[Senate Report 109-80]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 125
109th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     109-80

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     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2006
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                  June 10, 2005--Ordered to be printed

  Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of January 4, 2005

                                _______
                                

           Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 2361]

    The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the 
bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, reports 
the same to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that 
the bill as amended do pass.
    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. ------
--) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and 
recommends that the bill do pass. deg.



Amounts in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2006

Amount of bill passed by House.......................... $26,159,125,000
Amount of increase by Senate............................      99,500,000
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Total of bill as reported to Senate.....................  26,258,625,000
Estimates considered by House...........................  25,724,328,000
Estimates considered by Senate .........................  25,724,328,000
    Above the budget estimate, 2006.....................     534,297,000
    Below appropriations, 2005 (including emergencies)..     739,099,000

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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
Land and Water Conservation Fund.................................     6
Reprogramming Guidelines.........................................     6
Title I--Department of the Interior:
    Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management..........     9
    Fish and Wildlife and Parks:
        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...........................    14
        National Park Service....................................    22
    Energy and Minerals:
        U.S. Geological Survey...................................    33
        Minerals Management Service..............................    37
        Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.....    39
    Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs.....................    40
    Departmental Offices:
        Insular Affairs..........................................    45
        Departmental Management..................................    47
        Working Capital Fund.....................................    48
        Payment in Lieu of Taxes.................................    48
        Central Hazardous Materials Fund.........................    48
        Office of the Solicitor..................................    49
        Office of Inspector General..............................    49
        Office of Special Trustee for American Indians...........    49
        Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration.......    50
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency:
    Science and Technology.......................................    55
    Environmental Programs and Management........................    57
    Office of Inspector General..................................    61
    Buildings and Facilities.....................................    62
    Hazardous Substance Superfund................................    62
    Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund..................    64
    Oil Spill Response...........................................    65
    State and Tribal Assistance Grants...........................    65
    Administrative Provisions....................................    74
Title III--Related agencies:
    Department of Agriculture: Forest Service....................    75
    Administrative Provisions, Forest Service....................    89
    Department of Health and Human Services:
        Indian Health Service....................................    89
        National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences......    93
        Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.........    93
    Other Related Agencies:
        Council on Environmental Quality.........................    94
        Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board...........    94
        Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..............    95
        Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
          and Arts Development...................................    95
        Smithsonian Institution..................................    96
        National Gallery of Art..................................    99
        John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...........   100
        Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.........   101
        National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
            National Endowment for the Arts......................   102
            National Endowment for the Humanities................   103
        Commission of Fine Arts..................................   104
        Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................   105
        National Capital Planning Commission.....................   106
        United States Holocaust Memorial Museum..................   107
        Presidio Trust...........................................   107
        White House Commission on the National Moment of Remem- 
          brance.................................................   108
Title IV--General provisions.....................................   109
Title V--Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act.   112
Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Sen- 
  ate............................................................   114
Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   114
Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   115

                            SUMMARY OF BILL

    For this bill, estimates totaling $25,724,328,000 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 $13,865,597,000 in fiscal year 2006. These estimated 
receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction, 
are tabulated below:

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                                                                              Fiscal year--
                          Item                          --------------------------------------------------------
                                                                2004               2005               2006
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Department of the Interior.............................     $9,643,359,000    $12,497,212,000    $13,418,547,000
Forest Service.........................................        445,533,000        439,106,000        447,050,000
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    Total receipts.....................................     10,088,892,000     12,936,318,000     13,865,597,000
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                 Major Changes Recommended in the Bill

    The Committee has developed revisions to the budget 
estimate for the 2006 fiscal year.
    A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is 
shown by agency or principal program in the following table:

                                            [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.......................................       1,759,042       1,788,310         +29,268
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..................................       1,322,894       1,315,037          -7,857
National Park Service...........................................       2,249,275       2,313,332         +64,057
United States Geological Survey.................................         933,515         963,057         +29,542
Minerals Management Service.....................................         167,422         159,522          -7,900
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement............         356,549         298,549         -58,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs........................................       2,187,469       2,269,371         +81,902
Departmental Offices............................................         815,903         770,563         -45,340
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      Total, Title I--Department of the Interior................       9,792,069       9,877,741         +85,672
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            TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Science and Technology..........................................         760,640         730,795         -29,845
Environmental Programs and Management...........................       2,353,764       2,333,416         -20,348
Office of Inspector General.....................................          36,955          36,955  ..............
Building and Facilities.........................................          40,218          40,218  ..............
Hazardous Substance Superfund...................................       1,279,333       1,256,165         -23,168
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program........................          73,027          73,027  ..............
Oil Spill Response..............................................          15,863          15,863  ..............
State and Tribal Assistance Grants..............................       2,960,800       3,395,550        +434,750
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Title II--Environmental Protection Agency..........       7,520,600       7,881,989        +361,389
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                   TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

Department of Agriculture: Forest Service.......................       4,065,000       4,122,767         +57,767
Department of Health and Human Services:
    Indian Health Service.......................................       3,047,966       3,067,966         +20,000
    National Institutes of Health: National Institute of                  80,289          80,289  ..............
     Environmental Health Sciences..............................
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry............          76,024          76,024  ..............
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental               2,717           2,717  ..............
 Quality........................................................
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board..................           9,200           9,200  ..............
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.....................           8,601           8,601  ..............
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts            6,300           6,300  ..............
 Development....................................................
Smithsonian Institution.........................................         615,035         624,135          +9,100
National Gallery of Art.........................................         113,300         111,600          -1,700
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts..................          33,000          33,000  ..............
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars................           9,201           9,201  ..............
National Endowment for the Arts.................................         121,264         126,264          +5,000
National Endowment for the Humanities...........................         138,054         143,054          +5,000
Commission of Fine Arts.........................................           1,893           1,893  ..............
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs......................           7,000           7,492            +492
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.......................           4,988           4,943             -45
National Capital Planning Commission............................           8,344           8,244            -100
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.........................          43,233          43,233  ..............
Presidio Trust..................................................          20,000          19,722            -278
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remem brance...             250             250  ..............
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      Total, Title III--Related Agencies........................       8,411,659       8,506,895         +95,236
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      GRAND TOTAL...............................................      25,724,328      26,266,625        +542,297
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                    LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

    The following table displays appropriations for the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund.

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                                                            Fiscal year
                                                 --------------------------------      House         Committee
                 Agency/Program                                   2006  estimate  recommendation  recommendation
                                                   2005  enacted        \1\
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Federal Land Acquisition:
    Bureau of Land Management...................     $11,192,000     $13,350,000      $3,817,000     $12,250,000
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..............      37,005,000      40,992,000      14,937,000      40,827,000
    National Park Service.......................      55,134,000      52,880,000       7,834,000      56,005,000
    Forest Service..............................      61,007,000      40,000,000      15,000,000      44,925,000
    Departmental Management (appraisal services)  ..............  ..............     [7,441,000]       7,441,000
     \2\........................................
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal Land Acquisition........     164,338,000     147,222,000      41,588,000     161,448,000
National Park Service, State Assistance.........      91,215,000       1,587,000       1,587,000      30,000,000
Landowner Incentive Program.....................      21,694,000      40,000,000      23,700,000      25,000,000
Private Stewardship Grants......................       6,903,000      10,000,000       7,386,000       7,500,000
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants................      69,028,000      74,000,000      65,000,000      72,000,000
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation           48,698,000      45,653,000      50,053,000      45,653,000
 Fund \3\.......................................
Forest Legacy...................................      57,134,000      80,000,000      25,000,000      62,632,000
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land and Water Conservation Fund...     459,010,000     398,492,000     214,314,000     404,233,000
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\1\ 2006 estimate reflects only activities for which funds were derived from the LWCF in fiscal year 2005.
\2\ Funded in bureau land acquisition accounts in fiscal year 2005 and prior years.
\3\ CESCF data only reflects funding for HCP land acquisition.

                        Reprogramming Guidelines

    The Committee has revised the reprogramming guidelines to 
add an exception for certain Environmental Protection Agency 
grants (section 3(b)) and to delete certain instructions to the 
Forest Service dealing with boundary adjustments and transfer 
of funds.
    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.

                  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 262 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 2006 over 68 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 2006, it is estimated that public lands will 
generate $5,000,000,000 in revenues, the bulk of this amount 
coming from ongoing energy development. BLM will collect an 
estimated $1,348,000,000 in revenue from the sale of land and 
materials, grazing fees, timber sales, and recreation use and 
filing fees. Additionally, the Bureau's onshore mineral leasing 
activities are expected to generate $3,600,000,000 in receipts. 
Of the revenues generated on public lands, approximately 39 
percent is provided directly to States and counties to support 
roads, schools, and community needs.

                    MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $836,826,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     850,177,000
House allowance.........................................     845,783,000
Committee recommendation................................     867,045,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $867,045,000, 
an increase of $30,219,000 over the enacted level, an increase 
of $16,868,000 over the budget request, and $21,262,000 over 
the House recommendation. The funding amounts described below 
are at the activity level. Additional details on funding for 
sub-activities within the various appropriations accounts for 
the Bureau are set out in a table in the back of the report.
    Land Resources.--The Committee recommends $188,963,000 for 
land resources, which is an increase of $2,000,000 above the 
request. Increases above the request include $1,000,000 to 
continue work at the National Center for Invasive Plant 
Management; and $1,000,000 for the Idaho Department of 
Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation, 
administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project 
funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas. The Committee 
also notes $600,000 is included for the Rio Puerco Watershed 
project, and prior instruction to facilitate cooperative 
monitoring shall continue.
    The Committee notes the budget request's suggested 
elimination of the Mandatory Range Improvements Account. The 
Committee does not support this action and expects the 
discretionary funds identified in the request to replace the 
Mandatory Account be retained for the range related projects as 
proposed and any excess funds be used to support cooperative 
monitoring activities.
    The Committee has included further direction regarding 
grazing permit stocking levels and the acceptance of third 
party range monitoring under the Forest Service's account for 
grazing management.
    The Committee directs the Bureau to retain its current 
level of support for the National Conservation Training Center, 
and directs that funds shall be made available to NCTC within 
60 days of enactment.
    The Committee is aware of the current cooperation between 
the Bureau and the National Wild Horse Association in Nevada. 
The Committee encourages the continuation of this collaborative 
effort and would urge the Bureau to give serious consideration 
to funding the Association's pilot adoption program.
    Wildlife and Fisheries Management.--The Committee 
recommends $41,084,000 for wildlife and fisheries management, 
which is equal to the request. This amount includes $3,604,000 
for additional sage grouse conservation efforts as proposed by 
the administration. The Committee applauds the Bureau's ongoing 
commitment to address the loss of sagebrush habitat and 
associated impacts to sage grouse. The Bureau is expected to 
continue pursuing cooperative agreements with States and other 
entities to ensure the increased funding in the budget request 
is spent as efficiently as possible. The Bureau is also 
encouraged to work with the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation to implement these measures.
    Threatened and Endangered Species.--The Committee 
recommends $21,572,000 for threatened and endangered species 
management, which is equal to the request.
    Recreation Management.--The Committee recommends 
$65,604,000 for recreation management, which is an increase of 
$1,000,000 over the request and $5,015,000 above the enacted 
level. Wilderness Management and Recreation Operations are 
funded at the request level. The Committee fully supports the 
administration's addition of $3,693,000 to enhance recreational 
experiences and access to Bureau properties. Support for the 
Undaunted Stewardship program is provided at $1,000,000 above 
the request level.
    Energy and Minerals Management Including Alaska Minerals.--
The Committee has provided $109,772,000 for energy and minerals 
management, which is an increase of $3,000,000 above the 
request and $3,141,000 above the enacted level. Increases to 
the request include $3,000,000 for Oil and Gas Management. 
Within the increase, the Bureau is expected to provide $250,000 
for the Utah Oil and Gas Leasing Internet Pilot program, begin 
planning for an Oil Shale Leasing program, and continue 
focusing on timely processing of APDs.
    The Committee has also provided $3,000,000 for the Alaska 
minerals program, which is an increase of $703,000 above the 
request and $944,000 below the 2005 enacted level.
    The Committee strongly believes U.S. oil shale development 
has the potential to reduce America's growing dependence on 
unstable sources of foreign oil imports, and that development 
should be accelerated in light of recent technological advances 
illustrating the viability of oil shale as a cost effective 
energy source. The Committee notes the Secretary of the 
Interior, through existing and ongoing funded authorities under 
Section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, is currently 
authorized to develop and implement a Federal commercial oil 
shale leasing program. As referenced above, the Committee 
expects the Secretary to begin planning for such a leasing 
program, and believes it is appropriate in the interim to 
expedite the placement of Research and Development activities 
on BLM land with management plans addressing and supporting oil 
shale development to further test methods of production.
    Realty and Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends 
$91,707,000 for realty and ownership management, which is an 
increase of $10,561,000 above the request. Increases above the 
request include $8,401,000 for the Alaska Conveyance program; 
$300,000 for GIS/Cadastral mapping in Utah; $750,000 for the 
processing of recordable disclaimer applications in Alaska; 
$160,000 for soil survey mapping in Wyoming; and $950,000 for 
ongoing Cadastral mapping in Montana.
    The Committee continues to support the Bureau's work to 
implement the various realty actions included in the Clark 
County Act (Public Law 107-282).
    Resource Protection and Maintenance.--The Committee 
recommends $85,216,000 for resource protection and maintenance, 
which is $1,600,000 above the request.
    The Committee notes that the administration's request of 
$1,000,000 in additional funding for law enforcement is largely 
reserved for activities in the Southwest. Due to increasing 
visitation on National Landscape Conservation System lands the 
Committee has provided an additional $1,600,000. The Committee 
expects these funds to be used in Montana, Colorado, 
California, and Arizona. Due to the administration's focus on 
the Southwest, the additional funds shall first be focused on 
fully meeting needs in Montana and Colorado with remaining 
funds supporting other portions of the NLCS across the West.
    Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.--The Committee 
recommends $78,291,000 for transportation and facilities 
maintenance, which is $2,000,000 above the request. $1,000,000 
of the increase is to continue capping of oil wells in the 
National Petroleum Reserve to prevent leakage and oil spills 
and $1,000,000 is to support activities on the Pacific Crest, 
Continental Divide and Iditarod trails.
    Land and Information Systems.--The Committee recommends 
$18,217,000 for land and information systems, which is equal to 
the request.
    Mining Law Administration.--The Committee recommends 
$32,696 for mining law administration, which is equal to the 
request.
    Workforce Organization and Support.--The Committee 
recommends $147,619,000 for workforce organization and support 
equal to the request.
    Challenge Cost Share.--The Committee has provided 
$10,000,000 for the challenge cost share program; $3,996,000 
below the request level. Additionally the Committee agrees to 
the request level of $6,000,000 for the Cooperative 
Conservation Initiative.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $831,295,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     756,564,000
House allowance.........................................     761,564,000
Committee recommendation................................     766,564,000

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$766,564,000 for wildland fire management activities, which is 
$64,731,000 below the enacted level, $10,000,000 above the 
request, and $5,000,000 over the House allowance.
    The Committee retains the current budget structure and 
recommends $272,852,000 for fire preparedness, which is equal 
to the request.
    The Committee also recommends a total of $234,167,000 for 
fire suppression activities, which is equal to the request.
    The Committee's recommendation includes $259,545,000 for 
Other Fire Operations, which is $10,000,000 above the request. 
The amount above the request is for the Rural Fire Assistance 
program. Funding for the National Center for Landscape Fire 
Analysis shall remain at or above the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level of $1,500,000.
    The Committee is dismayed by the budget request's proposal 
to eliminate the Rural Fire Assistance program. Often, rural 
fire departments are the first responders to fires on Federal 
lands, facing great risk and expense to battle these fires. The 
administration suggests other programs will fill the void left 
in the wake of this program's cancellation, but further 
analysis shows the other accounts suggested are also slated for 
large programmatic cuts in the request. The Committee has 
restored funding for this program and suggests that future 
action to reduce the program will be met with action by the 
Committee to restore funding directly from the administration's 
top priorities.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $11,340,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       6,476,000
House allowance.........................................      11,476,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,976,000

    The Committee recommends $9,976,000 for construction, which 
is $1,364,000 below the fiscal year 2005 level, an increase of 
$3,500,000 above the request, and $1,500,000 below the House 
allowance. Increases above the request include: $1,500,000 for 
the Sand Hollow Recreation area pursuant to the MOU with the 
State of Utah; $450,000 for the Paiute Meadows Trail project in 
Nevada; and $1,550,000 to address critical projects identified 
in the Bureau's 5-year construction plan.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $11,192,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      13,350,000
House allowance.........................................       3,817,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,250,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,250,000 
for land acquisition, an increase of $1,058,000 over the 
enacted level, a decrease of $1,100,000 below the budget 
estimate, and $8,433,000 over the House recommendation.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
State                       Project                       recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   CASanta Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument             $500,000
   COCO Canyons Nat'l Conservation Area                      1,500,000
   IDUpper/South Fork Snake River ACEC/SMRA                  3,000,000
   OROregon NWSR, North Fork Owyhee NWSR                       650,000
   ORSandy River/OR Nat'l Historic Trail                     1,600,000
   UTColorado River SRMA                                     1,200,000
                                                       -----------------
           SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS                      8,450,000
                                                       =================
     Acquisition Management/Land Exchange Processing         2,300,000
     Emergency/Inholdings/Wilderness                         1,500,000
                                                       -----------------
           TOTAL, BLM LAND ACQUISITION                      12,250,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   oregon and california grant lands

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $107,497,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     110,070,000
House allowance.........................................     110,070,000
Committee recommendation................................     110,070,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,070,000, 
an increase of $2,573,000 over the enacted level, and equal to 
the budget request and the House allowance.

                 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, 2005....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      10,000,000
House allowance.........................................      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 2005 
enacted level, the budget request and the House allowance. The 
Committee rejects the budget request's proposed elimination of 
this account.

               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $20,055,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      32,940,000
House allowance.........................................      32,940,000
Committee recommendation................................      32,940,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,940,000, 
equal to the budget estimate and the House allowance.

                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $12,405,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      12,405,000
House allowance.........................................      12,405,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,405,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000, 
the same as the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget 
request and the House allowance.

                      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 95 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System, 
which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of 
small wetlands and other special management areas. It also 
operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 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, 2005....................................    $962,940,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     985,563,000
House allowance.........................................   1,005,225,000
Committee recommendation................................     993,485,000

    The Committee recommends $993,485,000 for resource 
management, which is $30,545,000 above the enacted level, 
$7,922,000 above the request, and $11,740,000 below the House 
recommendation. A table in the back of the report displays the 
distribution of funds at the subactivity level.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ecological Services..........................................     $250,573,000     $254,613,000      +$4,040,000
Refuges and Wildlife.........................................      493,141,000      491,708,000       -1,433,000
Fisheries....................................................      107,656,000      111,808,000       +4,152,000
General Administration.......................................      134,193,000      135,356,000       +1,163,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Resource Management.............................      985,563,000      993,485,000       +7,922,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Ecological Services.--The Committee recommends $254,613,000 
for ecological services which is $4,040,000 above the request. 
The Committee recommends an increase of $500,000 for the 
candidate conservation program which shall be distributed to 
the Idaho Sage Grouse management plan through the Idaho Office 
of Species Conservation.
    The Committee recommends $18,130,000 for the listing 
program, which is equal to the request, and $49,484,000 for the 
consultation program also equal to the request. The Committee 
has not continued bill language concerning the Natural 
Communities Conservation Planning project in California, but 
notes that this project is eligible to compete for funds from 
the Section 6 Habitat Conservation Planning Grants program 
through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
    The Committee recommends $72,541,000 for the recovery 
program which is $8,298,000 above the request. Increases above 
the request are $982,000 to restore funding for the Platte 
River recovery project, $691,000 to restore funding for the 
Upper Colorado River fish recovery project, $1,114,000 for 
implementation of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Conservation 
Strategy, $500,000 for the Lahontan cutthroat trout, $1,202,000 
for wolf recovery efforts for a total of $1,500,000 for this 
activity, $1,000,000 for the Penobscot River restoration 
project, $1,000,000 for Atlantic salmon recovery activities 
administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and 
$1,800,000 for the eider and sea otter recovery work at the 
Alaska SeaLife Center. Of the funds provided for wolf recovery, 
$350,000 is for the Nez Perce Tribe, $730,000 is for the Idaho 
Office of Species Conservation, $100,000 is for the Service's 
Snake River Basin office pursuant to a memorandum of agreement 
between the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho, and 
$320,000 is for wolf monitoring and related activities by the 
State of Montana.
    Within the funds provided for recovery, the Committee 
recommends $400,000 for the Peregrine Fund.
    The Committee supports the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
and other Department of the Interior investments in Whooping 
Crane recovery particularly for the captive rearing of cranes 
for reintroduction and for logistical, biological and habitat 
support. The current Whooping Crane re-introduction in the 
Eastern United States is a landmark in endangered species 
recovery. The Service should continue to support these efforts, 
which contribute to successful implementation of recovery 
priorities.
    The Committee recommends $94,805,000 for habitat 
conservation, a decrease of $7,173,000 from the budget request. 
The Committee recommends $44,474,000 for the partners for fish 
and wildlife program, a decrease of $7,723,000 below the 
request. Decreases from the request include a general program 
decrease of $11,966,000, and a decrease of $3,272,000 for the 
Upper Klamath Basin effort. Increases above the request include 
$700,000 for the Big Hole Watershed restoration project in 
Montana, $500,000 for the Montana Water Center for the Wild 
Fish Habitat Initiative, $1,250,000 for the Nevada Biodiversity 
Research and Conservation Project, $100,000 for bald eagle 
restoration work performed in cooperation with the Vermont 
Natural Heritage Partners Program, $1,400,000 for spartina 
control at Willapa Bay, $540,000 for conservation work at the 
Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, $1,000,000 for the 
Wildlife Enterprises program at Mississippi State University, 
$250,000 for the Thunder Basin Initiative project in Wyoming, 
$100,000 for invasive species control work by the friends of 
Lake Sakakawea, $550,000 for endangered bird conservation work 
in Hawaii in cooperation with the Zoological Society of San 
Diego, $500,000 to continue Geographic Information System 
mapping of the National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska by a non-
governmental organization that has a proven system of land 
cover products in Alaska and high expertise in forest cover and 
wetlands, $200,000 for a hydrology study on the Lower Colorado 
River, and $425,000 for the completion of a study on declining 
wildlife populations on the Lake Umbagog National Wildlife 
Refuge in cooperation with the New Hampshire Audubon Society.
    The Committee recommends $30,654,000 for project planning, 
$550,000 above the request. The increase is for the Middle Rio 
Grande (Bosque) Research program.
    The Committee recommends $14,900,000 for coastal programs 
which is equal to the request.
    The Committee recommends $4,777,000 for the national 
wetlands inventory which is equal to the request.
    The Committee has provided $10,901,000 for the 
environmental contaminants program, which is equal to the 
enacted level. The Committee directs the Service to work with 
the Environmental Protection Agency to incorporate trustee 
concerns during Superfund remediation and to enhance the 
integration of Superfund remedial activities and natural 
resource damage assessment activities.
    Refuges and Wildlife.--The Committee recommends 
$491,708,000 for refuges and wildlife, a decrease of $1,433,000 
below the request.
    The Committee has provided a total of $393,894,000 for the 
National Wildlife Refuge System which is equal to the request. 
Within this amount, $246,807,000 is for refuge operations and 
$137,687,000 is for maintenance. The Committee approves of the 
Service's budget restructuring proposal for refuge operations 
activities but expects the Service to continue to identify as a 
separate line item the amount proposed for refuge maintenance.
    The Committee recommendation for refuges and wildlife 
includes a total of $9,400,000 for the challenge cost share 
program. Of this amount, $4,400,000 is for the traditional cost 
share program and $5,000,000 is for the Cooperative 
Conservation Initiative grant program.
    The Committee understands that the Fish and Wildlife 
Service relies extensively on information compiled by 
NatureServe, particularly biological information which it 
gathers through the State Heritage Network. This has proven to 
be an effective means to collect data that furthers the mission 
of the Service as well as other Departmental agencies. In order 
to maintain the quality of this information, the Committee 
expects that the Service will work cooperatively with 
NatureServe and make additional funds available if necessary 
from programs such as the CCI initiative to ensure that 
sufficient funds are available to maintain adequately the 
integrity of this important inventory information.
    The Committee is aware that a number of refuges such as 
Clark's River in KY, and Don Edwards in CA, have grown 
substantially in recent years due to large land acquisitions by 
the Service. The Committee strongly encourages the agency to 
review base budgets for these refuges in light of the 
additional management responsibilities caused by the 
significant increase in the number of refuge acres under the 
Service's jurisdiction.
    The Committee has provided $40,202,000 for migratory bird 
management which is $1,433,000 below the request. The decrease 
is for the proposed new joint ventures. Given tight budget 
constraints, the Committee cannot provide these additional 
funds this fiscal year. The Committee expects that funds for 
the existing joint ventures will be distributed consistent with 
documents provided to the Committee by the Service.
    The Committee has provided $57,612,000 for law enforcement 
which is equal to the request. The Committee is concerned with 
certain reductions proposed in the request for the ports of 
entry at Louisville, Memphis, and Atlanta. The Committee is 
aware that some of the funds provided last year for these ports 
represented one-time start-up costs, but it is the Committee's 
expectation that the operational capability at each of these 
Ports shall be maintained at a level consistent with fiscal 
year 2005. If the level of funding proposed in the budget 
request is insufficient to meet this operational level, the 
Committee directs that additional funds be reprogrammed within 
the law enforcement account. The Service shall notify the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act whether funds must be reprogrammed for 
this purpose.
    Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $111,808,000 for 
fisheries, an increase of $4,152,000 above the budget request.
    For hatchery operations and maintenance, the Committee 
recommends $57,971,000 which is equal to the request. The 
Committee expects that at this funding level no hatcheries will 
be closed or placed in caretaker status.
    The Committee recommends $53,837,000 for fish and wildlife 
management which is $4,152,000 above the request. Increases 
above the request are $102,000 for aquatic nuisance control, 
$1,400,000 to combat whirling disease and related fish health 
issues, of which $1,000,000 is for the National Partnership on 
the Management of Wild and Native Coldwater Fisheries and 
$400,000 is for the Whirling Disease Foundation, $250,000 is 
for the regional mark processing center, and $500,000 is for 
the Wildlife Health Center in Montana. There is a general 
decrease of $300,000.
    The Committee recommends a total of $4,685,000 for marine 
mammals which is an increase of $2,200,000 above the request. 
The increases are $1,200,000 to continue marine mammal 
protection work in Alaska through cooperative agreements with 
various marine mammal commissions, and $1,000,000 to continue 
population assessments on marine mammal stocks in Alaska.
    The Committee remains concerned by the recent discoveries 
of the northern snakehead in the Potomac River and its 
potential impact on native fish populations through predation, 
food and habitat competition, or the introduction of diseases 
and parasites. The Committee directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service to continue sampling activities in the Potomac River 
and its tributaries that are important for determining the 
distribution of the species, and the potential application of 
control and management strategies.
    General Administration.--The Committee recommends 
$135,356,000 for general administration, which is $1,163,000 
above the request. Changes from the request include a decrease 
of $2,000,000 for the science excellence initiative, and 
increases of $1,625,000 to offset partially the proposed 
administrative efficiencies reduction which was not adequately 
explained or justified, $291,000 to restore funding for the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $250,000 for enhanced 
training activities at the National Conservation Training 
Center [NCTC], and $397,000 to restore cuts to maintenance 
activities at NCTC.
    The Committee recommends $10,149,000 for international 
affairs which is $600,000 above the request. The increase above 
the request is to restore the Wildlife Without Borders program 
to the enacted level. Within the funds provided for 
international affairs, no less than $700,000 is for the Caddo 
Lake Ramsar Center in Texas.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................     $93,210,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      19,676,000
House allowance.........................................      41,206,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,811,000

    The Committee recommends $31,811,000 for construction, a 
decrease of $20,847,000 below the enacted level (excluding 
emergency appropriations), an increase of $12,135,000 above the 
budget estimate, and $9,395,000 below the House recommendation.
    The Committee agrees to the following distribution of 
funds:

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
               Unit                        Project        recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX......  Martin Lake and                  500
                                     Martin West Dams.
Big Oaks NWR, IN..................  Dam Rehabilitation               150
                                     [d/cc].
Crab Orchard NWR, IL..............  Visitor Center Dam             2,625
                                     Rehabilitation.
Craig Brook NFH, ME...............  Wastewater Treatment           2,480
                                     Compliance [cc].
Garrison Dam NFH, ND..............  Hatchery renovation              200
                                     [cc].
Hakalau NWR, HI...................  Ungulate Control               1,100
                                     Fencing [c].
Hanford Reach NM/Saddle Mtn. NWR,   Visitor Center [cc].           2,250
 WA.
Kodiak NWR, AK....................  Visitor Center [cc].           4,400
Kofa NWR, AZ......................  Structural                     1,515
                                     Replacement [cc].
National Conservation Training      Waterline                        600
 Center.                             construction [cc].
Office of Aircraft Services.......  Replacement of                 1,500
                                     Survey Aircraft.
Ohio River Islands NWR, WV........  Visitor Center [cc].             835
Servicewide.......................  Dam Safety and                   720
                                     Inspection.
Servicewide.......................  Bridge Safety and                570
                                     Inspection.
Sevilleta NWR, NM.................  Laboratory                     2,100
                                     Construction [cc].
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV.....  Mussell Propagation              650
                                     Facility [cc].
                                                         ---------------
      Subtotal, Line Item           ....................          22,195
       Construction.
                                                         ---------------
Servicewide.......................  Core Engineering               5,900
                                     Service.
Servicewide.......................  CAM.................           2,456
Servicewide.......................  Seismic Safety                   130
                                     Program.
Servicewide.......................  Environmental                  1,000
                                     Compliance
                                     Management.
Servicewide.......................  Waste Prevention,                130
                                     Recycling and Env.
                                     Mgmt Sys.
                                                         ---------------
      Subtotal, Nationwide          ....................           9,616
       Engineering Svcs..
                                                         ---------------
      Total.......................  ....................          31,811
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee remains concerned about reported poor and 
unsafe conditions in the research facilities and office 
buildings at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Patuxent 
Research Refuge. In the Conference Report to accompany the 
fiscal 2004 Interior Appropriations bill (H. Rept. 108-330) and 
in the Senate report to accompany the fiscal 2005 bill (S. 
Rept. 108-341), the Committee underscored its expectation that 
the FWS and USGS develop a plan and budget for the 
rehabilitation or replacement of facilities and to resolve any 
jurisdictional issues between the agencies. To date, the 
Department has not submitted such a plan or budget and the 
Committee understands that there has been no final resolution 
of the jurisdictional issues. The Committee expects the 
Secretary of the Interior to complete a facilities and budget 
plan by not later than March 1, 2006, which identifies the 
priorities, schedule, funding requirements, phasing options and 
agencies responsible for the repair, rehabilitation or 
replacement of facilities, buildings and associated 
infrastructure at the Center and Refuge.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $37,005,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      40,992,000
House allowance.........................................      14,937,000
Committee recommendation................................      40,827,000

    The Committee recommends $40,827,000, an increase of 
$3,822,000 over the enacted level, a decrease of $165,000 below 
the budget request, and $25,890,000 over the House 
recommendation.
    The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
    State                       Project                   recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          AK Alaska Peninsula NWR                             $400,000
          AR Cache River NWR                                   809,000
          AL Cahaba NWR                                        500,000
          WV Canaan Valley NWR                                 190,000
          TN Chickasaw NWR                                     500,000
          KY Clark's River NWR                                 750,000
       ND/SD Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife                 500,000
              Management Area
          VA Eastern Shore NWR                               4,000,000
          NJ Edwin B. Forsythe NWR                             300,000
          TX Laguna Atascosa NWR                               400,000
          NH Lake Umbagog NWR                                  750,000
          TX Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR                     1,000,000
       MN/IA Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR                    500,000
          DE Primehook NWR                                     815,000
          ME Rachel Carson NWR                                 600,000
          RI Rhode Island Refuge Complex                       950,000
          MT Rocky Mountain Front                            1,500,000
          CA San Joaquin River NWR                           1,700,000
 NH/VT/MA/CN Silvio Conte Nat'l Fish and Wildlife            1,000,000
              Refuge
          LA Tensas NWR                                      1,900,000
          AK Togiak NWR                                        300,000
          OR Upper Klamath Lake NWR                          6,000,000
                                                       -----------------
                   SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS             25,364,000
                                                       =================
             Acquisition Management                          8,393,000
             CAM                                             1,820,000
             Exchanges                                       1,750,000
             Inholdings, Wilderness                          1,750,000
             Emergencies & Hardships                         1,750,000
                                                       -----------------
                   TOTAL, FWS LAND ACQUISITION              40,827,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee continues to support the land acquisition 
program at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, 
and notes that these funds have frequently been complemented by 
section 6 grants for the Balcones Canyonlands Habitat 
Conservation Plan. The Committee urges the Service to continue 
its support for this effort.
    The Committee is disappointed by the Service's failure to 
approve a proposed boundary expansion for the James Campbell 
National Wildlife Refuge on the North Shore of Oahu. The 
proposed expansion would join two physically separated sections 
of the refuge, and include one of Oahu's last remaining intact 
native coastal habitats, while providing flood control for 
neighboring communities. The Committee expects the Service to 
provide funding for this expansion should it be authorized.
    Within funds provided for the Silvio Conte NWR, not less 
than $500,000 is for the Pondicherry Division.
    Within funds provided for Acquisition management $500,000 
is for an environmental impact statement [EIS] of the proposed 
Yukon Flats land exchange between Doyon Ltd. and the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service.

                      LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $21,694,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      40,000,000
House allowance.........................................      23,700,000
Committee recommendation................................      25,000,000

    The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for the Landowner 
Incentive Program, an increase of $3,306,000 above the enacted 
level, a decrease of $15,000,000 below the budget request, and 
$1,300,000 above the House recommendation.

                       PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $6,903,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      10,000,000
House allowance.........................................       7,386,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,500,000

    The Committee recommends $7,500,000 for stewardship grants, 
an increase of $597,000 above the enacted level, $2,500,000 
below the budget request, and $114,000 above the House 
recommendation. Stewardship grants are competitive awards made 
directly to individuals and groups involved in endangered 
species recovery efforts on private lands.

            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $80,462,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      80,000,000
House allowance.........................................      84,400,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,000,000

    The Committee recommends $80,000,000 for the cooperative 
endangered species conservation fund, of which $2,518,000 is 
for administration and $45,653,000 is for habitat conservation 
plan land acquisition. The amount provided is $462,000 below 
the enacted level, the same as the budget request and 
$4,400,000 below the House recommendation.

                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $14,214,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      14,414,000
House allowance.........................................      14,414,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,414,000

    The Committee recommends $14,414,000 for the national 
wildlife refuge fund, which is $200,000 above the enacted 
level, and the same as the budget request and the House 
recommended level.

               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $37,472,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      49,949,000
House allowance.........................................      40,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,500,000

    The Committee recommends $39,500,000 for the North American 
wetlands conservation fund, an increase of $2,028,000 above the 
enacted level, a reduction of $10,449,000 below the budget 
request, and $500,000 below the House recommended level.

                NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $3,944,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................................
House allowance.........................................       4,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,000,000

    The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for neotropical 
migratory bird conservation which is $56,000 above the enacted 
level and equal to the House recommended level. Funding for 
this program was proposed in the budget request within the 
Multinational Species Conservation Fund account.

                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $5,719,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       8,300,000
House allowance.........................................       5,900,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,500,000 for 
the multinational species conservation fund which is $781,000 
above the enacted level, $1,800,000 below the budget request 
and $600,000 above the House recommended level. The funds for 
neotropical migratory birds have been provided under a separate 
heading. The rhino and tiger conservation fund shall receive 
$1,600,000, and the remaining funds shall each receive 
$1,400,000. The marine turtles program shall receive $700,000.

                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $69,028,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      74,000,000
House allowance.........................................      65,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      72,000,000

    The Committee recommends $72,000,000 for State and tribal 
wildlife grants which is $2,972,000 above the enacted level, 
$2,000,000 below the budget request, and $7,000,000 above the 
House recommendation. Of the recommended amount, $6,000,000 is 
provided for tribal grants.

                         National Park Service

    Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, 
the national park system has grown to encompass 388 sites 
spanning more than 84,000,000 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, 2005....................................  $1,683,564,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   1,734,053,000
House allowance.........................................   1,754,199,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,748,486,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The operation of the national park system account is the 
primary source of funding for the national parks, and supports 
the activities, programs and services essential to their day-
to-day operations. It includes base funding for individual park 
units, as well as pooled funding administered at the national 
or regional level for training; repair, preservation and 
rehabilitation of facilities and resources; information 
technology; and a variety of other purposes.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $1,748,486,000 for operation of 
the national park system, an increase of $64,922,000 over the 
fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $14,433,000 over 
the budget request, and a decrease of $5,713,000 below the 
House recommended funding level.
    The amount provided includes an increase over the budget 
request of $20,000,000 for recurring park base operating 
budgets. Of the amounts provided in addition to the budget 
request, $500,000 should be allocated to the national trails 
system.
    Resource Stewardship.--The Committee recommends 
$354,841,000 for resource stewardship, an increase of $725,000 
over the budget request. Changes to the budget request include 
increases of $225,000 for the International Center for Science 
and Learning at Mammoth Cave NP, $1,000,000 air tour 
management, and $500,000 for vanishing treasures, and a 
decrease of $1,000,000 for inventory and monitoring.
    The Committee understands that the Service intends to 
conduct a history study to improve interpretation of Civil War 
homefront themes at Marsh Billings Rockefeller NHP.
    Visitor Services.--The Committee recommends $346,181,000 
for visitor services, the same as the budget request.
    The Committee is aware of the major celebrations planned in 
October 2006 for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of 
Yorktown, representing the end of the American Revolution, and 
throughout 2007 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 
founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement 
in America. The Committee encourages the Service to increase 
staffing as appropriate to strengthen law enforcement and 
visitor interpretation services to meet the needs of the 
expected increase in visitation during this time.
    Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $595,186,000 for 
maintenance, a decrease of $400,000 below the budget request 
for the repair and restoration of historic buildings. The 
amount provided for the repair and restoration of historic 
buildings represents a $3,000,000 increase over the enacted 
level.
    Within the amounts provided, $640,000 is for restriping and 
sealing of portions of the Natchez Trace Parkway in 
Mississippi. The Committee further understands that restoring 
maintenance services at Natchez Trace Parkway is a high 
regional priority.
    The Committee understands that the Service intends to 
conduct an historic structures report on Civilian Conservation 
Corps cabins and structures within Buffalo National River.
    Park Support.--The Committee recommends $301,721,000 for 
park support, a decrease of $5,892,000 below the budget 
request. Changes to the request include an increase of $250,000 
for partnership wild and scenic rivers, and decreases of 
$400,000 for Jamestown 2007, $61,000 for FOCUS, $310,000 for 
partnership oversight, and $5,371,000 for resource restoration 
challenge cost share. Funding for Jamestown 2007 is provided in 
the National Recreation and Preservation account.
    The Committee continues to expect the Service to allocate 
one third of the amount provided for the traditional challenge 
cost share program to the National Trails System.
    The amount provided includes the $1,000,000 requested for 
the Service to implement training and data conversion for the 
Federal Budget Management System, but the Committee is not 
impressed by the presentation of this item in the budget 
justification as an ``uncontrollable'' change. This is a 
program increase and should have been displayed as such. The 
Committee also notes that at least $2,138,000 of the amounts 
requested for various IT-related activities are presented as 
non-recurring, and expects that corresponding reductions will 
be displayed in the fiscal year 2007 justification.
    External Administrative Costs.--The Committee recommends 
$130,557,000 for external administrative costs, the same as the 
budget request.
    Other.--The Committee notes that the park area budget 
presentation indicates that the distribution of the $12,600,000 
increase for visitor services provided by Congress in fiscal 
year 2005 is to be non-recurring at the parks to which it was 
allocated. This is not what the Committee intended and is not 
consistent with the park-specific justifications provided for 
these increases. The Committee provided these funds in response 
to widespread concerns that park managers had been forced to 
reduce visitor facility hours of operation and other recurring 
visitor services due to the absorption of pay and other fixed 
costs in their base budgets. In many cases, treating these 
funds as non-recurring does not allow parks to use them as the 
Committee intended.
    The National Park Service budget has numerous programs that 
exist to meet non-recurring park needs for maintenance, and 
natural and cultural resource management. The budget also 
regularly proposes specific funding in the park base for one-
time or isolated events such as the presidential inaugural, and 
subsequent budget justifications then reflect the proposed 
reduction of these funds when the program is complete. If, 
however, there is a need to create a new fund source to meet an 
unfunded non-recurring park requirement, then the 
administration should request this in a future budget. But in 
this case the funds provided were clearly intended to be part 
of the parks' permanent base budgets, and the Committee expects 
them to be treated as such.
    The Committee does not recommend continuation of language 
carried in previous appropriations acts regarding the inclusion 
of 18 U.S.C. 1913 in the text of National Park Service grants 
or contracts. Removal of this requirement should not be 
construed as either a recommendation for change in National 
Park Service procedures, or any lessening of the Committee's 
interest in seeing that the anti-lobbying provisions of 18 
U.S.C. 1913 and section 402 of this Act are followed in both 
letter and spirit.

                       UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $80,076,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      80,411,000
House allowance.........................................      82,411,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,411,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The United States Park Police is a full-time, full-service 
uniformed law enforcement entity of the National Park Service 
that operates primarily in the Washington, DC, area, the New 
York City metropolitan area, and San Francisco. Its primary 
functions are the protection of icon parks and their visitors, 
patrol of the National Mall and adjacent parks, special events 
and crowd management, criminal investigations, and traffic 
control and parkway patrol.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $80,411,000 for the United States 
Park Police, an increase of $335,000 over the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, the same as the budget request, and $2,000,000 
below the House recommended funding level.

                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $60,973,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      36,777,000
House allowance.........................................      48,997,000
Committee recommendation................................      56,729,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The national recreation and preservation appropriation 
funds a variety of authorized programs that are associated with 
local community efforts to preserve natural and cultural 
resources.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $56,729,000 for national 
recreation and preservation, a decrease of $4,244,000 from the 
fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $19,952,000 over 
the budget request, and an increase of $7,732,000 over the 
House recommended funding level.
    Recreation Programs.--The Committee recommends $554,000 for 
recreation programs, the same as the budget request.
    Natural Programs.--The Committee recommends $10,045,000 for 
natural programs, an increase of $500,000 over the budget 
request. The increase provided is for the rivers and trails 
conservation assistance program.
    Cultural Programs.--The Committee recommends $20,403,000 
for cultural programs, an increase of $2,681,000 over the 
budget request. The amount provided includes increases of 
$1,931,000 for the National Center for Preservation Technology 
and $750,000 for the National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom program. Further discussion of National Park Service 
training facility needs is contained in the construction 
portion of this report.
    International Park Affairs.--The Committee recommends 
$1,618,000 for international park affairs, the same as the 
budget request.
    Environmental and Compliance Review.--The Committee 
recommends $399,000 for environmental compliance and review, 
the same as the budget request.
    Grant Administration.--The Committee recommends $1,913,000 
for grant administration, the same as the budget request.
    Heritage Partnership Programs.--The Committee recommends 
$13,572,000 for heritage partnership programs, an increase of 
$8,546,000 over the budget request. The Committee recommends 
the following distribution of funds:

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                         Project                          recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership.............             750
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area....................             400
Automobile National Heritage Area.......................             500
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.......................             500
Cane River National Heritage Area.......................             800
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor..........             800
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor................             700
Essex National Heritage Area............................             800
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area..............             400
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage             800
 Corridor...............................................
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area................             550
Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area...........             500
National Aviation Heritage Area.........................             100
National Coal Heritage Area.............................             100
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor..........             800
Oil Region National Heritage Area.......................             100
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage              750
 Corridor...............................................
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area..................             800
Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Center.........             400
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic                     500
 District...............................................
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor...............             800
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area.......................             400
Wheeling National Heritage Area.........................             800
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area....................             400
                                                         ---------------
      Subtotal, Commissions & Grants....................          13,450
                                                         ---------------
Technical Support.......................................             122
                                                         ---------------
      TOTAL, Heritage Partnership Pgms..................          13,572
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee remains concerned about the potential growth 
in the number of authorized heritage areas given ongoing fiscal 
limitations and inconstant administration support for the 
program. Three new heritage areas were authorized in the 108th 
Congress, and proposals to create dozens more are under active 
discussion. Continued growth in the number of areas will 
inevitably lead to the dilution of available funding and could 
potentially diminish program effectiveness. The Committee is 
aware that the relevant authorizing committees have spent 
considerable time debating the future of the heritage area 
program, and that the National Park Service Advisory Board is 
also conducting a review. The Committee hopes that all 
stakeholders will work to produce a coherent vision for 
heritage programs that encompasses not only the heritage 
partnership program but also other existing and proposed 
programs related to heritage tourism.
    Statutory or Contractual Aid.--The Committee recommends 
$8,225,000 for statutory or contractual aid, as opposed to zero 
funding as proposed in the budget request. The distribution of 
funds is shown in the table below.

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statutory or Contractual Aid:
    Brown Foundation.......................................          250
    Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails...............        2,000
    Crossroads of the West Historic District...............          750
    Delta Interpretive Center..............................        1,000
    Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, and No. Plains Foundations....          625
    Harper's Ferry NHP (Niagra Movement)...................          300
    Ice Age National Scientific Reserve....................          700
    International Peace Gardens............................          200
    Jamestown 2007.........................................          400
    Lamprey River..........................................          750
    Native Hawaiian culture & arts program.................          750
    Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission (Contraband               500
     Comp).................................................
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual Aid...............        8,225
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Neither the budget request nor the House bill include 
funding for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails 
program authorized in Public Law 105-312. The House Committee 
report also describes ``problems'' with program management that 
were identified in a routine oversight review performed by the 
Surveys and Investigations staff of the House Committee. This 
Committee would welcome the opportunity to review these 
findings and discuss them with program managers and 
stakeholders, but understands that the findings of the 
oversight team are unpublished and generally unavailable to 
stakeholders or the public for review or comment. The Committee 
sees little redeeming value in this Star Chamber approach to 
oversight, and recommends an appropriation of $2,000,000 for 
continued program activities. The Committee urges the National 
Park Service to implement its action plan for the Chesapeake 
Bay Gateways and Water Trails program, and to work openly with 
Congress, the Department, stakeholder groups and others to 
ensure that the program is managed in a way that meets its 
statutory goals in the most efficient manner possible.

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $71,739,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      66,205,000
House allowance.........................................      72,705,000
Committee recommendation................................      72,500,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Historic Preservation Fund was established in the 
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to provide grant 
assistance to States, territories, and tribes to aid in the 
preservation of historical sites and cultural heritage. A 
portion of these funds are used by State Historic Preservation 
Offices to operate national programs such as the National 
Register of Historic Places and the Section 106 review process, 
as well as to provide technical assistance and to make matching 
grants to local communities for preservation projects. This 
appropriation has also supported a variety of targeted programs 
at the national level designed to achieve historic preservation 
goals.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $72,500,000 for the historic 
preservation fund, an increase of $761,000 over the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level, an increase of $6,295,000 over the budget 
request, and a decrease of $205,000 below the House recommended 
funding level.
    The amount provided includes increases over the budget 
request of $3,000,000 for grants-in-aid to States, $795,000 for 
grants-in-aid to tribes and $15,000,000 for Save America's 
Treasures. There is a decrease of $12,500,000 for Preserve 
America, but the Committee has included language in the bill 
allowing the Service to award not to exceed $7,500,000 in Save 
America's Treasures funds for Preserve America pilot grants. 
The Committee notes that Congress this year is expected to 
consider legislation to reauthorize the National Historic 
Preservation Act, and that consideration of both the Preserve 
America and Save America's Treasures programs in that context 
may have merit.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................    $352,982,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     307,362,000
House allowance.........................................     291,230,000
Committee recommendation................................     299,201,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The construction appropriation supports the following 
principal activities: the construction and rehabilitation of 
historic buildings and structures, the construction and 
rehabilitation of public use facilities and utility systems, 
the purchase of equipment, and the preparation of construction 
and general management plans.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $299,201,000 for construction, a 
decrease of $2,979,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level 
(excluding emergencies), a decrease of $8,161,000 below the 
budget request, and an increase of $7,971,000 above the House 
recommended funding level. The Committee recommends the 
following distribution of funds:

                   NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
 State                      Project                       recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    IL Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and                  1,000
        Museum
    MA Amistad NRA (upgrade water and wastewater                 1,003
        systems at Diablo East)
    VA Blue Ridge Parkway (replace Otter Creek Bridge              804
        and campground services)
    MA Boston Harbor Islands NRA (construct floating               832
        docks)
    MA Boston Harbor Islands NRA (Harbor Park                      554
        pavilion construction)
    MA Boston NHP (Bldg. 5)                                      3,082
    NM Chaco Culture NHP (replace and upgrade                    4,238
        curation facilities w/UNM)
    MD Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP (rehab Great                1,847
        Falls visitor center and facilities)
    NJ Delaware Water Gap NRA (replace Depew                     2,871
        recreation site)
    FL Dry Tortugas NP (preserve Fort Jackson)                   6,618
    FL Everglades NP (modified water delivery system)           25,000
    NY Fire Island NS (West Entrance Ranger Station                764
        and construct restrooms)
    KS Fort Larned NHS (North Officers' Quarters)                1,159
    MD Fort Washington Park (stabilization)                      2,876
    VA George Washington Memorial Parkway (rehab                 1,251
        Arlington House)
    MT Glacier NP (remove hazmat and correct fire                  758
        egress at Many Glacier hotel)
    MN Grand Portage NM (establish heritage center)              4,000
    FL Gulf Islands NS (rehab Fort Pickens water                   971
        system)
    WV Harpers Ferry NHP (rehab Jackson House, School            1,350
        House Ridge trails and waysides, Armory)
    NE Homestead NM (heritage museum and education               3,690
        center)
    OH Hopewell Culture NHP (salvage archaeological                389
        resources threatened by erosion)
    AR Hot Springs NP (rehab bathhouses)                         6,059
    PA Independence NHP (Mall landscaping/                       2,000
        infrastructure)
    PA Independence NHP (rehab Deschler-Morris-                  3,932
        Bringhurst House utilities and exhibits)
    RI John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC                  750
    HI Kalaupapa NHP (replace non-compliant                      3,779
        cesspools)
    AK Kenai Fjords NP (multi-agency center)                       495
    MI Keweenaw NHP (Calumet & Hecla Bldg. rehab,                1,650
        Phase II)
    AR Little Rock Central High School NHS (complete             5,100
        visitor center)
    MO Mark Twain Boyhood Home NHL (restoration)                   500
    WA Mount Rainier NP (replace Jackson Visitor                14,307
        Center and rehab parking areas)
    WA Mount Rainier NP (rehab structural components             7,900
        of Paradise Inn and Annex)
    WV New River Gorge NR (various)                              1,509
    WA Olympic NP (Elwha River ecosystem)                        5,000
    CA Pinnacles NM (relocate and replace maintenance            4,794
        and visitor facilities)
    CA Redwood NP (protect park resources by removing            2,169
        failing roads)
    CA San Francisco Maritime NHP (repair Sala Burton            4,350
        Maritime Museum Bldg.)
    MA Saugus Iron Works NHS (rehab resources for                1,334
        accessibility and safety)
    VA Shenandoah NP (rehab and remodel Panorama                 4,835
        facility as visitor/learning center)
    MS Shiloh NMP (Corinth intepretive film)                     1,000
    NJ Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island NMs (rehab                 8,452
        Ellis Island seawall)
    AL Tuskegee Airmen NHS (preserve and rehab Moton             6,767
        Airfield site)
    HI USS Arizona Memorial (replace failing visitor             1,690
        center)
    UT Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act               5,000
    PA Valley Forge NHP (George Washington's                     2,326
        headquarters)
    AK Western Arctic National Parklands (NW Alaska             12,733
        Heritage Center and admin. facilities)
    DC White House (structural and utility rehab)                6,523
    SD Wind Cave NP (replace failing wastewater                  4,928
        treatment facility)
    WY Yellowstone NP (Madison Wastewater Facilities)            4,114
    WY Yellowstone NP (Old Faithful Inn)                        11,118
    WY Yellowstone NP (replace Old Faithful Visitor             11,175
        Center)
    CA Yosemite NP (replace hazardous gas                        2,176
        disinfection system at El Portal wastewater
        plant)
                                                      ------------------
           Subtotal, Line Item Construction                    213,522
                                                      ==================

       Emergency and Unscheduled Projects                        3,944
       Housing Replacement                                       7,889
       Dam Safety                                                2,662
                                                      ==================
       Equipment Replacement:
           Replacement of park operations equipment             13,387
           Conversion to narrowband radio system                12,527
           Modernization of information mgmt. system               986
                                                      ------------------
             Subtotal, Equipment Replacement                    26,900
                                                      ==================

       Construction Planning                                    19,925
                                                      ==================
       Construction Program Management and
        Operations:
           Associate Director, Professional Services             1,084
           Denver Service Center operations                     16,757
           Regional facility project support                     9,764
                                                      ------------------
             Subtotal, Const. Program Mgmt. & Ops.              27,605
                                                      ==================

       General Management Planning:
           EIS planning and compliance                           4,917
           General management plans                              7,663
           Strategic planning                                      666
           Special resource studies                                508
                                                      ------------------
             Subtotal, General Management Planning              13,754
                                                      ==================
             Subtotal, Other Construction                      102,679
                                                      ==================
       Use of prior year balances                              -17,000
                                                      ==================
             Total, NPS Construction                           299,201
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee is pleased with the progress being made 
towards the completion of the Federal commitments made pursuant 
to the Utah Public Land Artifact Preservation Act. The 
Committee encourages the Service to work closely with the State 
of Utah to expedite this project in a timely manner with regard 
to the site identified at the University of Utah.
    The Committee is troubled by the Service's proposal to fund 
a new Western Preservation Center for Training and Technology 
while terminating the existing National Center for Preservation 
Technology and Training. Budget documents provide little 
explanation for this seemingly incongruous proposal. The 
Committee invites the Service, if desired, to present a 
comprehensive and cohesive plan for NPS training facility needs 
nationwide. Such a plan should address all training facilities 
that are currently operated by the Service, are potentially 
available for Service use, or are proposed to be constructed.
    In the wake of the catastrophic floods of 1997 that 
decimated parts of Yosemite National Park, Congress provided 
more than $186,000,000 in emergency funding to repair roads, 
trails, structures and utilities, and to relocate certain 
facilities to locations more appropriate for Park purposes. Due 
in large part to extensive litigation over various aspects of 
the restoration, more than $80,000,000 of the amount provided 
remained unobligated as of the end of calendar year 2004. The 
most recent quarterly report provided to the Committee 
indicates that significant additional project completions will 
occur in 2005 and 2006. Presumably a significant amount of the 
remaining funds will be obligated on these projects. As such, 
the Committee requests that the Service include in its coming 
quarterly reports a more thorough discussion of the closeout of 
the Yosemite recovery effort. The Committee is particularly 
interested in knowing what portion of the remaining funds will 
be required to complete planned recovery activities, whether 
additional funds are expected to be required, and what funding 
sources are contemplated to provide any such additional 
funding. The Committee has found the Service's quarterly 
reports to be helpful, and believes this additional information 
will be useful as the project moves forward.
    Of the funds provided for New River Gorge NSR, $940,000 is 
for boundary surveys, stabilization and HVAC work, $231,000 is 
for design of the restoration of the Cliffside Amphitheater, 
$125,000 is for the New River Parkway Authority, and $213,000 
is for design for the stabilization of the Nutall Mine Complex.
    The Committee has included additional funds for general 
management planning for the El Camino Real de los Tejas. The 
Committee also strongly encourages the National Park Service to 
complete the management plan for the Cedar Creek and Belle 
Grove National Historical Park no later than September 1, 2007.
    The Committee understands that in fiscal year 2006 the 
Service will initiate construction planning for repair of 
scenic overlooks at Shenandoah NP.
    No funds have been provided for the Safety Interoperable 
Communications Program [SAFECOM].
    The West Yellowstone Solid Waste Composting Facility was 
developed by Yellowstone National Park and other regional 
stakeholders to reduce both the volume and cost of solid waste 
transportation and disposal from the Park and surrounding area. 
Regrettably, problems with process design and waste 
characteristics have left the facility operating at well below 
design capacity. The Park is now the only user of the facility, 
and the diminished capacity has both jeopardized project 
financing and put unexpected pressure on the Park's operating 
budget. Given the Service's prominent role in the development, 
design and ultimate use of the composting facility, the 
Committee believes it appropriate that the Service bear a large 
portion of the responsibility for fixing the problem. While 
process improvements have been implemented and may help at the 
margins, it appears that buying down the project debt is the 
only sensible solution. The Committee expects the Service to 
identify and make available promptly the funding required to 
implement such a solution.
    Language has been included in the bill relating to funds 
provided for construction projects at Mount Rainier National 
Park.

                    LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND


                              (RESCISSION)

Appropriations, 2005....................................    -$30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     -30,000,000
House allowance.........................................     -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 2005.

                 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $146,349,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      54,467,000
House allowance.........................................       9,421,000
Committee recommendation................................      86,005,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The land acquisition and State assistance appropriation 
supports the acquisition of lands and interests in lands to 
preserve historical and natural sites, primarily for inclusion 
in the national park system. This account also provides funding 
for the State Assistance program (``Stateside''), which was 
authorized in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to 
support recreation development and recreation-related land 
acquisition by State and local governments.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $86,005,000 for land acquisition 
and State assistance, a decrease of $60,344,000 from the 
enacted level, an increase of $31,538,000 over the budget 
request and $76,584,000 over the House recommendation.
    The following table shows the Committee recommendation:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
State                       Project                       recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   TXBig Thicket National Preserve                          $3,600,000
   DCCarter G. Woodson NHS                                   1,000,000
   TNChickamauga-Chattanooga NMP                             1,800,000
     Civil War Battlefields (multi-state)                    4,000,000
   PAFlight 93 National Memorial                             4,281,000
   WVGauley River NRA                                        1,500,000
   CAGolden Gate NRA                                           525,000
   HIHaleakala NP                                            4,050,000
   WVHarpers Ferry NHP                                       2,000,000
   WIIce Age NST                                             1,000,000
   ORLewis and Clark NHP                                     1,600,000
   WVNew River Gorge NR                                      2,000,000
   CAPinnacles National Monument                             3,000,000
   VAShenandoah Valley Battlefields NHD                      1,000,000
   MISleeping Bear Dunes NL                                  5,300,000
   MOWilson's Creek NB                                       1,200,000
   AKWrangell-St. Elias NP                                   1,900,000
                                                       -----------------
           SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS                     39,756,000
                                                       =================
     Emergencies/Hardships                                   3,000,000
     Inholdings/Exchanges/Wilderness                         3,500,000
     Acquisition management                                  9,749,000
                                                       -----------------
           SUBTOTAL, NPS FEDERAL LAND ACQ.                  56,005,000
                                                       =================
     State assistance grants                                30,000,000
                                                       -----------------
           TOTAL, NPS LASA                                  86,005,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee understands that the town of Blowing Rock, NC 
and the Blue Ridge Parkway have agreed to a mutually beneficial 
land exchange. Within funds provided, the Service is directed 
to perform the necessary environmental impact statement to 
complete this exchange.
    The Committee has provided additional funds for the 
Shenadoah Valley Battlefield National Historic District. The 
Committee expects the Service to recognize the value of 
conservation easements as a cost effective conservation method 
to protect battlefield lands within the District, and utilize 
easements to the greatest extent possible.
    The Committee is aware of opportunities to preserve Civil 
War battlefields at Pilot Knob, MO and Lone Jack, MO and 
encourages the Service to consider allocating preservation 
funds for these sites to the extent that applicants meet the 
established criteria for the civil war battlefield preservation 
program.
    The Committee is aware of an ongoing land acquisition 
project at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in 
Kentucky and provided funds in fiscal year 2005 for this 
effort. The Committee remains very supportive for this project 
and hopes that the National Park Service will continue to 
acquire available property from willing sellers.

                          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 200 
agencies of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; the 
academic community; non-governmental organizations; and the 
private sector.

                 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................    $944,564,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     933,515,000
House allowance.........................................     974,586,000
Committee recommendation................................     963,057,000

    The Committee recommends $963,057,000 for surveys, 
investigations and research activities of the U.S. Geological 
Survey, an amount that is $27,593,000 above the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), 
$29,542,000 above the budget request and a reduction of 
$11,529,000 from the House allowance. The table at the back of 
the report displays the proposed allocation of funding among 
the Survey's various activities.
    Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Investigations.--
The Committee recommends $127,203,000 for mapping, remote 
sensing, and geographic investigations, a decrease of 
$6,250,000 from the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include reductions of $250,000 for a new science impact 
proposal and $6,000,000 for additional support of Landsat 7 
satellite operations.
    In agreement with the budget request, the Committee has 
included $7,450,000 for development of the Landsat Data 
Continuity Mission and commends the Department of the Interior 
and the Survey for working with their Federal partners to 
develop a plan for future operations. The Committee is less 
enthusiastic, however, about the Department's proposal for the 
continuation of Landsat 7 operations in the foreseeable future. 
In essence, the proposal put before the Committee is no 
different than previous recommendations, all of which amount to 
a subsidy of current operations. The Committee had cautioned 
the Department and the Survey to look for savings, both within 
the mapping program and throughout the Survey and, further, 
urged the Survey to reexamine its priorities in order to 
dedicate funds to the most significant core activities. Travel 
and buyout savings were both areas previously identified by the 
Committee as potential sources for additional funds--but none 
of these funds appear to be redirected to the data center's 
operations. In last year's Senate report, this Committee 
directed the Survey to provide quarterly reports for the 
Landsat program that would display operational costs, revenue 
and any required supplemental funding. To date, none has been 
received. Between now and the time the 2006 Interior bill is 
conferenced, the Committee expects the Survey and Department to 
provide far greater detail and further explanation of this 
proposal before it will give this request further 
consideration.
    Geology.--The Committee recommends $237,202,000 for the 
geology program, an increase of $29,066,000 above the budget 
request. Changes to the budget request include increases of 
$1,000,000 above projected base funding for the Alaska Volcano 
Observatory to purchase, install and operate volcano monitoring 
equipment in Shemya, Alaska; $26,478,000 to restore the mineral 
resources research and assessment program; $2,000,000 to 
restore the minerals information data collection and analysis 
program; and $500,000 for the gas hydrates research program in 
Alaska. A decrease of $912,000 from the budget request has been 
assumed for the proposed expansion of Puget Sound ecosystem 
studies.
    The Committee is dismayed that the proposal to discontinue 
much of the mineral resources activity has again resurfaced in 
the fiscal 2006 budget request. The Survey has made this 
recommendation during previous budget cycles and each time it 
has been rejected by both the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. No factual evidence has been supplied to 
indicate that the private sector could or should absorb this 
program's domestic and international responsibilities. The 
United States is the world's largest user of mineral 
commodities and, as developing nations become increasingly 
industrialized, the demand and competition for these resources 
will increase significantly. With no other agency providing the 
data and analysis in this area of critical importance to our 
national security, it would seem irresponsible to decrease or 
eliminate funding for what clearly would appear to be an 
inherently Federal responsibility.
    Following a 2003 review of the mineral resources program by 
the National Research Council, its recommendation to develop an 
external grants program was implemented by the Survey with 
$200,000 in base funding. In the coming fiscal year, the 
Committee expects the Survey to dedicate $1,000,000 of its base 
funds to this program and explore further the ways in which 
other Council recommendations, such as the establishment of 
outside advisory committee of the Council, can be achieved.
    Within the coastal and marine geology program, the 
Committee encourages the Survey to continue its significant 
research investment in the southern Louisiana area in support 
of both State and Federal agency coastal restoration planning 
efforts. In addition to collaborative efforts with partners 
such as the University of New Orleans and the Long-Term Estuary 
Assessment Group, the Committee expects the Survey to work with 
the Lake Pontchartrain Stakeholders Conference to identify 
priority projects in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.
    Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends 
$214,751,000 for water resources investigations, an increase of 
$10,580,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget 
request include increases of $500,000 to support development of 
a Memphis aquifer study [MATRAS]; $230,000 to support an Ozark 
aquifer study; $1,500,000 to continue the Roubidoux acquifer 
study in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma; 
$450,000 to continue support for a well monitoring project in 
Hawaii; $900,000 to continue the Tongue River coalbed methane 
study; $900,000 for the San Francisco South Bay Salt Ponds 
restoration project; and $6,500,000 to restore the water 
resources research institutes program, which was proposed to be 
eliminated. A reduction of $400,000 from the budget request has 
been made for a proposed multi-state water availability study. 
With respect to the increase provided for San Francisco South 
Bay Salt Ponds water monitoring, the Committee has been made 
aware recently that these additional funds are critical in the 
coming fiscal year to replace a loss of financial support from 
non-Federal partners that would cripple ongoing multi-agency 
cooperative efforts in the area. The Committee expects that 
this requirement will be reflected in the Survey's fiscal year 
2007 budget submission.
    The Committee notes that monitoring and research assessment 
activities at Lake Champlain are proposed to be funded at 
$190,000 in fiscal year 2006. The Committee expects the Survey 
to provide an additional amount of up to $295,000 from within 
base funds to continue that program at no less than the current 
level in the coming fiscal year. The Committee further expects 
that the full requirement for this program will be included in 
future budget submissions, thereby eliminating the need for an 
annual adjustment.
    Biological Research.--The Committee recommends $174,280,000 
for the biological research program, an increase of $1,355,000 
above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include 
increases of $400,000 to complete a bear DNA sampling study; 
$500,000 to continue research on the pallid sturgeon; 
$1,000,000 to continue molecular biology and water studies at 
the Leetown Science Center; $400,000 to continue studies on the 
impact of lead mining in the Mark Twain National Forest; 
$200,000 to continue diamondback terrapin research in the 
Chesapeake Bay; and $55,000 to restore base funding for the 
cooperative research units that was proposed to be redirected 
to other activities. Decreases from the budget request include 
$750,000 for expansion of activities at the Glen Canyon Dam and 
$450,000 for additional DOI science programs. Within the 
amounts provided for biological monitoring, the Committee 
expects collaborative invasive species work with Mississippi 
State University to be continued at a level of $1,000,000.
    The Committee remains concerned that despite the 
significant amount of time and effort that has been dedicated 
to producing a report on future direction for the National 
Biological Information Infrastructure, no clearly coordinated 
budgetary and programmatic plan has emerged for its expansion. 
The Committee expects that any additional future funding for 
the program will be requested by the Survey in some sort of 
priority order that allows the Committee to consider these 
proposals within the overall context of the Survey's other 
programs.
    The National Wildlife Health Center's Diagnostic 
Microbiology Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin routinely tests 
for the presence of botulism as a possible cause of death in 
wildlife. It conducts about 250 botulism tests annually by 
infecting live mice as a means of determining the presence of 
toxins, which takes a long time to determine results. A modern 
test is needed that would be prompt and more effective, yet 
reduce the cost of testing. The Committee recommends that the 
U.S. Geological Survey evaluate during fiscal year 2006 a 
modern diagnostic botulism test for the Diagnostic Microbiology 
Laboratory that does not require the use of live animals, using 
fluorescence resonance energy transfer technology developed in 
conjunction with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
    Enterprise Information.--The Committee recommends 
$47,087,000 for enterprise information activities, a reduction 
of $680,000 from the budget request. The Committee does not 
agree to the transfer of $680,000 from the Survey's programs to 
support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster 
management e-gov initiative as proposed in the budget request.
    In agreement with the budget request, the Committee has 
included $1,059,000 for a continuing program of certification 
and accreditation to ensure the security and integrity of USGS 
information systems. To the fullest extent possible, funds 
appropriated to the Survey for the purposes of certification 
and accreditation should be used to conduct risk assessments 
and remediation of USGS information systems for the further 
improvement of the USGS security infrastructure and the 
strengthening of the USGS operational security posture.
    Also in agreement with the budget request, the Committee 
has provided an additional $1,235,000 for the Department's 
Enterprise Services Network [ESN]. The Committee is concerned, 
however, that the security of the ESN could be compromised if 
the computer systems that house DOI Indian Trust and Non-Trust 
information are not sufficiently segmented. The Committee 
expects the DOI to design and implement the ESN in such a way 
that there is both a logical and physical separation between 
the Trust system and the non-trust USGS systems.
    Science Support.--The Committee recommends $66,337,000 for 
science support, a decrease of $6,000,000 from the budget 
request. The Committee does not agree to the proposed 
$6,000,000 increase to reimburse programs that potentially may 
be reduced in the current fiscal year in order to provide 
additional operating funds for Landsat 7. This issue is 
discussed in greater length within the context of the mapping 
program section above. The Committee notes that it has not yet 
received a reprogramming request for the funds that are 
proposed to be redirected in fiscal year 2005.
    Facilities.--The Committee recommends $96,197,000 for 
facilities programs, an increase of $1,471,000 above the budget 
request. This increase restores funds for a number of 
facilities through the Nation that were slated for closure in 
conjunction with proposed reductions to the mineral resources 
program. That program proposal has been rejected by the 
Committee for the reasons articulated in the geology section 
above.
    The Committee remains concerned about reported poor and 
unsafe conditions in the research facilities and office 
buildings at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Patuxent 
Research Refuge. In the conference report to accompany the 
fiscal 2004 Interior Appropriations bill (H. Rept. 108-330) and 
in the Senate report to accompany the fiscal 2005 bill (S. 
Rept. 108-341), the Committee underscored its expectation that 
the Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey 
develop a plan and budget for the rehabilitation or replacement 
of facilities and resolve any jurisdictional issues between the 
agencies. To date, the Department has not submitted such a plan 
or budget and the Committee understands that there has been no 
final resolution of the jurisdictional issues. The Committee 
expects the Secretary of the Interior to complete a facilities 
and budget plan by not later than March 1, 2006, which 
identifies the priorities, schedule, funding requirements, 
phasing options and agencies responsible for the repair, 
rehabilitation or replacement of facilities, buildings and 
associated infrastructure at the Center and Refuge.

                      Minerals Management Service

    The Minerals Management Service oversees 1.76 billion acres 
of the Outer Continental Shelf, 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 23 percent of natural 
gas produced domestically, and sand used for coastal 
restoration. The MMS also collects, accounts for, and disburses 
mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands, with 
fiscal year 2004 disbursements of approximately $8,000,000,000 
and more than $143,000,000,000 since 1982.

                ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $166,820,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     160,416,000
House allowance.........................................     152,676,000
Committee recommendation................................     152,516,000

    The Committee recommends $152,516,000 for royalty and 
offshore minerals management, which is a decrease of 
$14,304,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
$7,900,000 below the budget request, and $160,000 below the 
House recommended funding level. 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outer Continental Shelf lands................................     $148,341,000     $149,241,000        +$900,000
Royalty management...........................................       87,329,000       78,529,000       -8,800,000
General administration.......................................       47,476,000       47,476,000  ...............
Use of receipts..............................................     -122,730,000     -122,730,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........      160,416,000      152,516,000       -7,900,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Within the funds for the leasing and environmental program 
in the Outer Continental Shelf lands activity, the Committee 
has provided $150,000 for the Alaska Whaling Commission to 
ensure that proposed OCS sales in Alaska properly consider the 
impacts of offshore drilling on whale migration patterns and 
whaling activities.
    The Committee has provided an increase of $900,000 above 
the budget request for the resource evaluation program in the 
Outer Continental Shelf lands activity. The increase is for the 
Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology to 
support exploration and sustainable development of seabed 
minerals including gas hydrates. Within the funds provided for 
royalty management, the Committee has provided $1,000,000 above 
the request for the State and tribal audit program.
    The Committee has recommended bill language that provides 
permanent authority for the Royalty in Kind program and allows 
the MMS to recover transportation costs, salaries, and other 
administrative costs directly related to the program. 
Accordingly, the $9,800,000 requested for administrative costs 
associated with the filling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
and the RIK program have not been provided.
    The Committee has continued bill language carried in prior 
years prohibiting the use of funds for Outer Continental Shelf 
leasing and development in certain areas. However, the 
Committee notes as it has in prior years that development 
activities outside of areas identified in the agency's 5 year 
OCS development plan are not permitted under law. The current 5 
year plan does not expire until 2007. Accordingly, this 
moratoria language is largely irrelevant during the remaining 
period of the plan.
    Given the uncertainties with projecting offsetting receipts 
1 to 2 years in advance, the Committee has again given the 
Minerals Management Service the authority to utilize receipts 
accruing from rental rates in effect prior to August 5, 1993, 
to augment primary sources of receipts should this be necessary 
to reach the operating levels intended by the Committee.
    The Committee has been notified that the Department intends 
to merge the GovWorks program administrated by the Minerals 
Management Service [MMS] into the National Business Center 
[NBC]. The GovWorks program has long been regarded as one of 
the best managed, innovative and competitive fee-for-service 
organizations in government. The Committee requests that the 
Department conduct a study that includes an assessment of the 
impact this change will have on the ability of MMS to 
accomplish its mission. The Committee expects this study to be 
provided prior to any permanent reorganization.

                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $7,006,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       7,006,000
House allowance.........................................       7,006,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,006,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,006,000 for 
oil spill research, which is equal to the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, the budget request and the House recommended 
funding level.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

    The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
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.
    SMCRA originally authorized the collection of tonnage fees 
on mined coal to support reclamation work through September 30, 
2004. Several short term extensions of this authority have been 
enacted pending congressional action on comprehensive SMCRA 
reauthorization legislation.

                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $108,368,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     110,535,000
House allowance.........................................     110,535,000
Committee recommendation................................     110,535,000

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $110,535,000 for regulation and 
technology, an increase of $2,167,000 over the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level and equal to both the budget request and the 
House recommendation. A comparison of the budget estimate and 
the Committee recommendation is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................         $159,000         $159,000  ...............
Environmental protection.....................................       79,566,000       79,566,000  ...............
Technology development and transfer..........................       15,126,000       15,126,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................          488,000          488,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................       15,096,000       15,096,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, regulation and technology....................      110,435,000      110,435,000  ...............
                                                              ==================================================
Civil penalties..............................................          100,000          100,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, regulation and technology.......................      110,535,000      110,535,000  ...............
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                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

                         (Definite, Trust Fund)

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $188,205,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     246,014,000
House allowance.........................................     188,014,000
Committee recommendation................................     188,014,000

    The Committee recommends $188,014,000 for the abandoned 
mine reclamation fund, which is $191,000 below the enacted 
level, and equal to both the budget request and the House 
recommendation. A comparison of the Committee recommendation 
and the budget estimate is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental restoration....................................     $170,112,000     $170,112,000  ...............
Legislative proposal.........................................       58,000,000  ...............     -$58,000,000
Technology development and transfer..........................        3,922,000        3,922,000  ...............
Financial management.........................................        6,234,000        6,234,000  ...............
Executive direction..........................................        7,746,000        7,746,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      246,014,000      188,014,000      -58,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    In the absence of legislation extending the collection of 
fees under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
[SMCRA], the Committee has not provided funds for the 
administration's proposal to provide additional funds to pay 
down the State share balances in the AML fund of certified 
States.
    Bill Language.--As in prior years, the bill includes 
language related to the conduct of the abandoned mine land 
program. The Committee also has recommended language which 
would fund minimum program State grants at $1,500,000 per 
State, as well as language which provides $10,000,000 to be 
used for projects in the Appalachian clean streams initiative.
    The Committee also has included language specific to the 
State of Maryland authorizing the State to set aside for acid 
mine drainage abatement the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent 
of the total of the grants made available to the State under 
title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, subject to specific provisions identified in the bill 
language.

                             INDIAN AFFAIRS


                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs 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.
    Approximately 40 percent of the BIA budget is used for 
Tribal Priority Allocations funding basic tribal services such 
as social services, adult vocational training, child welfare, 
natural resources management and contract support; 30 percent 
supports Native American education programs; 11 percent is 
dedicated to BIA Administration; and 19 percent supports Other 
Reservation Programs.

                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2005....................................  $1,926,091,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   1,924,230,000
House allowance.........................................   1,992,737,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,971,132,000

    The Committee recommends $1,971,132,000 for the operation 
of Indian programs, an increase of $45,041,000 over the fiscal 
year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $46,902,000 over the 
budget request, and $21,605,000 below the House recommendation. 
The following table provides a comparison of the budget 
estimate and Committee recommendations in the major 
programmatic areas:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM

Tribal Priority Allocations..................................     $760,149,000     $775,407,000     +$15,258,000
Other Recurring Programs.....................................      602,301,000      621,295,000      +18,994,000
Non-Recurring Programs.......................................       65,325,000       70,475,000       +5,150,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Tribal Budget System............................    1,427,775,000    1,467,177,000      +39,402,000
                                                              ==================================================
                        BIA OPERATIONS

Central Office Operations....................................      151,534,000      151,534,000  ...............
Regional Office Operations...................................       41,590,000       41,590,000  ...............
Special Programs and Pooled Overhead.........................      303,331,000      310,831,000       +7,500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, BIA Operations..................................      496,455,000      503,955,000       +7,500,000
                                                              ==================================================
      Total, Operation of Indian Programs....................    1,924,230,000    1,971,132,000      +46,902,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Additional details on the funding for the Bureau's 
Activities are provided in a table in the back of this report.
    The BIA has proposed a new budget structure for fiscal year 
2006. While the aim of the restructuring is reportedly to align 
similar programs, concern has been raised that the new 
structure is less transparent, particularly when tracking 
Tribal Priority Allocations. Furthermore, the Committee is 
unhappy with the level of consultation with tribes prior to the 
circulation of the new budget proposal. If the Bureau wishes to 
propose this restructuring again in fiscal year 2007 the 
Committee expects a higher level of consultation with tribes 
and will not adopt the change without their strong support.
    Tribal Priority Allocation.--The Committee recommends 
$775,407,000 for tribal priority allocations [TPA], an increase 
of $15,258,000 above the budget request and $5,864,000 above 
the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. Increases above the budget 
request include an additional $8,838,000 for Johnson-O'Malley 
grants, and $6,420,000 for welfare assistance.
    The Committee is concerned with the Bureau's proposed bill 
language and subsequent change to the allocation of Contract 
Support Costs that would split $5,000,000 into a separate 
account for Direct Contract Support Costs. Numerous tribes have 
expressed concern that this proposal would reduce flexibility 
in allocating funds to meet current contract costs. The 
Committee is concerned that tribes weren't given adequate 
notice of this change and tribes have expressed frustration in 
the Bureau's unwillingness to consider other options. The 
Bureau is expected to work with tribes to develop an updated 
policy on the payment of Contract Support Costs that is widely 
accepted amongst the tribal community and includes additional 
funding for Direct Costs rather than allocating them from 
within an already anemic budget allocation for Indirect 
Contract Support Costs.
    Other Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends 
$621,295,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of 
$8,376,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and 
$18,994,000 above the budget estimate. Changes to the budget 
estimate include: increases of $12,500,000 for operating grants 
and $500,000 for technical assistance to support Tribally 
Controlled Community Colleges; $210,000 for fish hatchery 
maintenance; and $5,784,000 for the following Tribal 
Management/Development programs: the Alaska Sea Otter 
Commission ($98,000), the Wetlands/Waterfowl Management program 
($600,000), the Upper Columbia United Tribes ($320,000), the 
Bering Sea Fishermen's Association ($790,000), the bison 
program ($3,000,000), Lake Roosevelt Management ($630,000), and 
the Chugach Regional Resources Commission ($346,000).
    Millions of dollars have been invested by the Federal 
Government over the past 40 years to build a nationwide system 
of Bureau of Indian Affairs fish hatcheries to help meet trust 
and treaty obligations to the tribes. The Committee is 
concerned that past Federal infrastructure investment is not 
being properly maintained. Further, new operating requirements 
under the Federal Endangered Species Act are placing increasing 
demands upon these hatcheries. The managers direct the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs to provide the Committee a comprehensive 
report identifying all hatcheries by region, examining the 
hatcheries' value to local recovery efforts, and identifying 
unmet needs and cost for maintenance and rehabilitation. The 
report is expected do be delivered to the Committee on 
Appropriations by February 1, 2006. The Bureau is also 
requested to propose a fiscal year 2007 budget initiative to 
address the inadequate maintenance and rehabilitation plans for 
Bureau and tribal hatcheries.
    Non-Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends 
$70,475,000 for non-recurring programs, a decrease of 
$5,510,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and an 
increase of $5,150,000 above the budget estimate. Increases 
above the budget estimate include $500,000 for continuation of 
the Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation's Native American 
Patient Advocate Program, $750,000 for the rural Alaska fire 
program, $1,500,000 for the Information Technology Resource 
Facility at Salish and Kootenai Tribal College, $400,000 for 
the Alaska Legal Services program, and $2,000,000 to restore 
the administration's reduction to the Water Management and 
Planning program. Within funds provided for Water Management 
and Planning, $200,000 is for the Operation, Maintenance and 
Repair of the Fort Peck Reservation Tribal Water System.
    Central Office Operations.--The Committee recommends 
$151,534,000 for central office operations, an increase of 
$11,513,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request.
    Regional Office Operations.--The Committee recommends 
$41,590,000 for regional office operations, an increase of 
$228,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and fully 
commensurate with the budget estimate.
    Special Programs/Pooled Overhead.--The Committee recommends 
$310,831,000 for special programs/pooled overhead, an increase 
of $24,570,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and 
$7,500,000 above the budget estimate. Increases above the 
budget estimate include the following: $3,500,000 for the 
United Tribes Technical College, $450,000 for the United Sioux 
Tribes Development Corporation, $1,800,000 for the Crownpoint 
Institute of Technology, $1,250,000 for the Western Heritage 
Center's Distance Learning and tribal histories project, 
$400,000 for the Lakota Water Economic Development Expansion, 
and $100,000 for the Rocky Mountain Tribal Educational Symposia 
proposed by the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council. The 
Bureau is expected to work with the Council to support and 
enhance their vision to provide a continuing education program 
for tribal leaders. The Committee applauds the Council's desire 
to strengthen the ties between tribes in the region to work 
together furthering economic development and addressing social 
conditions impacting their members.
    The Committee notes and fully supports the increases of 
$12,202,000 for law enforcement activities, and $1,163,000 for 
postsecondary schools and education scholarships.
    The Committee expects the Secretary to report to Congress 
within 60 days of the enactment of this Act on the status of 
all ongoing litigation, negotiations, and settlements with the 
Samish Indian Nation regarding funding for services and 
programs offered to tribal members. The report should contain a 
synopsis of all past and ongoing litigation and court 
decisions, and a detailed outline of payments and contracts 
disputed by the tribe.

                              CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $319,129,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     232,137,000
House allowance.........................................     284,137,000
Committee recommendation................................     267,137,000

    The Committee recommends $267,137,000 for construction, 
which is $35,000,000 over the budget request. The Committee 
reluctantly notes this amount is significantly below the 
enacted level. While Indian school construction and replacement 
remains a high priority, at the time of the preparation of this 
report the school replacement construction account held 
approximately $200,000,000 in unobligated balances.
    The Committee is disturbed by the decrease in funding for 
school replacement, but compelling needs in other Native 
American programs prevent the Committee from fully replacing 
the budget request's reduction to this account.
    Additions to the budget request include $15,000,000 for 
Replacement School Construction, $10,000,000 for Education 
Facilities Improvement and Repair and $10,000,000 for Indian 
Irrigation Rehabilitation under Resources Management 
Construction.
    The addition of $10,000,000 for Indian Irrigation 
Rehabilitation is separate from the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project, which retains its own construction budget of 
$12,773,000. Within the funds provided for Indian Irrigation 
Rehabilitation, a number of Bureau and tribal projects are in 
desperate need of immediate attention to continue delivering 
water to users. The Bureau is expected to consult with the 
Committee prior to obligating funds and is expected to address 
projects with the greatest need of rehabilitation. Construction 
of new projects or expansion of existing projects is secondary 
to the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and necessary upgrade of 
current irrigation systems. Specific projects to be addressed 
under these guidelines, and to be addressed in the Bureau's 
proposal for the obligation of these funds are; the Fort Yates 
Unit of the Standing Rock Sioux Project, the Blackfeet 
Irrigation Project, the Crow Irrigation project, the Fort 
Belknap Irrigation Project, the Fort Peck Irrigation Project, 
and the Wind River Irrigation Project rehabilitation.

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $44,150,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      24,754,000
House allowance.........................................      34,754,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,754,000

    The Committee recommends $24,754,000 for Indian land and 
water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, 
which is a decrease of $19,396,000 below the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, the same as the budget request, and $10,000,000 
below the House recommended funding level. Funding is provided 
as follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin)......................         $634,000         $634,000  ...............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund..................................          254,000          254,000  ...............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement.........................          144,000          144,000  ...............
Colorado Ute Settlement......................................        8,111,000        8,111,000  ...............
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement..................       10,167,000       10,167,000  ...............
Zuni Water Settlement........................................        5,444,000        5,444,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians...............       24,754,000       24,754,000  ...............
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                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $6,332,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       6,348,000
House allowance.........................................       6,348,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,348,000

    The Committee recommends $6,348,000 for the Indian 
guaranteed loan program, an increase of $16,000 over the fiscal 
year 2005 enacted level and the same as the budget request and 
the House recommended funding level.

                          Departmental Offices


                            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, 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, 2005....................................     $75,581,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      74,263,000
House allowance.........................................      76,563,000
Committee recommendation................................      76,683,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $76,683,000 
which is $1,102,000 above the enacted level, $2,420,000 above 
the budget request, and $120,000 above the House recommended 
funding level. The amounts recommended by the Committee 
compared to the budget estimate are shown in the following 
table:

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                                                                               Committee
                                                        Budget estimate     recommendation          Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Territorial assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs.......................          $6,881,000          $6,881,000  ..................
    Technical assistance............................           8,561,000          10,981,000         +$2,420,000
    Maintenance assistance fund.....................           2,300,000           2,300,000  ..................
    Brown tree snake................................           2,700,000           2,700,000  ..................
    Insular management controls.....................           1,491,000           1,491,000  ..................
    Coral reef initiative...........................                 500                 500  ..................
    Waste and wastewater projects...................           1,000,000           1,000,000  ..................
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, territorial assistance..............          23,433,000          25,853,000          +2,420,000
                                                     ===========================================================
American Samoa: Operations grants...................          23,110,000          23,110,000  ..................
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants...........          27,720,000          27,720,000  ..................
                                                     ===========================================================
      Total, assistance to territories..............          74,263,000          76,683,000          +2,420,000
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    Territorial Assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$25,853,000 for territorial assistance which is $2,420,000 
above the request and $771,000 above the enacted level.
    Within the increase above the request, the Committee has 
provided $320,000 to maintain 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 has also included a $1,000,000 increase above 
the request to continue health care programs under Article II, 
Section 1, of the Agreement between the Government of the 
United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for 
implementation of section 177 of the Compact of Free 
Association. These funds shall first be used to provide primary 
healthcare to members of the Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap and 
Utrik communities who currently reside on Enewetak Atoll, Kili 
Island, Mejetto Island, Rongelap Atoll following resettlement, 
and Utrik Atoll. Such primary medical care shall consist of a 
clinic with at least one doctor and an assistant, and necessary 
supplies and logistical support. If excess funds are available, 
these funds may be used to augment primary healthcare for 
members of these communities who get primary healthcare 
services from the facilities in Ebeye and Majuro.
    The Committee recommends an increase of $300,000 above the 
request to enhance oversight of Compact assistance. The 
recently enacted Compact Amendments Act anticipated regular 
travel by DOI personnel to the two U.S. Embassies, and by staff 
from the Compact Office in Hawaii. However, current staff and 
travel funding levels are inadequate for proper oversight of 
the over $200,000,000 in annual assistance being provided to 
the RMI and FSM under the new, more rigorous, accountability 
provisions of the new Compact. Accordingly, these additional 
funds shall be used for staff and for travel expenses so that 
proper oversight is maintained.
    The Committee strongly supports the efforts for an 
agreement between the pension systems of the Republic of Palau, 
the CNMI, the RMI, and FSM to assume responsibilities for the 
enrollees of the Prior Services Trust Fund. The Committee 
recommends an increase of $800,000 for distribution among the 
pension systems for payments to the enrollees, provided that 
the agreement is fully implemented by each jurisdiction as 
stated in the fiscal year 2005 Interior Appropriations 
conference report. The Committee directs that this funding 
shall be reprogrammed for general technical assistance if there 
is a failure to fully implement the new agreement.
    The Committee is concerned that given the possibility of an 
economic downturn in the CNMI garment industry, additional 
efforts must be focused on the Immigration, Labor, and Law 
Enforcement Initiative. The Committee directs the Office of 
Insular Affairs to describe fully 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.
    American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa 
Construction.--The Committee recommends $23,110,000 for 
operations grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the 
request and $331,000 more than the enacted level.
    CNMI/Covenant Grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000 
for convenant grants as proposed in the request.

                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $5,450,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       4,862,000
House allowance.........................................       5,362,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,862,000

    The Committee recommends $4,862,000 for compact of free 
association, which is $588,000 below the enacted level, equal 
to the budget request, and $500,000 below the House recommended 
funding level. A comparison of the Committee recommendation to 
the budget estimate follows:

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact of free association--Federal services................       $2,862,000       $2,862,000  ...............
Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance.................        2,000,000        2,000,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, compact of free association.....................        4,862,000        4,862,000  ...............
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    Federal Services Assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$2,862,000 for Federal services assistance, equal to the budget 
request and $95,000 below the enacted level.
    Program Grant Assistance.--The Committee recommends 
$2,000,000 for program grant assistance, equal to the budget 
request and the enacted level.

                        Departmental Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................     $98,821,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     120,155,000
House allowance.........................................      97,755,000
Committee recommendation................................      94,627,000

    The Committee recommends $94,627,000 for departmental 
management, a decrease of $4,194,000 below the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, $25,528,000 below the budget request, and 
$3,128,000 below the House recommended funding level. Changes 
from the request include decreases of $501,000 for Take Pride 
in America, $250,000 for performance data contracting, $700,000 
for OLES, $322,000 for IT certification, $200,000 for 
partnership training, and $23,555,000 for the financial and 
business management system. The change to the enacted level 
reflects, in part, transfers into this account of funding for 
the appraisal services directorate. The amount provided for 
appraisal services, which were previously funded in the DOI 
land acquisition accounts, is derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund as the appraisal services directorate largely 
supports the bureaus' land acquisition programs.
    The budget justification describes the Department's long 
term plan to transfer to non-Federal entities the management of 
three museums currently operated by the Indian Arts and Crafts 
Board. The Committee is aware that the Department has only just 
begun to discuss this proposal with tribes, local communities 
and other potential partners, and that it has no intention of 
closing the museums in fiscal year 2006. The Committee expects 
that the Department's discussions with tribes, local 
communities and others will be a true dialogue, and that it 
will keep the Committee well informed of the status of those 
discussions.
    Due to continued constraints on funding for land 
acquisition and the ongoing prospect of substantial borrowing 
for fire suppression, it remains important that funding 
provided for land acquisition be obligated promptly. The 
Committee notes the annual unobligated balance reporting 
requirement included in its fiscal year 2004 report, and urges 
timely submission of the report.
    Language is included in the bill providing for a reduction 
of $10,000,000 from administrative expenses in operating 
accounts for bureaus and offices of the Department of the 
Interior.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................................
Budget estimate, 2006...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................     $22,555,000

    The Committee recomends $22,555,000 for the working capital 
fund for the financial and business management system. Funding 
for this critical systems project was requested in the 
Departmental Management account.

                       PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $226,805,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     200,000,000
House allowance.........................................     242,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     235,000,000

    The Committee recommends $235,000,000 for Payments in Lieu 
of Taxes [PILT], an increase of $8,195,000 over the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level and $35,000,000 over the budget request, and 
a decrease of $7,000,000 below the House recommended funding 
level.

                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $9,855,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       9,855,000
House allowance.........................................       9,855,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,855,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,855,000 for 
the central hazardous materials fund, which is equal to the 
fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request, and the 
House recommended funding level. 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.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $51,656,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      55,752,000
House allowance.........................................      55,340,000
Committee recommendation................................      55,652,000

    The Committee recommends $55,652,000 for the Office of the 
Solicitor, an increase of $3,996,000 over the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, a decrease of $100,000 from the budget request, 
and an increase of $312,000 over the House recommended funding 
level. The change to the budget request is a decrease for FOIA 
support.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $37,275,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      40,999,000
House allowance.........................................      39,566,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,116,000

    The Committee recommends $39,116,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General, an increase of $1,841,000 over the fiscal 
year 2005 enacted level, a decrease of $1,883,000 from the 
budget request, and a decrease of $450,000 below the House 
recommended funding level. Changes to the budget request 
include decreases of $300,000 for FISMA, $300,000 for 
additional audit staff, $170,000 for PCS relocations, $900,000 
for new investigations staff, and $213,000 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 million 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 $205,000,000 
per year are collected for 245,000 individual Indian money 
accounts. $414,000,000 per year is collected in 1,400 tribal 
accounts serving 300 Tribes. Additionally, the trust manages 
approximately $3,000,000,000 in tribal funds and $400,000,000 
in individual Indian funds.
    Over the past decade, nearly $3,000,000,000 has been 
invested in management, reform, and improvement of Indian trust 
programs. Ongoing reforms and expenditures are highly dependent 
on court activity related to the ongoing Cobell v. Norton case 
and negotiations between the Department of the Interior, tribal 
governments, the plaintiffs and the courts.

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $193,540,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     269,397,000
House allowance.........................................     191,593,000
Committee recommendation................................     191,593,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $191,593,000 
for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 
which is $1,947,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
$77,804,000 below the budget request and the same as the House 
recommended funding level. The Committee continues to recognize 
the Federal Government's responsibility to improve Indian trust 
management and continues to support the Department's efforts in 
this regard. However, due to ongoing litigation and uncertainty 
as to whether the Department's Historical Accounting plan will 
be fully accepted by the court, the Committee is unable to 
fully fund the budget request and has instead placed emphasis 
on supporting other Indian programs and Departmental functions.

                   INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $34,514,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      34,514,000
House allowance.........................................      34,514,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,514,000

    The Committee recommends $34,514,000 for the Indian land 
consolidation program, equal to the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level, the budget request, and the House recommended funding 
level.

           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, 2005....................................      $5,737,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       6,106,000
House allowance.........................................       6,106,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,106,000

    The Committee recommends $6,106,000 for natural resource 
damage assessment and restoration, which is $369,000 over the 
fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and the same as the budget 
request and the House recommended funding level. The increase 
provided is primarily for fixed costs and to enhance natural 
resource restoration science.
    The Committee directs the Department to continue its focus 
on restoration activities and to work with the Environmental 
Protection Agency to incorporate trustee concerns during 
Superfund remediation, and to enhance the integration of 
Superfund remedial activities and natural resource damage 
assessment activities. A joint Interior and EPA report on these 
efforts should be provided to the Committee by September 29, 
2006.

                           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 for 
contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library 
memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
    Secs. 104-106. 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.File: /
    Sec. 107. 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.
    Sec. 108. Allows through fiscal year 2010 the hiring of 
administrative law judges to address the Indian probate 
backlog.
    Sec. 109. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority 
allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding 
inequities.
    Sec. 110. Continues a provision requiring the allocation of 
Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools funds consistent 
with unmet needs.
    Sec. 111. Continues a provision that land and other 
reimbursement the Secretary may receive in the conveyance of 
the Twin Cities Research Center may be used for the benefit of 
the National Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota and for 
activities authorized by Public Law 104-134.
    Sec. 112. 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. 113. Allows certain funds provided for land 
acquisition to be granted to a State, a local government, or 
any other land management entity.
    Sec. 114. Restricts the Secretary from entering into or 
implementing a contract which permits or requires the removal 
of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National 
Park.
    Sec. 115. Continues a limitation on compensation for the 
Special Master and Court Monitor appointed in the Cobell v. 
Norton litigation.
    Sec. 116. 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. 
Norton.
    Sec. 117. Clarifies the effect of section 134 of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2002 regarding certain lands in the State of Kansas.
    Sec. 118. 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. 119. Allows the National Indian Gaming Commission 
[NIGC] to collect $12,000,000 in fees for fiscal year 2007. The 
NIGC should work with tribal governments on an ongoing basis 
and may use tribal advisory committees and negotiated rule-
making with tribal governments in the development of regulatory 
policies, standards and definitions.
    Sec. 120. Continues the Tribal Trust Reform Demonstration 
Project in fiscal year 2006, 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. 121. Modifies language in Public Law 108-108 with 
regard to grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge field 
office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    Sec. 122. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for the 
purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support 
visitors to Ellis, Governors and Liberty Islands.
    Sec. 123. Continues language providing that the final 
winter use rules for Yellowstone National Park, published in 
the Federal Register on November 10, 2004, shall be in force 
and effect for the winter season of 2005-2006.
    Sec. 124. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to obtain 
the approval of the governing body of an Indian tribe before 
closing or taking any other action relating to a school of the 
tribe.
    Sec. 125. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to collect 
and retain parking fees at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
    Sec. 126. Extends authority of the Kalaupapa National 
Historic Park Advisory Commission.
    Sec. 127. Extends the authority of the Secretary of the 
Interior to collect fees pursuant to the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act until June 30, 2006.

               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 recommends a total of $7,881,989,000 for EPA. 
This is a decrease of $144,496,000 below the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, an increase of $361,389,000 above the budget 
request, and an increase of $173,962,000 above the House 
recommendation.

                         Science and Technology

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $744,061,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     760,640,000
House allowance.........................................     765,340,000
Committee recommendation................................     730,795,000

                          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 $730,795,000 for science and 
technology, which is $29,845,000 below the budget request and 
$13,266,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. In 
addition, the Committee recommends the transfer of $30,606,000 
from the Superfund account, for a total of $761,401,000 for 
science and technology. 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 listed below.
          The Committee recommends a $619,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Clean Air Allowance Trading 
        program.
          The Committee recommends a $250,000 decrease below 
        the request for Facilities Infrastructure and 
        Operations.
          The Committee recommends a $5,131,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards 
        and Certification program.
          The Committee recommends a $38,489,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Critical 
        Infrastructure Protection. The Committee further 
        recommends that $5,585,000 in this program is allocated 
        to the new Water Sentinel initiative.
          The Committee recommends a $15,701,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, 
        Response, and Recovery. The Committee did not allocate 
        funding for the laboratory preparedness and response 
        program or the new Safe Buildings initiative.
          The Committee recommends a $1,838,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Computational Toxicology.
          The Committee recommends a $1,687,000 increase above 
        the request for Research: Endocrine Disruptor.
          The Committee recommends a $3,715,000 increase above 
        the request for Research: Fellowships.
          The Committee recommends a $956,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Global Change.
          The Committee recommends a $2,276,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Human Health and Ecosystems.
          The Committee recommends a $4,631,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Land Protection and 
        Restoration.
          The Committee recommends a $9,308,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Water Quality.
          The Committee recommends a $6,048,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: NAAQS.
    In addition, the Committee recommends the following 
increases to the budget request:
          $1,000,000 for the American Water Works Association 
        Research Foundation;
          $2,600,000 for the Water Environment Research 
        Foundation;
          $750,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology 
        Research;
          $750,000 for the New England Green Chemistry 
        Consortium;
          $2,100,000 for the Mine Waste Technology program at 
        the National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, 
        and Evaluation Center;
          $500,000 for Boise State University to continue 
        research on multi-purpose sensors to detect and analyze 
        contaminants and time-lapse imaging of shallow 
        subsurface fluid flow;
          $500,000 for The Ohio State University Olentangy 
        River Wetlands Park Teaching, Research, and Outreach 
        Initiative;
          $500,000 for the UNC Charlotte VisualGRID;
          $500,000 for the University of Tennessee at Knoxville 
        Natural Resources Policy Center;
          $500,000 for the University of Memphis Groundwater 
        Institute to conduct a groundwater study;
          $800,000 for the Texas State University System 
        Geography and Geology Project;
          $1,500,000 for the University of Louisville Lung 
        Biology/Translational Lung Disease Program;
          $500,000 for the University of South Alabama Center 
        for Estuarine Research;
          $500,000 for the Ohio University Consortium for 
        Energy, Economics, and the Environment;
          $250,000 for the Center for the Study of Metals in 
        the Environment at the University of Delaware;
          $375,000 for the Central California Ozone Study, San 
        Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency;
          $2,000,000 for the National Alternative Fuels 
        Training Consortium at West Virginia University;
          $2,000,000 for the Center for Air Toxic Metals, EERC 
        at the University of North Dakota;
          $800,000 for the Clean Air Counts program emission 
        reduction partnership with the Illinois Environmental 
        Protection Agency;
          $400,000 for the Missouri River Institute at the 
        University of South Dakota;
          $250,000 for paper industry byproduct waste reduction 
        research in Wisconsin;
          $500,000 for the Louisiana Smart Growth program in 
        the State of Louisiana;
          $500,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory 
        Center [NERC] at the Lovelace Respiratory Research 
        Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
          $450,000 for an environmental program at the Water 
        Policy Institute at Texas Tech University;
          $200,000 for a comprehensive assessment of Lake 
        Whitney at Baylor University;
          $250,000 for an air quality study for the Greater 
        Houston Partnership/Houston Advanced Research Center;
          $200,000 for a poultry science project at Stephen F. 
        Austin State University;
          $400,000 for Aiken Greening at the University of 
        Vermont; and
          $200,000 for the Proctor Maple Research Station in 
        Underhill, Vermont.
    The Committee recognizes the Agency's commitment to 
developing a Computational Toxicology program that reduces the 
use of animal testing. The Committee encourages EPA to 
implement specific plans for validating computational 
toxicology methods to assure compliance with the ICCVAM 
Authorization Act of 2000, and requests details of these 
validation activities be included in the Agency's annual 
Computational Toxicology report.

                 Environmental Programs and Management

Appropriations, 2005....................................  $2,294,902,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   2,353,764,000
House allowance.........................................   2,389,491,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,333,416,000

                          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 $2,333,416,000 for environmental 
programs and management, $20,348,000 below the budget request 
and $38,514,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level.
    The Committee supports the EPA Brownfields program at 
approximately the fiscal year 2005 enacted level of $25,000,000 
within this account. The Committee notes that the inclusion of 
these funds in conjunction with funding of $140,000,000 in the 
State and Tribal Assistance Grants account for Brownfields 
activities results in a total of $165,000,000 being available 
in fiscal year 2006.
    Changes to the budget request are listed below.
          The Committee recommends a $4,638,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Brownfields program.
          The Committee recommends a $1,000,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Climate Protection program. The 
        Committee further recommends in this program that 
        $50,500,000 is allocated to the Energy Star program, 
        and that $3,000,000 is allocated for the new Methane to 
        Markets Partnership.
          The Committee recommends a $6,084,000 decrease below 
        the request for Compliance Monitoring.
          The Committee recommends a $1,775,000 increase above 
        the request for Criminal Enforcement.
          The Committee recommends a $6,090,000 decrease below 
        the request for Drinking Water Programs.
          The Committee recommends a $929,000 increase above 
        the request for Enforcement Training.
          The Committee recommends a $7,000,000 increase above 
        the request for Environmental Education.
          The Committee recommends a $4,739,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Exchange Network.
          The Committee recommends a $18,046,000 decrease below 
        the request for Facilities Infrastructure and 
        Operations.
          The Committee recommends a $22,699,000 decrease below 
        the request for Federal Support for Air Quality 
        Management.
          The Committee did not allocate funding for the new 
        Clean Diesel initiative in this program.
          The Committee recommends a $841,000 decrease below 
        the request for Federal Support for Air Toxics Program.
          The Committee recommends a $2,254,000 increase above 
        the request for the Geographic Program: Chesapeake Bay. 
        The Committee further recommends that the increased 
        funding in this program is allocated for Chesapeake Bay 
        small watershed grants.
          The Committee recommends a $481,000 increase above 
        the request for the Geographic Program: Great Lakes.
          The Committee recommends a $532,000 increase above 
        the request for the Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico.
          The Committee recommends a $1,000,000 increase above 
        the budget request for the Geographic Program: Lake 
        Champlain.
          The Committee recommends a $3,349,000 decrease below 
        the request for Geographic program: Other. The 
        Committee did not allocate increased funding for the 
        CARE initiative in this program. The Committee further 
        recommends a $1,167,000 increase for Lake Pontchartrain 
        above the request.
          The Committee recommends a $20,000,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Great Lakes Legacy Act.
          The Committee recommends a $1,230,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Communication and 
        Information. The Committee did not allocate funding for 
        the Laboratory Preparedness and Response program.
          The Committee recommends a $100,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Critical 
        Infrastructure Protection. The Committee did not 
        allocate funding for the Decontamination program.
          The Committee recommends a $600,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, 
        Response, and Recovery.
          The Committee recommends a $1,872,000 decrease below 
        the request for Human Resources Management.
          The Committee recommends a $918,000 decrease below 
        the request for Indoor Air: Radon.
          The Committee recommends a $1,450,000 decrease below 
        the request for International Capacity Building.
          The Committee recommends a $12,999,000 decrease below 
        the request for IT/Data Management.
          The Committee recommends a $1,554,000 increase above 
        the request for the National Estuary Program/Coastal 
        Waterways.
          The Committee recommends a $3,582,000 decrease below 
        the request for the Pollution Prevention Program.
          The Committee recommends a $1,179,000 decrease below 
        the request for POPS Implementation.
          The Committee recommends a $643,000 decrease below 
        the request for Radiation: Protection.
          The Committee recommends a $12,000 decrease below the 
        request for Radiation: Response Preparedness.
          The Committee recommends a $1,302,000 decrease below 
        the request for Reduce Risks from Indoor Air.
          The Committee recommends a $1,862,000 decrease below 
        the request for Regional Geographic Initiatives.
          The Committee recommends a $5,007,000 decrease below 
        the request for Regulatory Innovation.
          The Committee recommends a $1,892,000 decrease below 
        the request for Regulatory/Economic-Management and 
        Analysis.
          The Committee recommends a $111,000 decrease below 
        the request for Science Policy and Biotechnology.
          The Committee recommends a $473,000 decrease below 
        the request for State and Local Prevention and 
        Preparedness.
          The Committee recommends a $1,044,000 increase above 
        the request for Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs.
          The Committee recommends a $5,500,000 decrease below 
        the request for Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund.
          The Committee recommends a $4,801,000 decrease below 
        the request for Surface Water Protection. The Committee 
        further recommends in this program that $4,499,000 is 
        allocated for Water Quality Monitoring programs.
          The Committee recommends a $1,356,000 increase above 
        the request for Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review 
        and Reduction. The Committee further recommends in this 
        program that the $1,356,000 increase is allocated to 
        the High Production Volume Chemical Challenge Program 
        and the High Production Volume Information System.
          The Committee recommends a $2,754,000 decrease below 
        the request for TRI/Right to Know program.
    In addition, the Committee recommends the following 
increases to the budget request:
          $11,000,000 for the National Rural Water Association, 
        including source water protection programs;
          $3,000,000 for the Rural Community Assistance 
        Program;
          $650,000 for the Groundwater Protection Council;
          $750,000 for the Water Systems Council Wellcare 
        Program;
          $2,000,000 for America's Clean Water Foundation;
          $4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System 
        Technology Centers at Western Kentucky University, the 
        University of New Hampshire, the University of Alaska-
        Sitka, Pennsylvania State University, the University of 
        Missouri-Columbia, Montana State University, the 
        University of Illinois, and Mississippi State 
        University;
          $1,500,000 for the Southwest Missouri Water Quality 
        Improvement Project;
          $1,000,000 for an air quality improvement program in 
        Lincoln County, Montana;
          $500,000 for the University of Northern Iowa to 
        develop new environmental technologies for small 
        business outreach;
          $2,000,000 for the Oklahoma Department of 
        Environmental Quality to complete remediation work on 
        Tar Creek;
          $500,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental 
        Management for a water and wastewater training program;
          $1,000,000 for EPA Region 10 environmental 
        compliance;
          $500,000 for the Ozarks Environmental and Water 
        Resources Institute at Southwest Missouri State 
        University;
          $250,000 for the Spokane River Bi-State Non-Point 
        Phosphorus study;
          $1,800,000 for Long Island Sound restoration;
          $300,000 for a restoration project in Greenwood Lake, 
        New Jersey;
          $500,000 for a brownfields remediation project in the 
        City of Waterbury, Connecticut;
          $500,000 for a water quality project in Storm Lake, 
        Iowa;
          $500,000 for Hawaii Island Economic Development 
        Board's Big Island Recycle program;
          $450,000 for the storm water research program at the 
        University of Vermont;
          $500,000 for the environmental and science education 
        program in New Bedford, Massachusetts;
          $200,000 for Grambling University in Louisiana for a 
        water quality research program;
          $500,000 for Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation lake 
        restoration in Louisiana;
          $775,000 for environmental clean-up and research 
        programs in Lake Champlain, Vermont;
          $250,000 for the Waste to Energy project in Stamford, 
        Connecticut;
          $250,000 for the Northwest Straits Commission, 
        Washington State University beach watchers marine 
        resources program;
          $500,000 for a lead-based paint hazard control 
        program in Omaha, Nebraska;
          $500,000 for the University of West Florida 
        Partnership for Environmental Research and Community 
        Health [PERCH] program;
          $250,000 for waterfront stormwater management 
        analysis in East Providence, Rhode Island;
          $250,000 for Walker Lake, Nevada Working Group's lake 
        restoration program;
          $250,000 for Mohawk Valley, New York Water 
        Authority's bacteria detection program;
          $250,000 for the Oregon Department of Environmental 
        Quality site assessment program;
          $130,000 for an environmental education initiative at 
        Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center in 
        Tishomingo County, Mississippi; and
          $300,000 for the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley 
        Aquifer study.
    The Committee provides the budget request of $2,000,000 for 
the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center [Water ISAC], 
and directs that the Water ISAC shall be implemented through a 
grant to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.
    Unclear regulations, conflicting court decisions and 
inadequate scientific information are creating confusion about 
whether emergency release reporting requirements in the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act apply to emissions from poultry, dairy or livestock 
operations. Producers want to meet their environmental 
obligations, but need clarification from the EPA on the 
applicability of these laws to their operations. The Committee 
directs the Agency to resolve this issue expeditiously.
    The Committee is aware of the work EPA is doing through the 
NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, and encourages the 
efforts to harmonize regulatory processes. Prices for 
agricultural pesticides continue to be a concern for farmers in 
the United States due to unnecessary barriers to trade in 
agricultural pesticides. The Committee urges EPA to work 
swiftly to complete harmonization actions through the Technical 
Working Group as soon as possible, and to seek input from 
stakeholders on development and implementation of a joint 
labeling process.
    The Committee supports initiatives at EPA to develop a 
market-based sustainable electronics recycling infrastructure, 
and encourages the Agency to work with manufacturers on a 
product stewardship solution. The Committee is concerned about 
the growing patchwork of State laws that confuses and burdens 
manufacturers, retailers, recyclers and consumers.
    The Committee directs the Environmental Protection Agency 
to continue administering the fiscal year 2005 and subsequent 
annual Lake Champlain appropriations through Region I and the 
New England Interstate Water Pollution Commission.

                      Office of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $37,696,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      36,955,000
House allowance.........................................      37,955,000
Committee recommendation................................      36,955,000

                          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 $36,955,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General, which is equal to the budget request and 
$741,000 below the fiscal year 2005 level. In addition, 
$13,536,000 will be available by transfer from the Superfund 
account, for a total of $50,491,000.

                        Buildings and Facilities

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................     $41,688,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      40,218,000
House allowance.........................................      40,218,000
Committee recommendation................................      40,218,000

                          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 recommends $40,218,000 for buildings and 
facilities, $1,530,000 above the fiscal year 2005 level 
(excluding emergency appropriations) and equal to the budget 
request and the House allowance.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2005....................................  $1,247,477,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   1,279,333,000
House allowance.........................................   1,258,333,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,256,165,000

                          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 recommends $1,256,165,000 for Superfund, 
$8,688,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and 
$23,168,000 below the budget request and $2,168,000 below the 
House allowance.
    Changes to the budget request are listed below.
          The Committee recommends a $1,479,000 decrease below 
        the request for Acquisition Management.
          The Committee recommends a $140,000 decrease below 
        the request for Alternative Dispute Resolution.
          The Committee recommends a $2,066,000 decrease below 
        the request for Central Planning, Budgeting, and 
        Finance.
          The Committee recommends a $441,000 decrease below 
        the request for Civil Enforcement.
          The Committee recommends a $11,000 decrease below the 
        request for Compliance Assistance and Centers.
          The Committee recommends a $11,000 decrease below the 
        request for Compliance Incentives.
          The Committee recommends a $499,000 decrease below 
        the request for Compliance Monitoring.
          The Committee recommends a $6,000 decrease below the 
        request for congressional, intergovernmental, and 
        external relations.
          The Committee recommends a $5,646,000 decrease below 
        the request for Facilities Infrastructure and 
        Operations.
          The Committee recommends a $300,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Communication and 
        Information. The Committee did not allocate funding for 
        the Laboratory Preparedness and Response program.
          The Committee recommends a $200,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Critical 
        Infrastructure Protection. The Committee did not 
        allocate funding for the Decontamination program.
          The Committee recommends a $11,965,000 decrease below 
        the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, 
        Response, and Recovery.
          The Committee recommends a $414,000 decrease below 
        the request for Human Resources Management.
          The Committee recommends a $3,000 decrease below the 
        request for Information Security.
          The Committee recommends a $20,000 decrease below the 
        request for Legal Advice: Environmental Program.
          The Committee recommends a $356,000 decrease below 
        the request for Radiation: Protection.
          The Committee recommends a $105,000 decrease below 
        the request for Research: Land Protection and 
        Restoration.
          The Committee recommends a $494,000 increase above 
        the request for Superfund: Emergency Response and 
        Removal. The Committee recommends a total of 
        $849,761,000 for Superfund cleanup.
    The Committee is concerned that EPA has not yet issued a 
Record of Decision [ROD] for Libby, Montana, despite years of 
cleanup efforts. The Committee directs the Agency to issue its 
Record of Decision for Libby, Montana no later than December 1, 
2005. The Agency should also provide a report on the contents 
contained within the ROD to the Committee no later than January 
15, 2006.
    The Committee directs the Agency to work with the Fish and 
Wildlife Service and other trustee bureaus within the 
Department of the Interior to incorporate trustee concerns 
during Superfund remediation and to enhance the integration of 
Superfund remedial activities and natural resource damage 
assessment activities. A joint EPA and Interior report on these 
efforts should be provided to the Committee by September 29, 
2006.
    At this time, the Committee disagrees with the position of 
the House as to the need for an additional contaminated 
sediment sites study and does not recommend that EPA enter into 
any further agreement with the National Academy of Sciences.

              Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $69,440,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      73,027,000
House allowance.........................................      73,027,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,027,000

                          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 recommends the budget request of $73,027,000 
for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, which is 
$3,587,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal 
to the budget request and the House allowance. The Committee 
directs that not less than 85 percent of these funds be 
provided to the States and tribal governments.

                           Oil Spill Response

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $15,872,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      15,863,000
House allowance.........................................      15,863,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,863,000

                          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 recommends $15,863,000 for the oil spill 
response trust fund, which is $9,000 below the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House 
allowance.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants


                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2005....................................  $3,575,349,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   2,960,800,000
House allowance.........................................   3,127,800,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,395,550,000

                          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 $3,395,550,000 
for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, a decrease of 
$179,799,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an 
increase of $434,750,000 over the budget request, and 
$267,750,000 over the House allowance.
    Bill language specifically provides funding levels for the 
following programs in this account:
          $1,100,000,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving 
        Loan Fund, which is $370,000,000 above the request;
          $850,000,000 for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
        Loan Fund, which is equal to the request;
          $50,000,000 for the United States-Mexico Border 
        program, which is equal to the request, and includes 
        $7,000,000 for the El Paso Utilities Board and 
        $2,000,000 for the City of Brownsville water supply 
        project;
          $40,000,000 for grants to address drinking water and 
        wastewater infrastructure needs in rural and native 
        Alaskan communities, which is $25,000,000 above the 
        request;
          $1,000,000 for the Clean School Bus Initiative, which 
        is $9,000,000 below the request; and
          $90,000,000 for Brownfields infrastructure projects, 
        which is $30,500,000 below the request.
    Within the State and Tribal Categorical Grant program, the 
changes to the budget request are listed below.
          The Committee recommends a $10,000,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Brownfields.
          The Committee recommends a $656,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Environmental 
        Information.
          The Committee recommends a $934,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste 
        Financial Assistance.
          The Committee recommends a $1,772,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source 
        (Sec. 319).
          The Committee recommends a $16,900,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Pollution Control 
        (Sec. 106). The Committee further recommends in this 
        program that $43,000,000 is allocated to water quality 
        monitoring activities.
          The Committee recommends a $1,040,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Pollution 
        Prevention.
          The Committee recommends a $854,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Public Water System 
        Supervision [PWSS].
          The Committee recommends a $1,206,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Radon.
          The Committee recommends a $18,000 decrease below the 
        request for Categorical Grant: Sector Program.
          The Committee recommends a $23,000,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: State and Tribal 
        Performance Fund.
          The Committee recommends a $1,856,000 increase above 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Targeted Watersheds. 
        The Committee further recommends that $6,000,000 in 
        this program is allocated for a regional pilot program 
        for the Chesapeake Bay that shall demonstrate effective 
        non-point source nutrient reduction approaches that 
        target small watersheds and accelerate nutrient 
        reduction in innovative, sustainable, and cost-
        effective ways. Partners in the effort to protect the 
        Bay include: Maryland; Pennsylvania; Virginia; the 
        District of Columbia; the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a 
        tri-state legislative body; EPA, which represents the 
        Federal Government; and participating citizen advisory 
        groups.
          The Committee recommends a $306,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Underground 
        Injection Control [UIC].
          The Committee recommends a $1,200,000 increase above 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Wastewater Operator 
        Training.
          The Committee recommends a $5,120,000 decrease below 
        the request for Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program 
        Development.
          The Committee has not included funding for the 
        infrastructure assistance grant for Puerto Rico.
    The Committee includes $200,000,000 for targeted project 
grants. These grants include a local match of 45 percent for 
all grants utilized unless a hardship waiver is provided by the 
EPA. The EPA is directed to expedite any request for a waiver 
and assist any communities that are likely to qualify for a 
waiver in processing such a request. The targeted project 
grants are as follows:
          $800,000 for the Coosa Valley Water Supply District 
        surface water project in Alabama;
          $700,000 for the sewer improvement project in the 
        City of York, Alabama;
          $750,000 for a water and sewer project in Unalaska, 
        Alaska;
          $250,000 for a water and sewer project in the City of 
        Craig, Alaska;
          $800,000 for the drinking water project in the Town 
        of Walden, Colorado;
          $650,000 for the water treatment facility in the City 
        of Alamosa, Colorado;
          $100,000 for a wastewater treatment facility 
        improvements project in Brush, Colorado;
          $100,000 for wastewater facility upgrades in Yuma, 
        Colorado;
          $500,000 for the West Area Combined Sewer Overflow 
        Tunnel in the City of Atlanta, Georgia;
          $500,000 for a wastewater treatment project in the 
        City of Twin Falls, Idaho;
          $400,000 for water system infrastructure improvements 
        in the City of Castleford, Idaho;
          $600,000 for construction of a wastewater collection 
        and treatment facility in Valley County, Idaho;
          $750,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment 
        facility in the Town of Waverly and Morgan County, 
        Indiana;
          $500,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment 
        plant in Sioux City, Iowa;
          $500,000 for a new drinking water transmission line 
        in the City of Medicine Lodge, Kansas;
          $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in 
        Johnson County, Kansas;
          $1,000,000 for the wastewater sewer line extension 
        project in the City of South Campbellsville, Kentucky;
          $500,000 for the City of Columbia, Kentucky, and the 
        Adair County Regional Water Treatment Plant;
          $472,000 for the waterline extension and water system 
        upgrade project in the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine;
          $500,000 for the wastewater treatment project in the 
        Town of Machias, Maine;
          $500,000 for the construction of a new wastewater 
        treatment plant in the City of Willmar, Minnesota;
          $750,000 for a wastewater treatment improvements 
        project in Wheeler, Mississippi;
          $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the 
        City of Flowood, Mississippi;
          $500,000 for the regional wastewater program in 
        DeSoto County, Mississippi;
          $2,000,000 for wastewater system rehabilitation for 
        the West Rankin Water Authority in Mississippi;
          $747,383 for a drinking water and wastewater 
        treatment improvements project in the Chipley area in 
        the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi;
          $500,000 for a wastewater infrastructure evaluation 
        and repair project in the City of Ridgeland, 
        Mississippi;
          $1,200,000 for wastewater treatment facilities 
        improvements in the City of Pontotoc, Mississippi;
          $1,000,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure 
        project in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi;
          $250,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure project 
        in the Town of McLain, Mississippi;
          $700,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure project 
        in Forrest County, Mississippi;
          $1,000,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in 
        the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi;
          $500,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri Combined Sewer 
        Overflow Project;
          $500,000 for the expansion of the Clarence Cannon 
        Wholesale Water Commission Treatment Plant in Missouri;
          $2,250,000 for water system infrastructure 
        improvements in the City of Helena, Montana;
          $1,000,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in 
        the Seeley Lake Sewer District, Montana;
          $750,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the 
        Town of St. Ignatius, Montana;
          $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the 
        Pablo/Lake County Water and Sewer District, Montana;
          $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the 
        Wisdom Sewer District, Montana;
          $500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
        improvements in the City of Lincoln, Nebraska;
          $500,000 for the Waterworks Project in the City of 
        Berlin, New Hampshire;
          $500,000 for the combined sewer overflow separation 
        project in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire;
          $1,000,000 for the Valley Utilities Project in the 
        City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, New Mexico;
          $1,000,000 for wastewater collection, treatment, and 
        disposal system in the Town of Edgewood, New Mexico;
          $1,000,000 for completion of Phase I of a sewer 
        system in Kirtland, New Mexico;
          $150,000 for the Greene Community in Greene County, 
        Ohio for wastewater and drinking water projects;
          $850,000 for construction of a sewer collection and 
        treatment system in the Village of Higginsport, Ohio;
          $200,000 for a drinking water line replacement in 
        Muskingum County, Ohio;
          $800,000 for the wastewater collection and treatment 
        system in the City of Elmira, Ohio, and the City of 
        Burlington, Ohio;
          $250,000 for storm sewer pipe construction in 
        Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania;
          $1,750,000 for the Allegheny County Sanitary 
        Authority for the Three Rivers Wet Weather program in 
        Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
          $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the 
        City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
          $250,000 for public sewer service extensions in 
        Menallen Township, Pennsylvania;
          $250,000 for central sewer collection and treatment 
        replacement in Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania;
          $800,000 for the combined sewer overflow and flood 
        protection project in the City of Plum Creek and 
        Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
          $200,000 for an interceptor improvements project in 
        Penn Hills, Pennsylvania;
          $250,000 for the stormwater infrastructure 
        improvements project in the Borough of Pottstown, 
        Pennsylvania;
          $750,000 for a sewer improvement project in the 
        Borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania;
          $875,000 for a new water storage tank in the Town of 
        Westerly, Rhode Island;
          $1,000,000 for the Lake Tansi Sewer Project in 
        Cumberland County, Tennessee;
          $1,000,000 for the Watauga River Regional Water 
        Authority in Carter County, Tennessee;
          $1,000,000 for the West End water and wastewater 
        infrastructure project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
          $500,000 for the sewer overflow prevention project in 
        the City of Austin, Texas;
          $1,500,000 for construction of a drinking water 
        nitrate remediation plant for Centerfield, Utah, and 
        Mayfield, Utah;
          $700,000 for an arsenic and perchlorate removal 
        project in Magna, Utah;
          $300,000 for water infrastructure improvements for 
        Judge Tunnel in Park City, Utah;
          $500,000 for a wastewater treatment plant in Eagle 
        Mountain, Utah;
          $1,000,000 for drinking water and stormwater 
        infrastructure improvements in Sandy City, Utah;
          $500,000 for a wastewater treatment infrastructure 
        improvements project in the Town of Onancock, Virginia;
          $500,000 for Project Alpha in Lee County, Virginia;
          $1,000,000 for a wastewater treatment plant 
        improvements project in the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming;
          $500,000 for regional wastewater treatment 
        improvements for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas;
          $500,000 for improvements to the Little Maumelle 
        water treatment plant in the City of Little Rock, 
        Arkansas;
          $375,000 for the Martin Slough interceptor project in 
        the City of Eureka, California;
          $375,000 for a water facility project in the City of 
        Santa Paula, California;
          $375,000 for a wastewater treatment plant expansion 
        in Crescent City, California;
          $375,000 for a perchlorate treatment program in the 
        City of Pasadena, California;
          $500,000 for wastewater treatment plant improvements 
        in the Cities of Englewood and Littleton, Colorado;
          $500,000 for a stormwater improvement program in 
        Jefferson County, Colorado;
          $500,000 for infrastructure upgrades at water 
        pollution control plant in the Town of Plainville, 
        Connecticut;
          $500,000 for a wastewater turbine technology project 
        for the City of New Haven, Connecticut;
          $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow program in 
        the City of Wilmington, Delaware;
          $800,000 for the Emerald Coast treatment plant 
        replacement project for the Northwest Florida Water 
        Management District;
          $300,000 for Lake Region water treatment plant 
        improvements for the South Florida Water Management 
        District;
          $1,000,000 for statewide cesspool replacement in the 
        County of Maui and other communities, Hawaii;
          $800,000 for a combined sewer separation project in 
        the City of Ottumwa, Iowa;
          $800,000 for a sewer separation project in the City 
        of Davenport, Iowa;
          $250,000 for drinking water infrastructure 
        improvements in the City of Springfield, Illinois;
          $250,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment 
        facility in the Village of Pecatonica, Illinois;
          $750,000 for drinking water improvements in the City 
        of Wauconda, Illinois;
          $500,000 for the Sewer Improvement Consortium of Lake 
        Bluff, Highwood, Highland Park and Lake Forest, 
        Illinois;
          $250,000 for water system upgrades in the Village of 
        Port Byron, Illinois;
          $1,700,000 for water infrastructure upgrades in the 
        City of Upland, Indiana;
          $400,000 for the Shreveport Municipal Water 
        Distribution system backflow prevention project in 
        Shreveport, Louisiana;
          $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow abatement 
        project in Bristol County, Massachusetts;
          $1,000,000 for the Greenmount Interceptor sewer 
        improvement project in the City of Baltimore, Maryland;
          $500,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the 
        City of Westernport, Maryland;
          $500,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the 
        City of Frostburg, Maryland;
          $350,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the 
        City of Cumberland, Maryland;
          $150,000 for a sewer line repair project in the City 
        of Emmitsburg, Maryland;
          $150,000 for wastewater lagoon repair in the City of 
        Funkstown, Maryland;
          $150,000 for a septage treatment program in Traverse 
        City, Michigan;
          $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow control 
        program for the City of Port Huron, Michigan;
          $500,000 for the Oakland County, Michigan 
        Comprehensive Water Security Program;
          $500,000 for the Rouge River CSO, SSO Wet Weather 
        demonstration project in Wayne County, Michigan;
          $250,000 for the North-East Relief Sewer [NERS] 
        project in Genesee County, Michigan;
          $250,000 for sewer plant improvements in the City of 
        Saginaw, Michigan;
          $250,000 for public sewer system improvements in the 
        City of Northport, Michigan;
          $225,000 for regional wastewater treatment system 
        improvements in Eastern Calhoun County, Michigan;
          $500,000 for the sanitary management district of Crow 
        Wing County, Minnesota;
          $500,000 for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary 
        District in the City of Duluth, Minnesota;
          $170,000 for a wastewater treatment plant improvement 
        project in the City of Bozeman, Montana;
          $750,000 for drinking water system upgrades in the 
        City of Belgrade, Montana;
          $725,000 for water treatment plant regulatory 
        improvements in the City of Grafton, North Dakota;
          $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the 
        City of Devils Lake, North Dakota;
          $500,000 for regional water treatment facility 
        infrastructure in the City of Riverdale, North Dakota;
          $400,000 for regional water treatment facility 
        improvements in the City of Washburn, North Dakota;
          $300,000 for regional drinking water infrastructure 
        expansion for the Towns of Hankinson, Wyndemere, 
        LaMoure, and Oakes, North Dakota (Southeast Area);
          $300,000 for wastewater treatment facility upgrades 
        in the City of Lakota, North Dakota;
          $300,000 for water treatment facility improvements in 
        the City of Parshall, North Dakota;
          $250,000 for water and sewer improvement projects in 
        the City of Crosby, North Dakota;
          $250,000 for drinking water distribution improvements 
        for the North Central Rural Water Consortium, North 
        Dakota;
          $250,000 for rural water district infrastructure 
        improvements in Walsh County, North Dakota;
          $500,000 for combined sewer separation projects in 
        the City of Omaha, Nebraska;
          $500,000 for stormwater infrastructure improvements 
        at Farnham Park in the City of Camden, New Jersey;
          $500,000 for the Sip Avenue CSO retention and 
        flooding abatement project engineering and design in 
        Jersey City, New Jersey;
          $1,000,000 for a water project in the City of Las 
        Cruces, New Mexico;
          $1,000,000 for a wastewater project in the City of 
        Belen, New Mexico;
          $150,000 for water infrastructure improvements for 
        the North Lemmon Valley Artificial Recharge Project in 
        North Lemmon Valley, Nevada;
          $100,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
        at the Henderson Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant 
        in the City of Henderson, Nevada;
          $50,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
        improvements for the Marlette/Hobart water system in 
        Carson City, Nevada;
          $650,000 for the Searchlight sewer system upgrades/
        Clark County Reclamation District improvement project 
        in Nevada;
          $400,000 for water infrastructure improvements in 
        Douglas County, Nevada;
          $1,000,000 for a stormwater restoration project in 
        the Town of North Hempstead, New York;
          $1,000,000 for a water and sewer extension project in 
        the Town of Bethel, New York;
          $750,000 for sanitary district facility upgrades in 
        the City of Winchester, Oregon;
          $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the 
        City of Cumberland, Rhode Island;
          $200,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the 
        City of North Smithfield, Rhode Island;
          $180,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the 
        City of Springfield, South Dakota;
          $800,000 for a water and wastewater master plan 
        development in Rapid City, South Dakota;
          $1,000,000 for a wastewater treatment project in the 
        Town of Pownal, Vermont;
          $1,000,000 for water treatment projects in the Town 
        of Waitsfield, Vermont;
          $500,000 for a groundwater remediation project in 
        North Clark County, Washington;
          $500,000 for a sewer collection system in the City of 
        Carnation, Washington;
          $800,000 for a radionuclide standard drinking water 
        project in the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin; and
          $800,000 for a metropolitan sewage district 
        interceptor system program in the City of Milwaukee, 
        Wisconsin.
    The Committee includes a total of $140,000,000 for 
Brownfields activities within this account. These funds augment 
funding of $25,000,000 included in the Environmental Programs 
and Management account for fiscal year 2006, a total of 
$165,000,000 for EPA Brownfields program.
    The Committee also recommends a rescission of $58,000,000 
in unobligated amounts associated with grants, contracts, and 
interagency agreements whose availability has expired.
    The Committee has included bill language, as carried in 
previous appropriations acts, to clarify that drinking water 
health effects studies are to be funded through the science and 
technology account.
    The Committee also includes bill language addressing 
technical corrections to targeted project grants.
    The Committee has also included bill language, as requested 
by the administration and as carried in previous appropriations 
acts, to: (1) extend for 1 year the authority for States to 
transfer funds between the Clean Water SRF and the Drinking 
Water SRF; (2) waive the one-third of 1 percent cap on the 
Tribal set aside from non-point source grants; (3) increase to 
1.5 percent the cap on the Tribal set-aside for the Clean Water 
SRF; (4) require that any funds provided to address the water 
infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along 
the United States-Mexico border be spent only in areas where 
the local governmental 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 SRF a State can use for administration.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The Committee has included bill language, as proposed in 
the budget request and as carried in previous appropriations 
acts, permitting EPA, in carrying out environmental programs 
required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable 
tribal program, to use cooperative agreements with federally-
recognized tribes and inter-tribal consortia.
    The Committee includes language authorizing EPA to collect 
and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance 
with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended.
    The bill includes a provision to extend eligibility to 
Brownfields sites that were purchased prior to the enactment of 
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield 
Revitalization Act of 2001.
    The Committee has included bill language providing certain 
personnel authority for the Office of Research and Development.
    The Committee has included a provision that addresses the 
Federal cost share for the radon program.
    Bill language requires EPA to complete and publish a 
technical study to look at safety issues, including the risk of 
fire and burn to consumers in use, associated with compliance 
with small engines regulations, required pursuant to Public Law 
108-199. The Committee directs EPA to coordinate this study 
with the U.S. Fire Administration and/or the U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission. The study of small engines in use by 
consumers shall include real-world scenarios involving at 
minimum: operator burn, fire due to contact with flammable 
items, and refueling.

                      TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $276,384,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     285,400,000
House allowance.........................................     285,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     280,892,000

                          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 $280,892,000 
for forest and rangeland research, which is $4,508,000 above 
the enacted level, $4,508,000 below the budget request, and 
$4,108,000 below the House recommended level.
    Increases above the enacted level are $2,508,000 for the 
Forest Inventory and Analysis program for a total of 
$58,434,000 within the research account (additional funds for 
the program are included under the State and Private Forestry 
heading), $500,000 for the Center for Bottomlands Hardwood 
Research in Mississippi, $155,000 for the Joe Skeen Institute 
at Montana State University for a total of $500,000 for this 
project, $300,000 for the Forest Products Laboratory to 
continue research on salvaging lumber for use in low income 
housing construction for a total of $892,000 for this project, 
$500,000 for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative to 
add Maine to the program (the $1,972,000 included in the 
request for the NSRC shall be evenly divided between the 
programs in Vermont and New Hampshire as in the past) and 
$500,000 for hydrology studies at the Southern Research Station 
located in Starkville, Mississippi. There is a general program 
increase of $45,000.
    The Committee expects that unless otherwise stated in this 
report, ongoing research projects specifically designated in 
previous years' bills shall be continued at no less than the 
fiscal year 2005 level. Such projects would include $197,000 to 
continue high priority applied research, including methods to 
reduce urban sprawl and improve livability, with the Urban 
Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration Cooperative in 
Baltimore, Maryland; $1,282,000 for the advanced research 
housing consortium; $493,000 for research in the control of 
pests and pathogens at the forest science laboratory in 
Morgantown, West Virginia; $2,465,000 for sudden oak death 
research; $227,000 for the completion of the hydrology study on 
the Fernow Experimental Forest; $1,114,000 for the research 
laboratory in Sitka, Alaska; and $908,000 for operations at the 
Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue.
    The Committee is aware that certain research facility 
managers may not be fully cognizant of Congressional directives 
to the Forest Service regarding the allocation of Congressional 
funding priorities. The Committee expects the Forest Service to 
make sure that all facility managers understand this allocation 
policy and emphasize the importance of complying with 
Congressional allocations in full and in a timely manner.
    The Committee notes that the agency has established two new 
threat assessment centers in Prineville, Oregon and Asheville, 
North Carolina as authorized by the Healthy Forest Restoration 
Act. The Committee strongly supports these efforts. However, 
the Forest Service should more fully explain this funding in 
future budget submissions. These centers should rely to a large 
extent on emerging remote sensing technology and geospatial 
modeling. The Committee has provided further instructions under 
the National Forest System account regarding the use of these 
technologies by these centers.

                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

Appropriations, 2005 (includes emergency appropriations)    $341,606,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     253,387,000
House allowance.........................................     254,875,000
Committee recommendation................................     254,615,000

                          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 recommends an appropriation of $254,615,000 
for State and private forestry, a decrease of $37,891,000 below 
the enacted level (excluding emergency funds), an increase of 
$1,228,000 above the request, and a decrease of $260,000 below 
the House recommended level.

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                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forest health management.....................................      $72,331,000      $72,631,000        +$300,000
Cooperative fire protection..................................       26,836,000       32,500,000       +5,664,000
Cooperative forestry.........................................      149,231,000      142,484,000       -6,747,000
International forestry.......................................        4,989,000        7,000,000       +2,011,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and private forestry......................      253,387,000      254,615,000       +1,228,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Forest Health Management.--The Committee recommends 
$72,631,000 for forest health management activities.
    The Committee has provided $50,023,000 for Federal lands 
forest health management.
    The Committee has provided $22,608,000 for forest health 
cooperative lands management. The increase above the request is 
for the Vermont forest monitoring cooperative.
    The Committee has also provided $350,000 from within the 
cooperative lands forest health activity to the southern 
Appalachian office of the American Chestnut Foundation to be 
used in cooperation with outside partners which may include 
universities such as Western Kentucky University.
    Cooperative Fire Protection.--The Committee recommends 
$32,500,000 for cooperative fire protection. The Committee has 
provided $26,500,000 for State fire assistance and $6,000,000 
for volunteer fire assistance.
    The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue its 
efforts to partner with State and local governments and other 
organizations to leverage scarce resources for conservation and 
fire protection activities. The Fire Safe Councils of 
California provide an innovative model for State and local fire 
assistance that should be considered as a template for other 
areas. Therefore, the Committee directs the Forest Service to 
make up to $4,000,000 in funding from State and Volunteer Fire 
Assistance available to the Fire Safe Councils of California to 
implement community fire plans and fund fuels reduction, 
planning and education activities.
    Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends 
$142,484,000 for cooperative forestry.
    The Committee has provided $32,320,000 for the forest 
stewardship program. Within the funds provided, $950,000 is for 
the Chesapeake Bay program to support forestry efforts in the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
    The Committee has provided $62,632,000 for the forest 
legacy program. This allocation also includes the use of an 
additional $3,000,000 from prior year funds for projects which 
have either failed or received funding from other sources. The 
Committee recommends the following distribution of funds:

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                                                            Committee
State                    Project Name                     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   HI Wao Kele o Puna                                       $3,400,000
   TN Walls of Jericho                                       1,400,000
   MA Quabbin Corridor Connection                            2,500,000
   ME Katahdin Ironworks                                     5,000,000
   WA Cedar Green Forest                                     2,000,000
   PA History of Forestry                                    2,800,000
   WA Carbon River Forest                                    1,630,000
   CA Baxter Ranch                                           1,000,000
   MT North Swan River Valley                                3,300,000
   DE Green Horizons                                         2,000,000
   ME Machias River Project Phase II                         1,500,000
   CT Skiff Mountain                                         1,000,000
   CA Six Rivers to the Sea Phase II                         1,000,000
   GA Altamaha River Corridor                                2,000,000
   NY Adirondack Working Forest Easement                     1,000,000
   UT Cedar Project #3                                       1,500,000
   WV Potomac River Hills                                    1,800,000
   VT Green Mountain Wildlife Corridor                       1,052,000
   NJ Sparta Mountain South                                  1,800,000
   MT Nevada Creek-Blackfoot Phase II                        1,400,000
   ID Singleton Kilgore                                        650,000
   MI Kamehameha School Land Conservation Easement           2,000,000
   IN Land Bridge                                              550,000
   KY Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area        1,750,000
 USVI Annaly Bay/Hermitage Valley                              500,000
   WI Wolf River                                             1,000,000
   CO Banded Peaks Ranch Phase II                            1,500,000
   ID St. Joe Basin/Mica Creek                               2,000,000
   UT Range Creek/Rainbow Glass Ranch                          750,000
   NH Rossview                                               2,000,000
   AK Agulowak River                                           600,000
   NM Horse Springs                                          1,250,000
   MN Brainerd Lakes Forest Legacy                           1,200,000
   VA New River Corridor                                       230,000
   RI Bugnet Tract                                             600,000
   IL Pere Marquette Project                                   500,000
   MD Broad Creek                                            1,000,000
   PR The Gutierrez Project                                    150,000
   IA Monona                                                   320,000
   NH Willard Pond                                           1,300,000
   GA Paulding County                                          250,000
   AZ New State Start-up                                       500,000
   MO New State Start-up                                       500,000
      Forest Legacy Program Administration,                  5,450,000
       Acquisition Management, and Assessment of Need
       Planning
                                                      ------------------
            Total                                           65,632,000
      Use of prior year funds                                3,000,000
                                                      ------------------
            Total                                           62,632,000
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    The Committee has provided $28,675,000 for the urban and 
community forestry program. Increases above the request are 
$500,000 for the City of Bellevue Greenstreets program, 
$350,000 for the Chicago Greenstreets program, and $350,000 for 
the City of Milwaukee tree planting program. The Committee 
encourages the Forest Service to continue its support of the 
Chicago Wilderness initiative, a consortium of more than 170 
organizations that support environmental and forestry programs 
and education in the Chicago/Northeastern Illinois region.
    Within the funds provided, $150,000 shall be made available 
for the People and Parks Foundation to continue urban natural 
resource stewardship work as part of the Urban Watershed 
Forestry Research and Demonstration cooperative in Baltimore, 
Maryland.
    The Committee is pleased with the efforts of the National 
Association of State Foresters and the Forest Service to 
develop and implement a new allocation methodology for the 
urban and community forestry program. The Committee expects the 
new system to more effectively balance program performance and 
State program needs and capability. The Committee expects this 
new methodology to be fully implemented for fiscal year 2006.
    The Committee does not concur with the administration's 
proposal to eliminate funding for the Economic Action Program 
[EAP] and has provided $14,200,000 for the program. The 
Committee continues to believe that EAP provides critical 
economic assistance to help rural, timber-dependent communities 
diversify and improve their economies. The allocation of funds 
is set out in the table below.

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic Recovery Program...............................           5,000
Rural Development Program...............................           2,000
                                                         ===============
Special Projects:
    Fuels-in-schools biomass program, MT................           2,000
    Hinkle Creek, OR watershed study....................           1,000
    University of Idaho, Mica Cr........................             300
    Northern Forests Partnership program................             350
    Purdue Hardwood Scanning Center, IN.................           1,000
    Wood Enterprise Agent, MT...........................             400
    Private Landowner Database, WA......................           1,000
    Hubbard Brook Foundation, NH........................             750
    Ketchikan Wood Technology Center, AK................             400
                                                         ---------------
      Subtotal special projects.........................           7,200
                                                         ===============
      TOTAL, ECONOMIC ACTION PROGRAMS...................          14,200
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    The Committee directs that within funds available for the 
State and Private Forestry appropriation, the Wood Education 
and Resource Center shall be funded at no less than $2,700,000 
as stated in the request.
    Forest Resource Information and Analysis.--The Committee 
recommends $4,657,000 for forest resource information and 
analysis as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, 
which is equal to the request.
    International Programs.--The Committee recommends 
$7,000,000 for the international program.

                         NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2005 (includes emergency appropriations)  $1,392,959,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   1,651,357,000
House allowance.........................................   1,417,920,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,377,656,000

                          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 productivity of the land 
or damaging the environment.

                       COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,377,656,000, a decrease of $15,303,000 compared to the 
enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), a decrease 
of $273,701,000 compared to the request excluding the proposed 
transfer of hazardous fuels to the National Forest System 
appropriation, and $40,264,000 below the House recommendation. 
The Committee has kept the hazardous fuels funds under the 
wildland fire management account.
    The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as 
follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                   Committee
                                                               Budget estimate   recommendation       Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land management planning.....................................      $59,057,000      $59,057,000  ...............
Inventory and monitoring.....................................      167,009,000      167,009,000  ...............
Recreation, heritage and wilderness..........................      257,344,000      257,344,000  ...............
Wildlife and fish habitat management.........................      124,951,000      125,001,000         +$50,000
Grazing management...........................................       44,659,000       48,500,000       +3,841,000
Forest products..............................................      278,297,000      278,297,000  ...............
Vegetation and watershed management..........................      193,774,000      193,774,000  ...............
Minerals and geology management..............................       73,791,000       73,791,000  ...............
Land ownership management....................................       84,157,000       84,157,000  ...............
Law enforcement operations...................................       86,326,000       87,076,000         +750,000
Valles Caldera National Preserve.............................          992,000        3,650,000       +2,658,000
Hazardous Fuels..............................................      281,000,000  ...............     -281,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System..........................    1,651,357,000    1,377,656,000     -273,701,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends 
$59,057,000 for land management planning. Within the funds for 
land management planning, the Committee has provided $400,000 
for the agency to continue the comprehensive environmental 
training, review, and compliance program for agency employees. 
This program should help ensure that employees are aware of, 
and remain fully compliant with existing Federal requirements. 
The Committee again encourages the agency to identify and 
partner with a private sector entity with a successful record 
of developing similar programs for other governmental agencies.
    Inventory and Monitoring.--The Committee recommends 
$167,009,000 for inventory and monitoring. Within the funds 
provided $170,000 is for a hillslope hydrology study on the 
Fernow Experimental Forest.
    The Committee directs that out of the funds made available 
to the Threat Assessment Centers in North Carolina and Oregon 
in the research, State and private, and National Forest System 
accounts, $1,000,000 shall be provided to the Stennis Space 
Center. These funds shall be used to acquire remote sensing 
data to inventory and monitor National Forest System and 
private lands pursuant to Title VI of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act.
    Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.--The Committee 
recommends $257,344,000 for recreation, heritage, and 
wilderness which is equal to the request.
    Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The Committee 
recommends $125,001,000 for wildlife and fish habitat 
management. Within the funds provided, $250,000 shall be used 
to continue work at Batten Kill River to protect and improve 
the river, stream banks and adjacent habitat areas.
    Grazing Management.--The Committee has provided $48,500,000 
for grazing management, which is $3,841,000 above the request.
    The Committee remains extremely concerned with the lack of 
progress the agency has made in completing the environmental 
review of grazing allotments that are governed by the 
Rescissions Act schedule (Section 504 of Public Law 104-19). 
Despite this lack of progress, the agency continues to propose 
large reductions to the grazing management program. The 
Committee does not concur with these reductions and expects 
that future submissions will more adequately reflect the true 
needs of the program. Accordingly, the Committee has provided 
an additional $3,841,000 above the request for completing 
environmental review of grazing allotments, processing permits, 
and short and long term monitoring in conjunction with grazing 
permittees.
    The Committee notes the dramatic improvement in moisture 
conditions in portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, 
Colorado and Utah and expects the Bureau of Land Management and 
the Forest Service to increase grazing permit stocking levels 
to the maximum extent possible given range conditions on the 
allotments, or subunits of the allotments. In the event the 
Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management does not have up-
to-date monitoring information needed to document the 
improvement of the range conditions, the Secretaries shall 
accept credible range condition monitoring provided from 
professional range conservationists employed by State or county 
governments or Universities.
    Forest Products.--The Committee recommends $278,297,000 for 
forest products.
    The Committee is increasingly concerned about forest 
outputs and whether on-the-ground accomplishments remain a high 
priority for the Forest Service. In order to ensure an adequate 
and reliable flow of outputs to support the social and economic 
needs of small, forest-dependent communities, the Committee 
expects the Forest Service to maintain a performance management 
system that includes performance standards for every National 
Forest System line officer and specifies expected output levels 
for current and multi-year projects and programs. The Chief of 
the Forest Service is directed to provide a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the relevant House 
and Senate authorizing committees on this performance 
management system within 90 days of enactment. This information 
shall also be made available to the public following submission 
of the report to the committees noted above.
    The Committee is concerned with the ability of the Lincoln 
National Forest to undertake restoration and stewardship 
contracts. The Committee directs the Secretary of Agriculture 
to develop and execute at least one stewardship contract in 
excess of 15,000 acres on the Lincoln National Forest as 
authorized in Public Law 108-278 no later than June 1, 2006. 
The Secretary is directed to work with the Mescalero Apache 
Tribe and the New Mexico State Forester to assure the 
stewardship contract is drafted so that lands on the Lincoln 
National Forest are treated. The Secretary shall assure 
contract terms reflect maximum flexibility in order to allow 
the Tribe a reasonable chance of success. The Forest Service 
shall provide the Tribe with assistance in developing the 
stewardship proposal at no cost to the Tribe.
    The Committee has retained bill language included in prior 
years which allows the funds provided for timber pipeline 
supply above the normal regional allocation on the Tongass 
National Forest to be allocated between the Capital Improvement 
and Maintenance and the National Forest System appropriation. 
The amount provided for this purpose is $5,000,000.
    The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue 
preparing and submitting its quarterly reports on the timber 
sales program. The Committee recommends that the agency 
identify the volumes that are offered, sold, and harvested 
categorized as net merchantable sawtimber in its quarterly 
reports.
    Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The Committtee 
recommends $193,774,000 for vegetation and watershed 
management. Within the funds provided, $350,000 shall be used 
to continue Leafy Spurge eradication efforts in North Dakota.
    The Committee remains interested in the efforts of counties 
in Region 3 of the Forest Service to implement the county 
partnership on restoration and appreciate the funds that the 
Secretary has directed towards these efforts. The Committee 
expects the Secretary of Agriculture, to the extent 
practicable, to increase financial support for these programs 
and encourages the Secretary to provide additional funding from 
unobligated funds from the Forest Service and the Department of 
Agriculture to help fund these projects.
    Minerals and Geology Management.--The Committee recommends 
$73,791,000 for minerals and geology management.
    Landownership Management.--The Committee recommends 
$84,157,000 for landownership management.
    Law Enforcement Operations.--The Committee recommends 
$87,076,000 for law enforcement operations. Within the funds 
provided, $900,000 shall be provided for counterdrug operations 
on the Daniel Boone National Forest and $750,000 is for the 
Forest Service to develop, in consultation with local law 
enforcement officials, an emergency warning system for the 
Spring Mountains NRA in Nevada.
    The Committee has included bill language under 
administrative provisions that allows the transfer of funds 
from other accounts to the law enforcement program. These 
transfers are necessary to realign the law enforcement budget 
so that it will pay full indirect costs in the same fashion as 
all other agency programs.
    Valles Caldera.--The Committee has provided $3,650,000 for 
the Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the Baca 
Ranch, New Mexico which is $2,658,000 above the request.
    Other.--The Committee directs that overall funding for the 
Land Between the Lakes NRA be no less than $7,900,000. The 
Forest Service should determine the funding mix from all 
accounts.
    The Committee did not move funds for hazardous fuels 
reduction from the wildland fire account to the National Forest 
System appropriation as proposed in the request. However, the 
Committee has included bill language under the wildland fire 
management appropriation allowing transfer of these funds to 
the National Forest System account at the discretion of the 
Chief of the Forest Service following notification of the 
Committee.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................  $2,098,487,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   1,444,267,000
House allowance.........................................   1,790,506,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,745,531,000

                          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 
192,000,000 acres of National Forest System lands, as well as 
on an additional 20,000,000 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 
$1,745,531,000 for wildland fire management activities, which 
is $352,956,000 below the enacted level, $301,264,000 above the 
request, and $44,975,000 below the House recommendation. Of the 
increase above the request, $281,000,000 is explained by virtue 
of keeping the hazardous fuels reduction program in the fire 
account instead of moving it to the National Forest System 
appropriation as proposed in the request. The Committee has 
included bill language allowing transfer of these funds to the 
National Forest System account following notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    The Committee recommendation includes $676,014,000 for 
preparedness. Funding for the joint fire science program is not 
included under preparedness but instead the Committee has 
provided these funds in the other fire operations account at 
the requested level of $8,000,000.
    The Committee notes once again that the amounts proposed 
for preparedness in the request do not appear to be adequate to 
maintain the agency's firefighting readiness capability at 
current levels. Maintaining a robust initial attack capability 
is a critical component of the National Fire Plan and also 
reduces the overall costs of firefighting by containing fires 
before they escalate and cause loss of life and property as 
well as natural resource damage. Therefore, the agency shall 
analyze current readiness levels to determine whether 
maintaining preparedness resources in the field at a level not 
less than fiscal year 2005 will, based on the best information 
available, result in lower overall firefighting costs. If the 
Forest Service makes such a determination, the Committee 
directs the Forest Service to adjust the levels for 
preparedness and suppression accordingly and report on these 
adjustments to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. The Secretary of Agriculture should advise the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing prior 
to the decision.
    The Committee has provided $700,492,000 for fire 
suppression. This level of funding exceeds the 10 year average 
for suppression by $45,560,000.
    The Committee has provided a total of $369,025,000 for 
other fire operations. As stated earlier, $281,000,000 is 
included for hazardous fuels reduction which fully funds the 
request. Of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction 
$1,500,000 shall be used to continue work on the Santa Fe 
Watershed Thinning Project on the Santa Fe National Forest.
    The Committee understands that the Forest Service plans to 
expend $1,600,000 during fiscal year 2006 for work at the 
Ecological Restoration Institute [ERI] at Northern Arizona 
University through a cooperative agreement between the parties. 
The Committee believes this is an efficient arrangement for 
furthering the agency's mission in reducing hazardous fuels.
    The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations 
account are allocated as follows, $18,385,000 for research and 
development, which is $1,500,000 above the request; $2,000,000 
for rehabilitation and restoration; $8,000,000 for the joint 
fire science program; $40,179,000 for the State fire assistance 
program; $7,889,000 for volunteer fire assistance; and 
$11,572,000 for forest health activities as proposed in the 
request.
    Within the funds provided for research and development, 
$1,500,000 shall be allocated to the National Center for 
Landscape Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, of which 
$350,000 shall be to continue work in conjunction with the 
University of Idaho on the FRAMES project.
    Within the funds provided for State fire assistance, 
$6,500,000 is for activities in Alaska, primarily in areas 
affected by the Spruce Bark Beetle which has caused a severe 
fire danger in areas adjacent to many communities. These funds 
are to be distributed as follows: $2,100,000 to the Kenai 
Peninsula Borough, $1,500,000 to the Municipality of Anchorage 
to remove dead and dying trees caused by Spruce Bark beetle, 
$1,000,000 for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, $1,600,000 for 
the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and $300,000 for the Cook Inlet 
Tribal Council. Each of the amounts in this paragraph shall be 
distributed in the form of an advanced direct lump sum payment. 
None of the funds may be used for the purchase of equipment.
    The Committee notes that progress has been made in treating 
the forest health and hazardous fuels problems facing many 
forests. The Committee believes that greater funding for the 
hazardous fuels program, the passage of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act, and authorization of stewardship contracting 
are playing an important role in addressing the unhealthy state 
of many Federal forests. However, the Committee is concerned 
that prescribed burning treatments may not always be compatible 
with the need to better utilize commercially valuable biomass 
products. The Forest Service shall coordinate with the Bureau 
of Land Management to develop an annual report that describes 
by administrative unit (National Forest or BLM District) the 
number of acres of each fire regime and condition class managed 
during the previous year and which method of treatment was 
utilized. In addition, the report shall include the quantity of 
commercially valuable biomass products from the treatment areas 
prior to prescribed burning.
    The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish utilization 
goals for hazardous fuels reduction and restoration projects 
that include volume (in tons and acres treated) of low-value 
and small diameter trees. The Secretary shall also report to 
Congress on the percentage of contracts that contained 
utilization criteria that were awarded to enterprises as 
directed in section 202 of Public Law 108-148. The Committee 
recognizes that utilization of timber related biomass is 
largely market driven but the Committee directs the Secretary 
to encourage utilization of small diameter trees by making 
those trees available to markets and by reducing barriers to 
this use through flexible contract provisions. Utilization 
goals shall include low-value and small diameter trees used for 
the full range of wood products, including timber, engineered 
lumber, paper and pulp, furniture and value added commodities, 
pellets, and other innovative uses, as well as bio-energy and 
bio-based products such as plastics, ethanol and diesel. The 
Committee believes that supporting new markets for low-value 
and small diameter trees will help to reduce the costs of 
hazardous fuels reduction projects and allow the agency to 
treat more acres.

                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency 
    appropriations).....................................    $589,906,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     380,792,000
House allowance.........................................     468,260,000
Committee recommendation................................     409,751,000

    The Committee recommends $409,751,000 for capital 
improvement and maintenance, which is $104,950,000 below the 
enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), $28,959,000 
above the budget request, and $58,509,000 below the House 
recommendation.
    The Committee agrees to the following distribution of 
funds:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Committee
                                                             Budget estimate   recommendation        Change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities................................................      $117,716,000      $120,666,000       +$2,950,000
Roads.....................................................       189,559,000       215,568,000       +26,009,000
Trails....................................................        63,792,000        63,792,000  ................
Infrastructure improvement................................         9,725,000         9,725,000  ................
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total, capital improvement and maintenance..........       380,792,000       409,751,000       +28,959,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Facilities.--The Committee recommends $120,666,000 for 
facilities capital improvement and maintenance. Of the funds 
provided $51,522,000 is for maintenance and $69,144,000 is for 
capital improvement. Increases above the request are for the 
following projects: $950,000 is for facilities improvements on 
the Monongahela National Forest, $2,000,000 is continue work on 
the Smith County Lake project in Mississippi, and $1,500,000 is 
for various infrastructure improvement on the Valles Caldera 
Preserve. The Committee has not included $10,000,000 for the 
Forest Products Lab [FPL] as proposed in the request. Instead 
the Committee has provided $2,800,000 for this project which 
will allow the FPL to complete work on the durability test 
facility. The agency has not undertaken a strategic analysis of 
this entire project which was recommended by a consultant hired 
by the Forest Service. The Committee believes that the agency 
should not go forward until it has completed a strategic plan 
to ensure that the project fits within the overall mission of 
the national research program over the long term.
    The Committee has included bill language under Title V 
which provides new authorities for the agency to sell unneeded 
facilities and retain the proceeds for maintenance and capital 
improvement needs. It is anticipated that the agency will raise 
in excess of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 which will offset 
the reduction in appropriated funds. As part of this proposal, 
the agency will also establish a new working capital fund and 
assess each program area based on the amount of office space it 
occupies. This practice should provide an incentive for program 
managers to more efficiently utilize space and it will also 
reduce the Agency's deferred maintenance backlog.
    Roads.--The Committee recommends $215,568,000 for road 
maintenance and capital improvement. Of the funds provided, 
$148,066,000 is for maintenance and $67,502,000 is for capital 
improvement. Increases above the request are $2,300,000 for 
road improvements on the Monongahela National Forest, 
$4,000,000 for road improvements on the Tongass National 
Forest, and $3,000,000 for improvements on the Jarbidge Canyon 
Road in Nevada. The Committee has included bill language 
allowing the Forest Service to transfer a portion of the funds 
for the Jarbidge project to the Bureau of Land Management and 
the Fish and Wildlife Service in order to expedite the project.
    Trails.--The Committee recommends $63,792,000 for trail 
maintenance and capital improvement. Of these funds $37,540,000 
is for trail maintenance and $26,252,000 is for capital 
improvements.
    Infrastructure Improvement.--The Committee recommends 
$9,725,000 for infrastructure improvement.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $61,007,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      40,000,000
House allowance.........................................      15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      44,925,000

    The Committee recommends $44,925,000 for land acquisition, 
which is $16,082,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
$4,925,000 above the budget request, and $29,925,000 over the 
House recommendation.
    The Committee recommends the following distribution of 
funds:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
  State           Forest                  Project         recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
      AL Multiple               Alabama National             $500,000
                                 Forests.
      AR Multiple               Arkansas Forests......      1,000,000
      AZ Coconino               Sedona/Red Rocks/Oak        1,000,000
                                 Creek.
      CA Six Rivers             Goose Creek-Smith           1,000,000
                                 River.
      CA Tahoe                  Middle Yuba-Baker Pass        500,000
CA/OR/WA Multiple               Pacific Crest Trail...        500,000
      CO White River            High Elk Corridor.....        500,000
      GA Chattahoochee-Oconee   Georgia Mountains             500,000
                                 Riparian Project.
      ID Payette                Thunder Mountain......      1,000,000
      IL Shawnee                Illinois Disappearing         500,000
                                 Habitat.
      IN Hoosier                Hoosier Unique Areas..        500,000
      KY Daniel Boone           Daniel Boone National       1,000,000
                                 Forest.
      MN Chippewa/Superior      Minnesota Wilderness..        125,000
      MS Delta National Forest  ......................      1,500,000
      MT Helena & Lolo NFs      Blackfoot Challenge...      6,000,000
      MT Flathead               Swan Valley...........      3,000,000
      MT Helena                 Spring Hill...........        600,000
      MT Beaverhead/Deerlodge   Selway Valley Preserve      1,500,000
      MT Gallatin               Greater Yellowstone         1,000,000
                                 Area.
   OR/WA Multiple               Columbia River Gorge        2,000,000
                                 NSA.
      SC Francis Marion-Sumter  Francis Marion........        500,000
      SD Black Hills            Lady C Ranch..........      1,500,000
      UT Multiple               Bonneville Shoreline        1,500,000
                                 Trail.
      UT Wasatch-Cache          High Uintas...........      1,000,000
      VT Green Mtn              ......................      1,000,000
      WA Okanogan-Wenatchee     I-90 Corridor.........      1,200,000
                                                       -----------------
                                    SUBTOTAL, LINE         30,925,000
                                 ITEM PROJECTS.
                                                       =================
                                Cash equalization.....        500,000
                                Crit. Inholdings/           1,000,000
                                 wilderness protection.
                                Acquisition Management     12,500,000
                                 (incl. Cash
                                 Equilization).
                                                       -----------------
                                    TOTAL, FS LAND         44,925,000
                                 ACQUISITION.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee has previously provided funding for Pacific 
Northwest Streams projects located in Oregon and Washington and 
understands some funds remain unspent. The Committee expects 
the purchase of the Rader property located in the Mount Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest to receive the highest priority for 
funding using these unobligated sums.
    From the funds made available for land acquisition for the 
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, the Committee 
requests the Forest Service consider the acquisition of GIP 
Tract number 432 located at township 1 north, range 5 east, 
section 16, W.M., in Skamania County at a fair market value as 
determined by Federal appraisal guidelines. The Forest Service 
shall report back to the Committee prior to March 15, 2006, if 
the service and parcel owner are unable to agree on fair market 
value.
    Due to continued constraints on funding for land 
acquisition and the ongoing prospect of borrowing for fire 
suppression, it remains important that funding provided for 
land acquisition be obligated promptly. The Committee notes the 
annual unobligated balance reporting requirement included in 
its fiscal year 2004 report, and urges timely submission of the 
report.
    The Committee is aware of the pressing land acquisition 
needs in the Wisconsin National Forests (Chequamegon and 
Nicolet) and will consider options to address these needs as 
the bill proceeds.

        ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS, SPECIAL ACTS

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $1,054,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       1,069,000
House allowance.........................................       1,069,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,069,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000, 
which is an increase of $15,000 over the enacted level and 
equal to the budget request and the House recommendation. These 
funds are derived from receipts at certain forests.

            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

Appropriations, 2005....................................        $231,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................         234,000
House allowance.........................................         234,000
Committee recommendation................................         234,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $234,000, 
which is a $3,000 increase over the enacted level and equal to 
the budget request and the House recommendation. 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, 2005....................................      $3,021,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       2,963,000
House allowance.........................................       2,963,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,963,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,963,000, 
which is a decrease of $58,000 from the enacted level and equal 
to the request and the House recommendation. 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, 2005....................................         $64,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................          64,000
House allowance.........................................          64,000
Committee recommendation................................          64,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $64,000, the 
same as the enacted level, the budget estimate and the House 
recommendation. 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, 2005....................................      $5,879,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       5,467,000
House allowance.........................................       5,467,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,067,000

    The Committee recommends $5,067,000 for subsistence 
management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, which is a 
decrease of $812,000 from the enacted level and $400,000 below 
the budget request and the House recommendation.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

    The Committee has continued many of the same administrative 
provisions as provided in prior years.
    Language is included which authorizes the Forest Service to 
provide funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to 
$3,300,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis for 
projects on National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs. The Committee has authorized up to $350,000 
of Federal funds to be used for administrative expenses of the 
Foundation.
    Language is included which provides 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 National Forest System lands.
    Language is included which allows the Forest Service to 
transfer appropriated funds to the Bureau of Land Management 
from the National Forest System account for work related to the 
management of wild horses and burros. The amount of funds 
transferred with this authority should be displayed in 
subsequent budget justifications.
    The Committee notes the Defense Department closing of the 
Roosevelt School in Puerto Rico, and has included language to 
provide for the use of funds by the Forest Service for expenses 
associated with primary and secondary schooling for employees 
stationed in Puerto Rico prior to the date of this Act.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                         Indian Health Service


                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

Appropriations, 2005....................................  $2,596,492,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................   2,732,298,000
House allowance.........................................   2,732,298,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,732,323,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    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 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.
    The IHS currently provides health services to approximately 
1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 
more than 557 federally recognized tribes in 35 States. IHS 
services are provided directly and through tribally contracted 
and operated health programs. Health services also include 
health care 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.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $2,732,323,000 for Indian health 
services, an increase of $135,831,000 above the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level and $25,000 above the budget request and the 
House allowance. The increase to the budget request is provided 
to increase base funding for the InMed program at the 
University of North Dakota to $775,000. In agreement with the 
budget request, the Committee has recommended operational 
increases of $29,301,000 for pay and benefits, $30,850,000 for 
the staffing of new facilities, $5,000,000 for contract support 
costs, $31,498,000 for population growth and $42,212,000 for 
medical inflation. It is the Committee's understanding that all 
programs funded within the services appropriation are assumed 
to be recurring unless specifically designated to the contrary. 
The Committee expects the Service to manage its loan repayment 
program in the same manner as it has previous years.
    Language is retained in the bill designating $15,000,000 
for alcohol prevention and treatment work in Alaska, from which 
amounts are to be distributed among the program's participants 
as specified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
the fiscal 2005 conference report (House Rept. 108-792). The 
budget request proposed to eliminate the direction associated 
with these funds. Language is also retained in the bill in 
Title IV, General Provisions, continuing the demonstration 
program of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, 
which provides bonus payments to health professionals. This 
provision, too, was proposed for elimination in the budget 
request. In agreement with the budget request, the Committee 
supports continued funding for the Alaska Federal Health Care 
Access Network, InPsych programs at the University of Montana 
and the University of North Dakota, as well as the Recruitment 
of American Indians into Nursing [RAIN] program at the 
University of North Dakota, at no less than the current year 
enacted levels. The Committee remains supportive of the 
Service's work with the Joslin diabetes program and encourages 
the continuation of this collaborative effort in the coming 
fiscal year.
    The Committee has included language in the bill to provide 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs with access to Indian Health 
Service records as necessary for the implementation of certain 
provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
Specifically, the Act provides for the creation of a 
comprehensive system of coordinated services to ensure adequate 
health and human services for American Indian and Alaska Native 
children with disabilities, who are enrolled in Bureau-funded 
schools, and this provision provides a mechanism for 
identifying those children.
    The Committee is pleased to receive an interim report from 
the Indian Health Service on the implementation of the Special 
Diabetes Program for Indians established in the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997. Diabetes is a particularly serious chronic disease 
that disproportionately affects American Indians and Alaska 
Natives. This program will provide over $1,100,000,000 for 
prevention and treatment programs over 10-year period. The 
interim report provides valuable information on the extent of 
this serious disease, best practice models that have been 
developed to prevent and treat diabetes, and on the utilization 
of these funds to provide actual services to native peoples. 
This knowledge will help build a stronger, more effective 
program in future years.

                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $388,574,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     315,668,000
House allowance.........................................     370,774,000
Committee recommendation................................     335,643,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    Indian health services are provided in over 500 IHS and 
tribal health care facilities scattered throughout many States, 
mostly in rural and isolated areas. Total space is over 1.4 
million square meters, of which the Government owns 
approximately 65 percent and the tribes 35 percent. The IHS 
health facilities account provides funds for the maintenance 
and improvement, sanitation, health facilities construction, 
equipment, and environmental health support programs operated 
by the Service.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $335,643,000 for Indian health 
facilities, a decrease of $52,931,000 from the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, an increase of $19,975,000 above the budget 
request, and a decrease of $35,131,000 below the House 
allowance. Changes to the budget request include increases of 
$975,000 for maintenance and improvement, and $2,000,000 for 
facilities and environmental health support. This last amount 
is provided to assist the Service, through its headquarters 
operations, in addressing inherently Federal functions such as 
new real property asset management requirements. A proposed 
increase of $17,000,000 for health facilities construction will 
provide a total amount of $20,326,000 for these activities, to 
be distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                 Project                  Budget request  recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fort Belknap, MT staff quarters.........      $3,326,000      $3,326,000
Phoenix Indian Medical Center, AZ.......  ..............       8,000,000
Barrow Hospital, AK.....................  ..............       5,000,000
Nome Hospital, AK.......................  ..............       3,000,000
Mobile dental units.....................  ..............       1,000,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Total.............................       3,326,000      20,326,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee understands that funds provided for the Fort 
Belknap staff quarters will complete this construction project. 
The amount provided to the Phoenix Indian Medical Center is to 
be used to start construction of the SW ambulatory care clinic. 
Funds for the Barrow hospital are provided to complete design 
of the facility and begin construction. The amount specified 
for the Nome hospital will be used to continue planning and 
design of the facility. In conjunction with this project, the 
Committee has included language in the bill authorizing the 
Service to construct a facility on land owned by the Norton 
Sound Health Corporation.
    As in previous years, the Committee urges the Service that 
funding for construction of a new drinking water system for the 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho 
should continue at the highest level possible within the 
current IHS priority list for the sanitation facilities 
construction program.
    Both the budget request and the Committee recommendation 
for health facilities construction for fiscal year 2006 contain 
substantially lower funding levels than amounts provided in 
previous years. The administration has proposed a pause in 
construction while attempting to bolster health services 
funding to more adequately reflect the level of need throughout 
Indian country. In large part, the Committee concurs with this 
temporary arrangement, particularly since the Service, in 
consultation with the tribes, is still in the midst of revising 
its construction priority system. The Committee understands 
that this situation is temporary and, therefore, expects to see 
a more aggressive construction schedule planned in future 
budget requests. In the meantime, the Committee strongly urges 
the Service to complete its revisions and issue a new policy 
for construction priorities that better accommodates tribal 
needs. The Committee notes that the Service has been studying 
this issue at length for several years and, therefore, should 
be in a position to complete its work in the very near future.
    The Committee is aware that Public Law 108-437, the ``Three 
Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act,'' was 
enacted on December 3, 2004. As stated in the congressional 
findings of that Act, the United States made a commitment in 
1949 to replace vital infrastructure on the Fort Berthold 
Indian Reservation. That infrastructure was lost as a result of 
flooding associated with the construction of the Garrison Dam 
and Reservoir. While the Committee wishes to reiterate this 56-
year-old commitment, it also recognizes that funding for 
construction of Indian Health Service facilities is currently 
limited to only those facilities already on the IHS 
construction priority list, and that the facility authorized by 
the Act is not on that list. The Committee does not wish to 
bypass the current priority list, since some of the projects on 
that list have been waiting a decade or more to be funded. 
However, the Committee does recognize the unique Federal 
responsibility for replacing the facility on the Fort Berthold 
Reservation and expects the Federal Government to fulfill its 
promise. The Committee therefore urges the administration to 
give this project full and fair consideration as the priority 
list is updated.

                     National Institutes of Health

    The National Institute of Environmental 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 Reauthorizations 
Act of 1986, 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, 2005....................................     $79,842,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      80,289,000
House allowance.........................................      80,289,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,289,000

    The Committee recommends $80,289,000 for the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an increase of 
$447,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same 
as the budget request and the House allowance.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
[ATSDR], an 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 substance, 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, 2005....................................     $76,041,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      76,024,000
House allowance.........................................      76,024,000
Committee recommendation................................      76,024,000

    The Committee recommends $76,024,000 for the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is a decrease of 
$17,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same as 
the budget request and the House recommendation.
    The Committee recognizes that significant savings have been 
achieved through the consolidation of ATSDR administrative 
functions within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 
The Committee remains interested in seeing that administrative 
costs are assigned to benefiting agencies in an equitable and 
transparent manner, and urges that a more thorough discussion 
of these costs and charges be included in future ATSDR budget 
justifications.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES


  Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $3,258,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       2,717,000
House allowance.........................................       2,717,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,717,000

                          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 findings and 
recommendations.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $2,717,000 for the Council on 
Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, 
which is a decrease of $541,000 from the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House 
recommendation. The decrease from the enacted level is largely 
a result of health center and space costs being centralized in 
the Office of Administration within the Executive Office of the 
President.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

    The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board was 
authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to 
investigate accidental releases of certain chemical 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, 2005....................................      $9,424,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       9,200,000
House allowance.........................................       9,200,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,200,000

    The Committee recommends $9,200,000 for the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board, the same as the budget request 
and a decrease of $224,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level. The change from the enacted level is comprised of an 
increase of $173,000 for salaries and expenses and a reduction 
of $397,000 for the emergency fund.
    The Committee has again included bill language limiting the 
number of career senior executive service positions to three 
and bill language identifying the EPA Inspector General as the 
Inspector General for the Board.

              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. The 
Office continues relocation efforts and is slated to move 110 
clients to new lands in fiscal year 2006.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $4,930,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       8,601,000
House allowance.........................................       8,601,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,601,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,601,000, 
which $3,671,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and 
equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. 
The reduced level in fiscal year 2005 was due to the use of 
carry over funds.

    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, 2005....................................      $5,916,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       6,300,000
House allowance.........................................       6,300,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,300,000

    The Committee recommends $6,300,000 for the Institute of 
American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, 
an increase of $384,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level and the same amount as the budget request and the House 
allowance. The additional funding will assist the Institute in 
meeting its fixed cost increases.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $489,035,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     524,135,000
House allowance.........................................     524,381,000
Committee recommendation................................     524,135,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    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 Treasury to be maintained in a separate account; 
and the principal was to be maintained and 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. One hundred and 
fifty years since its doors first opened, the Smithsonian 
Institution today is the world's largest museum and research 
complex, housing approximately 144 million objects and 
specimens, and receiving an estimated 25 million visitors to 
its museums and nearly 40,000 visits by researchers to its 
facilities annually.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $524,135,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an increase of 
$35,100,000, or 7 percent, above the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level, which meets the budget request and is $246,000 below the 
House allowance.
    In agreement with the budget request, program increases 
include $9,000,000 for the reopening of the National Portrait 
Gallery and the American Art Museum, $1,000,000 for collections 
care, $1,000,000 for repatriation activities, $5,500,000 for 
facilities maintenance, $940,000 for IT programs, and $452,000 
for audit costs. An amount of $18,401,000 is provided to meet 
fixed cost adjustments such as pay, rent, and utilities. An 
increase of $2,428,000 is provided for operations of the 
National Zoological Park, which is $154,000 above the budget 
request for this activity. The Committee has not agreed to the 
proposed increase of $1,154,000 for the National Museum of 
African American History and Culture and continues funding at 
the current year enacted level of $3,944,000. The Committee 
remains supportive of this new museum and will make every 
effort to meet future requests for additional funds, either 
through the annual budget process or by reprogramming request, 
as the pace of development accelerates. Decreases proposed in 
the budget request and agreed to by the Committee include 
$1,732,000 for non-recurring costs of the National Museum of 
the American Indian, $949,000 for deferred telephone 
modernization work, $440,000 for the Information Resource 
Management Pool and $500,000 for a soils research initiative at 
STRI. The Committee does not agree to the proposed reduction of 
$1,000,000 to the Institution's Outreach activity and has 
restored that amount to ensure the funding for programs such as 
SITES will be continued at no less than the current year 
enacted levels.
    Administrative provisions relating to the Smithsonian 
Institution, which have been carried in this bill in past 
years, have not been included by the Committee this year. The 
Smithsonian should continue, however, to make every effort to 
consult with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
prior to undertaking any activity that would have a substantive 
impact on its programs and/or annual appropriation. As a part 
of this effort, the Smithsonian should review the revised 
reprogramming guidelines included in the front of this report 
to ensure that it will be in full compliance with these 
requirements.

                           FACILITIES CAPITAL

Appropriations, 2005....................................    $126,123,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      90,900,000
House allowance.........................................      90,900,000
Committee recommendation................................     100,000,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The Smithsonian Institution's facilities inventory has 
expanded over the years to include 18 museums and galleries, 10 
science centers, a zoo, and other facilities--most located in 
or near Washington, DC, with others in Massachusetts, New York, 
Florida, Arizona, Hawaii, and the Republic of Panama. These 
facilities include about 660 buildings and structures, owned 
and leased, ranging from major museum buildings to storage 
buildings and storage sheds. There are about 8.6 million square 
feet of owned space and 1 million square feet of leased space. 
More than half of the buildings owned by the Smithsonian are 
more than 25 years old, 6 are designated as National Historic 
Landmarks and about 40 are listed on the National Register of 
Historic Places or otherwise eligible for special consideration 
under Federal guidelines for historic buildings. 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. 
This vast campus, much of which houses priceless collections 
and is open to the public daily, presents significant 
challenges for meeting the repair, revitalization, and 
construction requirements of the Institution.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Smithsonian 
Institution's facilities capital program, a decrease of 
$26,123,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and an 
increase of $9,100,000 over the budget request and the House 
allowance. The reduction from the enacted level reflects, in 
part, a decrease of $44,000,000 resulting from completion of 
the restoration of the Patent Office Building.
    Increases proposed in the budget request and supported by 
the Committee for revitalization activities include $8,400,000 
for the National Museum of American History for a total project 
amount of $18,400,000; $5,800,000 for the National Museum of 
Natural History for a total project amount of $12,800,000; 
$7,900,000 for anti-terrorism protection; and an additional 
$9,000,000 for a total of $15,000,000 for other smaller 
revitalization projects throughout the Institution. An increase 
of $9,100,000 above the budget request of $9,000,000 for 
construction provides a total of $18,100,000 for the POD 5 
Museum Support Center storage facility that will house 
approximately 365,000 gallons of alcohol-stored collections 
when completed. An increase of $1,100,000 for facilities 
planning and design provides a total amount of $9,000,000 for 
these activities in the coming fiscal year. Decreases of 
$44,000,000 for completion of the Patent Office Building, 
$6,500,000 for activities at the National Zoological Park, and 
$17,600,000 for the Arts and Industries building closure have 
also been assumed in agreement with the budget request. An 
amount of $5,800,000 remains in the budget to complete the 
relocation of staff, collections and equipment from the Arts 
and Industries building. To date, $13,200,000 has been 
appropriated to initiate design of the future restoration of 
this historic landmark. The reduction to the budget for the 
National Zoo provides a base of $13,000,000 for its facilities 
capital projects.
    In recent months, there has been much focus on the proposed 
canopy design that would enclose the courtyard of the Old 
Patent Office Building. The National Capital Planning 
Commission approved both the concept and the preliminary design 
for the canopy. The Commission of Fine Arts completed its 
review in January 2005, approving the final design of the 
canopy enclosure, but not approving the Smithsonian's 
submission for reconstruction of the south stairs to the 
building. Both the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
and the National Capital Planning Commission have since 
rejected the canopy or any roof enclosure unless a commitment 
is made to reconstruct the south stairs, the same proposal 
rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts earlier in the process. 
The Committee understands the Smithsonian has committed to 
reconstruct the south stairs with private funds. With 
disagreement among the reviewing agencies, and the Smithsonian 
now forced to incur additional costs of no less than $7,000,000 
to $10,000,000 as work is stopped on a project that in concept 
was authorized by Public Law 108-72, the Committee finds it 
highly unfortunate that accommodation appears to be beyond the 
reach of all interested parties. The Committee further notes 
the difficulty inherent in providing additional Federal funding 
for revitalization work outside the scope of the original 
project given current budgetary constraints. The Committee 
urges the Smithsonian and the National Capital Planning 
Commission to work together to reach an agreement so this 
project can go forward as authorized.

                        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 and maintenance and the 
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, 2005....................................     $91,708,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      97,100,000
House allowance.........................................      97,100,000
Committee recommendation................................      96,600,000

    The Committee recommends $96,600,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the National Gallery of Art, an increase of 
$4,892,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and a 
decrease of $500,000 below the budget request and the House 
allowance. The decrease from the budget request has been taken 
as a general reduction to be met through administrative 
savings. Additional funds are provided for the Gallery to meet 
its fixed costs increases for pay, benefits, utilities, and 
other operational requirements. 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, 2005....................................     $10,946,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      16,200,000
House allowance.........................................      16,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

    The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for the repair, 
restoration and renovation of facilities at the National 
Gallery of Art, a decrease of $1,200,000 from the budget 
request and an increase of $4,054,000 above the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level.
    In fiscal years 2004 and 2005, funding for facilities 
capital projects was reduced in order to provide additional 
funds for critical needs in areas such as information 
technology and security. The increase proposed for fiscal year 
2006 would restore this account to a level that more adequately 
meets the Gallery's annual facilities requirements as detailed 
in its Master Facilities Plan.
    In fiscal year 2006 renovation will begin on the West 
Building chiller plant. Construction will also begin on Work 
Area #3 at the West Building's east end, a space that includes 
some of the art conservation laboratories, an art storage vault 
and galleries on the main floor. Mechanical, electrical and 
plumbing systems will be renovated and fire protection/life 
safety improvements made. While the first phases of this 
project will be initiated in fiscal year 2006, the bulk of the 
work to be accomplished will occur in fiscal year 2007. In 
order to avoid scheduling delays and related additional costs, 
the Committee has included bill language authorizing the 
Gallery to contract for the full scope of the project.
    In reviewing the table of project costs associated with the 
Master Facilities Plan, the Committee notes that annual rental 
costs of $2,500,000 are included as an off-site relocation 
expense in the facilities account. The Committee recognizes the 
need for temporary swing space during major construction 
activity and had been informed by the Gallery that such rental 
space would be necessary through 2012/13. However, as there is 
now an extended off-site relocation plan estimated at 
$29,400,000 for fiscal years 2016 and beyond, it would appear 
that the relocation of staff to rental space is relatively 
permanent. In the Committee's view, therefore, this amount 
should be shown in future budget submissions as an annual 
operating expense within the salaries and expenses account 
rather than absorbed into the no-year appropriation for 
construction.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

    Originally established in 1958 as the National Cultural 
Center and an independently administered bureau of the 
Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts was designated 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 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, 2005....................................     $16,914,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      17,800,000
House allowance.........................................      17,800,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,800,000

    The Committee recommends $17,800,000 for operations and 
maintenance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts, an increase of $886,000 above the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, which is the same amount as the budget request 
and the House allowance. 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, 2005....................................     $16,107,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      15,200,000
House allowance.........................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,200,000

    The Committee recommends $15,200,000 for the Kennedy 
Center's construction program, a reduction of $907,000 below 
the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same amount as the 
budget request and an increase of $5,200,000 above the House 
allowance.
    Life safety and accessibility issues, as well as the repair 
of aging building systems, will continue to be addressed in 
fiscal year 2006, with a primary focus on the Eisenhower 
Theater. The project monthly progress reports prepared by the 
Center have proven to be a useful tool for providing current 
information on construction activities and should continue to 
be shared with the Committee as they become available.
    The Committee is aware that the Government Accountability 
Office [GAO] recently completed a facilities review that cast 
some doubt on the adequacy of fire protection measures put in 
place by the Center during recent renovations. The Committee is 
concerned that any outstanding safety issues be addressed as 
quickly as possible to ensure that the Center is meeting in 
full its responsibility to protect the visiting public. The 
Committee supports the Kennedy Center's intention to hire a 
qualified independent fire protection engineering firm at the 
earliest possible date to conduct a peer review of the modeling 
study and the life safety issues raised by the GAO. The 
Committee expects to be kept informed as this process moves 
forward and the analysis is completed.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $8,863,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       9,201,000
House allowance.........................................       9,085,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,201,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    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. It's 
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.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $9,201,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars, an increase of $338,000 above the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, the same amount as the budget request and 
$116,000 above the House allowance. The proposed increase will 
assist the Center in meeting escalating fixed costs such as pay 
and stipend adjustments. The Committee expects these funds to 
be distributed among the Center's various program activities as 
displayed in the budget request.

           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 38-year history, 
the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than 
120,000 grants that have brought art 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, 2005....................................    $121,264,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     121,264,000
House allowance.........................................     131,264,000
Committee recommendation................................     126,264,000

    The Committee recommends $126,264,000 for the National 
Endowment of the Arts, $5,000,000 above both the fiscal year 
2005 enacted level and the budget request and a reduction of 
$5,000,000 from the House allowance.
    Proposed changes to the Endowment's current activity 
levels, as outlined in the budget request, include a 
redirection of $1,304,000 from grants programs to 
administration/program support in order to maintain current 
services; a reduction of $6,505,000 to the Challenge America 
program; an increase of $6,028,000 for the American 
Masterpieces initiative; and an overall programmatic increase 
of $5,000,000. The Committee agrees to these proposals but 
emphasizes its expectation that the American Masterpieces 
program will be conducted through the same rigorous competition 
and peer review process that is applied to other Endowment 
programs.
    Language is included in the bill directing the Endowment to 
operate its grant programs in accordance with the provisions of 
sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108-108 regarding priority 
for rural and underserved communities; priority for grants that 
encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and 
appreciation of the arts; restrictions regarding individual 
grants, subgranting, and seasonal support; a 15-percent cap on 
the total amount of grant funds directed to any one State; and 
the designation of a category for grants of national 
significance. The Committee has also included language in title 
IV of the bill to make permanent the Endowment's authority to 
solicit and invest funds. The Committee has provided this 
authority on an annual basis for the last several years.
    The table at the back of the report displays the proposed 
distribution of funds among the Endowment's activities.
    The Committee recognizes the unique cultural, social and 
educational contributions of the performing arts. Many 
performing arts organizations in communities across the Nation 
are revitalizing urban areas and offering unique educational 
opportunities for students, the disabled and senior citizens. 
The Committee is also aware of the valuable work the performing 
arts have done for our military. The Committee congratulates 
the Endowment on the many successful grants it has provided to 
performing arts organizations in every State and urges it to 
continue this strong show of support for the performing arts.

                 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, 2005....................................    $122,156,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................     122,605,000
House allowance.........................................     127,605,000
Committee recommendation................................     127,605,000

    The Committee recommends $127,605,000 for grants and 
administration of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an 
increase of $5,449,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted 
level, $5,000,000 above the budget request and equal to the 
House allowance.
    The increase proposed in the budget request would be 
derived by a commensurate reduction to the Matching Grants 
account, as described below, and would be applied to the 
administration activity to meet fixed cost increases. As in 
past years, the Committee expects the Endowment to involve the 
State humanities councils in the implementation of ``We the 
People'' programs to the same degree that it has to date. The 
table at the back of the report displays the proposed 
distribution of funds among the Endowment's various activities.
    The Committee has included language in title IV of the bill 
to provide the Endowment with permanent authority to solicit 
and invest funds. The Committee has included this language 
annually for the past several years.

                            MATCHING GRANTS

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $15,898,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      15,449,000
House allowance.........................................      15,449,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,449,000

    The Committee recommends $15,449,000 for the Matching 
Grants account of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a 
reduction of $449,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
and the same amount as the budget request and the House 
allowance. The Grants and Administration account has been 
increased by this same amount, thereby assisting the Endowment 
in maintaining current services and meeting fixed cost 
increases.

                        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, 2005....................................      $1,768,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       1,893,000
House allowance.........................................       1,893,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,893,000

    The Committee recommends $1,893,000 for the Commission of 
Fine Arts, an increase of $125,000 above the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, and the same amount as the budget request and 
the House allowance.
    Additional funds will assist the Commission in meeting 
anticipated increases in pay, benefits, rent and other 
operational expenses. An increase of $50,000 is included to 
cover costs charged by the Department of the Interior's 
National Business Center for producing and printing the 
baseline accounting reports necessary for conducting an audit 
as required by the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002. 
In the future, the Committee urges the Department of the 
Interior to account for the Commission as an add-on to the 
Departmental audit report contract, a move which would 
significantly lower the Commission's report production costs. 
Inasmuch as the Department provides other administrative 
services to the Commission on a reimbursable basis, it would 
seem that there is some precedent for extending this 
cooperation to the audit process.

               NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $6,902,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       7,000,000
House allowance.........................................       7,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,492,000

                          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. In fiscal year 2004, this program 
helped support 21 nationally renowned organizations in the 
Nation's capital, providing funding for operating expenses, 
jobs, and exhibits and performances that might not otherwise 
have been possible.

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $7,492,000 for the National 
Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, an increase of 
$590,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and an 
increase of $492,000 over the budget request and the House 
allowance.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Appropriations, 2005....................................      $4,536,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       4,988,000
House allowance.........................................       4,860,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,943,000

                          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 $4,943,000 for the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, which is an increase of 
$407,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, a decrease of 
$45,000 from the budget request, and an increase of $83,000 
over the House recommendation. The amount provided does not 
include the increase requested for data analysis associated 
with production of a February 2006 report.

                  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 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, 2005....................................      $7,888,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................       8,344,000
House allowance.........................................       8,177,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,244,000

    The Committee recommends $8,244,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission, an 
increase of $356,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
$100,000 below the budget request, and $67,000 above the House 
allowance.
    The change to the budget request is a decrease of $100,000 
for a GIS mapping initiative. The Committee does not object to 
the Commission's participation in this multi-agency project to 
the extent it can be supported within base funding. The 
increase above the enacted level is provided to meet fixed cost 
adjustments such as pay and utilities.
    As it has done in past years, the Committee has included 
language in the bill permitting the use of up to one-quarter of 
1 percent of funds for official representational activities to 
be used only when hosting international visitors associated 
with the international capitals working group.

                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 2005, little more than a decade since the museum opened 
its doors, non-appropriated sources of funding comprise nearly 
50 percent of the museum's annual operating budget.

                       HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Appropriations, 2005....................................     $40,858,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      43,233,000
House allowance.........................................      41,880,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,233,000

                        COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $43,233,000 for expenses of the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an increase of 
$2,375,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same 
amount as the budget request and $1,353,000 above the House 
allowance.
    Additional expenses anticipated by the museum in the coming 
fiscal year include $1,702,000 for federally mandated pay and 
grade increases, $404,000 in escalating contract costs for 
security, exhibition maintenance, IT network maintenance, and 
database administration, a $600,000 increase in GSA rent and an 
increase of $300,000 for utility costs.
    The Committee understands that during a recent inspection 
of the Ross Administrative Center building, museum facilities 
staff found that the large stone parapets along the roof line 
are no longer securely in place. Because of the threat to 
public safety, exterior stone restoration of this historic 
building will be required in the immediate future at an 
estimated cost of $1,300,000. The Committee notes that this 
unanticipated funding need will make it necessary for the 
museum to revisit the repair and rehabilitation program 
outlined in its fiscal year 2006 budget request. The museum 
should continue to keep the Committee informed as further 
adjustments to its $1,874,000 annual repair program are 
considered.

                             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, 2005....................................     $19,722,000
Budget estimate, 2006...................................      20,000,000
House allowance.........................................      20,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,722,000

    The Committee recommends $19,722,000 for the Presidio 
Trust, which is the same as the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, 
and a decrease of $278,000 from the budget request and the 
House recommendation. The Committee recognizes that significant 
challenges remain if the Trust is to achieve self-sufficiency 
by its statutory deadline, but is unable to recommend an 
increased appropriation given current fiscal limitations. The 
Committee commends the Trust for the cost reductions it has 
achieved in recent years.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Appropriations, 2004....................................        $248,000
Budget estimate, 2005...................................         250,000
House allowance.........................................         250,000
Committee recommendation................................         250,000

                          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

    The White House Commission on 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 $250,000 for the White House 
Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, the same 
amount as the budget request, $2,000 above the fiscal year 2005 
enacted level, and the same amount as the House allowance.

                      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 will not remain available beyond the current fiscal 
year unless otherwise provided.
    Sec. 404. Provides that appropriations made available in 
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants.
    Sec. 405. Refines language carried in prior years with 
regard to assessments for government-wide, departmental, 
agency, or bureau functions.
    Sec. 406. Modifies language carried in prior years 
restricting the transfer of funds made available in this Act.
    Sec. 407. 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. 408. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in 
previous years.
    Sec. 409. Allows the National Endowment for the Arts and 
the National Endowment for the Humanities to raise funds and 
receive gifts, to deposit such in an interest-bearing account 
for the appropriate Endowment, and to use such to further the 
functions of the respective Endowments in accordance with the 
specified intent of the donors. The Committee proposes to make 
permanent this authority.
    Sec. 410. Prohibits the use of appropriations to fund any 
activities associated with the issuance of the 5-year program 
under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act. Strategic planning activities carried out for that act 
should now be completed as part of the agency's compliance with 
the Government Performance and Results Act, Public Law 103-62.
    Sec. 411. The Committee has provided additional authorities 
for the Forest Service that will allow a broader array of 
activities to be paid for with Knutson-Vandenburg [KV] funds. 
Additional activities that can be funded through KV include 
watershed restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, control of 
insects, disease and noxious weeds, community protection 
activities such as fuels reduction, and the maintenance of 
forest roads. The Committee believes that the critical forest 
health problems facing the Nation's forests warrant providing 
these new authorities so that additional funds may be used to 
address this critical issue.
    Sec. 412. 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. 413. Restricts the use of answering machines during 
business hours.
    Sec. 414. 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. 415. 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. 416. 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. 417. 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. The May 19 Statement of 
Administration Policy on the House bill objected to this 
provision ``to the extent that it would infringe on the 
President's constitutional authority over negotiations with 
foreign states.'' The Committee has no desire to infringe on 
the President's authority in this arena, but is simply 
including the exact language contained in the budget request 
that enables agencies involved in wildland firefighting to 
engage in valuable firefighter exchange programs. The Committee 
would welcome the opportunity to review alternate language that 
would both fulfill the objectives of the exchange program and 
address the constitutional concerns raised by the 
Administration.
    Sec. 418. Allows the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian 
Health Service to utilize health care funding in a more 
efficient manner.
    Sec. 419. 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. 420. Restricts funding appropriated for acquisition of 
land or interests in land from being used for declarations of 
taking or complaints in condemnation.
    Sec. 421. Continues, with certain modifications, language 
included in the fiscal year 2005 Act which controls the amount 
of funds available for the conduct of competitive sourcing 
studies.
    Sec. 422. Restricts the use of funds for SAFECOM and 
Disaster Management.
    Sec. 423. Requires that contact centers associated with the 
national recreation reservation service be located within the 
United States.
    Sec. 424. Extends for 1 year a pilot program to enhance 
Forest Service administration of rights-of-way.
    Sec. 425. Extends by 1 year the Forest Service's ability to 
enter into certain cooperative agreements with third parties 
that are of mutually significant benefit.
    Sec. 426. Amends section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts 
Indemnity Act to raise the Federal indemnity ceilings on 
individual exhibitions from $600,000,000 to $1,200,000,000, and 
in the aggregate from $8,000,000,000 to $10,000,000,000.
    Sec. 427. Allows the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition to 
enter into agreements with the Department of the Interior and 
the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 428. Provides for the conduct of fire preparedness, 
suppression, and emergency rehabilitation services in the 
Valles Caldera National Preserve.

    TITLE V--FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT ACT

    The Committee has included legislation that will provide 
for the reduction of the Forest Service administrative site 
maintenance backlog and improve the Service's ability to 
realign facilities to meet the needs of its workforce and 
program management. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell, lease, exchange or combine a sale and 
exchange of any administrative site the Secretary determines is 
no longer needed for National Forest System purposes. The 
legislation incorporates new authorities for streamlining 
regulations to facilitate the timely disposal of administrative 
sites and to improve the marketability of the sites.
    Receipts derived from the conveyance of administrative 
sites and facilities would be deposited in the Sisk Act fund 
and remain available to the Secretary until expended, without 
further appropriations. These funds will be used for the 
administrative costs incurred in conveying sites; the 
acquisition of land for administrative sites; and for the 
decommissioning, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and 
improvement of administrative sites.
    The legislation also amends the existing Working Capital 
Fund [WCF] to allow the fund to be used for the purchase, 
construction, capital repair, renovation, rehabilitation, 
disposal, or replacement of buildings and improvements for 
programs of the Forest Service.


                                            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
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution
 for 2006: Subcommittee on Interior:
    Discretionary...........................................       26,207       26,207       27,373   \1\ 27,361
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2006....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........   \2\ 15,902
    2007....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        5,564
    2008....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        2,502
    2009....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,297
    2010 and future years...................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          587
Financial assistance to State and local governments for                NA        5,851           NA        2,251
 2006.......................................................
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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.
  --$261,907,000 for the endangered species program, U.S. Fish 
        and Wildlife Service.
  --$3,400,000 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.
  --$1,400,000 for Great Ape conservation.
  --$4,000,000 for neotropical nigratory bird conservation.
  --$1,256,165,000 for the hazardous substances Superfund.
  --$40,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Alaska 
        Native Villages.
  --$1,100,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: 
        Clean Water SRF.
  --$850,000,000 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.
  --$3,300,000 for start-up and matching funds for projects of 
        the National Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service.
  --$121,264,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
  --$138,054,000 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 9, 2005, 
the Committee ordered reported, H.R. 2361 an Act making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, subject 
to amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by a 
recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as 
follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Cochran
Mr. Stevens
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. DeWine
Mr. Brownback
Mr. Allard
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Landrieu

 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.
    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

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SUBCHAPTER LIX-H--KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

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Sec. 410jj-7. Advisory Commission

    (a) * * *

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    (e) Termination The Commission shall expire [twenty-five 
years from] on the date that is 45 years after December 22, 
1980.

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CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT

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SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 576b. Purchasers of national-forest timber; deposits of money in 
                    addition to payments for timber; use of deposits; 
                    seedlings and young trees for burned-over areas in 
                    national parks

    The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his judgment such 
action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of 
national-forest timber to make deposits of money in addition to 
the payments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United 
States of (1) planting (including the production or purchase of 
young trees), (2) sowing with tree seeds (including the 
collection or purchase of such seeds), (3) cutting, destroying, 
or otherwise removing undesirable trees or other growth, on the 
national-forest land cut over by the purchaser, in order to 
improve the future stand of timber, [or] (4) protecting and 
improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of 
the forest land on such sale area, including sale area 
improvement operations, maintenance and construction, 
reforestation and wildlife habitat management[.], or (5) 
watershed restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, control of 
insects, disease and noxious weeds, community protection 
activities, and the maintenance of forest roads, within the 
Forest Service region in which the timber sale occurred: 
Provided, That such activities may be performed through the use 
of contracts, forest product sales, and cooperative agreements. 
Such deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall 
constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and made 
available until expended, to cover the cost to the United 
States of such tree planting, seed sowing, and forest 
improvement work, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct: 
Provided, That any portion of any deposit found to be in excess 
of the cost of doing said work shall, upon the determination 
that it is so in excess, be transferred to miscellaneous 
receipts, forest reserve fund, as a national-forest receipt of 
the fiscal year in which such transfer is made: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon 
application of the Secretary of the Interior, to furnish 
seedlings and/or young trees for replanting of burned-over 
areas in any national park.

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Sec. 579b. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; transfer; 
                    capitalization; advance payments credited

    [There is established a working capital fund which shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation for expenses 
necessary, including the purchase or construction of buildings 
and improvements within the limitations thereon set forth in 
the appropriations for the Forest Service, for furnishing 
supply and equipment services in support of programs of the 
Forest Service. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
transfer to the fund, without reimbursement, and to capitalize 
in the fund at fair and reasonable values, such receivables, 
inventories, equipment, and other assets as he may determine, 
and assume the liabilities in connection with such assets: 
Provided, That the fund shall be credited with advance payments 
in connection with firm orders and reimbursements from 
appropriations and funds of the Forest Service, other 
departmental and Federal agencies, and from other sources, as 
authorized by law, at rates approximately equal to the cost of 
furnishing the facilities and service.]

SEC. 13. WORKING CAPITAL FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a working capital 
fund (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''), which shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation.
    (b) Use.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used to pay the 
costs of purchasing, constructing, performing capital repairs 
on, renovating, rehabilitating, disposing, or replacing 
buildings and to carry out deferred maintenance and 
improvements to land for programs of the Forest Service, 
subject to any limitations in appropriations for the Forest 
Service.
    (c) Transfer and Capitalization.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
may--
            (1) transfer to the Fund, without reimbursement, 
        and capitalize in the Fund at fair and reasonable 
        values, any receivables, inventories, equipment, 
        buildings, improvements, and other assets as the 
        Secretary determines to be appropriate; and
            (2) assume the liabilities associated with the 
        assets transferred under paragraph (1).
    (d) Advance Payments.--The fund shall be credited with 
advance payments in connection with firm orders and 
reimbursements from appropriations and funds of the Forest 
Service, other departmental and Federal agencies, and from 
other sources, as authorized by law, at rates approximately 
equal to the cost of furnishing the facilities and service.

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CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION

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Sec. 698v-6. Resource management

(a) * * *

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(g) Law enforcement and fire management

    [The Secretary] (1) Law enforcement.--
            (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide law 
        enforcement services under a cooperative agreement with 
        the Trust to the extent generally authorized in other 
        units of the National Forest System.
            [The Trust] (B) Federal agency.--The Trust shall be 
        deemed a Federal agency for purposes of the law 
        enforcement authorities of the Secretary (within the 
        meaning of section 559g of this title). [At the request 
        of the Trust, the Secretary may provide fire 
        presuppression, fire suppression, and rehabilitation 
        services: Provided, That the Trust shall reimburse the 
        Secretary for salaries and expenses of fire management 
        personnel, commensurate with services provided.]
    (2) Fire management.--
            (A) Non-reimbursable services.--
                    (i) Development of plan.--Subject to the 
                availability of appropriations under section 
                111(a), the Secretary shall, in consultation 
                with the Trust, develop a plan to carry out 
                fire preparedness, suppression, and emergency 
                rehabilitation services on the Preserve.
                    (ii) Consistency with management program.--
                The plan shall be consistent with the 
                management program developed pursuant to 
                subsection (d).
                    (iii) Cooperative agreement.--To the extent 
                generally authorized at other units of the 
                National Forest System, the Secretary shall 
                provide the services to be carried out pursuant 
                to the plan under a cooperative agreement 
                entered into between the Secretary and the 
                Trust.
            (B) Reimbursable services.--To the extent generally 
        authorized at other units of the National Forest System 
        and subject to the availability of appropriations under 
        section 111(a), the Secretary shall provide 
        presuppression and nonemergency rehabilitation and 
        restoration services for the Trust at any time on a 
        reimbursable basis.

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TITLE 20--EDUCATION

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CHAPTER 26A--INDEMNITY FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ARTS AND ARTIFACTS

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Sec. 974. Indemnity limits

(a) *  *  *  

(b) Maximum limits of coverage

    The aggregate of loss or damage covered by indemnity 
agreements made under this chapter shall not exceed 
[$8,000,000,000] $10,000,000,000 at any one time.

(c) Limit for single exhibition

    No indemnity agreement for a single exhibition shall cover 
loss or damage in excess of [$600,000,000] $1,200,000,000.

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TITLE 25--INDIANS

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CHAPTER 22--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS

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Sec. 2001. Accreditation for the basic education of Indian children in 
                    Bureau of Indian Affairs schools

(a) Purpose; declarations of purpose

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(d) Closure or consolidation of schools

    (1) In general Except as specifically required by law--

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    [(7) Tribal governing body approval required for certain 
actions The Secretary may, with the approval of the tribal 
governing body, terminate, contract, transfer to any other 
authority, consolidate, or substantially curtail the operation 
or facilities of--
            [(A) any Bureau-funded school that is operated on 
        or after January 1, 1999;
            [(B) any program of such a school that is operated 
        on or after January 1, 1999; or
            [(C) any school board of a school operated under a 
        grant under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 
        [25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.].]
    (7) Approval of indian tribes.--The Secretary shall not 
terminate, close, consolidate, contract, transfer to another 
authority, or take any other action relating to an elementary 
school or secondary school (or any program of such a school) of 
an Indian tribe without the approval of the governing body of 
any Indian tribe that would be affected by such an action.

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TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

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CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION

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SUBCHAPTER IV--ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS

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Sec. 1232. Reclamation fee

(a) Payment; rate

    All operators of coal mining operations subject to the 
provisions of this chapter shall pay to the Secretary of the 
Interior, for deposit in the fund, a reclamation fee of 35 
cents per ton of coal produced by surface coal mining and 15 
cents per ton of coal produced by underground mining or 10 per 
centum of the value of the coal at the mine, as determined by 
the Secretary, whichever is less, except that the reclamation 
fee for lignite coal shall be at a rate of 2 per centum of the 
value of the coal at the mine, or 10 cents per ton, whichever 
is less.

(b) Due date

    Such fee shall be paid no later than thirty days after the 
end of each calendar quarter beginning with the first calendar 
quarter occurring after August 3, 1977, and ending [September 
30, 2005,] June 30, 2006, after which time the fee shall be 
established at a rate to continue to provide for the deposit 
referred to in subsection (h) of this section.

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                           PUBLIC LAW 106-113


Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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                         APPENDIX C--H.R. 3423

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. * * *

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    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 [2004] 2006. 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 [2004] 2006, 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)).

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     CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2003, PUBLIC LAW 108-7


Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003, and for other purposes.

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     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003


 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
                               purposes.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. * * *

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    Sec. 321. Until [September 30, 2005] September 30, 2007, 
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).

  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2006
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                           Senate Committee recommendation compared with
                                                                                                                             (+ or -)
                  Item                         2005           Budget           House         Committee   -----------------------------------------------
                                           appropriation     estimate        allowance    recommendation       2005           Budget           House
                                                                                                           appropriation     estimate        allowance
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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......         34,738          33,343          34,443          33,343          -1,395   ..............         -1,100
    Range management....................         69,183          69,212          70,068          71,212          +2,029          +2,000          +1,144
    Forestry management.................          8,895          10,559          10,559          10,559          +1,664   ..............  ..............
    Riparian management.................         21,228          21,704          22,704          21,704            +476   ..............         -1,000
    Cultural resources management.......         14,925          15,240          15,240          15,240            +315   ..............  ..............
    Wild horse and burro management.....         39,045          36,905          36,905          36,905          -2,140   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Land Resources..........        188,014         186,963         189,919         188,963            +949          +2,000            -956

Wildlife and Fisheries:
     Wildlife management................         25,063          28,587          28,587          28,587          +3,524   ..............  ..............
    Fisheries management................         11,884          12,497          12,497          12,497            +613   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries..         36,947          41,084          41,084          41,084          +4,137   ..............  ..............

Threatened and endangered species.......         21,144          21,572          21,572          21,572            +428   ..............  ..............

Recreation Management:
    Wilderness management...............         16,431          16,806          16,806          16,806            +375   ..............  ..............
    Recreation resources management.....         44,158          47,798          48,798          48,798          +4,640          +1,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Recreation Management...         60,589          64,604          65,604          65,604          +5,015          +1,000   ..............

Energy and Minerals:
    Oil and gas.........................         87,360          87,291          89,291          90,291          +2,931          +3,000          +1,000
    Coal management.....................          9,311           9,296           9,296           9,296             -15   ..............  ..............
    Other mineral resources.............          9,960          10,185          10,185          10,185            +225   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Energy and Minerals.....        106,631         106,772         108,772         109,772          +3,141          +3,000          +1,000

Alaska minerals.........................          3,944           2,297           2,297           3,000            -944            +703            +703

Realty and Ownership Management:
    Alaska conveyance...................         41,975          33,599          33,599          42,000             +25          +8,401          +8,401
    Cadastral survey....................         15,590          13,866          13,866          16,026            +436          +2,160          +2,160
    Land and realty management..........         35,059          33,681          33,681          33,681          -1,378   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Realty and Ownership             92,624          81,146          81,146          91,707            -917         +10,561         +10,561
       Management.......................

Resource Protection and Maintenance:
    Resource management planning........         48,863          49,516          50,516          49,516            +653   ..............         -1,000
    Resource protection and law                  16,788          17,974          19,224          19,574          +2,786          +1,600            +350
     enforcement........................
    Hazardous materials management......         15,850          16,126          16,126          16,126            +276   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Resource Protection and          81,501          83,616          85,866          85,216          +3,715          +1,600            -650
       Maintenance......................

Transportation and Facilities
 Maintenance:
    Operations..........................          6,057           6,271           6,271           6,271            +214   ..............  ..............
    Annual maintenance..................         30,564          31,293          31,293          32,293          +1,729          +1,000          +1,000
    Deferred maintenance................         41,192          38,727          38,727          39,727          -1,465          +1,000          +1,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Transportation/                  77,813          76,291          76,291          78,291            +478          +2,000          +2,000
       Facilities Maintenance...........

Land and resources information systems..         18,062          18,217          18,217          18,217            +155   ..............  ..............

Mining Law Administration:
    Administration......................         32,696          32,696          32,696          32,696   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Offsetting fees.....................        -32,696         -32,696         -32,696         -32,696   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Mining Law                ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
       Administration...................

Workforce and Organizational Support:
    Information systems operations......         19,651          21,455          21,455          21,455          +1,804   ..............  ..............
    Administrative support..............         50,164          51,437          51,437          51,437          +1,273   ..............  ..............
    Bureauwide fixed costs..............         72,346          74,727          74,727          74,727          +2,381   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Workforce and                   142,161         147,619         147,619         147,619          +5,458   ..............  ..............
       Organizational Support...........

Challenge cost share....................          7,396          13,996           7,396          10,000          +2,604          -3,996          +2,604
Cooperative Conservation Initiative.....  ..............          6,000   ..............          6,000          +6,000   ..............         +6,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Challenge Cost Share....  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Management of Lands and            836,826         850,177         845,783         867,045         +30,219         +16,868         +21,262
       Resources........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Wildland Fire Management

Preparedness............................        258,939         272,852         272,852         272,852         +13,913   ..............  ..............
    Fire facilities.....................  ..............          7,849   ..............  ..............  ..............         -7,849   ..............
    Joint fire science..................  ..............          6,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -6,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preparedness............        258,939         286,701         272,852         272,852         +13,913         -13,849   ..............

Fire suppression operations.............        218,445         234,167         234,167         234,167         +15,722   ..............  ..............
    Additional appropriations, Title IV.         98,611   ..............  ..............  ..............        -98,611   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fire suppression                317,056         234,167         234,167         234,167         -82,889   ..............  ..............
       operations.......................

Other operations:
    Hazardous fuels reduction...........        201,409         211,220         211,220         211,220          +9,811   ..............  ..............
    Burned area rehabilitation..........         23,939          24,476          24,476          24,476            +537   ..............  ..............
    State and local fire assistance.....          9,861   ..............          5,000          10,000            +139         +10,000          +5,000
    Fire facilities.....................         12,202   ..............          7,849           7,849          -4,353          +7,849   ..............
    Joint fire science..................          7,889   ..............          6,000           6,000          -1,889          +6,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other operations........        255,300         235,696         254,545         259,545          +4,245         +23,849          +5,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire Management...        831,295         756,564         761,564         766,564         -64,731         +10,000          +5,000
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Central Hazardous Materials Fund

Bureau of Land Management...............          9,855   ..............  ..............  ..............         -9,855   ..............  ..............
Rescission of balances..................        -13,500   ..............  ..............  ..............        +13,500   ..............  ..............

              Construction

Construction............................         11,340           6,476          11,476           9,976          -1,364          +3,500          -1,500

            Land Acquisition

Land Acquisition:
    Acquisitions........................          6,755           9,550   ..............          8,450          +1,695          -1,100          +8,450
    Emergencies and hardships...........          1,479           1,500           1,500           1,500             +21   ..............  ..............
    Acquisition management..............          2,958           2,300           2,317           2,300            -658   ..............            -17
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         11,192          13,350           3,817          12,250          +1,058          -1,100          +8,433
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Oregon and California Grant Lands

Western Oregon resources management.....         88,775          96,692          96,692          96,692          +7,917   ..............  ..............
Western Oregon information and resource           2,151           2,173           2,173           2,173             +22   ..............  ..............
 data systems...........................
Western Oregon transportation &                  10,619          10,903          10,903          10,903            +284   ..............  ..............
 facilities maintenance.................
Western Oregon construction and                     291             302             302             302             +11   ..............  ..............
 acquisition............................
Jobs in the woods.......................          5,661   ..............  ..............  ..............         -5,661   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Oregon and California Grant        107,497         110,070         110,070         110,070          +2,573   ..............  ..............
       Lands............................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Range Improvements

Improvements to public lands............          7,873           7,873           7,873           7,873   ..............  ..............  ..............
Farm Tenant Act lands...................          1,527           1,527           1,527           1,527   ..............  ..............  ..............
Administrative expenses.................            600             600             600             600   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Range Improvements.........         10,000          10,000          10,000          10,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Service Charges, Deposits, and
               Forfeitures

Rights-of-way processing................          8,025          11,910          11,910          11,910          +3,885   ..............  ..............
Energy and minerals cost recovery.......          1,840          10,840          10,840          10,840          +9,000   ..............  ..............
Adopt-a-horse program...................          1,225           1,225           1,225           1,225   ..............  ..............  ..............
Repair of damaged lands.................          5,000           5,000           5,000           5,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
Cost recoverable realty cases...........            515             515             515             515   ..............  ..............  ..............
Timber purchaser expenses...............             50              50              50              50   ..............  ..............  ..............
Commercial film and photography fees....            200             200             200             200   ..............  ..............  ..............
Copy fees...............................          3,200           3,200           3,200           3,200   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal (gross)..................         20,055          32,940          32,940          32,940         +12,885   ..............  ..............
Offsetting fees.........................        -20,055         -32,940         -32,940         -32,940         -12,885   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Service Charges, Deposits &  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
       Forfeitures......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Miscellaneous Trust Funds

Current appropriations..................         12,405          12,405          12,405          12,405   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT..      1,816,910       1,759,042       1,755,115       1,788,310         -28,600         +29,268         +33,195
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

           Resource Management

Ecological Services:
    Endangered species:
        Candidate conservation..........          9,255           8,252           8,852           8,752            -503            +500            -100
        Listing.........................         15,960          18,130          18,130          18,130          +2,170   ..............  ..............
        Consultation....................         48,129          49,484          49,484          49,484          +1,355   ..............  ..............
        Recovery........................         69,870          64,243          70,443          72,541          +2,671          +8,298          +2,098
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Endangered species..        143,214         140,109         146,909         148,907          +5,693          +8,798          +1,998

    Habitat conservation................         94,457         101,978         102,798          94,805            +348          -7,173          -7,993
    Environmental contaminants..........         10,901           8,486          11,186          10,901   ..............         +2,415            -285
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Ecological Services.....        248,572         250,573         260,893         254,613          +6,041          +4,040          -6,280

Refuges and Wildlife:
    Refuge operations and maintenance...        381,019         393,894         394,394         393,894         +12,875   ..............           -500
    Migratory bird management...........         35,451          41,635          38,152          40,202          +4,751          -1,433          +2,050
    Law enforcement operations..........         55,615          57,612          57,812          57,612          +1,997   ..............           -200
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife....        472,085         493,141         490,358         491,708         +19,623          -1,433          +1,350

Fisheries:
    Hatchery operations and maintenance.         56,755          57,971          58,871          57,971          +1,216   ..............           -900
    Fish and wildlife management........         58,418          49,685          59,885          53,837          -4,581          +4,152          -6,048
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fisheries...............        115,173         107,656         118,756         111,808          -3,365          +4,152          -6,948

General Administration:
    Science excellence..................  ..............          2,000             500   ..............  ..............         -2,000            -500
    Central office administration.......         27,120          27,827          27,827          27,827            +707   ..............  ..............
    Regional office administration......         39,992          40,807          40,807          40,807            +815   ..............  ..............
    Administrative efficiencies.........  ..............         -2,025   ..............           -400            -400          +1,625            -400
    Servicewide administrative support..         25,625          30,736          30,736          30,736          +5,111   ..............  ..............
    National Fish and Wildlife                    7,761           7,470           7,770           7,761   ..............           +291              -9
     Foundation.........................
    National Conservation Training               17,058          17,829          17,829          18,476          +1,418            +647            +647
     Center.............................
    International affairs...............          9,160           9,549           9,749          10,149            +989            +600            +400
    Caddo Lake Ramsar Center............            394   ..............  ..............  ..............           -394   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General Administration..        127,110         134,193         135,218         135,356          +8,246          +1,163            +138
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Resource Management........        962,940         985,563       1,005,225         993,485         +30,545          +7,922         -11,740
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction

Construction and rehabilitation:
    Line item construction..............         41,793          10,060          31,590          22,195         -19,598         +12,135          -9,395
    Nationwide engineering services.....         10,865           9,616           9,616           9,616          -1,249   ..............  ..............
    Emergency appropriations (Public Law         40,552   ..............  ..............  ..............        -40,552   ..............  ..............
     108-324)...........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............         93,210          19,676          41,206          31,811         -61,399         +12,135          -9,395
                                         ===============================================================================================================
            Land Acquisition

Fish and Wildlife Service:
    Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands..         22,593          26,029   ..............         25,364          +2,771            -665         +25,364
    Inholdings..........................          1,479           1,750           1,750           1,750            +271   ..............  ..............
    Emergencies and hardships...........            986           1,750           1,750           1,750            +764   ..............  ..............
    Exchanges...........................          1,726           1,750           1,724           1,750             +24   ..............            +26
    Acquisition management..............          8,249           7,893           7,893           8,393            +144            +500            +500
    Cost allocation methodology.........          1,972           1,820           1,820           1,820            -152   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         37,005          40,992          14,937          40,827          +3,822            -165         +25,890
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Landowner Incentive Program

Grants to States........................         21,694          40,000          23,700          25,000          +3,306         -15,000          +1,300

   Private Stewardship Grants Program

Stewardship grants......................          6,903          10,000           7,386           7,500            +597          -2,500            +114

     Cooperative Endangered Species
            Conservation Fund

Grants to States........................         15,846          17,643          17,643          17,643          +1,797   ..............  ..............
Species recovery land acquisition.......         13,400          14,186          14,186          14,186            +786   ..............  ..............
HCP land acquisition....................         48,698          45,653          50,053          45,653          -3,045   ..............         -4,400
Administration..........................          2,518           2,518           2,518           2,518   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Cooperative Endangered              80,462          80,000          84,400          80,000            -462   ..............         -4,400
       Species Fund.....................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      National Wildlife Refuge Fund

Payments in lieu of taxes...............         14,214          14,414          14,414          14,414            +200   ..............  ..............

  North American Wetlands Conservation
                  Fund

Wetlands conservation...................         35,973          47,949          38,400          37,920          +1,947         -10,029            -480
Administration..........................          1,499           2,000           1,600           1,580             +81            -420             -20
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, North American Wetlands             37,472          49,949          40,000          39,500          +2,028         -10,449            -500
       Conservation Fund................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation
                  Fund

Migratory bird grants...................          3,944   ..............          4,000           4,000             +56          +4,000   ..............

 Multinational Species Conservation Fund

African elephant conservation...........          1,381           1,000           1,400           1,400             +19            +400   ..............
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation.......          1,477           1,100           1,400           1,600            +123            +500            +200
Asian elephant conservation.............          1,381           1,000           1,400           1,400             +19            +400   ..............
Great ape conservation..................          1,381             900           1,400           1,400             +19            +500   ..............
Marine turtles..........................             99             300             300             700            +601            +400            +400
Neotropical Bird Conservation...........  ..............          4,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -4,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Multinational Species                5,719           8,300           5,900           6,500            +781          -1,800            +600
       Conservation Fund................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    State and Tribal Wildlife Grants

State and tribal wildlife grants........         69,028          74,000          65,000          72,000          +2,972          -2,000          +7,000
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE           1,332,591       1,322,894       1,306,168       1,315,037         -17,554          -7,857          +8,869
       SERVICE..........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

  Operation of the National Park System

Park Management:
    Resource stewardship................        348,036         354,116         354,116         354,841          +6,805            +725            +725
    Visitor services....................        338,454         346,181         346,181         346,181          +7,727   ..............  ..............
    Maintenance.........................        582,739         595,586         594,686         595,186         +12,447            -400            +500
    Park support........................        290,400         307,613         298,659         301,721         +11,321          -5,892          +3,062
    Park base increase..................  ..............  ..............         30,000          20,000         +20,000         +20,000         -10,000
    Additional park base increase.......  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Park Management.........      1,559,629       1,603,496       1,623,642       1,617,929         +58,300         +14,433          -5,713

External administrative costs...........        123,935         130,557         130,557         130,557          +6,622   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operation of the National        1,683,564       1,734,053       1,754,199       1,748,486         +64,922         +14,433          -5,713
       Park System......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        United States Park Police

Park Police.............................         80,076          80,411          82,411          80,411            +335   ..............         -2,000
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  National Recreation and Preservation

Recreation programs.....................            543             554             554             554             +11   ..............  ..............
Natural programs........................         10,865           9,545           9,545          10,045            -820            +500            +500
Cultural programs.......................         19,933          17,722          19,953          20,403            +470          +2,681            +450
International park affairs..............          1,593           1,618           1,618           1,618             +25   ..............  ..............
Environmental and compliance review.....            391             399             399             399              +8   ..............  ..............
Grant administration....................          1,866           1,913           1,913           1,913             +47   ..............  ..............

Heritage Partnership Programs:
    Commissions and grants..............         13,966           4,904          14,893          13,450            -516          +8,546          -1,443
    Newly authorized areas..............            493   ..............  ..............  ..............           -493   ..............  ..............
    Administrative support..............            120             122             122             122              +2   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Heritage Partnership             14,579           5,026          15,015          13,572          -1,007          +8,546          -1,443
       Programs.........................

Statutory or Contractual Aid:
    Alaska National Parks...............            740   ..............  ..............  ..............           -740   ..............  ..............
    Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary                  247   ..............  ..............  ..............           -247   ..............  ..............
     Commission.........................
    Black Jack Battlefield trust........             88   ..............  ..............  ..............            -88   ..............  ..............
    Brown Foundation....................            247   ..............  ..............            250              +3            +250            +250
    Chesapeake Bay Gateway..............          2,465   ..............  ..............          2,000            -465          +2,000          +2,000
    Crossroads of the West Historic       ..............  ..............  ..............            750            +750            +750            +750
     District...........................
    Delta Interpretive Center...........  ..............  ..............  ..............          1,000          +1,000          +1,000          +1,000
    Flight 93 Memorial (Sommerset)......            247   ..............  ..............  ..............           -247   ..............  ..............
    George Washington Memorial Bridge                99   ..............  ..............  ..............            -99   ..............  ..............
     (Gravely Point)....................
    Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, & Northern             616   ..............  ..............            625              +9            +625            +625
     Plains Foundation..................
    Harpers Ferry NHP (Niagra Movement).  ..............  ..............  ..............            300            +300            +300            +300
    Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.            785   ..............  ..............            700             -85            +700            +700
    International Peace Gardens.........  ..............  ..............  ..............            200            +200            +200            +200
    Jamestown 2007......................            394   ..............  ..............            400              +6            +400            +400
    Johnstown Area Heritage Association.             48   ..............  ..............  ..............            -48   ..............  ..............
    Keweenaw NHP (Main Street)..........            789   ..............  ..............  ..............           -789   ..............  ..............
    Lamprey River.......................            887   ..............  ..............            750            -137            +750            +750
    Lower Eastside Tenement Museum......            247   ..............  ..............  ..............           -247   ..............  ..............
    Mississippi Museum of Natural                   740   ..............  ..............  ..............           -740   ..............  ..............
     Science............................
    Mt. Ranier National Park (study)....            690   ..............  ..............  ..............           -690   ..............  ..............
    Natchez NHP (Forks of the Road).....            148   ..............  ..............  ..............           -148   ..............  ..............
    Native Hawaiian culture and arts                740   ..............  ..............            750             +10            +750            +750
     program............................
    Sewall-Belmont House................            394   ..............  ..............  ..............           -394   ..............  ..............
    Siege and Battle of Corinth           ..............  ..............  ..............            500            +500            +500            +500
     Commission.........................
    Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef            592   ..............  ..............  ..............           -592   ..............  ..............
     NP.................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual         11,203   ..............  ..............          8,225          -2,978          +8,225          +8,225
       Aid..............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Recreation and             60,973          36,777          48,997          56,729          -4,244         +19,952          +7,732
       Preservation.....................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Historic Preservation Fund

State historic preservation offices.....         35,500          35,500          36,000          38,500          +3,000          +3,000          +2,500
Tribal grants...........................          3,205           3,205           3,205           4,000            +795            +795            +795
Save America's Treasures................         29,583          15,000          30,000          30,000            +417         +15,000   ..............
Preserve America........................  ..............         12,500   ..............  ..............  ..............        -12,500   ..............
HBCUs...................................          3,451   ..............          3,500   ..............         -3,451   ..............         -3,500
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Historic Preservation Fund.         71,739          66,205          72,705          72,500            +761          +6,295            -205
                                         ===============================================================================================================
              Construction

Emergency and unscheduled...............          3,944           3,944           3,944           3,944   ..............  ..............  ..............
Housing.................................          7,889           7,889           7,889           7,889   ..............  ..............  ..............
Equipment replacement...................         36,900          26,900          26,900          26,900         -10,000   ..............  ..............
Planning, construction..................         20,925          19,925          19,925          19,925          -1,000   ..............  ..............
General management plans................         13,128          13,254          13,754          13,754            +626            +500   ..............
Line item construction and maintenance..        189,748         221,183         204,241         213,522         +23,774          -7,661          +9,281
Construction program management.........         26,984          28,605          28,605          27,605            +621          -1,000          -1,000
Dam safety..............................          2,662           2,662           2,662           2,662   ..............  ..............  ..............
Manage partnership construction.........  ..............  ..............            310   ..............  ..............  ..............           -310
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-        50,802   ..............  ..............  ..............        -50,802   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Construction............        352,982         324,362         308,230         316,201         -36,781          -8,161          +7,971

Use of prior year balances..............  ..............        -17,000         -17,000         -17,000         -17,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............        352,982         307,362         291,230         299,201         -53,781          -8,161          +7,971
                                         ===============================================================================================================
    Land and Water Conservation Fund

(Rescission of contract authority)......        -30,000         -30,000         -30,000         -30,000   ..............  ..............  ..............

  Land Acquisition and State Assistance

Assistance to States:
    State conservation grants...........         89,736   ..............  ..............         28,413         -61,323         +28,413         +28,413
    Administrative expenses.............          1,479           1,587           1,587           1,587            +108   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Assistance to States.......         91,215           1,587           1,587          30,000         -61,215         +28,413         +28,413

National Park Service:
    Acquisitions........................         39,839          35,131   ..............         39,756             -83          +4,625         +39,756
    Emergencies and hardships...........          2,465           4,000           4,000           3,000            +535          -1,000          -1,000
    Acquisition management..............         10,365           9,749           9,749           9,749            -616   ..............  ..............
    Inholdings..........................          2,465           4,000           4,000           3,500          +1,035            -500            -500
    Use of prior year balances..........  ..............  ..............         -9,915   ..............  ..............  ..............         +9,915
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Park Service......         55,134          52,880           7,834          56,005            +871          +3,125         +48,171
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition and State         146,349          54,467           9,421          86,005         -60,344         +31,538         +76,584
       Assistance.......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE......      2,365,683       2,249,275       2,228,963       2,313,332         -52,351         +64,057         +84,369

          Appropriations................     (2,344,881)     (2,279,275)     (2,258,963)     (2,343,332)        (-1,549)       (+64,057)       (+84,369)
          Rescission....................       (-30,000)       (-30,000)       (-30,000)       (-30,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  Surveys, Investigations, and Research

Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographic
 Investigations:
    Cooperative topographic mapping.....         71,393          71,882          71,882          71,882            +489   ..............  ..............
    Land remote sensing.................         32,730          46,396          46,396          40,396          +7,666          -6,000          -6,000
    Geographic analysis and monitoring..         14,628          15,175          14,925          14,925            +297            -250   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, National Mapping Program        118,751         133,453         133,203         127,203          +8,452          -6,250          -6,000

Geologic Hazards, Resource and
 Processes:
    Geologic hazards assessments........         75,979          82,209          82,209          83,209          +7,230          +1,000          +1,000
    Geologic landscape and coastal               76,253          77,228          78,726          76,316             +63            -912          -2,410
     assessments........................
    Geologic resource assessments.......         77,014          48,699          78,311          77,677            +663         +28,978            -634
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geologic Hazards,               229,246         208,136         239,246         237,202          +7,956         +29,066          -2,044
       Resource & Processes.............

Water Resources Investigations:
    Hydrologic monitoring, assessments
     and research:
        Ground water resources program..          6,998           7,417           7,417           7,747            +749            +330            +330
        National water quality                   61,645          63,132          63,132          63,132          +1,487   ..............  ..............
         assessment.....................
        Toxic substances hydrology......         14,476          13,120          13,350          14,620            +144          +1,500          +1,270
        Hydrologic research and                  15,997          14,428          15,278          14,428          -1,569   ..............           -850
         development....................
        National streamflow information          13,814          14,152          14,152          14,152            +338   ..............  ..............
         program........................
        Hydrologic networks and analysis         29,524          28,152          28,152          30,402            +878          +2,250          +2,250
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Hydrologic                  142,454         140,401         141,481         144,481          +2,027          +4,080          +3,000
           monitoring, assessments and
           research.....................

Federal-State program...................         62,337          63,770          63,770          63,770          +1,433   ..............  ..............
Water resources research institutes.....          6,409   ..............          6,500           6,500             +91          +6,500   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water Resources                 211,200         204,171         211,751         214,751          +3,551         +10,580          +3,000
       Investigations...................

Biological Research:
    Biological research and monitoring..        133,130         134,348         135,788         135,648          +2,518          +1,300            -140
    Biological information management            23,999          24,149          24,149          24,149            +150   ..............  ..............
     and delivery.......................
    Cooperative research units..........         14,570          14,428          14,828          14,483             -87             +55            -345
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Biological Research.....        171,699         172,925         174,765         174,280          +2,581          +1,355            -485

Enterprise Information:
    Enterprise information security and          22,714          25,237          25,237          25,237          +2,523   ..............  ..............
     technology.........................
    Enterprise information resources....         16,989          17,153          17,153          17,153            +164   ..............  ..............
    Federal geographic data coordination          4,670           5,377           4,697           4,697             +27            -680   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Enterprise Information..         44,373          47,767          47,087          47,087          +2,714            -680   ..............

Science support.........................         65,584          72,337          72,337          66,337            +753          -6,000          -6,000
Facilities..............................         94,611          94,726          96,197          96,197          +1,586          +1,471   ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-         1,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,000   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109-         8,100   ..............  ..............  ..............         -8,100   ..............  ..............
 13)....................................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL           944,564         933,515         974,586         963,057         +18,493         +29,542         -11,529
       SURVEY...........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

OCS Lands:
    Leasing and environmental program...         37,224          37,768          37,968          37,768            +544   ..............           -200
    Resource evaluation.................         29,566          28,682          28,882          29,582             +16            +900            +700
    Regulatory program..................         51,516          51,766          52,166          51,766            +250   ..............           -400
    Information management program......         29,972          30,125          30,525          30,125            +153   ..............           -400
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, OCS Lands...............        148,278         148,341         149,541         149,241            +963            +900            -300

Royalty Management:
    Compliance and asset management.....         41,550          51,903          42,103          43,103          +1,553          -8,800          +1,000
    Revenue and operations..............         33,867          35,426          35,426          35,426          +1,559   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Royalty Management......         75,417          87,329          77,529          78,529          +3,112          -8,800          +1,000

General Administration:
    Executive direction.................          2,057           2,086           2,116           2,086             +29   ..............            -30
    Policy and management improvement...          4,132           4,216           4,246           4,216             +84   ..............            -30
    Administrative operations...........         16,964          17,025          17,525          17,025             +61   ..............           -500
    General support services............         23,702          24,149          24,449          24,149            +447   ..............           -300
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, General Administration..         46,855          47,476          48,336          47,476            +621   ..............           -860
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal (gross)..................        270,550         283,146         275,406         275,246          +4,696          -7,900            -160

Use of receipts.........................       -103,730        -122,730        -122,730        -122,730         -19,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Royalty and Offshore               166,820         160,416         152,676         152,516         -14,304          -7,900            -160
       Minerals Management..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Oil Spill Research

Oil spill research......................          7,006           7,006           7,006           7,006   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE        173,826         167,422         159,682         159,522         -14,304          -7,900            -160
                                         ===============================================================================================================
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
               ENFORCEMENT

        Regulation and Technology

Environmental restoration...............            158             159             159             159              +1   ..............  ..............
Environmental protection................         79,821          79,566          79,566          79,566            -255   ..............  ..............
Technology development and transfer.....         13,300          15,126          15,126          15,126          +1,826   ..............  ..............
Financial management....................            485             488             488             488              +3   ..............  ..............
Executive direction.....................         14,505          15,096          15,096          15,096            +591   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Regulation and                  108,269         110,435         110,435         110,435          +2,166   ..............  ..............
       Technology.......................

Civil penalties.........................             99             100             100             100              +1   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Regulation and Technology..        108,368         110,535         110,535         110,535          +2,167   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

Environmental restoration...............        167,861         170,112         170,112         170,112          +2,251   ..............  ..............
    Legislative proposal................  ..............         58,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -58,000   ..............
Technology development and transfer.....          4,479           3,922           3,922           3,922            -557   ..............  ..............
Financial management....................          8,444           6,234           6,234           6,234          -2,210   ..............  ..............
Executive direction.....................          7,421           7,746           7,746           7,746            +325   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation         188,205         246,014         188,014         188,014            -191         -58,000   ..............
       Fund.............................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING           296,573         356,549         298,549         298,549          +1,976         -58,000   ..............
       RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT......
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

      Operation of Indian Programs

          Tribal Budget System

Tribal Priority Allocations:
    Tribal government...................        389,183         394,558         394,558         394,558          +5,375   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................        147,387         141,561         149,481         147,981            +594          +6,420          -1,500
    Education...........................         48,300          39,466          48,304          48,304              +4          +8,838   ..............
    Public safety and justice...........          1,222   ..............          1,162   ..............         -1,222   ..............         -1,162
    Community development...............         40,412          40,789          40,789          40,789            +377   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................         61,999          63,149          63,149          63,149          +1,150   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................         56,115          56,038          56,038          56,038             -77   ..............  ..............
    General administration..............         24,925          24,588          24,588          24,588            -337   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Tribal Priority                 769,543         760,149         778,069         775,407          +5,864         +15,258          -2,662
       Allocations......................

Other Recurring Programs:
    Education:
        School operations:
            Forward-funded..............        449,721         454,725         478,085         454,725          +5,004   ..............        -23,360
            Other school operations.....         67,926          66,908          66,908          66,908          -1,018   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Subtotal, School                  517,647         521,633         544,993         521,633          +3,986   ..............        -23,360
               operations...............

        Continuing education............         53,141          43,375          43,375          56,375          +3,234         +13,000         +13,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Education...........        570,788         565,008         588,368         578,008          +7,220         +13,000         -10,360

    Resources management................         42,131          37,293          47,969          43,287          +1,156          +5,994          -4,682
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other Recurring Programs        612,919         602,301         636,337         621,295          +8,376         +18,994         -15,042

Non-Recurring Programs:
    Community development...............          3,452   ..............  ..............          2,750            -702          +2,750          +2,750
    Resources management................         36,225          32,348          34,714          34,348          -1,877          +2,000            -366
    Trust services......................         36,308          32,977          32,977          33,377          -2,931            +400            +400
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs..         75,985          65,325          67,691          70,475          -5,510          +5,150          +2,784
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Tribal Budget System.......      1,458,447       1,427,775       1,482,097       1,467,177          +8,730         +39,402         -14,920
                                         ===============================================================================================================
             BIA Operations

Central Office Operations:
    Tribal government...................          2,248           2,288           2,288           2,288             +40   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................            887             912             912             912             +25   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............  ..............            500             500             500            +500   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................          3,416           3,044           3,044           3,044            -372   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................         19,071          27,169          27,169          27,169          +8,098   ..............  ..............

    General administration:
        Education program management....          2,348           2,411           2,411           2,411             +63   ..............  ..............
        Personnel services..............          5,863           8,378           8,378           8,378          +2,515   ..............  ..............
        Other general administration....        106,188         106,832         106,832         106,832            +644   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, General                     114,399         117,621         117,621         117,621          +3,222   ..............  ..............
           administration...............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Central Office              140,021         151,534         151,534         151,534         +11,513   ..............  ..............
           Operations...................

Regional Office Operations:
    Tribal government...................          1,095           1,323           1,323           1,323            +228   ..............  ..............
    Human services......................          3,038           3,019           3,019           3,019             -19   ..............  ..............
    Community development...............            778             966             966             966            +188   ..............  ..............
    Resources management................          5,319           5,403           5,403           5,403             +84   ..............  ..............
    Trust services......................         24,049          27,376          27,376          27,376          +3,327   ..............  ..............
    General administration..............          7,083           3,503           3,503           3,503          -3,580   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Regional Office                  41,362          41,590          41,590          41,590            +228   ..............  ..............
       Operations.......................

Special Programs and Pooled Overhead:
    Education...........................         16,336          17,499          17,499          17,499          +1,163   ..............  ..............
    Public safety and justice...........        180,063         192,265         200,765         192,265         +12,202   ..............         -8,500
    Community development...............          8,102   ..............          5,685           7,500            -602          +7,500          +1,815
    Resources management................          1,269           1,269           1,269           1,269   ..............  ..............  ..............
    General administration..............         80,491          92,298          92,298          92,298         +11,807   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Special Programs and            286,261         303,331         317,516         310,831         +24,570          +7,500          -6,685
       Pooled Overhead..................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, BIA Operations.............        467,644         496,455         510,640         503,955         +36,311          +7,500          -6,685
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operation of Indian              1,926,091       1,924,230       1,992,737       1,971,132         +45,041         +46,902         -21,605
       Programs.........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
               BIA SPLITS

Natural resources.......................       (150,359)       (142,506)       (155,548)       (150,500)          (+141)        (+7,994)        (-5,048)
Forward-funding.........................       (449,721)       (454,725)       (478,085)       (454,725)        (+5,004)  ..............       (-23,360)
Education...............................       (188,051)       (169,659)       (178,497)       (191,497)        (+3,446)       (+21,838)       (+13,000)
Community development...................     (1,137,960)     (1,157,340)     (1,180,607)     (1,174,410)       (+36,450)       (+17,070)        (-6,197)
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, BIA splits.................     (1,926,091)     (1,924,230)     (1,992,737)     (1,971,132)       (+45,041)       (+46,902)       (-21,605)

              Construction

Education...............................        263,372         173,875         225,875         198,875         -64,497         +25,000         -27,000
Public safety and justice...............          7,381          11,777          11,777          11,777          +4,396   ..............  ..............
Resources management....................         40,289          38,272          38,272          48,272          +7,983         +10,000         +10,000
General administration..................          2,126           2,136           2,136           2,136             +10   ..............  ..............
Construction management.................          5,961           6,077           6,077           6,077            +116   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Construction...............        319,129         232,137         284,137         267,137         -51,992         +35,000         -17,000
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements
  and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw                  9,833          10,167          10,167          10,167            +334   ..............  ..............
 settlement.............................
Colorado Ute Settlement.................          7,889           8,111           8,111           8,111            +222   ..............  ..............
Cuba Lake Settlement....................          1,726   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,726   ..............  ..............
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund.............            247             254             254             254              +7   ..............  ..............
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement....            140             144             144             144              +4   ..............  ..............
Quinault Settlement.....................          9,893   ..............         10,000   ..............         -9,893   ..............        -10,000
White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin).            616             634             634             634             +18   ..............  ..............
Zuni Water Settlement...................         13,806           5,444           5,444           5,444          -8,362   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Miscellaneous Payments to           44,150          24,754          34,754          24,754         -19,396   ..............        -10,000
       Indians..........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

Indian guaranteed loan program account..          6,332           6,348           6,348           6,348             +16   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS...      2,295,702       2,187,469       2,317,976       2,269,371         -26,331         +81,902         -48,605
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

             Insular Affairs

        Assistance to Territories

Territorial Assistance:
    Office of Insular Affairs...........          6,472           6,881           7,381           6,881            +409   ..............           -500
    Technical assistance................         11,716           8,561          10,361          10,981            -735          +2,420            +620
    Maintenance assistance fund.........          2,268           2,300           2,300           2,300             +32   ..............  ..............
    Brown tree snake....................          2,663           2,700           2,700           2,700             +37   ..............  ..............
    Insular management controls.........          1,470           1,491           1,491           1,491             +21   ..............  ..............
    Coral reef initiative...............            493             500             500             500              +7   ..............  ..............
    Water and wastewater projects.......  ..............          1,000           1,000           1,000          +1,000   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Territorial Assistance..         25,082          23,433          25,733          25,853            +771          +2,420            +120

American Samoa: Operations grants.......         22,779          23,110          23,110          23,110            +331   ..............  ..............
Northern Marianas: Covenant grants......         27,720          27,720          27,720          27,720   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Assistance to Territories..         75,581          74,263          76,563          76,683          +1,102          +2,420            +120
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Compact of Free Association

Compact of Free Association--Federal              2,957           2,862           2,862           2,862             -95   ..............  ..............
 services...............................
    Mandatory payments--program grant             2,000           2,000           2,000           2,000   ..............  ..............  ..............
     assistance.........................
Enewetak support........................            493   ..............            500   ..............           -493   ..............           -500
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Compact of Free Association          5,450           4,862           5,362           4,862            -588   ..............           -500
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Insular Affairs............         81,031          79,125          81,925          81,545            +514          +2,420            -380
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         Departmental Management

Departmental direction..................         13,358          13,591          13,591          14,090            +732            +499            +499
Management and coordination.............         28,554          30,298          29,598          29,348            +794            -950            -250
Hearings and appeals....................          7,919           8,068           8,068           8,068            +149   ..............  ..............
Central services........................         27,696          34,387          34,187          33,865          +6,169            -522            -322
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/               629             653             653             653             +24   ..............  ..............
 unemployment...........................
Take Pride in America...................            490           1,000             500   ..............           -490          -1,000            -500
Financial and business management system         14,160          23,555          23,555   ..............        -14,160         -23,555         -23,555
Indian Arts and Crafts Board............          1,042           1,162           1,162           1,162            +120   ..............  ..............
Grant to Kendall County, Illinois.......          4,931   ..............  ..............  ..............         -4,931   ..............  ..............
General reduction.......................         -2,958   ..............  ..............  ..............         +2,958   ..............  ..............
Appraisal services......................  ..............          7,441           7,441           7,441          +7,441   ..............  ..............
Reductions in House floor action........  ..............  ..............        -21,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        +21,000
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109-         3,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,000   ..............  ..............
 13)....................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Departmental Management....         98,821         120,155          97,755          94,627          -4,194         -25,528          -3,128
                                         ===============================================================================================================
          Working Capital Fund

Financial and Business Management System  ..............  ..............  ..............         22,555         +22,555         +22,555         +22,555

        Payments in Lieu of Taxes

Payments to local governments...........        226,805         200,000         242,000         235,000          +8,195         +35,000          -7,000

    Central Hazardous Materials Fund

Central hazardous materials fund........  ..............          9,855           9,855           9,855          +9,855   ..............  ..............

         Office of the Solicitor

Legal services..........................         40,916          42,660          42,472          42,660          +1,744   ..............           +188
General administration..................          9,701          12,020          11,801          11,920          +2,219            -100            +119
Ethics..................................          1,039           1,072           1,067           1,072             +33   ..............             +5
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of the Solicitor....         51,656          55,752          55,340          55,652          +3,996            -100            +312
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Office of Inspector General

Audit...................................         16,270          17,744          17,274          16,974            +704            -770            -300
Investigations..........................         13,529          15,241          14,491          14,341            +812            -900            -150
Administrative services and information           7,476           8,014           7,801           7,801            +325            -213   ..............
 management.............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Inspector General         37,275          40,999          39,566          39,116          +1,841          -1,883            -450
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Office of Special Trustee for American
                 Indians

         Federal Trust Programs

Program operations, support, and                191,324         267,165         189,361         189,361          -1,963         -77,804   ..............
 improvements...........................
Executive direction.....................          2,216           2,232           2,232           2,232             +16   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Trust programs.....        193,540         269,397         191,593         191,593          -1,947         -77,804   ..............

    Indian Land Consolidation Program

Indian land consolidation...............         34,514          34,514          34,514          34,514   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Special Trustee          228,054         303,911         226,107         226,107          -1,947         -77,804   ..............
       for American Indians.............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund

Damage assessments......................          3,845           3,931           3,931           3,931             +86   ..............  ..............
Program management......................          1,526           1,592           1,592           1,592             +66   ..............  ..............
Restoration support.....................            366             583             583             583            +217   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Natural Resource Damage              5,737           6,106           6,106           6,106            +369   ..............  ..............
       Assessment Fund..................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES.......        729,379         815,903         758,654         770,563         +41,184         -45,340         +11,909
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE       9,955,228       9,792,069       9,799,693       9,877,741         -77,487         +85,672         +78,048
       INTERIOR.........................
          Appropriations................     (9,543,364)     (9,509,904)     (9,495,648)     (9,565,744)       (+22,380)       (+55,840)       (+70,096)
          Emergency appropriations......       (103,454)  ..............  ..............  ..............      (-103,454)  ..............  ..............
          Rescission....................       (-30,000)       (-30,000)       (-30,000)       (-30,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                 AGENCY

         Science and Technology

Air toxics and quality:
    Clean air allowance trading programs          8,734           9,353           9,353           8,734   ..............           -619            -619
     (also EPM).........................
    Federal support for air quality mgmt         10,521          10,016          10,016          10,016            -505   ..............  ..............
     (also EPM).........................
    Federal support for air toxics                2,562           2,265           2,265           2,265            -297   ..............  ..............
     program (also EPM).................
    Federal vehicle and fuels standards/         57,436          66,567          59,567          61,436          +4,000          -5,131          +1,869
     certification......................
    Radiation: Protection (also EPM;              3,069           2,121           2,121           2,121            -948   ..............  ..............
     HSS)...............................
    Radiation: Response preparedness              2,320           3,576           3,576           3,576          +1,256   ..............  ..............
     (also EPM).........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Air toxics and quality..         84,642          93,898          86,898          88,148          +3,506          -5,750          +1,250

Enforcement: Forensics support (also             13,048          13,737          13,737          13,737            +689   ..............  ..............
 HSS)...................................

Climate protection: Climate protection           19,006          17,732          20,032          17,732          -1,274   ..............         -2,300
 program (also EPM)

Homeland security:
    Homeland security: Critical
     infrastructure protection:
        Critical infrastructure                   3,495           3,569           3,569           3,495   ..............            -74             -74
         protection (except water
         sentinel) (also EPM; HSS)......
        Water sentinel and related        ..............         44,000           9,000           5,585          +5,585         -38,415          -3,415
         training.......................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:            3,495          47,569          12,569           9,080          +5,585         -38,489          -3,489
           Critical infrastructure
           protection...................

    Homeland security: Preparedness,
     response, and recovery:
        Preparedness, response, and              13,671          14,806          14,806          14,806          +1,135   ..............  ..............
         recovery (other activities)
         (also HSS).....................
        Decontamination (also EPM; HSS).         13,609          24,710          16,710          13,609   ..............        -11,101          -3,101
        Laboratory preparedness &         ..............            600             600   ..............  ..............           -600            -600
         response (also EPM; HSS).......
        Safe buildings..................  ..............          4,000           4,000   ..............  ..............         -4,000          -4,000
        (Transfer from Hazardous                 (2,071)         (2,000)         (2,000)         (2,000)           (-71)  ..............  ..............
         substance superfund)...........
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:           27,280          44,116          36,116          28,415          +1,135         -15,701          -7,701
           Preparedness, response, and
           recovery.....................

Homeland security: Protection of EPA              2,024           2,100           2,100           2,100             +76   ..............  ..............
 personnel and infrastructure (also EPM;
 B&F HSS)..............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Homeland security.......         32,799          93,785          50,785          39,595          +6,796         -54,190         -11,190

IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data              4,345           4,251           4,251           4,251             -94   ..............  ..............
 management (also EPM; LUST; OSR; HSS)..

Indoor air:
    Indoor air: Radon program (also EPM)            495             442             442             442             -53   ..............  ..............
    Indoor air: Schools and workplace               843   ..............  ..............  ..............           -843   ..............  ..............
     program (moved to reduce risks in
     fiscal year 2006)..................
    Reduce risks from indoor air (also    ..............            832             832             832            +832   ..............  ..............
     EPM)...............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Indoor air..............          1,338           1,274           1,274           1,274             -64   ..............  ..............

Operations and administration:
    Facilities infrastructure and                 8,466           8,716           8,716           8,466   ..............           -250            -250
     operations (also EPM; B&F LUST;
     OSR; HSS)..........................

Pesticide licensing:
    Pesticides: Registration of new               2,466           2,490           2,490           2,490             +24   ..............  ..............
     pesticides (also EPM)..............
    Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of          2,478           2,506           2,506           2,506             +28   ..............  ..............
     existing pesticides (also EPM).....
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Pesticide licensing.....          4,944           4,996           4,996           4,996             +52   ..............  ..............

Research/Congressional priorities.......         65,665   ..............         40,000          50,000         -15,665         +50,000         +10,000

Research: Clean air:
    Research: Air toxics................         16,956          16,387          16,387          16,387            -569   ..............  ..............
    Research: Global change.............         19,578          20,534          20,534          19,578   ..............           -956            -956
    Research: National ambient air        ..............         71,451          71,451          65,403         +65,403          -6,048          -6,048
     quality standards (NAAQS)..........
    Research: Particulate matter (Moved          60,863   ..............  ..............  ..............        -60,863   ..............  ..............
     to NAAQS in fiscal year 2006)......
    Research: Troposphere ozone.........          4,041   ..............  ..............  ..............         -4,041   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Research: Clean air.....        101,438         108,372         108,372         101,368             -70          -7,004          -7,004

Research: Clean water:
    Research: Drinking water............         48,665          45,690          45,690          45,690          -2,975   ..............  ..............
    Research: Water quality.............         44,993          55,900          55,900          46,592          +1,599          -9,308          -9,308
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Research: Clean water...         93,658         101,590         101,590          92,282          -1,376          -9,308          -9,308

Research: Human health and ecosystems:
    Human health risk assessment........         32,723          36,240          36,240          36,240          +3,517   ..............  ..............
        (By transfer from Hazardous              (3,559)         (4,022)         (4,022)         (4,022)          (+463)  ..............  ..............
         substance superfund)...........
    Research: Computational toxicology..         11,994          13,832          12,632          11,994   ..............         -1,838            -638
    Research: Endocrine disruptor.......         10,392           8,705          10,605          10,392   ..............         +1,687            -213
    Research: Fellowships...............         12,042           8,327          12,027          12,042   ..............         +3,715             +15
    Research: Human health and                  167,356         169,632         177,632         167,356   ..............         -2,276         -10,276
     ecosystems.........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Research: Human health          234,507         236,736         249,136         238,024          +3,517          +1,288         -11,112
       and ecosystems...................

Research: Land protection:
    Research: Land protection &                   9,065          13,696          13,696           9,065   ..............         -4,631          -4,631
     restoration (also HSS).............
        (By transfer from Hazardous             (22,994)        (23,099)        (23,099)        (23,099)          (+105)  ..............  ..............
         substance superfund)...........
        (By transfer from Hazardous              (6,596)         (1,485)         (1,485)         (1,485)        (-5,111)  ..............  ..............
         substance superfund)...........
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Research: Land                9,065          13,696          13,696           9,065   ..............         -4,631          -4,631
           protection...................

Research: Sustainability:
    Research: Economics and decision      ..............          2,645           2,645           2,645          +2,645   ..............  ..............
     science (EDS)......................
    Research: Environmental technology            3,181           3,203           3,203           3,203             +22   ..............  ..............
     verification (ETV).................
    Research: Pollution prevention (also         37,232   ..............  ..............  ..............        -37,232   ..............  ..............
     HSS)...............................
        (By transfer from Hazardous                (588)  ..............  ..............  ..............          (-588)  ..............  ..............
         substance superfund)...........
    Research: Sustainability (other       ..............         23,188          23,188          23,188         +23,188   ..............  ..............
     activities)........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Research:                    40,413          29,036          29,036          29,036         -11,377   ..............  ..............
           Sustainability...............

Toxic research and prevention:
    Research: Pesticides and toxics.....         27,792          29,753          29,753          29,753          +1,961   ..............  ..............

Water: Human health protection:
    Drinking water programs (also EPM)..          2,935           3,068           3,068           3,068            +133   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Science and Technology.....        744,061         760,640         765,340         730,795         -13,266         -29,845         -34,545
      (By transfer from Hazardous               (35,808)        (30,606)        (30,606)        (30,606)        (-5,202)  ..............  ..............
       substance superfund).............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  Environmental Programs and Management

Air toxics and quality;
    Clean air allowance trading programs         16,873          18,234          18,234          18,234          +1,361   ..............  ..............
     (also S&T).........................
    Federal stationary source                    21,768          23,509          23,509          23,509          +1,741   ..............  ..............
     regulations........................

    Federal support for air quality
     management:
        Federal support for air quality          88,192          95,891          95,891          88,192   ..............         -7,699          -7,699
         management (other activities)
         (also S&T).....................
        Clean diesel initiative.........  ..............         15,000          10,000   ..............  ..............        -15,000         -10,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Federal support for          88,192         110,891         105,891          88,192   ..............        -22,699         -17,699
           air quality management.......

    Federal support for air toxics               24,590          25,431          25,431          24,590   ..............           -841            -841
     program (also S&T).................
    Radiation: Protection (also S&T             11,122          11,765          11,765          11,122   ..............           -643            -643
     HSS)...............................
    Radiation: Response preparedness              2,624           2,636           2,636           2,624   ..............            -12             -12
     (also S&T).........................
    Stratospheric ozone: Domestic                 5,013           3,969           5,169           5,013   ..............         +1,044            -156
     programs...........................
    Stratospheric ozone: Multilateral             9,920          13,500          10,500           8,000          -1,920          -5,500          -2,500
     fund...............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Air toxics and quality..        180,102         209,935         203,135         181,284          +1,182         -28,651         -21,851

Brownfields.............................         24,301          29,638          24,638          25,000            +699          -4,638            +362

Climate protection program:
    Climate protection program (other            43,910          41,030          41,030          41,030          -2,880   ..............  ..............
     activities) (also S&T).............
    Energy star.........................         46,700          50,500          50,000          50,500          +3,800   ..............           +500
    Methane to markets..................            300           4,000             500           3,000          +2,700          -1,000          +2,500
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Climate protection......         90,910          95,530          91,530          94,530          +3,620          -1,000          +3,000

Compliance:
    Compliance assistance and centers            26,613          29,097          29,097          29,097          +2,484   ..............  ..............
     (also LUST; OSR; HSS)..............
    Compliance incentives (also HSS)....          8,963           9,622           9,622           9,622            +659   ..............  ..............
    Compliance monitoring (also HSS)             66,328          93,412          90,512          87,328         +21,000          -6,084          -3,184
     (Some of these funds were in IT/
     Data management in fiscal year
     2005)..............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Compliance............        101,904         132,131         129,231         126,047         +24,143          -6,084          -3,184

Enforcement:
    Civil enforcement (also OSR; HSS)...        112,463         117,462         114,462         117,462          +4,999   ..............         +3,000
    Criminal enforcement (also HSS).....         39,101          37,326          36,326          39,101   ..............         +1,775          +2,775
    Enforcement training (also HSS).....          3,428           2,499           2,499           3,428   ..............           +929            +929
    Environmental justice (also HSS)....          5,883           3,980           5,883           3,980          -1,903   ..............         -1,903
    NEPA implementation.................         12,039          12,440          12,440          12,440            +401   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Enforcement.............        172,914         173,707         171,610         176,411          +3,497          +2,704          +4,801

Environmental protection/Congressional           92,326   ..............         40,000          50,000         -42,326         +50,000         +10,000
 priorities.............................

Geographic programs:
    Geographic program: Chesapeake Bay..         22,756          20,746          20,746          23,000            +244          +2,254          +2,254
    Geographic program: Great Lakes.....         21,287          21,519          21,519          22,000            +713            +481            +481
    Geographic program: Gulf of Mexico..          3,895           4,468           4,468           5,000          +1,105            +532            +532
    Geographic program: Lake Champlain..          2,480             955           2,000           1,955            -525          +1,000             -45
    Geographic program: Long Island               2,332             477           2,000             477          -1,855   ..............         -1,523
     Sound..............................
    Geographic program: Puget Sound.....  ..............  ..............          2,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -2,000

Geographic program: Other:
    Community action for a renewed                1,984           9,000           3,000           1,984   ..............         -7,016          -1,016
     environment (CARE).................
    Other (other activities)............          4,923           4,686           4,686           5,853            +930          +1,167          +1,167
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geographic program:               6,907          13,686           7,686           7,837            +930          -5,849            +151
       Other............................

    Regional geographic initiatives.....          7,687           8,862           7,762           7,000            -687          -1,862            -762
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Geographic programs.....         67,344          70,713          68,181          67,269             -75          -3,444            -912

Homeland security:
    Homeland security: Communication and
     information (also HSS):
        Communication and information             5,133           5,450           5,450           5,450            +317   ..............  ..............
         (other activities).............
        Laboratory preparedness and       ..............          1,230           1,230   ..............  ..............         -1,230          -1,230
         response (also S&T)............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:            5,133           6,680           6,680           5,450            +317          -1,230          -1,230
           Communication and information

    Homeland security: Critical
     infrastructure protection:
        Critical infrastructure                   6,896           6,847           6,847           6,847             -49   ..............  ..............
         protection (except
         decontamination) (also S&T
         HSS)...........................
        Decontamination (also S&T EPM;   ..............            100             100   ..............  ..............           -100            -100
         HSS)...........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:            6,896           6,947           6,947           6,847             -49            -100            -100
           critical infrastructure
           protection...................

    Homeland security: Preparedness,              1,822           3,348           3,348           2,748            +926            -600            -600
     response, and recovery (also S&T
     HSS): Decontamination (also S&T
     EPM; HSS)..........................

    Homeland security: Protection of EPA          6,294           6,403           6,403           6,403            +109   ..............  ..............
     personnel and infrastructure (also
     S&T B&F HSS).....................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Homeland security.....         20,145          23,378          23,378          21,448          +1,303          -1,930          -1,930

Indoor air:
    Indoor air: Asthma program..........         10,468   ..............  ..............  ..............        -10,468   ..............  ..............
    Indoor air: Environment tobacco               2,400   ..............  ..............  ..............         -2,400   ..............  ..............
     smoke program......................
    Indoor air: Radon program (also S&T)          5,142           5,918           5,918           5,000            -142            -918            -918
    Indoor air: Schools and workplace             9,326   ..............  ..............  ..............         -9,326   ..............  ..............
     program............................
    Reduce risks from indoor air (also    ..............         23,496          23,496          22,194         +22,194          -1,302          -1,302
     S&T)...............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Indoor air..............         27,336          29,414          29,414          27,194            -142          -2,220          -2,220

Information exchange/Outreach:
    Children and other sensitive                  5,970           6,890           6,890           6,890            +920   ..............  ..............
     populations: Agency coordination...
    Congressional, intergovernmental,            48,624          49,753          49,753          49,753          +1,129   ..............  ..............
     external relations (also HSS)......
    Environmental education.............          8,957   ..............          9,000           7,000          -1,957          +7,000          -2,000
    Exchange network (also HSS).........         16,361          22,739          18,739          18,000          +1,639          -4,739            -739
    Small business ombudsman............          3,712           3,911           3,911           3,911            +199   ..............  ..............
    Small minority business assistance..          2,264           2,348           2,348           2,348             +84   ..............  ..............
    State and local prevention and               11,855          12,328          12,328          11,855   ..............           -473            -473
     preparedness.......................
    Toxics release inventory (TRI)/Right         14,310          14,754          14,754          12,000          -2,310          -2,754          -2,754
     to know............................
    Tribal--Capacity building...........         10,640          11,049          11,049          11,049            +409   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Information exchange/           122,693         123,772         128,772         122,806            +113            -966          -5,966
       Outreach.........................

International programs:
    Children and other sensitive                    244   ..............  ..............  ..............           -244   ..............  ..............
     populations: Agency coordination...
    Commission for environmental                  3,773           4,210           4,210           4,210            +437   ..............  ..............
     cooperation........................
    Environment and trade...............          1,500           1,787           1,787           1,787            +287   ..............  ..............
    International capacity building.....          5,751           6,450           6,450           5,000            -751          -1,450          -1,450
    Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)          1,627           2,806           2,806           1,627   ..............         -1,179          -1,179
     implementation.....................
    U.S./Mexico border..................          5,612           5,975           5,975           5,975            +363   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, International programs..         18,507          21,228          21,228          18,599             +92          -2,629          -2,629

IT/Data management/Security:
    Information security (also HSS).....          4,131           3,888           3,888           3,888            -243   ..............  ..............
    IT/Data management (also S&T LUST;         106,123         105,999          95,999          93,000         -13,123         -12,999          -2,999
     OSR; HSS) ($22.59 million moved to
     EPM Compliance in fisca year 2006).
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, IT/Data management/           110,254         109,887          99,887          96,888         -13,366         -12,999          -2,999
         Security.......................

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic
 review:
    Administrative law..................          4,890           5,109           5,109           5,109            +219   ..............  ..............
    Alternative dispute resolution (also            931           1,051           1,051           1,051            +120   ..............  ..............
     HSS)...............................
    Civil rights/Title VI compliance....         12,119          12,530          12,530          12,530            +411   ..............  ..............
    Legal advice: Environmental program          34,644          36,314          36,314          36,314          +1,670   ..............  ..............
     (also HSS).........................
    Legal advice: Support program.......         12,555          13,088          13,088          13,088            +533   ..............  ..............
    Regional science and technology.....          3,245           3,643           3,643           3,643            +398   ..............  ..............
    Regulatory innovation...............         20,014          25,021          23,118          20,014   ..............         -5,007          -3,104
    Regulatory/Economic-management and           14,821          16,713          16,713          14,821   ..............         -1,892          -1,892
     analysis...........................
    Science advisory board..............          4,361           4,881           4,881           4,881            +520   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/       107,580         118,350         116,447         111,451          +3,871          -6,899          -4,996
       Economic review..................

Operations and administration:
    Acquisition management (also LUST;           22,714          23,055          23,055          23,055            +341   ..............  ..............
     HSS)...............................
    Central planning, budgeting, and             69,387          72,790          72,790          72,790          +3,403   ..............  ..............
     finance (also LUST; HSS)...........
    Facilities infrastructure and               314,614         358,046         353,046         340,000         +25,386         -18,046         -13,046
     operations (also S&T B&F LUST;
     OSR; HSS)..........................
    Financial assistance grants/                 20,366          19,916          19,916          19,916            -450   ..............  ..............
     Interagency agreements (IAG)
     management (also  HSS).............
    Human resources management (also             39,461          38,872          38,872          37,000          -2,461          -1,872          -1,872
     LUST; HSS).........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operations and                  466,542         512,679         507,679         492,761         +26,219         -19,918         -14,918
       administration...................

Pesticide licensing:
    Pesticides: Field programs..........         24,362          24,683          24,683          24,683            +321   ..............  ..............
    Pesticides: Registration of new              39,159          41,472          41,472          41,472          +2,313   ..............  ..............
     pesticides (also S&T)..............
    Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of         51,315          57,991          54,950          57,991          +6,676   ..............         +3,041
     existing pesticides (also S&T).....
    Science policy and biotechnology....          1,640           1,751           1,751           1,640   ..............           -111            -111
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Pesticide licensing.....        116,476         125,897         122,856         125,786          +9,310            -111          +2,930

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
 (RCRA):
    RCRA: Corrective action.............         39,667          42,710          42,710          42,710          +3,043   ..............  ..............
    RCRA: Waste management..............         66,696          68,228          68,228          68,228          +1,532   ..............  ..............
    RCRA: Waste minimization and                 11,508          14,376          14,376          14,376          +2,868   ..............  ..............
     recycling..........................
    RCRA: General reduction.............  ..............  ..............         -5,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         +5,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Resource Conservation           117,871         125,314         120,314         125,314          +7,443   ..............         +5,000
       and Recovery Act (RCRA)..........

Toxics risk review and prevention:
    Toxic substances: Chemical risk               8,341           9,058           9,058           9,058            +717   ..............  ..............
     management.........................
    Toxic substances: Chemical risk              44,814          44,523          45,523          45,879          +1,065          +1,356            +356
     review & reduction.................
    Endocrine disruptors................          8,540           9,097           9,097           9,097            +557   ..............  ..............
    Toxic substances: Lead risk                  10,970          10,549          10,549          10,549            -421   ..............  ..............
     reduction program..................
    Pollution prevention program........         16,408          19,990          17,990          16,408   ..............         -3,582          -1,582
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Toxics risk review and           89,073          93,217          92,217          90,991          +1,918          -2,226          -1,226
       prevention.......................

Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST)              7,125           7,719           7,719           7,719            +594   ..............  ..............
 (also LUST)............................

Water: Ecosystems:
    Great Lakes Legacy Act..............         22,320          50,000          28,000          30,000          +7,680         -20,000          +2,000
    National estuary program/Coastal             25,065          19,446          24,446          21,000          -4,065          +1,554          -3,446
     waterways..........................
    Wetlands............................         20,085          20,375          20,375          20,375            +290   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems.......         67,470          89,821          72,821          71,375          +3,905         -18,446          -1,446

Water: Human health protection:
    Beach/Fish programs.................          3,210           3,264           3,264           3,264             +54   ..............  ..............
    Drinking water programs (also S&T)..         93,258         101,090          98,090          95,000          +1,742          -6,090          -3,090
    National Rural Water Association....  ..............  ..............         10,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -10,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Water: Human health              96,468         104,354         111,354          98,264          +1,796          -6,090         -13,090
       protection.......................

Water quality protection: Marine                 11,358          12,279          12,279          12,279            +921   ..............  ..............
 pollution..............................

    Surface water protection:
        Surface water protection (other         179,503         185,501         185,501         185,501          +5,998   ..............  ..............
         activities)....................
        Water quality monitoring........          6,700           9,300           9,300           4,499          -2,201          -4,801          -4,801
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Surface water               186,203         194,801         194,801         190,000          +3,797          -4,801          -4,801
           protection...................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Water quality               197,561         207,080         207,080         202,279          +4,718          -4,801          -4,801
           protection...................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Environmental             2,294,902       2,403,764       2,389,491       2,333,416         +38,514         -70,348         -56,075
           Programs and Management......

Offsetting receipts from toxics and       ..............        -50,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        +50,000   ..............
 pesticides fees........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Environmental Programs and       2,294,902       2,353,764       2,389,491       2,333,416         +38,514         -20,348         -56,075
       Management.......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       Office of Inspector General

Audits, evaluations, and investigations.         37,696          36,955          37,955          36,955            -741   ..............         -1,000
    (By transfer from Hazardous                 (12,896)        (13,536)        (13,536)        (13,536)          (+640)  ..............  ..............
     substance superfund)...............

        Buildings and Facilities

Homeland security:
    Homeland security: Protection of EPA         11,408          11,500          11,500          11,500             +92   ..............  ..............
     personnel and infrastructure (also
     S&T EPM; HSS).....................
Operations and administration:
    Facilities infrastructure and                27,280          28,718          28,718          28,718          +1,438   ..............  ..............
     operations (also S&T EPM; HSS;
     LUST; OSR).........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Buildings and Facilities         38,688          40,218          40,218          40,218          +1,530   ..............  ..............

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-         3,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         -3,000   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Buildings and Facilities...         41,688          40,218          40,218          40,218          -1,470   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Hazardous Substance Superfund

Air toxics and quality: Radiation:                2,031           2,387           2,387           2,031   ..............           -356            -356
 Protection (also S&T EPM).............

Audits, evaluations, and investigations.         12,896          13,536          13,536          13,536            +640   ..............  ..............
    (Transfer to Office of Inspector           (-12,896)       (-13,536)       (-13,536)       (-13,536)          (-640)  ..............  ..............
     General)...........................
Enforcement:
    Civil enforcement (also EPM; OSR)...            122             883             883             442            +320            -441            -441
    Criminal enforcement (also EPM).....          7,895           9,504           8,504           9,504          +1,609   ..............         +1,000
    Enforcement training (also EPM).....            822             614             614             614            -208   ..............  ..............
    Environmental justice (also EPM)....            938             845             845             845             -93   ..............  ..............
    Forensics support (also S&T)........          4,112           3,840           3,840           3,840            -272   ..............  ..............
    Superfund: Enforcement..............        153,266         164,258         157,258         164,258         +10,992   ..............         +7,000
    Superfund: Federal facilities                10,667          10,241          10,241          10,241            -426   ..............  ..............
     enforcement........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Enforcement.............        177,822         190,185         182,185         189,744         +11,922            -441          +7,559

Compliance:
    Compliance assistance and centers     ..............             23              23              12             +12             -11             -11
     (also EPM; LUST; OSR)..............
    Compliance incentives (also EPM)....            145             168             168             157             +12             -11             -11
    Compliance monitoring (also EPM)....            159           1,157           1,157             658            +499            -499            -499
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Compliance..............            304           1,348           1,348             827            +523            -521            -521

Homeland security:
    Homeland security: Communication and
     information (also EPM):
        Laboratory preparedness and       ..............            300             300   ..............  ..............           -300            -300
         response (also S&T EPM; HSS)..

    Homeland security: Critical
     infrastructure protection:
        Critical infrastructure                   1,923             852             852             852          -1,071   ..............  ..............
         protection (other activities)
         (also S&T EPM)................
        Decontamination (also S&T EPM;   ..............            200             200   ..............  ..............           -200            -200
         HSS)...........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:            1,923           1,052           1,052             852          -1,071            -200            -200
           Critical infrastructure
           protection...................

    Homeland security: Preparedness,
     response, and recovery:
        Decontamination (also S&T EPM;           8,283          12,550          10,550          10,550          +2,267          -2,000   ..............
         HSS)...........................
        Laboratory preparedness and       ..............          9,500   ..............  ..............  ..............         -9,500   ..............
         response (also S&T EPM; HSS)..
        Preparedness, response, and              25,996          26,915          26,915          26,450            +454            -465            -465
         recovery (other activities)
         (also S&T).....................
        (Transfer to Science and                (-2,071)        (-2,000)        (-2,000)        (-2,000)           (+71)  ..............  ..............
         Technology)....................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Homeland security:           34,279          48,965          37,465          37,000          +2,721         -11,965            -465
           Preparedness, response, and
           recovery.....................

Homeland security: Protection of EPA                672             600             600             600             -72   ..............  ..............
 personnel and infrastructure (also S&T
 EPM; B&F)..............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Homeland security.......         36,874          50,917          39,417          38,452          +1,578         -12,465            -965

Information exchange/Outreach:
    Congressional, intergovernmental,               155             161             161             155   ..............             -6              -6
     external relations (also EPM)......
    Exchange network (also EPM).........          2,235           1,676           1,676           1,676            -559   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Information exchange/             2,390           1,837           1,837           1,831            -559              -6              -6
       Outreach.........................

IT/Data management/Security:
    Information security (also EPM).....            406             409             409             406   ..............             -3              -3
    IT/Data management (also S&T EPM;           17,945          16,113          16,113          16,113          -1,832   ..............  ..............
     LUST; OSR).........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, IT/Data management/              18,351          16,522          16,522          16,519          -1,832              -3              -3
       Security.........................

Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic
 review:
    Alternative dispute resolution (also            845             985             985             845   ..............           -140            -140
     EPM)...............................
    Legal advice: Environmental program             816             836             836             816   ..............            -20             -20
     (also EPM).........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/         1,661           1,821           1,821           1,661   ..............           -160            -160
       Economic review..................

Operations and administration:
    Financial assistance grants/                  2,943           2,579           2,579           2,579            -364   ..............  ..............
     Interagency agreements (IAG)
     management (also EPM)..............
    Facilities infrastructure and                67,080          72,726          71,226          67,080   ..............         -5,646          -4,146
     operations (also S&T EPM; B&F
     LUST; OSR).........................
    Acquisition management (also EPM;            18,888          20,367          20,367          18,888   ..............         -1,479          -1,479
     LUST)..............................
    Human resources management (also              4,376           4,790           4,790           4,376   ..............           -414            -414
     EPM; LUST).........................
    Central planning, budgeting, and             20,379          22,445          22,445          20,379   ..............         -2,066          -2,066
     finance (also EPM; LUST)...........
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operations and                  113,666         122,907         121,407         113,302            -364          -9,605          -8,105
       administration...................

Research: Human health and ecosystems:
    Human health risk assessment........          3,559           4,022           4,022           4,022            +463   ..............  ..............
        (Transfer to Science and                (-3,559)        (-4,022)        (-4,022)        (-4,022)          (-463)  ..............  ..............
         Technology)....................
Research: Land protection:
    Research: Land protection and                22,994          23,099          23,099          22,994   ..............           -105            -105
     restoration........................
        (Transfer to Science and               (-22,994)       (-23,099)       (-23,099)       (-23,099)          (-105)  ..............  ..............
         Technology)....................
    Research: Superfund innovative                6,596           1,485           1,485           1,485          -5,111   ..............  ..............
     technology (SITE) program..........
        (Transfer to Science and                (-6,596)        (-1,485)        (-1,485)        (-1,485)        (+5,111)  ..............  ..............
         Technology)....................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Research: Land               29,590          24,584          24,584          24,479          -5,111            -105            -105
           protection...................

Research: Sustainability:
    Pollution prevention (also S&T).....            588   ..............  ..............  ..............           -588   ..............  ..............
        (Transfer to Science and                  (-588)  ..............  ..............  ..............          (+588)  ..............  ..............
         Technology)....................
Superfund cleanup:
    Superfund: Emergency response and           198,494         198,000         198,000         198,494   ..............           +494            +494
     removal............................
    Superfund: EPA emergency                     10,009          10,507          10,507          10,507            +498   ..............  ..............
     preparedness.......................
    Superfund: Federal facilities.......         31,512          31,611          31,611          31,611             +99   ..............  ..............
    Superfund: Remedial.................        597,139         599,395         599,395         599,395          +2,256   ..............  ..............
    Superfund: Support to other Federal          10,591           9,754           9,754           9,754            -837   ..............  ..............
     agencies...........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Superfund cleanup.......        847,745         849,267         849,267         849,761          +2,016            +494            +494
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Hazardous Substance              1,247,477       1,279,333       1,258,333       1,256,165          +8,688         -23,168          -2,168
       Superfund........................
      (Transfer to Office of Inspector         (-12,896)       (-13,536)       (-13,536)       (-13,536)          (-640)  ..............  ..............
       General).........................
      (Transfer to Science and                 (-35,808)       (-30,606)       (-30,606)       (-30,606)        (+5,202)  ..............  ..............
       Technology)......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)

Compliance:
    Compliance assistance and centers               855             774             774             774             -81   ..............  ..............
     (also EPM; OSR; HSS)...............
IT/Data management/Security:
    IT/Data management (also S&T EPM;              176             178             178             178              +2   ..............  ..............
     HSS; OSR)..........................
Operations and administration:
    Acquisition management (also EPM;               341             346             346             346              +5   ..............  ..............
     HSS)...............................
    Central planning, budgeting, and                866             936             936             936             +70   ..............  ..............
     finance (also EPM; HSS)............
    Facilities infrastructure and                   872             884             884             884             +12   ..............  ..............
     operations (also S&T EPM; B&F
     HSS; OSR)..........................
    Human resources management (also                  3               3               3               3   ..............  ..............  ..............
     EPM; HSS)..........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operations and                    2,082           2,169           2,169           2,169             +87   ..............  ..............
       administration...................

Research: Land protection:
    Research: Land protection and                   624             646             646             646             +22   ..............  ..............
     restoration (also S&T HSS; OSR)...
Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST):
    Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST)          9,279          10,584          10,584          10,584          +1,305   ..............  ..............
     (also EPM).........................
    LUST Cooperative agreements.........         56,424          58,676          58,676          58,676          +2,252   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Underground storage              65,703          69,260          69,260          69,260          +3,557   ..............  ..............
       tanks (LUST/UST).................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Leaking Underground Storage         69,440          73,027          73,027          73,027          +3,587   ..............  ..............
       Tank Program.....................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Oil Spill Response

Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also              1,742           1,789           1,789           1,789             +47   ..............  ..............
 EPM; HSS)..............................
Compliance: Compliance assistance and               274             287             287             287             +13   ..............  ..............
 centers (also EPM; HSS; LUST)..........
IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data                 33              33              33              33   ..............  ..............  ..............
 management (also S&T EPM; HSS; LUST)..
Oil Oil spill: Prevention, preparedness          12,465          12,344          12,344          12,344            -121   ..............  ..............
 and response...........................
Operations and administration:                      463             504             504             504             +41   ..............  ..............
 Facilities infrastructure and
 operations (also S&T EPM; B&F HSS;
 LUST)..................................
Research: Land protection Research: Land            895             906             906             906             +11   ..............  ..............
 protection and restoration (also S&T
 HSS; LUST).............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Oil Spill Response.........         15,872          15,863          15,863          15,863              -9   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
Pesticide registration fund.............         19,245          15,000          15,000          15,000          -4,245   ..............  ..............
Pesticide registration fees.............        -19,245         -15,000         -15,000         -15,000          +4,245   ..............  ..............

   State and Tribal Assistance Grants
                 (STAG)

Air toxics and quality: Clean school bus          7,440          10,000          10,000           1,000          -6,440          -9,000          -9,000
 initiative.............................

Brownfields: Brownfields projects.......         89,280         120,500          97,500          90,000            +720         -30,500          -7,500

Infrastructure assistance:
    Infrastructure assistance: Alaska            44,640          15,000          15,000          40,000          -4,640         +25,000         +25,000
     Native villages....................

    Infrastructure assistance: Clean          1,091,200         730,000         750,000       1,100,000          +8,800        +370,000        +350,000
     water state revolving fund (SRF)...
        Use of balances from expired      ..............  ..............        100,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -100,000
         contracts, grants, and
         interagency agreements.........
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Clean water state         1,091,200         730,000         850,000       1,100,000          +8,800        +370,000        +250,000
           revolving fund...............

    Infrastructure assistance: Drinking         843,200         850,000         850,000         850,000          +6,800   ..............  ..............
     water state revolving fund (SRF)...
    Infrastructure assistance: Mexico            49,600          50,000          50,000          50,000            +400   ..............  ..............
     border.............................
    Infrastructure assistance: Puerto             3,849           4,000           4,000   ..............         -3,849          -4,000          -4,000
     Rico...............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Infrastructure                2,032,489       1,649,000       1,769,000       2,040,000          +7,511        +391,000        +271,000
       assistance.......................

STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional        309,548   ..............        200,000         200,000        -109,548        +200,000   ..............
 priorities.............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, State and Tribal              2,438,757       1,779,500       2,076,500       2,331,000        -107,757        +551,500        +254,500
       Assistance Grants (excluding
       categorical grants)..............

Categorical grants:
    Categorical grant: Beaches                    9,920          10,000          10,000          10,000             +80   ..............  ..............
     protection.........................
    Categorical grant: Brownfields......         49,600          60,000          50,000          50,000            +400         -10,000   ..............
    Categorical grant: Environmental             19,344          20,000          20,000          19,344   ..............           -656            -656
     information........................
    Categorical grant: Hazardous waste          103,466         104,400         104,400         103,466   ..............           -934            -934
     financial assistance...............
    Categorical grant: Homeland security          4,960           5,000           5,000           5,000             +40   ..............  ..............
    Categorical grant: Lead.............         13,392          13,700          13,700          13,700            +308   ..............  ..............
    Categorical grant: Nonpoint source          207,328         209,100         209,100         207,328   ..............         -1,772          -1,772
     (Sec. 319).........................
    Categorical grant: Pesticides                19,344          18,900          18,900          18,900            -444   ..............  ..............
     enforcement........................
    Categorical grant: Pesticides                12,896          13,100          13,100          13,100            +204   ..............  ..............
     program implementation.............

    Categorical grant: Pollution control        168,620         177,900         169,900         172,000          +3,380          -5,900          +2,100
     (Sec. 106) Pollution control (Sec.
     106) (other activities)............
    Water quality monitoring............         39,700          54,000          54,000          43,000          +3,300         -11,000         -11,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Categorical grant:              208,320         231,900         223,900         215,000          +6,680         -16,900          -8,900
       Pollution control (Sec. 106).....

    Categorical grant: Pollution                  4,960           6,000           5,000           4,960   ..............         -1,040             -40
     prevention.........................
    Categorical grant: Public water              99,746         100,600         100,600          99,746   ..............           -854            -854
     system supervision (PWSS)..........
    Categorical grant: Radon............          6,944           8,150           8,150           6,944   ..............         -1,206          -1,206
    Categorical grant: Sector program...          2,232           2,250           2,250           2,232   ..............            -18             -18
    Categorical grant: State and local          223,200         223,550         223,550         223,550            +350   ..............  ..............
     air quality management.............
    Categorical grant: State and tribal   ..............         23,000   ..............  ..............  ..............        -23,000   ..............
     performance fund...................
    Categorical grant: Targeted                  17,856          15,000          15,000          16,856          -1,000          +1,856          +1,856
     watersheds.........................
    Categorical grant: Toxics substances          5,007           5,150           5,150           5,150            +143   ..............  ..............
     compliance.........................
    Categorical grant: Tribal air                10,743          11,050          11,050          11,050            +307   ..............  ..............
     quality management.................
    Categorical grant: Tribal general            61,504          57,500          57,500          57,500          -4,004   ..............  ..............
     assistance program.................
    Categorical grant: Underground               10,694          11,000          11,000          10,694   ..............           -306            -306
     injection control (UIC)............
    Categorical grant: Underground               11,904          11,950          11,950          11,950             +46   ..............  ..............
     storage tanks......................
    Categorical grant: Wastewater                 1,488   ..............  ..............          1,200            -288          +1,200          +1,200
     operator training..................
    Categorical grant: Water quality             16,864   ..............         15,000   ..............        -16,864   ..............        -15,000
     cooperative agreements.............
    Categorical grant: Wetlands program          14,880          20,000          17,000          14,880   ..............         -5,120          -2,120
     development........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Categorical grants......      1,136,592       1,181,300       1,151,300       1,122,550         -14,042         -58,750         -28,750
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, State and Tribal              3,575,349       2,960,800       3,227,800       3,453,550        -121,799        +492,750        +225,750
       Assistance Grants................

Rescission of expired contracts, grants,  ..............  ..............       -100,000         -58,000         -58,000         -58,000         +42,000
 and interagency agreements (various EPA
 accounts)..............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and Tribal Assistance      3,575,349       2,960,800       3,127,800       3,395,550        -179,799        +434,750        +267,750
       Grants...........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE II, ENVIRONMENTAL          8,026,485       7,520,600       7,708,027       7,881,989        -144,496        +361,389        +173,962
       PROTECTION AGENCY................
          Appropriations................     (8,023,485)     (7,520,600)     (7,808,027)     (7,939,989)       (-83,496)      (+419,389)      (+131,962)
          Emergency appropriations......         (3,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............        (-3,000)  ..............  ..............
          Rescissions...................  ..............  ..............      (-100,000)       (-58,000)       (-58,000)       (-58,000)       (+42,000)
          (Transfer out)................       (-48,704)       (-44,142)       (-44,142)       (-44,142)        (+4,562)  ..............  ..............
          (By transfer).................        (48,704)        (44,142)        (44,142)        (44,142)        (-4,562)  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

             FOREST SERVICE

      Forest and Rangeland Research

Forest inventory and analysis...........         55,926          68,714          62,100          58,434          +2,508         -10,280          -3,666
Research and development programs.......        220,458         216,686         222,900         222,458          +2,000          +5,772            -442
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Forest and rangeland               276,384         285,400         285,000         280,892          +4,508          -4,508          -4,108
       research.........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
       State and Private Forestry

Forest Health Management:
    Federal lands forest health                  54,236          50,023          55,000          50,023          -4,213   ..............         -4,977
     management.........................
    Cooperative lands forest health              47,629          22,308          48,000          22,608         -25,021            +300         -25,392
     management.........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Forest Health Management        101,865          72,331         103,000          72,631         -29,234            +300         -30,369

Cooperative Fire Protection:
    State fire assistance...............         32,920          20,919          35,422          26,500          -6,420          +5,581          -8,922
    Volunteer fire assistance...........          5,917           5,917           6,000           6,000             +83             +83   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative Fire                 38,837          26,836          41,422          32,500          -6,337          +5,664          -8,922
       Protection.......................

Cooperative Forestry:
    Forest stewardship..................         32,320          37,099          37,399          32,320   ..............         -4,779          -5,079
    Forest Legacy.......................         57,134          80,000          25,000          62,632          +5,498         -17,368         +37,632
    Urban and Community Forestry........         31,950          27,475          28,175          28,675          -3,275          +1,200            +500
    Economic action programs............         19,032   ..............          7,979          14,200          -4,832         +14,200          +6,221
    Forest resource information and               4,958           4,657           5,000           4,657            -301   ..............           -343
     analysis...........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry....        145,394         149,231         103,553         142,484          -2,910          -6,747         +38,931

International program...................          6,410           4,989           6,900           7,000            +590          +2,011            +100
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-        49,100   ..............  ..............  ..............        -49,100   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and Private Forestry.        341,606         253,387         254,875         254,615         -86,991          +1,228            -260
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         National Forest System

Land management planning................         63,167          59,057          59,057          59,057          -4,110   ..............  ..............
Inventory and monitoring................        167,302         167,009         169,009         167,009            -293   ..............         -2,000
Recreation, heritage and wilderness.....        257,343         257,344         265,200         257,344              +1   ..............         -7,856
Wildlife and fish habitat management....        134,749         124,951         134,800         125,001          -9,748             +50          -9,799
Grazing management......................         48,034          44,659          49,000          48,500            +466          +3,841            -500
Forest products.........................        273,247         278,297         283,297         278,297          +5,050   ..............         -5,000
Vegetation and watershed management.....        189,614         193,774         183,700         193,774          +4,160   ..............        +10,074
Minerals and geology management.........         55,747          73,791          85,865          73,791         +18,044   ..............        -12,074
Landownership management................         92,129          84,157          93,000          84,157          -7,972   ..............         -8,843
Law enforcement operations..............         86,014          86,326          91,000          87,076          +1,062            +750          -3,924
Valles Caldera National Preserve........          3,599             992             992           3,650             +51          +2,658          +2,658
Centennial of Service challenge.........          9,861   ..............          9,000   ..............         -9,861   ..............         -9,000
Hazardous fuels.........................  ..............        281,000   ..............  ..............  ..............       -281,000   ..............
Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-        12,153   ..............  ..............  ..............        -12,153   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
Net general reduction in House floor      ..............  ..............         -6,000   ..............  ..............  ..............         +6,000
 action.................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Forest System.....      1,392,959       1,651,357       1,417,920       1,377,656         -15,303        -273,701         -40,264
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Wildland Fire Management

Preparedness............................        676,470         676,014         691,014         676,014            -456   ..............        -15,000

Fire suppression operations.............        648,859         700,492         700,492         700,492         +51,633   ..............  ..............
    Additional appropriations, Title IV.        394,443   ..............  ..............  ..............       -394,443   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fire suppression              1,043,302         700,492         700,492         700,492        -342,810   ..............  ..............
       operations.......................

Other operations:
    Hazardous fuels.....................        262,539   ..............        286,000         281,000         +18,461        +281,000          -5,000
    Rehabilitation......................         12,819           2,000           9,281           2,000         -10,819   ..............         -7,281
    Fire plan research and development..         21,719          16,885          21,719          18,385          -3,334          +1,500          -3,334
    Joint fire sciences program.........          7,889   ..............          8,000           8,000            +111          +8,000   ..............
    Forest health management (federal            14,792           6,974          15,000           6,974          -7,818   ..............         -8,026
     lands).............................
    Forest health management (co-op               9,861           4,598          10,000           4,598          -5,263   ..............         -5,402
     lands).............................
    State fire assistance...............         40,179          29,415          41,000          40,179   ..............        +10,764            -821
    Volunteer fire assistance...........          7,889           7,889           8,000           7,889   ..............  ..............           -111
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other operations........        377,687          67,761         399,000         369,025          -8,662        +301,264         -29,975

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-         1,028   ..............  ..............  ..............         -1,028   ..............  ..............
 324)...................................
Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law 108-         (30,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............       (-30,000)  ..............  ..............
 287) (sec. 8098).......................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Wildland Fire Management...      2,098,487       1,444,267       1,790,506       1,745,531        -352,956        +301,264         -44,975
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   Capital Improvement and Maintenance

Facilities:
    Maintenance.........................         77,657          51,522          78,000          51,522         -26,135   ..............        -26,478
    Construction........................        121,112          66,194          75,761          69,144         -51,968          +2,950          -6,617
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities..............        198,769         117,716         153,761         120,666         -78,103          +2,950         -33,095

Roads:
    Maintenance.........................        148,066         131,357         148,066         148,066   ..............        +16,709   ..............
    Construction........................         78,330          58,202          77,433          67,502         -10,828          +9,300          -9,931
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Roads...................        226,396         189,559         225,499         215,568         -10,828         +26,009          -9,931

Trails:
    Maintenance.........................         41,823          37,540          42,000          37,540          -4,283   ..............         -4,460
    Construction........................         33,884          26,252          34,000          26,252          -7,632   ..............         -7,748
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Trails..................         75,707          63,792          76,000          63,792         -11,915   ..............        -12,208

Infrastructure improvement..............         13,829           9,725          13,000           9,725          -4,104   ..............         -3,275
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Capital improvement and         514,701         380,792         468,260         409,751        -104,950         +28,959         -58,509
       maintenance......................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108-
 324):
    Facilities..........................          9,195   ..............  ..............  ..............         -9,195   ..............  ..............
    Roads...............................         33,204   ..............  ..............  ..............        -33,204   ..............  ..............
    Trails..............................          8,416   ..............  ..............  ..............         -8,416   ..............  ..............
    Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law          (10,000)  ..............  ..............  ..............       (-10,000)  ..............  ..............
     108-287) (sec. 8098)...............

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109-        24,390   ..............  ..............  ..............        -24,390   ..............  ..............
 13)....................................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Capital Improvement and            589,906         380,792         468,260         409,751        -180,155         +28,959         -58,509
       Maintenance......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
            Land Acquisition

Forest Service:
    Acquisitions........................         45,722          25,000   ..............         30,925         -14,797          +5,925         +30,925
    Acquisition management..............         12,820          13,000          13,000          12,500            -320            -500            -500
    Cash equalization...................            986             500             500             500            -486   ..............  ..............
    Critical inholdings/wilderness                1,479           1,500           1,500           1,000            -479            -500            -500
     protection.........................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Land Acquisition...........         61,007          40,000          15,000          44,925         -16,082          +4,925         +29,925
                                         ===============================================================================================================

Acquisition of lands for national                 1,054           1,069           1,069           1,069             +15   ..............  ..............
 forests, special acts..................
Acquisition of lands to complete land               231             234             234             234              +3   ..............  ..............
 exchanges..............................
Range betterment fund...................          3,021           2,963           2,963           2,963             -58   ..............  ..............
Gifts, donations and bequests for forest             64              64              64              64   ..............  ..............  ..............
 and rangeland research.................
Management of national forest lands for           5,879           5,467           5,467           5,067            -812            -400            -400
 subsistence uses.......................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE.............      4,770,598       4,065,000       4,241,358       4,122,767        -647,831         +57,767        -118,591
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

          INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

         Indian Health Services

Clinical Services:
    IHS and tribal health delivery:
        Hospital and health clinic            1,289,418       1,359,541       1,359,541       1,359,541         +70,123   ..............  ..............
         programs.......................
        Dental health program...........        109,023         119,489         119,489         119,489         +10,466   ..............  ..............
        Mental health program...........         55,060          59,328          59,328          59,328          +4,268   ..............  ..............
        Alcohol and substance abuse             139,073         145,336         145,336         145,336          +6,263   ..............  ..............
         program........................
    Contract care.......................        480,318         507,021         507,021         507,021         +26,703   ..............  ..............
    Catastrophic health emergency fund..         17,750          18,000          18,000          18,000            +250   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Clinical Services...      2,090,642       2,208,715       2,208,715       2,208,715        +118,073   ..............  ..............

Preventive Health:
    Public health nursing...............         45,015          49,690          49,690          49,690          +4,675   ..............  ..............
    Health education....................         12,429          13,787          13,787          13,787          +1,358   ..............  ..............
    Community health representatives             51,365          53,737          53,737          53,737          +2,372   ..............  ..............
     program............................
    Immunization (Alaska)...............          1,572           1,645           1,645           1,645             +73   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Preventive Health.......        110,381         118,859         118,859         118,859          +8,478   ..............  ..............

Urban health projects...................         31,816          33,233          33,233          33,233          +1,417   ..............  ..............
Indian health professions...............         30,392          31,503          31,503          31,528          +1,136             +25             +25
Tribal management.......................          2,343           2,430           2,430           2,430             +87   ..............  ..............
Direct operations.......................         61,649          63,123          63,123          63,123          +1,474   ..............  ..............
Self-governance.........................          5,586           5,752           5,752           5,752            +166   ..............  ..............
Contract support costs..................        263,683         268,683         268,683         268,683          +5,000   ..............  ..............

Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements:
     Hospital and clinic accreditation         (598,662)       (648,208)       (648,208)       (648,208)       (+49,546)  ..............  ..............
     (Est. collecting)..................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health Services.....      2,596,492       2,732,298       2,732,298       2,732,323        +135,831             +25             +25
          (Non-contract services).......     (2,098,424)     (2,207,277)     (2,207,277)     (2,207,302)      (+108,878)           (+25)           (+25)
          (Contract care)...............       (480,318)       (507,021)       (507,021)       (507,021)       (+26,703)  ..............  ..............
          (Catastrophic health emergency        (17,750)        (18,000)        (18,000)        (18,000)          (+250)  ..............  ..............
           fund)........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
        Indian Health Facilities

Maintenance and improvement.............         49,204          49,904          54,904          50,879          +1,675            +975          -4,025
Sanitation facilities...................         91,767          93,519          93,519          93,519          +1,752   ..............  ..............
Construction facilities.................         88,597           3,326          50,132          20,326         -68,271         +17,000         -29,806
Facilities and environmental health             141,669         150,959         150,959         152,959         +11,290          +2,000          +2,000
 support................................
Equipment...............................         17,337          17,960          21,260          17,960            +623   ..............         -3,300
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Indian Health Facilities...        388,574         315,668         370,774         335,643         -52,931         +19,975         -35,131
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE......      2,985,066       3,047,966       3,103,072       3,067,966         +82,900         +20,000         -35,106
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

National Institute of Environmental              79,842          80,289          80,289          80,289            +447   ..............  ..............
 Health Sciences........................

 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE
                REGISTRY

Toxic substances and environmental               76,041          76,024          76,024          76,024             -17   ..............  ..............
 public health..........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND         3,140,949       3,204,279       3,259,385       3,224,279         +83,330         +20,000         -35,106
       HUMAN SERVICES...................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Council on Environmental Quality and              3,258           2,717           2,717           2,717            -541   ..............  ..............
 Office of Environmental Quality........

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION
                  BOARD

Salaries and expenses...................          9,027           9,200           9,200           9,200            +173   ..............  ..............
Emergency fund..........................            397   ..............  ..............  ..............           -397   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Chemical Safety and Hazard.          9,424           9,200           9,200           9,200            -224   ..............  ..............

    OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN
               RELOCATION

Salaries and expenses...................          4,930           8,601           8,601           8,601          +3,671   ..............  ..............

 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
   NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

Payment to the Institute................          5,916           6,300           6,300           6,300            +384   ..............  ..............

         SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

          Salaries and Expenses

Museum and Research Institutes:
    Anacostia Museum and Center for               1,864           1,897           1,897           1,897             +33   ..............  ..............
     African American History and
     Culture............................
    Archives of American Art............          1,806           1,843           1,843           1,843             +37   ..............  ..............
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer               5,657           5,772           5,772           5,772            +115   ..............  ..............
     Gallery of Art.....................
    Center for Folklife and Cultural              1,910           1,945           1,945           1,945             +35   ..............  ..............
     Heritage...........................
    Cooper-Hewitt, National Design                3,054           3,118           3,118           3,118             +64   ..............  ..............
     Museum.............................
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture                3,997           4,078           4,078           4,078             +81   ..............  ..............
     Garden.............................
    National Air and Space Museum.......         16,262          16,596          16,596          16,596            +334   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of African American           3,944           5,098           3,944           3,944   ..............         -1,154   ..............
     History and Culture................
    National Museum of African Art......          4,175           4,257           4,257           4,257             +82   ..............  ..............
    Smithsonian American Art Museum.....          7,561          12,028          12,028          12,028          +4,467   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of American History.         19,962          20,441          20,441          20,441            +479   ..............  ..............
    National Museum of the American              31,739          30,540          30,540          30,540          -1,199   ..............  ..............
     Indian.............................
    National Museum of Natural History..         42,177          44,063          44,063          44,063          +1,886   ..............  ..............
    National Portrait Gallery...........          4,957           8,409           8,409           8,409          +3,452   ..............  ..............
    National Zoological Park............         17,576          20,194          20,194          20,348          +2,772            +154            +154
    Astrophysical Observatory...........         21,301          22,295          22,295          22,295            +994   ..............  ..............
    Center for Materials Research and             3,184           3,251           3,251           3,251             +67   ..............  ..............
     Education..........................
    Environmental Research Center.......          3,006           3,065           3,065           3,065             +59   ..............  ..............
    Tropical Research Institute.........         11,514          11,219          11,519          11,219            -295   ..............           -300
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtoal, Museums and Research             205,646         220,109         219,255         219,109         +13,463          -1,000            -146
       Institutes.......................

Program Support and Outreach:
    Outreach............................         10,050           9,200           9,200          10,200            +150          +1,000          +1,000
    Communications......................          1,480           1,502           1,502           1,502             +22   ..............  ..............
    Institution-wide programs...........          6,053           6,613           6,113           6,613            +560   ..............           +500
    Office of Exhibits Central..........          2,598           2,658           2,658           2,658             +60   ..............  ..............
    Major scientific instrumentation....          3,944           3,944           3,944           3,944   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Museum Support Center...............          1,640           1,675           1,675           1,675             +35   ..............  ..............
    Smithsonian Institution Archives....          1,656           1,695           1,695           1,695             +39   ..............  ..............
    Smithsonian Institution Libraries...          8,611           8,779           8,779           8,779            +168   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Program Support and              36,032          36,066          35,566          37,066          +1,034          +1,000          +1,500
       Outreach.........................

Administration..........................         63,903          65,929          65,529          65,929          +2,026   ..............           +400

Facilities Services:
    Facilities maintenance..............         39,371          45,680          47,680          45,680          +6,309   ..............         -2,000
    Facilities operations, security and         144,083         156,351         156,351         156,351         +12,268   ..............  ..............
     support............................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Facilities Services.....        183,454         202,031         204,031         202,031         +18,577   ..............         -2,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses......        489,035         524,135         524,381         524,135         +35,100   ..............           -246
                                         ===============================================================================================================
           Facilities Capital

Revitalization..........................        110,355          72,900          73,900          72,900         -37,455   ..............         -1,000
Construction............................          7,879           9,000           9,000          18,100         +10,221          +9,100          +9,100
Facilities planning and design..........          7,889           9,000           8,000           9,000          +1,111   ..............         +1,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Facilities capital.........        126,123          90,900          90,900         100,000         -26,123          +9,100          +9,100
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION....        615,158         615,035         615,281         624,135          +8,977          +9,100          +8,854
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

          Salaries and Expenses

Care and utilization of art collections.         32,110          34,023          34,023          34,023          +1,913   ..............  ..............
Operation and maintenance of buildings           21,958          23,268          23,268          23,268          +1,310   ..............  ..............
 and grounds............................
Protection of buildings, grounds and             19,437          20,675          20,675          20,675          +1,238   ..............  ..............
 contents...............................
General administration..................         18,203          19,134          19,134          19,134            +931   ..............  ..............
General reduction.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............           -500            -500            -500            -500
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and Expenses......         91,708          97,100          97,100          96,600          +4,892            -500            -500
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  Repair, Restoration and Renovation of
                Buildings

Base program............................         10,946          16,200          16,200          15,000          +4,054          -1,200          -1,200
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART....        102,654         113,300         113,300         111,600          +8,946          -1,700          -1,700
                                         ===============================================================================================================
     JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE
             PERFORMING ARTS

Operations and maintenance..............         16,914          17,800          17,800          17,800            +886   ..............  ..............
Construction............................         16,107          15,200          10,000          15,200            -907   ..............         +5,200
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR          33,021          33,000          27,800          33,000             -21   ..............         +5,200
       THE PERFORMING ARTS..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
                SCHOLARS

Salaries and expenses...................          8,863           9,201           9,085           9,201            +338   ..............           +116
                                         ===============================================================================================================
 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
               HUMANITIES

     National Endowment for the Arts

        Grants and Administration

Grants:
    Direct grants.......................         45,631          45,118          45,118          45,118            -513   ..............  ..............
    Challenge America grants............         12,857           8,966           8,966           8,966          -3,891   ..............  ..............
    National Initiative: American                 1,183           4,800           4,800           4,800          +3,617   ..............  ..............
     Masterpieces.......................

    State partnerships:
        State and regional..............         23,942          23,691          23,691          23,691            -251   ..............  ..............
        Underserved set-aside...........          6,480           6,417           6,417           6,417             -63   ..............  ..............
        Challenge America grants........          8,570           5,956           5,956           5,956          -2,614   ..............  ..............
        National Initiative: American               789           3,200           3,200           3,200          +2,411   ..............  ..............
         Masterpieces...................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, State partnerships..         39,781          39,264          39,264          39,264            -517   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Grants..............         99,452          98,148          98,148          98,148          -1,304   ..............  ..............

Program support.........................          1,270           1,470           1,470           1,470            +200   ..............  ..............
Administration..........................         20,542          21,646          21,646          21,646          +1,104   ..............  ..............
General increase in House floor action..  ..............  ..............         10,000           5,000          +5,000          +5,000          -5,000
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Arts.......................        121,264         121,264         131,264         126,264          +5,000          +5,000          -5,000
                                         ===============================================================================================================
  National Endowment for the Humanities

        Grants and Administration

Grants:
    Federal/State partnership...........         31,387          31,387          31,387          31,387   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Preservation and access.............         18,643          18,643          18,643          18,643   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Public programs.....................         12,932          12,566          12,566          12,566            -366   ..............  ..............
    Research programs...................         12,881          12,881          12,881          12,881   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Education programs..................         12,449          12,449          12,449          12,449   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Program development.................            392             381             381             381             -11   ..............  ..............
    We The People Initiative grants.....         11,217          11,217          11,217          11,217   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Grants..................         99,901          99,524          99,524          99,524            -377   ..............  ..............

Administrative Areas:
    Administration......................         22,255          23,081          23,081          23,081            +826   ..............  ..............

General increase in House floor action..  ..............  ..............          5,000           5,000          +5,000          +5,000   ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Grants and Administration..        122,156         122,605         127,605         127,605          +5,449          +5,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
             Matching Grants

Treasury funds..........................          5,607           5,449           5,449           5,449            -158   ..............  ..............
Challenge grants........................         10,291          10,000          10,000          10,000            -291   ..............  ..............
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Matching Grants............         15,898          15,449          15,449          15,449            -449   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      Total, Humanities.................        138,054         138,054         143,054         143,054          +5,000          +5,000   ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE         259,318         259,318         274,318         269,318         +10,000         +10,000          -5,000
       ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES..........
                                         ===============================================================================================================
         COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

Salaries and expenses...................          1,768           1,893           1,893           1,893            +125   ..............  ..............

   NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL
                 AFFAIRS

Grants..................................          6,902           7,000           7,000           7,492            +590            +492            +492

      ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
              PRESERVATION

Salaries and expenses...................          4,536           4,988           4,860           4,943            +407             -45             +83

  NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Salaries and expenses...................          7,888           8,344           8,177           8,244            +356            -100             +67

 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Holocaust Memorial Museum...............         40,858          43,233          41,880          43,233          +2,375   ..............         +1,353

             PRESIDIO TRUST

Operations..............................         19,722          20,000          20,000          19,722   ..............           -278            -278

 WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL
          MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE

Operations..............................            248             250             250             250              +2   ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      TOTAL, TITLE III, RELATED AGENCIES      9,036,011       8,411,659       8,651,405       8,506,895        -529,116         +95,236        -144,510
          Appropriations................     (8,940,145)     (8,411,659)     (8,651,405)     (8,506,895)      (-433,250)       (+95,236)      (-144,510)
          Emergency appropriations......        (95,866)  ..............  ..............  ..............       (-95,866)  ..............  ..............
                                         ===============================================================================================================

      GRAND TOTAL, ALL TITLES...........     27,017,724      25,724,328      26,159,125      26,266,625        -751,099        +542,297        +107,500
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management...............      1,816,910       1,759,042       1,755,115       1,788,310         -28,600         +29,268         +33,195
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service..........      1,332,591       1,322,894       1,306,168       1,315,037         -17,554          -7,857          +8,869
National Park Service...................      2,365,683       2,249,275       2,228,963       2,313,332         -52,351         +64,057         +84,369
United States Geological Survey.........        944,564         933,515         974,586         963,057         +18,493         +29,542         -11,529
Minerals Management Service.............        173,826         167,422         159,682         159,522         -14,304          -7,900            -160
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and        296,573         356,549         298,549         298,549          +1,976         -58,000   ..............
 Enforcement............................
Bureau of Indian Affairs................      2,295,702       2,187,469       2,317,976       2,269,371         -26,331         +81,902         -48,605
Departmental Offices....................        729,379         815,903         758,654         770,563         +41,184         -45,340         +11,909
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Title I--Department of the       9,955,228       9,792,069       9,799,693       9,877,741         -77,487         +85,672         +78,048
       Interior.........................
                                         ===============================================================================================================
   TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                 AGENCY

Environmental Protection Agency.........      8,026,485       7,520,600       7,708,027       7,881,989        -144,496        +361,389        +173,962

       TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES

Forest Service..........................      4,770,598       4,065,000       4,241,358       4,122,767        -647,831         +57,767        -118,591
Indian Health Service...................      2,985,066       3,047,966       3,103,072       3,067,966         +82,900         +20,000         -35,106
National Institute of Environmental              79,842          80,289          80,289          80,289            +447   ..............  ..............
 Health Sciences........................
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease          76,041          76,024          76,024          76,024             -17   ..............  ..............
 Registry...............................
Council on Environmental Quality and              3,258           2,717           2,717           2,717            -541   ..............  ..............
 Office of Environmental Quality........
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation          9,424           9,200           9,200           9,200            -224   ..............  ..............
 Board..................................
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian                  4,930           8,601           8,601           8,601          +3,671   ..............  ..............
 Relocation.............................
Institute of American Indian and Alaska           5,916           6,300           6,300           6,300            +384   ..............  ..............
 Native Culture and Arts Development....
Smithsonian Institution.................        615,158         615,035         615,281         624,135          +8,977          +9,100          +8,854
National Gallery of Art.................        102,654         113,300         113,300         111,600          +8,946          -1,700          -1,700
John F. Kennedy Center for the                   33,021          33,000          27,800          33,000             -21   ..............         +5,200
 Performing Arts........................
Woodrow Wilson International Center for           8,863           9,201           9,085           9,201            +338   ..............           +116
 Scholars...............................
National Endowment for the Arts.........        121,264         121,264         131,264         126,264          +5,000          +5,000          -5,000
National Endowment for the Humanities...        138,054         138,054         143,054         143,054          +5,000          +5,000   ..............
Commission of Fine Arts.................          1,768           1,893           1,893           1,893            +125   ..............  ..............
National Capital Arts and Cultural                6,902           7,000           7,000           7,492            +590            +492            +492
 Affairs................................
Advisory Council on Historic                      4,536           4,988           4,860           4,943            +407             -45             +83
 Preservation...........................
National Capital Planning Commission....          7,888           8,344           8,177           8,244            +356            -100             +67
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.         40,858          43,233          41,880          43,233          +2,375   ..............         +1,353
Presidio Trust..........................         19,722          20,000          20,000          19,722   ..............           -278            -278
White House Commission on the National              248             250             250             250              +2   ..............  ..............
 Moment of Remembrance..................
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Title III--Related Agencies      9,036,011       8,411,659       8,651,405       8,506,895        -529,116         +95,236        -144,510
                                         ===============================================================================================================
      GRAND TOTAL.......................     27,017,724      25,724,328      26,159,125      26,266,625        -751,099        +542,297        +107,500
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