cubic feet.
(b) Determination of Market Price.--The Secretary shall determine
average prices for purposes of subsection (a) based on the most recent
data reported by the Energy Information Administration of the
Department of Energy.
Sec. 502. Renegotiation of Existing Leases.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall seek to renegotiate each existing lease authorizing
production of oil or natural gas on Federal land (including submerged
land) that was issued by the Department of the Interior before the date
of the enactment of this Act as necessary to modify the terms of such
lease to ensure that any suspension of a requirement to pay royalties
under such lease does not apply to production referred to in section
501(a).
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007''.
Union Calendar No. 257
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5386
[Report No. 109-465]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes.
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May 15, 2006
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Commitee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment, pending a reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dent amendment.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5386.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
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The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 293 - 128 (Roll no. 172).
Roll Call #172 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 293 - 128 (Roll no. 172).
Roll Call #172 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Burns with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-275.
Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Burns with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-275.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507.