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Calendar No. 221
110th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 110-91
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2008
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June 26, 2007.--Ordered to be printed
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Mrs. Feinstein, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1696]<greek-l>
The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 0000) making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports
the same to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that
the bill as amended do pass. deg.
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1696)
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports favorably
thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2008
Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $27,186,125,000
Amount of 2007 appropriations (including emergency
appropriations)..................................... 26,952,127,000
Amount of 2008 budget estimate.......................... 25,640,503,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2007 appropriations (including emergency
appropriations)................................... +233,998,000
2008 budget estimate................................ +1,545,622,000
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C O N T E N T S
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Summary of Bill.................................................. 4
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill............................ 4
Major Changes Recommended in the Bill............................ 5
Reprogramming Guidelines......................................... 6
Transparency in Congressional Directives......................... 8
Title I:
Department of the Interior:
Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management...... 10
Fish and Wildlife and Parks:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service........................... 17
National Park Service.................................... 24
Energy and Minerals:
U.S. Geological Survey................................... 31
Minerals Management Service.............................. 33
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement..... 34
Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs..................... 36
Departmental Offices:
Insular Affairs.......................................... 41
Office of the Solicitor.................................. 44
Office of Inspector General.............................. 44
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........... 45
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration....... 46
Title II:
Environmental Protection Agency:
Science and Technology................................... 52
Environmental Programs and Management.................... 54
Office of Inspector General.............................. 59
Buildings and Facilities................................. 60
Hazardous Substance Superfund............................ 60
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.............. 63
Oil Spill Response....................................... 63
State and Tribal Assistance Grants....................... 64
Administrative Provisions................................ 69
Title III:
Related agencies:
Department of Agriculture: Forest Service................ 71
Administrative Provisions, Forest Service................ 85
Department of Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Service................................ 86
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.. 87
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry..... 88
Other Related Agencies:
Council on Environmental Quality..................... 88
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board....... 88
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.......... 89
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native
Culture and Arts Development....................... 89
Smithsonian Institution.............................. 90
National Gallery of Art.............................. 92
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....... 93
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars..... 93
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
National Endowment for the Arts.................. 94
National Endowment for the Humanities............ 95
Commission of Fine Arts.............................. 95
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation............ 96
National Capital Planning Commission................. 97
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.............. 97
Presidio Trust....................................... 98
White House Commission on the National Moment of
Remem-
brance............................................. 98
Title IV:
General Provisions........................................... 100
Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Sen-
ate............................................................ 105
Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 106
Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 107
SUMMARY OF BILL
For this bill, estimates totaling $25,640,503,000 in new
obligational authority were considered by the Committee for the
programs and activities of the agencies and bureaus of the
Department of the Interior, except the Bureau of Reclamation,
and the following related agencies:
Environmental Protection Agency.
Department of Agriculture:
Forest Service.
Department of Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Service.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Council on Environmental Quality.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development.
Smithsonian Institution.
National Gallery of Art.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities:
National Endowment for the Arts.
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Commission of Fine Arts.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
National Capital Planning Commission.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Presidio Trust.
White House Commission on the National Moment of
Remembrance.
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill
Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing recreation
and user fees, the timber and range programs, and other
activities are estimated to generate income to the Government
of $15,917,059,000 in fiscal year 2008. These estimated
receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction,
are tabulated below:
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Fiscal year--
Item --------------------------------------------------------
2006 2007 2008
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Department of the Interior............................. ................. $12,525,956,000 $15,327,446,000
Forest Service......................................... ................. 575,737,000 589,613,000
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Total receipts..................................... ................. 13,101,693,000 15,917,059,000
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Major Changes Recommended in the Bill
The Committee has developed revisions to the budget
estimate for the 2008 fiscal year.
A comparative summary of funding in the bill is shown by
agency or principal program in the following table (excluding
emergency appropriations):
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
Budget Committee compared with
estimate recommendation budget
estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management....................................... 1,822,029 1,888,736 +66,707
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.................................. 1,286,769 1,380,857 +94,088
National Park Service........................................... 2,363,784 2,461,419 +97,635
United States Geological Survey................................. 974,952 1,009,933 +34,981
Minerals Management Service..................................... 161,451 166,351 +4,900
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement............ 168,295 174,295 +6,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs........................................ 2,228,890 2,265,698 +36,808
Departmental Offices............................................ 478,657 485,302 +6,645
Departmental-wide Programs...................................... 228,418 286,851 +58,433
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Total, Title I--Department of the Interior................ 9,713,245 10,119,442 +406,197
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TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science and Technology.......................................... 754,506 772,530 +18,024
Environmental Programs and Management........................... 2,298,188 2,384,121 +85,933
Office of Inspector General..................................... 38,008 40,000 +1,992
Building and Facilities......................................... 34,801 34,801 ..............
Hazardous Substance Superfund................................... 1,244,706 1,274,643 +29,937
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program........................ 72,461 72,493 +32
Oil Spill Response.............................................. 17,280 17,487 +207
State and Tribal Assistance Grants.............................. 2,744,450 3,181,853 +437,403
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Total, Title II--Environmental Protection Agency.......... 7,199,400 7,772,928 +573,528
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TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES
Department of Agriculture: Forest Service....................... 4,126,873 4,549,543 +422,670
Department of Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Service....................................... 3,270,726 3,367,399 +96,673
National Institutes of Health: National Institute of 78,434 78,434 ..............
Environmental Health Sciences..............................
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry............ 75,004 75,004 ..............
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 2,703 2,703 ..............
Quality........................................................
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.................. 9,049 9,049 ..............
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..................... 9,000 9,000 ..............
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 7,297 7,297 ..............
Development....................................................
Smithsonian Institution......................................... 678,447 696,705 +18,258
National Gallery of Art......................................... 116,000 119,735 +3,735
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.................. 39,350 43,350 +4,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars................ 8,857 9,718 +861
National Endowment for the Arts................................. 128,412 133,412 +5,000
National Endowment for the Humanities........................... 141,355 146,355 +5,000
Commission of Fine Arts......................................... 2,092 2,192 +100
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs...................... .............. 7,200 +7,200
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation....................... 5,348 5,348 ..............
National Capital Planning Commission............................ 8,265 8,265 ..............
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum......................... 44,996 45,496 +500
Presidio Trust.................................................. 18,450 18,450 ..............
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance... 200 200 ..............
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Total, Title III--Related Agencies........................ 8,770,858 9,334,855 +563,997
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GRAND TOTAL............................................... 25,683,503 27,186,125 +1,502,622
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
The following table displays appropriations for the Land
and Water Conservation Fund.
[In thousands of dollars]
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Fiscal year
-------------------------------- Committee
Agency/Program 2008 estimate recommendation \4\
2007 enacted \1\
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Federal Land Acquisition:
Bureau of Land Management............................... 8,634 1,619 12,206
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.......................... 28,046 18,011 43,044
National Park Service................................... 34,402 22,529 48,700
Forest Service.......................................... 41,936 15,703 48,245
Departmental Management (appraisal services) \2\........ 7,397 7,792 7,792
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Subtotal, Federal Land Acquisition.................. 120,415 65,654 159,987
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National Park Service, State Assistance..................... 29,622 .............. 30,000
Landowner Incentive Program................................. 23,667 .............. ..................
Private Stewardship Grants.................................. 7,277 .............. ..................
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund \3\........ 61,137 .............. 54,774
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants............................ 67,492 69,492 ..................
Forest Legacy............................................... 56,336 29,311 48,095
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Total, Land and Water Conservation Fund............... 385,810 245,458 292,856
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\1\ 2008 estimate reflects only activities for which funds were derived from the LWCF in fiscal year 2006.
\2\ Funded in bureau land acquisition accounts in fiscal year 2005 and prior years.
\3\ CESCF data only reflects funding for HCP land acquisition and species recovery land acquisition.
\4\ Senate recommendations only reflect amounts to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Reprogramming Guidelines
The following are the procedures governing reprogramming
actions for programs and activities funded in the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act:
1. Definition.--``Reprogramming,'' as defined in these
procedures, includes the reallocation of funds from one budget
activity to another. In cases where either the House or Senate
Committee report displays an allocation of an appropriation
below the activity level, that more detailed level shall be the
basis for reprogramming. For construction accounts, a
reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of funds from one
construction project (identified in the justification or
Committee report) to another. A reprogramming shall also
consist of any significant departure from the program described
in the agency's budget justifications. This includes proposed
reorganizations even without a change in funding.
2. Guidelines for Reprogramming.--(a) A reprogramming
should be made only when an unforeseen situation arises; and
then only if postponement of the project or the activity until
the next appropriation year would result in actual loss or
damage. Mere convenience or desire should not be factors for
consideration.
(b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through
reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of
further reprogramming; but, instead, funds should again be
sought for the deferred project or activity through the regular
appropriations process.
(c) Reprogramming should not be employed to initiate new
programs or to change allocations specifically denied, limited
or increased by the Congress in the act or the report. In cases
where unforeseen events or conditions are deemed to require
changes, proposals shall be submitted in advance to the
Committee, regardless of amounts involved, and be fully
explained and justified.
(d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the Committee for
approval shall be considered approved 30 calendar days after
receipt if the Committee has posed no objection. However,
agencies will be expected to extend the approval deadline if
specifically requested by either Committee.
(e) Proposed changes to estimated working capital fund
bills and estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or
holdbacks, as such estimates were presented in annual budget
justifications, shall be submitted through the reprogramming
process.
3. Criteria and Exceptions.--Any proposed reprogramming
must be submitted to the Committee in writing prior to
implementation if it exceeds $500,000 annually or results in an
increase or decrease of more than 10 percent annually in
affected programs, with the following exceptions:
(a) With regard to the tribal priority allocations activity
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operations of Indian Programs
account, there is no restriction on reprogrammings among the
programs within this activity. However, the Bureau shall report
on all reprogrammings made during the first 6 months of the
fiscal year by no later than May 1 of each year, and shall
provide a final report of all reprogrammings for the previous
fiscal year by no later than November 1 of each year.
(b) With regard to the Environmental Protection Agency,
State and Tribal Assistance Grants account, reprogramming
requests associated with States and Tribes applying for
partnership grants do not need to be submitted to the Committee
for approval should such grants exceed the normal reprogramming
limitations. In addition, the Agency need not submit a request
to move funds between wastewater and drinking water objectives
for those grants targeted to specific communities.
4. Quarterly Reports.--(a) All reprogrammings shall be
reported to the Committee quarterly and shall include
cumulative totals.
(b) Any significant shifts of funding among object
classifications also should be reported to the Committee.
5. Administrative Overhead Accounts.--For all
appropriations where costs of overhead administrative expenses
are funded in part from ``assessments'' of various budget
activities within an appropriation, the assessments shall be
shown in justifications under the discussion of administrative
expenses.
6. Contingency Accounts.--For all appropriations where
assessments are made against various budget activities or
allocations for contingencies the Committee expects a full
explanation, as part of the budget justification, consistent
with section 405 of this act. The explanation shall show the
amount of the assessment, the activities assessed, and the
purpose of the fund. The Committee expects reports each year
detailing the use of these funds. In no case shall a fund be
used to finance projects and activities disapproved or limited
by Congress or to finance new permanent positions or to finance
programs or activities that could be foreseen and included in
the normal budget review process. Contingency funds shall not
be used to initiate new programs.
7. Report Language.--Any limitation, directive, or
earmarking contained in either the House or Senate report which
is not contradicted by the other report nor specifically denied
in the conference report shall be considered as having been
approved by both Houses of Congress.
8. Assessments.--No assessments shall be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
unless such assessments and the basis therefore are presented
to the Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such
Committees, in compliance with these procedures.
9. Land Acquisitions and Forest Legacy.--Lands shall not be
acquired for more than the approved appraised value (as
addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for
condemnations and declarations of taking, unless such
acquisitions are submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
for approval in compliance with these procedures.
10. Land Exchanges.--Land exchanges, wherein the estimated
value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than
$500,000 shall not be consummated until the Committees on
Appropriations have had a 30-day period in which to examine the
proposed exchange.
11. Appropriations Structure.--The appropriation structure
for any agency shall not be altered without advance approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
12. Other.--Appropriations for fiscal year 2006 reflect a 1
percent across-the-board rescission contained in section 3801
of chapter 8 of title III of division B of Public Law 109-148
and a .476 percent across-the-board rescission on section 439
of Public Law 109-54.
Transparency in Congressional Directives
On January 18, 2007, the Senate passed S. 1, The
Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, by a
vote of 96-2. While the Committee awaits final action on this
legislation, the chairman and ranking member of the Committee
issued interim requirements to ensure that the goals of S. 1
are in place for the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008.
The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the
purse. The Committee believes strongly that Congress should
make the decisions on how to allocate the people's money. In
order to improve transparency and accountability in the process
of approving earmarks (as defined in S. 1) in appropriations
measures, each Committee report includes, for each earmark:
--(1) the name of the Member(s) making the request, and where
appropriate, the President;
--(2) the name and location of the intended recipient or, if
there is no specifically intended recipient, the
intended location of the activity; and
--(3) the purpose of such earmark.
The term ``congressional earmark'' means a provision or
report language included primarily at the request of a Senator,
providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of
discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other
spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant,
loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or
targeted to a specific state, locality or congressional
district, other than through a statutory or administrative,
formula-driven, or competitive award process.
For each earmark, a Member is required to provide a
certification that neither the Member (nor his or her spouse)
has a pecuniary interest in such earmark, consistent with
Senate Rule XXXVII(4). Such certifications are available to the
public at http://appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm or go
to appropriations.senate.gov and click on ``Members''.
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is charged with administering
for multiple uses 258 million acres of public land concentrated
in 12 western States, as well as 700 million acres of
federally-owned sub-surface mineral rights. Minerals, timber,
rangeland, fish and wildlife, wilderness and recreation are
among the resources and activities managed by BLM.
Recent increases in energy production and recreation visits
have placed an even greater stress on the Bureau's multiple use
mandate, but great strides are being made to address the needs
of an ever-growing U.S. population.
In 2008 over 58 million visitors are expected to
participate in recreational activities on public lands. This
influx of visitors necessitates ongoing investments in the
Bureau's planning, recreation management, facilities
construction and law enforcement programs.
In addition, the Bureau is tasked with managing programs
involving the mineral industry, utility companies, ranchers,
the timber industry, and the conservation and research
communities. In 2008, it is estimated that on-shore public
lands will generate $4,500,000,000 in revenues from such
resource uses as energy development, grazing, and timber
production. The bulk of this amount, $4,100,000,000 will come
from energy development. The Bureau will also collect an
estimated $127,000,000 in revenue from the sale of land. Of the
$4,500,000,000 in revenues generated on public lands,
approximately 44 percent is provided directly to States and
counties to support roads, schools, and community needs.
MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $866,911,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 879,438,000
Committee recommendation................................ 902,883,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $902,883,000
for management of land and resources. This is an increase of
$23,445,000 over the budget request and $35,972,000 above the
2007 appropriation. Changes to the request are described below.
The Committee supports the administration healthy lands
initiative to restore and improve vegetation on western lands
that are used for multiple purposes including energy production
and recreation. The base program reductions the BLM has
proposed in order to pay for the healthy lands initiative,
however, are not acceptable. The budget proposes an increase of
$15,000,000 for the new initiative but offsets this increase
with substantial reductions to the National Landscape
Conservation System [NLCS], Wild Horse and Burro Management,
Cadastral Survey, Resource Management Planning, the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Alaska Conveyance, and Land and
Realty Management. The Committee regards these offsets as
unacceptable compromises to the Bureau's core missions and has
restored funding for them.
The healthy lands initiative is funded at $6,000,000. In
addition to the healthy lands initiative, the Committee
recommendation includes an $8,000,000 increase in 2008 for the
NLCS. The NLCS is a network of National Monuments, National
Conservation Areas, National Scenic Trails, National Historic
Trails, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, and Wild and
Scenic Rivers which are among the Nation's crown jewels. The
increase for the NLCS will reverse the budget cuts in the 2007
and 2008 budgets and bring NLCS funding back up to the level
provided in the 2006 appropriation.
The Committee has been disappointed that the BLM has chosen
not to provide detailed budget requests for the NLCS in its
recent budgets. Transparency and accountability are vitally
important for the Bureau's credibility in the midst of
allegations that the Bureau has been systematically redirecting
funds from conservation and recreation to energy production on
NLCS units. The Committee therefore directs the Secretary to
provide a budget table that includes major subactivity
allocations for each unit of the NLCS within 60 days of
enactment of this bill, and inclusion of such tables in future
Budget Justifications. The Committee also directs the BLM to
present line item program elements for National Monuments,
National Conservation Areas, National Scenic Trails, National
Historic Trails, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, and
Wild and Scenic Rivers. To further ensure fiscal
accountability, the Committee directs the BLM to present an end
of the fiscal year NLCS expenditure and outcomes report which
breaks out expenditures by unit and subactivity no later than
December 31 of the subsequent fiscal year. The Committee is
encouraged that the BLM intends to leverage millions of dollars
in partnership funds and looks forward to an accounting of the
partner contributions in next year's annual performance report.
Activity-level changes are listed below, and changes to
specific subactivities are reflected in the table in the back
of the report. The Committee does not agree to add a new budget
activity for the healthy lands initiative because the current
budget structure accommodates the initiative's programmatic
activities. Instead, the increase of $6,000,000 is distributed
to Soil, Water, and Air Management, Rangeland Management,
Forestry Management, Riparian Management, Wildlife Management,
and Fisheries Management in six equal $1,000,000 shares.
Land Resources.--The Committee recommends an appropriation
of $197,617,000 for land resources. This amount is $12,061,000
above the fiscal year 2007 level and $14,185,000 above the
budget request. Changes to the budget request include an
increase of $6,000,000 for the healthy lands initiative which
the budget request presented in a different budget activity.
The NLCS increase is $1,875,000. The Committee does not support
the proposed $4,700,000 reduction in funding for Wild Horse and
Burro Management and has restored these funds. Failure to
provide for sufficient wild horse and burro gathers would
inevitably lead to higher costs to manage larger populations of
equines on public lands in the future. Other increases above
the request are $2,000,000 for abandoned mine reclamation in
California (Feinstein); $1,500,000 for the Idaho Department of
Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation,
administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project
funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas (Craig); and
$110,000 for the Idaho Office of Species Conservation for
slickspot peppergrass monitoring (Craig, Crapo).
The Committee strongly encourages all Federal agencies that
need and use horses to fulfill their responsibilities to first
seek to acquire a wild horse from BLM, and, prior to seeking
another supplier for usable horses, document why the BLM cannot
meet the needs of the inquiring Federal agency. The BLM is also
encouraged to develop an expedited process for providing wild
horses to local and state police forces.
Wildlife and Fisheries.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $44,157,000 for wildlife and fisheries
management. This amount is $3,377,000 above the fiscal year
2007 level and $3,235,000 over the request. Changes to the
budget request include increases totaling $2,000,000 for the
healthy lands initiative, an increase of $485,000 is provided
for activities on NLCS units, and the proposed $750,000 cut for
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is restored. The
Foundation is an established, effective facilitator for BLM
public-private conservation partnerships. The Committee
encourages the Bureau to support Foundation-sponsored cost
sharing partnerships in future budget requests.
Threatened and Endangered Species.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $22,270,000 for land resources.
This amount is $863,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$340,000 above the budget request. The change to the budget
request is an increase of $340,000 above the request for
projects on NLCS units.
Recreation Management.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $70,240,000 for recreation management. This
amount is an increase $6,543,000 above the fiscal year 2007
level and $5,105,000 above the request. Changes to the budget
request include increases of $3,605,000 for the NLCS and
$1,500,000 to complete exhibits at the California National
Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada (Reid).
Energy and Minerals Management.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $139,318,000 for energy and minerals
management. This amount is $2,781,000 above the fiscal year
2007 level and a decrease of $2,215,000 below the request.
The budget request assumes that a significant portion of
the $12,400,000 requested as a 2007 increase for Energy and
Minerals would be used in both 2007 and 2008 for ANWR pre-
leasing environmental reviews if authorized by Congress. Since
ANWR energy exploration was not authorized, the BLM is planning
to use the increase for the remediation of legacy wells, the
North Slope Science Initiative [NSSI] and NPR-A leasing,
including the preparation of a Supplemental EIS for northeast
NPR-A. The 2008 request retains the $12,400,000 increase for
Alaska North Slope energy activities. The Committee does not
agree that the bureau should continue receiving the full
$12,400,000 whether or not ANWR energy exploration is
authorized, but does recognize the ongoing need for abandoned
well remediation and other North Slope activities. Therefore,
$9,900,000 is provided for these purposes, a reduction of
$2,500,000 below the request.
An increase of $35,000 is provided for energy and minerals
activities on NLCS lands. The Committee has included $250,000
for an oil and gas leasing internet pilot program (Bennett).
Bill language regarding this pilot program is included in the
General Provisions of this Title. Within the funds provided for
energy and minerals management, the Committee directs BLM to
provide priority consideration to the Alaska minerals
management program.
Realty and Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $89,544,000 for realty and ownership
management. This amount is an increase $6,906,000 above the
fiscal year 2007 level and $10,815,000 above the request.
The Committee does not support the proposals to cut funding
for Alaska conveyance, cadastral survey, and administration of
rights-of-ways. Therefore, $6,000,000 has been restored for the
Alaska conveyance program (Stevens), $3,000,000 to cadastral
survey, and $1,000,000 to land and realty management. If more
efficient administration of cost recovery regulations results
in lower rights-of-way appropriation-funded costs, a decrease
for land and realty management would be considered by the
Committee in future budgets. Three other increases above the
request are provided, $500,000 for GIS/cadastral mapping in
Utah (Bennett), $160,000 for soil survey mapping in Wyoming
(Thomas, Enzi), and $155,000 for the NLCS.
Resource Protection and Maintenance.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $85,526,000 for resource
protection and maintenance. This amount is $372,000 above the
fiscal year 2007 level and an increase of $3,560,000 above the
request. Changes to the request include an increase of $560,000
for the NLCS, and $3,000,000 to restore the proposed cut in
funding for resource management plans. Resource management
plans are the prerequisite for all activities allowed on BLM-
managed lands. Funding for the planning process must be
maintained to keep all BLM units on schedule for required plan
updates and current with the Bureau's multiple land use
mission.
Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $77,527,000 for transportation
and facilities maintenance. This amount is an increase
$7,159,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $5,770,000
above the request. The increases are $770,000 for the NLCS and
$5,000,000 to reverse the deferred maintenance cuts contained
in the 2006 and 2007 budgets. The Committee does not support
the Department's efforts to reduce funding for the other
popular public lands outside the park system while promoting
the Parks Centennial.
Land and Resources Information Systems.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $16,723,000 for land and
resources information systems. This amount is $361,000 below
the fiscal year 2007 level and an increase of $15,000 above the
request. The change to the request is an increase for the NLCS.
Mining Law Administration.--The Committee recommends
$34,696,000 for mining law administration, which is $2,000,000
above the 2007 level and equal to the request.
Workforce Organization and Support.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $150,529,000 for land and
resources information systems. This amount is $796,000 above
the fiscal year 2007 level and a decrease of $2,440,000 below
the request. The $2,530,000 requested for the Financial
Business and Management System is being moved to the Working
Capital Fund. An increase of $90,000 is provided for the NLCS.
Challenge Cost Share.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $9,432,000 for challenge cost share. This
amount is a $75,000 increase above the fiscal year 2007 level
and the request. The change to the request is an increase for
the NLCS.
The Committee directs the Bureau to retain its current
level of support for the National Conservation Training Center,
and directs that funds shall be available to NCTC within 60
days of enactment.
wildland fire management
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $758,355,000
Emergency appropriation............................. 95,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 801,849,000
Committee recommendation................................ 829,524,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $829,524,000
for wildland fire management. This is an increase of
$27,675,000 over the budget request and $71,169,000 above the
2007 appropriation, excluding emergencies. Changes to the
budget request are described below.
The Committee notes substantial inconsistencies between the
wildland fire management budget requests for the Department of
the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. As these
inconsistencies have not been adequately explained or
justified, the Committee is providing funds consistent with
Congressional priority for a unified, interagency approach to
dealing with devastating wildfires.
The budget for wildland fire management continues to be
driven by the rising trend in wildfire suppression. The most
recent ten-year average, $294,398,000, is an increase of
$45,213,000 over 2007 enacted. Although this is a significant
increase, it is still substantially lower than the Department's
2006 actual costs which were over $424,000,000. This cost
pattern points to the likelihood of continuing upward pressure
in suppression costs. While the Department's cost containment
strategies may be helping on the margins, the long-term western
drought, insect-infested forests, rising temperatures, and
growing populations on the edge of forests continue to stymie
all efforts at containing the cost of suppression operations.
The Committee recommends $294,398,000 for wildfire
suppression, the same as the request. The Committee understands
the need to fund suppression at the ten-year average, but does
not understand why the Department has chosen once again to
eliminate funding for rural fire assistance grants and reduce
funding for fire preparedness.
The Committee does not support the administration's request
to eliminate funding for rural fire assistance grants for the
Department of the Interior while maintaining similar grants for
the Forest Service. Rural and volunteer fire departments
provide the first line of defense against wildfires and
successfully respond to thousands of wildfires annually,
reducing the need for costly Federal response. The Forest
Service and Interior fire assistance grants are directed toward
their respective neighboring local communities. Under the
administration's proposal, thousands of communities neighboring
BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and
Indian lands would lose priority access to wildland fire
assistance grants. Therefore, the Committee recommends
$8,000,000 for rural fire assistance grants.
Likewise, cutting fire preparedness funding does not
actually save appropriation dollars. It merely shifts the costs
for firefighters, aircraft, and equipment from the preparedness
account to the suppression account. Furthermore, squeezing fire
preparedness funding may disproportionately increase the cost
of fire suppression. Therefore, the Committee recommends
$286,009,000 for fire preparedness, an increase of $17,675,000
above the request. The increase consists of $17,175,000 to
restore the cut in the budget request, and $500,000 to the
Idaho Universities consortium for the rangelands fire and
erosion project (Craig, Crapo).
The Committee recommends $202,792,000 for hazardous fuels
reduction and $24,591,000 for burned area rehabilitation, the
same as the requests for those programs. Funding for fire
facilities construction and maintenance is also recommended at
the requested level, $7,734,000.
The cost-shared Joint Fire Science program budget is
increased by $2,000,000 to $6,000,000.
The Committee continues to be disappointed that the Forest
Service and Department of the Interior have failed to produce
and deploy a fire preparedness planning tool to replace the
systems that were in place until 2004. The Fire Program
Analysis system has been repeatedly promoted by both agencies
as the key to determining optimal staffing and budget levels
for the past 3 years, yet the agencies have yet to produce a
working system. It is imperative that both agencies expedite
development of the system in order to justify further
investment beyond the current fiscal year. The Committee notes
that total funding for FPA in 2008 is $7,500,000, to be divided
between the agencies.
construction
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $11,751,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,476,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,476,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,476,000
for construction and reconstruction of buildings, roads,
trails, bridges and other facilities. This is an increase of
$5,000,000 over the budget request and a decrease of $275,000
below the 2007 appropriation. The increase of $5,000,000 is
intended to allow the Bureau to avoid growth in the backlog of
construction and reconstruction projects. The Committee
proposes that no Congressional earmarks be added to the nine
earmarks requested by the administration.
The Committee notes with disapproval the Department of the
Interior's lack of commitment to its infrastructure as
evidenced by the budget cuts proposed in all of the
Department's major construction accounts.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $8,634,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,619,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,206,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,206,000
for land acquisition, an increase of $10,587,000 above the
budget request and $3,572,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level.
The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MTBlackfoot River $1,000,000 President, Baucus, Tester
Special Recreation
Management Area
CACalifornia Desert 500,000 Feinstein
Wilderness
ORCascade-Siskiyou 1,750,000 Wyden, Smith
National Monument
CACoachella Valley Area 400,000 Feinstein
of Critical
Environmental Concern
NMEl Malpais National 250,000 President, Domenici,
Conservation Area Bingaman
COGunnison Gorge 856,000 President, Salazar
National Conservation
Area
ORRogue Wild and Scenic 250,000 Wyden, Smith
River--Winkle Bar
CAUpper Sacramento River 2,500,000 President
Area of Critical
Environmental Concern
IDUpper Snake/South Fork 1,500,000 President, Craig
Snake River ACEC/SRMA
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Subtotal, Line 9,006,000 .........................
Item Projects
================
Acquisition Management 1,700,000 .........................
Inholdings, 1,500,000 .........................
Emergencies, and
Hardships
----------------
TOTAL, BLM LAND 12,206,000 .........................
ACQUISITION
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The Committee does not approve the Bureau's proposed
appropriation bill provision that would enable the BLM to
retain receipts from the sales of subsurface mineral rights of
little known value, and apply those receipts toward land
acquisition. The $5,000,000 estimate provided by the Bureau
seems optimistic and would not accrue quickly enough to be
applied to projects scheduled for acquisition in 2008.
The Committee notes the declining annual requests for BLM
land acquisition. The Committee recognizes that constrained
budgets make a full $900,000,000 appropriation as authorized
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the Federal public
land management agencies infeasible; however, the levels
requested have gone too far in the opposite direction. The
combined 2008 request for land acquisition is less than
$58,000,000, a small fraction of the authorized amount and a
reduction of nearly 90 percent since 2002. In 2002, the total
land acquisition appropriation was $572,700,000, of which the
BLM share was $49,900,000. The 2008 recommendation for the BLM
is intended to establish a responsible baseline budget for
acquiring lands in the future.
oregon and california grant lands
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $108,991,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 110,242,000
Committee recommendation................................ 110,242,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,242,000
an increase of $1,251,000 over the enacted level and equal to
the budget request.
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
The Committee has retained bill language clarifying that
the Federal share of salvage receipts to be deposited into this
account shall be those funds remaining after payments to
counties.
range improvements
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000
for range improvements, the same as the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the budget request.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $24,905,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 46,905,000
Committee recommendation................................ 46,905,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $46,905,000
which is equal to the budget estimate and $21,000,000 above the
2007 enacted level. The increase of $21,000,000 is for
increased cost recovery for applications for permits to drill.
miscellaneous trust funds
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $12,405,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 12,405,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,405,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000,
the same as the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and the budget
request.
FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal
agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing
fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats. The Service
manages the 96 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System,
which encompasses 545 national wildlife refuges, thousands of
small wetlands and other special management areas. It also
operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fish and wildlife
management offices and 81 ecological services field stations.
The Agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the
Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations,
restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and
restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign
governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees
the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of
millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting
equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies.
resource management
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,013,969,000
Emergency appropriation............................. 7,398,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,034,520,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,079,772,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$1,079,772,000 for the Resource Management account. This amount
is $65,803,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level, excluding
emergencies, and $45,252,000 above the budget request.
Ecological Services.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $270,870,000 for ecological services. This
amount is $21,498,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$15,500,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget
request include increases of $9,000,000 for endangered species,
$5,500,000 for habitat conservation, and $1,000,000 for
environmental contaminants.
The Committee recommends general program increases for
candidate conservation, listing, consultation, and recovery in
response to a constantly growing endangered species workload
which is not fully addressed by fixed cost increases included
in the request. Candidate conservation is funded at
$10,135,000, which includes a general program increase of
$1,000,000 and an increase of $500,000 to the Idaho Office of
Species Conservation to continue the sage grouse working groups
in Idaho (Craig, Crapo). Endangered species listing is funded
at $18,763,000, an increase of $500,000 above the request.
Critical habitat receives $100,000 of the increase and $400,000
is for general program activities. Endangered species
consultation funding is $53,578,000 which includes a general
program increase of $2,000,000 over the request. The Committee
recommends $73,067,000 for endangered species recovery, an
increase of $5,000,000 over the request including a general
program increase of $3,000,000 to help the Service emphasize
actual recovery activities on the ground. Additional recovery
increases include $400,000 to the Peregrine Fund for California
Condor recovery efforts (Craig); $500,000 for Lahontan
cutthroat trout restoration in the Lake Tahoe basin and
Truckee, Carson and Walker River basins (Reid); $250,000 to the
Idaho Office of Species Conservation for Idaho coldwater fish
habitat conservation (Craig, Crapo); a total of $500,000 to be
allocated based on approved State management plans to augment
wolf monitoring in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming (Craig, Thomas,
Enzi, Crapo); and, $350,000 for endangered mussel recovery and
propagation at the White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery
in West Virginia (Byrd). Within the funding provided, the
Committee urges the Service to continue existing eider recovery
and reintroduction programs.
The Committee points out that budget request includes
several administration endangered species earmarks for the
Green River Basin for which the Committee approves $500,000 in
candidate conservation and $500,000 in consultation.
Habitat conservation is funded at $103,155,000. That is
$5,500,000 above the request including general program
increases of $1,000,000 for the partners for fish and wildlife
program, $1,000,000 for project planning, and $1,000,000 for
the coastal program. Additional increases include $700,000 for
the Hawaii Invasive Species Council (Inouye, Akaka), $550,000
to the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Program for research and
restoration (Domenici), $500,000 to Mississippi State
University for the Natural Resources Economic Enterprises
Program (Cochran), and $750,000 to the Nevada Biological
Resources Research Center for the Nevada Biodiversity Research
and Conservation Initiative that provides scientific support
for conservation efforts for threatened species such as the
sage grouse, Lahontan cutthroat trout and the desert tortoise
(Reid). The Administration Green River Basin earmark included
in the request is funded at $750,000. The Committee also
recommends a $1,000,000 increase for the environmental
contaminants program which provides emergency response
capability to environmental incidents requiring Federal action.
National Wildlife Refuge System.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $413,804,000 for the national wildlife
refuge system. This amount is $18,471,000 above the fiscal year
2007 level and $19,000,000 above the budget request. Changes to
the budget request include a $15,000,000 general program
increase for refuge operations. The Committee is aware that
funding for the refuge system has not kept pace with inflation
and has fallen approximately $60,000,000 below inflation-
adjusted levels over a 4-year period. This increase is intended
to begin to turn the tide for the refuge system and enable the
Service to maintain or increase refuge staffing 2008.
Other increases for the refuge program include a general
program increase of $3,000,000 for refuge maintenance and
$1,000,000 to complete the Spartina grass eradication project
at Willapa National Wildlife Refuge in Washington (Murray,
Cantwell).
The Committee urges the Service to complete the
comprehensive conservation plan for the Missisiquoi National
Wildlife Refuge in Vermont. The Committee urges the Service to
study the potential inclusion of additional lands in the
vicinity of the refuge to secure significant wetlands,
migratory bird habitat, and Service trust resources. The
Committee further requests that it be provided a copy of the
plan upon completion.
Migratory Bird Management and Law Enforcement.--The
Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,167,000 for the
migratory bird management and law enforcement programs. This
amount is $4,516,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$4,000,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget
request include a general program increase of $500,000 for
migratory bird management and increases totaling $3,500,000 for
law enforcement.
The Committee is concerned that the Service is failing to
pay adequate attention to its law enforcement responsibilities,
particularly with respect to illegal trade in wildlife and
wildlife products. The special operations branch which conducts
lengthy undercover investigations of large-scale crime
enterprises has been cut down to a mere three-agent force.
Therefore, the Committee is providing $61,085,000 for law
enforcement operations and maintenance, an increase of
$3,500,000 above the Service's inadequate request. The increase
is intended to restore full staffing and support for illegal
wildlife trade investigations.
Fisheries and Aquatic Restoration.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $130,004,000 for the national
fish hatchery system and aquatic restoration activities. This
amount is $12,826,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$5,250,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget
request include an increase of $3,250,000 for the national fish
hatchery system to address its highest priority unmet needs in
operations and maintenance. Other increases include $500,000 to
continue the Great Lakes fish and wildlife restoration program
which the budget proposed to eliminate, $1,000,000 for Atlantic
salmon Penobscot River restoration activities in Maine (Snowe,
Collins), and $500,000 to restore cuts proposed in the budget
for the marine mammals program. The Committee urges the Service
to direct a significant portion of the marine mammals increase
to sea otter populations in Alaska and California.
General Administration.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $162,927,000 for general administration of the
Service. This amount is $8,492,000 above the fiscal year 2007
level and $1,502,000 above the budget request. Changes to the
budget request include increases of $750,000 for central office
administration, $1,000,000 for regional office administration,
and $1,900,000 for international affairs. The increases are
partially offset by a decrease of $2,148,000 for the
consolidation of FBMS costs in the Working Capital Fund. The
avian flu program is funded at the requested level.
The increase for central office administration is to offset
unspecified management efficiencies included in the request.
Regional office administration receives $1,000,000 to restore
proposed reductions.
The Committee recommends a general program increase of
$1,600,000 for international affairs and urges that the
wildlife without borders program receive appropriate
consideration for a share of the increase. The Caddo Lake
Ramsar Center is provided $300,000 for conservation and
education programs (Hutchison).
The Committee notes with approval that the Service has
proposed an adequate operations and maintenance budget for the
National Conservation Training Center in 2008. The Committee
supports this request and encourages the Service to maintain an
adequate funding level for the Center in future budgets.
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Ecological Services.......................................... $255,370,000 $270,870,000 +$15,500,000
National Wildlife Refuge System.............................. 395,333,000 413,804,000 +19,000,000
Migratory Bird Management and Law Enforcement................ 97,651,000 102,167,000 +4,000,000
Fisheries and Aquatic Restoration............................ 124,754,000 130,004,000 +5,250,000
General Administration....................................... 161,425,000 162,927,000 +1,502,000
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Total, Resource Management............................. 1,034,520,000 1,079,772,000 +45,252,000
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CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $45,300,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 23,071,000
Committee recommendation................................ 36,700,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$36,700,000 for the Construction account. This amount is
$8,600,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $13,629,000
above the budget request. The administration budget request
includes funding for four earmarked projects and one national
priority. The Committee supports funding for those projects and
adds funding for seven congressional priorities.
The Committee also provides $5,000,000 for enhancements to
national wildlife refuge and national fish hatchery visitor
centers and visitor contact facilities. This program was
unaccountably absent from the budget request. The Committee
urges the Service to include funding in future budgets to
maintain and improve its facilities in keeping with the
expectations of the visiting public.
The Committee agrees to the following distribution of
construction funds:
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
KY Clarks River $300,000 McConnell
National Wildlife
Refuge
IL Crab Orchard 2,000,000 President
National Wildlife
Refuge--Devil's
Kitchen Dam, phase
2 (cc)
CA Don Edwards San 5,000,000 Feinstein, Boxer
Francisco Bay
National Wildlife
Refuge Complex--SF
Bay salt pond
restoration
HI Hakalau National 900,000 Inouye, Akaka
Wildlife Refuge--
fencing (cc)
WY Jackson National 2,037,000 President
Fish Hatchery--
seismic
rehabilitation (cc)
AR Mammoth Springs 1,750,000 Lincoln, Pryor
National Fish
Hatchery Visitor
Center (cc)
PI Midway Atoll 1,500,000 President
National Wildlife
Refuge
DC Office of Aircraft 500,000 President
Services (MBM
replacement planes)
WV Ohio River Islands 1,425,000 Byrd
National Wildlife
Refuge--river
island erosion
control
GA Okefenokee National 600,000 Chambliss, Isakson
Wildlife Refuge--
repair public use
facilities
MD Patuxent Research 4,000,000 President, Mikulski,
Refuge--major Cardin
safety
reconstruction
WV White Sulphur 500,000 Byrd
Springs National
Fish Hatchery--
maintenance and
facility
improvements
----------------
Subtotal, Line 20,512,000 ..........................
Item Projects
================
National Wildlife 5,000,000 ..........................
Refuge System and
Fish Hatchery
System visitor
enhancements
Dam safety program 717,000 ..........................
and inspections
Bridge safety 570,000 ..........................
inspections
Nationwide 9,901,000 ..........................
Engineering
Services
----------------
TOTAL, FWS 36,700,000 ..........................
CONSTRUCTION
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land acquisition
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $28,046,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 18,011,000
Committee recommendation................................ 43,044,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$43,044,000 for the land acquisition account. This amount is
$14,998,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $25,033,000
above the budget request.
The Committee notes the declining annual requests for Fish
and Wildlife Service land acquisition. The Committee recognizes
that constrained budgets make a full $900,000,000 appropriation
as authorized from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the
Federal public land management agencies infeasible; however,
the levels requested have gone too far in the opposite
direction. The combined 2008 request for land acquisition is
less than $58,000,000, a small fraction of the authorized
amount and a reduction of nearly 90 percent since 2002. In
2002, the land acquisition appropriation was $572,700,000, of
which the Service share was $99,100,000. The Committee urges
the Service to reexamine its long-term plan of acquisitions for
the national wildlife refuge system.
The Committee recommends the following projects for 2008:
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Back Bay $750,000 Warner, Webb
National
Wildlife
Refuge
TX Balcones 275,000 Hutchison, Cornyn
Canyonlands
National
Wildlife
Refuge
MD Blackwater 400,000 Mikulski
National
Wildlife
Refuge
WV Canaan Valley 2,000,000 Byrd
National
Wildlife
Refuge
NJ Cape May 1,000,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
National
Wildlife
Refuge
KY Clarks River 500,000 McConnell
National
Wildlife
Refuge
SD, ND Dakota 500,000 Johnson, Thune
Tallgrass
Prairie
Wildlife
Management
Area
IA Driftless Area 250,000 Harkin
National
Wildlife
Refuge
VA Eastern Shore 1,950,000 Warner, Webb
of Virginia
National
Wildlife
Refuge
NJ Edwin B. 1,375,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
Forsythe
National
Wildlife
Refuge
CT, NJ, NY Highlands 2,000,000 Lautenberg, Dodd,
Conservation Lieberman, Schumer,
Act--easements Clinton, Menendez
HI James Campbell 5,000,000 President, Inouye,
National Akaka
Wildlife
Refuge
VA James River 1,600,000 Warner, Webb
National
Wildlife
Refuge
NH Lake Umbagog 1,000,000 Gregg, Sununu
National
Wildlife
Refuge--Mollid
gewock Brook
TX Lower Rio 750,000 Hutchison
Grande Valley
National
Wildlife
Refuge
FL National Key 1,044,000 President
Deer National
Wildlife
Refuge
MN,IA Northern 750,000 Harkin, Coleman,
Tallgrass Klobuchar
Prairie
National
Wildlife
Refuge
LA Red River 1,000,000 Landrieu, Vitter
National
Wildlife
Refuge
RI Rhode Island 1,000,000 Reed, Whitehouse
National
Wildlife
Refuge Complex
MT Rocky Mountain 1,250,000 Baucus, Tester
Front
Conservation
Area
CA San Joaquin 900,000 President
National
Wildlife
Refuge
MA, VT, NH, Silvio Conte 2,500,000 President, Leahy,
CT National Kennedy, Dodd,
Wildlife Lieberman, Sununu
Refuge
CT Stewart B. 710,000 Dodd, Lieberman
McKinney NFWR--
Menunketesuck
Salt Meadow
Marsh
AK Yukon Flats 400,000 President, Stevens
National
Wildlife
Refuge [Doyon
land exchange
EIS]
-------------------
Subtotal, 28,904,000 .....................
Line
Item
Projects
===================
Acquisition 8,140,000 .....................
Management
Cost Allocation 1,500,000 .....................
Methodology
Exchanges 1,500,000 .....................
Inholdings, 3,000,000 .....................
Emergencies,
and Hardships
-------------------
TOTAL, 43,044,000 .....................
FWS LAND
ACQUISIT
ION
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cooperative endangered species conservation fund
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $81,001,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 80,001,000
Committee recommendation................................ 80,001,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$80,001,000 for the cooperative endangered species conservation
fund. This amount is $1,000,000 below the fiscal year 2007
level and the same as the budget request.
The funds are distributed according to the request:
$10,001,000 for endangered species conservation grants to
States and territories; $7,642,000 for habitat conservation
planning grants; $14,186,000 for species recovery land
acquisition; $40,587,000 for habitat conservation plan land
acquisition; $5,067,000 for the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater
River Basins account established as part of the Nez Perce water
rights settlement; and $2,518,000 for program administration.
national wildlife refuge fund
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $14,202,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 10,811,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,202,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$14,202,000 for the national wildlife refuge fund. This amount
is the same as the fiscal year 2007 level, $3,391,000 over the
request. This account compensates counties for tax losses
resulting from lands within county boundaries acquired, owned
and managed by the Service. The Committee urges the Service to
maintain its support for payments to counties in future
budgets.
north american wetlands conservation fund
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $39,412,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 42,646,000
Committee recommendation................................ 42,646,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$42,646,000 for the North American wetlands conservation fund.
This amount is $3,234,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
the same as the budget request. Of the total amount, $1,706,000
is provided for program administration and support.
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,941,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 3,960,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$4,000,000 for the neotropical migratory bird conservation
fund. This amount is $59,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level
and $40,000 above the budget request.
multinational species conservation fund
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,404,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 4,257,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,000,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$8,000,000 for the multinational species conservation fund.
This amount is $1,596,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$3,743,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget
request include the following increases: $510,000 for African
elephant conservation, $1,010,000 for rhinoceros and tiger
conservation, $510,000 for Asian elephant conservation,
$1,010,000 for great ape conservation, and $703,000 for marine
turtle conservation.
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $67,492,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 69,492,000
Committee recommendation................................ 72,492,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$72,492,000 for State and tribal wildlife grants. This amount
is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $3,000,000
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include
increases of $2,370,000 for State formula grants and $630,000
for tribal grants to restore cuts proposed in the budget
request.
The Committee approves of the request for $5,000,000 to
begin a competitive grants program.
The Committee accepts the Department's decision to
discontinue the private stewardship and landowner incentive
grants programs but recognizes the need for species
conservation efforts on private lands to continue. The
Committee urges the Service to work with the States to develop
a new subset of funding under the State and tribal wildlife
grant program that can direct grants toward species
conservation projects on private lands. The Committee is
receptive to ideas from the Service and the States on how best
to accomplish the goal of continued Federal support for
conservation on private lands within the framework of the State
and tribal wildlife grant program.
National Park Service
Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872,
the National Park System has grown to encompass 390 sites
spanning more than 84 million acres in 49 States, the District
of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the
Virgin Islands. The National Park Service, created in 1916, is
charged with preserving these sites ``unimpaired for the
enjoyment of future generations.'' The Service and its more
than 20,000 employees also contribute to the protection of
other historical, cultural and recreational resources through a
variety of grant and technical assistance programs.
operation of the national park system
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,762,684,000
Emergency appropriations............................ 525,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,969,010,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,958,687,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$1,958,687,000 for the Operation of the National Park System
account. This amount is $196,003,000 above the fiscal year 2007
non-emergency level, and $10,323,000 below the budget request.
The following table provides a comparison of the budget
estimate and the Committee's recommendations in the major
programmatic areas.
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Park Management:
Resource Stewardship............................... $397,434,000 $397,434,000 .................
Visitor Services................................... 405,531,000 405,531,000 .................
Facilities Maintenance & Operations................ 698,571,000 691,571,000 -$7,000,000
Park Support....................................... 320,776,000 322,561,000 +1,785,000
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Total, Park Management........................... 1,822,312,000 1,817,097,000 -5,215,000
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External Administrative Costs.......................... 146,698,000 141,590,000 -5,108,000
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Total, Operation of the National Park System..... 1,969,010,000 1,958,687,000 -10,323,000
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Park Management.--The Committee recommends an appropriation
of $1,817,097,000 for park management. This amount is
$5,215,000 below the budget request. Changes to the request
include a reduction of $7,000,000 in facility maintenance for
dam removal studies at the Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite
National Park. The Committee will not support the expenditure
of scarce resources on a controversial project whose cost
estimates approach $10,000,000,000. Additional changes to the
request include an increase of $1,785,000 in park support for
the National Trail System. The Committee believes that
additional resources for these Federal trails is more than
warranted given the tremendous level of volunteer service
donated each year.
Overall, the Committee's recommendation for park management
activities is more than $189,000,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level. This is an increase of 12 percent and represents
the largest single boost ever in the history of the national
parks. As part of the Park Centennial Initiative, these funds
will allow for the hiring of 1,000 additional maintenance
personnel, 1,000 visitor and resource protection rangers, and
1,000 interpretation and education rangers. In addition, these
funds will allow for an across-the-board increase in the base
operating budgets of every park unit, including, for example,
$457,000 at the Natchez Trace Parkway and $428,000 at the
George Washington Carver National Monument.
Centennial Initiative Matching Grants.--The Committee is
aware of the pending legislative proposal on the matching-grant
portion of the Parks Centennial Initiative, and hopes that the
relevant authorizing committee will consider this proposal in a
timely manner. The Committee certainly supports the fundamental
concept of matching grants, but believes that the proper venue
for resolving the many issues surrounding the proposal is
within the authorizing committee's jurisdiction.
External Administrative Costs.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $141,590,000 for external administrative
costs. This amount is $5,108,000 below the budget request. The
change to the budget request represents the Service's portion
of the department-wide financial business and management system
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's
Working Capital Fund.
Other.--The Committee understands that the decline in the
population of Hansen's Disease victims residing at Kalaupapa
National Historic Park may eventually result in there no longer
being any active residents at the site. In order to prepare for
this, the Committee directs the Service to consult with the
State of Hawaii in a study of alternatives for the future of
the Park, including returning the lands to the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands.
The Committee is concerned that the National Park Service's
proposed staffing levels in Hawaii do not appropriately reflect
the Service's needs in that State, especially in light of the
recent designation of the Northwestern Hawaiian Island National
Marine Monument. The Committee therefore directs that no
changes shall be made to any staffing level in Hawaii until the
Service conducts a capacity analysis with recommendations for
it's operations in the State.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $85,213,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 88,122,000
Committee recommendation................................ 88,122,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $88,122,000
for the United States Park Police. This amount is $2,909,000
above the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget
request.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $54,369,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 48,885,000
Committee recommendation................................ 63,756,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$63,756,000 for the National Recreation and Preservation
account. This amount is $9,387,000 above the fiscal year 2007
level, and $14,871,000 above the budget request. The following
table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.
Changes to the request are detailed below.
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Recreation programs.................................... $574,000 $574,000 .................
Natural programs....................................... 10,467,000 10,467,000 .................
Cultural programs...................................... 22,742,000 21,742,000 -$1,000,000
Environmental compliance & review...................... 421,000 421,000 .................
Grants administration.................................. 3,059,000 3,059,000 .................
International park affairs............................. 1,618,000 1,618,000 .................
Heritage partnership program........................... 10,004,000 15,000,000 +4,996,000
Preserve America....................................... ................. 5,000,000 +5,000,000
Statutory or contractual aid........................... ................. 5,875,000 +5,875,000
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Total, National Recreation and Preservation...... 48,885,000 63,756,000 +14,871,000
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Cultural Programs.--The change to the budget request is a
reduction of $1,000,000 in national register programs for the
proposed historic properties inventory. The Committee believes
that the initiation of such an activity is more properly vested
with the individual States.
Heritage Partnership Programs.--The change to the budget
request includes an increase of $4,996,000 for the Heritage
Partnership program. Unlike past years, the Committee has not
provided specific allocations among the 35 heritage areas, but
rather directs the Service to develop a formula-based plan as
it did in fiscal year 2007. The Service should consult with the
various areas and the House and Senate Appropriations Committee
prior to finalizing the plan. The Service is directed to
include in its plan a cap on the amount of funding an area can
receive prior to its management plan being approved by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Preserve America.--The Committee has included $5,000,000
for the administration's Preserve America program, and included
that funding under the National Recreation and Preservation
account instead of under the Historic Preservation Fund
account. As the administration states, the Preserve America
program is focused on heritage tourism and the Committee
believes that such activities are more properly accounted for
under this heading.
Statutory or Contractual Aid.--The change to the budget
request is an increase of $5,875,000. These funds, which are
often matched, are allocated to the following State and local
governments and organizations for the purpose of operating,
managing, and preserving resources at Service affiliated areas.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount Requested by
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Angel Island Immigration Station. $1,500,000 Feinstein, Boxer
Brown Foundation................. 250,000 Brownback
Chesapeake Bay Gateways.......... 2,000,000 Mikulski, Cardin
Crossroads of the West Historic 500,000 Bennett
District.
Fort Mandan, Fort Lincoln, No. 400,000 Dorgan, Conrad
Plains.
Jamestown 2007 Comm.............. 200,000 Warner, Webb
Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission. 250,000 Levin, Stabenow
Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts... 650,000 Inouye, Akaka
Yosemite schools................. 125,000 Feinstein
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Total...................... 5,875,000
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $55,663,000
Emergency appropriations............................ 10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 63,658,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,000,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$75,000,000 for the Historic Preservation Fund account. This
amount is $19,337,000 above the fiscal year 2007 non-emergency
level and $11,342,000 above the budget request. The following
table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.
Changes to the request are detailed below.
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Budget Committee
estimate recommendation Change
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Grants to states................................................ $35,717,000 $39,000,000 +$3,283,000
Grants to tribes................................................ 3,941,000 6,000,000 +2,059,000
Inventory of historic properties................................ 4,000,000 .............. -4,000,000
Save America's Treasures........................................ 10,000,000 30,000,000 +20,000,000
Preserve America................................................ 10,000,000 .............. -10,000,000
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Total, Historic Preservation Fund......................... 63,658,000 75,000,000 +11,342,000
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Grants to States.--The change to the request is an increase
of $3,283,000 in grants to the State historic preservation
offices. The Committee appreciates the important work these
offices do and believes that an increase is warranted.
Grants to Tribes.--The change to the request is an increase
of $2,059,000 for tribal historic preservation offices. The
Committee understands that tribal preservation efforts play an
important part in the overall need to preserve American
history, and appreciates the work of these offices.
Inventory of Historic Properties.--The change to the
request is a reduction of $4,000,000 for the proposed historic
properties inventory. The Committee believe that the initiation
of such an activity is more properly vested with the individual
States.
Save America's Treasures.--The change to the request is an
increase of $20,000,000, for a total appropriation of
$30,000,000, which is the historic level of funding for this
program. As in past years, the Committee has been virtually
overwhelmed with funding requests, both in terms of the number
of requests submitted and the dollar value of the projects
requested. The Committee believes that this attests to the
widespread national support that this program has garnered. The
fundamental purpose of Save America's Treasures grants is for
the preservation and restoration of important heritage and
historical resources. As such, the Committee recommends the
following allocation:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
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AL Bullock County 300 Shelby
Courthouse
(Union Springs)
AL Old Cahawba 175 Shelby
Center
(Cahawba)
AR Lane House 150 Lincoln, Pryor
Theater (Eureka
Springs)
CA Mission San Luis 650 Feinstein, Boxer
Rey (Oceanside)
CO Chimney Rock 245 Salazar
Pueblo (Pagosa
Springs)
DE Grand Opera 250 Biden, Carper
House
(Wilmington)
GA Old Fort Jackson 300 Chambliss, Isakson
(Savannah)
IA City National 400 Harkin, Grassley
Bank Building
(Mason City)
ID Chesterfield 450 Craig
Schoolhouse
(Chesterfield)
ID Historic Wilson 200 Craig
Theater
(Rupert)
IL Knox College 300 Durbin
(Galesburg)
MD Lloyd Street 125 Mikulski, Cardin
Synagogue
(Baltimore)
MI Marquette Harbor 300 Levin, Stabenow
Lighthouse
(Marquette)
MO Missouri Theater 500 Bond
(Columbia)
MN Ripley Gardens 300 Coleman
Hospital
(Minneapolis)
MS Immanuel Church 150 Cochran
(Winona)
MS Walthall County 200 Cochran
Courthouse
(Tylertown)
NH Littleton Opera 500 Gregg
House
(Littleton)
NV Goldfield 300 Reid
Historic
District
(Goldfield)
NY Seneca Knitting 250 Schumer, Clinton
Mill (Seneca)
PA Polish American 125 Specter
Cultural Center
(Philadelphia)
RI John Brown House 300 Reed
(Providence)
SD Grand Opera 250 Johnson
House (Dell
Rapids)
TX Knights of 350 Hutchison
Pythias
Building
(Cuero)
VT Bethel Town Hall 305 Leahy
(Bethel)
WV Mother's Day 125 Byrd
Shrine
(Grafton)
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Tota 7,500 ...........................
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Preserve America.--The change to the request is a reduction
of $10,000,000 for Preserve America grants from the Historic
Preservation Fund. Funding for this program has been included
under the National Recreation and Preservation account.
construction
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $297,482,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 201,580,000
Committee recommendation................................ 227,154,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$227,154,000 for the Construction account. This amount is
$70,328,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $25,574,000
above the budget request. The following table provides details
of the recommendation.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
State Program/Project recommend Requested by
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Line Item Construction:
KY Abraham Lincoln 350 McConnell
Birthplace Nat'l
Historic Site
PA Benjamin Franklin 2,000 Specter
Memorial
MA Boston Harbor 1,982 Kennedy, Kerry
Islands NRA
NC Blue Ridge Parkway 1,916 President
AR Buffalo National 2,057 President
River
CA California National 1,662 Feinstein
Parks
MA Cape Cod National 1,292 President
Seashore
NC Cape Hatteras 2,805 President
National Seashore
CA Channel Islands 9,295 President
National Park
PA DE Water Gap Nat'l 1,503 President
Recreation Area
FL Everglades National 14,526 President, Nelson (FL),
Park Martinez
WA Ft. Vancouver Nat'l 850 Murray, Cantwell
Hist Site
NY Gateway National 1,042 President
Recreation Area
IN George Rogers Clark 3,764 President
Nat'l Hist Park
MD George Washington 700 Mikulski, Cardin
Pkwy (Glen Echo)
MT Glacier National 1,250 Baucus, Tester
Park
WV Harpers Ferry Nat'l 1,350 Byrd
Hist Park
MO Jefferson Nat'l 1,500 Bond
Expan Mem (St.
Louis Arch)
AK Kenai Fjords 4,300 Stevens
National Park
MI Keweenaw NHP (Union 704 Levin, Stabenow
Bldg, interior)
KY Mammoth Cave 1,353 President
National Park
WA Mount Rainier 1,812 President
National Park
WV New River Gorge 2,115 Byrd
Nat'l Secnic River
WA Olympic National 20,000 President, Murray
Park
VA Petersburg National 3,045 President
Battlefield
CA Redwood National 2,346 President
Park (roads)
CA Redwood National 11,737 President
Park (maintenance
facility)
CO Rocky Mountain 2,817 President
National Park
CA San Francisco 10,051 President
Maritime Nat'l Hist
Park
VA Shenandoah National 2,292 President
Park
UT Utah Public Land 2,000 Bennett, Hatch
Artifact Pres Act
HI USS Arizona 4,545 President
DC White House 5,731 President
SD Wind Cave National 1,158 President
Park
MT Yellowstone National 3,800 President
Park
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Subtotal, Line 129,650 ........................
Item Construction
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Change
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Emergencies & 3,290 ........................
Unscheduled Projects .............
Housing Replacement 5,075 ........................
Program .............
Dam Safety Program 2,626 ........................
.............
Equipment Replacement 14,815 ........................
Program .............
Construction Planning 17,355 ........................
.............
Construction Program 40,852 +1,010
Mgmt & Operations
General Management 13,491 ........................
Planning .............
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Total--Constructio 227,154 ........................
n .............
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California National Parks.--The Committee has provided
$1,662,000 to begin priority health and safety mine cleanup
work at several California facilities. The Committee directs
the Service to make these funds available to Mojave NP, Joshua
Tree NP, Death Valley NP, Lassen Volcanic NP, and Point Reyes
NS.
Yellowstone National Park.--The Committee has provided
$3,800,000 for Yellowstone National Park for the costs
associated with the upgrading the West Yellowstone-Hebgen Basin
municipal solid waste disposal system for the processing and
disposal of municipal solid waste generated with the park. The
Committee understands that these upgrades were instituted
primarily at the request of the Service, and therefore believes
that the Service has a responsibility to pay its proportionate
share of the construction costs. The Committee has provided
bill language to authorize the payment, and has also clarified
that any further payments will be restricted to the park's
proportionate share of ongoing operation and maintenance costs.
Construction Program Management and Operations.--Changes to
the request include an increase of $1,010,000 in fixed cost
increases for the Denver Service Center and the Harpers Ferry
Center. When virtually all other service units have been
provided fixed cost increases through the ONPS account, the
Committee does not understand why these two facilities have not
been accorded the same treatment.
General Management Planning.--Although the Committee has
not made changes to the budget request within this activity, it
does understand from Service officials that the actual amount
budgeted for mapping of the El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail is $240,000.
land and water conservation fund
(RESCISSION)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... -$30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... -30,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ -30,000,000
The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 in
annual contract authority provided by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a. This
authority has not been used in recent years and there are no
plans to use it in fiscal year 2007.
land acquisition and state assistance
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $64,024,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 22,529,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,700,000
The Committee recommends $78,700,000 for land acquisition
and State assistance, an increase of $56,171,000 above the
budget request and $14,676,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level.
The Committee recommends the following distribution of
funds:
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
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Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
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ME Acadia National Park $600,000 Snowe, Collins
TX Big Thicket National 2,500,000 Hutchison
Preserve
MA Cape Cod National 2,000,000 Kennedy, Kerry
Seashore
GA Chattahoochee River 2,000,000 Isakson, Chambliss
National Recreation
Area
TN Chickamauga and 2,200,000 Alexander
Chattanooga
National Military
Park
USA Civil War 3,000,000 President, 17 Senators
Battlefield
Preservation Grants
KY/TN Cumberland Gap 1,900,000 McConnell
National Historical
Park
WA Ebey's Landing 500,000 Murray, Cantwell
National Historical
Reserve
PA Flight 93 National 5,000,000 President, Specter, Casey
Memorial
WV Gauley River 500,000 Byrd
National Recreation
Area
CA Golden Gate National 5,000,000 Feinstein
Recreation Area--
Rancho Corral de
Tierra
MS Gulf Islands 2,000,000 Cochran
National Seashore--
Cat Island
WI Ice Age National 2,000,000 Kohl
Scenic Trail
CO Mesa Verde National 1,600,000 Allard, Salazar
Park
WA Mt. Rainier National 1,500,000 Murray, Cantwell
Park--Carbon River
Gateway
WV New River Gorge 500,000 Byrd
National River
MI Sleeping Bear Dunes 1,200,000 Levin, Stabenow
National Lakeshore
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Subtotal, Line 34,000,000 ..........................
Item Projects
================
Acquisition 9,700,000 ..........................
Management
Emergencies and 2,500,000 ..........................
Hardship
Inholdings and 2,500,000 ..........................
Exchanges
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SUBTOTAL, NPS 48,700,000 ..........................
LAND
ACQUISITION
================
State Conservation 28,325,000 ..........................
Grants
State Conservation 1,675,000 ..........................
Grant President
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SUBTOTAL, 30,000,000 ..........................
STATE
ASSISTANCE
================
TOTAL, NPS 78,700,000 ..........................
LAND
ACQUISITION
AND STATE
ASSISTANCE
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ENERGY AND MINERALS
U.S. Geological Survey
Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
serves as the Earth and natural science research bureau for the
Department of the Interior and is the only integrated natural
resources research bureau in the Federal Government. The Survey
conducts research, monitoring, and assessments to contribute to
understanding America's lands, water, and biological resources.
Its research and data products support the Department's
resource and land management needs and also provide the water,
biological, energy, and mineral resources information needed by
other Federal, State, tribal and local government agencies to
guide planning, management, and regulatory programs. More than
9,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS
are located in nearly 400 offices in every state and in several
foreign countries throughout the world. The USGS leverages its
resources and expertise in partnership with more than 2,000
agencies of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; the
academic community; non-governmental organizations; and the
private sector.
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $982,780,000
Emergency appropriation............................. 5,270,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 974,952,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,009,933,000
The Committee recommends $1,009,933,000 for the U.S.
Geological Survey for surveys, investigations and research, an
increase of $27,153,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level, excluding emergencies, and $34,981,000 above the budget
request.
Geographic Research, Investigations and Remote Sensing.--
The Committee recommends $78,455,000 for Geographic Research,
Investigations and Remote Sensing, an increase of $3,500,000
above the budget request. Changes to the request include an
increase of $2,000,000 to restore the proposed reduction to
priority ecosystem studies and an increase of $1,500,000 to
restore to the extent possible the proposed $2,300,000
reduction for geographic research and monitoring.
Geologic Hazards, Resources and Processes.--The Committee
recommends $243,334,000 for Geologic Hazards, Resources and
Processes, an increase of $21,249,000 above the budget request.
A decrease of $500,000 has been taken to the proposed ocean
action plan to fund that new initiative at $1,000,000. An
increase of $21,749,000 has been provided to restore the
proposed reduction to the minerals resources program. From
within the $22,042,000 proposed 2008 budget for the Volcano
Hazards program, the Committee expects that no less than
$4,000,000 (Stevens) be provided for volcano monitoring and
equipment at the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory [AVO]. This
amount is comparable to prior year AVO funding levels.
Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends
$224,101,000 for Water Resources Investigations, an increase of
$11,647,000 above the request. Changes to the request include
the following: $6,404,000 for the Water Resources Research
Institutes, a program that was proposed for elimination;
$2,000,000 to restore the proposed budget reduction to the
cooperative water program; $500,000 (Alexander) to continue
USGS participation in the Memphis aquifer study; $300,000 (Kyl)
to restore the Upper San Pedro Partnership to the current year
enacted level; $600,000 (Landrieu) to restore funding for the
Long-term Estuary Assessment Group [LEAG]; $1,000,000 (Inouye,
Akaka) to continue a cooperative well drilling and monitoring
project and refine models to predict the low-flow
characteristics of perennial streams in Hawaii; and $343,000
(Leahy) for the Lake Champlain monitoring program to supplement
base funding of $157,000 for that program. An increase of
$1,000,000 (Domenici, Bingaman) is provided to implement
provisions of the United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer
Assessment Act. A reduction of $500,000 has been taken to the
proposed ocean action plan to fund that initiative at
$1,000,000.
Biological Research.--The Committee recommends $182,139,000
for Biological Research, an increase of $1,025,000 above the
request. Changes to the request includes increases of
$1,000,000 for the Leetown Science Center (Byrd), which
restores $800,000 for ongoing molecular biology research and
provides $200,000 to conduct endocrine disruption research in
the Potomac watershed; $825,000 to restore base funding for the
wildlife, terrestrial and endangered resources program;
$200,000 to restore base funds for the Fish and Wildlife
Service Science Excellence program; $1,000,000 to partially
restore the proposed budget reduction of $2,000,000 to the
National Biological Information Infrastructure program; and
$1,000,000 (Feinstein, Boxer) for the San Francisco Salt Ponds
restoration effort. A reduction of $3,000,000 has been taken to
the proposed Healthy Lands Initiative to fund that project at
$2,000,000.
Enterprise Information.--The Committee recommends
$112,120,000 for Enterprise Information activities, as proposed
in the budget request.
Science Support.--The Committee recommends $68,231,000 for
Science Support activities, as proposed in the budget request.
Facilities.--The Committee recommends $101,553,000 for
Facilities, as proposed in the budget request.
Minerals Management Service
The Minerals Management Service oversees 1.76 billion acres
of the Outer Continental Shelf [OCS], managing offshore energy
and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal
environments through advanced science and technology research.
The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 20 percent of natural
gas produced domestically, and sand used for coastal
restoration. Also within MMS, the Minerals Revenue Management
[MRM] program collects, accounts for, and disburses revenues
from mineral leases on OCS, Federal, and American Indian lands.
Through the work of MRM, MMS processes over 500,000 mineral
revenue transactions per month from more then 26,000 producing
leases, and it manages over $7,000,000,000 of mineral revenues
collected annually.
Since its inception in 1982, MMS has collected and
distributed more than $164,900,000,000 in revenues from onshore
and offshore lands. In fiscal year 2005 alone, disbursements
totaled nearly $12,600,000,000. The MMS distribution of mineral
revenues to the U.S. Treasury is one of the Federal
Government's greatest sources of non-tax income.
royalty and offshore minerals management
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $152,612,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 155,048,000
Committee recommendation................................ 159,948,000
The Committee recommends $159,948,000 for royalty and
offshore minerals management, which is an increase of
$7,336,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$4,900,000 above the budget request. This includes an estimated
$135,730,000 in offsetting collections, which is an increase of
$7,000,000 above the previous year. The funding amounts set out
below are at the activity level. Additional details on funding
for sub-activities for the Service are set out in a table in
the back of this report.
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Outer Continental Shelf lands.......................... $159,956,000 $164,856,000 +$4,900,000
Royalty management..................................... 82,371,000 82,371,000 .................
General administration................................. 48,451,000 48,451,000 .................
Use of receipts........................................ -135,730,000 -135,730,000 .................
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Total, royalty and offshore minerals management.. 155,048,000 159,948,000 +4,900,000
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Changes to the budget request include an increase of
$4,000,000 for the costs to the Service for noncompetitive
alternate energy lease sales. The budget request did not
account for the increased pre-sale workload related to studies,
environmental impact statements, and technical reviews prior to
alternate energy lease sales. This increase is distributed in
the amounts of $3,500,000 for leasing and environmental
programs and $500,000 for regulatory programs. The Committee
also recommends an increase of $900,000 above the request to
the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology to
support exploration and sustainable development of seabed
minerals including gas hydrates (Cochran, Lott).
oil spill research
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,903,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,403,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,403,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,403,000 for
oil spill research, which is equal to the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the budget request.
Bill Language.--The Committee recommends adoption of a
general provision in this bill which will provide authority for
the Minerals Management Service to accept contributions to
conduct work in support of the orderly development of OCS
resources.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
[OSM] was established in 1977 to oversee and carry out the
requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
[SMCRA] in concert with States and Indian tribes. OSM's primary
objectives are to ensure coal mining activities are conducted
in a manner that protects citizens and the environment during
mining, ensure the land is properly reclaimed, and mitigate
effects of past mining by reclaiming abandoned coal mines. OSM
addresses its mission with a mix of grants to States and Tribes
to carry out their own regulatory and reclamation programs, and
the administration of OSM's own regulatory and reclamation
programs.
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments
of 2006 (Public Law 109-432) revised the mine reclamation fee
distribution mechanism beginning in fiscal year 2008. State and
Tribal reclamation grants are now provided under mandatory
appropriations instead of this bill.
regulation and technology
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $109,100,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 115,460,000
Committee recommendation................................ 121,360,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$121,360,000 for the Regulation and Technology account. This
amount is $12,260,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$6,000,000 above the budget request.
Environmental Protection.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $89,810,000 for environmental protection. This
amount is $11,110,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$6,000,000 above the budget request. The change to the budget
request is a $6,000,000 increase in State and tribal funding.
This increase will enable OSM to provide the full 50 percent
match for State costs in conducting regulatory operations to
minimize the impact of coal extraction operations on people and
the environment. The Committee has also included the $6,262,000
increase in the request for State and Federal fixed costs.
A comparison of the Committee recommendation and the budget
estimate follows:
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Environmental restoration.................................... $160,000 $160,000 ...............
Environmental protection..................................... 83,810,000 89,810,000 +$6,000,000
Technology development and transfer.......................... 15,416,000 15,416,000 ...............
Financial management......................................... 491,000 491,000 ...............
Executive direction.......................................... 15,483,000 15,483,000 ...............
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Subtotal, regulation and technology.................... 115,360,000 121,360,000 +6,000,000
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Civil penalties.............................................. 100,000 100,000 ...............
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Total, regulation and technology....................... 115,460,000 121,460,000 +6,000,000
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ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
(Definite, Trust Fund)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $185,393,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 52,835,000
Committee recommendation................................ 52,835,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$52,835,000 for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. This
amount is $132,558,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level, but it
is the same as the budget request. The decrease from 2007
results from Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Amendments which provide that State and Tribal reclamation
grants are now mandatory appropriations.
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Environmental restoration.................................... $34,483,000 $34,483,000 ...............
Technology development and transfer.......................... 3,983,000 3,983,000 ...............
Financial management......................................... 6,408,000 6,408,000 ...............
Executive direction.......................................... 7,961,000 7,961,000 ...............
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Total.................................................. 52,835,000 52,835,000 ...............
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA] was founded in 1824 to
uphold a government-to-government relationship between the
Federal Government and tribal entities. The Federal Government
retained trust responsibility for individual Indians and tribes
as a result of formal treaties and agreements with Native
Americans.
The Bureau provides services directly or through contracts,
grants, or compacts to a population of 1.5 million American
Indians and Alaska Natives who are members of 562 federally
recognized Indian tribes in the lower 48 States and Alaska.
Programs administered by the BIA and Tribes include an
education system for almost 48,000 elementary and secondary
students; 28 tribal colleges, universities and post secondary
schools; social services; natural resource management on 56
million acres of trust land; economic development; law
enforcement; administration of tribal courts; implementation of
land and water claim settlements; replacement and repair of
schools; repair and maintenance of roads and bridges; and
repair of structural deficiencies on high hazard dams.
operation of indian programs
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,988,223,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,990,918,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,046,341,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$2,046,341,000 for the Operations of Indian Programs account.
This amount is $58,118,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$55,423,000 above the budget request. The following table
provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.
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TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM
Tribal Government............................................ $397,698,000 $406,398,000 +$8,700,000
Human Services............................................... 120,703,000 134,128,000 +13,425,000
Natural Resources Management................................. 141,684,000 147,489,000 +5,805,000
Real Estate Services......................................... 150,722,000 151,722,000 +1,000,000
Education.................................................... 660,540,000 685,540,000 +25,000,000
Public Safety and Justice.................................... 233,818,000 237,818,000 +4,000,000
Community and Economic Development........................... 39,061,000 39,061,000 ...............
Executive Direction and Administrative Services.............. 246,692,000 244,185,000 -2,507,000
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Total, Operation of Indian Programs.................... 1,990,918,000 2,046,341,000 +55,423,000
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Tribal Government.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $406,398,000 for tribal government support.
This amount is $8,700,000 above the budget request. Changes to
the budget request include increases of $1,011,000 in
consolidated tribal government and $6,689,000 in self
governance compacts to restore the proposed cuts in Johnson-
O'Malley education assistance grants, and an increase of
$1,000,000 in program oversight to restore the proposed cuts to
regional office oversight and continued activities under the
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act (Reid). The Committee
notes that, within the amount provided, the funding for
contract support costs is $6,000,000 above the current enacted
level and $17,000,000, or 12 percent, above the fiscal year
2006 level.
Human Services.--The Committee recommends an appropriation
of $134,128,000 for human services. This amount is $13,425,000
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include
an increase of $3,000,000 in welfare assistance to restore half
of the proposed cut, an increase of $1,000,000 for the
intervention and support activities under the Indian Child
Welfare Act, and an increase of $9,425,000 to restore half of
the proposed cut in the housing improvement program.
Natural Resources Management.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $147,489,000 for resources management. This
amount is $5,805,000 above the budget request. Changes to the
budget request include a total increase of $3,540,000 in rights
protection implementation to restore $1,740,000 in proposed
cuts to the Washington Timber-Fish-Wildlife program (Murray,
Cantwell) and $1,800,000 in proposed cuts to the U.S.-Canada
Pacific Salmon Treaty program (Crapo). Both of these programs
were funded in fiscal year 2007 at the sole discretion of the
Bureau, yet no explanation has been offered as to why this
important work would not continue in the upcoming fiscal year.
Additional changes to the budget request include a total
increase of $2,265,000 in tribal management and development to
restore $350,000 in proposed law enforcement cuts to the Lake
Roosevelt program (Murray, Cantwell), $315,000 in proposed
rights protection cuts to the Upper Columbia United Tribes
program (Murray, Cantwell), and $600,000 in proposed
conservation cuts to the Circle of Flight program (Kohl). The
Committee again notes that all three of these programs were
funded by the Bureau in fiscal year 2007, yet no explanation
has been offered for why these reductions should be adopted.
Also included in the tribal management and development increase
is $1,000,000 for the inter-tribal bison restoration and
protection program. In an effort to reduce the amount allocated
to overhead, the Committee directs the Bureau to disperse the
bison funding among the various participating Tribes rather
than providing them to a cooperative association.
Real Estate Services.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $151,722,000 for real estate services. This
amount is $1,000,000 above the budget request. The change to
the budget request is an increase of $1,000,000 to restore half
of the cut in real estates services for cadastral surveys in an
effort to improve ownership information on the 56 million acres
of trust and restricted land the Bureau oversees.
Education.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$685,540,000 for education programs. This amount is $25,000,000
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include
an increase of $8,000,000 in elementary and secondary programs
to partially restore the reductions in Johnson-O'Malley
education assistance grants, and an increase of $17,000,000 in
post secondary programs. Within the post secondary increase,
$5,000,000 is for operating grants for tribally controlled
colleges and universities, $4,000,000 is to restore the cut to
United Tribes Technical College (Dorgan, Conrad), $2,000,000 is
to restore the cut to Navajo Technical College (Domenici,
Bingaman), and $6,000,000 is to restore the cuts in
scholarships and adult education.
The Committee is concerned about the need for additional
law enforcement officers in Indian country and to that end
supports an articulation agreement between the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and United Tribes Technical College that would
establish reciprocity between UTTC and the Bureau for training
and certification of BIA law enforcement officers.
Public Safety and Justice.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $237,818,000 for public safety and justice
programs. This amount is $4,000,000 above the budget request.
Changes to the budget request include a total increase of
$4,000,000 for law enforcement, of which $2,000,000 is for
criminal investigation and police services for additional
staffing and training, and $2,000,000 is for detention and
corrections centers for additional staffing.
The Committee is aware that, at the current time, the
Bureau only provides funding for Bureau-operated detention
centers while costs associated with tribally-operated centers
are borne by the Tribes themselves. Not later than 60 days
after enactment of this act, the Bureau shall provide a report
providing a cost estimate for staffing, operations and
maintenance, facility improvement and repair needs at both BIA-
operated and tribally-operated detention facilities.
Community and Economic Development.--The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $39,061,000 for community and
economic development programs. This amount is equal to the
budget request.
Executive Direction and Administrative Services.--The
Committee recommends an appropriation of $244,185,000 for
executive direction and administrative services. This amount is
$2,507,000 below the budget request. The change to the budget
request is a decrease of $2,507,000 in intra-governmental
payments, which represents the Bureau's portion of the
department-wide financial business and management system
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's
Working Capital Fund.
The Committee strongly encourages the Bureau of Indian
Affairs to work with the Close-Up Foundation to provide
resources to allow Native American and Alaskan native students
to participate in the Close-Up program.
construction
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUND)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $271,823,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 197,627,000
Committee recommendation................................ 179,012,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$179,012,000 for the Construction account, including the
rescission of $3,800,000 in unobligated, prior year balances.
This amount is $92,811,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and
$18,615,000 below the budget request. The following table
provides a comparison of the budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendations in the major programmatic areas.
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Education.................................................... $139,844,000 $125,029,000 -$14,815,000
Public Safety and Justice.................................... 11,621,000 11,621,000 ...............
Resources Management......................................... 37,916,000 37,916,000 ...............
General Administration....................................... 2,114,000 2,114,000 ...............
Construction Program Management.............................. 6,132,000 6,132,000 ...............
Rescission of unobligated balances........................... ............... -3,800,000 -3,800,000
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Total, Construction.................................... 197,627,000 179,012,000 -18,615,000
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Education.--The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$125,029,000 for education construction. This amount is
$14,815,000 below the budget request. The change to the budget
request is a decrease of $14,815,000 in the replacement school
activity. The Committee has recently been advised by the Bureau
that of the 18 replacement school projects currently under
construction, 3 are running funding surpluses totaling
$3,000,000, while 15 are experiencing funding shortfalls
totaling $146,000,000, leaving an overall shortfall in the
replacement school construction program of $143,000,000. Given
this situation, the Committee does not believe it is prudent to
begin new projects until such time as the Bureau presents a
plan for addressing the shortfall. In the meantime, the
Committee directs the Bureau to apply to the funding shortfall
the $51,000,000 made available through the fiscal year 2007
joint funding resolution that was in excess of the Bureau's
fiscal year 2007 request. The Committee also directs the Bureau
to present a plan as soon as possible that will address the
remaining $92,000,000 deficit.
Public Safety and Justice.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $11,621,000 for public safety and justice
construction. This amount is equal to the budget request.
Resources Management.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $37,916,000 for resource management
construction. This amount is equal to the budget request.
General Administration.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $2,114,000 for general administration. This
amount is equal to the budget request.
Construction Program Management.--The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $6,132,000 for construction program
management. This amount is equal to the budget request.
Rescission of Prior Year Balances.--The Committee has
included bill language rescinding $3,800,000 in prior year,
unobligated balances that were originally made available
through the tribal school demonstration program in Public Law
108-447, the fiscal year 2005 Interior and Related Agencies
appropriations bill.
indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $42,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 34,069,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,069,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$34,069,000 for the Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements
and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians account. This amount is
$7,931,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the
budget request. The following table provides a comparison of
the budget estimate and the Committee's recommendations.
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Land Settlements:
White Earth Land Settlement Act.......................... $625,000 $625,000 ...............
Hoopa-Yurok Settlement................................... 250,000 250,000 ...............
Water Settlements:
Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement..................... 142,000 142,000 ...............
Nez Perce/Snake River.................................... 16,152,000 16,152,000 ...............
Miscellaneous Payments:
Rocky Boys O&M Trust Fund................................ 7,500,000 7,500,000 ...............
Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement................ 7,000,000 7,000,000 ...............
Pueblo of Isleta Settlement.............................. 2,400,000 2,400,000 ...............
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Total.................................................. 34,069,000 34,069,000 ...............
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Additional funding for the Nez Perce/Snake River settlement
in the amount of $5,067,000 is provided for in the Fish and
Wildlife Service account.
indian guaranteed loan program account
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,258,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,276,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,276,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,276,000 for
the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account. This amount is
$18,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the
budget request.
Departmental Offices
Office of the Secretary
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $116,265,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 106,445,000
Committee recommendation................................ 102,151,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,151,000
for the Office of the Secretary. This amount is $14,114,000
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and $4,294,000 below the
budget request. Changes to the request include a reduction of
$294,000, which is the Office's portion of the department-wide
financial business and management system [FBMS]. These funds
are being consolidated in the Department's Working Capital
Fund. The Committee has also included $1,000,000 for the
activities of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. This amount
is $4,000,000 below the budget request.
The Committee notes that the General Accountability Office
[GAO] recently identified a number of shortcomings associated
with the Department's Appraisal Services Directorate [ASD]
ability to support the agency's land conservation missions. In
its September 2006 report, GAO reported that 132 of 324 land
acquisition appraisals failed to meet Federal standards; ASD
appraisers lacked the specialized skills needed to perform
appraisals of lands involving minerals, timber, and water
rights; ASD has no process for establishing realistic deadlines
for completing appraisals; and ASD's relationships with its
client agencies are hampered by inefficient operations. GAO
also found that ASD's appraisal contracting and billing
practices added unnecessary delays and costs to the process.
Interior's partner organizations have commented repeatedly
to the Committee about significant and chronic delays on the
part of ASD to initiate, contract, and review appraisals. These
reports indicate it might be more efficient if responsibility
for appraisals were returned to the land management bureaus
that conducted them in the past.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary to report on
the actions taken by the Department to improve the timeliness
and accountability of the ASD appraisal process within 90 days
of enactment of this bill. The Committee requests that the
report also discuss the merits of transferring the appraisal
contract management functions back to the bureaus.
Insular Affairs
The Office of Insular Affairs [OIA] was established on
August 4, 1995 through Secretarial Order No. 3191, which also
abolished the former Office of Territorial and International
Affairs. OIA has administrative responsibility for coordinating
Federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands [CNMI], and oversight of Federal programs and
funds in the freely associated states of the Federated States
of Micronesia [FSM], the Republic of the Marshall Islands
[RMI], and the Republic of Palau.
Following the expiration of the first Compact of Free
Association in 2003, a new Compact of Free Association was
negotiated between the United States and the states of FSM and
RMI. Under the Compact, the status of free association
recognizes each Freely Associated State as a sovereign state
with the capacity to conduct foreign affairs consistent with
the terms of the Compact. The Compact places full
responsibility for defense with the United States. The Compact
also provides grant funds and Federal program assistance,
principally through the Department of the Interior.
assistance to territories
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $76,197,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 74,921,000
Committee recommendation................................ 77,821,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$77,821,000 for assistance to territories. This amount is
$1,624,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $2,900,000
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request consist
of increases totaling $2,900,000 in territorial assistance.
The amounts recommended by the Committee for assistance to
territories compared to the request are shown in the following
table:
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Territorial assistance:
Office of Insular Affairs....................... $8,184,000 $8,184,000 ..................
Technical assistance............................ 8,226,000 11,126,000 +$2,900,000
Maintenance assistance fund..................... 2,277,000 2,277,000 ..................
Brown tree snake................................ 2,673,000 2,673,000 ..................
Insular management controls..................... 1,476,000 1,476,000 ..................
Coral reef initiative........................... 495,000 495,000 ..................
Waste and wastewater projects................... 990,000 990,000 ..................
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Subtotal, territorial assistance.............. 24,321,000 27,221,000 +2,900,000
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American Samoa: Operations grants................... 22,880,000 22,880,000 ..................
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants........... 27,720,000 27,720,000 ..................
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Total, assistance to territories.............. 74,921,000 77,821,000 +2,900,000
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Territorial Assistance.--The Committee recommends a
$1,000,000 increase above the request to continue health care
support to the four atoll communities that were affected by the
nuclear testing program conducted in the Marshall Islands
(Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman). These funds shall continue to be
used for capital and operational support of the Marshall
Islands, Ministry of Health, Outer Island Primary Healthcare
Initiative in the communities on Enewetak, Kili (Bikini),
Majetto, Rongelap, and Utrik. Support shall consist of a clinic
with at least one doctor and an assistant, and necessary
supplies and logistical support. If excess funds are available,
they may be used to augment primary health care for members of
these communities who receive such care from facilities in
Ebeye and Majuro.
The Committee supports the agreement between the pension
systems of the Republic of Palau, the CNMI, the RMI, and the
FSM that provides for assuming the responsibility for enrollees
of the Prior Services Trust Fund. The Committee recommends an
increase of $850,000 for distribution among the pension systems
for payments to the enrollees as anticipated under the
agreement (Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman).
The Committee has provided $300,000 to restore funding for
the Continuing Judicial, Court Education, and Court
Administration Improvement Project that is conducted in
cooperation with the Pacific Islands Committee of the Judicial
Council of the Ninth Circuit. The Committee notes that this
program was funded at the sole discretion of the Department
under the 2007 joint resolution.
The Committee is concerned about the possibility of an
economic downturn in the CNMI garment industry. The Committee
includes an increase of $750,000 to fund the population and
workforce surveys necessary to quantify and evaluate the degree
and prevalence of labor, immigration, and law enforcement
problems, and to strengthen United States and CNMI government
responses to those problems in the CNMI, especially those
involving excess workers, overstaying tourists, and illegal
residents. The Committee further directs the Office of Insular
Affairs to fully describe the use of CNMI Initiative funding in
future budget justifications; coordinate regular interagency
meetings between Federal and local immigration, labor, and law
enforcement officials; and report annually to Congress on
immigration, labor, and law enforcement conditions, issues, and
trends in the CNMI (Domenici, Akaka, Bingaman).
The Committee strongly encourages the Office to provide
funds to the Close-Up Foundation to allow children from the
insular areas to participate in the Close-Up program. The
Committee supports this work and encourages the Office to work
with the Foundation to expand the program to allow for
additional students to participate.
American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa
Construction.--The Committee recommends $22,880,000 for
operations grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the 2007
level and the budget request.
CNMI/Covenant Grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000
for covenant grants, which is equal to the 2007 level and the
request.
compact of free association
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $5,313,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 4,862,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,362,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,362,000 for
the Compact of Free Association account. This amount is $49,000
above the fiscal year 2007 level and $500,000 above the budget
request.
The amounts recommended by the Committee for the Compact of
Free Association compared to the request are shown in the
following table:
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Compact of free association--Federal services................ $2,862,000 $2,862,000 ...............
Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance............. 2,000,000 2,000,000 ...............
Enewetak Support............................................. ............... 500,000 +$500,000
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Total, compact of free association..................... 4,862,000 5,362,000 +500,000
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Federal Services Assistance.--The Committee recommends
$2,862,000 for covenant grants, which is $42,000 above the 2007
level and the same as the request.
Program Grant Assistance.--The Committee recommends
$2,000,000 for covenant grants, which is the same as the 2007
level and the request.
Enewetak Support.--The Committee recommends an increase of
$500,000 to continue to supplement the Enewetak food and
agriculture program. This is $7,000 above the enacted level and
$500,000 above the request. The people of Enewetak continue
their efforts at soil restoration and raising adequate food on
islands that lost much of their soil during the radiation
cleanup. The Committee urges the Secretary to conduct an
independent evaluation of the Program's effectiveness, and on
future needs and costs.
Bill Language.--The Committee has also inserted a general
provision to correct an error in the compacts of free
association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the
Federated States of Micronesia regarding Palau's separate
compact. The clause to be corrected erroneously states that
assistance to Palau will terminate in 2007 instead of 2009 as
its compact provides.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $55,018,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 58,949,000
Committee recommendation................................ 59,449,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$59,449,000 for the Office of the Solicitor. This amount is
$4,431,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $500,000 above
the budget request.
The Committee expects the Office of the Solicitor to
provide high quality legal services to the Department and the
bureaus. The Committee is concerned that the Solicitor's Office
has not invested in contemporary, automated tools commonly used
to manage work in the legal profession that could help to
ensure accountability and to increase employees' capacities and
productivity. The Committee is also concerned that this failure
has been exacerbated by the inability of the Office to utilize
widely available internet-based research and training tools
that foster integration and enhance capacities. Therefore,
within 100 days of enactment, the Solicitor shall deliver to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report
explaining the management challenges the Office currently faces
and a plan for the use of automated tools to ensure that the
Office of the Solicitor becomes more functionally integrated
and results oriented. The plan shall include the cost of
implementation and future savings and cost avoidance for
solutions to those challenges. This plan shall also address
other means for improving efficiencies in the Office such as
organizational alignment.
The Committee recognizes that any responsible plan for
modernizing the Office of the Solicitor will require financial
support, therefore, an increase of $500,000 is provided.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $38,823,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 42,322,000
Committee recommendation................................ 45,572,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$45,572,000 for the Office of the Inspector General. This
amount is $6,749,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$3,250,000 above the budget request. The change from the
request is an increase of $3,250,000 to enable the Office to
respond more effectively to the extraordinary demand for audits
and investigations in the Department of the Interior. Recent
investigations by the Inspector General have revealed cases of
unsatisfactory program performance, malfeasance, and possible
criminal activity within the Department. Several investigations
require extraordinary resource levels and will continue for a
number of years. Chief among these are cases related to Outer
Continental Shelf royalty programs. Therefore, the Committee
directs the Inspector General to develop a permanent capability
for auditing and investigating OCS royalty and royalty-in-kind
programs. The increase of $3,250,000 consists of $2,000,000 for
audits, $1,000,000 for investigations, and $250,000 for
administrative services and information management.
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
holds responsibility for approximately 56 million acres of
land, with over 10 million acres belonging to individual
Indians and 46 millions acres held in trust for Indian Tribes.
On these lands the Department of the Interior manages over
100,000 leases for individual Indians and tribes. Leasing, use
permits, land sale revenue, and interest totaling approximately
$330,000,000 per year are collected for 277,000 individual
Indian money accounts. $460,000,000 per year is collected in
1,450 tribal accounts serving 300 tribes. Additionally, the
trust manages approximately $2,900,000,000 in tribal funds and
$400,000,000 in individual Indian funds.
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $189,251,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 186,158,000
Committee recommendation................................ 185,947,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $185,947,000
for the Federal Trust Programs account. This amount is
$3,304,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and $211,000 below
the budget request. The change to the budget request is a
decrease of $211,000, which represents the Office's portion of
the department-wide financial business and management system
[FBMS]. These funds are being consolidated in the Department's
Working Capital Fund. The Committee notes that the
recommendation includes at total appropriation of $60,000,000
for historical accounting activities.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $34,006,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000
for the Indian Land Consolidation account. This amount is
$24,006,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level and equal to the
budget request.
Department-wide Programs
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $232,528,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 190,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 232,528,000
The Committee recommends $232,528,000 for Payments in Lieu
of Taxes, the same as the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$42,528,000 over the budget request.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $9,715,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 9,954,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,954,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,954,000 for
the central hazardous materials fund, which is $239,000 above
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level, and equal to the budget
request. Language has been included in the bill providing
permanent authority for the expenditure of certain sums
recovered by the Department for remedial action or response
activities.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION
The mission of the natural resource damage assessment and
restoration program is to restore natural resources injured as
a result of oil spills or hazardous substance releases into the
environment. As authorized in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act [CERCLA], the Clean
Water Act, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, injuries to
natural resources that the Department of the Interior manages
or controls are assessed and appropriate restoration projects
are identified. Recoveries from potentially responsible
parties, either through negotiated settlements or legal
actions, are used to finance restoration of the injured
resources. The Restoration Program Office coordinates the
various technical, scientific, legal, and economic aspects of
this work, as well as the various departmental bureaus and
offices involved.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,043,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 6,224,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,300,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$6,300,000 for the natural resource damage assessment fund.
This amount is $257,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and
$76,000 above the budget request.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Appropriations, 2007....................................................
Budget estimate, 2008................................... $22,240,000
Committee recommendation................................ 37,069,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$37,069,000 for the Working Capital Fund. This amount is
$37,069,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $14,829,000
above the budget request. These differences are attributable to
how funding for the Department's financial business and
management system [FBMS] has been displayed. In fiscal year
2007, the Congress provided $22,236,000 under the Office of the
Secretary account, not the Working Capital Fund, for FBMS
activities. For fiscal year 2008, the budget request proposed a
total of $22,240,000 for FBMS activities in the Working Capital
Fund, and another $16,618,000 distributed throughout the
individual bureau accounts for a total FBMS request of
$38,858,000. The Committee has chosen to consolidate the
individual bureau allowances in the Working Capital Fund, and
therefore recommends a total appropriation of $37,069,000 for
the FBMS project.
General Provisions
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Committee has included in ``General Provisions,
Department of the Interior'' various legislative provisions
affecting the Department of the Interior. Several of these
provisions have been carried in previous years and others are
proposed new this year. The provisions are:
Sec. 101. Provides Secretarial authority to transfer
program funds for expenditures in cases of emergency when all
other emergency funds are exhausted.
Sec. 102. Provides for expenditure or transfer of funds by
the Secretary in the event of actual or potential emergencies
including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods,
volcanic eruptions, storms, oilspills, grasshopper and Mormon
cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation emergencies.
Sec. 103. Provides for use of appropriated funds by the
Secretary for contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain
library memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
Secs. 104-105. Prohibit the use of funds provided in the
act for certain offshore leasing and related activities
pursuant to the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf
oil and gas leasing.
Sec. 106. Provides for the transfer of unobligated balances
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians for expenditure or transfer for
Indian trust management activities. It has been modified to
prohibit transfers for the payment of litigation costs.
Sec. 107. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority
allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding
inequities.
Sec. 108. Continues a provision permitting the conveyance
of the Twin Cities Research Center for the benefit of the
National Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota.
Sec. 109. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use
helicopters or motor vehicles to capture and transport horses
and burros at the Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges.
Sec. 110. Continues a limitation on compensation for the
Special Master and Court Monitor appointed in the Cobell v.
Kempthorne litigation.
Sec. 111. Allows the Secretary to use funds to pay private
attorney fees and costs for employees and former employees of
the Department for costs incurred as a result of Cobell v.
Kempthorne.
Sec. 112. Continues a prohibition on the use of funds to
study or implement drainage of Lake Powell or reduce water
levels below the range necessary to operate Glen Canyon Dam.
Sec. 113. Continues the Tribal Trust Reform Demonstration
Project in fiscal year 2008, which will allow the continuation
of a successful model between tribes and the Department of the
Interior with respect to compacting and management of trust
resources.
Sec. 114. Modifies language in Public Law 109-54 with
regard to grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge field
office of the Bureau of Land Management.
Sec. 115. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for the
purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support
visitors to Ellis, Governors and Liberty Islands.
Sec. 116. Modifies language carried in previous years
regarding final winter use rules for Yellowstone National Park.
Sec. 117. Allows for certain mining claims in Alaska to be
maintained by their current owner.
Sec. 118. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an oil and
gas leasing internet pilot program, allowing lease sales
through methods other than oral bidding.
Sec. 119. Allows historical operator right of entry for
certain permit holders in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Sec. 120. Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act with
respect to polar bears.
Sec. 121. Prohibits the use of funds, in relation to any
proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for any
activities associated with approval of rights-of-way on the
Mojave National Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field
Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
Sec. 122. Allows appropriated funds to be used to acquire
lands owned by the State of Nevada or a political subdivision
within the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Sec. 123. Allows the Minerals Management Service to accept
contributions to complete environmental clearances prior to
energy exploration and production.
Sec. 124. Repeals prior language prohibiting the National
Park Service from implementing an approved settlement on Santa
Rosa Island.
Sec. 125. Corrects an incorrect map date referenced in the
transfer of Bureau of Land Management land to the Veterans
Administration in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sec. 126. Corrects an incorrect date in Public Law 108-188
in order to prevent the premature expiration of health,
education, and labor aid programs for the Republic of Palau.
Sec. 127. Directs that the Secretary of the Interior should
seek to carry out the Upper Snake River Basin Biological
Opinions of March 31, 2005.
Sec. 128. The Committee recognizes the importance of
cooperative agreements to support partnership activities, and
has provided language to assist the Department in working
cooperatively to achieve Interior mission goals. The Committee
directs the Department to provide a plan for improved oversight
and management of cooperative agreements, including the
issuance of standard policies, procedures, and guidelines;
periodic reviews and sampling to ensure accountability for
goods and services and appropriate costing; training for all
personnel that are involved in the issuance and management of
cooperative agreements; and periodic reporting.
Sec. 129. The Committee intends that the benefits accrued
via the purchase of the Barnes Ranch and the consolidation of
the Barnes and Agency Lake Ranches into the Upper Klamath
National Wildlife Refuge are provided promptly, and that the
appropriate Federal agencies consider these benefits in future
consultations regarding the operation of the Klamath Project
(Project). These benefits include increased surety of
irrigation flows provided by the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau)
to the Project, increases in storage capacity, water quality
and wetland habitats in Upper Klamath Lake, and the ability of
the Bureau to contribute to legally-mandated flows downstream
of Link River Dam and to maintain lake levels for Upper Klamath
Lake. Furthermore, to ensure compliance under Oregon water law
and clarify Bureau responsibilities, only the amount of water
legally entitled under the Barnes Ranch existing consumptive
use water right, and the amount of water that is passively
stored on the Barnes and Agency Lake Ranches in any given year
is made available to the Bureau for purposes of compliance with
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 130. Language to expand the boundary of the Corinth
Unit of the Shiloh National Military Park so that a land
transfer may occur.
Sec. 131. Language to provide the National Park Service
with the authority to acquire land at the Flight 93 crash site
for the purposes of a memorial.
Sec. 132. Clarifies concessionaire historic rights at
Denali National Park.
TITLE II
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Program Description
The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] was created
through Executive Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, designed
to consolidate certain Federal Government environmental
activities into a single agency. The plan was submitted by the
President to the Congress on July 8, 1970, and the Agency was
established as an independent agency in the executive branch on
December 2, 1970, by consolidating 15 components from 5
departments and independent agencies.
A description of EPA's pollution control programs by media
follows:
Air.--The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 authorize a
national program of air pollution research, regulation,
prevention, and enforcement activities.
Water Quality.--The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, provides the framework for protection of the Nation's
surface waters. The law recognizes that it is the primary
responsibility of the States to prevent, reduce, and eliminate
water pollution. The States determine the desired uses for
their waters, set standards, identify current uses and, where
uses are being impaired or threatened, develop plans for the
protection or restoration of the designated use. They implement
the plans through control programs such as permitting and
enforcement, construction of municipal waste water treatment
works, and nonpoint source control practices. The CWA also
regulates discharge of dredge or fill material into waters of
the United States, including wetlands.
Drinking Water.--The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as
amended in 1996, charges EPA with the responsibility of
implementing a program to assure that the Nation's public
drinking water supplies are free of contamination that may pose
a human health risk, and to protect and prevent the
endangerment of ground water resources which serve as drinking
water supplies.
Hazardous Waste.--The Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976 mandated EPA to develop a regulatory program to
protect human health and the environment from improper
hazardous waste disposal practices. The RCRA Program manages
hazardous wastes from generation through disposal.
EPA's responsibilities and authorities to manage hazardous
waste were greatly expanded under the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984. Not only did the regulated universe of
wastes and facilities dealing with hazardous waste increase
significantly, but past mismanagement practices, in particular
prior releases at inactive hazardous and solid waste management
units, were to be identified and corrective action taken. The
1984 amendments also authorized a regulatory and implementation
program directed to owners and operators of underground storage
tanks.
Pesticides.--The objective of the Pesticide Program is to
protect the public health and the environment from unreasonable
risks while permitting the use of necessary pest control
approaches. This objective is pursued by EPA under the Food
Quality Protection Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 through
three principal means: (1) review of existing and new pesticide
products; (2) enforcement of pesticide use rules; and (3)
research and development to reinforce the ability to evaluate
the risks and benefits of pesticides.
Radiation.--The radiation program's major emphasis is to
minimize the exposure of persons to ionizing radiation, whether
from naturally occurring sources, from medical or industrial
applications, nuclear power sources, or weapons development.
Toxic Substances.--The Toxic Substances Control Act
establishes a program to stimulate the development of adequate
data on the effects of chemical substances on health and the
environment, and institute control action for those chemicals
which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the
environment. The act's coverage affects more than 60,000
chemicals currently in commerce, and all new chemicals.
Multimedia.--Multimedia activities are designed to support
programs where the problems, tools, and results are cross media
and must be integrated to effect results. This integrated
program encompasses the Agency's research, enforcement, and
abatement activities.
Superfund.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 established a national
program to protect public health and the environment from the
threats posed by inactive hazardous waste sites and
uncontrolled spills of hazardous substances. The original
statute was amended by the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986. Under these authorities, EPA
manages a hazardous waste site cleanup program including
emergency response and long-term remediation.
Brownfields.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 as amended by the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of
2002 establishes a national program to assess, cleanup, and
provide support to States, Tribes, local communities and other
stakeholders to work together to reuse Brownfields.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks.--The Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 established the
leaking underground storage tank [LUST] trust fund to conduct
corrective actions for releases from leaking underground
storage tanks that contain petroleum or other hazardous
substances. EPA implements the LUST response program primarily
through cooperative agreements with the States.
committee recommendation
The Committee has provided $7,772,928,000 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, a $573,528,000 increase above
the budget request and $47,798,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level.
Changes to the EPA budget, by appropriation, are listed
below.
Science and Technology
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $733,387,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 754,506,000
Committee recommendation................................ 772,530,000
program description
EPA's ``Science and technology'' account provides funding
for the scientific knowledge and tools necessary to support
decisions on preventing, regulating, and abating environmental
pollution and to advance the base of understanding on
environmental sciences. These efforts are conducted through
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with
universities, industries, other private commercial firms,
nonprofit organizations, State and local governments, and
Federal agencies, as well as through work performed at EPA's
laboratories and various field stations and field offices. In
addition, Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund resources
are transferred to this account directly from the Hazardous
Substance Superfund.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $772,530,000 for science and
technology programs, which is $18,024,000 above the request and
$39,143,000 above the enacted level. In addition, the Committee
recommends the budget request to transfer $26,126,000 from the
Superfund appropriation, for a total of $798,650,000 for
science and technology activities. Transferred funds are for
ongoing research activities consistent with the intent of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
Changes to the budget request are detailed below:
Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee recommends
$95,333,000, which is $2,373,000 above the request. Of the
increase, $1,400,000 shall be provided to the San Joaquin
Valley Air Pollution Control District to complete the Central
California Ozone Study (Feinstein/Boxer) and $973,000 shall be
used to fund fixed costs.
The Committee notes the unique scientific value of the
second generation atmospheric chamber at the University of
California, Riverside and the valuable air quality research
conducted at the facility. The Committee encourages EPA to
consider options for contracting work with the University
should funding become available.
Climate Protection.--The Committee recommends $13,198,000,
including $94,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
Enforcement.--The Committee recommends $15,311,000
including $236,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
Homeland Security.--The Committee recommends $55,105,000
for homeland security programs, a $11,843,000 net decrease from
the request. Within funds, the Committee directs a $10,000,000
decrease for the WaterSecurity initiative, a $2,000,000
decrease for the Safe Buildings program and an $157,000
increase for fixed costs.
The Committee notes that the administration plans to carry
forward a large balance of unobligated WaterSecurity funds into
fiscal year 2008 to fund two new pilot projects. Therefore, the
Committee has reduced the request for additional pilot projects
until EPA moves forward with the projects already funded. EPA
should be prepared to report back to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2007 on the status
and accomplishments of the current WaterSecurity pilots before
requests for additional pilots will be considered. As noted
previously, $2,000,000 has been reduced from the Safe Buildings
initiative. The Committee notes that no justification has been
provided for this program in the budget request.
Indoor Air.--The Committee recommends $1,228,000, including
$12,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee recommends
$3,548,000, including $49,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Pesticide Licensing.--The Committee recommends, $5,959,000
including $78,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
Research: Clean Air.--The Committee recommends a total of
$100,237,000 including an increase of $2,275,000 above the
request. Of that amount, $600,000 shall be used to fund fixed
costs and $1,675,000 shall be used to restore core research
activities. The Committee directs EPA to use these funds to
fund research activities in support of future rulemaking
activities on greenhouse gas regulation.
Research: Clean Water.--The Committee recommends
$106,107,000, including a $1,105,000 increase above the request
to fund fixed costs.
Research: Congressional Priorities.--The Committee has
included $7,000,000 above the request to fund high priority
national research programs run by EPA partners. The increase
above the request shall be allocated as follows:
--$3,000,000 for the Water Environment Research Foundation to
fund water quality research grants (Feinstein, Inouye,
Lautenberg, Boxer, Cardin, Clinton, Collins, Graham,
Kerry, Menendez, Schumer, Snowe);
--$1,750,000 for the American Water Works Research Foundation
to fund drinking water reseach grants (Feinstein,
Allard, Bingaman, Reid, Salazar);
--$1,500,000 for the Southwest Consortium for Environmental
Research and Policy to fund university environmental
reseach projects related to the U.S.-Mexico border
(Feinstein, Domenici, Bingaman, Boxer); and
--$750,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
Research for research and technology transfer on plant
biotechnology issues (Inouye, Bond, McConnell, Kohl,
Bayh, Brown, Bunning, Chambliss, Klobouchar, Levin,
Lugar, Stabenow).
Research: Extramural Research Grants.--The Committee has
included $14,000,000 for extramural research grants on a
competitive basis to fund high-priority research by
universities and other EPA partners on air and water quality
issues. Of the funds provided, EPA shall provide $10,000,000 on
a competitive basis for air quality research grants to study
the health and environmental effects of air pollution, develop
innovative emissions reduction strategies, and develop
strategies to mitigate climate change. EPA shall also provide
$4,000,000 in grants on a competitive basis to partners to fund
research to meet regional or national water quality, security,
availability, or watershed management needs.
Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.--The Committee
recommends $219,531,000, a $1,957,000 increase above the
request to fund fixed cost increases.
Research: Land Protection.--The Committee recommends
$10,853,000, an increase of $116,000 above the request to fund
fixed costs.
Research: Pesticides and Toxics.--The Committee recommends
$25,089,000, including $294,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Research: Sustainability.--The Committee provides
$22,692,000, including $214,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Water: Human Health Protection.--The Committee provides
$3,480,000, including $64,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Other.--The Committee notes that Mississippi State
University [MSU] has nationally recognized water resource
development and management extension and research efforts. The
Committee encourages EPA and the region IV office to consider
options for partnering with MSU to establish a watershed center
of excellence.
The Committee notes that EPA continues to increase its
support for nanotechnology research within its base budget,
including a $1,600,000 increase for nanoscale research in its
fiscal year 2008 budget. The Committee is committed to ensuring
that all Federal environmental, health and safety research is
prioritized and coordinated so that nanotechnology's potential
benefits to the economy and environment are realized at the
same time that human health and the environment are protected.
To further these goals, the Committee urges EPA to contract or
enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences' Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology within
90 days of enactment to develop and monitor implementation of a
comprehensive, prioritized research roadmap for all Federal
agencies on environmental, health and safety issues for
nanotechnology.
Environmental Programs and Management
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,358,370,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,298,188,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,384,121,000
program description
The Agency's ``Environmental programs and management''
account includes the development of environmental standards;
monitoring and surveillance of pollution conditions; direct
Federal pollution control planning; technical assistance to
pollution control agencies and organizations; preparation of
environmental impact statements; enforcement and compliance
assurance; and assistance to Federal agencies in complying with
environmental standards and ensuring that their activities have
minimal environmental impact. It provides personnel
compensation, benefits, and travel and other administrative
expenses for all agency programs except Hazardous Substance
Superfund, LUST, Science and Technology, Oil Spill Response,
and OIG.
committee recommendation
The Committee recommends $2,384,121,000 for environmental
programs and management activities, an $85,933,000 increase
above the request and a $25,751,000 increase above the fiscal
year 2007 enacted level.
Changes to the budget request are detailed below.
Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee recommends
$192,957,000, a $4,396,000 increase above the budget request.
Of that increase $2,396,000 shall be used to fully fund fixed
costs. An additional $2,000,000 above the request is provided
for the EPA to use its existing authority under the Clean Air
Act to develop and publish a rule requiring mandatory reporting
of greenhouse gas emissions above appropriate thresholds in all
sectors of the economy. The Committee has provided bill
language to this effect in the administrative provisions
section. The Committee directs EPA to publish a draft rule no
later than April 30, 2008, and a final rule no later than
December 31, 2008. The Committee further directs EPA to include
in its rule reporting of emissions resulting from upstream
production and downstream sources. The Administrator shall
determine appropriate thresholds of emissions above which
reporting is required, and shall have discretion to use
existing reporting requirements for utilities under the Clean
Air Act.
Brownfields.--The Committee provides $23,713,000, including
$263,000 above the request to fund fixed costs.
Climate Protection Program.--The Committee provides
$85,881,000, including a $2,046,000 net decrease from the
request for climate protection activities. Within funds, the
Committee has included the administration's request of
$4,436,000 for the Methane-to-Markets initiative and has
decreased the President's request for the Asia-Pacific
Partnership by $2,500,000. The Committee notes that EPA should
use approximately $454,000 from this reduction to fund fixed
costs in other climate protection program areas.
Compliance.--The Committee has provided $124,607,000, which
includes a general program reduction of $8,154,000 from the
request for compliance activities. The Committee notes that
EPA's role in providing compliance assistance to regulated
entities is important but should not supersede its enforcement
role.
Enforcement.--The Committee provides $196,628,000,
including an $8,962,000 increase for enforcement activities
above the request. Within that increase, $2,178,000 is provided
to restore base environmental justice programs, for a total of
$6,000,000.
Environmental Protection: Demonstration Project Competitive
Grants.--The Committee has provided $31,500,000 above the
request to fund high priority regional or national
demonstration project grants on a competitive basis that
showcase innovative efforts to control or remediate pollution.
Priority should be given to grantees that can provide matching
funds from partners. Of this amount, $11,500,000 shall be
provided for air quality grants, $10,000,000 shall be provided
for water quality and availability grants, and $10,000,000
shall be provided for drinking water program grants.
Environmental Protection: Other Congressional Priorities.--
The Committee has included $19,500,000 above the request to
fund high priority national research programs run by EPA
partners. The increase above the request shall be allocated as
follows:
--$11,000,000 for the National Rural Water Association for
rural and small water system technical assistance
programs (Leahy, Murray, Dorgan, Durbin, Stevens,
Specter, Domenici, Bond, Shelby, Biden, Bingaman,
Brown, Bunning, Cantwell, Cardin, Casey, Clinton,
Coleman, Collins, Conrad, Cornyn, Dodd, Dole, Enzi,
Feingold, Grassley, Hagel, Inhofe, Kennedy, Kerry,
Klobouchar, Lieberman, Levin, Lincoln, Lugar,
McCaskill, Menendez, Murkowski, Obama, Pryor, Roberts,
Salazar, Sanders, Schumer, Smith, Snowe, Stabenow,
Thomas, Thune, Vitter, Voinovich, Warner, Webb, and
Wyden);
--$4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology
Assistance Centers Program (Durbin, Stevens, Bond,
Specter, McConnell). This program funds centers at
Montana State University, Western Kentucky University,
the University of Missouri--Columbia, the University of
Alaska--Sitka, Mississippi State University, the
University of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania State
University and the University of Illinois that assist
communities on water quality issues;
--$3,500,000 for the Rural Community Assistance Partnership
to fund rural and small water system technical
assistance (Leahy, Harkin, Mikulski, Landrieu,
Bingaman, Brown, Coleman, Conrad, Crapo, Feingold,
Grassley, Klobouchar, Kerry, Levin, Lincoln, Pryor,
Salazar, Sanders, Smith, Tester, Voinovich, and Wyden);
--$1,000,000 for the Water Systems Council WellCare water
well owner technical assistance program (Harkin, Reed,
Baucus, Bayh, Cardin, Casey, Clinton, Crapo, Dole,
Grassley, Kohl, Lincoln, Pryor, Lugar, Schumer, Smith,
Tester, Whitehouse and Wyden).
Geographic Programs.--The Committee recommends a total of
$82,800,000, including an increase of $8,289,000 above the
request, for Geographic Programs. Within this increase,
$212,000 is provided to fund fixed costs, including $114,000
for the Great Lakes program and $33,000 for the Gulf of Mexico
program. Other changes to the request are detailed below:
--a $4,000,000 increase above the request, for a total of
$32,812,000, to fund the Chesapeake Bay Program. The
Committee notes that $8,000,000 has been provided in
the budget request to retain Chesapeake Bay targeted
watershed grants. The Committee provides an additional
$2,000,000 to increase targeted watershed grant
funding, and $2,000,000 to restore partnership grants
for the Chesapeake Bay small watersheds (Mikulski,
Cardin).
--a $5,000,000 increase above the request is provided to fund
new partnership grants for protection and restoration
of San Francisco Bay watersheds (Feinstein). These
competitive grants shall be used to support efforts by
partner organizations and State and local governments
to improve water quality and restore Bay watersheds.
Matching funds of no less than 25 percent shall be
required, and priority shall be given to organizations
that emphasize the ability to leverage additional
public and private funds;
--a $2,566,000 increase above the request, for a total of
$3,500,000, to fund the Lake Champlain water quality
program (President, Leahy);
--a $1,533,000 increase above the request, for a total of
$2,000,000, to fund Long Island Sound cleanup and water
quality activities (President, Schumer, Clinton);
--a $448,000 general program reduction for the Community
Action for a Renewed Environment [CARE] program; and
--a $4,953,000 reduction for Regional Administrators'
Geographic Initiatives, for a total of $5,000,000. The
Committee notes that the justification contains very
little detail on how the administration proposes to
spend these funds and has reduced the budget
accordingly.
Homeland Security.--The Committee recommends $24,563,000,
including a $144,000 increase above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Indoor Air.--The Committee recommends $27,105,000,
including a $236,000 increase above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Information Exchange/Outreach.--The Committee recommends
$127,542,000, including a $10,336,000 increase above the budget
request. Of this increase, $1,336,000 shall be used to fund
fixed costs. The Committee does not agree to the budget request
to consolidate children's health and environmental education
programs and has provided $9,000,000 to restore environmental
education programs and $6,241,000 to fund programs for
children's health and other sensitive populations.
International Programs.--The Committee has provided
$19,283,000 for international programs, which is an increase of
$1,528,000 above the request. Of the increase provided,
$1,329,000 shall be used to restore Mexico Border programs to
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $199,000 shall be used
to fund fixed costs.
IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee recommends
$99,426,000, including a $2,824,000 increase above the request,
for IT/Data Management/Security activities. Of that increase,
$824,000 shall be used to fund fixed costs and $2,000,000 shall
be used to restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed
or consolidated by the administration. While the Committee
approves of efforts to make environmental data collections
available electronically, the Committee does not agree to
further library closures or consolidations without evidence of
how the public would be served by these changes. Therefore, the
Committee expects the EPA to restore publicly available library
facilities in each region. EPA is directed to submit a plan on
how it will use this funding increase to reopen facilities and
maintain a robust collection of environmental data and
resources in each region by December 31, 2007.
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.--The Committee
recommends $117,246,000, including a $6,115,000 decrease from
the request. This includes a $2,355,000 decrease for regulatory
innovation programs and a $3,593,000 decrease for regulatory
economic management and analysis. The Committee notes that
these two program-projects were increased significantly by the
administration under the continuing resolution. The Committee
has appropriated funding consistent with the fiscal year 2006
enacted levels. The Committee also directs EPA to continue its
Smart Growth technical assistance program at no less than 2006
levels and determine the appropriate funding mix from within
accounts.
Operations and Administration.--The Committee recommends
$474,210,000, a $1,916,000 net increase above the request.
The Committee has not agreed to the request to fund
$1,260,000 for extramural audit support without additional
information supporting why this transfer of functions from the
Office of the Inspector General is necessary. The Committee
expects EPA to use these savings along with the increase
provided to fund fixed costs.
Pesticide Licensing.--The Committee recommends
$119,882,000, including a $1,724,000 increase above the request
to fund fixed costs.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA].--The
Committee recommends $119,999,000, a $2,398,000 net decrease in
RCRA programs. The Committee has not included the $4,000,000
requested by the President for the e-manifest system because
Congress has not authorized EPA to collect fees for this
program. The Committee directs the administration to direct
$1,602,000 in savings to fund fixed costs.
Toxics Risk Review and Prevention.--The Committee has
included $91,826,000 for these activities, which is a
$1,755,000 increase above the request. Changes to the request
include: a $1,197,000 increase to cover fixed costs; a
$1,225,000 increase to restore funding for the High Production
Volume [HPV] and Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation
Program [VCCEP]; a $2,876,000 increase for the endocrine
disruptor program, for a total of $8,800,000; and a $3,543,000
decrease to the pollution prevention program, for a total of
$16,621,000. The Committee notes that this brings funding
levels for the endocrine disruptor and pollution prevention
programs in line with their fiscal year 2006 levels. Of the
$1,225,000 increase provided for the HPV and VCCEP programs,
the Committee directs that $700,000 shall be allocated to the
review and assessment of information submitted under HPV and
$525,000 of the increase be used to support the VCCEP pilot
through to completion. The Committee urges EPA to use the
increase provided for endocrine disruptor programs to focus on
validation of specific screening assays and tests focused on
human health.
Underground Storage Tanks.--The Committee recommends
$11,864,000, a $145,000 increase over the budget request, to
fund fixed costs.
Water: Ecosystems.--The Committee includes $81,309,000, a
$7,588,000 increase over the budget request. Within the
increase provided, $7,297,000 shall be used to restore base
operations of the National Estuary Program, including restoring
base estuary grants offered by the program under section 320 of
the Clean Water Act.
Water: Human Health Protection.--The Committee recommends
$100,975,000, a $1,178,000 increase over the request to fund
fixed costs.
The Committee was informed that EPA included $7,600,000 in
its fiscal year 2007 operating plan to fund competitive grants
for rural water technical assistance activities. The Committee
is perplexed why the agency has not moved forward with
competing these grants when there is a clearly demonstrated
need by small and rural water systems for third-party technical
assistance. The Committee directs the agency to expedite
efforts to process and award these grants by no later than
December 1, 2007.
Water Quality Protection.--The Committee recommends
$211,305,000, an increase of $2,362,000, to fund fixed costs.
Chesapeake Bay Program.--The Committee directs EPA to
implement immediately all of the recommendations contained in
the October 2005 Government Accountability Office [GAO] report.
Of the funds provided to the Bay Program, $5,000,000 shall not
become available until GAO certifies that EPA has implemented
all recommendations. The Committee further directs EPA to
develop a Chesapeake Bay action plan for the remaining years of
the Chesapeake 2000 agreement. This plan must: (1) Clearly
articulate realistic targets the Chesapeake Bay Program expects
to achieve in each of the remaining years; (2) describe the
actual activities the Chesapeake Bay Program will implement in
each year to achieve these annual targets; (3) identify the
amount and source of funding that will be used to accomplish
each of these activities; and (4) describe the process the
Chesapeake Bay Program will use to track and measure the
progress of these actions. Finally, the Committee directs GAO
to conduct an annual performance assessment of progress made on
this action plan.
Other.--The Committee provides the budget request of
$2,000,000 for the Water Information Sharing and Analysis
Center [WaterISAC], and directs that WaterISAC shall be
implemented through a grant to the Association of Metropolitan
Water Agencies (Bennett).
The Committee notes that EPA has discontinued its
collection by helicopter of water samples analyzed for
dissolved oxygen and nutrients in the New York Bight, including
the coastal shorelines of New Jersey and New York, which EPA
has conducted since 1977. The Committee notes that Congress was
not consulted prior to this program change and directs EPA to
immediately resume the helicopter sampling program.
The recycling of agricultural and specialty pesticide
containers is a significant component of the human health and
environmental protection goals of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The Committee continues to
support EPA's efforts on recycling but is concerned with the
delay in establishing regulations to make recycling a part of
the comprehensive effort to ensure the safe use and disposal of
pesticide containers. The Committee strongly encourages EPA to
adopt pesticide container recycling regulations within 180 days
of enactment.
Office of Inspector General
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $37,172,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 38,008,000
Committee recommendation................................ 40,000,000
program description
The Office of Inspector General [OIG] provides audit,
evaluation, and investigation products and advisory services to
improve the performance and integrity of EPA programs and
operations. The IG also holds the position of Inspector General
for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Trust fund resources are transferred to this account
directly from the Hazardous Substance Superfund.
committee recommendation
The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for the Office of the
Inspector General, a $1,992,000 increase above the request. In
addition, the Committee recommends that $13,337,000 be
transferred to this account from Hazardous Substances
Superfund, an increase of $3,699,000 increase above the
request, to bring the total resources available for the Office
of the Inspector General to $53,337,000.
The Committee does not agree to the administration's
proposal to reduce program oversight of EPA functions by
further decreasing staff available for audit and compliance
activities. The Committee is dismayed that personnel reductions
appear to have been prematurely taken in anticipation of
decreases proposed in the fiscal year 2008 budget or to further
restructuring efforts that were not presented to the Committee.
The Committee has not agreed to the proposed decreases and
directs the Acting Inspector General to use the funding
increase provided by the Committee to restore and maintain
staffing comparable to prior year enacted levels.
Buildings and Facilities
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $39,626,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 34,801,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,801,000
program description
The appropriation for buildings and facilities at EPA
provides for the design and construction of EPA-owned
facilities as well as for the repair, extension, alteration,
and improvement of facilities utilized by the Agency. These
funds correct unsafe conditions, protect health and safety of
employees and Agency visitors, and prevent deterioration of
structures and equipment.
committee recommendation
The Committee has provided $34,801,000 for buildings and
facilities, equal to the budget request.
Hazardous Substance Superfund
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,255,097,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,244,706,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,274,643,000
program description
On October 17, 1986, Congress amended the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
[CERCLA] through the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 [SARA]. SARA reauthorized and expanded the
Hazardous Substance Superfund to address the problems of
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and spills. Specifically,
the legislation mandates that EPA: (1) provide emergency
response to hazardous waste spills; (2) take emergency action
at hazardous waste sites that pose an imminent hazard to public
health or environmentally sensitive ecosystems; (3) engage in
long-term planning, remedial design, and construction to clean
up hazardous waste sites where no financially viable
responsible party can be found; (4) take enforcement actions to
require responsible private and Federal parties to clean up
hazardous waste sites; and (5) take enforcement actions to
recover costs where the fund has been used for cleanup. Due to
the site-specific nature of the Agency's Superfund program,
site-specific travel is not considered part of the overall
travel ceiling set for the Superfund account.
committee recommendation
The Committee provides $1,274,643,000 for Superfund cleanup
and related activities, a $29,937,000 increase over the budget
request and a $19,546,000 increase above enacted levels.
Changes to the budget request are detailed below.
Air Toxics and Quality.--The Committee has provided
$2,407,000, including a $34,000 increase to fund fixed costs.
Audits, Evaluations and Investigations.--The Committee does
not endorse a decrease in Superfund-related oversight
activities by the Office of Inspector General and has provided
a $6,188,000 increase for Superfund audits and related
activities to restore the program to prior year levels.
Compliance.--The Committee has provided $1,356,000,
including an $8,000 increase over the request to fund fixed
costs.
Enforcement.--The Committee has provided $189,110,000,
including a $3,699,000 increase for Superfund enforcement. Of
this increase, $2,245,000 shall be used to fund fixed costs and
$1,454,000 shall be used to restore forensics support
activities to the prior year enacted level, for a total of
$3,802,000.
Homeland Security.--The Committee has provided $48,006,000,
including a $275,000 increase above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Information Exchange/Outreach.--The Committee has provided
$1,591,000, including $3,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
IT/Data Management/Security.--The Committee has provided
$17,192,000, including $62,000 above the request to fund fixed
costs.
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic Review.--The Committee
has provided $1,456,000, including $13,000 above the request to
fund fixed costs.
Operations and Administration.--The Committee has provided
$132,710,000, a $718,000 increase above the request to fund
fixed costs.
Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.--The Committee has
provided $4,013,000, including a $41,000 increase above the
request to fund fixed costs.
Research: Land Protection.--The Committee has provided a
$221,000 increase above the request to fund fixed costs.
Superfund Cleanup.--The Committee has provided
$843,163,000, $18,675,000 above the request, to fund Superfund
cleanup activities. Of this increase, $2,381,000 is provided to
fund fixed costs; an additional $1,294,000 is provided to
restore emergency response and removal activities, for a total
of $193,749,000; and $15,000,000 is provided to fund remedial
activities at additional Superfund national priority list
sites. The Committee is dismayed that EPA recently reduced its
targeted number of expected construction completions and the
Committee expects EPA to use this funding to pursue a more
aggressive clean-up schedule that includes additional site
remediations.
Bill Language.--The Committee notes that it has provided
authority for EPA to transfer $13,337,000 noted previously to
the Office of Inspector General for audit and compliance work
and $26,126,000 to the Science and Technology appropriation to
fund research activities related to Superfund.
Other.--The Committee is concerned about EPA's handling of
Superfund sites the agency has determined pose a threat to
humans or require additional information to be gathered to
properly determine human health risk. The Committee is aware
that in 2006, EPA listed 144 Superfund sites where EPA
determined the threat to humans from dangerous carcinogenic
substances was not under control. However, the Committee
understands that EPA has recently revised that list to reduce
the number to 114 sites without providing sufficient
explanation as to why these sites have been reclassified. The
Committee further notes that EPA has also been reluctant to
release information about the potential human health risks
posed by these sites, plans for cleaning up these sites or
steps to investigate 200 additional sites where there is
insufficient data to determine whether they pose uncontrolled
risks for humans. Therefore, the Committee directs EPA to
submit a report to the Committee by no later than December 1,
2007, to include (1) a listing of sites where carcinogens are
known not to be under control and a ranking of which sites are
most dangerous to the public's health; (2) EPA's plan to
protect human exposure and public health at those sites; (3) an
explanation of what EPA actions were taken between 2006 and
2007 that led to the significant decrease in the number of
sites listed as potentially hazardous to humans; and (4) what
steps EPA is taking to learn more about other Superfund sites
where there are insufficient data to determine human health
risk.
The Committee is encouraged that the EPA is reevaluating
whether the Santa Susana Field Laboratory should be included on
the National Priority List as a Superfund site. The Committee
directs the EPA to collect and utilize new data in making this
determination, including a comprehensive radioactive site
characterization conducted by EPA's Radiation and Indoor
Environments National Laboratory.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $72,035,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 72,461,000
Committee recommendation................................ 72,493,000
program description
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorizations Act of 1986
[SARA] established the leaking underground storage tank [LUST]
trust fund to conduct corrective actions for releases from
leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and
other hazardous substances. EPA implements the LUST program
through State cooperative agreement grants which enable States
to conduct corrective actions to protect human health and the
environment, and through non-State entities including Indian
tribes under section 8001 of RCRA. The trust fund is also used
to enforce responsible parties to finance corrective actions
and to recover expended funds used to clean up abandoned tanks.
committee recommendation
The Committee has provided $72,493,000 for the Leaking
Underground Storage Tanks program, a $32,000 increase above the
request. The increase shall be used to cover fixed costs.
Oil Spill Response
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $15,734,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 17,280,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,487,000
program description
This appropriation, authorized by the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act of 1987 and amended by the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, provides funds to prepare for and prevent releases
of oil and other petroleum products into navigable waterways.
EPA is also reimbursed for incident specific response costs
through the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which pursuant to
law is managed by the United States Coast Guard. EPA is
responsible for: directing all cleanup and removal activities
posing a threat to public health and the environment;
conducting site inspections, including compelling responsible
parties to undertake cleanup actions; reviewing containment
plans at facilities; reviewing area contingency plans; pursuing
cost recovery of fund-financed cleanups; and conducting
research of oil cleanup techniques. Funds for this
appropriation are provided through the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund which is composed of fees and collections made
through provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the
Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, the
Deepwater Port Act of 1974, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act Amendments of 1978, and the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act as amended.
committee recommendation
The Committee has provided $17,487,000 for the oil spill
response program, $207,000 above the request. The increase
shall be used to cover fixed costs.
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $3,213,709,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,744,450,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,181,853,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The ``State and tribal assistance grants'' account funds
grants to support the State revolving fund programs; State,
tribal, regional, and local environmental programs; and special
projects to address critical water and waste water treatment
needs.
Included in this account are funds for the following
infrastructure grant programs: Clean Water and Drinking Water
State Revolving Funds; United States-Mexico Border Program;
Alaska Native villages; and Brownfield State and Tribal
Response program grants authorized by CERCLA section 128(a).
It also contains the following categorical environmental
grants, State/tribal program grants, and assistance and
capacity building grants: (1) air resource assistance to State,
regional, local, and tribal governments (secs. 105 and 103 of
the Clean Air Act); (2) radon State and Tribal grants; (3)
water pollution control agency resource supplementation (sec.
106 of the FWPCA); (4) BEACHS Protection grants (sec. 406 of
FWPCA as amended); (5) nonpoint source (sec. 319 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act); (6) wetlands State program
development; (7) water quality cooperative agreements (sec.
104(b)(3) of FWPCA); (8) targeted watershed grants; (9)
wastewater operator training grants; (10) public water system
supervision; (11) underground injection control; (12) drinking
water program State homeland security coordination grants; (13)
hazardous waste financial assistance; (14) Brownfields
activities authorized by CERCLA section 104(k); (15)
underground storage tanks; (16) pesticides program
implementation; (17) lead grants; (18) toxic substances
compliance; (19) pesticides enforcement; (20) the Environmental
Information Exchange Network; (21) pollution prevention; (22)
sector program; and (23) Indians general assistance grants.
As in past fiscal years, reprogrammings associated with
Performance Partnership Grants need not be submitted to the
Committee for approval should such grants exceed the normal
reprogramming limitations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,181,853,000
for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, an increase of
$437,403,000 above the request and a decrease of $31,856,000
from the enacted level.
Changes to the request are detailed below.
Infrastructure Assistance.--The Committee recommends the
following increases above the budget request: a $199,446,000
increase for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, for a total
of $887,000,000; a $14,500,000 increase for the Alaska native
villages program, for a total of $30,000,000 (President,
Stevens, Murkowski); and a $15,000,000 increase for Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act grants, for a total of $50,000,000. The
Committee has also provided $842,167,000 for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund and $89,258,000 for Brownfields programs,
equal to the request.
The Committee continues to be very supportive of water
quality improvements to improve the health and environment of
communities along the United States-Mexico border. However, the
Committee is very concerned that EPA's Mexico border program is
carrying forward nearly $300,000,000 in unliquidated or
unobligated balances for priority projects. Therefore, the
Committee has agreed with the President's request to reduce
funding for the program for this fiscal year and cannot
consider further increases until progress is made in reducing
these unspent balances. The Committee directs EPA to continue
working with program partners to implement reforms. Further,
EPA shall submit a report to the Committee on the status of
these reform efforts, including current unliquidated and
unobligated balances, by December 31, 2007.
The Committee has provided a $15,000,000 increase above the
request for new cost-effective emissions reduction project
grants. The Committee expects this funding to be divided
equally between the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
and South Coast Air Quality Management Districts, the two most
severely polluted air quality management districts in the
Nation (Feinstein). The Committee directs EPA to award these
grants to the local air quality management districts for
innovative or cost-effective retrofits, engine replacement,
equipment replacement and technology development in the
transportation, agriculture, and port sectors. The Committee
expects these funds to be matched by these local districts at
the program level on a 1-to-1 basis. The Committee notes that
this funding is available to fund emissions reduction
activities deemed necessary for compliance with a national
ambient air quality standard and included in a State
Implementation Plan submitted to the EPA.
The Committee recommends a $140,000,000 increase for
targeted project grants to fund water system improvements which
require a local match of 45 percent per grant unless a hardship
waiver is granted by EPA. This funding shall be distributed as
follows:
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State Description Amount Requested by
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AK Water treatment $300,000 Murkowski
project for the
City of Kenai, AK
AK Water and sewer 500,000 Stevens
improvements
project for the
City of Kodiak, AK
AK Water and sewer 550,000 Stevens
upgrade project
for the City of
Wrangell, AK
AK Water and sewer 550,000 Stevens
upgrade project
for the City of
Ketchikan, AK
AL Wastewater 300,000 Sessions
treatment facility
upgrade project
for the Town of
Eva, AL
AL Wastewater 384,000 Shelby
construction
project for the
Town of
Somerville, AL
AL Water treatment 1,084,000 Shelby
plant upgrade
project for the
City of Clanton,
AL
AL Wastewater and 132,000 Shelby
drinking water
infrastructure
project for
Jackson County, AL
AR Water system 300,000 Lincoln, Pryor
improvement
project for the
Ozark Mountain
Regional Public
Water Authority
AR Water system 300,000 Lincoln, Pryor
improvements for
the City of
Fayetteville
AZ Wastewater 300,000 Kyl
treatment plant
expansion project
for Bullhead City,
AZ
CA Sewer system 1,000,000 Feinstein
upgrades for El
Rio Forebay,
Ventura County
CA Martin Slough 1,000,000 Feinstein, Boxer
inteceptor project
for the City of
Eureka
CA Perchlorate 1,175,000 Feinstein, Boxer
remediation and
drinking water
system
improvements for
the City of
Pasadena
CA Water supply 825,000 Feinstein, Boxer
improvements for
the City of East
Palo Alto
CA Water system 1,000,000 Feinstein, Boxer
improvements for
the City of Big
Bear Lake
CO Drinking water 600,000 Allard, Salazar
project for the
Arkansas Valley
Conduit, CO
CO Wastewater and 500,000 Allard
drinking water
project for Idaho
Springs, CO
CO Wastewater facility 400,000 Allard, Salazar
upgrade project
for the Town of
Bayfield, CO
CO Drinking water 100,000 Allard
system improvement
project for the
City of Manitou
Springs, CO
CO Water system 300,000 Allard, Salazar
improvements for
the South Platte
River Basin,
Central Colorado
Water Conservancy
District
CT Sanitary sewer 300,000 Dodd, Lieberman
inflow elimination
project for the
Town of Enfield
CT Wellhead cleanup 300,000 Lieberman
for the City of
Southington
DE Filter membrane 300,000 Biden, Carper
plant improvents
for the City of
Wilmington
DE Old Shellpot 300,000 Biden, Carper
interceptor
improvements for
New Castle County
FL Wastewater 300,000 Martinez
infrastructure
improvement
project for the
City of
Jacksonville, FL
FL Water system 300,000 Nelson, Martinez
improvements for
the Emerald Coast
Utility Authority
GA Wastewater and 300,000 Chambliss, Isakson
stormwater
rehabilitation
project for the
City of Atlanta,
GA
GA Water and 300,000 Chambliss, Isakson
wastewater
improvements
project for the
Metro North
Georgia Water
Planning District,
GA
IA Wastewater 300,000 Harkin, Grassley
treatment plant
construction
project for the
City of Clinton,
IA
IA Water system 500,000 Harkin
improvements for
the City of
Davenport
IA Combined sewer 400,000 Harkin
overflow
improvements for
the City of
Ottumwa
ID Drinking water 432,000 Craig
system
reconstruction
project for the
City of Marsing,
ID
ID Wastewater system 469,000 Craig/Crapo
improvements
project for the
City of Hazelton,
ID
ID Wastewater system 562,000 Craig/Crapo
improvements
project for the
City of St.
Anthony, ID
ID Wastewater and 137,000 Craig/Crapo
stormwater
facilities project
for the City of
Rexburg, ID
ID Drinking water 300,000 Craig/Crapo
project for the
City of Buhl, ID
IL Water supply 300,000 Durbin
infrastructure
improvements for
the Village of
Chatham
IL Wastewater system 300,000 Durbin
improvements for
the City of
Monmouth
IL Wastewater 350,000 Obama
infrastructure
improvements for
the Northeastern
Illinois Sewer
Consortium
IL Water system 300,000 Durbin
improvements for
the Village of
Riverdale
IN Wastewater 300,000 Lugar
treatment plant
upgrade project
for the City of
Centerville, IN
IN Wastewater system 150,000 Bayh
upgrades for the
City of Fort Wayne
IN Sanitary sewer 150,000 Lugar, Bayh
improvements for
the City of
Evansville, IN
KS 10th Street sewer 500,000 Brownback
line repairs in
Great Bend, KS
KS Wastewater 300,000 Brownback
treatment project
for the City of
Ellsworth, KS
KS Wastewater 300,000 Brownback
treatment plant
construction
project for the
City of Larned, KS
KS Wastewater 200,000 Brownback
treatment project
for the City of
Iola, KS
KS Stormwater 300,000 Brownback, Roberts
improvement
project for the
City of Lenexa, KS
KS Wastewater 300,000 Roberts
treatment plant
construction
project for the
City of Prescott,
KS
KY Wastewater 300,000 Bunning
construction
project for the
City of Ewing in
Fleming County, KY
KY Drinking water 1,000,000 McConnell
project for the
Green River Valley
Water District in
Hart County, KY
KY Drinking water and 600,000 McConnell
construction
project for the
Monroe County
Water District in
Tompkinsville, KY
LA Water system 400,000 Landrieu
upgrades for the
City of Hammond
LA Wastewater 300,000 Landrieu
treatment
expansion for the
City of St.
Gabriel
LA Wastewater 200,000 Landrieu
treatment facility
improvements for
the City of
Bastrop
LA Wastewater 300,000 Vitter
treatment facility
construction
project for
Ascension Parish,
LA
MA Wastewater system 300,000 Kennedy, Kerry
improvements for
the City of
Brockton
MA Wastewater 300,000 Kennedy, Kerry
treatment plant
upgrades for the
City of
Marlborough
MD Sanitary and 700,000 Mikulski, Cardin
combined sewer
infrastructure
improvements for
the City of
Baltimore
MD Combined sewer 300,000 Mikulski, Cardin
overflow
improvements for
the City of
Frostburg
MD Combined sewer 200,000 Mikulski, Cardin
overflow
improvements for
the Town of
Western- port
MD Combined sewer 200,000 Mikulski, Cardin
overflow
improvements for
the City of Cumber-
land
ME Wastewater 300,000 Snowe, Collins
treatment plant
relocation project
for the City of
Presque Isle, ME
ME Wastewater 300,000 Snowe, Collins
treatment
relocation project
for the City of
Ellsworth, ME
MI Water supply 300,000 Levin, Stabenow
improvements for
the City of Saint
Louis
MI Sewer line 300,000 Levin, Stabenow
construction for
the Genessee
County Drain
Commis- sion
MN Drinking water 300,000 Coleman
facility
construction
project for the
City of New
Auburn, MN
MN Combined sewer 300,000 Klobouchar
overflow
improvements fo
the City of
Minneapolis
MO Wastewater 1,600,000 Bond
treatment plant
expansion project
and line extension
for the City of
Linn, MO
MS Drinking water and 800,000 Cochran
wastewater
construction
project for the
Town of Flora, MS
MS Wastewater 200,000 Cochran
construction
project for the
City of Oxford, MS
MS Wastewater 200,000 Cochran
rehabilitation
project for the
West Rankin
Utility Authority,
MS
MS Wastewater and 200,000 Cochran
water quality
protection project
for the City of
Ridgeland, MS
MS Water and sewer 100,000 Cochran
line extension
project for the
Town of Boyle, MS
MS Wastewater 100,000 Cochran
improvements
project for the
City of Fulton, MS
MS Water and 300,000 Lott
wastewater
improvements
project for the
City of
Brookhaven, MS
MT Wastewater lagoon 600,000 Baucus, Tester
replacement for
the Crow Tribe
MT Missouri River 300,000 Baucus, Tester
wastewater
treatment plant
improvements for
the City of Helena
NC Lower Cape Fear 300,000 Burr
Water and Sewer
Authority project,
NC
NC Water treatment 300,000 Dole, Burr
system project for
the Neuse Regional
Water and Sewer
Authority, NC
ND Water treatment 200,000 Dorgan, Conrad
plant improvements
for the City of
Washburn
ND Wasterwater 300,000 Dorgan, Conrad
treatment plant
upgrades for the
City of Riverdale
ND Upgrades for the 300,000 Dorgan, Conrad
Ludden rural water
system, Southeast
Water Users
District
ND Water system 200,000 Dorgan, Conrad
improvements and
expansion to the
Cities of Fortuna,
Noonan and
Columbus for the
BDW Water Systems
Association
ND Water treatment 200,000 Dorgan, Conrad
plant upgrades for
the City of Lakota
ND Rural water system 100,000 Dorgan, Conrad
expansion for the
City of Esmond
ND Water system 100,000 Dorgan, Conrad
improvements for
Walsh County
NE Wastewater 600,000 Nelson, Hagel
treatment
facilities upgrade
project for the
City of Lincoln,
NE
NE Wastewater system 500,000 Nelson
improvements for
the City of South
Sioux City
NE Combined sewer 400,000 Nelson
separation project
for the City of
Omaha
NH Stormwater 500,000 Gregg
facilities
construction
project for the
City of
Manchester, NH
NH Danis/Lynchville 300,000 Gregg
Water and Sewer
Project in
Goffstown, NH
NH Drinking water 225,000 Gregg
improvements
project in
Lancaster, NH
NH Wastewater and 300,000 Gregg, Sununu
water quality
protection project
for the Town of
Jaffrey, NH
NH Wastewater 300,000 Sununu
treatment project
for the City of
Greenfield, NH
NJ Combined sewer 400,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
overflow
improvments for
the Bayonne
Municipal
Utilities
Authority
NJ Wastewater 300,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
treatment plant
upgrades for the
Passaic Valley
Sewerage
Commission
NJ Combined sewer 200,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
study for
Pennsauken
Township
NJ Wastewater pumping 300,000 Menendez, Lautenberg
station
improvements for
the Karney
Municipal
Utilities
Authority
NM Water system 300,000 Bingaman
upgrades for the
City of Rio Rancho
NM Valley Utilities 400,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Project for
Albuquerque/
Bernalillo County,
NM
NM Wastewater facility 400,000 Domenici, Bingaman
improvement
project for the
City of Belen, NM
NM Wastewater 400,000 Domenici, Bingaman
treatment plant
construction
project for the
City of Aztec, NM
NM Water and 400,000 Domenici, Bingaman
wastewater system
improvements
project for West
Mesa and the City
of Las Cruces, NM
NV Wastewater 300,000 Reid, Ensign
infrastructure
upgrade project
for the City of
Fallon, NV
NV Sewer extension 400,000 Reid
project for the
City of Reno
NV Water system 300,000 Reid
improvements for
the City of Carson
City
NV Aseptic treatments 300,000 Reid
for Noapa Valley
water district
NV Water system 100,000 Reid
improvements for
Esreralda County,
NV
NY Wastewater 300,000 Schumer, Clinton
treatment facilty
improvements for
the Village of
Owego
NY Water system 300,000 Schumer, Clinton
improvements for
the Village of
Sydney
OH Organic system 300,000 Brown
detection system
improvements for
the Ohio River
Valley Water
Sanitation
Commission
OH Drinking water 300,000 Voinovich
plant construction
project for Burr
Oak, OH
OK Wastewater and 300,000 Inhofe
water quality
protection project
for the City of
Ardmore, OK
OR Wastewater system 300,000 Smith, Wyden
project for the
City of Coburg, OR
OR Decentralized 550,000 Wyden
stormwater
management system
improvements for
the City of
Portland
PA Sewer system 300,000 Casey
upgrades for the
Monogahela
Township, Greene
County
PA 3 Rivers Wet 800,000 Specter
Weather wastewater
rehabilitation
project, PA
PA Wastewater upgrade 200,000 Specter
and water quality
protection project
for Franklin
Township, PA
PA Wastewater 200,000 Specter
collection and
treatment
facilities
construction
project for the
Borough of
Cochranton, PA
PA Waterline 200,000 Specter, Casey
construction
project for
Somerset County,
PA
PA Waterline 100,000 Specter, Casey
replacement
project for the
Borough of
Bellefonte, PA
PA Wastewater and 100,000 Specter
stormwater
infrastructure
project for the
City of Scranton,
PA
RI Biological nutrient 700,000 Reed, Whitehouse
removal
improvements for
the City of East
Providence
RI Water transmission 500,000 Reed, Whitehouse
system
improvements for
the City of
Warwick
RI Water pollution 300,000 Reed, Whitehouse
control
management, City
of Newport
SC Wastewater line 150,000 Graham
replacement
project for the
City of West
Columbia, SC
SC Stormwater drainage 150,000 Graham
system project for
the City of
Charleston, SC
SD Water 500,000 Johnson
infrastructure
improvements for
the City of Box
Elder
SD Source water 600,000 Johnson, Thune
protection
improvements for
the City of Rapid
City
TN Wastewater 1,000,000 Alexander
treatment project
for the City of
Harrogate, TN
TN Sutherland Water 300,000 Alexander
Line Extension
project in Johnson
County, TN
TN Gobey Community 300,000 Alexander
water system
improvement
project in Morgan
County, TN
TX Wastewater 300,000 Hutchison, Cornyn
treatment upgrade
project for the
City of Austin
Water Utility, TX
TX Stormwater project 800,000 Hutchison
for Lanana Creek,
TX
TX Sewer line 800,000 Hutchison
replacement and
rehabilitation
project for the
City of San
Antonio, TX
UT Drinking water 500,000 Bennett
improvement
project for
Syracuse City, UT
UT Drinking water 1,100,000 Bennett
improvement
project for
Centerfield, UT
UT Water quality 300,000 Hatch
protection project
for Salt Lake
City, UT
VA Wastewater 300,000 Warner, Webb
treatment plant
project for the
Town of Onancock,
VA
VA Sewer 300,000 Warner, Webb
infrastructure
improvements for
the City of
Lynchburg
VT Wastewater upgrades 750,000 Leahy, Sanders
for the Town of
Pownal
VT Water system 500,000 Leahy, Sanders
upgrades for the
Town of Hardwick
WA Drinking water 600,000 Murray, Cantwell
upgrades for the
City of Monitor,
Chelan County
Public Utilities
District
WA Wastewater 400,000 Murray, Cantwell
treatment plant
upgrades for the
City of Winlock
WA Water treatment 300,000 Murray, Cantwell
system upgrades
for the City of
West Richland
WI Drinking water 600,000 Kohl
improvements for
the City of
Waukesha
WI Storm water 400,000 Kohl
facilities
improvements for
the City of Green
Bay
WV Wastewater 3,000,000 Byrd
treatment plant
improvements for
the City of Moore-
field
WV Water and sewer 3,000,000 Byrd
improvements for
the Mingo County
Redevelopment
Authority
WY Wastewater 300,000 Enzi
treatment plant
upgrade project
for the City of
Cheyenne, WY
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TOTAL 64,775,000 .........................
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Categorical Grants.--The Committee recommends an increase
of $53,457,000 for categorical grants above the request
including a reduction of $2,850,000 for environmental
information, for a total of $10,000,000; a $10,000,000 increase
for non-point source pollution assistance as authorized by
section 319 of the Clean Water Act for a total of $204,040,000;
a $1,000,000 reduction for pollution prevention grants for a
total of $4,940,000; and a $226,000 increase to the underground
storage tank program, for a total of $22,500,000.
The Committee strongly disagrees with the programmatic
changes proposed by the administration to State and local air
quality management grants and has provided a $35,081,000
increase, for a total of $220,261,000, to restore these grants
to their fiscal year 2006 level.
An additional $12,000,000 is provided for one-time project
grants to fund targeted environmental remediation activities.
Of these funds, $8,000,000 shall be used by EPA to fund efforts
to monitor and remediate groundwater contamination and other
pollution sources at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San
Francisco (Feinstein) and $4,000,000 shall be transferred to
the State of Oklahoma to fund high-priority remediation and
relocation programs for the Tar Creek and Spring River
watersheds in Oklahoma (Inhofe).
Other.--The Committee has continued bill language from
prior years, as requested by the administration, to: (1) extend
for 1 year the authority for States to transfer funds between
the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund; (2) waive the one-third of 1 percent cap on the
tribal set-aside from non-point source grants; (3) increase to
1\1/2\ percent the cap on the tribal set-aside for the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund; (4) require that any funds provided
to address the water infrastructure needs of colonias within
the United States and along the United States-Mexico border be
spent only in areas where the local government entity has
established an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents
additional development within colonias that lack water,
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; and (5) change
the limitation on the amounts of the State Revolving Funds a
State can use for administration.
The Committee has agreed to the administration's request to
rescind $5,000,000 of prior year unobligated balances.
Administrative Provisions
The Committee has retained language, as requested by the
administration, included in prior year appropriations acts
regarding tribal cooperative agreements and pesticide
registration fees.
As noted previously, the Committee has included $2,000,000
within the environmental programs and management appropriation
that shall be used by EPA to use its existing authority under
the Clean Air Act to develop and publish a rule requiring
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions above
appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.
The Committee concurs with the budget request and has
included language to target Diesel Emission Reduction Act
grants to areas not currently in attainment with national
ambient air quality standards.
The Committee has not agreed to the administration's
proposal to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to change State
requirements for underground storage tank inspection.
No later than 180 days after enactment of this act, the EPA
should submit a report to the Committee outlining what steps
the Agency has taken to implement the recommendations included
in the 2004 and 2005 Inspector General and 2005 Government
Accountability Office reports on environmental justice. The
report should also outline EPA's efforts to incorporate
environmental justice into their emergency management
procedures and their incident command structure.
TITLE III
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $280,488,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 263,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 291,807,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Forest and rangeland research and development carries out
basic and applied scientific research to provide information
and solutions to sustain the Nation's forests and rangelands.
Research scientists collaborate with industry, non-governmental
organizations, colleges and universities, State foresters, and
other governmental agencies. The research program works on a
number of issues that are critical to the mission of the Forest
Service including fire and fuels; invasive species; forest
inventory and analysis; vegetation and protection; wildlife and
fish habitat; soil, water, and air resources; valuation of
forests and grasslands; urban forests and the urban-wildland
interface. Research is conducted at six research stations, the
Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of
Tropical Forestry located in Puerto Rico, with approximately
500 scientists and 67 sites located throughout the United
States.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $291,807,000
for forest and rangeland research, an increase of $28,807,000
over the request and $11,319,000 over the enacted level.
Increases to the budget request include $5,458,000 to fully
fund fixed costs. Funding provided for the FIA program is equal
to the budget request of $62,329,000.
The increase over the budget request provided by the
Committee should be used to restore and expand the base program
for the Forest Service research and development mission area.
The Committee directs the agency to maintain the base programs
at individual research stations to the maximum extent possible.
Within the increase, $800,000 shall be provided to the Center
for Bottomlands Hardwood Research in Mississippi, of which
$400,000 is for hydrology studies in cooperation with the
Southern Research Station in Starkville (Cochran); and
$2,700,000, an increase of $1,150,000 over the budget request,
is provided for competitive research grants for the
Northeastern States Research Cooperative [NRSC]. Funds provided
for the NRSC shall be allocated as follows; $1,000,000 for
programs in the State of Vermont, $1,000,000 for programs in
the State of New Hampshire, and $350,000 each for programs in
the States of Maine and New York (Leahy, Collins, Snowe,
Schumer, Clinton).
The Committee believes that a robust climate change
management research program will be essential for the Forest
Service to sustain forest health and biodiversity and protect a
wide range of natural resources. Within the increase, the
Committee has provided an additional $2,500,000 to expand to
the agency's climate science research program. The Committee
directs the Forest Service to use this increase to develop
forest management techniques that adapt to and mitigate the
effects of climate change, particularly in those geographic
regions of the United States where forest lands are most at
risk. Within 60 days of enactment, the Committee directs the
Forest Service to submit a proposed work plan that details the
planned work and accomplishments with this increased funding
and the other base climate change resources.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $279,761,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 202,458,000
Committee recommendation................................ 272,542,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
State and private forestry programs provide technical and
financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to
help sustain the Nation's urban and rural forests and protect
communities and the environment from wildland fires. Through a
coordinated effort in management, protection, conservation
education, and resource use, State and private forestry
programs facilitate sound stewardship across lands of all
ownerships on a landscape scale, while maintaining the
flexibility for individual forest landowners to pursue their
own objectives.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee has provided $272,542,000 for State and
private forestry activities, $70,084,000 above the request and
$7,219,000 below the enacted level. Except where indicated,
increases to the request should be used to fully fund fixed
costs.
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Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Forest health management..................................... $91,089,000 $102,215,000 +$11,126,000
Cooperative fire protection.................................. 42,122,000 39,034,000 -3,088,000
Cooperative forestry......................................... 66,747,000 124,340,000 +57,593,000
International forestry....................................... 2,500,000 6,953,000 +4,453,000
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Total, State and private forestry...................... 202,458,000 272,542,000 +70,084,000
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Forest Health Management.--The Committee recommends
$102,125,000 for forest health management activities.
The Committee has provided $54,967,000 for Federal lands
forest health management, an increase of $2,008,000 over the
budget request. The Committee has provided $47,248,000 for
Cooperative lands forest health management, an increase of
$9,118,000 above the request.
Cooperative Fire Protection.--The Committee recommends
$39,034,000 for cooperative fire protection activities, which
is $3,088,000 below the request. The Committee has provided
$33,122,000 for State Fire Assistance, equal to the budget
request.
The Committee has provided $5,912,000 for volunteer fire
assistance, a $3,088,000 reduction from the request. The
Committee does not agree with the budget request to consolidate
rural and volunteer fire assistance programs within the Forest
Service and notes that it has also provided an additional
$8,000,000 through the Bureau of Land Management to restore
funding for rural fire assistance grants.
Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends
$124,340,000 for cooperative forestry, a $57,593,000 increase
above the request.
The Committee has provided $48,095,000 for the forest
legacy program. This allocation also includes the use of
$6,500,000 from prior year funds for projects which have failed
or received funding from other sources. The Committee
recommends the following distribution of funds:
FOREST SERVICE FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM
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Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
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TN Big Forks $1,000,000 President
VT Brushwood/West 1,500,000 Leahy, Sanders
Fairlee Community
Forest
UT Chalk Creek South 1,400,000 President, Bennett
Fork #2
CA Chalk Mountain 1,000,000 Feinstein
Ranch-Six Rivers
to the Sea
NC Clarendon 2,500,000 Dole
Plantation
ID Gold Creek Ranch 3,168,000 Craig
HI Kealakekua Ranch 1,989,000 President, Inouye
MN Koochiching 1,750,000 President, Coleman,
Klobuchar
ME Lower Penobscot 3,300,000 President, Snowe,
Forest Collins
KY Marrowbone Creek 661,000 McConnell
AL Mobile Tensaw 2,132,000 President, Shelby
Delta
AR Moro Big Pine 2,450,000 Lincoln, Pryor
MT North Swan River 3,920,000 President, Baucus,
Valley Tester
MI Northern Great 2,000,000 President, Levin,
Lakes Forest Stabenow
(Kamehameha)
Project
WI Northern Wild 3,000,000 Kohl
Rivers
VA Nottoway River 2,300,000 President, Warner, Webb
NH Ossipee Pine 2,380,000 President, Gregg, Sununu
Barrens
GA Paulding County 3,500,000 President, Chambliss,
Land Area Isakson
SC Piedmont of South 3,000,000 Graham
Carolina
CT Skiff Mountain 770,000 President, Dodd,
phase II Lieberman
WV Potomac Watershed 750,000 President, Byrd
River South
Branch Project
NJ Sparta Mountain 600,000 Lautenberg, Menendez
South
TX Turkey Creek 1,500,000 President
NM Vallecitos High 2,025,000 Domenici, Bingaman
Country
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Subtotal, 48,595,000 ........................
Line Item
Projects
====================
President 6,000,000 ........................
Less offset from (6,500,000) ........................
unobligated
balances
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TOTAL, FS 48,095,000 ........................
FOREST
LEGACY
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The Committee provides $34,288,000 for forest stewardship,
a $14,288,000 increase above the request. The increase to the
request should be used to restore base program operations to
prior year enacted levels and fund fixed costs. Within the
increase, the Committee has provided $950,000 to restore
funding for the Chesapeake Bay forestry program to prior year
enacted levels (Mikulski, Warner, Casey, Cardin, Webb).
The Committee provides $30,846,000 for urban and community
forestry programs, a $13,410,000 increase above the request.
The increase over the request should restore base program
operations, fund fixed costs, and provide $350,000 for the city
of Chicago urban tree planting program (Durbin) and $200,000 to
the city of Indianapolis to fund a tree planting program
(Lugar, Bayh).
The Committee does not agree to the budget request to
terminate the Economic Action Program and has provided
$6,523,000 for projects to that provide social, economic and
environmental assistance to rural and timber-dependent
communities. The increase shall be distributed as follows:
$1,000,000 to the Washington Family Forest Foundation to
complete a State private landowner management database
(Murray), $350,000 to the Northern Forest Center to continue
sustainable forestry grants (Gregg); $1,000,000 to Purdue
University to fund wood products technology development at the
Hardwood Scanning Technology Center (Lugar), $500,000 to the
State of Vermont to fund grants and technical assistance to
wood products businesses through the Vermont Wood Products
Collaborative (Leahy); and $2,000,000 to Forest Service Region
5 for infrastructure assistance grants to help sustain the
region's small forest products businesses (Feinstein).
Within the Economic Action Program appropriation, Committee
has provided an increase of $1,673,000 above the request to
restore funding for the Wood Education and Resource Center to
last year's enacted level, for a total of $2,673,000 (Byrd).
Forest Resource Information and Analysis.--The Committee
does not agree with the budget request to terminate the Forest
Resource Information and Analysis program and has provided
$4,588,000 above the budget request to restore the program.
International Program.--The Committee has included
$6,953,000 for international forestry programs, $4,453,000
above the request. Increases to the request should be used to
restore base program operations and fund fixed costs.
national forest system
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,452,729,000
(Emergency appropriations).......................... 12,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,344,377,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,500,234,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The National Forest System [NFS] provides for the planning,
assessment, and conservation of ecosystems while delivering
multiple public services and uses. Within the NFS, there are
155 national forests and 20 national grasslands located in 43
States, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, managed
under multiple-use and sustained yield principles. The natural
resources of timber, minerals, range, wildlife, outdoor
recreation, watershed, and soil are managed to best meet the
needs of the Nation without impairing the productivity of the
land or damaging the environment.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
The Committee has provided $1,500,234,000 for the National
Forest System, a $155,857,000 increase over the request and
$47,505,000 over the enacted level (excluding emergency
appropriations).
The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as
follows:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Land management planning..................................... $52,607,000 $58,729,000 +$6,122,000
Inventory and monitoring..................................... 146,462,000 169,520,000 +23,058,000
Recreation, heritage and wilderness.......................... 231,400,000 264,929,000 +33,529,000
Wildlife and fish habitat management......................... 117,633,000 134,483,000 +16,850,000
Grazing management........................................... 47,025,000 48,926,000 +1,901,000
Forest products.............................................. 318,562,000 326,176,000 +7,614,000
Vegetation and watershed management.......................... 154,322,000 180,249,000 +25,927,000
Minerals and geology management.............................. 70,835,000 85,476,000 +14,641,000
Land ownership management.................................... 80,840,000 92,746,000 +11,906,000
Law enforcement operations................................... 123,841,000 135,000,000 +11,159,000
Valles Caldera National Preserve............................. 850,000 4,000,000 +3,150,000
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Total, National Forest System.......................... 1,344,377,000 1,500,234,000 +155,857,000
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Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends
$58,729,000 for land management planning, a $6,122,000 increase
over the request. The increase should be used to restore base
program operations and fully fund fixed costs.
Within the funds for land management planning, the
Committee encourages the Department to continue the agency's
comprehensive NEPA environmental training, review, and
compliance program. The Committee encourages the Department to
continue and expand its existing partnership with Utah State
University and its partners to implement this training and
review program.
Inventory and Monitoring.--The Committee has included
$169,520,000 for Inventory and Monitoring programs, a
$23,058,000 increase over the request. The Committee directs
that out of funds requested for the Forest Service Threat
Assessment Centers, a total of $1,000,000 shall be provided to
the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to acquire remote
sensing data to inventory and monitor Federal and non-Federal
lands pursuant to title IV of the Healthy Forest Restoration
Act (Cochran).
Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness.--The Committee has
provided $264,929,000 for recreation, heritage and wilderness
programs, a $33,529,000 increase above the request. The
Committee's recommendation provides $5,882,000 to fully fund
fixed costs and $250,000 to demarcate wilderness boundaries in
Nevada (Reid).
The Committee is aware that the Forest Service is
implementing a recreation site master facilities planning
process to determine whether existing recreation sites align
with visitor needs. The Committee directs the Forest Service to
ensure robust public participation in the decisionmaking
process before proposing site closures.
Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The Committee has
provided $134,483,000 for wildlife and fish habitat management
programs, a $16,850,000 increase above the request. Increases
should be used to restore base operations and fully fund fixed
costs.
Grazing Management.--The Committee has provided $48,926,000
for grazing management, a $1,901,000 increase above the
request. Increases should be used to restore base programs and
cover fixed costs. The Committee notes that it has complied
with the administration's request and included bill language to
extend the Forest Service's authority to use up to 900
categorical exclusions to complete environmental review of
grazing allotments. The Committee expects the agency to
continue expediting its efforts to comply with the allotment
review schedule established by the Rescissions Act of 1995
(Public Law 104-19).
The Committee notes the changing moisture conditions in
most western States and expects the Forest Service to adjust
grazing permitted stocking levels to reflect the range
conditions on the allotments or subunits of the allotments. Due
to renewed drought conditions in some areas, it is critical
that stocking level adjustments reflect local conditions and
are based on the most recent monitoring data available from all
sources. The Committee directs the Forest Service to ensure
that stocking levels are not changed unless local monitoring
has been completed, as is required by current Forest Service
policy. In the event that the Forest Service does not have up-
to-date monitoring information needed to document the changes
to the range conditions, the Secretary shall accept up-to-date
credible range condition reports provided by professional range
conservationists employed by States, county governments, or
universities.
Forest Products.--The Committee provides $326,176,000 for
forest products management, a $7,614,000 increase over the
budget request. Increases to the budget request should be used
to fully fund fixed costs. The Committee has agreed to the
budget request to maintain timber increases for the Pacific
Northwest and Northern California.
The Committee has retained bill language included in prior
years that provides $4,000,000 in additional forest products
funding above the regional allocation for the Tongass National
Forest in Alaska (Stevens). This funding may be allocated
between National Forest System and Capital Improvement and
Maintenance accounts as needed.
The Committee expects the Forest Service to provide the
Committee a report on the Mescalero Stewardship Contract
funding in fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007, including the
types of management and acres of management accomplished, as
well as the value of the goods and services exchanged in the
contract. The Committee directs the Forest Service to provide
the report no later than October 15, 2008.
Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The Committee has
provided $180,249,000 for vegetation and watershed management
programs, a $25,927,000 increase above the request. Of the
funds provided, $3,400,000 is to fully fund fixed costs and
$350,000 is provided for cooperative work with county weed
boards and grazing associations for leafy spurge eradication on
the Dakota Prairie Grasslands (Dorgan/Conrad).
Minerals and Geology Management.--The Committee has
provided $85,476,000 for minerals and geology management, a
$14,641,000 increase over the request. The increase includes
funding to restore base operations and $1,312,000 to fund fixed
costs. The Committee is extremely concerned about the public
safety and environmental hazards posed by abandoned mine lands
[AML] on national forests. The Committee directs the Forest
Service to report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations by December 31, 2007 detailing the approximate
number AML sites on national forests that require remediation
by region, the methodology that the agency is using to
prioritize the projects it selects to fund each year, and list
of projects it plans to fund in fiscal year 2008 by region.
Landownership Management.--The Committee has provided
$92,746,000 for landownership management programs, a
$11,906,000 increase over the budget request.
Law Enforcement Operations.--The Committee includes
$135,000,000 for law enforcement operations, an $11,159,000
increase over the budget request.
The Committee remains extremely concerned about the rapid
growth of marijuana cultivation by foreign drug-trafficking
organizations on national forest lands, particularly in
California. These increase above budget request should be used
continue law enforcement operations funded through Public Law
110-28 to significantly increase counterdrug operations on
national forest lands. Large-scale drug operations are creating
unacceptable public safety and natural resource problems on
national forests.
The Committee expects the Service to pursue an aggressive
enforcement strategy with these resources and establish
benchmarks to show progress toward meeting eradication goals.
The Committee is pleased that the Service is moving ahead with
efforts to develop a comprehensive national strategy to
eradicate drugs on national forest lands in concert with other
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. In
particular, the Committee expects the Forest Service and the
Drug Enforcement Administration to coordinate on these efforts.
The Committee also encourages the Forest Service to pursue
technological solutions in order to effectively eradicate the
drug trade on national forests.
Within funds provided for law enforcement, the Committee
directs the Forest Service to maintain law enforcement funding
for the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky at no less
than $900,000. The Committee also strongly encourages the
agency to allocate additional resources to the Forest as part
of its counter-drug strategy (President, McConnell).
Valles Caldera.--The Committee has provided $4,000,000 for
the Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the
Valles Caldera National Preserve, Baca Ranch, New Mexico, a
$3,150,000 increase above the budget request (President,
Domenici). No more than 75 percent of these funds may be spent
on salaries and operations-the remainder shall be spent on
infrastructure. The Committee directs the Forest Service to
work with the Valles Caldera Trust and provide a report to
House and Senate Committees on Appropriation by no later than
December 31, 2008 on the planned actions that the Trust will
take to achieve economic self-sufficiency for the preserve and
timeline to accomplish those actions.
Other.--The Committee notes that the budget request
includes $8,100,000 to fund activities at the Land Between the
Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky. The Forest Service
shall determine the mix from among accounts.
The Committee is aware of the agency's proposal to reduce
operating costs by approximately 25 percent through fiscal year
2009 by reducing the national and regional office operations.
While the Committee supports efforts to reduce overhead and
return more dollars to the field, the Committee is concerned
about the impacts of such a reduction on the agency's ability
to perform its core functions. Prior to moving forward with any
restructuring of Forest Service personnel, the Committee
directs the Forest Service to provide a plan on how the agency
plans to systematically identify efficiencies, capture cost
savings, reinvest those savings into programs, and maintain a
high level of performance throughout this restructuring
process.
wildland fire management
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,823,603,000
(Emergency appropriations).......................... 370,000,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,868,627,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,982,482,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Wildland Fire Management provides funding for fire
management including preparedness and fire suppression
operations on National Forest System and adjacent lands, and
also supports the National Fire Plan. The program seeks to
protect life, property, and natural resources on the 192
million acres of National Forest System lands, as well as on an
additional 20 million acres of adjacent State and private
lands. The program recognizes that wildfire is a critical
natural process that must be integrated into land and resource
management plans and activities on a landscape scale across
agency boundaries.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$1,982,482,000 for wildland fire management activities, which
is $113,855,000 over the budget request and $158,879,000 above
the enacted level, excluding emergencies.
Preparedness.--The Committee has provided $676,370,000 for
wildland fire preparedness, which is a total of $107,578,000
above the request for all preparedness programs.
The Committee notes that the administration proposed two
appropriations to fund traditional preparedness activities,
including a new appropriation of $219,710,000 for wildland
firefighter salaries and $349,082,000 for other preparedness
programs. As no adequate justification has been offered for
this restructuring, the Committee has rejected this proposal
and has reintegrated all preparedness activities within the
wildland fire appropriation.
Further, the Committee is extremely dismayed that the
budget request attempts to reduce preparedness resources by a
total of $96,590,000 below the current year's enacted level as
part of a suite of management reforms aimed at reducing the
costs of fighting catastrophic wildfires. While the Committee
endorses efforts by the Forest Service to reduce costs and
improve accountability through management and policy reforms,
it is simply irresponsible to reduce the Service's core
firefighting capacity to the levels envisioned by the budget
request.
As the Committee has noted in previous fiscal years, it
believes that maintaining a robust initial attack capacity
reduces the overall cost of firefighting by containing fires
before they escalate. The Committee directs the Forest Service
to analyze current preparedness levels and determine whether
maintaining preparedness resources in the field at a level not
less than fiscal year 2006 levels will, based on the best
estimates available, lower overall firefighting costs. If the
Forest Service makes such a determination, the Committee
directs the Forest Service to adjust spending levels for
preparedness and suppression accordingly and report these
adjustments to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations in writing prior to the adjustments.
The Committee is disturbed that the proportion of the
Forest Service budget that is devoted to fire activities is
growing rapidly while the overall budget declines. In 2000,
fire programs accounted for 21 percent of the agency's budget;
in the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget request, fire programs
account for 45 percent of the budget. The Committee rejects the
administration's proposal to reduce other discretionary
accounts to offset these suppression increases. Forcing the
Forest Service to absorb rapid increases in firefighting costs
within discretionary funds shortchanges vital fire preparedness
and natural resource programs and undermines the agency's
multiple-use mission. The Committee has restored many other
program cuts proposed by the administration to offset these
suppression increases.
The Committee continues to be disappointed that the Forest
Service and Department of the Interior have failed to produce
and deploy a fire preparedness planning tool to replace the
systems that were in place until 2004. The Fire Program
Analysis [FPA] system has been promoted repeatedly by both
agencies as the key to determining optimal staffing and budget
levels for the past 3 years, yet the agencies have yet to
produce a working system. It is imperative that both agencies
expedite development of the system in order to justify further
investment beyond the current fiscal year. The Committee notes
that total funding for FPA in 2008 is $7,500,000, to be divided
between the agencies.
Emergency Fire Suppression.--The Committee has provided
$859,021,000 for fire suppression operations, an increase of
$117,544,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level and $52,011,000
below the budget request. The Committee recognizes this amount
as the true 10-year average for fire suppression expenditures
and rejects the administration's proposal to re-base the
average.
Because it is so difficult to budget for emergency fire
suppression needs, the Committee has agreed on a mutual
strategy with the administration in previous fiscal years to
fund fire suppression activities at a level that is equal to
the average of the past 10 years of actual firefighting
expenditures. The Committee is displeased that the Office of
Management and Budget unilaterally changed the formula used to
calculate the 10-year average in this year's budget request
without conferring with Congress.
The Committee notes that OMB re-based its estimated based
on a policy change approved by Congress starting in fiscal year
2006 to allow the agency to charge overhead expenses against
the suppression appropriation consistent with other programs.
The Committee understands that due to this policy change, OMB
added estimated overhead charges to 9 additional years of past
suppression expenditures, even though these charges were never
assessed against the program. The effect of adding in these
estimated charges was to artificially inflate the average by an
additional $52,011,000 compared to actual expenditures. As
noted previously, the Committee has not agreed to this formula
change and instead has provided $859,021,000 for suppression,
which is the 10-year average calculated on the basis of actual
expenditures, adjusted for inflation. To eliminate future
attempts to re-base the 10-year average, the Committee has
discontinued language allowing the agency to assess the
suppression account for indirect costs. The Committee notes
that the agency does retain flexibility to adjust preparedness
and suppression funding levels as needed to account for this
change.
Other Operations.--The Committee has provided $447,091,000
for other fire operations, which is $58,288,000 above the
request.
The Committee agrees that increasing hazardous fuel
reduction treatments, particularly those in the wildland-urban
interface, should continue to be a priority for the Forest
Service. The Committee has provided $325,000,000 for hazardous
fuel reduction activities, $33,467,000 above the request. The
Committee directs the Forest Service to use the increase to
cover fixed costs and increase high-priority hazardous fuel
treatments, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.
The Committee directs the Forest Service to maintain fiscal
year 2007 regional fuel allocations to the extent possible and
allocate budget increases provided according to a model that
gives greater weight to areas of high fuel loads, high
population densities, and higher relative values at risk. The
Committee also directs the agency to continue its efforts to
refine its current fuel allocation model to prioritize values
at risk in the wildland-urban interface, including population
and structure density data in affected areas. The Committee
directs the agency to provide the recommended allocation within
30 days of signing of this bill and at least 14 days prior to
releasing funds to the field.
The fuel allocation system should also appropriately
address the diversity of ecosystems at risk for fire, including
chaparral, and ensure that the system is operating with the
most timely datasets available for its allocation process.
The recommendation for hazardous fuel reduction includes
$5,000,000 for biomass utilization grants, a $1,000,000
increase above the request. These funds are available for
biomass utilization, community capacity building, technical
assistance and marketing assistance. Within funds available,
$5,000,000 is provided within the account for competitive
grants in New Mexico under the Community Forest Restoration Act
(Public Law 106-293) (Bingaman) and $2,600,000 is provided to
fund fire risk reduction activities by the Southwest Ecological
Restoration Institutes. Of the $2,600,000, the funding shall be
allocated as follows: $2,000,000 for institute at Northern
Arizona University (Kyl); $350,000 for the institute at New
Mexico Highlands University (Domenici, Bingaman) and $250,000
for the institute at Colorado State University (Allard,
Salazar).
The Committee encourages the Forest Service to assess and
expedite access to and removal of biomass resources within the
Humboldt-Toyaibe National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit. These resources could be removed sustainably
for use in local electricity generation, and thereby reduce
fire hazards caused by bark beetle and other pest infestations.
The Committee is disappointed with the Forest Service's low
level of accomplishment during fiscal year 2006 of the program
of work under the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Act.
The Forest Service only treated 8,500 acres under the program
in fiscal year 2006, a mere 20 percent of the program's minimum
acreage targets. The Committee expects the Forest Service to
use all appropriate means, including collaboration with all
interested parties and authorities provided under the Healthy
Forest Restoration Act, to achieve the targets in the Quincy
Library Group Act's program of work for fiscal year 2007 and
fiscal year 2008 while maintaining compliance with the
environmental laws. The Committee notes that the request
includes $26,200,000 for Quincy Library Group pilot project
activities.
The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations
account are allocated as follows: $24,542,000 for fire plan
research and development, a $2,542,000 increase over the
request; $8,000,000 for the joint fire science program, which
is equal to the request; $15,119,000 for forest health
activities on Federal lands, which is $867,000 above the
request; $10,014,000 for cooperative forest health activities,
which is equal to the request; $50,227,000 for State fire
assistance grants, which is $15,223,000 above the request; and
$8,000,000 for volunteer fire assistance, which is equal to the
request.
Of the increases provided for fire plan research and
development, $1,300,000 is for the University of Idaho's FRAMES
fire research portal project (Craig) and $1,242,000 is to
restore base operations and fund fixed costs. The Committee
directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior
to work with the University of Idaho and other partners to
develop an internet-based, centralized, national portal for
access to and exchange of science-based publications, analysis
tools, training materials, and other information related to
interagency wildland fire management. The Committee further
directs that the Forest Service work with these partners to
ensure relevance to management needs, oversight, and
accountability, including annual goals and reports on progress;
and to develop a plan for nationwide implementation, which will
result in transfer of management and support of this system to
the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior by 2010.
The Committee does not agree to the request's proposal to
eliminate the Rehabilitation account and has provided
$6,189,000 to restore the funding to the fiscal year 2007
enacted level.
Within the increase for State fire assistance programs, the
Committee has included $1,000,000 for the South Lake Tahoe
Public Utility District for improvements to increase water
system pressure in case of fire (Feinstein/Boxer) and
$3,000,000 to fund fire risk reduction activities by the
California Fire Safe Councils (Feinstein). Funding for the
California Fire Safe Councils shall be used for grants and
technical assistance for wildland fire planning and protection
activities.
Within State fire assistance, $5,000,000 has also been
included to address spruce bark beetle infestation in Alaska
(Stevens). The $5,000,000 shall be allocated as follows:
$1,000,000 to the Kenai Borough to be used to address the
spruce bark beetle infestation, $300,000 for the Cook Inlet
Tribal Council for their reforestation program for spruce bark
beetle kill, $1,000,000 to Fairbanks North Star Borough,
$1,300,000 to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, $300,000 for the city
of Skagway and $1,100,000 to the municipality of Anchorage to
remove dead and dying timber and reforestation. These funds may
not be used to acquire equipment.
capital improvement and maintenance
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $436,400,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 422,565,000
Committee recommendation................................ 444,090,000
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $444,090,000 for capital
improvements and maintenance, which is $21,525,000 above the
request and $7,690,000 above the enacted level.
The Committee agrees to the following distribution of
funds:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Facilities................................................ $119,647,000 $127,253,000 +$7,606,000
Roads..................................................... 227,431,000 231,536,000 +4,105,000
Trails.................................................... 66,387,000 76,201,000 +9,814,000
Infrastructure improvement................................ 9,100,000 9,100,000 ................
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Total, capital improvement and maintenance.......... 422,565,000 444,090,000 +21,525,000
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Facilities.--The Committee recommends $127,253,000 for
facilities capital improvement and maintenance, a $7,606,000
increase above the request. Of the funds provided, $64,310,000
is for facilities maintenance and $62,943,000 is for capital
improvements.
The Committee concurs with the administration's request to
earmark 49 discrete construction projects totaling $71,890,000
which are located on various national forests across the
country. This includes $15,000,000 to complete phase II of the
Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin.
Within the increase provided, $1,321,000 should be used to
fund fixed costs. Increases above the request are also provided
for the following projects: $1,500,000 to complete phase III
construction of the Chattanooga Air Tanker Base (Alexander);
$2,000,000 is provided to continue planning and development of
the Smith County Lake recreation project in Mississippi
(Cochran); $600,000 is provided for campground improvements on
the Monongahela National Forest (Byrd); $1,000,000 is provided
to complete construction on Okhissa Lake recreation
improvements in Mississippi (Cochran); $500,000 is provided to
restore the historic Cloud Cap Inn rescue base in Oregon
(Wyden/Smith); and $685,000 is provided for planning and design
of research facilities for the Hawaii Experimental Forest
(Inouye/Akaka).
The Committee has included bill language transferring
$1,197,000 in previously appropriated funding to West Virginia
University to help fund construction of a research greenhouse
that will be shared by the Forest Service and the University.
The Committee is pleased that the agency and University have
developed this cost-effective partnership to co-locate research
efforts.
Roads.--The Committee recommends $231,536,000 for road
maintenance and capital improvement, which is $4,105,000 above
the request. The Committee's recommendation includes
$116,224,000 for road maintenance and $115,312,000 for road
construction. Increases should be used to fund fixed costs.
Within the amount provided for road construction, the agency
shall allocate $2,210,000 to fund road improvements on the
Monongahela National Forest (Byrd), and $3,500,000 shall be
used to fund road improvements on the Tongass National Forest
(Stevens).
Trails.--The Committee recommends $76,201,000 for trail
maintenance and capital improvements, $9,814,000 above the
request. The increase provided should be used to restore base
operations and fully fund fixed costs. The Committee directs
the Forest Service to use the increases provided by the
Committee restore funding for National Historic Trails and
provide $450,000 for trail improvements on the Monongahela
National Forest (Byrd.)
Deferred Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $9,100,000
for infrastructure improvement and deferred maintenance
projects, which is equal to the request.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $41,936,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 15,703,000
Committee recommendation................................ 48,245,000
The Committee recommends $48,245,000 for land acquisition,
which is $6,309,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level
and $32,542,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommends the following distribution of
funds:
FOREST SERVICE LAND ACQUISITION
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Committee
State Project recommendation Requested by
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AL Alabama National $1,000,000 Shelby
Forests
CO Arapaho National 1,000,000 Allard, Salazar
Forest--Beaver
Brook
MT Beaverhead-Deerlodge 4,500,000 President, Baucus, Tester
National Forest--
Sun Ranch easement
SD Black Hills National 1,400,000 Johnson, Thune
Forest
GA Chattahoochee- 1,000,000 Chambliss, Isakson
Oconee--Georgia
Mountains
WI Chequamegon-Nicolet 2,300,000 Kohl
National Forest--
Wisconsin Wild
Waterways
TN Cherokee National 3,100,000 Alexander
Forest--Tenessee
Mountains tract--
Rocky Fork
OR/WA Columbia River Gorge 1,000,000 Murray, Wyden, Smith
NSA--Bridal Veil
AK Craig Recreation 500,000 Stevens, Murkowski
Land transfer
KY Daniel Boone 350,000 McConnell
National Forest
VT Green Mountain 1,350,000 Leahy
National Forest
IN Hoosier National 900,000 Lugar, Bayh
Forest Unique Areas
OR/WA Multiple NW National 1,000,000 President
Forests--Pacific
Northwest Streams
MI Ottawa National 1,500,000 Levin, Stabenow
Forest--Great Lakes/
Great Lands
CA Pacific Crest 2,500,000 Feinstein
National Scenic
Trail--Agua Dulce
project area
ID Payette National 900,000 President, Craig
Forest--Thunder
Mountain phase III
CA San Bernardino 1,100,000 President
National Forest--
Garner Ranch
IL Shawnee National 850,000 Durbin
Forest
MN Superior National 1,250,000 Coleman, Klobuchar
Forest--Long Island
CA Tahoe and El Dorado 2,000,000 Feinstein, Boxer
National Forests--
Sierra Nevada
Checkerboard
AZ Tonto National 850,000 President
Forest--Cartwright
Ranch
UT Uinta & Wasatch 1,345,000 Bennett, Hatch
National Forests
(Bonneville
Shoreline Trail)
CO Uncompahgre National 1,000,000 Allard, Salazar
Forest--Ophir
Valley
UT Wasatch-Cache 1,500,000 Bennett
National Forests--
High Uintas
NH White Mountain 1,000,000 Gregg
National Forest--
Kancamangus Gateway
ME White Mountain 550,000 President, Snowe, Collins
National Forest--
Maine Access
(Haystack Notch
Trailhead)
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Subtotal, Line 35,745,000 .........................
Item Projects
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Acquisition 10,000,000 .........................
Management
Equalization 1,000,000 .........................
Inholdings 1,500,000 .........................
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TOTAL, FS LAND 48,245,000 .........................
ACQUISITION
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acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,053,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 1,053,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,053,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,053,000,
which is equal to the budget request. These funds are derived
from receipts at certain forests.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $231,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 231,000
Committee recommendation................................ 231,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $231,000,
which is equal to the budget request. This amount is derived
from funds deposited by State, county, and municipal
governments or public school authorities pursuant to the Act of
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a).
range betterment fund
(Special Fund, Indefinite)
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,876,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 3,750,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,750,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,750,000,
equal to the request. This amount is for range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvement, and is derived from fees received
for livestock grazing on national forests pursuant to section
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $63,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 56,000
Committee recommendation................................ 56,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $56,000, which
is equal to the budget request. This amount is derived from the
fund established under 16 U.S.C. 1643(b).
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES SUBSISTENCE
MANAGEMENT, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $5,009,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 5,053,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,053,000
The Committee recommends $5,053,000 for subsistence
management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, equal to the
budget request.
Administrative Provisions, Forest Service
The Committee has continued many of the same administrative
provisions included in prior year appropriations acts.
The Committee has included the administration's request to
include language which authorizes the Forest Service to provide
funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to
$2,500,000 in private contributions for a 1-to-1 basis for
projects on National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs (President).
The Committee has included the administration's request to
provide funds for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in
the amount of $2,650,000 on a 1-for-1 matching basis with
private contributions for projects on or benefiting Nation
Forest System lands (President).
The Committee has included $4,500,000 for youth
conservation and service corps projects, including $2,000,000
to implement cost-effective fuel and fire risk reduction
efforts as authorized by the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forest
Restoration Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-154).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
The Indian Health Service [IHS] is the agency within the
Department of Health and Human Services that has responsibility
for providing Federal health services to approximately 1.5
million American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of
health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew
out of the special government-to-government relationship
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. This
relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I,
Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and
substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions,
and Executive Orders.
IHS services are provided directly and through tribally
contracted and operated health programs in over 500 health care
facilities located through the United States, primarily in
rural and isolated areas. Health care is also purchased from
more than 9,000 private providers annually. The Federal system
consists of 36 hospitals, 61 health centers, 49 health
stations, and 5 residential treatment centers. In addition, 34
urban Indian health projects provide a variety of health and
referral services.
The IHS clinical staff consist of approximately 2,700
nurses, 900 physicians, 350 engineers, 450 pharmacists, 300
dentists, 150 sanitarians and 83 physician assistants. The IHS
also employs various allied health professionals, such as
nutritionists, health administrators, engineers, and medical
records administrators.
Through Public Law 93-638 self-determination contracts,
American Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations
administer 13 hospitals, 158 health centers, 28 residential
treatment centers, 76 health stations, and 170 Alaska village
clinics.
indian health services
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,826,282,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,931,530,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,991,924,000
The Committee recommends $2,991,924,000 for Indian health
services, an increase of $165,642,000 above the fiscal year
2007 enacted level and $60,394,000 above the fiscal year 2008
budget request. Increases above the request include $10,000,000
for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund; $5,000,000 for
expansion of two of the Director's behavioral health
initiatives; $300,000 for the Indian Health Board of Nevada
(Reid); $10,000,000 for Contract Health Care; and $35,094,000
to restore the Urban Indian Health program.
The additional funds provided for the Director's behavioral
health initiatives include $2,500,000 for methamphetamine abuse
reduction and $2,500,000 for suicide prevention. The Committee
understands that telehealth technology will be used to support
coordination of the national effort with particular attention
paid to remote or isolated communities that would otherwise
have difficulty obtaining services. The increase in Contract
Health Care is provided specifically for the Catastrophic
Health Emergency Fund [CHEF] to raise the current level of
funding from $18,000,000 to $28,000,000. The $300,000 increase
for the Indian Health Board of Nevada is intended to help the
organization with its start-up costs of operation. The
Committee understand that the InMed, RAIN, and InPsych programs
will continue to be funded at no less than the current levels
and managed in the same manner as prior years (Dorgan, Conrad).
indian health facilities
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $353,926,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 339,196,000
Committee recommendation................................ 375,475,000
The Committee recommends $375,475,000 for Indian health
facilities, an increase of $21,549,000 above the current year
enacted level and $36,279,000 above the budget request. An
amount of $20,000,000 above the $12,664,000 budget proposal has
been included for construction of the Barrow, Alaska hospital
(Stevens). The total cost of this facility is more than
$140,000,000 and the funding level recommended by the Committee
is the minimum required in order for the Service to proceed
with its work. Other increases include $7,931,000 in fixed
costs that were omitted from the budget request, $1,000,000 to
expand injury prevention efforts, and $7,348,000 to restore
base programs.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of Health Sciences, an agency within
the National Institutes of Health, was authorized in section
311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, to conduct
multidisciplinary research and training activities associated
with the Nation's Hazardous Substance Superfund program, and in
section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1968, to conduct training and education of workers who
are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste
removal or containment or emergency response.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $79, 117,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 78,434,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,434,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$78,434,000 for the operations of the National Institute of
Health Environmental Health Sciences account. This amount is
$683,000 below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the
budget request.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR], and agency of the Public Health Service, was created
in section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. The ATSDR's primary
mission is to conduct surveys and screening programs to
determine relationships between exposure to toxic substances
and illness. Other activities include the maintenance and
annual update of a list of hazardous substances most commonly
found at Superfund sites, the preparation of toxicological
profiles on each such hazardous substances, consultations on
health issues relating to exposure to hazardous or toxic
substances, and the development and implementation of certain
research activities related to ATSDR's mission.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $75,212,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 75,004,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,004,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$75,004,000 for the operations of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry account. This amount is $208
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget
request.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $2,698,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,703,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,703,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Council on Environmental Quality/Office of
Environmental Quality was established by the National
Environmental Policy Act and the Environmental Quality
Improvement Act of 1970. The Council serves as a source of
environmental expertise and policy analysis for the White
House, Executive Office of the President, and other Federal
agencies. CEQ promulgates regulations binding on all Federal
agencies to implement the procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act and resolves interagency environmental
disputes informally and through issuance of finding and
recommendations.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$2,703,000 for the operations of Council on Environmental
Quality and Office of Environmental Quality account. This
amount is $5,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to
the budget request.
Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board
The Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board was
authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to
investigate accidental releases of certain chemicals substances
resulting in, or that may cause, serious injury, death,
substantial property damage, or serious adverse effects on
human health. It became operational in fiscal year 1998.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $9,113,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 9,049,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,049,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$9,049,000 for the operations of the Chemical Safety and
Hazardous Investigation Board account. This amount is $64,000
below the fiscal year 2007 level, and equal to the budget
request.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation was
established by Public law 93-531, and is authorized for
appropriation through fiscal year 2008 following the enactment
of Public Law 108-204. The Office is charged with planning and
conducting relocation activities associated with the settlement
of land disputes between the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $8,509,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 9,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,000,000
which is $491,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
equal to the budget request.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
and Arts Development [IAIA] was founded in 1962 as a Bureau of
Indian Affairs [BIA] high school. The Institute was moved out
of the BIA in 1988 to become a federally chartered 4-year
college governed by a board of trustees appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate. Its mission is to serve
as the national center of research, training, language and
scholarship for Native Americans and Alaska Natives through the
dedicated study, creative application, preservation and care of
Native cultures and arts. Today, IAIA is fully accredited by
the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by
the National Association of Schools of Arts and Design, the
only national professional accrediting agency in higher
education covering the entire field of art and design that is
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to
its academic programs, IAIA houses the National Collection of
Contemporary Indian Art and carries the designation as the
National Repository for Native Languages. IAIA's operations are
funded by direct Federal support and a diversified private
sector approach to foundations, corporations, tribes and
individual donors.
payments to the institute
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $6,207,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 7,297,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,297,000
The Committee recommends $7,297,000 for the Institute of
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
an increase of $1,090,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted
level and the same amount as the budget request. The additional
funding will assist the Institute in meeting its fixed cost
increases.
Smithsonian Institution
Congress established the Smithsonian Institution in 1846 to
administer a large bequest left to the United States by James
Smithson, an English scientist, for the purpose of establishing
in Washington, DC, an institution ``. . . for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men.'' The act establishing the
Smithsonian provided for the administration of the trust,
independent of the Government itself, by a Board of Regents and
a Secretary, who were given broad discretion in the use of
these funds. The board was to be composed of both private
citizens and members of all three branches of the Federal
Government in order to ensure ``the wise and faithful use'' of
the Institution's funds. The trust funds were permanently
loaned to the U.S. Treasury to be maintained in a separate
account, with the interest from that money used for the
operation of the Institution. Construction of the Smithsonian
Castle was completed in 1855 and collections that the
Government had accepted on behalf of the Institution were moved
into the building. Today, the Smithsonian Institution is the
world's largest museum and research complex, housing
approximately 144 million objects and specimens, and receiving
an estimated 25 million visitors annually.
Its facilities include 19 museums and galleries, including
the National Zoo, 10 science centers, and other facilities--
most located in or near Washington, DC, with others in
Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Arizona, Hawaii, and the
Republic of Panama. The Smithsonian's growth will continue for
the foreseeable future with the construction of an aircraft
restoration area at the Udvar-Hazy Center, which should be
completed in 2008, and the design and construction of a
National Museum of African American History and Culture,
authorized by Congress in 2003.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $536,295,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 571,347,000
Committee recommendation................................ 571,705,000
The Committee recommends $571,705,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an amount that is
$35,410,000 over the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$358,000 above the budget request.
Within the overall amount requested by the Smithsonian and
agreed to by the Committee, $21,779,000 is provided to meet
mandatory fixed costs increases such as pay, rent, and
utilities; a program increase of $9,893,000 is provided for the
National Museum of African American History and Culture to
strengthen and expand the new museum's capabilities for
fundraising, exhibition development, outreach and education;
$1,381,000 will cover the costs of security check and badging
system improvements; $600,000 is provided to the National Zoo
for animal welfare improvements; $100,000 is designated for an
additional auditor for the Inspector General's office, and
$200,000 will be used by the Human Resources office for
workforce restructuring requirements.
An amount of $107,000 above the budget request is provided
to the Inspector General's office for the purpose of hiring a
second auditor. An amount of $251,000 above the request is
included under the administration activity to fund two
additional accountant positions in the Chief Financial
Officer's division. Events of the past year have significantly
increased the workload of both offices and the additional staff
will enable each to meet its responsibilities more effectively
and efficiently.
The Committee remains deeply concerned by the information
that has come to light over the past 6 months documenting the
gross mismanagement of public trust funds by the previous
Smithsonian leadership. Issues of governance, accountability
and transparency must be addressed and changes made to assure
that the Institution meets the highest ethical standards in the
conduct of its operations. The Committee is encouraged that the
Board of Regents has moved swiftly to begin this process with
both the establishment of a Governance Committee and the
appointment of an Independent Review Committee. These two
committees are expected to issue reports in the days ahead that
will provide additional detail regarding past abuses, but will
also offer the first recommendations for corrective action. The
Committee supports the Board in its efforts and intends to work
closely with all involved to ensure that the Institution
reclaims its reputation as wholly deserving of the public
trust.
facilities capital
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $98,555,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 107,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 125,000,000
The Committee recommends $125,000,000 for the Smithsonian
Institution's facilities capital program, an increase of
$26,445,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$17,900,000 above the budget request. The Committee is aware
that the Smithsonian has identified a facilities base budget
requirement of at least $150,000,000 annually over the next
decade if it is to make progress in its effort to revive
deteriorating buildings and failing systems. The increase
provided by the Committee is intended to bring support for the
facilities capital program closer in line with its demonstrated
need for funds.
It has been brought to the Committee's attention that the
National Zoo continues to have a critical need for the repair
or replacement of seriously compromised structural, mechanical,
electrical and fire-life safety systems. These issues should be
addressed in the immediate future in order to adequately
protect both the visiting public and the animals housed at the
Zoo. The Committee expects that as funds are allocated for
various projects, the Zoo's urgent needs for repair and
replacement of failed systems be given priority consideration.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 by a joint
resolution of Congress accepting Andrew W. Mellon's gift to the
Nation of his art collection. The generosity of the Mellon
family also provided the funds to construct the Gallery's two
landmark buildings, the West Building, designed by Alexander
Pope and completed in 1941, and the East Building, completed in
1978 and designed by I.M. Pei. In 1999, an outdoor sculpture
garden was created with funding from the Cafritz Foundation.
Today, these two buildings and the Sculpture Garden form a
museum complex that houses one of the world's premier art
collections. Since its founding, Federal funds have been
appropriated to ensure the operation, maintenance, protection,
and care of this collection, enabling the Gallery to remain
open 363 days a year at no charge to visitors. Private
contributions are used by the Gallery for art acquisition and
conservation, scholarly and scientific research, exhibitions,
and educational outreach programs.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $95,767,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 97,983,000
Committee recommendation................................ 101,718,000
The Committee recommends $101,718,000 for salaries and
expenses of the National Gallery of Art, an increase of
$5,951,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and
$3,735,000 above the budget request.
The Committee does not agree with a number of proposed
reductions that are included without justification in the
budget request and has attempted to restore those funds to the
extent possible within current budget constraints. Of
particular note, an amount of $1,750,000 is provided to restore
the Special Exhibitions program to $3,350,000. This Federal
funding is critical to the Gallery's ability to plan and
develop exhibitions of major works of art from around the
world. The Committee has also restored funds for art
conservation services and supplies, as well as repair and
maintenance of fixed equipment. The table at the back of the
report displays the distribution of funds among the Gallery's
various activities.
repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $15,962,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 18,017,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,017,000
The Committee recommends $18,017,000 for the repair,
restoration and renovation of facilities at the National
Gallery of Art, an increase of $2,055,000 over the fiscal year
2007 enacted level and the same amount as the budget request.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Originally established in 1958 as the National Cultural
Center, an independently administered bureau of the Smithsonian
Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
was designated as a living memorial to President Kennedy in
1964. The Kennedy Center building was constructed with a
combination of private contributions, Federal matching funds
and long-term revenue bonds held by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury. Since 1972, Congress has provided funds for the
operations and repair of the presidential monument, initially
through the National Park Service and since 1995 to the Kennedy
Center Board of Trustees. Approximately 87 percent of the
Center's total annual operating budget is derived from non-
appropriated funds such as ticket sales, auxiliary income,
investment income and private contributions to support
performing arts programming and administrative activities.
operations and maintenance
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $17,575,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 20,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,200,000
The Committee recommends $20,200,000 for operations and
maintenance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, an increase of $2,625,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $200,000 above the budget request. Additional
funding is provided to assist the Kennedy Center in meeting its
fixed cost increases for pay, benefits, utilities and
facilities maintenance contracts.
construction
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $12,814,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 19,350,000
Committee recommendation................................ 23,150,000
The Committee recommends $23,150,000 for the Kennedy
Center's construction program, an increase of $10,336,000 above
the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $3,800,000 above the
budget request. The amount above the budget request has been
provided to allow the Center to move forward with replacement
of the glass wall in the Grand Foyer. This project was proposed
to be postponed until fiscal year 2009 because of the need to
redirect funds to the scheduled renovation of the Eisenhower
Theater. The additional amount will allow the Center to begin
its work in fiscal year 2008, as previously planned.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the
living national memorial to President Wilson established by
Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, DC. Its
mission is to commemorate the ideals and concerns of the former
president by providing a link between the world of ideas and
the world of policy; and by fostering research, study,
discussion and collaboration among a full spectrum of
individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national
and world affairs. The Woodrow Wilson Center is a nonpartisan
institution that is supported by a combination of public and
private funds.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $9,100,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 8,857,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,718,000
The Committee recommends $9,718,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, an increase of $618,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and $861,000 above the budget request. The
Committee does not agree to the reductions that are included in
the budget request inasmuch as no information is provided to
justify the administration's proposals. The Wilson Center uses
its Federal support to attract private sector funds that
provide more than half of its annual operating budget. The
Committee sees no reason to hinder the Center's success by
reducing its budget to a level below its fiscal year 2005
apppropriation.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
Established in 1965 as an independent agency of the Federal
Government, the National Endowment for the Arts is the official
arts organization of the United States Government. The
Endowment is the largest annual funder of the arts in the
United States, helping to create regional theater, opera,
ballet, symphony orchestras, museums and other arts
organizations that Americans now enjoy. In its 42-year history,
the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than
120,000 grants that have brought the arts to Americans in
communities both large and small. The Arts Endowment, through
its competitive, peer-reviewed grants process, uses the
majority of its annual operating funds to awards grants to non-
profit organizations for arts education, arts outreach,
artistic excellence and partnership agreements. In addition to
those activities, State and jurisdictional arts agencies are
awarded 40 percent of the Endowment's funds.
grants and administration
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $124,562,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 128,412,000
Committee recommendation................................ 133,412,000
The Committee recommends $133,412,000 for the National
Endowment for the Arts, an increase of $8,850,000 over the
fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $5,000,000 above the budget
request. The increase has been provided in an effort to bolster
the agency's core programs. The table at the back of the report
displays the proposed distribution of funds among the
Endowment's activities. As proposed in the budget request, the
Committee has included language in the bill to establish a
National Opera Fellowship. In addition, the Committee has
included language in title IV, General Provisions, of the bill
amending the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (Public Law 94-
158) to provide for the establishment of a domestic indemnity
program. The NEA, which administers the international indemnity
program, has estimated that one additional position and an
increase of $100,000 would be required to fund the expanded
program. The NEA has further indicated that the agency could
absorb that cost within its fiscal year 2008 appropriation.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] was
established by the 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities Act as an independent Federal agency of the United
States Government dedicated to supporting research, education,
preservation, and public programs in the humanities. Today, it
is the largest funder of humanities programs in the Nation.
NEH's longstanding tradition of a peer-reviewed competitive
grant process is designed to ensure that the most meritorious
projects are funded. Typically, NEH grants are used to support
cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries,
colleges, universities, public television and radio stations,
and individual scholars. The NEH, through its State-Federal
partnership, also provides grants to State humanities councils
in all 50 States and the 6 territories.
grants and administration
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $125,884,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 126,845,000
Committee recommendation................................ 131,845,000
The Committee recommends $131,845,000 for grants and
administration of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an
increase of $5,961,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level
and $5,000,000 above the budget request. The increase has been
provided to support the core programs of the NEH. The table at
the back of the report displays the proposed distribution of
funds among the Endowment's activities.
matching grants
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $15,221,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 14,510,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,510,000
The Committee recommends $14,510,000 for the Matching
Grants account of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a
reduction of $711,000 from the fiscal year 2007 enacted level
and the same amount as the budget request.
Commission of Fine Arts
The Commission of Fine Arts was established in 1910 to fill
the need for a permanent agency whose members would be
qualified to make available to the Government expert opinion on
questions of art and architecture. The Commission's mission, as
design proposals are brought before it, is to safeguard and
improve the appearance and symbolic significance of the City as
a capital. The Commission provides knowledgeable advice on
matters pertaining to architecture, landscape architecture,
sculpture, painting and the decorative arts to all branches and
departments of the Federal and District of Columbia governments
when such matters affect the National Capital. The Commission
also must approve of the site and design of all commemorative
works and memorials erected in the District. The Commission
advises on the design of circulating and commemorative coinage
and must approve the siting and design for national memorials,
both in the United States and on foreign soil, in accordance
with the American Battle Monuments Act and the Commemorative
Works Act. The Commission also administers the National Capital
Arts and Cultural Affairs program, which was created by
Congress to benefit nonprofit local cultural entities.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $1,873,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 2,092,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,192,000
The Committee recommends $2,192,000 for the Commission of
Fine Arts, an increase of $319,000 above the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and and $100,000 above the budget request. The
Committee recommendation will allow the Commission to move
forward with its plan to hire an historian in conjunction with
the Commission's centennial in 2010. This additional temporary
position will provide the support the Commission requires to
develop and execute a major public information program,
including publications and exhibitions, to acknowledge and
observe the past century of its history and work.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $7,143,000
Budget estimate, 2008...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 7,200,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program was
established by Public Law 99-190 to provide grants for general
operating support to District of Columbia nonprofit arts and
other cultural organizations. In fiscal year 1988,
administrative responsibility for the program was transferred
from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the
Commission of Fine Arts. Currently, this program helps support
21 nationally renowned organizations in the Nation's Capital,
providing funding for operating expenses, jobs, exhibits, and
performances that might not have been possible otherwise.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $7,200,000 for the National
Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, an increase of
$57,000 over the current year enacted level and $7,200,000 over
the budget request.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $4,828,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 5,348,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,348,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 established
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as an independent
Federal agency. The Council's mission is to promote the
preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our Nation's
historic resources, and advise the President and Congress on
national historic preservation policy. It also provides a forum
for discussion of Federal activities, programs, and policies
that affect historic properties. One of the principal
responsibilities of the Council is to implement Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires that the
Council be given an opportunity to comment on the impacts of
projects or actions undertaken by other Federal agencies on
sites or structures eligible for inclusion in the National
Register of Historic Places.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $5,348,000 for the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, which is an increase of
$520,000 over the fiscal year 2007 enacted level, and the same
as the budget request.
National Capital Planning Commission
The National Capital Planning Commission [NCPC] was
established in 1924 as a park planning agency. Two years later,
the Agency's role was expanded to included comprehensive
planning. The National Capital Planning Act of 1952 designated
the NCPC as the central planning agency for the Federal
Government in the National Capital Region. Major functions of
the Commission include preparation and adoption of the Federal
Elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the National Capital and
review of D.C. elements for the Federal interest; preparation
and adoption of an annual 6-year Federal Capital Improvements
Program report for the region containing land acquisition and
development proposals from all Federal agencies; review of
plans and proposals submitted to the Commission; and
development of specialized plans for long-range development in
the National Capital Region.
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $8,168,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 8,265,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,265,000
The Committee recommends $8,265,000 for salaries and
expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission, an
increase of $97,000 above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level
and the same amount as the budget request.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was created by
Congress in 1980 through Public Law 96-388 with the mandate to
operate and maintain a permanent living memorial museum to the
victims of the Holocaust; provide appropriate ways for the
Nation to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust through the
annual national civic observances known as the Days of
Remembrance; and carry out the recommendations of the
President's Commission on the Holocaust. The building that
houses the museum was constructed with private funds and opened
to the public in 1993. Since that time, the museum has
attracted 4-5 times the number of expected visitors and has
been highly successful in its fundraising efforts. In fiscal
year 2006, little more than a decade since the museum first
opened its doors, non-appropriated sources of funding comprise
nearly 50 percent of the museum's annual operating budget.
holocaust memorial museum
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $42,349,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 44,996,000
Committee recommendation................................ 45,496,000
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $45,496,000 for the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum for fiscal year 2008. This amount is $3,147,000
above the fiscal year 2007 enacted level and $500,000 above the
budget request. The additional amount provided by the Committee
is intended to assist the museum in meeting fixed cost
increases that are identified but not supported within the 2008
budget estimate.
Presidio Trust
Upon deciding that the U.S. Army would end its 148 year
presence at the Presidio, Congress created the Presidio Trust
as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996. The Trust's mission is to preserve and enhance the
natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources of the
Presidio for public use in perpetuity, and to achieve long-term
financial sustainability through rental, lease and other
revenues derived from the use of Presidio buildings and spaces.
The Trust manages the interior 80 percent of Presidio lands
(known as Area B), including most buildings and infrastructure.
The National Park Service manages coastal areas (known as Area
A) as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Appropriations for the Trust are expected to decline from year
to year, and to cease entirely at or before the end of fiscal
year 2012.
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $19,706,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 18,450,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,450,000
The Committee recommends $18,450,000 for the Presidio
Trust, a decrease of $1,256,000 from the fiscal year 2007
enacted level and the same as the budget request.
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance
Appropriations, 2007.................................... $247,000
Budget estimate, 2008................................... 200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 200,000
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The White House Commission on the National Moment of
Remembrance was established by Congress through Public Law 106-
579 to honor America's fallen, her veterans, and the men and
women who continue to serve our country. The Commission has a
10-year mission to sustain the American spirit through acts of
rememberance throughout the year; institutionalize the National
Moment of Remembrance; enhance the commemoration and
understanding of Memorial Day; and to educate and give the
younger generation a sense of their country's history and what
it means to be an American. The Commission is dedicated to
educating this and future generations of Americans to remember
the sacrifices and costs in human life made to preserve this
Nation's freedom.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends $200,000 for the White House
Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, the same
amount as the budget request and $47,000 below the fiscal year
2007 enacted level.
TITLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general
provisions in the bill including the following:
Sec. 401. Provides that contracts which provide consulting
services be a matter of public record and available for public
review, except where otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 402. Provides that appropriations available in the
bill shall not be used to produce literature or otherwise
promote public support of a legislative proposal on which
legislative action is not complete. The provision has been
modified to make clear that it does not restrict authorized
communications with Congress.
Sec. 403. Provides that appropriations made available in
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other
personal servants.
Sec. 404. Retains language carried in prior years with
regard to assessments for government-wide, departmental,
agency, or bureau functions.
Sec. 405. Limits the actions of the Forest Service and the
Bureau of Land Management with regard to the sale of giant
sequoia trees to a manner consistent with such sales as were
conducted in fiscal year 2005.
Sec. 406. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in
previous years.
Sec. 407. Provides additional authority to use the roads
and trails funds for priority forest health related management.
The Committee recognizes that there is a serious backlog in
important road, trail and bridge work throughout the National
Forest system just as there is a serious backlog in needed
management related to forest health.
Sec. 408. Continues a provision providing that the
Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered in violation
of certain provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act solely because more than 15 years have
passed without revision of a forest plan, provided that the
Secretary is working in good faith to complete the plan
revision within available funds.
Sec. 409. Addresses timber sales involving Alaska western
red cedar. Mills which process western red cedar in the Pacific
Northwest have an insufficient supply of western red cedar, and
the national forest in southeast Alaska sometimes has a
surplus. This provision continues a program by which Alaska's
surplus western red cedar is made available preferentially to
U.S. domestic mills outside Alaska, prior to export abroad.
Sec. 410. Prohibits oil, natural gas and mining related
activities within current national monument boundaries, except
where such activities are allowed under the presidential
proclamation establishing the monument.
Sec. 411. Provides the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior the authority to enter into
reciprocal agreements with foreign nations concerning the
personal liability of firefighters.
Sec. 412. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior to consider local contractors when
awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands.
Sec. 413. Continues and makes permanent a long standing
requirement in Alaska that IHS funds be made available only to
regional Alaska Native health organizations and those Native
entities with contracts or compacts with the Service entered
into prior to May 1, 2006, in order to make the most cost
effective use possible of scarce IHS funds for provision of
health services.
Sec. 414. Restricts funding appropriated for acquisition of
land or interests in land from being used for declarations of
taking or complaints in condemnation.
Sec. 415. Continues language restricting the amount of
funds available to the Department of the Interior for
competitive sourcing activities and prohibits from the Forest
Service from spending any funds available to the agency for
competitive sourcing and related activities. This restriction
shall apply not only to competitions conducted under OMB
Circular A-76, but also to associated pre-planning activities,
including feasibility studies. The Committee notes that the
Forest Service's lack of demonstrated savings and lack of
compliance with congressional directives regarding the program
led Congress to request an investigation by the Government
Accountability Office. As this investigation is ongoing, the
Committee believes it would be imprudent to allow the agency to
continue its outsourcing program until GAO's findings are
known.
Sec. 416. Extends for 1 year a pilot program to enhance
Forest Service administration of rights-of-way.
Sec. 417. Extends authority for the State of Utah to work
cooperatively on Forest Service lands.
Sec. 418. Extends the Forest Service's ability to enter
into certain cooperative agreements with third parties that are
of mutually significant benefit.
Sec. 419. Extends the Forest Service's ability to use
categorical exclusions to process grazing allotments as
originally authorized in Public Law 108-447.
Sec. 420. Provides the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with
authority to retain receipts from marina facilities, consistent
with other recreation sites managed under the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act.
Sec. 421. Provides the Forest Service authority to use
$40,000,000 of existing receipts for vegetative treatments,
fuels reduction and road programs. These funds shall be used to
reduce fire risk and maintain local infrastructure in Forest
Service Regions with a high dependence on forest products from
Federal lands.
Sec. 422. Authorizes the sale of assorted parcels in the
Dakota Prairie National Grasslands. The lands to be conveyed
from Federal ownership are to be conveyed through fiscal year
2009, and are to be at least equal in acreage to the Eberts
ranch land which was acquired by the Forest Service. There will
be no net gain in federally owned land in North Dakota as a
result of these land conveyances. The section also authorizes
receipts from the sale of the Federal parcels to be deposited
into a Sisk Act fund for acquisitions of National Forest System
lands in North Dakota, and sets certain other land management
conditions related to the transfer.
Sec. 423. Prohibits the Forest Service from changing
eligibility requirements for base property including leasing,
shared cattle or livestock ownership for grazing permits on the
Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The Committee is concerned by the
Forest Service's recent efforts to implement grazing policy
changes that would have eliminated the ability of ranchers to
lease land or share cattle to qualify for a Federal grazing
permit on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. North Dakota is unique
in its ranchers' widespread use of leased land and shared
livestock, and the proposed policy changes would have had
serious consequences for the State's livestock industry. The
Committee is encouraged that the Forest Service has rescinded
the interim handbook direction which proposed these changes.
The Committee also recognizes the unique role grazing
associations play under North Dakota State law and directs the
Forest Service to work closely with grazing associations and
all other stakeholders to implement grazing and land management
policies for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
Sec. 424. Requires the Minerals Management Service to
withhold 2 percent of the States' share of receipts from
Federal mineral leasing activities for the States' portion of
the administrative costs incurred by the Federal Government.
Sec. 425. Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act
(Public Law 94-158) to establish a domestic indemnity program
with an overall limit of $5,000,000,000 at any one time and a
per exhibition limit of $750,000,000. The Committee has taken
this action in response to the numerous reports it has received
from museums across the country regarding the prohibitive
insurance costs that are now being imposed on many traveling
exhibitions in the United States. The Committee understands
that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities has the
authority to establish such a program and expects that in doing
so it will adhere to the same rigorous standards and review
process that has made the international indemnity program so
successful. The Committee requests that once the Council has
established its guidelines for a domestic indemnity program, it
share those with the appropriate committees of jurisdiction.
Additionally, the Committee expects the Council to provide a
report to these same committees evaluating the program
following the first year of operation.
Sec 426. Directs the National Park Service to transfer
operations of three Jobs Corps centers to the Forest Service as
mutually agreed upon by both agencies.
Sec. 427. Directs the Forest Service to seek to enter into
alternative dispute resolution or mediation with parties to
litigation on a number of timber and hazardous fuel reduction
projects on the Sequoia and Sierra National Forests. The
Committee believes that mediation on these projects is
important to try to find a way to address environmental
concerns, particularly in regard to the Pacific fisher, while
providing sufficient timber harvest volume to preserve the
local forest products infrastructure, which is essential for
economical hazardous fuel removal in the area.
Sec. 428. Provides the Forest Service and Department of the
Interior additional authority to pay for up to one-half of the
cost of personal liability insurance for all agency wildland
firefighters.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the budget resolution
for 2008: Subcommittee on Interior:
Mandatory............................................... 54 54 55 \1\ 53
Discretionary........................................... 27,150 27.150 28.574 \1\ 28,323
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2008.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 17,169
2009.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 5,524
2010.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,443
2011.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,277
2012 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 576
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 5,645 NA 2,298
2008.......................................................
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify
each recommended amendment which proposes an item of
appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
Those items are as follows:
--Sums provided to the Bureau of Land Management to
inventory, manage, and improve rangelands for domestic
livestock grazing pursuant to Public Law 95-514, the
Public Rangeland Improvement Act of 1978.
--$235,544,000 for the endangered species program, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
--Sums provided for the Yukon River Restoration and
Enhancement Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
pursuant to the Fisheries Act of 1995.
--Sums provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service for the
conservation and protection of marine mammals pursuant
to Public Law 103-238, the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Amendments of 1994.
--$500,000 for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration
grants.
--$2,000,000 for Great Ape conservation.
--$4,000,000 for neotropical migratory bird conservation.
--Sums provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to
the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration
Act; Fisheries Restoration Irrigation Mitigation Act;
and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act.
--Sums provided to the U.S. Geological Survey pursuant to the
National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999.
--Sums provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to
The Tribal Colleges or Universities Assistance Act of
1978; The Indian Tribal Justice Act; Indian Child
Protection and Family Violence Act; and The No Child
Left Behind Act.
--$1,274,263,000 for the hazardous substances Superfund.
--$30,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Alaska
Native Villages.
--$887,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Clean
Water SRF.
--$842,167,000 for State and tribal assistance grants:
Drinking Water SRF.
--Sums provided pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Radon
Abatement Act, Clean Water Act, BEACH Act, Safe
Drinking Water Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act [RCRA],
Toxic Substances Control Act, Pollution Prevention Act,
and the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program
Act.
--$6,983,000 for the International Program, U.S. Forest
Service.
--$2,500,000 for matching funds for projects of the National
Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service.
--$133,412,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
--$146,355,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 21, 2007,
the Committee ordered reported en bloc: an original bill (S.
1696) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2008, and authorized the chairman of the
Committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text
of the Senate bill as a Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute to the House companion measure; and an original bill
(S. 1686) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other
purposes, and authorized the chairman of the Committee or the
chairman of the Legislative Branch subcommittee to offer the
substance of the original bill, plus House items as passed by
the House, as a Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute to the House companion measure; with each bill
subject to amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by
a recorded vote of 29-0, a quorum being present. The vote was
as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Landrieu
Mr. Reed
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Brownback
Mr. Allard
Mr. Alexander
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by
the committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.<greek-l>
With respect to this bill, it is the opinion of the
Committee that it is necessary to dispense with these
requirements in order to expedite the business of the
Senate. deg.
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
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CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER LX--NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS
Sec. 430f-7. Definitions
In sections 430f-6 to 430f-12 of this title:
(1) Map
The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Park
Boundary-Corinth Unit'', numbered [304/80,007, and
dated October 1998] 304A/80,009, and dated April 2007.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 430f-8. Establishment of Unit
(a) * * *
[(b) Composition of Unit
[The Unit shall be comprised of--
[(1) the tract consisting of approximately 20 acres
generally depicted as ``Battery Robinett Boundary'' on
the Map; and
[(2) any additional land that the Secretary
determines to be suitable for inclusion in the Unit
that--
[(A) is under the ownership of a public entity
or nonprofit organization; and
[(B) has been identified by the Siege and
Battle of Corinth National Historic Landmark
Study, dated January 8, 1991.]
(b) Composition of Unit.--The Unit shall be comprised of
approximately 810 acres of land, as generally depicted on the
Map.
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER CXIV--RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
* * * * * * *
Sec. 460ccc-4. Acquisitions
(a) In general
(1) Within the conservation area, and subject to
the provisions of this section, the Secretary is
authorized to acquire lands, interests in lands, and
associated water rights, by donation, purchase [with
donated or appropriated funds], exchange for Federal
lands outside the conservation area, or transfer from
another Federal agency with the concurrence of the head
of the appropriate agency thereof.
[(2) Lands or interests therein owned by the State
of Nevada or a political subdivision thereof may be
acquired by donation or exchange only.]
[(3)] (2) No privately owned lands, interests in
lands, or associated water rights, may be acquired
without the consent of the owner thereof unless the
Secretary determines that, in his judgment, the
property is subject to, or threatened with, uses which
are having, or would have, an adverse impact on the
resource values for which the conservation area was
established.
[(4)] (3) Any lands, waters, or interests therein
within the boundaries of the conservation area which
after November 16, 1990, may be acquired by the United
States shall be incorporated into the conservation area
and be managed accordingly, and all provisions of this
subchapter and other laws applicable to conservation
areas shall apply to such incorporated lands.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 2--MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 28. Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation,
and amount of work; marking of location on ground;
records; annual labor or improvements on claims
pending issue of patent; co-owner's succession in
interest upon delinquency in contributing
proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode
expenditure
The miners of each mining district may make regulations not
in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the
laws of the State or Territory in which the district is
situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount
of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, subject
to the following requirements: The location must be distinctly
marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily
traced. All records of mining claims made after May 10, 1872,
shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of
the location, and such a description of the claim or claims
located by reference to some natural object or permanent
monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located
after the 10th day of May 1872, that is granted a waiver under
section 28f of this title, and until a patent has been issued
therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed
or improvements made during each year. On all claims located
prior to the 10th day of May 1872, $10 worth of labor shall be
performed or improvements made each year, for each one hundred
feet in length along the vein until a patent has been issued
therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such
expenditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure
to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which
such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same
manner as if no location of the same had ever been made,
provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or
legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim
after failure and before such location. Upon the failure of any
one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the
expenditures required hereby, the coowners who have performed
the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of
the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in
writing or notice by publication in the newspaper published
nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety days,
and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in
writing or by publication such delinquent should fail or refuse
to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required by
this section, his interest in the claim shall become the
property of his co-owners who have made the required
expenditures. The period within which the work required to be
done annually on all unpatented mineral claims located since
May 10, 1872, including such claims in the Territory of Alaska,
[shall commence at 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of
September] shall commence at 12:01 ante meridian on the first
day of September succeeding the date of location of such claim.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 28f. Fee
(a) Claim maintenance fee
The holder of each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel
site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States,
whether located before, on or after August 10, 1993, shall pay
to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of
each year [for years 2004 through 2008], a claim maintenance
fee of $100 per claim or site \1\ Such claim maintenance fee
shall be in lieu of the assessment work requirement contained
in the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28-28e) and the related
filing requirements contained in section 1744(a) and (c) of
title 43.
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Sec. 28g. Location fee
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for every
unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located after
August 10, 1993, [and before September 30, 2008,] pursuant to
the Mining Laws of the United States, the locator shall, at the
time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land
Management, pay to the Secretary of the Interior a location
fee, in addition to the claim maintenance fee required by
section 28f of this title, of $25.00 per claim.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 31--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
* * * * * * *
Sec. 1473. Acceptance of contributions from private and public sources
by Mineral Management Service
In fiscal year 1987 and thereafter, the Minerals Management
Service is authorized to accept land, buildings, equipment and
other contributions, from public and private sources, which
shall be available for the purposes provided for in this
account, including contributions of money and services to
conduct work in support of the orderly exploration and
development of Outer Continental Shelf resources, including but
not limited to, preparation of environmental documents such as
impact statements and assessments, studies, and related
research.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 18--MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND PALAU
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER I--MICRONESIA AND MARSHALL ISLANDS
* * * * * * *
Part B--Approval and Implementation of Compacts, As Amended
Sec. 1921d. Supplemental provisions
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(f) Continuing programs and laws
(1) Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the
Marshall Islands
In addition to the programs and services set forth
in section 221 of the Compact, and pursuant to section
222 of the Compact, the programs and services of the
following agencies shall be made available to the
Federated States of Micronesia and to the Republic of
the Marshall Islands:
(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(B) Treatment of additional programs
(i) * * *
(ix) Applicability
The [Republic] government,
institutions, and people of Palau shall
remain eligible for appropriations and
to receive grants under the provisions
of law specified in clauses (ii) and
(iii) until the end of fiscal year
[2007] 2009, to the extent the
[Republic] government, institutions,
and people of Palau [was] were so
eligible under such provisions in
fiscal year 2003.
* * * * * * *
ARTS AND ARTIFACTS INDEMNITY ACT, PUBLIC LAW 94-158
Sec. 1 * * *
* * * * * * *
Sec. 3. (a) * * *
(1) * * *
which are (A) of educational, cultural, historical, or
scientific value, and [(B) the exhibition of which is] (B) in
the case of international exhibitions, certified by the
Secretary of State or his designee as being in the national
interest.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 5. * * *
(b) The aggregate of loss or damage covered by indemnity
agreements made under this Act shall not exceed $10,000,000,000
at any one time for international exhibitions, and
$5,000,000,000 at any one time for domestic exhibitions.
(c) No indemnity agreement for a single exhibition shall
cover loss or damage in excess of $1,200,000,000 for
international exhibitions, or $750,000,000 for domestic
exhibitions.
* * * * * * *
OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997, PUBLIC LAW 104-208
DIVISION A
* * * * * * *
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
* * * * * * *
Sec. 636. Reimbursements Relating to Professional Liability
Insurance.--(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, amounts appropriated by this Act (or any other Act for
fiscal year 1997 or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries
and expenses may be used to reimburse any qualified employee
for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employee
for professional liability insurance. A payment under this
section shall be contingent upon the submission of such
information or documentation as the employing agency may
require.
(b) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section, the
term ``qualified employee'' means an agency employee whose
position is that of--
(1) a law enforcement officer; [or]
(2) a supervisor or management official[.]; or
(3) a temporary fire line supervisor.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) * * *
* * * * * * *
(3) the terms ``supervisor'' and ``management
official'' have the respective meanings given them by
section 7103(a) of such title 5[, and];
(4) the term ``professional liability insurance''
means insurance which provides coverage for--
(A) legal liability for damages due to
injuries to other persons, damage to their
property, or other damage or loss to such other
persons (including the expenses of litigation
and settlement) resulting from or arising out
of any tortious act, error, or omission of the
covered individual (whether common law,
statutory, or constitutional) while in the
performance of such individual's official
duties as a qualified employee; and
(B) the cost of legal representation for
the covered individual in connection with any
administrative or judicial proceeding
(including any investigation or disciplinary
proceeding) relating to any act, error, or
omission of the covered individual while in the
performance of such individual's official
duties as a qualified employee, and other legal
costs and fees relating to any such
administrative or judicial proceeding[.]; and
(5) the term ``temporary fire line supervisor''
means an employee of the Department of the Interior or
the Forest Service, the duties of which include
temporary supervision to manage a wildland or managed
fire, including an employee that is--
(A) a type 1, 2, or 3 incident commander;
(B) an operations section chief;
(C) a division group supervisor;
(D) a fire use manager; or
(E) a prescribed fire manager or burn boss.
(d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply thereafter.
* * * * * * *
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2000, PUBLIC LAW 106-113
* * * * * * *
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
Sec. 331. Enhancing Forest Service Administration of Rights-
of-way and Land Uses. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall
develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of
enhancing forest service administration of rights-of-way and
other land uses. The authority for this program shall be for
fiscal years 2000 through [2006] 2008. Prior to the expiration
of the authority for this pilot program, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives that evaluates whether the use of
funds under this section resulted in more expeditious approval
of rights-of-way and special use authorizations. This report
shall include the Secretary's recommendation for statutory or
regulatory changes to reduce the average processing time for
rights-of-way and special use permit applications.
(b) Deposit of Fees.--Subject to subsections (a) and (f ),
during fiscal years 2000 through [2006] 2008, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall deposit into a special account established in
the Treasury all fees collected by the Secretary to recover the
costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance
with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System
lands pursuant to section 28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), section 9701 of
title 31, United States Code, and section 110(g) of the
National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2(g)).
* * * * * * *
FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT, PUBLIC LAW 107-226
* * * * * * *
SEC. 5. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.
The Secretary is authorized to--
(1) * * *
* * * * * * *
(8) [acquire] acquire the land or interests in land
for the memorial by donation, purchase with donated or
appropriated funds, exchange or condemnation with
donated or appropriated funds; and from willing sellers
the land or interests in land for the memorial site by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange; and
* * * * * * *
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2003, PUBLIC LAW 108-7
* * * * * * *
DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003
* * * * * * *
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
Sec. 321. Until [September 30, 2007] September 30, 2009, the
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an
agreement under the first section of Public Law 94-148 (16
U.S.C. 565a-1) for a purpose described in such section includes
the authority to use that legal instrument when the principal
purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually
significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party
or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. An
agreement entered into under this section shall not be subject
to Public Law 95-224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement
Act (1977).
* * * * * * *
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005, PUBLIC LAW 108-447
* * * * * * *
DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
* * * * * * *
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,
$169,175,000, of which $76,106,000 shall be available for
royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed
$103,730,000, 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 $103,730,000
in additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of
receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $103,730,000
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, 2006: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): 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 MMS may under the
royalty-in-kind program, or under its authority to transfer oil
to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the
revenues from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal
year limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market
centers or upstream pooling points, to process or otherwise
dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and to recover MMS
transportation costs, salaries, and other administrative costs
directly related to the royalty-in-kind program: Provided
further, That MMS shall analyze and document the expected
return in advance of any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the
maximum extent practicable that royalty income under the pilot
program is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized
under a comparable royalty-in-value program: Provided further,
That in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, notwithstanding 30
U.S.C. 191(a) and 43 U.S.C. 1338, the Secretary shall pay
amounts owed to States and Indian Tribes under the provision of
30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d) from amounts received as current
receipts from bonuses, royalties, interest collected from
lessees and designees, and rentals of the public lands and the
outer continental shelf under provisions of the Mineral Leasing
Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), which are not payable to a
State or the Reclamation Fund.
* * * * * * *
General Provisions, Department of the Interior
* * * * * * *
Sec. 144. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as
the ``Foundation for Nevada's Veterans Land Transfer Act of
2004''.
(b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, Bureau of Land
Management Land, Clark County, Nevada.--
(1) In general.--Administrative jurisdiction over
the land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from
the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
(2) Description of land.--The parcel of land
referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 150
acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Clark
County, Nevada, as generally depicted on the map
entitled ``Veterans Administration Conveyance'' and
dated [November 12, 2004] May 4, 2005.
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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
Sec. 309. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment
for the Arts:
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an
individual if such grant is awarded to such individual
for a literature fellowship, National Heritage
Fellowship, National Opera Fellowship, or American Jazz
Masters Fellowship.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 337. Federal and State Cooperative Forest, Rangeland,
and Watershed Restoration in Utah. (a) Authority.--Until
[September 30, 2006] September 30, 2008, the Secretary of
Agriculture, via cooperative agreement or contract (including
sole source contract) as appropriate, may permit the State
Forester of the State of Utah to perform forest, rangeland, and
watershed restoration services on National Forest System lands
in the State of Utah. Restoration services provided are to be
on a project to project basis as planned or made ready for
implementation under existing authorities of the Forest
Service. The types of restoration services that may be
contracted under this authority include treatment of insect
infected trees, reduction of hazardous fuels, and other
activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and
watershed health including fish and wildlife habitat.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 339. For fiscal years [2005 through 2007] 2005 through
2010, a decision made by the Secretary of Agriculture to
authorize grazing on an allotment shall be categorically
excluded from documentation in an environmental assessment or
an environmental impact statement under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if:
(1) the decision continues current grazing management of the
allotment; (2) monitoring indicates that current grazing
management is meeting, or satisfactorily moving toward,
objectives in the land and resource management plan, as
determined by the Secretary; and (3) the decision is consistent
with agency policy concerning extraordinary circumstances. The
total number of allotments that may be categorically excluded
under this section may not exceed 900.
* * * * * * *
JOHN WARNER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007,
PUBLIC LAW 109-364
* * * * * * *
SEC. 1077. INCREASED HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES, RETIRED MEMBERS, AND DISABLED
VETERANS.
(a) * * *
(b) * * *
* * * * * * *
[(c) Recreational Activities on Santa Rosa Island.--The
Secretary of the Interior shall immediately cease the plan,
approved in the settlement agreement for case number 96-7412
WJR and case number 97-4098 WJR, to exterminate the deer and
elk on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, California, by
helicopter and shall not exterminate or nearly exterminate the
deer and elk.]
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2008
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or -)
Item 2007 Budget Committee ---------------------------------
appropriation estimate recommendation 2008 Budget
appropriation estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Management of Lands and Resources
Land Resources:
Soil, water and air management................................. 32,294 32,636 35,956 +3,662 +3,320
Range management............................................... 68,263 70,393 73,503 +5,240 +3,110
Forestry management............................................ 10,458 10,651 11,841 +1,383 +1,190
Riparian management............................................ 21,573 22,150 23,455 +1,882 +1,305
Cultural resources management.................................. 16,614 15,525 16,075 -539 +550
Wild horse and burro management................................ 36,354 32,077 36,787 +433 +4,710
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Subtotal, Land Resources..................................... 185,556 183,432 197,617 +12,061 +14,185
Wildlife and Fisheries:
Wildlife management............................................ 28,369 28,286 30,316 +1,947 +2,030
Fisheries management........................................... 12,411 12,636 13,841 +1,430 +1,205
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Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries............................. 40,780 40,922 44,157 +3,377 +3,235
Threatened and endangered species.................................. 21,407 21,930 22,270 +863 +340
Recreation Management:
Wilderness management.......................................... 16,182 16,641 18,096 +1,914 +1,455
Recreation resources management................................ 47,515 48,494 52,144 +4,629 +3,650
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Subtotal, Recreation Management.............................. 63,697 65,135 70,240 +6,543 +5,105
Energy and Minerals:
Oil and gas.................................................... 117,129 121,548 119,318 +2,189 -2,230
Coal management................................................ 9,251 9,521 9,521 +270 ...............
Other mineral resources........................................ 10,157 10,464 10,479 +322 +15
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Subtotal, Energy and Minerals................................ 136,537 141,533 139,318 +2,781 -2,215
Alaska minerals.................................................... 1,600 ............... ............... -1,600 ...............
Realty and Ownership Management:
Alaska conveyance.............................................. 35,165 33,922 39,972 +4,807 +6,050
Cadastral survey............................................... 13,757 11,119 14,284 +527 +3,165
Land and realty management..................................... 33,716 33,688 35,288 +1,572 +1,600
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Subtotal, Realty and Ownership Management.................... 82,638 78,729 89,544 +6,906 +10,815
Resource Protection and Maintenance
Resource management planning................................... 49,153 47,014 50,344 +1,191 +3,330
Resource protection and law enforcement........................ 20,062 18,842 19,027 -1,035 +185
Hazardous materials management................................. 15,939 16,110 16,155 +216 +45
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Subtotal, Resource Protection and Maintenance................ 85,154 81,966 85,526 +372 +3,560
Transportation and Facilities Maintenance:
Operations..................................................... 6,242 6,393 6,563 +321 +170
Annual maintenance............................................. 30,969 31,569 32,059 +1,090 +490
Deferred maintenance........................................... 33,157 33,795 38,905 +5,748 +5,110
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Subtotal, Transportation/Facilities Maintenance.............. 70,368 71,757 77,527 +7,159 +5,770
Land and resources information systems............................. 17,084 16,708 16,723 -361 +15
Mining Law Administration:
Administration................................................. 32,696 34,696 34,696 +2,000 ...............
Offsetting fees................................................ -32,696 -34,696 -34,696 -2,000 ...............
Workforce and Organizational Support:
Information systems operations................................. 18,731 15,285 15,300 -3,431 +15
Administrative support......................................... 53,107 50,799 50,839 -2,268 +40
Bureauwide fixed costs......................................... 77,895 83,862 84,390 +6,495 +528
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................ ............... 3,023 ............... ............... -3,023
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Subtotal, Workforce and Organizational Support............... 149,733 152,969 150,529 +796 -2,440
Challenge cost share............................................... 9,357 9,357 9,432 +75 +75
Healthy Lands Initiative........................................... 3,000 15,000 ............... -3,000 -15,000
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Total, Management of Lands and Resources..................... 866,911 879,438 902,883 +35,972 +23,445
Construction
Construction....................................................... 11,751 6,476 11,476 -275 +5,000
Land Acquisition
Land Acquisition:
Acquisitions................................................... 6,065 4,056 9,006 +2,941 +4,950
Emergencies and hardships...................................... 1,000 944 1,500 +500 +556
Subsurface mineral estate receipts............................. ............... -5,000 ............... ............... +5,000
Acquisition management......................................... 1,569 1,619 1,700 +131 +81
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Total, Land Acquisition...................................... 8,634 1,619 12,206 +3,572 +10,587
Oregon and California Grant Lands
Western Oregon resources management................................ 95,752 96,648 96,648 +896 ...............
Western Oregon information and resource data systems............... 2,155 2,186 2,186 +31 ...............
Western Oregon transportation & facilities maintenance............. 10,782 11,092 11,092 +310 ...............
Western Oregon construction and acquisition........................ 302 316 316 +14 ...............
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Total, Oregon and California Grant Lands..................... 108,991 110,242 110,242 +1,251 ...............
Range Improvements
Improvements to public lands....................................... 7,873 7,873 7,873 ............... ...............
Farm Tenant Act lands.............................................. 1,527 1,527 1,527 ............... ...............
Administrative expenses............................................ 600 600 600 ............... ...............
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Total, Range Improvements.................................... 10,000 10,000 10,000 ............... ...............
Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures
Rights-of-way processing........................................... 12,150 13,150 13,150 +1,000 ...............
Energy and minerals cost recovery.................................. 3,760 24,760 24,760 +21,000 ...............
Recreation cost recovery........................................... 54 54 54 ............... ...............
Adopt-a-horse program.............................................. 703 703 703 ............... ...............
Repair of damaged lands............................................ 4,000 4,000 4,000 ............... ...............
Cost recoverable realty cases...................................... 857 857 857 ............... ...............
Timber purchaser expenses.......................................... 50 50 50 ............... ...............
Commercial film and photography fees............................... 231 231 231 ............... ...............
Copy fees.......................................................... 3,100 3,100 3,100 ............... ...............
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Subtotal (gross)............................................. 24,905 46,905 46,905 +22,000 ...............
Offsetting fees.................................................... -24,905 -46,905 -46,905 -22,000 ...............
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Total, Service Charges, Deposits & Forfeitures............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Miscellaneous Trust Funds
Current appropriations............................................. 12,405 12,405 12,405 ............... ...............
Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness....................................................... 274,863 268,334 286,009 +11,146 +17,675
Fire suppression operations........................................ 249,185 294,398 294,398 +45,213 ...............
Other operations:
Hazardous fuels reduction...................................... 199,787 202,792 202,792 +3,005 ...............
Burned area rehabilitation..................................... 22,786 24,591 24,591 +1,805 ...............
Fire facilities................................................ 7,734 7,734 7,734 ............... ...............
Joint fire science............................................. 4,000 4,000 6,000 +2,000 +2,000
Rural fire assistance.......................................... ............... ............... 8,000 +8,000 +8,000
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Subtotal, Other operations................................... 234,307 239,117 249,117 +14,810 +10,000
Emergency appropriations................................. 95,000 ............... ............... -95,000 ...............
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Total, Wildland Fire Management.............................. 853,355 801,849 829,524 -23,831 +27,675
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Total, BLM without Wildland Fire Management.................. 1,018,692 1,020,180 1,059,212 +40,520 +39,032
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TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT............................. 1,872,047 1,822,029 1,888,736 +16,689 +66,707
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Resource Management
Ecological Services:
Endangered species:
Candidate conservation..................................... 8,425 8,635 10,135 +1,710 +1,500
Listing.................................................... 17,824 18,263 18,763 +939 +500
Consultation............................................... 49,179 51,578 53,578 +4,399 +2,000
Recovery................................................... 69,244 68,067 73,067 +3,823 +5,000
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Subtotal, Endangered species............................. 144,672 146,543 155,543 +10,871 +9,000
Habitat conservation........................................... 93,654 97,655 103,155 +9,501 +5,500
Environmental contaminants..................................... 11,046 11,172 12,172 +1,126 +1,000
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Subtotal, Ecological Services................................ 249,372 255,370 270,870 +21,498 +15,500
National Wildlife Refuge System:
Refuge operations.............................................. 261,148 261,135 277,135 +15,987 +16,000
Refuge maintenance............................................. 134,185 133,669 136,669 +2,484 +3,000
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Subtotal, National Wildlife Refuge System.................... 395,333 394,804 413,804 +18,471 +19,000
Migratory Birds and Law Enforcement:
Migratory Birds Management and Law Enforcement................. 40,352 40,582 41,082 +730 +500
Law enforcement operations and maintenance..................... 57,299 57,585 61,085 +3,786 +3,500
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Subtotal, Migratory Birds and Law Enforcement................ 97,651 98,167 102,167 +4,516 +4,000
Fisheries:
Hatchery operations and maintenance............................ 60,563 ............... ............... -60,563 ...............
Fish and wildlife management................................... 56,615 ............... ............... -56,615 ...............
National fish hatchery system operations....................... ............... 45,147 47,397 +47,397 +2,250
Maintenance and equipment...................................... ............... 18,105 19,105 +19,105 +1,000
Aquatic habitat and species conservation....................... ............... 53,572 55,072 +55,072 +1,500
Aquatic invasive species....................................... ............... 5,407 5,407 +5,407 ...............
Marine mammals................................................. ............... 2,523 3,023 +3,023 +500
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Subtotal, Fisheries.......................................... 117,178 124,754 130,004 +12,826 +5,250
General Administration:
Science excellence............................................. 493 ............... ............... -493 ...............
Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Strategy........................... 5,000 7,398 7,398 +2,398 ...............
Central office administration.................................. 39,293 39,595 40,345 +1,052 +750
Regional office administration................................. 41,331 42,137 43,137 +1,806 +1,000
Servicewide administrative support............................. 32,390 33,463 33,463 +1,073 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................ ............... 2,148 ............... ............... -2,148
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.......................... 7,656 7,656 7,656 ............... ...............
National Conservation Training Center.......................... 18,282 19,040 19,040 +758 ...............
International affairs.......................................... 9,990 9,988 11,888 +1,898 +1,900
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Subtotal, General Administration............................. 154,435 161,425 162,927 +8,492 +1,502
Emergency appropriations (Avian Flu)..................... 7,398 ............... ............... -7,398 ...............
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Total, Resource Management................................... 1,021,367 1,034,520 1,079,772 +58,405 +45,252
Construction
Construction and rehabilitation:
Line item construction......................................... 34,448 13,170 26,799 -7,649 +13,629
Nationwide engineering services................................ 10,852 9,901 9,901 -951 ...............
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Total, Construction.......................................... 45,300 23,071 36,700 -8,600 +13,629
Land Acquisition
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands............................. 13,650 5,544 28,904 +15,254 +23,360
Inholdings..................................................... 1,500 1,500 1,500 ............... ...............
Emergencies and hardships...................................... 1,478 1,500 1,500 +22 ...............
Exchanges...................................................... 1,485 1,537 1,500 +15 -37
Acquisition management......................................... 8,140 6,436 8,140 ............... +1,704
Cost allocation methodology.................................... 1,793 1,494 1,500 -293 +6
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Total, Land Acquisition...................................... 28,046 18,011 43,044 +14,998 +25,033
Landowner Incentive Program
Grants to States................................................... 23,667 ............... ............... -23,667 ...............
Private Stewardship Grants Program
Stewardship grants................................................. 7,277 ............... ............... -7,277 ...............
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund
Grants to States................................................... 9,852 10,001 10,001 +149 ...............
HCP planning grants................................................ 7,531 7,642 7,642 +111 ...............
Species recovery land acquisition.................................. 13,977 14,186 14,186 +209 ...............
HCP land acquisition............................................... 47,160 40,587 40,587 -6,573 ...............
Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004............................... ............... 5,067 5,067 +5,067 ...............
Administration..................................................... 2,481 2,518 2,518 +37 ...............
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Total, Cooperative Endangered Species Fund................... 81,001 80,001 80,001 -1,000 ...............
National Wildlife Refuge Fund
Payments in lieu of taxes.......................................... 14,202 10,811 14,202 ............... +3,391
North American Wetlands Conservation Fund
Wetlands conservation.............................................. 37,836 40,980 40,940 +3,104 -40
Administration..................................................... 1,576 1,666 1,706 +130 +40
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Total, North American Wetlands Conservation Fund............. 39,412 42,646 42,646 +3,234 ...............
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund
Migratory bird grants.............................................. 3,941 3,960 4,000 +59 +40
Multinational Species Conservation Fund
African elephant conservation...................................... 1,379 990 1,500 +121 +510
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation.................................. 1,576 990 2,000 +424 +1,010
Asian elephant conservation........................................ 1,379 990 1,500 +121 +510
Great ape conservation............................................. 1,379 990 2,000 +621 +1,010
Marine turtles..................................................... 691 297 1,000 +309 +703
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Total, Multinational Species Conservation Fund............... 6,404 4,257 8,000 +1,596 +3,743
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
State and tribal wildlife grants................................... 67,492 69,492 72,492 +5,000 +3,000
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TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE........................ 1,338,109 1,286,769 1,380,857 +42,748 +94,088
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Operation of the National Park System
Park Management:
Resource stewardship........................................... 363,416 397,434 397,434 +34,018 ...............
Visitor services............................................... 349,331 405,531 405,531 +56,200 ...............
Maintenance.................................................... 603,693 698,571 691,571 +87,878 -7,000
Park support................................................... 311,178 320,776 322,561 +11,383 +1,785
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Subtotal, Park Management.................................... 1,627,618 1,822,312 1,817,097 +189,479 -5,215
External administrative costs...................................... 135,066 141,590 141,590 +6,524 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 5,108 ............... ............... -5,108
Emergency appropriations........................................... 525 ............... ............... -525 ...............
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Total, Operation of the National Park System................. 1,763,209 1,969,010 1,958,687 +195,478 -10,323
U.S. Park Police
U.S. Park Police................................................... 85,213 88,122 88,122 +2,909 ...............
National Recreation and Preservation
Recreation programs................................................ 556 574 574 +18 ...............
Natural programs................................................... 10,378 10,467 10,467 +89 ...............
Cultural programs.................................................. 22,665 22,742 21,742 -923 -1,000
International park affairs......................................... 1,861 1,618 1,618 -243 ...............
Environmental and compliance review................................ 403 421 421 +18 ...............
Grant administration............................................... 1,948 3,059 3,059 +1,111 ...............
Heritage Partnership Programs...................................... 13,335 10,004 15,000 +1,665 +4,996
Preserve America................................................... ............... ............... 5,000 +5,000 +5,000
Statutory or Contractual Aid....................................... 3,223 ............... 5,875 +2,652 +5,875
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Total, National Recreation and Preservation.................. 54,369 48,885 63,756 +9,387 +14,871
Historic Preservation Fund
State historic preservation offices................................ 37,217 35,717 39,000 +1,783 +3,283
Grants--National Inventory of Historic Properties.................. ............... 4,000 ............... ............... -4,000
Tribal grants...................................................... 5,446 3,941 6,000 +554 +2,059
HBCUs.............................................................. ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Save America's Treasures........................................... 8,074 10,000 30,000 +21,926 +20,000
Preserve America................................................... 4,926 10,000 ............... -4,926 -10,000
Emergency appropriations........................................... 10,000 ............... ............... -10,000 ...............
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Total, Historic Preservation Fund............................ 65,663 63,658 75,000 +9,337 +11,342
Construction
Line item construction and maintenance............................. 180,621 105,086 129,650 -50,971 +24,564
Emergency and unscheduled.......................................... 3,290 3,290 3,290 ............... ...............
Housing............................................................ 6,897 5,075 5,075 -1,822 ...............
Dam safety......................................................... 2,626 2,626 2,626 ............... ...............
Equipment replacement.............................................. 31,083 14,815 14,815 -16,268 ...............
Planning, construction............................................. 19,632 17,355 17,355 -2,277 ...............
Construction program management.................................... 39,842 39,842 40,852 +1,010 +1,010
General management plans........................................... 13,491 13,491 13,491 ............... ...............
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Total, Construction.......................................... 297,482 201,580 227,154 -70,328 +25,574
Land and Water Conservation Fund
(Rescission of contract authority)................................. -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 ............... ...............
Land Acquisition and State Assistance
Assistance to States:
State conservation grants...................................... 27,995 ............... 28,325 +330 +28,325
Administrative expenses........................................ 1,627 ............... 1,675 +48 +1,675
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Total, Assistance to States.................................. 29,622 ............... 30,000 +378 +30,000
National Park Service:
Acquisitions................................................... 19,535 9,000 34,000 +14,465 +25,000
Emergencies and hardships...................................... 2,541 2,348 2,500 -41 +152
Acquisition management......................................... 9,786 8,832 9,700 -86 +868
Inholdings..................................................... 2,540 2,349 2,500 -40 +151
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Total, National Park Service................................. 34,402 22,529 48,700 +14,298 +26,171
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Total, Land Acquisition and State Assistance................. 64,024 22,529 78,700 +14,676 +56,171
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TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE................................. 2,299,960 2,363,784 2,461,419 +161,459 +97,635
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Surveys, Investigations, and Research
Geographic Research, Investigations, & Remote Sensing:
Land remote sensing............................................ 63,264 61,431 61,431 -1,833 ...............
Geographic analysis and monitoring............................. 16,926 13,524 17,024 +98 +3,500
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Subtotal, Geographic Research & Remote Sensing............... 80,190 74,955 78,455 -1,735 +3,500
Geologic Hazards, Resource and Processes:
Geologic hazards assessments................................... 81,890 84,008 84,008 +2,118 ...............
Geologic landscape and coastal assessments..................... 78,327 81,391 80,891 +2,564 -500
Geologic resource assessments.................................. 76,786 56,686 78,435 +1,649 +21,749
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Subtotal, Geologic Hazards, Resource & Processes............. 237,003 222,085 243,334 +6,331 +21,249
Water Resources Investigations:
Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research:
Ground water resources program............................. 8,098 7,628 8,128 +30 +500
National water quality assessment.......................... 62,818 64,925 64,925 +2,107 ...............
Toxic substances hydrology................................. 13,293 13,730 13,730 +437 ...............
Hydrologic research and development........................ 14,754 14,167 16,067 +1,313 +1,900
National streamflow information program.................... 16,612 18,945 18,945 +2,333 ...............
Hydrologic networks and analysis........................... 29,572 30,678 31,521 +1,949 +843
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Subtotal, Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research 145,147 150,073 153,316 +8,169 +3,243
Federal-State program.......................................... 64,345 62,381 64,381 +36 +2,000
Water resources research institutes............................ 5,404 ............... 6,404 +1,000 +6,404
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Subtotal, Water Resources Investigations..................... 214,896 212,454 224,101 +9,205 +11,647
Biological Research:
Biological research and monitoring............................. 138,072 143,406 143,431 +5,359 +25
Biological information management and delivery................. 22,856 22,278 23,278 +422 +1,000
Cooperative research units..................................... 14,764 15,430 15,430 +666 ...............
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Subtotal, Biological Research................................ 175,692 181,114 182,139 +6,447 +1,025
Enterprise Information:
Enterprise information security and technology................. 26,061 24,902 24,902 -1,159 ...............
Enterprise information resources............................... 17,030 17,041 17,041 +11 ...............
National geospatial program.................................... 68,691 70,177 70,177 +1,486 ...............
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Subtotal, Enterprise Information............................. 111,782 112,120 112,120 +338 ...............
Science support.................................................... 67,782 68,231 68,231 +449 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 2,440 ............... ............... -2,440
Facilities......................................................... 95,435 101,553 101,553 +6,118 ...............
Emergency appropriations (Avian Flu)............................... 5,270 ............... ............... -5,270 ...............
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TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY....................... 988,050 974,952 1,009,933 +21,883 +34,981
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management
OCS Lands:
Leasing and environmental program.............................. 41,529 45,201 48,701 +7,172 +3,500
Resource evaluation............................................ 28,633 29,799 30,699 +2,066 +900
Regulatory program............................................. 52,629 56,069 56,569 +3,940 +500
Information management program................................. 29,998 28,887 28,887 -1,111 ...............
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Subtotal, OCS Lands.......................................... 152,789 159,956 164,856 +12,067 +4,900
Royalty Management:
Compliance and asset management................................ 43,034 45,464 45,464 +2,430 ...............
Revenue and operations......................................... 37,069 36,907 36,907 -162 ...............
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Subtotal, Royalty Management................................. 80,103 82,371 82,371 +2,268 ...............
General Administration:
Executive direction............................................ 2,691 2,615 2,615 -76 ...............
Policy and management improvement.............................. 4,374 4,215 4,215 -159 ...............
Administrative operations...................................... 17,987 17,560 17,560 -427 ...............
General support services....................................... 23,398 23,565 24,061 +663 +496
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................ ............... 496 ............... ............... -496
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Subtotal, General Administration............................. 48,450 48,451 48,451 +1 ...............
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Subtotal (gross)............................................. 281,342 290,778 295,678 +14,336 +4,900
Use of receipts.................................................... -128,730 -135,730 -135,730 -7,000 ...............
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Total, Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management.............. 152,612 155,048 159,948 +7,336 +4,900
Oil Spill Research
Oil spill research................................................. 6,903 6,403 6,403 -500 ...............
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TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE........................... 159,515 161,451 166,351 +6,836 +4,900
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Regulation and Technology
Environmental restoration.......................................... 158 160 160 +2 ...............
Environmental protection........................................... 78,700 83,810 89,810 +11,110 +6,000
Technology development and transfer................................ 14,976 15,416 15,416 +440 ...............
Financial management............................................... 483 491 491 +8 ...............
Executive direction................................................ 14,783 15,360 15,483 +700 +123
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 123 ............... ............... -123
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Subtotal, Regulation and Technology.......................... 109,100 115,360 121,360 +12,260 +6,000
Civil penalties.................................................... 98 100 100 +2 ...............
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Total, Regulation and Technology............................. 109,198 115,460 121,460 +12,262 +6,000
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
Environmental restoration.......................................... 167,730 34,483 34,483 -133,247 ...............
Technology development and transfer................................ 3,881 3,983 3,983 +102 ...............
Financial management............................................... 6,197 6,408 6,408 +211 ...............
Executive direction................................................ 7,585 7,900 7,961 +376 +61
Financial and Business Management system (FBMS).................... ............... 61 ............... ............... -61
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Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund....................... 185,393 52,835 52,835 -132,558 ...............
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TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT.. 294,591 168,295 174,295 -120,296 +6,000
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Operation of Indian Programs
Tribal Budget System
Tribal Government:
Aid to tribal government....................................... 35,954 33,671 33,671 -2,283 ...............
Consolidated tribal government program......................... 63,185 68,229 69,240 +6,055 +1,011
Self governance compacts....................................... 141,849 139,036 145,725 +3,876 +6,689
Contract support............................................... 143,628 149,628 149,628 +6,000 ...............
New tribes..................................................... 316 316 316 ............... ...............
Tribal government program oversight............................ 7,329 6,818 7,818 +489 +1,000
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Subtotal, Tribal Government.................................. 392,261 397,698 406,398 +14,137 +8,700
Human Services:
Social services................................................ 31,421 32,414 32,414 +993 ...............
Welfare assistance............................................. 80,179 74,164 77,164 -3,015 +3,000
Indian Child Welfare Act....................................... 10,063 9,974 10,974 +911 +1,000
Housing improvement program.................................... 18,824 ............... 9,425 -9,399 +9,425
Human services tribal design................................... 446 449 449 +3 ...............
Human services program oversight............................... 3,891 3,702 3,702 -189 ...............
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Subtotal, Human Services..................................... 144,824 120,703 134,128 -10,696 +13,425
Trust--Natural Resources Management:
Natural resources, general..................................... 8,104 4,335 4,335 -3,769 ...............
Irrigation operations and maintenance.......................... 12,074 11,062 11,062 -1,012 ...............
Rights protection implementation............................... 18,076 16,615 20,155 +2,079 +3,540
Tribal management/development program.......................... 4,278 4,373 6,638 +2,360 +2,265
Endangered species............................................. 219 247 247 +28 ...............
Integrated resource information program........................ 1,250 1,250 1,250 ............... ...............
Agriculture and range.......................................... 23,236 24,395 24,395 +1,159 ...............
Forestry....................................................... 42,459 43,405 43,405 +946 ...............
Water resources................................................ 11,159 9,913 9,913 -1,246 ...............
Fish, wildlife and parks....................................... 6,669 6,591 6,591 -78 ...............
Minerals and mining............................................ 10,207 11,678 11,678 +1,471 ...............
Resource management program oversight.......................... 7,507 7,820 7,820 +313 ...............
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Subtotal, Trust--Natural Resources Management................ 145,238 141,684 147,489 +2,251 +5,805
Trust--Real Estate Services:
Trust services, general........................................ 9,724 10,642 10,642 +918 ...............
Navajo-Hopi settlement program................................. 1,148 1,196 1,196 +48 ...............
Probate........................................................ 15,884 19,883 19,883 +3,999 ...............
Land title and records offices................................. 13,552 14,654 14,654 +1,102 ...............
Real estate services........................................... 43,510 47,964 48,964 +5,454 +1,000
Land records improvement....................................... 7,897 16,065 16,065 +8,168 ...............
Environmental quality.......................................... 11,923 11,230 11,230 -693 ...............
Alaskan native programs........................................ 995 1,022 1,022 +27 ...............
Rights protection.............................................. 14,291 12,468 12,468 -1,823 ...............
Real estate services oversight................................. 25,149 15,598 15,598 -9,551 ...............
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Subtotal, Trust--Real Estate Services........................ 144,073 150,722 151,722 +7,649 +1,000
Education:
Elementary and secondary programs (forward funded)............. 458,310 476,500 476,500 +18,190 ...............
Elementary and secondary programs.............................. 72,390 61,803 69,803 -2,587 +8,000
Post secondary programs........................................ 108,619 98,520 115,520 +6,901 +17,000
Education management........................................... 18,593 23,717 23,717 +5,124 ...............
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Subtotal, Education.......................................... 657,912 660,540 685,540 +27,628 +25,000
Public Safety and Justice:
Law enforcement................................................ 204,454 221,753 225,753 +21,299 +4,000
Tribal courts.................................................. 12,013 12,065 12,065 +52 ...............
Fire protection................................................ 1,144 ............... ............... -1,144 ...............
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Subtotal, Public Safety and Justice.......................... 217,611 233,818 237,818 +20,207 +4,000
Community and Economic Development:
Job placement and training..................................... 8,444 8,051 8,051 -393 ...............
Economic development........................................... 4,733 3,603 3,603 -1,130 ...............
Road maintenance............................................... 27,565 25,981 25,981 -1,584 ...............
Community development.......................................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Community development oversight................................ 1,492 1,426 1,426 -66 ...............
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Subtotal, Community and Economic Development................. 42,234 39,061 39,061 -3,173 ...............
Executive Direction and Administrative Services.................... 244,070 244,185 244,185 +115 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 2,507 ............... ............... -2,507
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Total, Operation of Indian Programs.......................... 1,988,223 1,990,918 2,046,341 +58,118 +55,423
Construction
Education.......................................................... 204,956 139,844 125,029 -79,927 -14,815
Public safety and justice.......................................... 11,605 11,621 11,621 +16 ...............
Resources management............................................... 45,125 37,916 37,916 -7,209 ...............
General administration............................................. 4,108 2,114 2,114 -1,994 ...............
Construction management............................................ 6,029 6,132 6,132 +103 ...............
Rescission of prior year balances.................................. ............... ............... -3,800 -3,800 -3,800
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Total, Construction.......................................... 271,823 197,627 179,012 -92,811 -18,615
Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments
to Indians
White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin)............................ 625 625 625 ............... ...............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund........................................ 250 250 250 ............... ...............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement............................... 142 142 142 ............... ...............
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement........................ 10,339 ............... ............... -10,339 ...............
Quinault Settlement................................................ 316 ............... ............... -316 ...............
Nez Perce/Snake River.............................................. 20,730 16,152 16,152 -4,578 ...............
Puget Sound regional shellfish settlement.......................... 2,000 7,000 7,000 +5,000 ...............
Pueblo of Isleta settlement........................................ ............... 2,400 2,400 +2,400 ...............
Rocky Boy operation and maintenance trust fund..................... 7,500 7,500 7,500 ............... ...............
Settlement round adjustment........................................ 98 ............... ............... -98 ...............
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Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians..................... 42,000 34,069 34,069 -7,931 ...............
Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account
Indian guaranteed loan program account............................. 6,258 6,276 6,276 +18 ...............
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TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.............................. 2,308,304 2,228,890 2,265,698 -42,606 +36,808
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
Office of the Secretary
Departmental direction............................................. 13,448 14,104 14,104 +656 ...............
Management and coordination........................................ 29,802 31,492 31,492 +1,690 ...............
Hearings and appeals............................................... 7,407 7,612 7,612 +205 ...............
Central services................................................... 33,703 37,801 37,801 +4,098 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... 22,236 294 ............... -22,236 -294
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment.................. 627 647 647 +20 ...............
Take Pride in America.............................................. 495 513 513 +18 ...............
Indian Arts and Crafts Board....................................... 1,150 1,190 1,190 +40 ...............
Appraisal services................................................. 7,397 7,792 7,792 +395 ...............
Eisenhower Memorial Commission..................................... ............... 5,000 1,000 +1,000 -4,000
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Total, Office of the Secretary............................... 116,265 106,445 102,151 -14,114 -4,294
Insular Affairs
Assistance to Territories
Territorial Assistance:
Office of Insular Affairs...................................... 7,381 8,176 8,184 +803 +8
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS)................ ............... 8 ............... ............... -8
Technical assistance........................................... 10,305 8,226 11,126 +821 +2,900
Maintenance assistance fund.................................... 2,277 2,277 2,277 ............... ...............
Brown tree snake............................................... 2,673 2,673 2,673 ............... ...............
Insular management controls.................................... 1,476 1,476 1,476 ............... ...............
Coral reef initiative.......................................... 495 495 495 ............... ...............
Water and wastewater projects.................................. 990 990 990 ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Territorial Assistance............................. 25,597 24,321 27,221 +1,624 +2,900
American Samoa:
Operations grants.............................................. 22,880 22,880 22,880 ............... ...............
Northern Marianas:
Covenant grants................................................ 27,720 27,720 27,720 ............... ...............
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Subtotal, discretionary...................................... 22,880 22,880 22,880 ............... ...............
(mandatory).............................................. (27,720) (27,720) (27,720) ............... ...............
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Total, Assistance to Territories............................. 76,197 74,921 77,821 +1,624 +2,900
Compact of Free Association
Compact of Free Association--Federal services...................... 2,820 2,862 2,862 +42 ...............
Mandatory payments--program grant assistance................... 2,000 2,000 2,000 ............... ...............
Enewetak support................................................... 493 ............... 500 +7 +500
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Total, Compact of Free Association........................... 5,313 4,862 5,362 +49 +500
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Total, Insular Affairs....................................... 81,510 79,783 83,183 +1,673 +3,400
Office of the Solicitor
Legal services..................................................... 42,152 45,054 45,054 +2,902 ...............
General administration............................................. 11,809 12,567 13,266 +1,457 +699
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 199 ............... ............... -199
Ethics............................................................. 1,057 1,129 1,129 +72 ...............
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Total, Office of the Solicitor............................... 55,018 58,949 59,449 +4,431 +500
Office of Inspector General
Audit.............................................................. 16,800 18,348 20,348 +3,548 +2,000
Investigations..................................................... 14,278 15,381 16,381 +2,103 +1,000
Administrative services and information management................. 7,745 8,593 8,843 +1,098 +250
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Total, Office of Inspector General........................... 38,823 42,322 45,572 +6,749 +3,250
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians
Federal Trust Programs
Program operations, support, and improvements...................... 187,119 183,757 183,757 -3,362 ...............
Financial and Business Management System (FBMS).................... ............... 211 ............... ............... -211
Executive direction................................................ 2,132 2,190 2,190 +58 ...............
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Total, Federal Trust programs................................ 189,251 186,158 185,947 -3,304 -211
Indian Land Consolidation Program
Indian land consolidation.......................................... 34,006 10,000 10,000 -24,006 ...............
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Total, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........ 223,257 196,158 195,947 -27,310 -211
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TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES.................................. 514,873 483,657 486,302 -28,571 +2,645
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Payments to local governments...................................... 232,528 190,000 232,528 ............... +42,528
Central Hazardous Materials Fund
Central hazardous materials fund................................... 9,715 9,954 9,954 +239 ...............
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund
Damage assessments................................................. 3,873 3,953 4,000 +127 +47
Program management................................................. 1,594 1,685 1,700 +106 +15
Restoration support................................................ 576 586 600 +24 +14
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Total, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund............... 6,043 6,224 6,300 +257 +76
Working Capital Fund
Working capital fund............................................... ............... 22,240 37,069 +37,069 +14,829
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TOTAL, DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS.............................. 248,286 228,418 285,851 +37,565 +57,433
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TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR................... 10,023,735 9,718,245 10,119,442 +95,707 +401,197
Appropriations........................................... (9,935,542) (9,748,245) (10,153,242) (+217,700) (+404,997)
Emergency appropriations................................. (118,193) ............... ............... (-118,193) ...............
Rescission............................................... (-30,000) (-30,000) (-33,800) (-3,800) (-3,800)
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TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science and Technology
Air toxics and quality............................................. 95,038 92,960 95,333 +295 +2,373
Climate protection program......................................... 12,877 13,104 13,198 +321 +94
Enforcement........................................................ 13,568 15,075 15,311 +1,743 +236
Homeland security.................................................. 73,357 66,948 55,105 -18,252 -11,843
(Water sentinel and related training).......................... (27,008) (21,884) (11,884) (-15,124) (-10,000)
(Decontamination).............................................. (20,891) (20,738) (20,738) (-153) ...............
(Laboratory preparedness & response)........................... (600) (600) (600) ............... ...............
(Safe buildings)............................................... (4,000) (4,000) (2,000) (-2,000) (-2,000)
Indoor air......................................................... 1,192 1,216 1,228 +36 +12
IT/Data management/Security........................................ 4,260 3,499 3,548 -712 +49
Operations and administration...................................... 32,983 73,859 73,859 +40,876 ...............
Pesticide licensing................................................ 5,737 5,881 5,959 +222 +78
Research: Congressional priorities................................. ............... ............... 7,000 +7,000 +7,000
Research: Extramural Research grants............................... ............... ............... 14,000 +14,000 +14,000
Research: Clean air................................................ 94,278 97,962 100,237 +5,959 +2,275
(Research: Global change)...................................... (16,224) (16,908) (18,619) (+2,395) (+1,711)
Research: Clean water.............................................. 105,351 105,002 106,107 +756 +1,105
Research: Human health and ecosystems.............................. 229,321 217,574 219,531 -9,790 +1,957
(Research: Computational toxicology)........................... (14,746) (15,103) (15,197) (+451) (+94)
(Research: Endocrine disruptor)................................ (10,481) (10,131) (10,481) ............... (+350)
(Research: Fellowship)......................................... (10,091) (8,438) (8,445) (-1,646) (+7)
Research: Land protection.......................................... 10,409 10,737 10,853 +444 +116
Research: Sustainability........................................... 25,931 22,478 22,692 -3,239 +214
Research: Pesticides and toxics.................................... 25,958 24,795 25,089 -869 +294
Water: Human health protection..................................... 3,127 3,416 3,480 +353 +64
(Transfer from Superfund).......................................... (30,156) (26,126) (26,126) (-4,030) ...............
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Total, Science and Technology................................ 733,387 754,506 772,530 +39,143 +18,024
Environmental Programs and Management
Air toxics and quality............................................. 191,806 188,561 192,957 +1,151 +4,396
Brownfields........................................................ 25,019 23,450 23,713 -1,306 +263
Climate protection program......................................... 92,202 87,927 85,881 -6,321 -2,046
(Energy star).................................................. (45,888) (43,926) (43,926) (-1,962) ...............
(Methane to markets)........................................... (4,419) (4,436) (4,436) (+17) ...............
(Asia-Pacific Partnership)..................................... (5,000) (5,000) (2,500) (-2,500) (-2,500)
Compliance......................................................... 131,869 132,761 124,607 -7,262 -8,154
Enforcement........................................................ 186,016 187,666 196,628 +10,612 +8,962
(Environmental justice)........................................ (4,725) (3,822) (6,000) (+1,275) (+2,178)
Environmental protection/Congressional priorities.................. ............... ............... 19,500 +19,500 +19,500
Environmental Protection: Demonstration Project grants............. ............... ............... 31,500 +31,500 +31,500
Geographic programs:
Chesapeake Bay................................................. 26,751 28,768 32,812 +6,061 +4,044
Great Lakes.................................................... 21,875 21,757 21,871 -4 +114
San Francisco Bay.............................................. ............... ............... 5,000 +5,000 +5,000
Gulf of Mexico................................................. 4,404 4,457 4,490 +86 +33
Lake Champlain................................................. 1,434 934 3,500 +2,066 +2,566
Long Island Sound.............................................. 1,354 467 2,000 +646 +1,533
Puget Sound.................................................... 1,000 1,000 1,000 ............... ...............
Lake Pontchartrain............................................. 1,528 978 978 -550 ...............
CARE (Community action for a renewed environment).............. 4,448 3,448 3,000 -1,448 -448
Other geographic activities.................................... 3,651 3,149 3,149 -502 ...............
Regional geographic initiatives................................ 9,225 9,553 5,000 -4,225 -4,553
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Subtotal, Geographic programs................................ 75,670 74,511 82,800 +7,130 +8,289
Homeland security.................................................. 24,449 24,419 24,563 +114 +144
(Laboratory preparedness and response)......................... (1,200) (500) (500) (-700) ...............
(Decontamination).............................................. (3,464) (3,479) (3,479) (+15) ...............
Indoor air......................................................... 29,114 26,869 27,105 -2,009 +236
Information exchange/Outreach...................................... 121,668 117,206 127,542 +5,874 +10,336
(Children and other sensitive populations: (Agency (6,008) (6,203) (6,241) (+233) (+38)
coordination).................................................
(Environmental education)...................................... (5,614) ............... (9,000) (+3,386) (+9,000)
International programs............................................. 20,694 17,755 19,283 -1,411 +1,528
(Mexico Border)................................................ ............... ............... (6,020) (+6,020) (+6,020)
IT/Data management/Security........................................ 102,255 96,602 99,426 -2,829 +2,824
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review........................... 121,764 123,361 117,246 -4,518 -6,115
Operations and administration...................................... 501,296 472,294 474,210 -27,086 +1,916
Pesticide licensing................................................ 119,503 118,158 119,882 +379 +1,724
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)...................... 120,563 122,397 119,999 -564 -2,398
(E-manifest)................................................... ............... (4,000) ............... ............... (-4,000)
Toxics risk review and prevention.................................. 94,300 90,071 91,826 -2,474 +1,755
(Endocrine disruptors)......................................... (8,250) (5,890) (8,800) (+550) (+2,910)
(HPV/VCCEP).................................................... (12,240) (11,015) (12,240) ............... (+1,225)
Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) (also LUST)................... 11,331 11,719 11,864 +533 +145
Water: Ecosystems
Great Lakes Legacy Act......................................... 30,080 35,000 35,000 +4,920 ...............
National estuary program/Coastal waterways..................... 21,462 17,203 24,500 +3,038 +7,297
Wetlands....................................................... 20,954 21,518 21,809 +855 +291
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Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems.................................. 72,496 73,721 81,309 +8,813 +7,588
Water: Human health protection..................................... 110,269 99,797 100,975 -9,294 +1,178
Water quality protection........................................... 206,086 208,943 211,305 +5,219 +2,362
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Total, Environmental Programs and Management................. 2,358,370 2,298,188 2,384,121 +25,751 +85,933
Office of Inspector General
Audits, evaluations, and investigations............................ 37,172 38,008 40,000 +2,828 +1,992
(Transfer from Superfund).......................................... (13,337) (7,149) (13,337) ............... (+6,188)
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Total, Office of Inspector General........................... 37,172 38,008 40,000 +2,828 +1,992
Buildings and Facilities
Homeland security: Protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure.. 11,331 7,870 7,870 -3,461 ...............
Operations and administration...................................... 28,295 26,931 26,931 -1,364 ...............
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Total, Buildings and Facilities.............................. 39,626 34,801 34,801 -4,825 ...............
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Air toxics and quality............................................. 2,298 2,373 2,407 +109 +34
Audits, evaluations, and investigations............................ 13,337 7,149 13,337 ............... +6,188
Compliance......................................................... 1,345 1,348 1,356 +11 +8
Enforcement........................................................ 189,695 185,411 189,110 -585 +3,699
(Environmental justice)........................................ (757) (757) (757) ............... ...............
(Superfund: Enforcement)....................................... (164,236) (161,610) (163,502) (-734) (+1,892)
(Superfund: Federal facilities enforcement).................... (10,361) (9,843) (9,991) (-370) (+148)
Homeland security.................................................. 52,266 47,731 48,006 -4,260 +275
(Laboratory preparedness and response)......................... (9,813) (6,064) (6,064) (-3,749) ...............
(Decontamination).............................................. (12,442) (10,527) (10,827) (-1,615) (+300)
Information exchange/Outreach...................................... 1,584 1,588 1,591 +7 +3
IT/Data management/Security........................................ 17,964 17,130 17,192 -772 +62
Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review........................... 1,517 1,443 1,456 -61 +13
Operations and administration...................................... 130,072 131,992 132,710 +2,638 +718
Research: Human health and ecosystems.............................. 6,329 3,972 4,013 -2,316 +41
Research: Land protection.......................................... 21,489 20,081 20,302 -1,187 +221
Research: Sustainability........................................... 312 ............... ............... -312 ...............
Superfund cleanup:
Superfund: Emergency response and removal...................... 193,749 191,880 193,749 ............... +1,869
Superfund: EPA emergency preparedness.......................... 9,115 9,318 9,418 +303 +100
Superfund: Federal facilities.................................. 31,612 31,879 32,148 +536 +269
Superfund: Remedial............................................ 573,837 584,836 601,273 +27,436 +16,437
Superfund: Support to other Federal agencies................... 8,576 6,575 6,575 -2,001 ...............
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Subtotal, Superfund cleanup.................................. 816,889 824,488 843,163 +26,274 +18,675
(Transfer to Inspector General).................................... (-13,337) (-7,149) (-13,337) ............... (-6,188)
(Transfer to Science and Technology)............................... (-30,156) (-26,126) (-26,126) (+4,030) ...............
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Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund......................... 1,255,097 1,244,706 1,274,643 +19,546 +29,937
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)
Compliance......................................................... 724 688 698 -26 +10
IT/Data management/Security........................................ 175 177 177 +2 ...............
Operations and administration...................................... 2,244 2,171 2,189 -55 +18
Research: Land protection.......................................... 641 660 664 +23 +4
Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST)............................... 68,251 68,765 68,765 +514 ...............
(LUST/UST)..................................................... ............... (10,558) (10,558) (+10,558) ...............
(LUST Cooperative agreements).................................. (57,661) (58,207) (58,207) (+546) ...............
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Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program.............. 72,035 72,461 72,493 +458 +32
Oil Spill Response
Compliance......................................................... 277 291 296 +19 +5
Enforcement........................................................ 1,730 2,065 2,096 +366 +31
IT/Data management/Security........................................ 34 34 34 ............... ...............
Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response.................... 12,348 13,499 13,668 +1,320 +169
Operations and administration...................................... 501 490 490 -11 ...............
(Rent)......................................................... (447) (438) (438) (-9) ...............
Research: Land protection.......................................... 844 901 903 +59 +2
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Total, Oil Spill Response.................................... 15,734 17,280 17,487 +1,753 +207
Pesticide registration fund (current law).......................... 10,000 10,000 10,000 ............... ...............
Pesticide registration fees (current law).......................... -10,000 -10,000 -10,000 ............... ...............
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Clean water state revolving fund (SRF)............................. 1,083,817 687,554 887,000 -196,817 +199,446
Drinking water state revolving fund (SRF).......................... 837,495 842,167 842,167 +4,672 ...............
STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional priorities................ ............... ............... 140,000 +140,000 +140,000
Alaska Native villages............................................. 34,485 15,500 30,000 -4,485 +14,500
Brownfields projects............................................... 88,676 89,258 89,258 +582 ...............
Clean school bus initiative........................................ 6,897 ............... ............... -6,897 ...............
Diesel emissions reduction grants (Energy Policy Act).............. ............... 35,000 50,000 +50,000 +15,000
Emission reduction project grants.................................. ............... ............... 15,000 +15,000 +15,000
Mexico border...................................................... 49,264 10,000 10,000 -39,264 ...............
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Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants................. 2,100,634 1,679,479 2,063,425 -37,209 +383,946
Categorical grants:
Beaches protection............................................. 9,853 9,900 9,900 +47 ...............
Brownfields.................................................... 49,264 49,495 49,495 +231 ...............
Environmental information...................................... 19,706 12,850 10,000 -9,706 -2,850
Hazardous waste financial assistance........................... 101,944 103,346 103,346 +1,402 ...............
Homeland security.............................................. 4,926 4,950 4,950 +24 ...............
Lead........................................................... 13,499 13,564 13,564 +65 ...............
Nonpoint source (Sec. 319)..................................... 199,278 194,040 204,040 +4,762 +10,000
Pesticides enforcement......................................... 18,622 18,711 18,711 +89 ...............
Pesticides program implementation.............................. 12,907 12,970 12,970 +63 ...............
Pollution control (Sec. 106)................................... 221,664 221,664 221,664 ............... ...............
(Water quality monitoring)..................................... (18,500) (18,500) (18,500) ............... ...............
Pollution prevention........................................... 4,926 5,940 4,940 +14 -1,000
Public water system supervision................................ 98,279 99,100 99,100 +821 ...............
Radon.......................................................... 7,439 8,074 8,074 +635 ...............
Sector program................................................. 2,217 2,228 2,228 +11 ...............
State and local air quality management......................... 199,761 185,180 220,261 +20,500 +35,081
Targeted remediation project grants............................ 16,608 ............... 12,000 -4,608 +12,000
Toxics substances compliance................................... 5,074 5,099 5,099 +25 ...............
Tribal air quality management.................................. 10,887 10,940 10,940 +53 ...............
Tribal general assistance program.............................. 56,654 56,925 56,925 +271 ...............
Underground injection control (UIC)............................ 10,838 10,891 10,891 +53 ...............
Underground storage tanks...................................... 30,717 22,274 22,500 -8,217 +226
Wastewater operator training................................... 1,182 ............... ............... -1,182 ...............
Wetlands program development................................... 16,830 16,830 16,830 ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Categorical grants................................. 1,113,075 1,064,971 1,118,428 +5,353 +53,457
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Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants.................... 3,213,709 2,744,450 3,181,853 -31,856 +437,403
Rescission (various EPA accounts).................................. ............... -5,000 -5,000 -5,000 ...............
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TOTAL, TITLE II, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY............. 7,725,130 7,199,400 7,772,928 +47,798 +573,528
Appropriations........................................... (7,725,130) (7,204,400) (7,777,928) (+52,798) (+573,528)
Rescissions.............................................. ............... (-5,000) (-5,000) (-5,000) ...............
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TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Forest and Rangeland Research
Forest inventory and analysis...................................... 59,380 62,329 62,329 +2,949 ...............
Research and development programs.................................. 221,108 200,671 229,478 +8,370 +28,807
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Total, Forest and rangeland research......................... 280,488 263,000 291,807 +11,319 +28,807
State and Private Forestry
Forest Health Management:
Federal lands forest health management......................... 53,963 52,959 54,967 +1,004 +2,008
Cooperative lands forest health management..................... 47,104 38,130 47,248 +144 +9,118
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Subtotal, Forest Health Management........................... 101,067 91,089 102,215 +1,148 +11,126
Cooperative Fire Protection:
State fire assistance.......................................... 32,895 33,122 33,122 +227 ...............
Volunteer fire assistance...................................... 5,912 9,000 5,912 ............... -3,088
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Subtotal, Cooperative Fire Protection........................ 38,807 42,122 39,034 +227 -3,088
Cooperative Forestry:
Forest stewardship............................................. 41,947 20,000 34,288 -7,659 +14,288
Forest Legacy.................................................. 56,336 29,311 48,095 -8,241 +18,784
Urban and Community Forestry................................... 30,130 17,436 30,846 +716 +13,410
Economic action programs....................................... ............... ............... 6,523 +6,523 +6,523
Forest resource information and analysis....................... 4,588 ............... 4,588 ............... +4,588
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Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry............................... 133,001 66,747 124,340 -8,661 +57,593
International program.............................................. 6,886 2,500 6,953 +67 +4,453
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Total, State and Private Forestry.......................... 279,761 202,458 272,542 -7,219 +70,084
National Forest System
Land management planning........................................... 57,675 52,607 58,729 +1,054 +6,122
Inventory and monitoring........................................... 166,638 146,462 169,520 +2,882 +23,058
Recreation, heritage and wilderness................................ 258,797 231,400 264,929 +6,132 +33,529
Wildlife and fish habitat management............................... 131,734 117,633 134,483 +2,749 +16,850
Grazing management................................................. 47,826 47,025 48,926 +1,100 +1,901
Forest products.................................................... 319,614 318,562 326,176 +6,562 +7,614
Vegetation and watershed management................................ 176,849 154,322 180,249 +3,400 +25,927
Minerals and geology management.................................... 84,164 70,835 85,476 +1,312 +14,641
Landownership management........................................... 90,932 80,840 92,746 +1,814 +11,906
Law enforcement operations......................................... 115,000 123,841 135,000 +20,000 +11,159
Valles Caldera National Preserve................................... 3,500 850 4,000 +500 +3,150
Emergency appropriations........................................... 12,000 ............... ............... -12,000 ...............
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Total, National Forest System................................ 1,464,729 1,344,377 1,500,234 +35,505 +155,857
Capital Improvement and Maintenance
Facilities:
Maintenance.................................................... 69,466 63,608 64,310 -5,156 +702
Construction................................................... 60,674 56,039 62,943 +2,269 +6,904
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Subtotal, Facilities......................................... 130,140 119,647 127,253 -2,887 +7,606
Roads:
Maintenance.................................................... 133,238 114,503 116,224 -17,014 +1,721
Construction................................................... 90,560 112,928 115,312 +24,752 +2,384
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Subtotal, Roads.............................................. 223,798 227,431 231,536 +7,738 +4,105
Trails:
Maintenance.................................................... 49,800 39,067 41,830 -7,970 +2,763
Construction................................................... 23,562 27,320 34,371 +10,809 +7,051
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Subtotal, Trails............................................. 73,362 66,387 76,201 +2,839 +9,814
Infrastructure improvement......................................... 9,100 9,100 9,100 ............... ...............
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Total, Capital Improvement and Maintenance................... 436,400 422,565 444,090 +7,690 +21,525
Land Acquisition
Forest Service:
Acquisitions................................................... 29,000 8,000 35,745 +6,745 +27,745
Acquisition management......................................... 12,087 7,703 10,000 -2,087 +2,297
Cash equalization.............................................. 500 ............... 1,000 +500 +1,000
Critical inholdings/wilderness protection...................... 349 ............... 1,500 +1,151 +1,500
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Total, Land Acquisition...................................... 41,936 15,703 48,245 +6,309 +32,542
Acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts............ 1,053 1,053 1,053 ............... ...............
Acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges.................... 231 231 231 ............... ...............
Range betterment fund.............................................. 2,876 3,750 3,750 +874 ...............
Gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research.... 63 56 56 -7 ...............
Management of national forest lands for subsistence uses........... 5,009 5,053 5,053 +44 ...............
Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness:
Preparedness................................................... 665,382 349,082 676,370 +10,988 +327,288
Wildland Firefighters.......................................... ............... 219,710 ............... ............... -219,710
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Subtotal, Preparedness....................................... 665,382 568,792 676,370 +10,988 +107,578
Fire suppression operations........................................ 741,477 911,032 859,021 +117,544 -52,011
Other operations:
Hazardous fuels................................................ 301,258 291,533 325,000 +23,742 +33,467
Rehabilitation................................................. 6,189 ............... 6,189 ............... +6,189
Fire plan research and development............................. 22,789 22,000 24,542 +1,753 +2,542
Joint fire sciences program.................................... 7,882 8,000 8,000 +118 ...............
Forest health management (federal lands)....................... 14,779 14,252 15,119 +340 +867
Forest health management (co-op lands)......................... 9,853 10,014 10,014 +161 ...............
State fire assistance.......................................... 46,221 35,004 50,227 +4,006 +15,223
Volunteer fire assistance...................................... 7,773 8,000 8,000 +227 ...............
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Subtotal, Other operations................................... 416,744 388,803 447,091 +30,347 +58,288
Emergency appropriations........................................... 370,000 ............... ............... -370,000 ...............
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Total, Wildland Fire Management.............................. 2,193,603 1,868,627 1,982,482 -211,121 +113,855
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Subtotal, Forest Service w/out Wildlnd Fire Mgmt............. 2,512,546 2,258,246 2,567,061 +54,515 +308,815
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TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE........................................ 4,706,149 4,126,873 4,549,543 -156,606 +422,670
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Indian Health Services
Clinical Services:
IHS and tribal health delivery:
Hospital and health clinic programs........................ 1,442,455 1,493,534 1,503,834 +61,379 +10,300
Dental health program...................................... 126,882 135,755 135,755 +8,873 ...............
Mental health program...................................... 61,656 64,538 67,038 +5,382 +2,500
Alcohol and substance abuse program........................ 150,571 161,988 164,488 +13,917 +2,500
Contract care.................................................. 499,562 551,515 551,515 +51,953 ...............
Catastrophic health emergency fund............................. 17,735 18,000 28,000 +10,265 +10,000
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Subtotal, Clinical Services.................................. 2,298,861 2,425,330 2,450,630 +151,769 +25,300
Preventive Health:
Public health nursing.......................................... 53,015 56,825 56,825 +3,810 ...............
Health education............................................... 14,479 15,229 15,229 +750 ...............
Community health representatives program....................... 55,744 55,795 55,795 +51 ...............
Immunization (Alaska).......................................... 1,706 1,760 1,760 +54 ...............
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Subtotal, Preventive Health.................................. 124,944 129,609 129,609 +4,665 ...............
Urban health projects.............................................. 33,951 ............... 35,094 +1,143 +35,094
Indian health professions.......................................... 31,676 31,866 31,866 +190 ...............
Tribal management.................................................. 2,485 2,529 2,529 +44 ...............
Direct operations.................................................. 63,793 64,632 64,632 +839 ...............
Self-governance.................................................... 5,842 5,928 5,928 +86 ...............
Contract support costs............................................. 264,730 271,636 271,636 +6,906 ...............
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements:
Hospital and clinic accreditation (Est. collecting)............ (648,208) (700,294) (700,294) (+52,086) ...............
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Total, Indian Health Services................................ 2,826,282 2,931,530 2,991,924 +165,642 +60,394
(Non-contract services).................................. (2,308,985) (2,362,015) (2,412,409) (+103,424) (+50,394)
(Contract care).......................................... (499,562) (551,515) (551,515) (+51,953) ...............
(Catastrophic health emergency fund)..................... (17,735) (18,000) (28,000) (+10,265) (+10,000)
Indian Health Facilities
Maintenance and improvement........................................ 52,668 51,936 53,727 +1,059 +1,791
Sanitation facilities.............................................. 94,003 88,500 95,747 +1,744 +7,247
Construction facilities............................................ 24,303 12,664 33,039 +8,736 +20,375
Facilities and environmental health support........................ 161,333 164,826 170,567 +9,234 +5,741
Equipment.......................................................... 21,619 21,270 22,395 +776 +1,125
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Total, Indian Health Facilities.............................. 353,926 339,196 375,475 +21,549 +36,279
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TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE................................. 3,180,208 3,270,726 3,367,399 +187,191 +96,673
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences................ 79,117 78,434 78,434 -683 ...............
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY
Toxic substances and environmental public health................... 75,212 75,004 75,004 -208 ...............
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TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES............... 3,334,537 3,424,164 3,520,837 +186,300 +96,673
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 2,698 2,703 2,703 +5 ...............
Quality...........................................................
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 9,113 9,049 9,049 -64 ...............
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 8,509 9,000 9,000 +491 ...............
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
DEVELOPMENT
Payment to the Institute........................................... 6,207 7,297 7,297 +1,090 ...............
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Salaries and Expenses
Museum and Research Institutes, base program....................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Anacostia Community Museum..................................... 1,952 1,993 1,993 +41 ...............
Archives of American Art....................................... 1,710 1,762 1,762 +52 ...............
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer Gallery of Art................. 5,722 5,867 5,867 +145 ...............
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage...................... 2,168 2,218 2,218 +50 ...............
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.......................... 3,078 3,383 3,383 +305 ...............
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.......................... 4,146 4,254 4,254 +108 ...............
National Air and Space Museum.................................. 16,860 17,337 17,337 +477 ...............
National Museum of African American History and Culture........ 2,894 12,932 12,932 +10,038 ...............
National Museum of African Art................................. 4,301 4,400 4,400 +99 ...............
Smithsonian American Art Museum................................ 8,362 8,601 8,601 +239 ...............
National Museum of American History............................ 20,708 21,282 21,282 +574 ...............
National Museum of the American Indian......................... 31,213 32,000 32,000 +787 ...............
National Museum of Natural History............................. 44,919 46,052 46,052 +1,133 ...............
National Portrait Gallery...................................... 5,453 5,599 5,599 +146 ...............
National Zoological Park....................................... 20,737 21,842 21,842 +1,105 ...............
Astrophysical Observatory...................................... 22,844 23,330 23,330 +486 ...............
Museum Conservation Institute.................................. 2,936 3,029 3,029 +93 ...............
Environmental Research Center.................................. 3,128 3,222 3,222 +94 ...............
Tropical Research Institute.................................... 12,064 12,438 12,438 +374 ...............
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Subtotal, Museums and Research Institutes.................... 215,195 231,541 231,541 +16,346 ...............
Program Support and Outreach, base program......................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Outreach....................................................... 9,505 9,669 9,669 +164 ...............
Communications................................................. 2,083 2,143 2,143 +60 ...............
Institution-wide programs...................................... 6,953 6,953 6,953 ............... ...............
Office of Exhibits Central..................................... 2,749 2,832 2,832 +83 ...............
Major scientific instrumentation............................... 3,886 3,886 3,886 ............... ...............
Museum Support Center.......................................... 1,743 1,784 1,784 +41 ...............
Smithsonian Institution Archives............................... 1,322 1,387 1,387 +65 ...............
Smithsonian Institution Libraries.............................. 9,326 9,551 9,551 +225 ...............
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Subtotal, Program Support and Outreach....................... 37,567 38,205 38,205 +638 ...............
Administration..................................................... 64,110 66,740 66,991 +2,881 +251
Facilities Services, base program.................................. ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Facilities maintenance......................................... 51,277 52,273 52,273 +996 ...............
Facilities operations, security and support.................... 166,312 180,611 180,611 +14,299 ...............
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Subtotal, Facilities Services................................ 217,589 232,884 232,884 +15,295 ...............
Inspector General.................................................. 1,834 1,977 2,084 +250 +107
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Total, Salaries and Expenses................................. 536,295 571,347 571,705 +35,410 +358
Facilities Capital
Revitalization..................................................... 82,620 92,600 109,000 +26,380 +16,400
Construction....................................................... 5,435 ............... ............... -5,435 ...............
Facilities planning and design..................................... 10,500 14,500 16,000 +5,500 +1,500
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Total, Facilities capital.................................... 98,555 107,100 125,000 +26,445 +17,900
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TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION............................... 634,850 678,447 696,705 +61,855 +18,258
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Salaries and Expenses
Care and utilization of art collections............................ 33,392 31,765 35,000 +1,608 +3,235
Operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds................. 22,964 26,211 26,711 +3,747 +500
Protection of buildings, grounds and contents...................... 20,175 20,807 20,807 +632 ...............
General administration............................................. 19,236 19,200 19,200 -36 ...............
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Total, Salaries and Expenses................................. 95,767 97,983 101,718 +5,951 +3,735
Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings
Base program....................................................... 15,962 18,017 18,017 +2,055 ...............
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TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART............................... 111,729 116,000 119,735 +8,006 +3,735
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Operations and maintenance......................................... 17,575 20,000 20,200 +2,625 +200
Capital Repair and Restoration..................................... 12,814 19,350 23,150 +10,336 +3,800
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TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS...... 30,389 39,350 43,350 +12,961 +4,000
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WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 9,100 8,857 9,718 +618 +861
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Direct grants.................................................. 43,784 40,996 45,996 +2,212 +5,000
Challenge America grants....................................... 10,496 8,458 8,458 -2,038 ...............
National Initiative: American Masterpieces..................... 5,911 12,311 12,311 +6,400 ...............
State partnerships:
State and regional......................................... 22,973 32,406 32,406 +9,433 ...............
Underserved set-aside...................................... 6,217 8,771 8,771 +2,554 ...............
Challenge America grants................................... 6,997 ............... ............... -6,997 ...............
National Initiative: American Masterpieces................. 3,941 ............... ............... -3,941 ...............
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Subtotal, State partnerships............................. 40,128 41,177 41,177 +1,049 ...............
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Subtotal, Grants......................................... 100,319 102,942 107,942 +7,623 +5,000
Program support.................................................... 1,672 1,636 1,636 -36 ...............
Administration..................................................... 22,571 23,834 23,834 +1,263 ...............
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Total, Arts.................................................. 124,562 128,412 133,412 +8,850 +5,000
National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Federal/State partnership...................................... 30,926 31,215 32,215 +1,289 +1,000
Preservation and access........................................ 18,368 17,671 18,671 +303 +1,000
Public programs................................................ 12,381 11,910 12,910 +529 +1,000
Research programs.............................................. 12,692 12,209 13,209 +517 +1,000
Education programs............................................. 12,266 11,801 12,801 +535 +1,000
Program development............................................ 375 362 362 -13 ...............
We The People Initiative grants................................ 15,239 15,239 15,239 ............... ...............
Digital Humanities Initiatives................................. ............... 1,400 1,400 +1,400 ...............
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Subtotal, Grants............................................. 102,247 101,807 106,807 +4,560 +5,000
Administrative Areas:
Administration................................................. 23,637 25,038 25,038 +1,401 ...............
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Total, Grants and Administration............................. 125,884 126,845 131,845 +5,961 +5,000
Matching Grants
Treasury funds..................................................... 5,369 5,031 5,031 -338 ...............
Challenge grants................................................... 9,852 9,479 9,479 -373 ...............
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Total, Matching Grants....................................... 15,221 14,510 14,510 -711 ...............
Total, Humanities............................................ 141,105 141,355 146,355 +5,250 +5,000
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TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES.... 265,667 269,767 279,767 +14,100 +10,000
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 1,873 2,092 2,192 +319 +100
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Grants............................................................. 7,143 ............... 7,200 +57 +7,200
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 4,828 5,348 5,348 +520 ...............
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Salaries and expenses.............................................. 8,168 8,265 8,265 +97 ...............
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Holocaust Memorial Museum.......................................... 42,349 44,996 45,496 +3,147 +500
PRESIDIO TRUST
Operations......................................................... 19,706 18,450 18,450 -1,256 ...............
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE
Operations......................................................... 247 200 200 -47 ...............
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TOTAL, TITLE III, RELATED AGENCIES........................... 9,203,262 8,770,858 9,334,855 +131,593 +563,997
Appropriations........................................... (8,821,262) (8,770,858) (9,334,855) (+513,593) (+563,997)
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISION
Sec. 4xx MMS. State Royalty Cost reduction......................... ............... -43,000 -43,000 -43,000 ...............
Sec. 4xx Forest Service Marina fees................................ ............... ............... 900 +900 +900
Sec. 4xx Forest Service Rights-of-way.............................. ............... ............... 1,000 +1,000 +1,000
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TOTAL, TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISION........................... ............... -43,000 -41,100 -41,100 +1,900
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GRAND TOTAL.................................................. 26,952,127 25,645,503 27,186,125 +233,998 +1,540,622
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Appropriations........................................... (26,481,934) (25,680,503) (27,224,925) (+742,991) (+1,544,422)
Emergency appropriations................................. (500,193) ............... ............... (-500,193) ...............
Rescissions.............................................. (-30,000) (-35,000) (-38,800) (-8,800) (-3,800)
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