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2	2	Calendar No. 447
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	2
5	5	DSESSION S. 4802
6	6	[Report No. 118–201]
7	7	Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
8	8	related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and
9	9	for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JULY25, 2024
12	12	Mr. M
13	13	ERKLEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
17	17	environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
18	18	ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
22	22	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
23	23	Department of the Interior, environment, and related 5
24	24	agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 6
25	25	and for other purposes, namely: 7 2
26	26	•S 4802 RS
27	27	TITLE I 1
28	28	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2
29	29	B
30	30	UREAU OFLANDMANAGEMENT 3
31	31	MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 4
32	32	For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-5
33	33	ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-6
34	34	fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 7
35	35	lands, and performance of other functions, including main-8
36	36	tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-9
37	37	ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 10
38	38	of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 11
39	39	administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 12
40	40	potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 13
41	41	Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,342,510,000, 14
42	42	to remain available until September 30, 2026; of which 15
43	43	$67,238,000 for annual maintenance and deferred mainte-16
44	44	nance programs and $143,102,000 for the wild horse and 17
45	45	burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 18
46	46	U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until ex-19
47	47	pended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the 20
48	48	BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used 21
49	49	for any bureau-related expenses associated with the proc-22
50	50	essing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and 23
51	51	related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of the 24
52	52	amounts made available under this heading, up to 25 3
53	53	•S 4802 RS
54	54	$3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025 subject 1
55	55	to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 2
56	56	Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-3
57	57	porting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds 4
58	58	shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant 5
59	59	without regard to when expenses are incurred: Provided 6
60	60	further, That of the amounts made available under this 7
61	61	heading, up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the 8
62	62	purposes described in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G 9
63	63	of Public Law 115–31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Pro-10
64	64	vided further, That of the amounts made available under 11
65	65	this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 12
66	66	reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 13
67	67	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 14
68	68	$150,000 is for projects specified for Land Management 15
69	69	Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 16
70	70	Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 17
71	71	Provided further, That of the amounts made available 18
72	72	under this heading, $3,096,000 is for projects specified 19
73	73	for Construction Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congression-20
74	74	ally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying 21
75	75	this Act. 22
76	76	In addition, $40,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis-23
77	77	tration program operations, including the cost of admin-24
78	78	istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 25 4
79	79	•S 4802 RS
80	80	until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 1
81	81	Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 2
82	82	claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 3
83	83	authorized for fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final 4
84	84	appropriation estimated at not more than $1,342,510,000, 5
85	85	and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 6
86	86	communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 7
87	87	for the cost of administering communication site activities. 8
88	88	OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 9
89	89	For expenses necessary for management, protection, 10
90	90	and development of resources and for construction, oper-11
91	91	ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 12
92	92	other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 13
93	93	Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-14
94	94	egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 15
95	95	on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-16
96	96	terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 17
97	97	adjacent to such grant lands; $120,261,000, to remain 18
98	98	available until expended. 19
99	99	RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 20
100	100	For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 21
101	101	lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 22
102	102	rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 23
103	103	Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 24
104	104	notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 25 5
105	105	•S 4802 RS
106	106	of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 1
107	107	sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 2
108	108	315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im-3
109	109	provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 4
110	110	from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart-5
111	111	ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 6
112	112	$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-7
113	113	vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 8
114	114	administrative expenses. 9
115	115	SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 10
116	116	For administrative expenses and other costs related 11
117	117	to processing application documents and other authoriza-12
118	118	tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 13
119	119	for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-14
120	120	ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-15
121	121	nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 16
122	122	and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 17
123	123	as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 18
124	124	1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 19
125	125	Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 20
126	126	Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con-21
127	127	trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 22
128	128	1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 23
129	129	pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 24
130	130	compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 25 6
131	131	•S 4802 RS
132	132	pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1
133	133	1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 2
134	134	the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 3
135	135	to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad-4
136	136	ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 5
137	137	which have been damaged by the action of a resource de-6
138	138	veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 7
139	139	without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 8
140	140	such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 9
141	141	led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 10
142	142	that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 11
143	143	to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 12
144	144	used to repair other damaged public lands. 13
145	145	MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 14
146	146	In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 15
147	147	under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 16
148	148	amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub-17
149	149	lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 18
150	150	may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap-19
151	151	praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 20
152	152	under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 21
153	153	remain available until expended. 22
154	154	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 23
155	155	The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 24
156	156	operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 25 7
157	157	•S 4802 RS
158	158	contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimburs-1
159	159	able agreements with public and private entities, including 2
160	160	with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail-3
161	161	able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem-4
162	162	porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-5
163	163	essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 6
164	164	United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 7
165	165	the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 8
166	166	concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 9
167	167	miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac-10
168	168	tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 11
169	169	accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 12
170	170	exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 13
171	171	Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co-14
172	172	operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au-15
173	173	thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 16
174	174	in connection with jointly produced publications for which 17
175	175	the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 18
176	176	or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 19
177	177	is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 20
178	178	further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 21
179	179	commitment by a State government to provide an identi-22
180	180	fied amount of money in support of the project may be 23
181	181	carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 24 8
182	182	•S 4802 RS
183	183	UNITEDSTATESFISH ANDWILDLIFESERVICE 1
184	184	RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2
185	185	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
186	186	For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 4
187	187	Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 5
188	188	and economic studies, general administration, and for the 6
189	189	performance of other authorized functions related to such 7
190	190	resources, $1,549,935,000, to remain available until Sep-8
191	191	tember 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 9
192	192	for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-10
193	193	vided, That not to exceed $22,543,000 shall be used for 11
194	194	implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 12
195	195	4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 13
196	196	1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 14
197	197	issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 15
198	198	other steps to implement actions described in subsection 16
199	199	(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section): 17
200	200	Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 18
201	201	this heading, $15,838,000, to remain available until Sep-19
202	202	tember 30, 2027, shall be for projects specified for Stew-20
203	203	ardship Priorities in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Di-21
204	204	rected Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 22
205	205	Act: Provided further, That amounts in the preceding pro-23
206	206	viso may be transferred to the appropriate program, 24
207	207	project, or activity under this heading and shall continue 25 9
208	208	•S 4802 RS
209	209	to only be available for the purposes and in such amounts 1
210	210	as such funds were originally appropriated. 2
211	211	CONSTRUCTION 3
212	212	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
213	213	For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-5
214	214	moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-6
215	215	servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-7
216	216	lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 8
217	217	of lands and interests therein; $27,049,000, to remain 9
218	218	available until expended: Provided further, That of the 10
219	219	amount appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000, 11
220	220	shall be for projects specified for Line Item Construction 12
221	221	Projects (CDS) in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Di-13
222	222	rected Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 14
223	223	Act. 15
224	224	COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 16
225	225	FUND 17
226	226	For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 18
227	227	Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 19
228	228	$23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de-20
229	229	rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva-21
230	230	tion Fund. 22
231	231	NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 23
232	232	For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-24
233	233	ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 25 10
234	234	•S 4802 RS
235	235	NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 1
236	236	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 2
237	237	of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 3
238	238	U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available 4
239	239	until expended. 5
240	240	NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 6
241	241	For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 7
242	242	Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 8
243	243	seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 9
244	244	MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 10
245	245	For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-11
246	246	phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 12
247	247	Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 13
248	248	4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 14
249	249	of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con-15
250	250	servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 16
251	251	Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 17
252	252	et seq.), $20,500,000, to remain available until expended. 18
253	253	STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 19
254	254	For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 20
255	255	District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 21
256	256	States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 22
257	257	American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 23
258	258	of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 24
259	259	Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple-25 11
260	260	•S 4802 RS
261	261	mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 1
262	262	habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 2
263	263	$72,384,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-3
264	264	vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,100,000 is 4
265	265	for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub-5
266	266	ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro-6
267	267	vided further, That $7,284,000 is for a competitive grant 7
268	268	program to implement approved plans for States, terri-8
269	269	tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af-9
270	270	fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 10
271	271	agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 11
272	272	appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 12
273	273	after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative expenses, 13
274	274	apportion the amount provided herein in the following 14
275	275	manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com-15
276	276	monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 16
277	277	than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 17
278	278	American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 18
279	279	the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 19
280	280	a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 20
281	281	thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-21
282	282	rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 22
283	283	manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 23
284	284	which the land area of such State bears to the total land 24
285	285	area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 25 12
286	286	•S 4802 RS
287	287	based on the ratio to which the population of such State 1
288	288	bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 2
289	289	further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-3
290	290	graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 4
291	291	be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 5
292	292	amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 6
293	293	for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 7
294	294	Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 8
295	295	grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 9
296	296	such projects and the Federal share of implementation 10
297	297	grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 11
298	298	such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 12
299	299	share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 13
300	300	grant programs: Provided further, That any amount ap-14
301	301	portioned in 2025 to any State, territory, or other jurisdic-15
302	302	tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2026, 16
303	303	shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 17
304	304	in 2027, in the manner provided herein. 18
305	305	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 19
306	306	The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 20
307	307	carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex-21
308	308	penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 22
309	309	reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 23
310	310	Appropriations and funds available to the United States 24
311	311	Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 25 13
312	312	•S 4802 RS
313	313	damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 1
314	314	areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 2
315	315	purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op-3
316	316	tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 4
317	317	conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 5
318	318	purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-6
319	319	ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 7
320	320	the Service and to which the United States has title, and 8
321	321	which are used pursuant to law in connection with man-9
322	322	agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 10
323	323	Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-11
324	324	ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 12
325	325	arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 13
326	326	from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub-14
327	327	lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 15
328	328	the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-16
329	329	ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-17
330	330	ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 18
331	331	may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 19
332	332	aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 20
333	333	3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap-21
334	334	proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 22
335	335	States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 23
336	336	and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 24
337	337	appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 25 14
338	338	•S 4802 RS
339	339	such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis-1
340	340	ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 2
341	341	until expended. 3
342	342	N
343	343	ATIONALPARKSERVICE 4
344	344	OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 5
345	345	For expenses necessary for the management, oper-6
346	346	ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-7
347	347	tered by the National Park Service and for the general 8
348	348	administration of the National Park Service, 9
349	349	$2,994,292,000, of which $11,758,000 for planning and 10
350	350	interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora-11
351	351	tion and $120,168,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha-12
352	352	bilitation projects for constructed assets and 13
353	353	$188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con-14
354	354	structed assets and cultural resources and $213,510,000 15
355	355	for external administrative costs and $11,000,000 for uses 16
356	356	authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States 17
357	357	Code shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and 18
358	358	not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 19
359	359	representation expenses: Provided, That funds appro-20
360	360	priated under this heading in this Act are available for 21
361	361	the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided 22
362	362	further, That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years 23
363	363	of African-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. 24
364	364	note prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the 25 15
365	365	•S 4802 RS
366	366	funds provided under this heading shall be made available 1
367	367	for the purposes specified by that Act: Provided further, 2
368	368	That sections 7(b) and 8(a) of that Act shall be amended 3
369	369	by striking ‘‘July 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2026’’. 4
370	370	In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Pub-5
371	371	lic Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount deposited 6
372	372	in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services 7
373	373	Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, 8
374	374	to remain available until expended, shall be derived from 9
375	375	such Fund. 10
376	376	NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 11
377	377	For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-12
378	378	grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 13
379	379	partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-14
380	380	view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 15
381	381	not otherwise provided for, $96,192,000, to remain avail-16
382	382	able until September 30, 2026, of which $1,250,000 shall 17
383	383	be for projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid 18
384	384	in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 19
385	385	Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 20
386	386	HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 21
387	387	For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 22
388	388	Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 23
389	389	54, United States Code), $182,775,000, to be derived 24
390	390	from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail-25 16
391	391	•S 4802 RS
392	392	able until September 30, 2026, of which $26,000,000 shall 1
393	393	be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 2
394	394	of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as 3
395	395	authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 4
396	396	Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 5
397	397	That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 6
398	398	be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 7
399	399	individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro-8
400	400	vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap-9
401	401	proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 10
402	402	with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-11
403	403	tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 12
404	404	Historic Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for competitive 13
405	405	grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 14
406	406	National Register of Historic Places and as National His-15
407	407	toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 16
408	408	under-represented, as determined by the Secretary; 17
409	409	$24,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 18
410	410	and stories of the African American Civil Rights move-19
411	411	ment; $5,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve 20
412	412	sites related to the struggle of all people to achieve equal 21
413	413	rights in America; $11,000,000 is for grants to Histori-22
414	414	cally Black Colleges and Universities; $10,000,000 is for 23
415	415	competitive grants for the restoration of historic prop-24
416	416	erties of national, State, and local significance listed on 25 17
417	417	•S 4802 RS
418	418	or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of His-1
419	419	toric Places, to be made without imposing the usage or 2
420	420	direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 3
421	421	302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; and 4
422	422	$17,375,000 is for projects specified for the Historic Pres-5
423	423	ervation Fund Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally 6
424	424	Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this 7
425	425	Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants shall 8
426	426	be made without imposing the matching requirements in 9
427	427	section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code to 10
428	428	States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of 11
429	429	such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local govern-12
430	430	ments, including Certified Local Governments, and non- 13
431	431	profit organizations. 14
432	432	CONSTRUCTION 15
433	433	For construction, improvements, repair, or replace-16
434	434	ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and 17
435	435	compliance and planning for programs and areas adminis-18
436	436	tered by the National Park Service, $202,283,000, to re-19
437	437	main available until expended: Provided, That notwith-20
438	438	standing any other provision of law, for any project ini-21
439	439	tially funded in fiscal year 2025 with a future phase indi-22
440	440	cated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Con-23
441	441	struction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 24
442	442	includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 25 18
443	443	•S 4802 RS
444	444	That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 1
445	445	availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Pro-2
446	446	vided further, That National Park Service Donations, 3
447	447	Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 4
448	448	may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 5
449	449	changes within the original scope of effort for projects 6
450	450	funded by the National Park Service Construction appro-7
451	451	priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-8
452	452	rior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 9
453	453	in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, 10
454	454	prior to making any charges authorized by this section: 11
455	455	Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 12
456	456	this heading, $4,808,000 is for projects specified for Line 13
457	457	Item Construction and Maintenance in the table titled 14
458	458	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report 15
459	459	accompanying this Act. 16
460	460	CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 17
461	461	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 18
462	462	of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 19
463	463	to challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to re-20
464	464	main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 21
465	465	projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 22
466	466	percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 23
467	467	be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do-24 19
468	468	•S 4802 RS
469	469	nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 1
470	470	an irrevocable letter of credit. 2
471	471	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 3
472	472	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
473	473	In addition to other uses set forth in section 5
474	474	101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 6
475	475	fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex-7
476	476	penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 8
477	477	for use at any unit within the National Park System to 9
478	478	extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 10
479	479	leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 11
480	480	for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an-12
481	481	ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con-13
482	482	tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex-14
483	483	tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit-15
484	484	ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi-16
485	485	nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 17
486	486	contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 18
487	487	so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 19
488	488	For the costs of administration of the Land and 20
489	489	Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 21
490	490	105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 22
491	491	of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 23
492	492	may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au-24 20
493	493	•S 4802 RS
494	494	thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 1
495	495	amounts to remain available until expended. 2
496	496	National Park Service funds may be transferred to 3
497	497	the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart-4
498	498	ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 5
499	499	U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 6
500	500	for FHWA administrative support costs. 7
501	501	U
502	502	NITEDSTATESGEOLOGICALSURVEY 8
503	503	SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 9
504	504	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10
505	505	For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-11
506	506	logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-12
507	507	search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 13
508	508	and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 14
509	509	its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-15
510	510	ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 16
511	511	to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-17
512	512	pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-18
513	513	latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-19
514	514	ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 20
515	515	the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 21
516	516	processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 22
517	517	U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by 23
518	518	law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 24
519	519	foregoing activities; $1,481,963,000, to remain available 25 21
520	520	•S 4802 RS
521	521	until September 30, 2026; of which $101,610,000 shall 1
522	522	remain available until expended for satellite operations; 2
523	523	and of which $74,851,000 shall be available until ex-3
524	524	pended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 4
525	525	projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 5
526	526	none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research ac-6
527	527	tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 7
528	528	property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 8
529	529	property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap-9
530	530	propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 10
531	531	cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col-11
532	532	lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 12
533	533	States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 13
534	534	amount appropriated under this heading, $4,511,000 shall 14
535	535	be for projects specified for Special Initiatives in the table 15
536	536	titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the 16
537	537	report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 17
538	538	amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred to 18
539	539	the appropriate program, project, or activity under this 19
540	540	heading and shall continue to only be available for the pur-20
541	541	poses and in such amounts as such funds were originally 21
542	542	appropriated: Provided further, That of the amount appro-22
543	543	priated under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may 23
544	544	be for official reception and representation expenses. 24 22
545	545	•S 4802 RS
546	546	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1
547	547	From within the amount appropriated for activities 2
548	548	of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 3
549	549	necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur-4
550	550	nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo-5
551	551	physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra-6
552	552	tively determined that such procedures are in the public 7
553	553	interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build-8
554	554	ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 9
555	555	gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip-10
556	556	ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 11
557	557	for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 12
558	558	expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap-13
559	559	pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 14
560	560	and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 15
561	561	activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 16
562	562	accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co-17
563	563	operative agreements (including noncompetitive coopera-18
564	564	tive agreements with tribes) as defined in section 6302 19
565	565	of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 20
566	566	United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 21
567	567	or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi-22
568	568	rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 23
569	569	regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermit-24
570	570	tent services of students or recent graduates, who shall 25 23
571	571	•S 4802 RS
572	572	be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 1
573	573	and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-2
574	574	pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 3
575	575	of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 4
576	576	but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 5
577	577	any other purposes. 6
578	578	B
579	579	UREAU OFOCEANENERGYMANAGEMENT 7
580	580	OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 8
581	581	For expenses necessary for granting and admin-9
582	582	istering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 10
583	583	for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma-11
584	584	rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 12
585	585	approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 13
586	586	for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple-14
587	587	menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi-15
588	588	dential or Secretarial delegation; and for grants and coop-16
589	589	erative agreements, both with or without a non-Federal 17
590	590	share, $216,043,000, of which $161,043,000 is to remain 18
591	591	available until September 30, 2026, and of which 19
592	592	$55,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro-20
593	593	vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 21
594	594	amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and 22
595	595	credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts 23
596	596	resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on 24
597	597	August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activi-25 24
598	598	•S 4802 RS
599	599	ties conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-1
600	600	ment pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 2
601	601	including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella-3
602	602	neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 4
603	603	sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec-5
604	604	tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 6
605	605	in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated at not 7
606	606	more than $161,043,000: Provided further, That not to 8
607	607	exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 9
608	608	related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 10
609	609	activities: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 11
610	610	shall be available for official reception and representation 12
611	611	expenses. 13
612	612	B
613	613	UREAU OFSAFETY ANDENVIRONMENTAL 14
614	614	E
615	615	NFORCEMENT 15
616	616	OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 16
617	617	For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper-17
618	618	ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 18
619	619	agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 19
620	620	and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 20
621	621	Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple-21
622	622	menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 22
623	623	to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele-23
624	624	gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree-24
625	625	ments, $173,886,000, of which $144,006,000, including 25 25
626	626	•S 4802 RS
627	627	not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-1
628	628	tion expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 2
629	629	2026, and of which $29,880,000 is to remain available 3
630	630	until expended, including $2,880,000 for offshore decom-4
631	631	missioning activities: Provided, That this total appropria-5
632	632	tion shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec-6
633	633	retary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 7
634	634	from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 8
635	635	rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost 9
636	636	recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 10
637	637	Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the 11
638	638	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as-12
639	639	sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac-13
640	640	tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-14
641	641	priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 15
642	642	during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 16
643	643	2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 17
644	644	$146,886,000. 18
645	645	For an additional amount, $37,000,000, to remain 19
646	646	available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col-20
647	647	lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 21
648	648	which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 22
649	649	collected in fiscal year 2025, as provided in this Act: Pro-23
650	650	vided, That for fiscal year 2025, not less than 50 percent 24
651	651	of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 25 26
652	652	•S 4802 RS
653	653	and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per-1
654	654	sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 2
655	655	expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 3
656	656	safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 4
657	657	Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 5
658	658	seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 6
659	659	drill. 7
660	660	OIL SPILL RESEARCH 8
661	661	For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 9
662	662	1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 10
663	663	VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 11
664	664	$15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-12
665	665	ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 13
666	666	O
667	667	FFICE OFSURFACEMININGRECLAMATION AND 14
668	668	E
669	669	NFORCEMENT 15
670	670	REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 16
671	671	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 17
672	672	of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 18
673	673	1977, Public Law 95–87, $118,223,000, to remain avail-19
674	674	able until September 30, 2026, of which $63,000,000 shall 20
675	675	be available for State and tribal regulatory grants, and 21
676	676	of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception 22
677	677	and representation expenses: Provided, That appropria-23
678	678	tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 24
679	679	Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex-25 27
680	680	•S 4802 RS
681	681	penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 1
682	682	Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 2
683	683	training. 3
684	684	In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en-4
685	685	force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 5
686	686	of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re-6
687	687	main available until expended: Provided, That fees as-7
688	688	sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 8
689	689	507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off-9
690	690	setting collections, to remain available until expended: 10
691	691	Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 11
692	692	the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re-12
693	693	ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 13
694	694	year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 14
695	695	$118,223,000. 15
696	696	ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 16
697	697	For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 17
698	698	Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 18
699	699	Public Law 95–87, $34,207,000, to be derived from re-19
700	700	ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 20
701	701	remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 21
702	702	to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 22
703	703	authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 23
704	704	the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 24
705	705	to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur-25 28
706	706	•S 4802 RS
707	707	ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 1
708	708	Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 2
709	709	share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov-3
710	710	ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re-4
711	711	lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 5
712	712	from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 6
713	713	projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-7
714	714	ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 8
715	715	Provided further, That amounts provided under this head-9
716	716	ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 10
717	717	State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 11
718	718	Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: 12
719	719	Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 13
720	720	heading, not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 14
721	721	reception and representation expenses. 15
722	722	In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until 16
723	723	expended, for payments to States and federally recognized 17
724	724	Indian tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 18
725	725	other related activities in accordance with the terms and 19
726	726	conditions described in the report accompanying this Act: 20
727	727	Provided, That such additional amount shall be used for 21
728	728	economic and community development in conjunction with 22
729	729	the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface 23
730	730	Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 24
731	731	1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 25 29
732	732	•S 4802 RS
733	733	amount, $86,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 1
734	734	amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest 2
735	735	amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 3
736	736	in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $33,000,000 4
737	737	shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three Appa-5
738	738	lachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of un-6
739	739	funded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,000,000 7
740	740	shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian tribes, 8
741	741	without regard to their status as certified or uncertified 9
742	742	under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 10
743	743	of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of aban-11
744	744	doned mine lands and other related activities in accord-12
745	745	ance with the terms and conditions described in the report 13
746	746	accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and 14
747	747	community development in conjunction with the priorities 15
748	748	in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-16
749	749	lamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such pay-17
750	750	ments shall be made to States and federally recognized 18
751	751	Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the 19
752	752	enactment of this Act. 20 30
753	753	•S 4802 RS
754	754	INDIANAFFAIRS 1
755	755	B
756	756	UREAU OFINDIANAFFAIRS 2
757	757	OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 3
758	758	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
759	759	For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 5
760	760	programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 6
761	761	of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self- 7
762	762	Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 8
763	763	U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,963,076,000, to remain available 9
764	764	until September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided 10
765	765	herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 11
766	766	reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex-12
767	767	ceed $78,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay-13
768	768	ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis-14
769	769	asters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap 15
770	770	for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, 16
771	771	to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af-17
772	772	fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec-18
773	773	ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 19
774	774	recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo-20
775	775	cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur-21
776	776	ther, That not to exceed $71,919,000 shall remain avail-22
777	777	able until expended for housing improvement, road main-23
778	778	tenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, 24
779	779	land records improvement, hearings and appeals, and the 25 31
780	780	•S 4802 RS
781	781	Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 1
782	782	of the amount appropriated under this heading, 2
783	783	$6,650,000 shall be for projects specified for Special Ini-3
784	784	tiatives in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 4
785	785	Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 5
786	786	Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a 6
787	787	federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of 7
788	788	September 30, 2026, may be transferred during fiscal year 8
789	789	2027 to an Indian forest land assistance account estab-9
790	790	lished for the benefit of the holder of the funds within 10
791	791	the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That 11
792	792	any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall ex-12
793	793	pire on September 30, 2027: Provided further, That in 13
794	794	order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the 14
795	795	Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or other iden-15
796	796	tifying articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, 16
797	797	That funds for trust, probate, and administrative func-17
798	798	tions may, as needed, be transferred to the ‘‘Office of the 18
799	799	Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided 19
800	800	further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept 20
801	801	transfers of funds from United States Customs and Bor-21
802	802	der Protection to supplement any other funding available 22
803	803	for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau 23
804	804	of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal 24
805	805	Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 25 32
806	806	•S 4802 RS
807	807	INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION 1
808	808	For the acquisition of fractional interests to further 2
809	809	land consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land 3
810	810	Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 4
811	811	462), and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 5
812	812	2004 (Public Law 108–374), $4,000,000, to remain avail-6
813	813	able until expended: Provided, That any provision of the 7
814	814	Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 8
815	815	(Public Law 106–462) that requires or otherwise relates 9
816	816	to application of a lien shall not apply to the acquisitions 10
817	817	funded herein. 11
818	818	CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 12
819	819	For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 13
820	820	contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-14
821	821	mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 15
822	822	the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 16
823	823	Education for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec-17
824	824	essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-18
825	825	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 19
826	826	other provision of law, no amounts made available under 20
827	827	this heading shall be available for transfer to another 21
828	828	budget account. 22
829	829	PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 23
830	830	For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 24
831	831	leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-25 33
832	832	•S 4802 RS
833	833	mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 1
834	834	5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec-2
835	835	essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-3
836	836	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 4
837	837	other provision of law, no amounts made available under 5
838	838	this heading shall be available for transfer to another 6
839	839	budget account. 7
840	840	CONSTRUCTION 8
841	841	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
842	842	For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-10
843	843	nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 11
844	844	and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-12
845	845	ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 13
846	846	in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 14
847	847	construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur-15
848	848	suant to Public Law 87–483; $146,022,000, to remain 16
849	849	available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 17
850	850	may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 18
851	851	Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 19
852	852	Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 20
853	853	for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 21
854	854	November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 22
855	855	on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 23
856	856	appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 24
857	857	Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the appro-25 34
858	858	•S 4802 RS
859	859	priate share of construction costs for space expansion 1
860	860	needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa-2
861	861	tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 3
862	862	under this heading, $11,000,000 shall be derived from the 4
863	863	Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 5
864	864	WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Pro-6
865	865	vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 7
866	866	are made available for the modernization of Federal field 8
867	867	communication capabilities, in addition to amounts other-9
868	868	wise made available for such purpose. 10
869	869	INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND 11
870	870	MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 12
871	871	For payments and necessary administrative expenses 13
872	872	for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle-14
873	873	ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 101–618, and 15
874	874	117–349 and for implementation of other land and water 16
875	875	rights settlements, $45,897,000, to remain available until 17
876	876	expended. 18
877	877	INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 19
878	878	For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 20
879	879	$13,616,000, to remain available until September 30, 21
880	880	2026, of which $2,412,000 is for administrative expenses, 22
881	881	as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro-23
882	882	vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 24
883	883	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-25 35
884	884	•S 4802 RS
885	885	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 1
886	886	these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 2
887	887	any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 3
888	888	exceed $185,707,188. 4
889	889	B
890	890	UREAU OFINDIANEDUCATION 5
891	891	OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 6
892	892	For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 7
893	893	education programs, as authorized by law, including the 8
894	894	Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In-9
895	895	dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 10
896	896	1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend-11
897	897	ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 12
898	898	Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 13
899	899	$1,156,853,000 to remain available until September 30, 14
900	900	2026, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 15
901	901	federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 16
902	902	of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 17
903	903	priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 18
904	904	Provided further, That not to exceed $852,740,000 for 19
905	905	school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 20
906	906	other education programs shall become available on June 21
907	907	1, 2025, and shall remain available until September 30, 22
908	908	2026: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 23
909	909	provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 24
910	910	Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 25 36
911	911	•S 4802 RS
912	912	and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 1
913	913	(25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $96,844,000 within and 2
914	914	only from such amounts made available for school oper-3
915	915	ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as-4
916	916	sociated with grants approved prior to June 1, 2025: Pro-5
917	917	vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-6
918	918	reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-7
919	919	chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 8
920	920	personnel. 9
921	921	EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 10
922	922	For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-11
923	923	nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 12
924	924	for the operation of Indian education programs, including 13
925	925	architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-14
926	926	tion of lands, and interests in lands; $264,775,000, to re-15
927	927	main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 16
928	928	ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-17
929	929	retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 18
930	930	all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 19
931	931	months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 20
932	932	Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 21
933	933	receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 22
934	934	Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 23
935	935	the project and commenced construction. 24 37
936	936	•S 4802 RS
937	937	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1
938	938	The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-2
939	939	dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-3
940	940	grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-4
941	941	ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-5
942	942	tion with States and other organizations. 6
943	943	Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 7
944	944	the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 8
945	945	support of the management, operation, and maintenance 9
946	946	of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 10
947	947	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 11
948	948	available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 12
949	949	of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec-13
950	950	utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec-14
951	951	utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 15
952	952	Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 16
953	953	operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-17
954	954	tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 18
955	955	the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 19
956	956	Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-20
957	957	mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 21
958	958	(Public Law 103–413). 22
959	959	In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 23
960	960	available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 24
961	961	the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-25 38
962	962	•S 4802 RS
963	963	minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 1
964	964	that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 2
965	965	between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 3
966	966	ability to access future appropriations. 4
967	967	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 5
968	968	available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 6
969	969	the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 7
970	970	schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 8
971	971	support the operation of any elementary or secondary 9
972	972	school in the State of Alaska. 10
973	973	No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-11
974	974	cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 12
975	975	school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 13
976	976	or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 14
977	977	in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 15
978	978	October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 16
979	979	may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 17
980	980	one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 18
981	981	waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 19
982	982	of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 20
983	983	grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-21
984	984	reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-22
985	985	ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 23
986	986	prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-24
987	987	able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 25 39
988	988	•S 4802 RS
989	989	only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-1
990	990	tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 2
991	991	was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 3
992	992	under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 4
993	993	school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 5
994	994	in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 6
995	995	(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 7
996	996	in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 8
997	997	that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-9
998	998	tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-10
999	999	riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 11
1000	1000	a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 12
1001	1001	the use of the real and personal property (including buses 13
1002	1002	and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-14
1003	1003	rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 15
1004	1004	not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 16
1005	1005	the State in which the school is located if the charter 17
1006	1006	school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 18
1007	1007	schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-19
1008	1008	forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 20
1009	1009	and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 21
1010	1010	Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 22
1011	1011	United States Code. 23
1012	1012	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 24
1013	1013	section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 25 40
1014	1014	•S 4802 RS
1015	1015	113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-1
1016	1016	rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 2
1017	1017	formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 3
1018	1018	Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-4
1019	1019	istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 5
1020	1020	distribution formula. 6
1021	1021	Funds available under this Act may not be used to 7
1022	1022	establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 8
1023	1023	system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 9
1024	1024	may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 10
1025	1025	to provide language and cultural immersion educational 11
1026	1026	programs for non-public schools located within the juris-12
1027	1027	dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 13
1028	1028	serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 14
1029	1029	currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 15
1030	1030	provide an educational environment with educator pres-16
1031	1031	ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 17
1032	1032	funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 18
1033	1033	or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 19
1034	1034	with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-20
1035	1035	tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-21
1036	1036	ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 22
1037	1037	other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 23
1038	1038	students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 24
1039	1039	available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 25 41
1040	1040	•S 4802 RS
1041	1041	maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili-1
1042	1042	ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 2
1043	1043	the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 3
1044	1044	school’’ means a school location physically separated from 4
1045	1045	the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 5
1046	1046	forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 6
1047	1047	Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 7
1048	1048	within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-8
1049	1049	dian Education Programs may be used to execute re-9
1050	1050	quested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated 10
1051	1051	by an Indian tribe. 11
1052	1052	B
1053	1053	UREAU OFTRUSTFUNDSADMINISTRATION 12
1054	1054	FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 13
1055	1055	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
1056	1056	For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 15
1057	1057	direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 16
1058	1058	compacts, and grants, $100,472,000, to remain available 17
1059	1059	until expended, of which not to exceed $17,152,000 from 18
1060	1060	this or any other Act, may be available for settlement sup-19
1061	1061	port: Provided, That funds for trust management improve-20
1062	1062	ments and litigation support may, as needed, be trans-21
1063	1063	ferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 22
1064	1064	‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 23
1065	1065	Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 24
1066	1066	accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-25 42
1067	1067	•S 4802 RS
1068	1068	penses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Depart-1
1069	1069	mental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That funds 2
1070	1070	made available through contracts or grants obligated dur-3
1071	1071	ing fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the Indian Self-De-4
1072	1072	termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 5
1073	1073	remain available until expended by the contractor or 6
1074	1074	grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 7
1075	1075	provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 8
1076	1076	provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-9
1077	1077	dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 10
1078	1078	15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-11
1079	1079	ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 12
1080	1080	statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 13
1081	1081	shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-14
1082	1082	drawn upon the express written request of the account 15
1083	1083	holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 16
1084	1084	available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 17
1085	1085	administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-18
1086	1086	posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 19
1087	1087	September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 20
1088	1088	payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-21
1089	1089	main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 22
1090	1090	further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-23
1091	1091	oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 24
1092	1092	$1,000 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 25 43
1093	1093	•S 4802 RS
1094	1094	receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac-1
1095	1095	counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 2
1096	1096	section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-3
1097	1097	ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 4
1098	1098	other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 5
1099	1099	trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un-6
1100	1100	known for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall 7
1101	1101	not be required to generate periodic statements of per-8
1102	1102	formance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 9
1103	1103	That with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary 10
1104	1104	shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine 11
1105	1105	the balance of the individual accounts, including any ac-12
1106	1106	crued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 13
1107	1107	available to the individual account holders. 14
1108	1108	D
1109	1109	EPARTMENTAL OFFICES 15
1110	1110	O
1111	1111	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 16
1112	1112	DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 17
1113	1113	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
1114	1114	For necessary expenses for management of the De-19
1115	1115	partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 20
1116	1116	agreements, as authorized by law, $154,945,000, to re-21
1117	1117	main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 22
1118	1118	exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen-23
1119	1119	tation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail-24
1120	1120	able for workers compensation payments and unemploy-25 44
1121	1121	•S 4802 RS
1122	1122	ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 1
1123	1123	closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of 2
1124	1124	which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 3
1125	1125	valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 4
1126	1126	Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re-5
1127	1127	source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 6
1128	1128	to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Oper-7
1129	1129	ation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Edu-8
1130	1130	cation ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac-9
1131	1131	counts and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 10
1132	1132	‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, 11
1133	1133	That funds made available through contracts or grants ob-12
1134	1134	ligated during fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the In-13
1135	1135	dian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 14
1136	1136	seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-15
1137	1137	tractor or grantee. 16
1138	1138	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 17
1139	1139	For fiscal year 2025, up to $550,000 of the payments 18
1140	1140	authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 19
1141	1141	may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay-20
1142	1142	ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 21
1143	1143	amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay-22
1144	1144	ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 23
1145	1145	available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 24
1146	1146	title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 25 45
1147	1147	•S 4802 RS
1148	1148	event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay-1
1149	1149	ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 2
1150	1150	the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 3
1151	1151	of local government, then the payment to each local gov-4
1152	1152	ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 5
1153	1153	That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 6
1154	1154	individual units of local government to correct for prior 7
1155	1155	overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 8
1156	1156	no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth-9
1157	1157	erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 10
1158	1158	amount of the payment is less than $100. 11
1159	1159	I
1160	1160	NSULARAFFAIRS 12
1161	1161	ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 13
1162	1162	For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 14
1163	1163	under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 15
1164	1164	$114,615,000, of which: (1) $103,890,000 shall remain 16
1165	1165	available until expended for territorial assistance, includ-17
1166	1166	ing general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, 18
1167	1167	disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural re-19
1168	1168	sources activities, and brown tree snake control and re-20
1169	1169	search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 21
1170	1170	compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 22
1171	1171	U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 23
1172	1172	Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc-24
1173	1173	tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 25 46
1174	1174	•S 4802 RS
1175	1175	Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 1
1176	1176	grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 2
1177	1177	and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 3
1178	1178	Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 4
1179	1179	Stat. 272); and (2) $10,725,000 shall be available until 5
1180	1180	September 30, 2026, for salaries and expenses of the Of-6
1181	1181	fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-7
1182	1182	actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro-8
1183	1183	vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 9
1184	1184	instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 10
1185	1185	may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, 11
1186	1186	at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 12
1187	1187	31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 13
1188	1188	Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 14
1189	1189	according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 15
1190	1190	Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist-16
1191	1191	ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 17
1192	1192	Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 18
1193	1193	program of operations and maintenance improvement are 19
1194	1194	appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 20
1195	1195	maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 21
1196	1196	territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 22
1197	1197	by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 23
1198	1198	timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 24
1199	1199	That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 25 47
1200	1200	•S 4802 RS
1201	1201	heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 1
1202	1202	be used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose 2
1203	1203	of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 3
1204	1204	404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-4
1205	1205	gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 5
1206	1206	COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 6
1207	1207	For grants and necessary expenses, $813,000, to re-7
1208	1208	main available until expended, to support Federal services 8
1209	1209	and programs provided to the Republic of Palau, the Re-9
1210	1210	public of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States 10
1211	1211	of Micronesia. 11
1212	1212	A
1213	1213	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS 12
1214	1214	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
1215	1215	At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec-14
1216	1216	retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 15
1217	1217	funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 16
1218	1218	188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 17
1219	1219	Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 18
1220	1220	of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per-19
1221	1221	cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 20
1222	1222	of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 21
1223	1223	Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 22
1224	1224	of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 23
1225	1225	construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 24
1226	1226	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 25 48
1227	1227	•S 4802 RS
1228	1228	costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 1
1229	1229	as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 2
1230	1230	of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran-3
1231	1231	tees may be made without regard to the population of the 4
1232	1232	area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 5
1233	1233	the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica-6
1234	1234	tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 7
1235	1235	Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 8
1236	1236	any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 9
1237	1237	be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 10
1238	1238	or guarantee loans under such authorities. 11
1239	1239	O
1240	1240	FFICE OF THESOLICITOR 12
1241	1241	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
1242	1242	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 14
1243	1243	$101,559,000, to remain available until September 30, 15
1244	1244	2026. 16
1245	1245	O
1246	1246	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 17
1247	1247	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1248	1248	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 19
1249	1249	General, $71,540,000, to remain available until September 20
1250	1250	30, 2026. 21 49
1251	1251	•S 4802 RS
1252	1252	DEPARTMENT-WIDEPROGRAMS 1
1253	1253	WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 2
1254	1254	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
1255	1255	For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 4
1256	1256	suppression operations, fire science and research, emer-5
1257	1257	gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 6
1258	1258	rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 7
1259	1259	$1,210,789,000, to remain available until expended, of 8
1260	1260	which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for the renova-9
1261	1261	tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 10
1262	1262	funds are also available for repayment of advances to 11
1263	1263	other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre-12
1264	1264	viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 13
1265	1265	That of the funds provided $244,766,000 is for fuels man-14
1266	1266	agement and post-fire activities: Provided further, That of 15
1267	1267	the funds provided $10,000,000 is for burned area reha-16
1268	1268	bilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant 17
1269	1269	to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodg-18
1270	1270	ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-19
1271	1271	tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 20
1272	1272	1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the Depart-21
1273	1273	ment of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant 22
1274	1274	to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 23
1275	1275	property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 24
1276	1276	funds were expended to provide that protection, and are 25 50
1277	1277	•S 4802 RS
1278	1278	available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 1
1279	1279	That using the amounts designated under this title of this 2
1280	1280	Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procure-3
1281	1281	ment contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for (1) 4
1282	1282	fuels management and post-fire activities, or (2) training 5
1283	1283	and monitoring associated with such activities: Provided 6
1284	1284	further, That activities for the purposes specified in the 7
1285	1285	preceding proviso may occur on Federal land, or on non- 8
1286	1286	Federal land when such activities benefit resources on 9
1287	1287	Federal land or federally-recognized Tribal land: Provided 10
1288	1288	further, That not to exceed 15 percent of funds provided 11
1289	1289	for fuels management and post-fire activities may be used 12
1290	1290	for activities on non-Federal land: Provided further, That 13
1291	1291	the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement be-14
1292	1292	tween the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity 15
1293	1293	may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected par-16
1294	1294	ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 17
1295	1295	of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for 18
1296	1296	purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain max-19
1297	1297	imum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 20
1298	1298	nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 21
1299	1299	Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 22
1300	1300	or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit 23
1301	1301	youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other 24
1302	1302	entities that will hire or train locally a significant percent-25 51
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1304	1304	age, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project work-1
1305	1305	force to complete such contracts: Provided further, That 2
1306	1306	in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop 3
1307	1307	written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 4
1308	1308	and consistent application of the authorities provided here-5
1309	1309	in: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 6
1310	1310	heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish 7
1311	1311	and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 8
1312	1312	Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 9
1313	1313	under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 10
1314	1314	1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by 11
1315	1315	section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 12
1316	1316	management activities: Provided further, That the Sec-13
1317	1317	retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 14
1318	1318	to enter into leases of real property with local govern-15
1319	1319	ments, at or below fair market value, to construct capital-16
1320	1320	ized improvements for fire facilities on such leased prop-17
1321	1321	erties, including but not limited to fire guard stations, re-18
1322	1322	tardant stations, and other initial attack and fire support 19
1323	1323	facilities, and to make advance payments for any such 20
1324	1324	lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 21
1325	1325	Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and 22
1326	1326	the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 23
1327	1327	of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in 24
1328	1328	an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between 25 52
1329	1329	•S 4802 RS
1330	1330	the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 1
1331	1331	expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: 2
1332	1332	Provided further, That funds provided for wildfire suppres-3
1333	1333	sion shall be available for support of Federal emergency 4
1334	1334	response actions: Provided further, That funds appro-5
1335	1335	priated under this heading shall be available for assistance 6
1336	1336	to or through the Department of State in connection with 7
1337	1337	forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 8
1338	1338	assistance in foreign countries, and, with the concurrence 9
1339	1339	of the Secretary of State, shall be available to support for-10
1340	1340	estry, wildland fire management, and related natural re-11
1341	1341	source activities outside the United States and its terri-12
1342	1342	tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-13
1343	1343	cation and training, and cooperation with United States 14
1344	1344	and international organizations: Provided further, That 15
1345	1345	funds made available under this heading in this Act and 16
1346	1346	unobligated balances made available under this heading in 17
1347	1347	prior Acts, other than amounts designated by the Con-18
1348	1348	gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 19
1349	1349	a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 20
1350	1350	Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall 21
1351	1351	be available, in addition to any other funds made available 22
1352	1352	for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal 23
1353	1353	wildland firefighter base salary increases provided under 24
1354	1354	section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117–58: Provided 25 53
1355	1355	•S 4802 RS
1356	1356	further, That of the funds made available under this head-1
1357	1357	ing, $1,210,789,000 is designated by the Congress as 2
1358	1358	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 3
1359	1359	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 4
1360	1360	Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the 5
1361	1361	funds provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall be 6
1362	1362	available for wildfire suppression operations, and is pro-7
1363	1363	vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of 8
1364	1364	the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 9
1365	1365	of 1985. 10
1366	1366	WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 11
1367	1367	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12
1368	1368	In addition to the amounts provided under the head-13
1369	1369	ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro-14
1370	1370	grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres-15
1371	1371	sion operations, $360,000,000, to remain available until 16
1372	1372	transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci-17
1373	1373	fied for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 18
1374	1374	Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro-19
1375	1375	vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 20
1376	1376	merged with amounts made available under the headings 21
1377	1377	‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 22
1378	1378	Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—De-23
1379	1379	partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ 24
1380	1380	for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in 25 54
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1382	1382	which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 1
1383	1383	That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 2
1384	1384	Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture 3
1385	1385	or the Department of the Interior only upon the notifica-4
1386	1386	tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-5
1387	1387	tions that all wildfire suppression operations funds appro-6
1388	1388	priated under that heading in this and prior appropria-7
1389	1389	tions Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans-8
1390	1390	ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 9
1391	1391	That the transfer authority provided under this heading 10
1392	1392	is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 11
1393	1393	law: Provided further, That, in determining whether all 12
1394	1394	wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under 13
1395	1395	the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and 14
1396	1396	prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Ag-15
1397	1397	riculture or the Department of the Interior will be obli-16
1398	1398	gated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 17
1399	1399	any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pur-18
1400	1400	suant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall 19
1401	1401	be excluded. 20
1402	1402	CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 21
1403	1403	For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-22
1404	1404	terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 23
1405	1405	the response action, including associated activities, per-24
1406	1406	formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-25 55
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1408	1408	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 1
1409	1409	et seq.) (CERCLA), $9,801,000, to remain available until 2
1410	1410	expended: Provided, That amounts provided under this 3
1411	1411	heading in this or any prior Act shall not be available to 4
1412	1412	fund liabilities or obligations of the United States, or any 5
1413	1413	agency or department thereof, for past or future response 6
1414	1414	actions or costs agreed to pursuant to section 122 of 7
1415	1415	CERCLA or imposed by court order in any action pursu-8
1416	1416	ant to CERCLA or other Federal or State environmental 9
1417	1417	law. 10
1418	1418	ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 11
1419	1419	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12
1420	1420	For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-13
1421	1421	terior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond 14
1422	1422	to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant 15
1423	1423	to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 16
1424	1424	and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy 17
1425	1425	Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 18
1426	1426	$5,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 19
1427	1427	That such amount shall be in addition to amounts other-20
1428	1428	wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 21
1429	1429	amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 22
1430	1430	program management and oversight of these activities: 23
1431	1431	Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the 24
1432	1432	funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other 25 56
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1434	1434	account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 1
1435	1435	and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: 2
1436	1436	Provided further, That these amounts are not available to 3
1437	1437	fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-4
1438	1438	pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obli-5
1439	1439	gations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, 6
1440	1440	whether for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 7
1441	1441	NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND 8
1442	1442	RESTORATION 9
1443	1443	NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 10
1444	1444	To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res-11
1445	1445	toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 12
1446	1446	the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 13
1447	1447	provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 14
1448	1448	Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 15
1449	1449	the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 16
1450	1450	et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 17
1451	1451	et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,769,000, to 18
1452	1452	remain available until expended. 19
1453	1453	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 20
1454	1454	For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 21
1455	1455	financial and business management system, data manage-22
1456	1456	ment, information technology improvements of general 23
1457	1457	benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consoli-24
1458	1458	dation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart-25 57
1459	1459	•S 4802 RS
1460	1460	ment, $108,311,000, to remain available until expended: 1
1461	1461	Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 2
1462	1462	or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 3
1463	1463	Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an-4
1464	1464	nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap-5
1465	1465	proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1466	1466	of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 7
1467	1467	the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable 8
1468	1468	charges to State, local, and tribal government employees 9
1469	1469	for training services provided by the National Indian Pro-10
1470	1470	gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub-11
1471	1471	lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 12
1472	1472	lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 13
1473	1473	equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 14
1474	1474	Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern-15
1475	1475	ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in 16
1476	1476	cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 17
1477	1477	in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the 18
1478	1478	prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or 19
1479	1479	services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program 20
1480	1480	Training Center: Provided further, That all funds received 21
1481	1481	pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited 22
1482	1482	to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall 23
1483	1483	be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 24
1484	1484	National Indian Program Training Center: Provided fur-25 58
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1486	1486	ther, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooper-1
1487	1487	ative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re-2
1488	1488	source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 3
1489	1489	fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 4
1490	1490	by law. 5
1491	1491	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 6
1492	1492	There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-7
1493	1493	able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 8
1494	1494	which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 9
1495	1495	available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 10
1496	1496	aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 11
1497	1497	or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 12
1498	1498	replacement aircraft. 13
1499	1499	OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE 14
1500	1500	For necessary expenses for management of the collec-15
1501	1501	tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 16
1502	1502	revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree-17
1503	1503	ments, as authorized by law, $169,412,000, to remain 18
1504	1504	available until September 30, 2026; of which $59,751,000 19
1505	1505	shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 20
1506	1506	mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 21
1507	1507	notwithstanding any other provision of law, $50,000 shall 22
1508	1508	be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 23
1509	1509	with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 24
1510	1510	Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 25 59
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1512	1512	amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 1
1513	1513	prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 2
1514	1514	G
1515	1515	ENERALPROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3
1516	1516	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
1517	1517	EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY —INTRA-BUREAU 5
1518	1518	S
1519	1519	EC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 6
1520	1520	available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 7
1521	1521	or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Inte-8
1522	1522	rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re-9
1523	1523	pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 10
1524	1524	equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 11
1525	1525	other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 12
1526	1526	be made available under this authority until funds specifi-13
1527	1527	cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 14
1528	1528	emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 15
1529	1529	That all funds used pursuant to this section must be re-16
1530	1530	plenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 17
1531	1531	requested as promptly as possible. 18
1532	1532	EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY —DEPARTMENT-WIDE 19
1533	1533	S
1534	1534	EC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author-20
1535	1535	ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria-21
1536	1536	tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 22
1537	1537	the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup-23
1538	1538	pression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 24
1539	1539	threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart-25 60
1540	1540	•S 4802 RS
1541	1541	ment of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of 1
1542	1542	burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency ac-2
1543	1543	tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 3
1544	1544	volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin-4
1545	1545	gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 5
1546	1546	and natural resource damage assessment activities related 6
1547	1547	to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 7
1548	1548	the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con-8
1549	1549	trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 9
1550	1550	outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 10
1551	1551	pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 11
1552	1552	106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 12
1553	1553	projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 13
1554	1554	transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 14
1555	1555	of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 15
1556	1556	funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu-16
1557	1557	latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car-17
1558	1558	rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 18
1559	1559	Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 19
1560	1560	wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 20
1561	1561	of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 21
1562	1562	and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de-22
1563	1563	struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con-23
1564	1564	nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 24
1565	1565	such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur-25 61
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1567	1567	rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 1
1568	1568	further, That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall 2
1569	1569	be made available under this authority until the Secretary 3
1570	1570	determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup-4
1571	1571	pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur-5
1572	1572	ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 6
1573	1573	be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 7
1574	1574	must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur-8
1575	1575	ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim-9
1576	1576	burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 10
1577	1577	funds were transferred. 11
1578	1578	AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 12
1579	1579	S
1580	1580	EC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 13
1581	1581	of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 14
1582	1582	as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 15
1583	1583	Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 16
1584	1584	in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re-17
1585	1585	placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 18
1586	1586	law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-19
1587	1587	ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur-20
1588	1588	chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 21
1589	1589	residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 22
1590	1590	approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 23
1591	1591	authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so-24
1592	1592	cieties or associations which issue publications to members 25 62
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1594	1594	only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 1
1595	1595	who are not members. 2
1596	1596	AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS , INDIAN TRUST 3
1597	1597	MANAGEMENT 4
1598	1598	S
1599	1599	EC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 5
1600	1600	headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 6
1601	1601	Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 7
1602	1602	and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations 8
1603	1603	Acts made under the same headings shall be available for 9
1604	1604	expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and 10
1605	1605	reform activities. Total funding for settlement support ac-11
1606	1606	tivities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in 12
1607	1607	this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the 13
1608	1608	House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 14
1609	1609	60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under 15
1610	1610	this section, including the amount expended or transferred 16
1611	1611	and how the funds will be used. 17
1612	1612	REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS , BUREAU OF INDIAN 18
1613	1613	AFFAIRS 19
1614	1614	S
1615	1615	EC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
1616	1616	law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-21
1617	1617	tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 22
1618	1618	tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 23
1619	1619	transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 24
1620	1620	dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 25 63
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1622	1622	distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-1
1623	1623	tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 2
1624	1624	percent in fiscal year 2025. Under circumstances of dual 3
1625	1625	enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-4
1626	1626	tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 5
1627	1627	apply. 6
1628	1628	E
1629	1629	LLIS, GOVERNORS, ANDLIBERTYISLANDS 7
1630	1630	S
1631	1631	EC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 8
1632	1632	law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 9
1633	1633	lands, waters, or interests therein, including the use of all 10
1634	1634	or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 11
1635	1635	New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 12
1636	1636	of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 13
1637	1637	transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 14
1638	1638	Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 15
1639	1639	administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 16
1640	1640	funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con-17
1641	1641	sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author-18
1642	1642	ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces-19
1643	1643	sion contracts, or other agreements for the use of such 20
1644	1644	facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 21
1645	1645	may determine reasonable: Provided, That for purposes of 22
1646	1646	54 U.S.C. 200306(a), such lands, waters, or interests ac-23
1647	1647	quired under this heading shall be considered to be within 24 64
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1649	1649	the exterior boundary of a System unit authorized or es-1
1650	1650	tablished. 2
1651	1651	OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 3
1652	1652	S
1653	1653	EC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 4
1654	1654	the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, 5
1655	1655	which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Envi-6
1656	1656	ronmental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated op-7
1657	1657	erator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 8
1658	1658	1348(c). 9
1659	1659	(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 10
1660	1660	are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 11
1661	1661	in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 12
1662	1662	2025 shall be— 13
1663	1663	(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 14
1664	1664	processing equipment or gathering lines; 15
1665	1665	(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 16
1666	1666	with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 17
1667	1667	(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 18
1668	1668	wells, with any combination of active or inactive 19
1669	1669	wells. 20
1670	1670	(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in-21
1671	1671	spections completed in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal 22
1672	1672	year 2025 shall be— 23
1673	1673	(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 24
1674	1674	water depths of 500 feet or more; and 25 65
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1676	1676	(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 1
1677	1677	water depths of less than 500 feet. 2
1678	1678	(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 3
1679	1679	via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 4
1680	1680	D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com-5
1681	1681	pleted in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal year 2025 shall 6
1682	1682	be— 7
1683	1683	(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op-8
1684	1684	erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 9
1685	1685	(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op-10
1686	1686	erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 11
1687	1687	and 12
1688	1688	(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op-13
1689	1689	erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 14
1690	1690	(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 15
1691	1691	under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 16
1692	1692	within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des-17
1693	1693	ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 18
1694	1694	the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 19
1695	1695	with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec-20
1696	1696	retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 21
1697	1697	with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 22 66
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1699	1699	CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND 1
1700	1700	BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 2
1701	1701	S
1702	1702	EC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
1703	1703	this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 4
1704	1704	multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza-5
1705	1705	tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 6
1706	1706	multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 7
1707	1707	section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 8
1708	1708	the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 9
1709	1709	apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 10
1710	1710	wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 11
1711	1711	or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 12
1712	1712	and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 13
1713	1713	at the discretion of the Secretary. 14
1714	1714	MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 15
1715	1715	S
1716	1716	EC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-16
1717	1717	ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 17
1718	1718	threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 18
1719	1719	a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 19
1720	1720	for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 20
1721	1721	federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 21
1722	1722	fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 22
1723	1723	Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 23
1724	1724	identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 24 67
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1726	1726	CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 1
1727	1727	S
1728	1728	EC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 2
1729	1729	law, during fiscal year 2025, in carrying out work involv-3
1730	1730	ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 4
1731	1731	or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 5
1732	1732	record obligations against accounts receivable from any 6
1733	1733	such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 7
1734	1734	the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 8
1735	1735	available at the end of the fiscal year. 9
1736	1736	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES 10
1737	1737	PROGRAM 11
1738	1738	S
1739	1739	EC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12
1740	1740	of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree-13
1741	1741	ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 14
1742	1742	grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri-15
1743	1743	vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 16
1744	1744	of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 17
1745	1745	to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au-18
1746	1746	thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 19
1747	1747	Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 20
1748	1748	(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 21
1749	1749	subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree-22
1750	1750	ment would not— 23
1751	1751	(1) result in the displacement of individuals 24
1752	1752	currently employed by the Department, including 25 68
1753	1753	•S 4802 RS
1754	1754	partial displacement through reduction of non-over-1
1755	1755	time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 2
1756	1756	(2) result in the use of an individual under the 3
1757	1757	Department of the Interior Experienced Services 4
1758	1758	Program for a job or function in a case in which a 5
1759	1759	Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 6
1760	1760	or substantially equivalent job within the Depart-7
1761	1761	ment; or 8
1762	1762	(3) affect existing contracts for services. 9
1763	1763	OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 10
1764	1764	S
1765	1765	EC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 11
1766	1766	Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 12
1767	1767	and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 13
1768	1768	enactment of this Act. 14
1769	1769	SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 15
1770	1770	S
1771	1771	EC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 16
1772	1772	implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 17
1773	1773	the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 18
1774	1774	Education, may transfer funds among and between the 19
1775	1775	successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-20
1776	1776	tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-21
1777	1777	lines described in this Act. 22 69
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1779	1779	PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 1
1780	1780	S
1781	1781	EC. 114. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 2
1782	1782	Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 3
1783	1783	for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 4
1784	1784	DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 5
1785	1785	APPROVAL 6
1786	1786	S
1787	1787	EC. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case 7
1788	1788	in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-8
1789	1789	forcement or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 9
1790	1790	prescribes or approves any departure or use of alternate 10
1791	1791	procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, 11
1792	1792	under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 12
1793	1793	550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142, the head 13
1794	1794	of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 14
1795	1795	or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 15
1796	1796	bureau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi-16
1797	1797	ness days after such issuance. 17
1798	1798	(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 18
1799	1799	business information. 19
1800	1800	LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 20
1801	1801	S
1802	1802	EC. 116. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.— 21
1803	1803	Hereafter, until the expiration of authority pursuant to 22
1804	1804	subsection (e), on request by the State of Virginia or the 23
1805	1805	District of Columbia for the purpose of the construction 24
1806	1806	of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long 25 70
1807	1807	•S 4802 RS
1808	1808	Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey 1
1809	1809	to the State or the District of Columbia, as applicable, 2
1810	1810	all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 3
1811	1811	to any portion of the approximately 4.4 acres of National 4
1812	1812	Park Service land depicted as ‘‘Permanent Impact to NPS 5
1813	1813	Land’’ on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is identified 6
1814	1814	by the State or the District of Columbia. 7
1815	1815	(b) T
1816	1816	ERMS ANDCONDITIONS.—Such conveyance of 8
1817	1817	the National Park Service land under subsection (a) shall 9
1818	1818	be subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary 10
1819	1819	may require. If such conveyed land is no longer being used 11
1820	1820	for the purposes specified in this section, the lands or in-12
1821	1821	terests therein shall revert to the National Park Service 13
1822	1822	after they have been restored or remediated to the satis-14
1823	1823	faction of the Secretary. 15
1824	1824	(c) C
1825	1825	ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State or 16
1826	1826	the District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agree-17
1827	1827	ment, may— 18
1828	1828	(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 19
1829	1829	National Park Service land to be conveyed to the 20
1830	1830	State or the District of Columbia under subsection 21
1831	1831	(a); and 22
1832	1832	(2) correct any minor errors in the Map re-23
1833	1833	ferred to in subsection (a). 24
1834	1834	(d) D
1835	1835	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 25 71
1836	1836	•S 4802 RS
1837	1837	(1) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT .—The term ‘‘Long 1
1838	1838	Bridge Project’’ means the rail project, as identified 2
1839	1839	by the Federal Railroad Administration, from 3
1840	1840	Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia, to 4
1841	1841	L’Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 5
1842	1842	which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. 6
1843	1843	(2) S
1844	1844	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7
1845	1845	the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-8
1846	1846	rector of the National Park Service. 9
1847	1847	(3) S
1848	1848	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 10
1849	1849	of Virginia. 11
1850	1850	(e) T
1851	1851	ERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 12
1852	1852	provided by this section shall expire once the conveyance 13
1853	1853	described in subsection (a) has been completed. 14
1854	1854	INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 15
1855	1855	S
1856	1856	EC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 16
1857	1857	or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes 17
1858	1858	or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally- 18
1859	1859	Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 19
1860	1860	297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 20
1861	1861	services for performance of any activities carried out 21
1862	1862	under such grants to the same extent as if they were con-22
1863	1863	tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-23
1864	1864	cation Assistance Act. 24 72
1865	1865	•S 4802 RS
1866	1866	APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 1
1867	1867	S
1868	1868	EC. 118. For fiscal year 2025, funds made available 2
1869	1869	in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 3
1870	1870	the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 4
1871	1871	Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 5
1872	1872	of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 6
1873	1873	pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 7
1874	1874	the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 8
1875	1875	15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 9
1876	1876	reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 10
1877	1877	programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 11
1878	1878	minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 12
1879	1879	higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 13
1880	1880	through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 14
1881	1881	SAGE-GROUSE 15
1882	1882	S
1883	1883	EC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 16
1884	1884	or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte-17
1885	1885	rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan-18
1886	1886	gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 19
1887	1887	(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 20
1888	1888	(Centrocercus urophasianus); 21
1889	1889	(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis-22
1890	1890	tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 23 73
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1892	1892	STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 1
1893	1893	S
1894	1894	EC. 120. For expenses necessary to carry out section 2
1895	1895	200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 3
1896	1896	Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva-4
1897	1897	tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 5
1898	1898	Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup-6
1899	1899	port state program administrative costs. 7
1900	1900	HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND DEPOSITS 8
1901	1901	S
1902	1902	EC. 121. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 9
1903	1903	Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 10
1904	1904	for ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’. 11
1905	1905	INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES 12
1906	1906	S
1907	1907	EC. 122. (a) In fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Sec-13
1908	1908	retary of the Interior may authorize and execute agree-14
1909	1909	ments to achieve operating efficiencies among and between 15
1910	1910	two or more component bureaus and offices through the 16
1911	1911	following activities: 17
1912	1912	(1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by 18
1913	1913	any such component bureau or office and sharing re-19
1914	1914	lated utilities and equipment; 20
1915	1915	(2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reim-21
1916	1916	bursable basis for up to 5 business days; and 22
1917	1917	(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to 23
1918	1918	meet mission requirements. 24 74
1919	1919	•S 4802 RS
1920	1920	(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 1
1921	1921	to support areas of mission alignment between and among 2
1922	1922	component bureaus and offices or where geographic prox-3
1923	1923	imity allows for efficiencies. 4
1924	1924	(c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements au-5
1925	1925	thorized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear 6
1926	1926	costs for such agreements in a manner that reflects their 7
1927	1927	approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may 8
1928	1928	or may not include indirect costs. 9
1929	1929	(d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection 10
1930	1930	(c), the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of 11
1931	1931	funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis. 12
1932	1932	EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT CEILING 13
1933	1933	S
1934	1934	EC. 123. Section 103101 of title 54, United States 14
1935	1935	Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking 15
1936	1936	‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. 16
1937	1937	CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY EXTENSION 17
1938	1938	S
1939	1939	EC. 124. Section 113 of division G of the Consoli-18
1940	1940	dated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), as 19
1941	1941	amended by section 114 of division E of the Consolidated 20
1942	1942	Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6), is further 21
1943	1943	amended by striking ‘‘In fiscal years 2014 through 2024’’ 22
1944	1944	and inserting ‘‘In fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 23
1945	1945	thereafter’’. 24 75
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1947	1947	FIELD UNIT LOCAL HIRING 1
1948	1948	S
1949	1949	EC. 125. The Secretary of the Interior may recruit 2
1950	1950	and directly appoint qualified individuals into the competi-3
1951	1951	tive service who are certified as maintaining a permanent 4
1952	1952	and exclusive residence within, or contiguous to, a field 5
1953	1953	unit, into any position at or below grades GS-9 or WG- 6
1954	1954	15 or equivalent within such field unit: Provided, That any 7
1955	1955	action authorized herein shall be consistent with the merit 8
1956	1956	principles of section 2301 of such title 5, and with the 9
1957	1957	public notice requirements of section 3327 of such title 10
1958	1958	5: Provided further, That appointments under this author-11
1959	1959	ity shall be considered compliant with all applicable provi-12
1960	1960	sions of chapter 33 of title 5. 13
1961	1961	PERMIT EXTENSION 14
1962	1962	S
1963	1963	EC. 126. The first section of Public Law 99–338, 15
1964	1964	as amended by subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division 16
1965	1965	E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 17
1966	1966	Law 108–447), is further amended— 18
1967	1967	(1) by striking ‘‘3 renewals’’ and inserting ‘‘7 19
1968	1968	renewals’’; and 20
1969	1969	(2) by striking ‘‘of Southern California Edison 21
1970	1970	Company’’. 22 76
1971	1971	•S 4802 RS
1972	1972	REDESIGNATION 1
1973	1973	S
1974	1974	EC. 127. The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua 2
1975	1975	Tree National Park shall hereafter be known and des-3
1976	1976	ignated as the ‘‘Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center’’. 4
1977	1977	GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 5
1978	1978	S
1979	1979	EC. 128. Section 1521 of the American Indian, 6
1980	1980	Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art De-7
1981	1981	velopment Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended— 8
1982	1982	(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 9
1983	1983	paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘private,’’; and 10
1984	1984	(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 11
1985	1985	(A) in subparagraph (A)— 12
1986	1986	(i) by striking ‘‘be Native Hawaiians 13
1987	1987	or’’ and inserting ‘‘include Native Hawai-14
1988	1988	ians and’’; and 15
1989	1989	(ii) by striking the comma at the end 16
1990	1990	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 17
1991	1991	(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 18
1992	1992	(D); 19
1993	1993	(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘of 20
1994	1994	office’’; and 21
1995	1995	(D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 22
1996	1996	subparagraph (B). 23 77
1997	1997	•S 4802 RS
1998	1998	TITLE II 1
1999	1999	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2
2000	2000	S
2001	2001	CIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY 3
2002	2002	For science and technology, including research and 4
2003	2003	development activities, which shall include research and 5
2004	2004	development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-6
2005	2005	mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
2006	2006	1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 8
2007	2007	and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 9
2008	2008	and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 10
2009	2009	and other operating expenses in support of research and 11
2010	2010	development, $783,704,000, to remain available until Sep-12
2011	2011	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds included 13
2012	2012	under this heading, $25,204,000 shall be for Research: 14
2013	2013	National Priorities as specified in the report accom-15
2014	2014	panying this Act, of which $7,704,000 shall be for projects 16
2015	2015	specified for Research: National Priorities in the table ti-17
2016	2016	tled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the re-18
2017	2017	port accompanying this Act. 19
2018	2018	E
2019	2019	NVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ANDMANAGEMENT 20
2020	2020	For environmental programs and management, in-21
2021	2021	cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 22
2022	2022	personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 23
2023	2023	passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-24
2024	2024	ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-25 78
2025	2025	•S 4802 RS
2026	2026	ships in societies or associations which issue publications 1
2027	2027	to members only or at a price to members lower than to 2
2028	2028	subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 3
2029	2029	the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-4
2030	2030	ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-5
2031	2031	plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-6
2032	2032	gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 7
2033	2033	2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 8
2034	2034	representation expenses, $3,255,489,000, to remain avail-9
2035	2035	able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That funds in-10
2036	2036	cluded under this heading may be used for environmental 11
2037	2037	justice implementation and training grants, and associated 12
2038	2038	program support costs: Provided further, That of the funds 13
2039	2039	included under this heading— 14
2040	2040	(1) $32,700,000 shall be for Environmental 15
2041	2041	Protection: National Priorities as specified in the re-16
2042	2042	port accompanying this Act; 17
2043	2043	(2) $690,176,000 shall be for Geographic Pro-18
2044	2044	grams as specified in the report accompanying this 19
2045	2045	Act; and 20
2046	2046	(3) $22,016,000, to remain available until ex-21
2047	2047	pended, shall be for grants, including grants that 22
2048	2048	may be awarded on a non-competitive basis, inter-23
2049	2049	agency agreements, and associated program support 24
2050	2050	costs to establish and implement a program to assist 25 79
2051	2051	•S 4802 RS
2052	2052	Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Na-1
2053	2053	tive Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes 2
2054	2054	in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations 3
2055	2055	and Alaska Native Nonprofit Associations, and 4
2056	2056	intertribal consortia comprised of Alaskan tribal en-5
2057	2057	tities to address contamination on lands conveyed 6
2058	2058	under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set-7
2059	2059	tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or 8
2060	2060	are contaminated at the time of conveyance and are 9
2061	2061	on an inventory of such lands developed and main-10
2062	2062	tained by the Environmental Protection Agency: 11
2063	2063	Provided, That grants awarded using funds made 12
2064	2064	available in this paragraph may be used by a recipi-13
2065	2065	ent to supplement other funds provided by the Envi-14
2066	2066	ronmental Protection Agency through individual 15
2067	2067	media or multi-media grants or cooperative agree-16
2068	2068	ments: Provided further, That of the amounts made 17
2069	2069	available in this paragraph, in addition to amounts 18
2070	2070	otherwise available for such purposes, the Environ-19
2071	2071	mental Protection Agency may reserve up to 20
2072	2072	$2,000,000 for salaries, expenses, and administra-21
2073	2073	tion of the program and for grants related to such 22
2074	2074	program that address contamination on lands con-23
2075	2075	veyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native 24
2076	2076	Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that 25 80
2077	2077	•S 4802 RS
2078	2078	were or are contaminated at the time of conveyance 1
2079	2079	and are on the EPA inventory of such lands. 2
2080	2080	In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-3
2081	2081	pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 4
2082	2082	section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 5
2083	2083	U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu-6
2084	2084	ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 7
2085	2085	Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 8
2086	2086	fiscal year 2025 shall be retained and used for necessary 9
2087	2087	salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re-10
2088	2088	main available until expended: Provided further, That the 11
2089	2089	sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen-12
2090	2090	eral fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced by the 13
2091	2091	amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 14
2092	2092	fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 15
2093	2093	appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 16
2094	2094	than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 17
2095	2095	realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those 18
2096	2096	amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the 19
2097	2097	‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re-20
2098	2098	ceipts in fiscal year 2025, shall be retained and used for 21
2099	2099	necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 22
2100	2100	remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 23
2101	2101	the funds included in the first paragraph under this head-24
2102	2102	ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 25 81
2103	2103	•S 4802 RS
2104	2104	project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 1
2105	2105	amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 2
2106	2106	of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 3
2107	2107	2014. 4
2108	2108	O
2109	2109	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 5
2110	2110	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 6
2111	2111	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 7
2112	2112	General Act of 1978, $49,242,000, to remain available 8
2113	2113	until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Office of 9
2114	2114	Inspector General shall continue to be subject to the 10
2115	2115	terms, conditions, and requirements specified under this 11
2116	2116	heading in Senate Report 118–83. 12
2117	2117	B
2118	2118	UILDINGS ANDFACILITIES 13
2119	2119	For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-14
2120	2120	teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 15
2121	2121	or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 16
2122	2122	$40,676,000, to remain available until expended. 17
2123	2123	H
2124	2124	AZARDOUSSUBSTANCESUPERFUND 18
2125	2125	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
2126	2126	For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-20
2127	2127	sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-21
2128	2128	ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 22
2129	2129	(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 23
2130	2130	maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $546,004,000, to 24
2131	2131	remain available until expended, consisting of such sums 25 82
2132	2132	•S 4802 RS
2133	2133	as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 1
2134	2134	2024, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust 2
2135	2135	Fund, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 3
2136	2136	Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 4
2137	2137	and up to $546,004,000 as a payment from general reve-5
2138	2138	nues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes 6
2139	2139	as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 7
2140	2140	funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 8
2141	2141	to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 9
2142	2142	111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 10
2143	2143	appropriated under this heading, $11,328,000 shall be 11
2144	2144	paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 12
2145	2145	to remain available until September 30, 2026, and 13
2146	2146	$32,120,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Tech-14
2147	2147	nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 15
2148	2148	30, 2026: Provided further, That section 122(b)(3) of 16
2149	2149	CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)) shall be applied in this 17
2150	2150	fiscal year by inserting before the period: ‘‘, including for 18
2151	2151	the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft’’: Pro-19
2152	2152	vided further, That the matter preceding the first proviso 20
2153	2153	in section 443(b) of title IV of division G of the Consoli-21
2154	2154	dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) 22
2155	2155	shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting before the 23
2156	2156	semicolon ‘‘, including for the hire, maintenance, and oper-24
2157	2157	ation of aircraft’’: Provided further, That amounts 25 83
2158	2158	•S 4802 RS
2159	2159	repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso shall con-1
2160	2160	tinue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 2
2161	2161	of division A of Public Law 118–5. 3
2162	2162	L
2163	2163	EAKINGUNDERGROUND STORAGETANKTRUSTFUND 4
2164	2164	P
2165	2165	ROGRAM 5
2166	2166	For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-6
2167	2167	ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-7
2168	2168	title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $89,371,000, to 8
2169	2169	remain available until expended, of which $64,880,000 9
2170	2170	shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 10
2171	2171	cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 11
2172	2172	Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $24,491,000 shall be for 12
2173	2173	carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-13
2174	2174	posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev-14
2175	2175	enue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 15
2176	2176	to use appropriations made available under this heading 16
2177	2177	to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal 17
2178	2178	Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized 18
2179	2179	Indian tribes for the development and implementation of 19
2180	2180	programs to manage underground storage tanks. 20
2181	2181	I
2182	2182	NLANDOILSPILLPROGRAMS 21
2183	2183	For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-22
2184	2184	mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 23
2185	2185	Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 24
2186	2186	operation of aircraft, $20,952,000, to be derived from the 25 84
2187	2187	•S 4802 RS
2188	2188	Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-1
2189	2189	pended. 2
2190	2190	S
2191	2191	TATE ANDTRIBALASSISTANCEGRANTS 3
2192	2192	For environmental programs and infrastructure as-4
2193	2193	sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-5
2194	2194	ing funds and performance partnership grants, 6
2195	2195	$4,428,488,000, to remain available until expended, of 7
2196	2196	which— 8
2197	2197	(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capital-9
2198	2198	ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 10
2199	2199	Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 11
2200	2200	Control Act; and of which $1,126,101,000 shall be 12
2201	2201	for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 13
2202	2202	Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 14
2203	2203	the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That 15
2204	2204	$362,500,000 of the funds made available for cap-16
2205	2205	italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv-17
2206	2206	ing Funds and $242,391,000 of the funds made 18
2207	2207	available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 19
2208	2208	Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the con-20
2209	2209	struction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 21
2210	2210	water infrastructure and for water quality protection 22
2211	2211	in accordance with the terms and conditions speci-23
2212	2212	fied for such grants in the report accompanying this 24
2213	2213	Act for projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drinking 25 85
2214	2214	•S 4802 RS
2215	2215	Water State Revolving Fund [SRF]’’ and ‘‘STAG— 1
2216	2216	Clean Water State Revolving Fund [SRF]’’ in the 2
2217	2217	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 3
2218	2218	Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act, and, for 4
2219	2219	purposes of these grants, each grantee shall con-5
2220	2220	tribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the 6
2221	2221	project unless the grantee is approved for a waiver 7
2222	2222	by the Agency: Provided further, That $19,000,000 8
2223	2223	of the funds appropriated under this heading for 9
2224	2224	capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Re-10
2225	2225	volving Funds and for capitalization grants for the 11
2226	2226	Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, in addition 12
2227	2227	to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 13
2228	2228	may be used by the Administrator for salaries, ex-14
2229	2229	penses, and administration for Community Project 15
2230	2230	Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 16
2231	2231	Items: Provided further, That the amounts in the 17
2232	2232	preceding proviso under this heading shall not be 18
2233	2233	available for obligation until the report, as specified 19
2234	2234	under this heading in the report accompanying this 20
2235	2235	Act is received by the Committees on Appropriations 21
2236	2236	of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 22
2237	2237	Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, to the 23
2238	2238	extent there are sufficient eligible project applica-24
2239	2239	tions and projects are consistent with State Intended 25 86
2240	2240	•S 4802 RS
2241	2241	Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds 1
2242	2242	made available under this title to each State for 2
2243	2243	Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 3
2244	2244	grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad-4
2245	2245	dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 5
2246	2246	improvements, or other environmentally innovative 6
2247	2247	activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 7
2248	2248	2025, funds made available under this title to each 8
2249	2249	State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-9
2250	2250	italization grants may, at the discretion of each 10
2251	2251	State, be used for projects to address green infra-11
2252	2252	structure, water or energy efficiency improvements, 12
2253	2253	or other environmentally innovative activities: Pro-13
2254	2254	vided further, That the Administrator is authorized 14
2255	2255	to use up to $1,500,000 of funds made available for 15
2256	2256	the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this 16
2257	2257	heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollu-17
2258	2258	tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the 18
2259	2259	Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: Provided further, 19
2260	2260	That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Fed-20
2261	2261	eral Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on 21
2262	2262	the amounts in a State water pollution control re-22
2263	2263	volving fund that may be used by a State to admin-23
2264	2264	ister the fund shall not apply to amounts included 24
2265	2265	as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal 25 87
2266	2266	•S 4802 RS
2267	2267	year 2025 and prior years where such amounts rep-1
2268	2268	resent costs of administering the fund to the extent 2
2269	2269	that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by 3
2270	2270	the Administrator, accounted for separately from 4
2271	2271	other assets in the fund, and used for eligible pur-5
2272	2272	poses of the fund, including administration: Provided 6
2273	2273	further, That for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 7
2274	2274	the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of 8
2275	2275	section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 9
2276	2276	Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 10
2277	2277	American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 11
2278	2278	Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Is-12
2279	2279	lands, and the District of Columbia may also be 13
2280	2280	made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) 14
2281	2281	solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, 15
2282	2282	specifications, and estimates for any proposed 16
2283	2283	project for the construction of treatment works; and 17
2284	2284	(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 18
2285	2285	privately owned treatment works serving one or 19
2286	2286	more principal residences or small commercial estab-20
2287	2287	lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 21
2288	2288	2025, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-22
2289	2289	sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-23
2290	2290	tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 24
2291	2291	Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 25 88
2292	2292	•S 4802 RS
2293	2293	under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 1
2294	2294	Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 2
2295	2295	(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 3
2296	2296	plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 4
2297	2297	project for the construction of treatment works; and 5
2298	2298	(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 6
2299	2299	privately owned treatment works serving one or 7
2300	2300	more principal residences or small commercial estab-8
2301	2301	lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 9
2302	2302	2025, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 10
2303	2303	Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 11
2304	2304	pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 12
2305	2305	funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 13
2306	2306	under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 14
2307	2307	for grants for training, technical assistance, and 15
2308	2308	educational programs relating to the operation and 16
2309	2309	management of the treatment works specified in sec-17
2310	2310	tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 18
2311	2311	fiscal year 2025, funds reserved under section 19
2312	2312	518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 20
2313	2313	to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 21
2314	2314	Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 22
2315	2315	determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-23
2316	2316	tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-24
2317	2317	vided further, That for fiscal year 2025, notwith-25 89
2318	2318	•S 4802 RS
2319	2319	standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 1
2320	2320	of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 2
2321	2321	total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 3
2322	2322	$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-4
2323	2323	standing the limitation on amounts in section 5
2324	2324	1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 6
2325	2325	total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 7
2326	2326	$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-8
2327	2327	ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 9
2328	2328	Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 10
2329	2329	section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 11
2330	2330	for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding the amounts 12
2331	2331	specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-13
2332	2332	lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-14
2333	2333	gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 15
2334	2334	Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 16
2335	2335	sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 17
2336	2336	be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 18
2337	2337	under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 19
2338	2338	Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 20
2339	2339	of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 21
2340	2340	Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, 22
2341	2341	notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 23
2342	2342	in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 24
2343	2343	up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 25 90
2344	2344	•S 4802 RS
2345	2345	Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 1
2346	2346	under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 2
2347	2347	by the Administrator for grants made under section 3
2348	2348	1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 4
2349	2349	further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 5
2350	2350	under this title to each State for Clean Water State 6
2351	2351	Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 7
2352	2352	of the funds made available under this title to each 8
2353	2353	State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-9
2354	2354	italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-10
2355	2355	vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 11
2356	2356	form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 12
2357	2357	loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 13
2358	2358	shall be so used by the State only where such funds 14
2359	2359	are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-15
2360	2360	cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 16
2361	2361	obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 17
2362	2362	was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 18
2363	2363	this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 19
2364	2364	the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 20
2365	2365	concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 21
2366	2366	such funds could be used to help address a threat 22
2367	2367	to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 23
2368	2368	drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 24
2369	2369	declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 25 91
2370	2370	•S 4802 RS
2371	2371	health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-1
2372	2372	ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-2
2373	2373	ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 3
2374	2374	in which such an emergency declaration has been 4
2375	2375	issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 5
2376	2376	the funds made available under this title to the 6
2377	2377	State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-7
2378	2378	italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-8
2379	2379	gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith-9
2380	2380	standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 10
2381	2381	Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 11
2382	2382	reserve up to $12,000,000 of the amounts made 12
2383	2383	available for fiscal year 2025 for making capitaliza-13
2384	2384	tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 14
2385	2385	Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu-15
2386	2386	lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 16
2387	2387	such Act: Provided further, That the funds made 17
2388	2388	available under this heading for Community Project 18
2389	2389	Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grants 19
2390	2390	in this or prior appropriations Acts are not subject 20
2391	2391	to compliance with Federal procurement require-21
2392	2392	ments for competition and methods of procurement 22
2393	2393	applicable to Federal financial assistance, if a Com-23
2394	2394	munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 24
2395	2395	Spending recipient has procured services or products 25 92
2396	2396	•S 4802 RS
2397	2397	through contracts entered into prior to the date of 1
2398	2398	enactment of this legislation that complied with 2
2399	2399	state and/or local laws governing competition: Pro-3
2400	2400	vided further, That the Administrator may provide 4
2401	2401	funding by grant or cooperative agreement to States 5
2402	2402	to administer or to support administration of any 6
2403	2403	Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-7
2404	2404	rected Spending project when the State and the 8
2405	2405	project recipient agree on such administration: Pro-9
2406	2406	vided further, That of the funds made available to 10
2407	2407	the Administrator to administer the Community 11
2408	2408	Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 12
2409	2409	projects, the Administrator may provide funding 13
2410	2410	through grant or cooperative agreement to the 14
2411	2411	States which administer Community Project 15
2412	2412	Funding/ Congressional Directed Spending projects 16
2413	2413	on a pro rata bases: Provided further, That when a 17
2414	2414	State administers the grant or cooperative agree-18
2415	2415	ment for any Community Project Funding/ Congres-19
2416	2416	sionally Directed Spending projects, the projects will 20
2417	2417	be subject to the same requirements that apply to 21
2418	2418	the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking 22
2419	2419	Water State Revolving Fund project grants: Pro-23
2420	2420	vided further, That the funds made available under 24
2421	2421	this heading for Community Project Funding/ Con-25 93
2422	2422	•S 4802 RS
2423	2423	gressionally Directed Spending grants in this or 1
2424	2424	prior appropriations Acts are not subject to compli-2
2425	2425	ance with Federal procurement requirements for 3
2426	2426	competition and methods of procurement applicable 4
2427	2427	to Federal financial assistance, if a Community 5
2428	2428	Project Funding/ Congressionally Directed Spending 6
2429	2429	recipient has procured services or products through 7
2430	2430	contracts that were entered into in compliance with 8
2431	2431	State and/or local laws governing competitions: Pro-9
2432	2432	vided further, That when a State does not administer 10
2433	2433	or support administration of any Community Project 11
2434	2434	Funding/ Congressionally Directed Spending project, 12
2435	2435	the Environmental Protection Agency shall continue 13
2436	2436	to administer such projects: Provided further, That 14
2437	2437	the Administrator may provide funding to the U.S. 15
2438	2438	Department of Health and Human Services to ad-16
2439	2439	minister or to support administration of any Com-17
2440	2440	munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 18
2441	2441	Spending project for Tribal recipients when the U.S. 19
2442	2442	Department of Health and Human Services and the 20
2443	2443	Tribal project recipient agree; 21
2444	2444	(2) $35,500,000 shall be for architectural, engi-22
2445	2445	neering, planning, design, construction and related 23
2446	2446	activities in connection with the construction of high 24
2447	2447	priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 25 94
2448	2448	•S 4802 RS
2449	2449	of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-1
2450	2450	tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-2
2451	2451	vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 3
2452	2452	Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-4
2453	2453	ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 5
2454	2454	United States along the United States-Mexico bor-6
2455	2455	der shall be made available to a county or municipal 7
2456	2456	government unless that government has established 8
2457	2457	an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 9
2458	2458	which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 10
2459	2459	or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 11
2460	2460	the development within an existing colonia the con-12
2461	2461	struction of any new home, business, or other struc-13
2462	2462	ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-14
2463	2463	essary infrastructure; 15
2464	2464	(3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 16
2465	2465	of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 17
2466	2466	infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-18
2467	2467	lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 19
2468	2468	of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 20
2469	2469	no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 21
2470	2470	for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 22
2471	2471	the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 23
2472	2472	with the Statewide priority list established in con-24
2473	2473	junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 25 95
2474	2474	•S 4802 RS
2475	2475	of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 1
2476	2476	and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-2
2477	2477	ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 3
2478	2478	Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 4
2479	2479	the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 5
2480	2480	(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 6
2481	2481	than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 7
2482	2482	in regional hub communities; 8
2483	2483	(4) $99,386,000 shall be to carry out section 9
2484	2484	104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-10
2485	2485	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 11
2486	2486	(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-12
2487	2487	ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-13
2488	2488	vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 14
2489	2489	assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 15
2490	2490	further, That for purposes of this section, the term 16
2491	2491	‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 17
2492	2492	has had 20 percent or more of its population living 18
2493	2493	in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 19
2494	2494	the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 20
2495	2495	the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 21
2496	2496	Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 22
2497	2497	territory or possession of the United States; 23
2498	2498	(5) $91,000,000 shall be for grants under title 24
2499	2499	VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 25 96
2500	2500	•S 4802 RS
2501	2501	(6) $68,860,000 shall be for targeted airshed 1
2502	2502	grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 2
2503	2503	in the report accompanying this Act; 3
2504	2504	(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under sub-4
2505	2505	sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 5
2506	2506	Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Pro-6
2507	2507	vided, That for fiscal year 2025, funds provided 7
2508	2508	under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 8
2509	2509	such Act may be used— 9
2510	2510	(A) by a State to provide assistance to 10
2511	2511	benefit one or more owners of drinking water 11
2512	2512	wells that are not public water systems or con-12
2513	2513	nected to a public water system for necessary 13
2514	2514	and appropriate activities related to a contami-14
2515	2515	nant pursuant to subsection (j) of such section 15
2516	2516	of such Act; and 16
2517	2517	(B) to support a community described in 17
2518	2518	subsection (c)(2) of such section of such Act; 18
2519	2519	(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-19
2520	2520	tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 20
2521	2521	U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 21
2522	2522	(9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-22
2523	2523	tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 23
2524	2524	U.S.C. 300j–19b); 24 97
2525	2525	•S 4802 RS
2526	2526	(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-1
2527	2527	tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 2
2528	2528	U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 3
2529	2529	(11) $27,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-4
2530	2530	tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-5
2531	2531	trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 6
2532	2532	(12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-7
2533	2533	tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 8
2534	2534	(33 U.S.C. 1301); 9
2535	2535	(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under sec-10
2536	2536	tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 11
2537	2537	Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 12
2538	2538	(14) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-13
2539	2539	tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 14
2540	2540	4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 15
2541	2541	for administrative costs to carry out such section: 16
2542	2542	Provided, That notwithstanding section 302(a) of 17
2543	2543	such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 18
2544	2544	pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia 19
2545	2545	consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR 20
2546	2546	35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Okla-21
2547	2547	homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-22
2548	2548	rior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Pub-23
2549	2549	lic Law 92–203; 24 98
2550	2550	•S 4802 RS
2551	2551	(15) $9,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-1
2552	2552	tion 103(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act for wildfire 2
2553	2553	smoke preparedness grants in accordance with the 3
2554	2554	terms and conditions in the report accompanying 4
2555	2555	this Act: Provided, That not more than 3 percent 5
2556	2556	shall be for administrative costs to carry out such 6
2557	2557	section; 7
2558	2558	(16) $26,297,000 shall be for projects specified 8
2559	2559	for STAG–Other in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally 9
2560	2560	Directed Spending Items’’ in the report accom-10
2561	2561	panying this Act; 11
2562	2562	(17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under sec-12
2563	2563	tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 13
2564	2564	U.S.C. 300j–19g); 14
2565	2565	(18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-15
2566	2566	tion 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act 16
2567	2567	of 2018 (Public Law 115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c 17
2568	2568	note): Provided, That the Administrator may award 18
2569	2569	grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, inter-19
2570	2570	tribal consortia, public or private agencies, institu-20
2571	2571	tions, organizations, and individuals, without regard 21
2572	2572	to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 22
2573	2573	6101 of title 41, United States Code, and enter into 23
2574	2574	interagency agreements as appropriate; 24 99
2575	2575	•S 4802 RS
2576	2576	(19) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-1
2577	2577	tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 2
2578	2578	Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 1302f(b); Public Law 117–58); 3
2579	2579	(20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under sec-4
2580	2580	tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 5
2581	2581	(33 U.S.C. 1276); 6
2582	2582	(21) $3,000,000 shall be for grants for remedi-7
2583	2583	ation of above ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to 8
2584	2584	Public Law 106–554; and 9
2585	2585	(22) $1,113,833,000 shall be for grants, includ-10
2586	2586	ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-11
2587	2587	erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 12
2588	2588	consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 13
2589	2589	multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 14
2590	2590	control and abatement, and related activities, includ-15
2591	2591	ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 16
2592	2592	under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 17
2593	2593	making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 18
2594	2594	Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-19
2595	2595	lection activities subject to terms and conditions 20
2596	2596	specified by the Administrator, and under section 21
2597	2597	2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 22
2598	2598	States in developing and implementing programs for 23
2599	2599	control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 24
2600	2600	$46,750,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 25 100
2601	2601	•S 4802 RS
2602	2602	CERCLA; $9,500,000 shall be for Environmental 1
2603	2603	Information Exchange Network grants, including as-2
2604	2604	sociated program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be 3
2605	2605	for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 4
2606	2606	Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 5
2607	2607	to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 6
2608	2608	Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 7
2609	2609	to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-8
2610	2610	posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 9
2611	2611	Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 10
2612	2612	Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds 11
2613	2613	available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 12
2614	2614	Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-13
2615	2615	ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-14
2616	2616	veys of water resources and enhancements to State 15
2617	2617	monitoring programs. 16
2618	2618	W
2619	2619	ATERINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE ANDINNOVATION 17
2620	2620	P
2621	2621	ROGRAMACCOUNT 18
2622	2622	For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-19
2623	2623	anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 20
2624	2624	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $64,634,000, to re-21
2625	2625	main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 22
2626	2626	including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-23
2627	2627	fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 24
2628	2628	1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 25 101
2629	2629	•S 4802 RS
2630	2630	subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-1
2631	2631	rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 2
2632	2632	principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 3
2633	2633	is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro-4
2634	2634	vided further, That of the funds made available under this 5
2635	2635	heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 6
2636	2636	direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 7
2637	2637	projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra-8
2638	2638	structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 9
2639	2639	infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec-10
2640	2640	tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 11
2641	2641	of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 12
2642	2642	heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 13
2643	2643	loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri-14
2644	2644	teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 15
2645	2645	(85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 16
2646	2646	heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 17
2647	2647	Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli-18
2648	2648	dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 19
2649	2649	Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 20
2650	2650	guarantee authority made available under this heading 21
2651	2651	shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 22
2652	2652	and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 23
2653	2653	have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 24
2654	2654	or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 25 102
2655	2655	•S 4802 RS
2656	2656	with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro-1
2657	2657	vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 2
2658	2658	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 3
2659	2659	Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin-4
2660	2660	istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor-5
2661	2661	mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of Inter-6
2662	2662	est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 7
2663	2663	of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist-8
2664	2664	ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova-9
2665	2665	tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 10
2666	2666	was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 11
2667	2667	of this Act. 12
2668	2668	In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 13
2669	2669	to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 14
2670	2670	Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 15
2671	2671	in this account, to remain available until expended. 16
2672	2672	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 17
2673	2673	the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 18
2674	2674	section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-19
2675	2675	novation Act of 2014, $7,744,000, to remain available 20
2676	2676	until September 30, 2026. 21 103
2677	2677	•S 4802 RS
2678	2678	ADMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 1
2679	2679	P
2680	2680	ROTECTIONAGENCY 2
2681	2681	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
2682	2682	For fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 4
2683	2683	6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-5
2684	2684	mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 6
2685	2685	function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-7
2686	2686	grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 8
2687	2687	acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-9
2688	2688	ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 10
2689	2689	consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 11
2690	2690	the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 12
2691	2691	programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 13
2692	2692	except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-14
2693	2693	ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 15
2694	2694	agreements. 16
2695	2695	The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 17
2696	2696	Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-18
2697	2697	istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 19
2698	2698	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 20
2699	2699	U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 21
2700	2700	Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-22
2701	2701	secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 23
2702	2702	U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-24 104
2703	2703	•S 4802 RS
2704	2704	mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 1
2705	2705	33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2025. 2
2706	2706	The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 3
2707	2707	Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord-4
2708	2708	ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 5
2709	2709	(42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2025, to remain avail-6
2710	2710	able until expended. 7
2711	2711	The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 8
2712	2712	$371,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 9
2713	2713	Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-10
2714	2714	mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 11
2715	2715	Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 12
2716	2716	such head, to carry out activities that would support the 13
2717	2717	Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 14
2718	2718	Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 15
2719	2719	to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 16
2720	2720	such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-17
2721	2721	tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-18
2722	2722	profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-19
2723	2723	ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 20
2724	2724	in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 21
2725	2725	and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 22
2726	2726	The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-23
2727	2727	grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-24
2728	2728	ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 25 105
2729	2729	•S 4802 RS
2730	2730	Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-1
2731	2731	able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 2
2732	2732	and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 3
2733	2733	not exceed $300,000 per project. 4
2734	2734	For fiscal year 2025, and notwithstanding section 5
2735	2735	518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 6
2736	2736	U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 7
2737	2737	the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 8
2738	2738	319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 9
2739	2739	to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 10
2740	2740	The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 11
2741	2741	appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-12
2742	2742	grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2025 to provide 13
2743	2743	grants to implement the Southeast New England Water-14
2744	2744	shed Restoration Program. 15
2745	2745	Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-16
2746	2746	tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 17
2747	2747	Act, not less than $2,535,714 of the funds made available 18
2748	2748	under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 19
2749	2749	be for making competitive awards described in section 20
2750	2750	320(g)(4). 21
2751	2751	For fiscal year 2025, the Office of Chemical Safety 22
2752	2752	and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 23
2753	2753	using funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environ-24
2754	2754	mental Programs and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and 25 106
2755	2755	•S 4802 RS
2756	2756	Technology’’, contract directly with individuals or indi-1
2757	2757	rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 2
2758	2758	regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 3
2759	2759	personal services of students or recent graduates, who 4
2760	2760	shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 5
2761	2761	57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-6
2762	2762	pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 7
2763	2763	of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 8
2764	2764	but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 9
2765	2765	any other purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this 10
2766	2766	purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 11
2767	2767	Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 12
2768	2768	exceed $2,000,000. 13
2769	2769	In this fiscal year and each fiscal year through 2030, 14
2770	2770	the Administrator may, after consultation with the Office 15
2771	2771	of Personnel Management, employ up to 75 persons at any 16
2772	2772	one time in the Office of Research and Development and 17
2773	2773	25 persons at any one time in the Office of Chemical Safe-18
2774	2774	ty and Pollution Prevention pursuant to the authority pro-19
2775	2775	vided in 42 U.S.C. 209. 20
2776	2776	The Environmental Protection agency shall provide 21
2777	2777	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
2778	2778	resentatives and Senate with copies of any available De-23
2779	2779	partment of Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund 24
2780	2780	receipts collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117– 25 107
2781	2781	•S 4802 RS
2782	2782	169 and section 80201 of Public Law 117–58, an annual 1
2783	2783	operating plan for such receipts showing amounts allo-2
2784	2784	cated by program area and program project, and quarterly 3
2785	2785	reports for such receipts of obligated balances by program 4
2786	2786	area and program project. 5 108
2787	2787	•S 4802 RS
2788	2788	TITLE III 1
2789	2789	RELATED AGENCIES 2
2790	2790	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3
2791	2791	OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 4
2792	2792	RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 5
2793	2793	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 6
2794	2794	Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 7
2795	2795	$1,000,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 8
2796	2796	Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-9
2797	2797	ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 10
2798	2798	to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-11
2799	2799	fice. 12
2800	2800	F
2801	2801	ORESTSERVICE 13
2802	2802	FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 14
2803	2803	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15
2804	2804	For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 16
2805	2805	otherwise provided for, $1,207,128,000, to remain avail-17
2806	2806	able through September 30, 2028: Provided, That a por-18
2807	2807	tion of the funds made available under this heading shall 19
2808	2808	be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 20
2809	2809	Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Performance 21
2810	2810	Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 22
2811	2811	Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administra-23
2812	2812	tive and general management support functions: Provided 24
2813	2813	further, That funds provided under this heading shall be 25 109
2814	2814	•S 4802 RS
2815	2815	available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 1
2816	2816	leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, 2
2817	2817	general management and other Forest Service support 3
2818	2818	functions take place; the costs of all utility and tele-4
2819	2819	communication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as 5
2820	2820	business services; and, for information technology, includ-6
2821	2821	ing cybersecurity requirements: Provided further, That 7
2822	2822	funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-8
2823	2823	essary expenses to carry out administrative and general 9
2824	2824	management support functions of the Forest Service not 10
2825	2825	otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation: 11
2826	2826	Provided further, That of the funds made available under 12
2827	2827	this heading, $550,600,000 is designated by the Congress 13
2828	2828	as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-14
2829	2829	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-15
2830	2830	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16
2831	2831	FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 17
2832	2832	For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-18
2833	2833	search as authorized by law, $319,124,000, to remain 19
2834	2834	available through September 30, 2028: Provided, That of 20
2835	2835	the funds provided, $33,697,000 is for the forest inventory 21
2836	2836	and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori-22
2837	2837	ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 23
2838	2838	grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 24
2839	2839	the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 25 110
2840	2840	•S 4802 RS
2841	2841	also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 1
2842	2842	Science Research. 2
2843	2843	STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY 3
2844	2844	For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-4
2845	2845	viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-5
2846	2846	tories, possessions, tribes, and others, and for forest 6
2847	2847	health management, including for invasive plants, and 7
2848	2848	conducting an international program and trade activities 8
2849	2849	as authorized, $314,481,000, to remain available through 9
2850	2850	September 30, 2028, as authorized by law, of which 10
2851	2851	$14,923,000 shall be for projects specified for Forest Re-11
2852	2852	source Information and Analysis in the table titled ‘‘Con-12
2853	2853	gressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the report ac-13
2854	2854	companying this Act. 14
2855	2855	NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 15
2856	2856	For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 16
2857	2857	otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-17
2858	2858	provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 18
2859	2859	and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 19
2860	2860	such lands, $2,009,697,000, to remain available through 20
2861	2861	September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the funds pro-21
2862	2862	vided, $34,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 22
2863	2863	Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora-23
2864	2864	tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro-24
2865	2865	vided further, That for the funds provided in the preceding 25 111
2866	2866	•S 4802 RS
2867	2867	proviso, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public 1
2868	2868	Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 2
2869	2869	7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘20’’ for 3
2870	2870	‘‘10’’ and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Public 4
2871	2871	Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 5
2872	2872	7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘4’’ for 6
2873	2873	‘‘2’’: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 7
2874	2874	$42,000,000 shall be for forest products: Provided further, 8
2875	2875	That of the funds provided, $208,548,000 shall be for haz-9
2876	2876	ardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 10
2877	2877	$30,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au-11
2878	2878	thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State, 12
2879	2879	Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appropriation, for the pur-13
2880	2880	pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 14
2881	2881	from National Forest System lands: Provided further, 15
2882	2882	That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels manage-16
2883	2883	ment activities, no more than 15 percent of such funds 17
2884	2884	may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to, with re-18
2885	2885	spect to Federal land, or on non-Federal land if the Sec-19
2886	2886	retary determines such activities benefit resources on Fed-20
2887	2887	eral land, enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 21
2888	2888	agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, 22
2889	2889	issue grants for procurement contracts or cooperative 23
2890	2890	agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, or 24
2891	2891	pay for training or monitoring associated with such haz-25 112
2892	2892	•S 4802 RS
2893	2893	ardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on 1
2894	2894	non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such activi-2
2895	2895	ties benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 3
2896	2896	That funds made available to implement the Community 4
2897	2897	Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, 5
2898	2898	shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accord-6
2899	2899	ance with authorities made available to the Forest Service 7
2900	2900	under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appro-8
2901	2901	priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9
2902	2902	33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 10
2903	2903	1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 11
2904	2904	for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 12
2905	2905	of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As-13
2906	2906	sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 14
2907	2907	approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 15
2908	2908	in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred, 16
2909	2909	and that the amount credited shall remain available to the 17
2910	2910	Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro-18
2911	2911	priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 19
2912	2912	each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con-20
2913	2913	servation practices approved by the Secretary: Provided 21
2914	2914	further, That funds appropriated to this account shall be 22
2915	2915	available for the base salary and expenses of employees 23
2916	2916	that carry out the functions funded by the ‘‘Capital Im-24
2917	2917	provement and Maintenance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Better-25 113
2918	2918	•S 4802 RS
2919	2919	ment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Management of National 1
2920	2920	Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ account. 2
2921	2921	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 3
2922	2922	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
2923	2923	For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 5
2924	2924	otherwise provided for, $179,701,000, to remain available 6
2925	2925	through September 30, 2028, for construction, capital im-7
2926	2926	provement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and 8
2927	2927	other facilities and infrastructure; for construction, recon-9
2928	2928	struction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 10
2929	2929	longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 11
2930	2930	part of the transportation system; and for maintenance 12
2931	2931	of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author-13
2932	2932	ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 14
2933	2933	Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities author-15
2934	2934	ized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That 16
2935	2935	$21,201,000 shall be for projects specified for Construc-17
2936	2936	tion Projects in the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed 18
2937	2937	Spending Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 19
2938	2938	Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 20
2939	2939	year 2025 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 21
2940	2940	501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 22
2941	2941	Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga-23
2942	2942	tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-24
2943	2943	priated. 25 114
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2945	2945	ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL 1
2946	2946	ACTS 2
2947	2947	For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-3
2948	2948	aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 4
2949	2949	Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-5
2950	2950	geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 6
2951	2951	Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 7
2952	2952	Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 8
2953	2953	law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 9
2954	2954	ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 10
2955	2955	For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 11
2956	2956	from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-12
2957	2957	ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-13
2958	2958	thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-14
2959	2959	posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 15
2960	2960	Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 16
2961	2961	(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 17
2962	2962	30, 2028, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 18
2963	2963	586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 19
2964	2964	Law 78–310). 20
2965	2965	RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 21
2966	2966	For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-22
2967	2967	tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-23
2968	2968	ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-24
2969	2969	mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 25 115
2970	2970	•S 4802 RS
2971	2971	Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 1
2972	2972	Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 2
2973	2973	2028, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 3
2974	2974	for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 4
2975	2975	range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 5
2976	2976	GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 6
2977	2977	RANGELAND RESEARCH 7
2978	2978	For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 8
2979	2979	$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028, 9
2980	2980	to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 10
2981	2981	above Act. 11
2982	2982	MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 12
2983	2983	SUBSISTENCE USES 13
2984	2984	For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-14
2985	2985	age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 15
2986	2986	title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-16
2987	2987	tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 17
2988	2988	available through September 30, 2028. 18
2989	2989	WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 19
2990	2990	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20
2991	2991	For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 21
2992	2992	activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 22
2993	2993	wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 23
2994	2994	other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-24
2995	2995	gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-25 116
2996	2996	•S 4802 RS
2997	2997	tem lands and water, $2,438,611,000, to remain available 1
2998	2998	until expended: Provided, That such funds, including un-2
2999	2999	obligated balances under this heading, are available for re-3
3000	3000	payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 4
3001	3001	previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 5
3002	3002	That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis-6
3003	3003	cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-7
3004	3004	ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 8
3005	3005	further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 9
3006	3006	State and other cooperating entities for services provided 10
3007	3007	in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 11
3008	3008	to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 12
3009	3009	for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 13
3010	3010	emergency management agency: Provided further, That 14
3011	3011	funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 15
3012	3012	emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 16
3013	3013	implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-17
3014	3014	eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 18
3015	3015	shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-19
3016	3016	vided further, That funds made available under this head-20
3017	3017	ing in this Act and unobligated balances made available 21
3018	3018	under this heading in prior Acts, other than amounts des-22
3019	3019	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-23
3020	3020	quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 24
3021	3021	budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 25 117
3022	3022	•S 4802 RS
3023	3023	Control Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any 1
3024	3024	other funds made available for such purpose, to continue 2
3025	3025	uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter base salary 3
3026	3026	increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public 4
3027	3027	Law 117–58: Provided further, That of the funds made 5
3028	3028	available under this heading, $2,438,611,000 is des-6
3029	3029	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-7
3030	3030	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-8
3031	3031	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 9
3032	3032	Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 10
3033	3033	heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire 11
3034	3034	suppression operations, and is provided to meet the terms 12
3035	3035	of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 13
3036	3036	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14
3037	3037	WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 15
3038	3038	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16
3039	3039	In addition to the amounts provided under the head-17
3040	3040	ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 18
3041	3041	Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-19
3042	3042	ations, $2,390,000,000, to remain available until trans-20
3043	3043	ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 21
3044	3044	purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 22
3045	3045	and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 23
3046	3046	That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 24
3047	3047	with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart-25 118
3048	3048	•S 4802 RS
3049	3049	ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 1
3050	3050	Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri-2
3051	3051	culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 3
3052	3052	wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 4
3053	3053	such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 5
3054	3054	amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-6
3055	3055	agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 7
3056	3056	the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 8
3057	3057	of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 9
3058	3058	that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 10
3059	3059	under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 11
3060	3060	to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 12
3061	3061	be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 13
3062	3062	transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-14
3063	3063	tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro-15
3064	3064	vided further, That, in determining whether all wildfire 16
3065	3065	suppression operations funds appropriated under the 17
3066	3066	heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior 18
3067	3067	appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agri-19
3068	3068	culture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 20
3069	3069	within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 21
3070	3070	funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 22
3071	3071	to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 23
3072	3072	excluded. 24 119
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3074	3074	COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 1
3075	3075	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
3076	3076	Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-3
3077	3077	tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 4
3078	3078	2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe-5
3079	3079	cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 6
3080	3080	shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 7
3081	3081	(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-8
3082	3082	able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 9
3083	3083	be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 10
3084	3084	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FOREST SERVICE 11
3085	3085	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12
3086	3086	Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 13
3087	3087	fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 14
3088	3088	motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 15
3089	3089	from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 16
3090	3090	lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 17
3091	3091	to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 18
3092	3092	wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 19
3093	3093	notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 20
3094	3094	being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 21
3095	3095	trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 22
3096	3096	replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 23
3097	3097	2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 24
3098	3098	5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 25 120
3099	3099	•S 4802 RS
3100	3100	buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 1
3101	3101	(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-2
3102	3102	suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 3
3103	3103	Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 4
3104	3104	558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 5
3105	3105	authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-6
3106	3106	lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 7
3107	3107	Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 8
3108	3108	Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 9
3109	3109	Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 10
3110	3110	of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 11
3111	3111	Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 12
3112	3112	transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in-13
3113	3113	crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 14
3114	3114	in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-15
3115	3115	ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 16
3116	3116	other transfer authority provided by law. 17
3117	3117	Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 18
3118	3118	Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-19
3119	3119	ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-20
3120	3120	habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 21
3121	3121	under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 22
3122	3122	burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-23
3123	3123	tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-24
3124	3124	priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 25 121
3125	3125	•S 4802 RS
3126	3126	under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 1
3127	3127	obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 2
3128	3128	pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup-3
3129	3129	plemental appropriation which must be requested as 4
3130	3130	promptly as possible. 5
3131	3131	Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 6
3132	3132	the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 7
3133	3133	transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 8
3134	3134	fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 9
3135	3135	fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 10
3136	3136	expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 11
3137	3137	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 12
3138	3138	Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-13
3139	3139	cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 14
3140	3140	this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 15
3141	3141	or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-16
3142	3142	ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 17
3143	3143	burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro-18
3144	3144	vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 19
3145	3145	through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That none 20
3146	3146	of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 21
3147	3147	be available for obligation without written notification to 22
3148	3148	and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-23
3149	3149	tions of both Houses of Congress. 24 122
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3151	3151	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 1
3152	3152	available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-2
3153	3153	national Development in connection with forest and range-3
3154	3154	land research, technical information, and assistance in for-4
3155	3155	eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 5
3156	3156	and related natural resource activities outside the United 6
3157	3157	States and its territories and possessions, including tech-7
3158	3158	nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 8
3159	3159	with United States government, private sector, and inter-9
3160	3160	national organizations: Provided, That the Forest Service, 10
3161	3161	acting for the International Program, may sign direct 11
3162	3162	funding agreements with foreign governments and institu-12
3163	3163	tions as well as other domestic agencies (including the 13
3164	3164	U.S. Agency for International Development, the Depart-14
3165	3165	ment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora-15
3166	3166	tion), United States private sector firms, institutions and 16
3167	3167	organizations to provide technical assistance and training 17
3168	3168	programs on forestry and rangeland management: Pro-18
3169	3169	vided further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic 19
3170	3170	and international research and cooperation, the Inter-20
3171	3171	national Program may utilize all authorities related to for-21
3172	3172	estry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless of 22
3173	3173	program designations. 23
3174	3174	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 24
3175	3175	available to enter into a cooperative agreement with the 25 123
3176	3176	•S 4802 RS
3177	3177	section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Serv-1
3178	3178	ice International Foundation’’ to assist the Foundation in 2
3179	3179	meeting administrative, project, and other expenses, and 3
3180	3180	may provide for the Foundation’s use of Forest Service 4
3181	3181	personnel and facilities. 5
3182	3182	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 6
3183	3183	available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 7
3184	3184	of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 8
3185	3185	preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 9
3186	3186	from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-10
3187	3187	ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 11
3188	3188	such lands. 12
3189	3189	None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-13
3190	3190	ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 14
3191	3191	year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 15
3192	3192	section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 16
3193	3193	Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 17
3194	3194	106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 18
3195	3195	Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 19
3196	3196	Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 20
3197	3197	Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 21
3198	3198	Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 22
3199	3199	$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 23
3200	3200	be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-24
3201	3201	partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 25 124
3202	3202	•S 4802 RS
3203	3203	as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing in this 1
3204	3204	paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 2
3205	3205	agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 3
3206	3206	obtain information technology services, including tele-4
3207	3207	communications and system modifications or enhance-5
3208	3208	ments, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department 6
3209	3209	of Agriculture. 7
3210	3210	Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 8
3211	3211	$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 9
3212	3212	the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 10
3213	3213	out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 11
3214	3214	out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 12
3215	3215	of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 13
3216	3216	Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 14
3217	3217	is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 15
3218	3218	reception and representation expenses. 16
3219	3219	Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 17
3220	3220	Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 18
3221	3221	up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 19
3222	3222	National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-20
3223	3223	ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 21
3224	3224	without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 22
3225	3225	for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 23
3226	3226	lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 24
3227	3227	That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-25 125
3228	3228	•S 4802 RS
3229	3229	tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-1
3230	3230	istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 2
3231	3231	shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 3
3232	3232	assistance, private contributions to match funds made 4
3233	3233	available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 5
3234	3234	basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 6
3235	3235	Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 7
3236	3236	a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 8
3237	3237	the non-Federal matching funds. 9
3238	3238	Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 10
3239	3239	up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 11
3240	3240	Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 12
3241	3241	Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 13
3242	3242	projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 14
3243	3243	on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 15
3244	3244	to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 16
3245	3245	shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 17
3246	3246	Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 18
3247	3247	the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 19
3248	3248	or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 20
3249	3249	that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 21
3250	3250	funds. 22
3251	3251	Any amounts made available to the Forest Service 23
3252	3252	in this fiscal year, including available collections, may be 24
3253	3253	used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 25 126
3254	3254	•S 4802 RS
3255	3255	Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial 1
3256	3256	assistance grants and cooperative agreements to support 2
3257	3257	forest or grassland collaboratives in the accomplishment 3
3258	3258	of activities benefitting both the public and the National 4
3259	3259	Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal 5
3260	3260	lands. Eligible activities are those that will improve or en-6
3261	3261	hance Federal investments, resources, or lands, including 7
3262	3262	for collaborative and collaboration-based activities, includ-8
3263	3263	ing but not limited to facilitation, planning, and imple-9
3264	3264	menting projects, technical assistance, administrative 10
3265	3265	functions, operational support, participant costs, and 11
3266	3266	other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest 12
3267	3267	Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities (de-13
3268	3268	fined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local gov-14
3269	3269	ernments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organi-15
3270	3270	zations, and educational institutions. The Secretary of Ag-16
3271	3271	riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 17
3272	3272	may enter into such cooperative agreements notwith-18
3273	3273	standing chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary deter-19
3274	3274	mines that the public interest will be benefited and that 20
3275	3275	there exists a mutual interest other than monetary consid-21
3276	3276	erations. Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of 22
3277	3277	Federal Regulations shall be publicly advertised and re-23
3278	3278	quire competition when required by such Title 2. For those 24
3279	3279	transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal 25 127
3280	3280	•S 4802 RS
3281	3281	Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 1
3282	3282	and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘for-2
3283	3283	est and grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individ-3
3284	3284	uals or entities with diverse interests participating in a 4
3285	3285	cooperative process to share knowledge, ideas, and re-5
3286	3286	sources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement 6
3287	3287	of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent 7
3288	3288	non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance of 8
3289	3289	public access to Federal lands, or the reduction of risk 9
3290	3290	to such lands caused by natural disasters. 10
3291	3291	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the 11
3292	3292	headings ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Forest and 12
3293	3293	Rangeland Research’’ may be used for expenses associated 13
3294	3294	with primary and secondary schooling for dependents of 14
3295	3295	agency personnel stationed in Puerto Rico, who are sub-15
3296	3296	ject to transfer and reassignment to other locations in the 16
3297	3297	United States, at a cost not in excess of those authorized 17
3298	3298	for the Department of Defense for the same area, when 18
3299	3299	it is determined by the Chief of the Forest Service that 19
3300	3300	public schools available in the locality are unable to pro-20
3301	3301	vide adequately for the education of such dependents; Pro-21
3302	3302	vided, That Congress hereby ratifies and approves pay-22
3303	3303	ments for such purposes to agency employees stationed in 23
3304	3304	Puerto Rico made by the Forest Service after August 2, 24
3305	3305	2005, in accordance with the 19th unnumbered paragraph 25 128
3306	3306	•S 4802 RS
3307	3307	under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest 1
3308	3308	Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109–54, as amended. 2
3309	3309	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 3
3310	3310	available for interactions with and providing technical as-4
3311	3311	sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 5
3312	3312	businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 6
3313	3313	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 7
3314	3314	available for payments to counties within the Columbia 8
3315	3315	River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 9
3316	3316	14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 10
3317	3317	663. 11
3318	3318	Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 12
3319	3319	be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-13
3320	3320	tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 14
3321	3321	U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 15
3322	3322	The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-16
3323	3323	pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 17
3324	3324	maintenance and decommissioning. 18
3325	3325	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 19
3326	3326	appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 20
3327	3327	not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-21
3328	3328	fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-22
3329	3329	culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-23
3330	3330	sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 24
3331	3331	Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 25 129
3332	3332	•S 4802 RS
3333	3333	reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 1
3334	3334	unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 2
3335	3335	justifications for both the Forest Service and the Depart-3
3336	3336	ment of Agriculture should clearly display the sums pre-4
3337	3337	viously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 5
3338	3338	An eligible individual who is employed in any project 6
3339	3339	funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 7
3340	3340	(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 8
3341	3341	Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 9
3342	3342	purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 10
3343	3343	The Forest Service may employ or contract with an 11
3344	3344	individual who is enrolled in a training program at a long-12
3345	3345	standing Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in sec-13
3346	3346	tion 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 14
3347	3347	Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for nec-15
3348	3348	essary hours of work on National Forest System lands. 16
3349	3349	Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 17
3350	3350	available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 18
3351	3351	and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 19
3352	3352	by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 20
3353	3353	Technology and Applications Center, National Applica-21
3354	3354	tions Liaison Office, Job Corps, and National Technology 22
3355	3355	and Development Program. 23 130
3356	3356	•S 4802 RS
3357	3357	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 1
3358	3358	SERVICES 2
3359	3359	I
3360	3360	NDIANHEALTHSERVICE 3
3361	3361	INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 4
3362	3362	For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-5
3363	3363	gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-6
3364	3364	tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 7
3365	3365	Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 8
3366	3366	Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-9
3367	3367	ice, $249,761,000, to remain available until September 30, 10
3368	3368	2026, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be 11
3369	3369	in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 12
3370	3370	heading that become available on October 1, 2024; in ad-13
3371	3371	dition, $278,018,000, to remain available until September 14
3372	3372	30, 2026, for the Electronic Health Record System and 15
3373	3373	the Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which 16
3374	3374	$74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 17
3375	3375	Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 18
3376	3376	typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac-19
3377	3377	count; and, in addition, $4,933,790,000, which shall be-20
3378	3378	come available on October 1, 2025, and remain available 21
3379	3379	through September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided 22
3380	3380	herein; together with payments received during the fiscal 23
3381	3381	year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public 24
3382	3382	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for serv-25 131
3383	3383	•S 4802 RS
3384	3384	ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 1
3385	3385	That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza-2
3386	3386	tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 3
3387	3387	agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De-4
3388	3388	termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 5
3389	3389	U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 6
3390	3390	of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 7
3391	3391	available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 8
3392	3392	year limitation: Provided further, That from the amounts 9
3393	3393	that become available on October 1, 2025, $2,500,000 10
3394	3394	shall be available for grants or contracts with public or 11
3395	3395	private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment 12
3396	3396	services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification serv-13
3397	3397	ices: Provided further, That from the amounts that become 14
3398	3398	available on October 1, 2025, $1,005,356,000 shall remain 15
3399	3399	available until expended for Purchased/Referred Care: 16
3400	3400	Provided further, That of the total amount specified in the 17
3401	3401	preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred Care, 18
3402	3402	$54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health 19
3403	3403	Emergency Fund: Provided further, That from the 20
3404	3404	amounts that become available on October 1, 2025, up to 21
3405	3405	$51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-22
3406	3406	plementation of the loan repayment program under section 23
3407	3407	108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 24
3408	3408	further, That from the amounts that become available on 25 132
3409	3409	•S 4802 RS
3410	3410	October 1, 2025, $58,000,000, to remain available until 1
3411	3411	expended, shall be for costs related to or resulting from 2
3412	3412	accreditation emergencies, including supplementing activi-3
3413	3413	ties funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’, 4
3414	3414	of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement 5
3415	3415	amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: 6
3416	3416	Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Fed-7
3417	3417	eral Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 8
3418	3418	of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 9
3419	3419	1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for 10
3420	3420	breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund author-11
3421	3421	ized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and 12
3422	3422	shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding 13
3423	3423	section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds 14
3424	3424	shall be available to make new awards under the loan re-15
3425	3425	payment and scholarship programs under sections 104 16
3426	3426	and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Pro-17
3427	3427	vided further, That the amounts made available within this 18
3428	3428	account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 19
3429	3429	Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 20
3430	3430	Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 21
3431	3431	for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-22
3432	3432	thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro-23
3433	3433	grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-24
3434	3434	formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 25 133
3435	3435	•S 4802 RS
3436	3436	Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 1
3437	3437	quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 2
3438	3438	public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 3
3439	3439	tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re-4
3440	3440	duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 5
3441	3441	health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 6
3442	3442	Excellence, for Alzheimer’s activities, for Village Built 7
3443	3443	Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accredita-8
3444	3444	tion emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 9
3445	3445	Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 10
3446	3446	available until expended: Provided further, That funds pro-11
3447	3447	vided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and 12
3448	3448	grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total 13
3449	3449	obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appro-14
3450	3450	priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 15
3451	3451	the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 16
3452	3452	authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve-17
3453	3453	ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 18
3454	3454	expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 19
3455	3455	applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 20
3456	3456	XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 21
3457	3457	to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 22
3458	3458	Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol-23
3459	3459	arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve-24
3460	3460	ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 25 134
3461	3461	•S 4802 RS
3462	3462	expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 1
3463	3463	tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian 2
3464	3464	Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and ac-3
3465	3465	counted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 4
3466	3466	organizations until expended: Provided further, That the 5
3467	3467	Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian 6
3468	3468	Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations 7
3469	3469	operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, 8
3470	3470	such individually identifiable health information relating 9
3471	3471	to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose 10
3472	3472	of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with 11
3473	3473	Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Pro-12
3474	3474	vided further, That none of the funds provided that become 13
3475	3475	available on October 1, 2025, may be used for implemen-14
3476	3476	tation of the Electronic Health Record System or the In-15
3477	3477	dian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided further, 16
3478	3478	That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 17
3479	3479	other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 18
3480	3480	Health Record system shall be available for obligation or 19
3481	3481	expenditure for the selection or implementation of a new 20
3482	3482	Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the 21
3483	3483	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-22
3484	3484	atives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance 23
3485	3485	of such obligation. 24 135
3486	3486	•S 4802 RS
3487	3487	CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 1
3488	3488	For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 2
3489	3489	contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-3
3490	3490	mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 4
3491	3491	the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2025, such sums 5
3492	3492	as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 6
3493	3493	other provision of law, no amounts made available under 7
3494	3494	this heading shall be available for transfer to another 8
3495	3495	budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 9
3496	3496	but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for con-10
3497	3497	tract support costs for such agreements for the current 11
3498	3498	fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 12
3499	3499	for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 13
3500	3500	PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 14
3501	3501	For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 15
3502	3502	leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-16
3503	3503	mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 17
3504	3504	5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec-18
3505	3505	essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-19
3506	3506	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 20
3507	3507	other provision of law, no amounts made available under 21
3508	3508	this heading shall be available for transfer to another 22
3509	3509	budget account. 23 136
3510	3510	•S 4802 RS
3511	3511	INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 1
3512	3512	For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 2
3513	3513	improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil-3
3514	3514	iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara-4
3515	3515	tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 5
3516	3516	sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 6
3517	3517	purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 7
3518	3518	community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 8
3519	3519	by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 9
3520	3520	2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In-10
3521	3521	dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec-11
3522	3522	essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 12
3523	3523	Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 13
3524	3524	health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 14
3525	3525	Service, $16,890,000, to remain available until expended, 15
3526	3526	which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 16
3527	3527	under this heading that become available on October 1, 17
3528	3528	2024; in addition, $367,850,000, to remain available until 18
3529	3529	expended, for Sanitation Facilities Construction and 19
3530	3530	Health Care Facilities Construction; and, in addition, 20
3531	3531	$523,744,000, which shall become available on October 1, 21
3532	3532	2025, and remain available until expended: Provided, That 22
3533	3533	notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-23
3534	3534	priated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, 24
3535	3535	or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an In-25 137
3536	3536	•S 4802 RS
3537	3537	dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land on which 1
3538	3538	such facilities will be located: Provided further, That not 2
3539	3539	to exceed $500,000 may be used for fiscal year 2026 by 3
3540	3540	the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equip-4
3541	3541	ment from the Department of Defense for distribution to 5
3542	3542	the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided 6
3543	3543	further, That none of the funds provided that become 7
3544	3544	available on October 1, 2025, may be used for Health Care 8
3545	3545	Facilities Construction or for Sanitation Facilities Con-9
3546	3546	struction: Provided further, That of the amount appro-10
3547	3547	priated under this heading for fiscal year 2025 for Sanita-11
3548	3548	tion Facilities Construction, $10,806,000 shall be for 12
3549	3549	projects specified for Sanitation Facilities Construction in 13
3550	3550	the table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending 14
3551	3551	Items’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur-15
3552	3552	ther, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian 16
3553	3553	Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities con-17
3554	3554	struction for new homes funded with grants by the hous-18
3555	3555	ing programs of the United States Department of Housing 19
3556	3556	and Urban Development. 20
3557	3557	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 21
3558	3558	Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 22
3559	3559	Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 23
3560	3560	by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 24
3561	3561	equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 25 138
3562	3562	•S 4802 RS
3563	3563	positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 1
3564	3564	vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-2
3565	3565	chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 3
3566	3566	modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 4
3567	3567	payments for telephone service in private residences in the 5
3568	3568	field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 6
3569	3569	Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al-7
3570	3570	lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 8
3571	3571	and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 9
3572	3572	the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 10
3573	3573	Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 11
3574	3574	Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 12
3575	3575	may be extended health care at all tribally administered 13
3576	3576	or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 14
3577	3577	the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 15
3578	3578	Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 16
3579	3579	be credited to the account of the facility providing the 17
3580	3580	service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 18
3581	3581	Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 19
3582	3582	regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 20
3583	3583	Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 21
3584	3584	Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 22
3585	3585	the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 23
3586	3586	638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-24
3587	3587	dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-25 139
3588	3588	•S 4802 RS
3589	3589	ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 1
3590	3590	subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 2
3591	3591	and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 3
3592	3592	funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 4
3593	3593	Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 5
3594	3594	Department of Health and Human Services unless such 6
3595	3595	assessments or charges are identified in the budget jus-7
3596	3596	tification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 8
3597	3597	House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 9
3598	3598	the reprogramming process: Provided further, That not-10
3599	3599	withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 11
3600	3600	or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization 12
3601	3601	through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 13
3602	3602	title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 14
3603	3603	Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 15
3604	3604	seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-16
3605	3605	mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-17
3606	3606	ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 18
3607	3607	available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 19
3608	3608	year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 20
3609	3609	made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 21
3610	3610	shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 22
3611	3611	Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-23
3612	3612	ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-24
3613	3613	bility for the health care services of the Indian Health 25 140
3614	3614	•S 4802 RS
3615	3615	Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 1
3616	3616	budget request reflecting the increased costs associated 2
3617	3617	with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 3
3618	3618	included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 4
3619	3619	Provided further, That with respect to functions trans-5
3620	3620	ferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal or-6
3621	3621	ganizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 7
3622	3622	provide goods and services to those entities on a reimburs-8
3623	3623	able basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 9
3624	3624	adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 10
3625	3625	along with the funds received from those entities pursuant 11
3626	3626	to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to 12
3627	3627	the same or subsequent appropriation account from which 13
3628	3628	the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 14
3629	3629	remain available until expended: Provided further, That re-15
3630	3630	imbursements for training, technical assistance, or serv-16
3631	3631	ices provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 17
3632	3632	total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 18
3633	3633	costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 19
3634	3634	technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian 20
3635	3635	Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 21
3636	3636	serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 22
3637	3637	housing allowances equivalent to those that would be pro-23
3638	3638	vided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 24
3639	3639	United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-25 141
3640	3640	•S 4802 RS
3641	3641	sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro-1
3642	3642	priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 2
3643	3643	be altered without advance notification to the House and 3
3644	3644	Senate Committees on Appropriations. 4
3645	3645	N
3646	3646	ATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 5
3647	3647	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 6
3648	3648	SCIENCES 7
3649	3649	For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 8
3650	3650	Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 9
3651	3651	set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-10
3652	3652	mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 11
3653	3653	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 12
3654	3654	Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 13
3655	3655	$81,614,000. 14
3656	3656	A
3657	3657	GENCY FORTOXICSUBSTANCES ANDDISEASE 15
3658	3658	R
3659	3659	EGISTRY 16
3660	3660	TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 17
3661	3661	HEALTH 18
3662	3662	For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-19
3663	3663	stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 20
3664	3664	activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 21
3665	3665	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 22
3666	3666	and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 23
3667	3667	of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $83,089,000: Provided, 24
3668	3668	That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 25 142
3669	3669	•S 4802 RS
3670	3670	of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 1
3671	3671	of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 2
3672	3672	other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 3
3673	3673	including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 4
3674	3674	evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 5
3675	3675	healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 6
3676	3676	any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 7
3677	3677	or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 8
3678	3678	bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 9
3679	3679	CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-10
3680	3680	priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 11
3681	3681	to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 12
3682	3682	section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2025, and 13
3683	3683	existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 14
3684	3684	OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 15
3685	3685	E
3686	3686	XECUTIVEOFFICE OF THEPRESIDENT 16
3687	3687	COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 17
3688	3688	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 18
3689	3689	For necessary expenses to continue functions as-19
3690	3690	signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 20
3691	3691	of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-21
3692	3692	ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 22
3693	3693	Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 23
3694	3694	1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 24
3695	3695	and representation expenses, $4,746,000: Provided, That 25 143
3696	3696	•S 4802 RS
3697	3697	notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-1
3698	3698	mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 2
3699	3699	one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 3
3700	3700	advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 4
3701	3701	exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 5
3702	3702	C
3703	3703	HEMICALSAFETY ANDHAZARDINVESTIGATIONBOARD 6
3704	3704	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
3705	3705	For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-8
3706	3706	suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 9
3707	3707	hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-10
3708	3708	for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, the rental of 11
3709	3709	space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 12
3710	3710	Columbia and elsewhere, and for services authorized by 13
3711	3711	5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 14
3712	3712	the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 15
3713	3713	senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,634,000: 16
3714	3714	Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investiga-17
3715	3715	tion Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 18
3716	3716	Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That 19
3717	3717	notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual 20
3718	3718	appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Envi-21
3719	3719	ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of 22
3720	3720	such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector Gen-23
3721	3721	eral of the Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding 24
3722	3722	any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the 25 144
3723	3723	•S 4802 RS
3724	3724	Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector 1
3725	3725	General of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector 2
3726	3726	General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individ-3
3727	3727	uals to positions within the Board. 4
3728	3728	O
3729	3729	FFICE OFNAVAJO ANDHOPIINDIANRELOCATION 5
3730	3730	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
3731	3731	For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 7
3732	3732	Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 8
3733	3733	531, $3,500,000, to remain available until expended, 9
3734	3734	which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 10
3735	3735	prior year appropriations available under this heading: 11
3736	3736	Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-12
3737	3737	priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 13
3738	3738	and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-14
3739	3739	tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 15
3740	3740	housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-16
3741	3741	cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 17
3742	3742	none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 18
3743	3743	be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-19
3744	3744	tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 20
3745	3745	of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 21
3746	3746	lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-22
3747	3747	placement home is provided for such household: Provided 23
3748	3748	further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 24
3749	3749	one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 25 145
3750	3750	•S 4802 RS
3751	3751	Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 1
3752	3752	have selected and received an approved homesite on the 2
3753	3753	Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 3
3754	3754	the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 4
3755	3755	to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 5
3756	3756	I
3757	3757	NSTITUTE OFAMERICANINDIAN ANDALASKANATIVE 6
3758	3758	C
3759	3759	ULTURE ANDARTSDEVELOPMENT 7
3760	3760	PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 8
3761	3761	For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 9
3762	3762	Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-10
3763	3763	ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 11
3764	3764	U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,642,000, which shall become 12
3765	3765	available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available until 13
3766	3766	September 30, 2026. 14
3767	3767	S
3768	3768	MITHSONIANINSTITUTION 15
3769	3769	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
3770	3770	For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-17
3771	3771	tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 18
3772	3772	of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 19
3773	3773	documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 20
3774	3774	public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 21
3775	3775	dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-22
3776	3776	tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-23
3777	3777	ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 24
3778	3778	agreements of no more than 30 years including lease 25 146
3779	3779	•S 4802 RS
3780	3780	agreements with the same terms as the multi-year con-1
3781	3781	tracting authority provided in section 3903 of title 41, 2
3782	3782	United States Code, except that notwithstanding such sec-3
3783	3783	tion, lease agreements may be for a period of not more 4
3784	3784	than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 5
3785	3785	approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as author-6
3786	3786	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and 7
3787	3787	cleaning of uniforms for employees, $912,347,000, to re-8
3788	3788	main available until September 30, 2026, except as other-9
3789	3789	wise provided herein; of which not to exceed $28,000,000 10
3790	3790	for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 11
3791	3791	exhibition reinstallation, Smithsonian American Women’s 12
3792	3792	History Museum, National Museum of the American 13
3793	3793	Latino, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 14
3794	3794	shall remain available until expended; and including such 15
3795	3795	funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 16
3796	3796	research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here-17
3797	3797	in are available for advance payments to independent con-18
3798	3798	tractors performing research services or participating in 19
3799	3799	official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That 20
3800	3800	the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appro-21
3801	3801	priations designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, 22
3802	3802	as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such 23
3803	3803	rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 24
3804	3804	funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for 25 147
3805	3805	•S 4802 RS
3806	3806	expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of the 1
3807	3807	building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 2
3808	3808	to the extent that federally supported activities will be 3
3809	3809	housed there: Provided further, That the use of such 4
3810	3810	amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 5
3811	3811	such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv-6
3812	3812	ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or 7
3813	3813	an obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 8
3814	3814	That no appropriated funds may be used directly to serv-9
3815	3815	ice debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring 10
3816	3816	a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, 11
3817	3817	Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and con-12
3818	3818	structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 13
3819	3819	That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian In-14
3820	3820	stitution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any por-15
3821	3821	tion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take 16
3822	3822	effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins 17
3823	3823	on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian 18
3824	3824	submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 19
3825	3825	House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 20
3826	3826	House Administration and Transportation and Infrastruc-21
3827	3827	ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 22
3828	3828	on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as 23
3829	3829	outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 24
3830	3830	4 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 25 148
3831	3831	•S 4802 RS
3832	3832	(Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2536) on the intended 1
3833	3833	sale. 2
3834	3834	FACILITIES CAPITAL 3
3835	3835	For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 4
3836	3836	alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-5
3837	3837	nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 6
3838	3838	by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 7
3839	3839	and for construction, including necessary personnel, 8
3840	3840	$197,645,000, to remain available until expended, of 9
3841	3841	which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-10
3842	3842	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 11
3843	3843	N
3844	3844	ATIONALGALLERY OFART 12
3845	3845	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
3846	3846	For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-14
3847	3847	lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 15
3848	3848	therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 16
3849	3849	authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 17
3850	3850	as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 18
3851	3851	(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 19
3852	3852	as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 20
3853	3853	authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 21
3854	3854	in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 22
3855	3855	publications or services are available to members only, or 23
3856	3856	to members at a price lower than to the general public; 24
3857	3857	purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 25 149
3858	3858	•S 4802 RS
3859	3859	uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 1
3860	3860	authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 2
3861	3861	rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 3
3862	3862	contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-4
3863	3863	ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 5
3864	3864	and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 6
3865	3865	works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 7
3866	3866	made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-8
3867	3867	ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 9
3868	3868	and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 10
3869	3869	$186,471,000, to remain available until September 30, 11
3870	3870	2026, of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special 12
3871	3871	exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 13
3872	3872	REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 14
3873	3873	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
3874	3874	For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 16
3875	3875	renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 17
3876	3876	occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 18
3877	3877	otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 19
3878	3878	10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 20
3879	3879	renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 21
3880	3880	$27,369,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-22
3881	3881	vided, That of this amount, $5,651,000 shall be available 23
3882	3882	for design and construction of an off-site art storage facil-24
3883	3883	ity in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and 25 150
3884	3884	•S 4802 RS
3885	3885	may be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such 1
3886	3886	purposes: Provided further, That contracts awarded for en-2
3887	3887	vironmental systems, protection systems, and exterior re-3
3888	3888	pair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 4
3889	3889	Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 5
3890	3890	awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well 6
3891	3891	as price. 7
3892	3892	J
3893	3893	OHNF. KENNEDYCENTER FOR THEPERFORMING 8
3894	3894	A
3895	3895	RTS 9
3896	3896	OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 10
3897	3897	For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-11
3898	3898	nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 12
3899	3899	the Performing Arts, including rent of temporary office 13
3900	3900	space in the District of Columbia during renovations of 14
3901	3901	such Center, $34,315,000, to remain available until Sep-15
3902	3902	tember 30, 2026. 16
3903	3903	CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 17
3904	3904	For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-18
3905	3905	tion of the existing features of the building and site of 19
3906	3906	the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 20
3907	3907	$12,633,000, to remain available until expended. 21 151
3908	3908	•S 4802 RS
3909	3909	WOODROWWILSONINTERNATIONALCENTER FOR 1
3910	3910	S
3911	3911	CHOLARS 2
3912	3912	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
3913	3913	For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 4
3914	3914	of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 5
3915	3915	1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 6
3916	3916	authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain 7
3917	3917	available until September 30, 2026. 8
3918	3918	N
3919	3919	ATIONALFOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 9
3920	3920	H
3921	3921	UMANITIES 10
3922	3922	N
3923	3923	ATIONALENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 11
3924	3924	GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 12
3925	3925	For necessary expenses to carry out the National 13
3926	3926	Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 14
3927	3927	$209,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-15
3928	3928	ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-16
3929	3929	tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-17
3930	3930	reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 18
3931	3931	individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 19
3932	3932	support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 20
3933	3933	to remain available until expended. 21
3934	3934	N
3935	3935	ATIONALENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 22
3936	3936	GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 23
3937	3937	For necessary expenses to carry out the National 24
3938	3938	Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 25 152
3939	3939	•S 4802 RS
3940	3940	$209,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 1
3941	3941	which $192,000,000 shall be available for support of ac-2
3942	3942	tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 3
3943	3943	Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 4
3944	3944	$15,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 5
3945	3945	grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 6
3946	3946	including $13,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 7
3947	3947	Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 8
3948	3948	10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 9
3949	3949	amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 10
3950	3950	bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 11
3951	3951	by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-12
3952	3952	ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 13
3953	3953	11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-14
3954	3954	ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-15
3955	3955	viously been appropriated. 16
3956	3956	A
3957	3957	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS 17
3958	3958	None of the funds appropriated to the National 18
3959	3959	Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 19
3960	3960	to process any grant or contract documents which do not 20
3961	3961	include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 21
3962	3962	of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 22
3963	3963	the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-23
3964	3964	ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 24
3965	3965	That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 25 153
3966	3966	•S 4802 RS
3967	3967	necessary for official reception and representation ex-1
3968	3968	penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-2
3969	3969	tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 3
3970	3970	to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 4
3971	3971	does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 5
3972	3972	grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 6
3973	3973	such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 7
3974	3974	of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 8
3975	3975	the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 9
3976	3976	C
3977	3977	OMMISSION OFFINEARTS 10
3978	3978	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
3979	3979	For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 12
3980	3980	chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,834,000: 13
3981	3981	Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 14
3982	3982	fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 15
3983	3983	fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-16
3984	3984	lection, to remain available until expended without further 17
3985	3985	appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 18
3986	3986	authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-19
3987	3987	work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 20
3988	3988	and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-21
3989	3989	tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 22
3990	3990	of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 23
3991	3991	That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 24 154
3992	3992	•S 4802 RS
3993	3993	this heading may be used for official reception and rep-1
3994	3994	resentation expenses. 2
3995	3995	NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 3
3996	3996	For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 4
3997	3997	99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the 5
3998	3998	item relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Af-6
3999	3999	fairs’’ in the Department of the Interior and Related 7
4000	4000	Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law 8
4001	4001	by section 101(d) of Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 9
4002	4002	956a), shall be applied in fiscal year 2025 in the second 10
4003	4003	paragraph by inserting ‘‘, calendar year 2020 excluded’’ 11
4004	4004	before the first period: Provided further, That in deter-12
4005	4005	mining an eligible organization’s annual income for cal-13
4006	4006	endar years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, funds or grants 14
4007	4007	received by the eligible organization from any supple-15
4008	4008	mental appropriations made available in 2020 and 2021 16
4009	4009	in connection with the public health emergency declared 17
4010	4010	by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Janu-18
4011	4011	ary 31, 2020 (including renewals thereof) shall be counted 19
4012	4012	as part of the eligible organization’s annual income. 20
4013	4013	A
4014	4014	DVISORYCOUNCIL ONHISTORICPRESERVATION 21
4015	4015	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
4016	4016	For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 23
4017	4017	Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,735,000. 24 155
4018	4018	•S 4802 RS
4019	4019	NATIONALCAPITALPLANNINGCOMMISSION 1
4020	4020	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
4021	4021	For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-3
4022	4022	ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 4
4023	4023	States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5
4024	4024	3109, $8,849,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-6
4025	4025	cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 7
4026	4026	for official reception and representational expenses associ-8
4027	4027	ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 9
4028	4028	planning and physical development of world capitals. 10
4029	4029	U
4030	4030	NITEDSTATESHOLOCAUSTMEMORIALMUSEUM 11
4031	4031	HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 12
4032	4032	For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 13
4033	4033	authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 14
4034	4034	2310), $66,331,000, to remain available until September 15
4035	4035	30, 2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Museum’s 16
4036	4036	equipment replacement program, $4,000,000 shall be for 17
4037	4037	the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program, and 18
4038	4038	$1,264,000 shall be for the Museum’s outreach initiatives 19
4039	4039	program. 20
4040	4040	P
4041	4041	RESIDIOTRUST 21
4042	4042	The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 22
4043	4043	to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 23
4044	4044	104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man-24 156
4045	4045	•S 4802 RS
4046	4046	agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 1
4047	4047	amount not to exceed $45,000,000. 2
4048	4048	U
4049	4049	NITEDSTATESSEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 3
4050	4050	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
4051	4051	For necessary expenses of the United States 5
4052	4052	Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 6
4053	4053	observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-7
4054	4054	versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 8
4055	4055	by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 9
4056	4056	Public Law 114–196, $15,250,000, to remain available 10
4057	4057	until September 30, 2026. 11 157
4058	4058	•S 4802 RS
4059	4059	TITLE IV 1
4060	4060	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
4061	4061	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
4062	4062	RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 4
4063	4063	S
4064	4064	EC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 5
4065	4065	this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-6
4066	4066	tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 7
4067	4067	promote public support or opposition to any legislative 8
4068	4068	proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 9
4069	4069	other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 10
4070	4070	described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 11
4071	4071	OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 12
4072	4072	S
4073	4073	EC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 13
4074	4074	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 14
4075	4075	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 15
4076	4076	DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 16
4077	4077	S
4078	4078	EC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-17
4079	4079	head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 18
4080	4080	working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-19
4081	4081	tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-20
4082	4082	partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 21
4083	4083	headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-22
4084	4084	sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-23
4085	4085	proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24
4086	4086	of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-25 158
4087	4087	•S 4802 RS
4088	4088	mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-1
4089	4089	tions for approval. 2
4090	4090	MINING APPLICATIONS 3
4091	4091	S
4092	4092	EC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OFFUNDS.—None of the 4
4093	4093	funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 5
4094	4094	to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 6
4095	4095	process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 7
4096	4096	site claim located under the general mining laws. 8
4097	4097	(b) E
4098	4098	XCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 9
4099	4099	the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 10
4100	4100	concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-11
4101	4101	retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-12
4102	4102	quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 13
4103	4103	the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 14
4104	4104	lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 15
4105	4105	Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 16
4106	4106	claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 17
4107	4107	U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 18
4108	4108	fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 19
4109	4109	(c) R
4110	4110	EPORT.—On September 30, 2026, the Secretary 20
4111	4111	of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-21
4112	4112	mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 22
4113	4113	Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 23
4114	4114	Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 24
4115	4115	by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 25 159
4116	4116	•S 4802 RS
4117	4117	section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-1
4118	4118	lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 2
4119	4119	104–208). 3
4120	4120	(d) M
4121	4121	INERALEXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 4
4122	4122	patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 5
4123	4123	upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 6
4124	4124	the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 7
4125	4125	third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 8
4126	4126	Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-9
4127	4127	ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 10
4128	4128	patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-11
4129	4129	reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-12
4130	4130	bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-13
4131	4131	cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 14
4132	4132	Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 15
4133	4133	party contractors. 16
4134	4134	CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS , PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 17
4135	4135	S
4136	4136	EC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 18
4137	4137	Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 19
4138	4138	2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-20
4139	4139	cal year 2025. 21
4140	4140	CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS , FISCAL YEAR 2025 22
4141	4141	LIMITATION 23
4142	4142	S
4143	4143	EC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 24
4144	4144	year 2025 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 25 160
4145	4145	•S 4802 RS
4146	4146	Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 1
4147	4147	Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 2
4148	4148	Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-3
4149	4149	port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 4
4150	4150	support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-5
4151	4151	ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 6
4152	4152	agreements for fiscal year 2025 with the Bureau of Indian 7
4153	4153	Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 8
4154	4154	Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 9
4155	4155	this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-10
4156	4156	tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 11
4157	4157	payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 12
4158	4158	support costs for prior years. 13
4159	4159	FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 14
4160	4160	S
4161	4161	EC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 15
4162	4162	considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 16
4163	4163	Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 17
4164	4164	of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 18
4165	4165	than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 19
4166	4166	for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 20
4167	4167	section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 21
4168	4168	of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-22
4169	4169	ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro-23
4170	4170	vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 24
4171	4171	in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 25 161
4172	4172	•S 4802 RS
4173	4173	for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 1
4174	4174	be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 2
4175	4175	jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel-3
4176	4176	erated basis. 4
4177	4177	PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 5
4178	4178	S
4179	4179	EC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-6
4180	4180	pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 7
4181	4181	under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 8
4182	4182	seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 9
4183	4183	1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-10
4184	4184	ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 11
4185	4185	U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 12
4186	4186	20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 13
4187	4187	the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-14
4188	4188	ment. 15
4189	4189	LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 16
4190	4190	S
4191	4191	EC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 17
4192	4192	appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 18
4193	4193	interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-19
4194	4194	larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 20
4195	4195	the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-21
4196	4196	propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 22
4197	4197	to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-23
4198	4198	tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 24
4199	4199	funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 25 162
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4201	4201	Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-1
4202	4202	poses. 2
4203	4203	PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 3
4204	4204	S
4205	4205	EC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-4
4206	4206	wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-5
4207	4207	cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 6
4208	4208	such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-7
4209	4209	quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 8
4210	4210	or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 9
4211	4211	Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 10
4212	4212	(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-11
4213	4213	tract to be entered into without regard for these re-12
4214	4214	quirements, including formula grants for States, or 13
4215	4215	federally recognized Indian tribes; 14
4216	4216	(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 15
4217	4217	Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 16
4218	4218	(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 17
4219	4219	any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 18
4220	4220	contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 19
4221	4221	4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 20
4222	4222	(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 21
4223	4223	of enactment of this Act. 22
4224	4224	POSTING OF REPORTS 23
4225	4225	S
4226	4226	EC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-24
4227	4227	able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 25 163
4228	4228	•S 4802 RS
4229	4229	post on the public website of that agency any report re-1
4230	4230	quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 2
4231	4231	other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-3
4232	4232	cy that it shall serve the national interest. 4
4233	4233	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 5
4234	4234	(1) the public posting of the report com-6
4235	4235	promises national security; or 7
4236	4236	(2) the report contains proprietary information. 8
4237	4237	(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 9
4238	4238	do so only after such report has been made available to 10
4239	4239	the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 11
4240	4240	no less than 45 days. 12
4241	4241	NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 13
4242	4242	GUIDELINES 14
4243	4243	S
4244	4244	EC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-15
4245	4245	dowment for the Arts— 16
4246	4246	(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 17
4247	4247	to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-18
4248	4248	dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-19
4249	4249	age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-20
4250	4250	ship. 21
4251	4251	(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 22
4252	4252	to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 23
4253	4253	except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 24
4254	4254	or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 25 164
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4256	4256	any other organization or individual to conduct ac-1
4257	4257	tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 2
4258	4258	Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 3
4259	4259	made in exchange for goods and services. 4
4260	4260	(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 5
4261	4261	to a group, unless the application is specific to the 6
4262	4262	contents of the season, including identified programs 7
4263	4263	or projects. 8
4264	4264	NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 9
4265	4265	PRIORITIES 10
4266	4266	S
4267	4267	EC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-11
4268	4268	nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 12
4269	4269	Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-13
4270	4270	priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 14
4271	4271	Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 15
4272	4272	to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 16
4273	4273	projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 17
4274	4274	underserved populations. 18
4275	4275	(b) In this section: 19
4276	4276	(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 20
4277	4277	a population of individuals, including urban minori-21
4278	4278	ties, who have historically been outside the purview 22
4279	4279	of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 23
4280	4280	as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 24
4281	4281	or to geographic isolation. 25 165
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4283	4283	(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 1
4284	4284	line (as defined by the Office of Management and 2
4285	4285	Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-3
4286	4286	tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 4
4287	4287	Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 5
4288	4288	the size involved. 6
4289	4289	(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-7
4290	4290	sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 8
4291	4291	Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 9
4292	4292	Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 10
4293	4293	Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-11
4294	4294	ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-12
4295	4295	tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 13
4296	4296	knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 14
4297	4297	the arts. 15
4298	4298	(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 16
4299	4299	section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-17
4300	4300	manities Act of 1965— 18
4301	4301	(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-19
4302	4302	egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-20
4303	4303	grams that are of national impact or availability or 21
4304	4304	are able to tour several States; 22
4305	4305	(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-23
4306	4306	ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 24 166
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4308	4308	to any single State, excluding grants made under the 1
4309	4309	authority of paragraph (1); 2
4310	4310	(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-3
4311	4311	gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 4
4312	4312	the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-5
4313	4313	tion 5 of such Act; and 6
4314	4314	(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 7
4315	4315	grants to improve and support community-based 8
4316	4316	music performance and education. 9
4317	4317	STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 10
4318	4318	S
4319	4319	EC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-11
4320	4320	ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 12
4321	4321	Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 13
4322	4322	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-14
4323	4323	ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-15
4324	4324	priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-16
4325	4325	ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 17
4326	4326	of enactment of this Act. 18
4327	4327	EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 19
4328	4328	S
4329	4329	EC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 20
4330	4330	of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-21
4331	4331	ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 22
4332	4332	subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 23
4333	4333	Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 24
4334	4334	shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2025. 25 167
4335	4335	•S 4802 RS
4336	4336	FUNDING PROHIBITION 1
4337	4337	S
4338	4338	EC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 2
4339	4339	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 3
4340	4340	network unless such network is designed to block access 4
4341	4341	to pornography websites. 5
4342	4342	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 6
4343	4343	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 7
4344	4344	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-8
4345	4345	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 9
4346	4346	HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 10
4347	4347	S
4348	4348	EC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 11
4349	4349	of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 12
4350	4350	administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 13
4351	4351	Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis-14
4352	4352	tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 15
4353	4353	the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 16
4354	4354	horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-17
4355	4355	ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 18
4356	4356	State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-19
4357	4357	mals. 20
4358	4358	(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 21
4359	4359	under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-22
4360	4360	eral, State, or local government agency. 23
4361	4361	(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 24
4362	4362	subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 25 168
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4364	4364	horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 1
4365	4365	195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 2
4366	4366	and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 3
4367	4367	(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-4
4368	4368	ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-5
4369	4369	section (a) shall not— 6
4370	4370	(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 7
4371	4371	results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 8
4372	4372	a commercial product; 9
4373	4373	(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 10
4374	4374	in a manner that results in the destruction of the 11
4375	4375	horse or burro for processing into a commercial 12
4376	4376	product; or 13
4377	4377	(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 14
4378	4378	recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 15
4379	4379	of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 16
4380	4380	(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 17
4381	4381	available for— 18
4382	4382	(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 19
4383	4383	and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 20
4384	4384	Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 21
4385	4385	(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 22
4386	4386	in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 23
4387	4387	processing into a commercial product. 24 169
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4389	4389	FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 1
4390	4390	ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 2
4391	4391	S
4392	4392	EC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 3
4393	4393	U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-4
4394	4394	tember 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 5
4395	4395	USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 6
4396	4396	S
4397	4397	EC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 7
4398	4398	by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-8
4399	4399	thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 9
4400	4400	(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 10
4401	4401	construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 11
4402	4402	water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 12
4403	4403	steel products used in the project are produced in the 13
4404	4404	United States. 14
4405	4405	(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 15
4406	4406	means the following products made primarily of iron or 16
4407	4407	steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 17
4408	4408	and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 18
4409	4409	pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-19
4410	4410	forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 20
4411	4411	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-21
4412	4412	egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-22
4413	4413	mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 23
4414	4414	the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 24 170
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4416	4416	(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-1
4417	4417	sistent with the public interest; 2
4418	4418	(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 3
4419	4419	the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-4
4420	4420	able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 5
4421	4421	(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-6
4422	4422	duced in the United States will increase the cost of 7
4423	4423	the overall project by more than 25 percent. 8
4424	4424	(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-9
4425	4425	er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-10
4426	4426	able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-11
4427	4427	quest and information available to the Administrator con-12
4428	4428	cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 13
4429	4429	input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 14
4430	4430	a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 15
4431	4431	make the request and accompanying information available 16
4432	4432	by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-17
4433	4433	net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 18
4434	4434	(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-19
4435	4435	sistent with United States obligations under international 20
4436	4436	agreements. 21
4437	4437	(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 22
4438	4438	of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 23
4439	4439	Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 24 171
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4441	4441	the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-1
4442	4442	ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 2
4443	4443	LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS -3
4444	4444	FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 4
4445	4445	WILDFIRES 5
4446	4446	S
4447	4447	EC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 6
4448	4448	to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-7
4449	4449	unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 8
4450	4450	fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 9
4451	4451	provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 10
4452	4452	supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-11
4453	4453	tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 12
4454	4454	of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 13
4455	4455	authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 14
4456	4456	Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 15
4457	4457	out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-16
4458	4458	agement program to such organizations. 17
4459	4459	RECREATION FEES 18
4460	4460	S
4461	4461	EC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-19
4462	4462	ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 20
4463	4463	by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 21
4464	4464	2019’’. 22
4465	4465	REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 23
4466	4466	S
4467	4467	EC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 24
4468	4468	Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 25 172
4469	4469	•S 4802 RS
4470	4470	without the advance approval of the House and Senate 1
4471	4471	Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-2
4472	4472	programming procedures contained in the report accom-3
4473	4473	panying this Act. 4
4474	4474	LOCAL CONTRACTORS 5
4475	4475	S
4476	4476	EC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 6
4477	4477	112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 7
4478	4478	for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 8
4479	4479	SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY 9
4480	4480	AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 10
4481	4481	S
4482	4482	EC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 11
4483	4483	110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 12
4484	4484	by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 13
4485	4485	INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 14
4486	4486	S
4487	4487	EC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 15
4488	4488	113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub-16
4489	4489	stituting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 17
4490	4490	2019’’. 18
4491	4491	FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 19
4492	4492	AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 20
4493	4493	S
4494	4494	EC. 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-21
4495	4495	rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 22
4496	4496	enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 23
4497	4497	note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 24
4498	4498	108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-25 173
4499	4499	•S 4802 RS
4500	4500	plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 1
4501	4501	2019’’. 2
4502	4502	CHACO CANYON 3
4503	4503	S
4504	4504	EC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 4
4505	4505	Act may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas 5
4506	4506	leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil 6
4507	4507	and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal 7
4508	4508	area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 8
4509	4509	Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-9
4510	4510	ment and dated April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of 10
4511	4511	the cultural resources investigation identified in the ex-11
4512	4512	planatory statement described in section 4 in the matter 12
4513	4513	preceding division A of the Consolidated Appropriations 13
4514	4514	Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 14
4515	4515	TRIBAL LEASES 15
4516	4516	S
4517	4517	EC. 428. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 16
4518	4518	of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 17
4519	4519	the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 18
4520	4520	Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com-19
4521	4521	mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro-20
4522	4522	posal. 21
4523	4523	(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 22
4524	4524	Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 23
4525	4525	year 2025 consult with tribes and tribal organizations 24
4526	4526	through public solicitation and other means regarding the 25 174
4527	4527	•S 4802 RS
4528	4528	requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 1
4529	4529	Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 2
4530	4530	U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 3
4531	4531	transparent process for the payment of such leases. 4
4532	4532	FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 5
4533	4533	S
4534	4534	EC. 429. The authority provided under the heading 6
4535	4535	‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 7
4536	4536	I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 8
4537	4537	division F of Public Law 113–235, is further amended by 9
4538	4538	striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2020’’ each place it appears 10
4539	4539	and inserting ‘‘hereafter’’. 11
4540	4540	ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS , NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB -12
4541	4541	LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND 13
4542	4542	AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 14
4543	4543	S
4544	4544	EC. 430. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 15
4545	4545	Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 16
4546	4546	made available from the National Parks and Public Land 17
4547	4547	Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant 18
4548	4548	to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 19
4549	4549	States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec-20
4550	4550	tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 21
4551	4551	the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 22
4552	4552	in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 23
4553	4553	specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 24
4554	4554	the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 25 175
4555	4555	•S 4802 RS
4556	4556	Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ 1
4557	4557	in the report accompanying this Act. 2
4558	4558	(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-3
4559	4559	retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 4
4560	4560	as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 5
4561	4561	expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 6
4562	4562	for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 7
4563	4563	200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 8
4564	4564	and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for 9
4565	4565	the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al-10
4566	4566	location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 11
4567	4567	Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 12
4568	4568	(b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 13
4569	4569	of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 14
4570	4570	allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 15
4571	4571	year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 16
4572	4572	United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 17
4573	4573	of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 18
4574	4574	and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub-19
4575	4575	sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 20
4576	4576	in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 21
4577	4577	not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad-22
4578	4578	ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na-23
4579	4579	tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 24
4580	4580	or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 25 176
4581	4581	•S 4802 RS
4582	4582	be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 1
4583	4583	allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 2
4584	4584	(a)(2) of this section. 3
4585	4585	(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 4
4586	4586	of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 5
4587	4587	‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 6
4588	4588	of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-7
4589	4589	toration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ to any project funded 8
4590	4590	by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-9
4591	4591	tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 10
4592	4592	that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 11
4593	4593	cost overruns, in accordance with the following require-12
4594	4594	ments: 13
4595	4595	(1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 14
4596	4596	reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re-15
4597	4597	sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 16
4598	4598	(2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 17
4599	4599	reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 18
4600	4600	within the original scope of effort for projects fund-19
4601	4601	ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 20
4602	4602	Restoration Fund; and 21
4603	4603	(3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-22
4604	4604	retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica-23
4605	4605	tion to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days 24
4606	4606	before taking any actions authorized by this sub-25 177
4607	4607	•S 4802 RS
4608	4608	section if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin-1
4609	4609	gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 2
4610	4610	percent or greater than the following, as applicable: 3
4611	4611	(A) The amount allocated to that project 4
4612	4612	in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Na-5
4613	4613	tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-6
4614	4614	tion Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report ac-7
4615	4615	companying this Act; or 8
4616	4616	(B) The initial estimate in the most recent 9
4617	4617	report submitted, prior to enactment of this 10
4618	4618	Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur-11
4619	4619	suant to section 430(e) of division E of the 12
4620	4620	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public 13
4621	4621	Law 118–42). 14
4622	4622	(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 15
4623	4623	of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 16
4624	4624	Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-17
4625	4625	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 18
4626	4626	of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 19
4627	4627	the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 20
4628	4628	to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 21
4629	4629	United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 22
4630	4630	Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 23
4631	4631	‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo-24
4632	4632	cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 25 178
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4634	4634	54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 1
4635	4635	event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 2
4636	4636	the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 3
4637	4637	Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 4
4638	4638	such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 5
4639	4639	that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 6
4640	4640	That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate 7
4641	4641	a previously approved project must be clearly identified 8
4642	4642	in such submission. 9
4643	4643	(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 10
4644	4644	of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 11
4645	4645	Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-12
4646	4646	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 13
4647	4647	of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary 14
4648	4648	allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 15
4649	4649	Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 16
4650	4650	Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 17
4651	4651	the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Sub-18
4652	4652	mission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 19
4653	4653	200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are 20
4654	4654	prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, 21
4655	4655	and that total no less than half the full amount allocated 22
4656	4656	to each account for that land management Agency under 23
4657	4657	the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of 24
4658	4658	title 54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event 25 179
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4660	4660	amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant 1
4661	4661	to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 2
4662	4662	States Code are no longer needed because a project has 3
4663	4663	been completed or can no longer be executed, such 4
4664	4664	amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for realloca-5
4665	4665	tion in the annual budget submission. 6
4666	4666	(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 7
4667	4667	projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 8
4668	4668	by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 9
4669	4669	and on the list of supplementary allocations required by 10
4670	4670	subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for 11
4671	4671	which a willing seller has been identified and for which 12
4672	4672	an appraisal or market research has been initiated. 13
4673	4673	(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 14
4674	4674	of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 15
4675	4675	Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-16
4676	4676	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 17
4677	4677	of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in 18
4678	4678	the same format and containing the same level of detailed 19
4679	4679	information that is found on such sheets in the Budget 20
4680	4680	Justifications annually submitted by the Department of 21
4681	4681	the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 22
4682	4682	in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 23
4683	4683	200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the 24
4684	4684	same format and containing the same level of detailed in-25 180
4685	4685	•S 4802 RS
4686	4686	formation that is found on such sheets submitted to the 1
4687	4687	Committees pursuant to section 427 of division D of the 2
4688	4688	Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 3
4689	4689	Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations re-4
4690	4690	quired by subparagraph (A). 5
4691	4691	(e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart-6
4692	4692	ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap-7
4693	4693	propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 8
4694	4694	quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 9
4695	4695	activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 10
4696	4696	Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 11
4697	4697	to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal-12
4698	4698	ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 13
4699	4699	Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 14
4700	4700	to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom-15
4701	4701	mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 16
4702	4702	amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 17
4703	4703	section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-18
4704	4704	tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 19
4705	4705	of this section. 20
4706	4706	POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 21
4707	4707	S
4708	4708	EC. 431. To support the key role that forests in the 22
4709	4709	United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 23
4710	4710	the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 24
4711	4711	of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-25 181
4712	4712	•S 4802 RS
4713	4713	mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-1
4714	4714	sions, jointly— 2
4715	4715	(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 3
4716	4716	bioenergy— 4
4717	4717	(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-5
4718	4718	ments and agencies; and 6
4719	4719	(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 7
4720	4720	of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 8
4721	4721	responsible forest management; and 9
4722	4722	(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 10
4723	4723	use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-11
4724	4724	ing policies that— 12
4725	4725	(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 13
4726	4726	bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 14
4727	4727	energy source, provided the use of forest bio-15
4728	4728	mass for energy production does not cause con-16
4729	4729	version of forests to non-forest use; 17
4730	4730	(B) encourage private investment through-18
4731	4731	out the forest biomass supply chain, including 19
4732	4732	in— 20
4733	4733	(i) working forests; 21
4734	4734	(ii) harvesting operations; 22
4735	4735	(iii) forest improvement operations; 23
4736	4736	(iv) forest bioenergy production; 24
4737	4737	(v) wood products manufacturing; or 25 182
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4739	4739	(vi) paper manufacturing; 1
4740	4740	(C) encourage forest management to im-2
4741	4741	prove forest health; and 3
4742	4742	(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 4
4743	4743	and use forest biomass. 5
4744	4744	SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 6
4745	4745	S
4746	4746	EC. 432. None of the funds made available in this 7
4747	4747	Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 8
4748	4748	issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 9
4749	4749	CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 10
4750	4750	Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 11
4751	4751	units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-12
4752	4752	tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 13
4753	4753	and regulations in effect prior to such date. 14
4754	4754	TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 15
4755	4755	S
4756	4756	EC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 16
4757	4757	be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 17
4758	4758	the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 18
4759	4759	and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 19
4760	4760	allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 20
4761	4761	when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-21
4762	4762	ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 22
4763	4763	to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 23
4764	4764	be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 24
4765	4765	48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-25 183
4766	4766	•S 4802 RS
4767	4767	tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-1
4768	4768	tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-2
4769	4769	ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 3
4770	4770	holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 4
4771	4771	export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 5
4772	4772	TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS -6
4773	4773	TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 7
4774	4774	LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 8
4775	4775	S
4776	4776	EC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this 9
4777	4777	Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 10
4778	4778	of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-11
4779	4779	tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 12
4780	4780	U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 13
4781	4781	to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 14
4782	4782	projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 15
4783	4783	200401(2). 16
4784	4784	PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 17
4785	4785	S
4786	4786	EC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18
4787	4787	law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 19
4788	4788	other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 20
4789	4789	regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 21
4790	4790	of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 22
4791	4791	dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 23
4792	4792	resulting from biological processes associated with live-24
4793	4793	stock production. 25 184
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4795	4795	GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 1
4796	4796	S
4797	4797	EC. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of 2
4798	4798	law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 3
4799	4799	Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 4
4800	4800	if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-5
4801	4801	house gas emissions from manure management systems. 6
4802	4802	FUNDING PROHIBITION 7
4803	4803	S
4804	4804	EC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 8
4805	4805	or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 9
4806	4806	of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 10
4807	4807	under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 11
4808	4808	et seq.) or any other law. 12
4809	4809	FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 13
4810	4810	S
4811	4811	EC. 438. Section 1701 of division B of the Extend-14
4812	4812	ing Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As-15
4813	4813	sistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public 16
4814	4814	Law 117–103, is further amended— 17
4815	4815	(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last 18
4816	4816	sentence and inserting ‘‘Any Services during a given 19
4817	4817	calendar year that generate payments payable in the 20
4818	4818	subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in ap-21
4819	4819	plying this subsection’’; and 22
4820	4820	(2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting 23
4821	4821	‘‘or 2025’’ after ‘‘or 2024’’ each place it appears. 24 185
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4823	4823	ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 1
4824	4824	AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 2
4825	4825	S
4826	4826	EC. 439. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 3
4827	4827	the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 4
4828	4828	113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 5
4829	4829	2025’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 6
4830	4830	EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA 7
4831	4831	VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM 8
4832	4832	S
4833	4833	EC. 440. Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Din-9
4834	4834	gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 10
4835	4835	(43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘5- 11
4836	4836	year period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 12
4837	4837	COST SHARE WAIVER 13
4838	4838	S
4839	4839	EC. 441. The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-14
4840	4840	retary of Agriculture, may waive, in whole or in part, the 15
4841	4841	non-Federal cost sharing requirement of any appropriate 16
4842	4842	conservation project under section 212(a)(1) of the Public 17
4843	4843	Lands Corps Act (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)): Provided, That 18
4844	4844	in the event of such a waiver, the Secretary of the Interior 19
4845	4845	or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, is author-20
4846	4846	ized to pay up to 100 percent of the costs of such con-21
4847	4847	servation project. 22 186
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4849	4849	GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY 1
4850	4850	S
4851	4851	EC. 442. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2
4852	4852	2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), as amended, shall be applied by 3
4853	4853	substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’. 4
4854	4854	CRITICAL MINERALS 5
4855	4855	S
4856	4856	EC. 443. In implementing regulations related to tail-6
4857	4857	pipe greenhouse gas emissions standards under section 7
4858	4858	202(a) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection 8
4859	4859	Agency shall assess and report to Congress on the impact 9
4860	4860	such regulations would have on the amount of critical min-10
4861	4861	erals extracted, processed, or recycled by a foreign entity 11
4862	4862	of concern (as defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the Infra-12
4863	4863	structure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 13
4864	4864	18741(a)(5))). 14
4865	4865	AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 15
4866	4866	S
4867	4867	EC. 444. Each amount designated in this Act by the 16
4868	4868	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-17
4869	4869	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-18
4870	4870	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 19
4871	4871	repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 20
4872	4872	if the President subsequently so designates all such 21
4873	4873	amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 22
4874	4874	INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 23
4875	4875	S
4876	4876	EC. 445. (a) Sections 1 through 3 of S. 2272 (A 24
4877	4877	bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 25 187
4878	4878	•S 4802 RS
4879	4879	special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, and for 1
4880	4880	other purposes) of the 118th Congress, as placed on the 2
4881	4881	calendar of the Senate on September 11, 2023, are hereby 3
4882	4882	enacted into law. 4
4883	4883	(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 5
4884	4884	United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 6
4885	4885	of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 7
4886	4886	States shall include after the date of approval at the end 8
4887	4887	an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the 9
4888	4888	bill referred to in subsection (a). 10
4889	4889	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-11
4890	4890	terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 12
4891	4891	Act, 2025’’. 13 Calendar No.
4892	4892	447
4893	4893	118
4894	4894	TH
4895	4895	CONGRESS
4896	4896	2
4897	4897	D
4898	4898	S
4899	4899	ESSION
4900	4900
4901	4901	S. 4802
4902	4902	[Report No. 118–201]
4903	4903	A BILL
4904	4904	Making appropriations for the Department of the
4905	4905	Interior, environment, and related agencies for
4906	4906	the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and
4907	4907	for other purposes.
4908	4908	J
4909	4909	ULY
4910	4910	25, 2024
4911	4911	Read twice and placed on the calendar