[Senate Report 109-80] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] Calendar No. 125 109th Congress Report SENATE 1st Session 109-80 ====================================================================== DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2006 _______ June 10, 2005--Ordered to be printed Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of January 4, 2005 _______ Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 2361] The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the bill (H.R. 2361) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. ------ --) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. deg. Amounts in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2006 Amount of bill passed by House.......................... $26,159,125,000 Amount of increase by Senate............................ 99,500,000 -------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ Total of bill as reported to Senate..................... 26,258,625,000 Estimates considered by House........................... 25,724,328,000 Estimates considered by Senate ......................... 25,724,328,000 Above the budget estimate, 2006..................... 534,297,000 Below appropriations, 2005 (including emergencies).. 739,099,000 ======================================================== __________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S ---------- Page Summary of Bill.................................................. 4 Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill............................ 4 Major Changes Recommended in the Bill............................ 5 Land and Water Conservation Fund................................. 6 Reprogramming Guidelines......................................... 6 Title I--Department of the Interior: Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management.......... 9 Fish and Wildlife and Parks: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service........................... 14 National Park Service.................................... 22 Energy and Minerals: U.S. Geological Survey................................... 33 Minerals Management Service.............................. 37 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement..... 39 Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs..................... 40 Departmental Offices: Insular Affairs.......................................... 45 Departmental Management.................................. 47 Working Capital Fund..................................... 48 Payment in Lieu of Taxes................................. 48 Central Hazardous Materials Fund......................... 48 Office of the Solicitor.................................. 49 Office of Inspector General.............................. 49 Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........... 49 Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration....... 50 Title II--Environmental Protection Agency: Science and Technology....................................... 55 Environmental Programs and Management........................ 57 Office of Inspector General.................................. 61 Buildings and Facilities..................................... 62 Hazardous Substance Superfund................................ 62 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.................. 64 Oil Spill Response........................................... 65 State and Tribal Assistance Grants........................... 65 Administrative Provisions.................................... 74 Title III--Related agencies: Department of Agriculture: Forest Service.................... 75 Administrative Provisions, Forest Service.................... 89 Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service.................................... 89 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences...... 93 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry......... 93 Other Related Agencies: Council on Environmental Quality......................... 94 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board........... 94 Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.............. 95 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development................................... 95 Smithsonian Institution.................................. 96 National Gallery of Art.................................. 99 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts........... 100 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars......... 101 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: National Endowment for the Arts...................... 102 National Endowment for the Humanities................ 103 Commission of Fine Arts.................................. 104 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................ 105 National Capital Planning Commission..................... 106 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.................. 107 Presidio Trust........................................... 107 White House Commission on the National Moment of Remem- brance................................................. 108 Title IV--General provisions..................................... 109 Title V--Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act. 112 Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Sen- ate............................................................ 114 Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate.................................................. 114 Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate..................................................... 115 SUMMARY OF BILL For this bill, estimates totaling $25,724,328,000 in new obligational authority were considered by the Committee for the programs and activities of the agencies and bureaus of the Department of the Interior, except the Bureau of Reclamation, and the following related agencies: Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Agriculture: Forest Service. Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Council on Environmental Quality. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. Smithsonian Institution. National Gallery of Art. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities: National Endowment for the Arts. National Endowment for the Humanities. Commission of Fine Arts. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. National Capital Planning Commission. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Presidio Trust. White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing recreation and user fees, the timber and range programs, and other activities are estimated to generate income to the Government of $13,865,597,000 in fiscal year 2006. These estimated receipts, for agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction, are tabulated below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year-- Item -------------------------------------------------------- 2004 2005 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Department of the Interior............................. $9,643,359,000 $12,497,212,000 $13,418,547,000 Forest Service......................................... 445,533,000 439,106,000 447,050,000 -------------------------------------------------------- Total receipts..................................... 10,088,892,000 12,936,318,000 13,865,597,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Changes Recommended in the Bill The Committee has developed revisions to the budget estimate for the 2006 fiscal year. A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is shown by agency or principal program in the following table: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee recommendation Budget Committee compared with estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management....................................... 1,759,042 1,788,310 +29,268 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.................................. 1,322,894 1,315,037 -7,857 National Park Service........................................... 2,249,275 2,313,332 +64,057 United States Geological Survey................................. 933,515 963,057 +29,542 Minerals Management Service..................................... 167,422 159,522 -7,900 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement............ 356,549 298,549 -58,000 Bureau of Indian Affairs........................................ 2,187,469 2,269,371 +81,902 Departmental Offices............................................ 815,903 770,563 -45,340 ----------------------------------------------- Total, Title I--Department of the Interior................ 9,792,069 9,877,741 +85,672 =============================================== TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Science and Technology.......................................... 760,640 730,795 -29,845 Environmental Programs and Management........................... 2,353,764 2,333,416 -20,348 Office of Inspector General..................................... 36,955 36,955 .............. Building and Facilities......................................... 40,218 40,218 .............. Hazardous Substance Superfund................................... 1,279,333 1,256,165 -23,168 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program........................ 73,027 73,027 .............. Oil Spill Response.............................................. 15,863 15,863 .............. State and Tribal Assistance Grants.............................. 2,960,800 3,395,550 +434,750 ----------------------------------------------- Total, Title II--Environmental Protection Agency.......... 7,520,600 7,881,989 +361,389 =============================================== TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES Department of Agriculture: Forest Service....................... 4,065,000 4,122,767 +57,767 Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service....................................... 3,047,966 3,067,966 +20,000 National Institutes of Health: National Institute of 80,289 80,289 .............. Environmental Health Sciences.............................. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry............ 76,024 76,024 .............. Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 2,717 2,717 .............. Quality........................................................ Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.................. 9,200 9,200 .............. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation..................... 8,601 8,601 .............. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 6,300 6,300 .............. Development.................................................... Smithsonian Institution......................................... 615,035 624,135 +9,100 National Gallery of Art......................................... 113,300 111,600 -1,700 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.................. 33,000 33,000 .............. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars................ 9,201 9,201 .............. National Endowment for the Arts................................. 121,264 126,264 +5,000 National Endowment for the Humanities........................... 138,054 143,054 +5,000 Commission of Fine Arts......................................... 1,893 1,893 .............. National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs...................... 7,000 7,492 +492 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation....................... 4,988 4,943 -45 National Capital Planning Commission............................ 8,344 8,244 -100 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum......................... 43,233 43,233 .............. Presidio Trust.................................................. 20,000 19,722 -278 White House Commission on the National Moment of Remem brance... 250 250 .............. ----------------------------------------------- Total, Title III--Related Agencies........................ 8,411,659 8,506,895 +95,236 =============================================== GRAND TOTAL............................................... 25,724,328 26,266,625 +542,297 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND The following table displays appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year -------------------------------- House Committee Agency/Program 2006 estimate recommendation recommendation 2005 enacted \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Land Acquisition: Bureau of Land Management................... $11,192,000 $13,350,000 $3,817,000 $12,250,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.............. 37,005,000 40,992,000 14,937,000 40,827,000 National Park Service....................... 55,134,000 52,880,000 7,834,000 56,005,000 Forest Service.............................. 61,007,000 40,000,000 15,000,000 44,925,000 Departmental Management (appraisal services) .............. .............. [7,441,000] 7,441,000 \2\........................................ --------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Federal Land Acquisition........ 164,338,000 147,222,000 41,588,000 161,448,000 National Park Service, State Assistance......... 91,215,000 1,587,000 1,587,000 30,000,000 Landowner Incentive Program..................... 21,694,000 40,000,000 23,700,000 25,000,000 Private Stewardship Grants...................... 6,903,000 10,000,000 7,386,000 7,500,000 State and Tribal Wildlife Grants................ 69,028,000 74,000,000 65,000,000 72,000,000 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation 48,698,000 45,653,000 50,053,000 45,653,000 Fund \3\....................................... Forest Legacy................................... 57,134,000 80,000,000 25,000,000 62,632,000 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Land and Water Conservation Fund... 459,010,000 398,492,000 214,314,000 404,233,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 2006 estimate reflects only activities for which funds were derived from the LWCF in fiscal year 2005. \2\ Funded in bureau land acquisition accounts in fiscal year 2005 and prior years. \3\ CESCF data only reflects funding for HCP land acquisition. Reprogramming Guidelines The Committee has revised the reprogramming guidelines to add an exception for certain Environmental Protection Agency grants (section 3(b)) and to delete certain instructions to the Forest Service dealing with boundary adjustments and transfer of funds. The following are the procedures governing reprogramming actions for programs and activities funded in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: 1. Definition.--``Reprogramming,'' as defined in these procedures, includes the reallocation of funds from one budget activity to another. In cases where either the House or Senate Committee report displays an allocation of an appropriation below the activity level, that more detailed level shall be the basis for reprogramming. For construction accounts, a reprogramming constitutes the reallocation of funds from one construction project (identified in the justification or Committee report) to another. A reprogramming shall also consist of any significant departure from the program described in the agency's budget justifications. This includes proposed reorganizations even without a change in funding. 2. Guidelines for Reprogramming.--(a) A reprogramming should be made only when an unforeseen situation arises; and then only if postponement of the project or the activity until the next appropriation year would result in actual loss or damage. Mere convenience or desire should not be factors for consideration. (b) Any project or activity, which may be deferred through reprogramming, shall not later be accomplished by means of further reprogramming; but, instead, funds should again be sought for the deferred project or activity through the regular appropriations process. (c) Reprogramming should not be employed to initiate new programs or to change allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by the Congress in the Act or the report. In cases where unforeseen events or conditions are deemed to require changes, proposals shall be submitted in advance to the Committee, regardless of amounts involved, and be fully explained and justified. (d) Reprogramming proposals submitted to the Committee for approval shall be considered approved 30 calendar days after receipt if the Committee has posed no objection. However, agencies will be expected to extend the approval deadline if specifically requested by either Committee. (e) Proposed changes to estimated working capital fund bills and estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, as such estimates were presented in annual budget justifications, shall be submitted through the reprogramming process. 3. Criteria and Exceptions.--Any proposed reprogramming must be submitted to the Committee in writing prior to implementation if it exceeds $500,000 annually or results in an increase or decrease of more than 10 percent annually in affected programs, with the following exceptions: (a) With regard to the tribal priority allocations activity of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operations of Indian Programs account, there is no restriction on reprogrammings among the programs within this activity. However, the Bureau shall report on all reprogrammings made during the first 6 months of the fiscal year by no later than May 1 of each year, and shall provide a final report of all reprogrammings for the previous fiscal year by no later than November 1 of each year. (b) With regard to the Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants account, reprogramming requests associated with States and Tribes applying for partnership grants do not need to be submitted to the Committee for approval should such grants exceed the normal reprogramming limitations. In addition, the Agency need not submit a request to move funds between wastewater and drinking water objectives for those grants targeted to specific communities. 4. Quarterly Reports.--(a) All reprogrammings shall be reported to the Committee quarterly and shall include cumulative totals. (b) Any significant shifts of funding among object classifications also should be reported to the Committee. 5. Administrative Overhead Accounts.--For all appropriations where costs of overhead administrative expenses are funded in part from ``assessments'' of various budget activities within an appropriation, the assessments shall be shown in justifications under the discussion of administrative expenses. 6. Contingency Accounts.--For all appropriations where assessments are made against various budget activities or allocations for contingencies the Committee expects a full explanation, as part of the budget justification, consistent with section 405 of this Act. The explanation shall show the amount of the assessment, the activities assessed, and the purpose of the fund. The Committee expects reports each year detailing the use of these funds. In no case shall a fund be used to finance projects and activities disapproved or limited by Congress or to finance new permanent positions or to finance programs or activities that could be foreseen and included in the normal budget review process. Contingency funds shall not be used to initiate new programs. 7. Report Language.--Any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House or Senate report which is not contradicted by the other report nor specifically denied in the conference report shall be considered as having been approved by both Houses of Congress. 8. Assessments.--No assessments shall be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act unless such assessments and the basis therefore are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees, in compliance with these procedures. 9. Land Acquisitions and Forest Legacy.--Lands shall not be acquired for more than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for condemnations and declarations of taking, unless such acquisitions are submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval in compliance with these procedures. 10. Land Exchanges.--Land exchanges, wherein the estimated value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is greater than $500,000, shall not be consummated until the Committees on Appropriations have had a 30-day period in which to examine the proposed exchange. 11. Appropriations Structure.--The appropriation structure for any agency shall not be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND AND WATER RESOURCES Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management is charged with administering for multiple uses 262 million acres of public land concentrated in 12 western States, as well as 700 million acres of federally-owned sub-surface mineral rights. Minerals, timber, rangeland, fish and wildlife, wilderness and recreation are among the resources and activities managed by BLM. Recent increases in energy production and recreation visits have placed an even greater stress on the Bureau's multiple use mandate, but great strides are being made to address the needs of an ever-growing U.S. population. In 2006 over 68 million visitors are expected to participate in recreational activities on public lands. This influx of visitors necessitates ongoing investments in the Bureau's planning, recreation management, facilities construction and law enforcement programs. In addition, the Bureau is tasked with managing programs involving the mineral industry, utility companies, ranchers, the timber industry, and the conservation and research communities. In 2006, it is estimated that public lands will generate $5,000,000,000 in revenues, the bulk of this amount coming from ongoing energy development. BLM will collect an estimated $1,348,000,000 in revenue from the sale of land and materials, grazing fees, timber sales, and recreation use and filing fees. Additionally, the Bureau's onshore mineral leasing activities are expected to generate $3,600,000,000 in receipts. Of the revenues generated on public lands, approximately 39 percent is provided directly to States and counties to support roads, schools, and community needs. MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $836,826,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 850,177,000 House allowance......................................... 845,783,000 Committee recommendation................................ 867,045,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $867,045,000, an increase of $30,219,000 over the enacted level, an increase of $16,868,000 over the budget request, and $21,262,000 over the House recommendation. The funding amounts described below are at the activity level. Additional details on funding for sub-activities within the various appropriations accounts for the Bureau are set out in a table in the back of the report. Land Resources.--The Committee recommends $188,963,000 for land resources, which is an increase of $2,000,000 above the request. Increases above the request include $1,000,000 to continue work at the National Center for Invasive Plant Management; and $1,000,000 for the Idaho Department of Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation, administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas. The Committee also notes $600,000 is included for the Rio Puerco Watershed project, and prior instruction to facilitate cooperative monitoring shall continue. The Committee notes the budget request's suggested elimination of the Mandatory Range Improvements Account. The Committee does not support this action and expects the discretionary funds identified in the request to replace the Mandatory Account be retained for the range related projects as proposed and any excess funds be used to support cooperative monitoring activities. The Committee has included further direction regarding grazing permit stocking levels and the acceptance of third party range monitoring under the Forest Service's account for grazing management. The Committee directs the Bureau to retain its current level of support for the National Conservation Training Center, and directs that funds shall be made available to NCTC within 60 days of enactment. The Committee is aware of the current cooperation between the Bureau and the National Wild Horse Association in Nevada. The Committee encourages the continuation of this collaborative effort and would urge the Bureau to give serious consideration to funding the Association's pilot adoption program. Wildlife and Fisheries Management.--The Committee recommends $41,084,000 for wildlife and fisheries management, which is equal to the request. This amount includes $3,604,000 for additional sage grouse conservation efforts as proposed by the administration. The Committee applauds the Bureau's ongoing commitment to address the loss of sagebrush habitat and associated impacts to sage grouse. The Bureau is expected to continue pursuing cooperative agreements with States and other entities to ensure the increased funding in the budget request is spent as efficiently as possible. The Bureau is also encouraged to work with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to implement these measures. Threatened and Endangered Species.--The Committee recommends $21,572,000 for threatened and endangered species management, which is equal to the request. Recreation Management.--The Committee recommends $65,604,000 for recreation management, which is an increase of $1,000,000 over the request and $5,015,000 above the enacted level. Wilderness Management and Recreation Operations are funded at the request level. The Committee fully supports the administration's addition of $3,693,000 to enhance recreational experiences and access to Bureau properties. Support for the Undaunted Stewardship program is provided at $1,000,000 above the request level. Energy and Minerals Management Including Alaska Minerals.-- The Committee has provided $109,772,000 for energy and minerals management, which is an increase of $3,000,000 above the request and $3,141,000 above the enacted level. Increases to the request include $3,000,000 for Oil and Gas Management. Within the increase, the Bureau is expected to provide $250,000 for the Utah Oil and Gas Leasing Internet Pilot program, begin planning for an Oil Shale Leasing program, and continue focusing on timely processing of APDs. The Committee has also provided $3,000,000 for the Alaska minerals program, which is an increase of $703,000 above the request and $944,000 below the 2005 enacted level. The Committee strongly believes U.S. oil shale development has the potential to reduce America's growing dependence on unstable sources of foreign oil imports, and that development should be accelerated in light of recent technological advances illustrating the viability of oil shale as a cost effective energy source. The Committee notes the Secretary of the Interior, through existing and ongoing funded authorities under Section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, is currently authorized to develop and implement a Federal commercial oil shale leasing program. As referenced above, the Committee expects the Secretary to begin planning for such a leasing program, and believes it is appropriate in the interim to expedite the placement of Research and Development activities on BLM land with management plans addressing and supporting oil shale development to further test methods of production. Realty and Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends $91,707,000 for realty and ownership management, which is an increase of $10,561,000 above the request. Increases above the request include $8,401,000 for the Alaska Conveyance program; $300,000 for GIS/Cadastral mapping in Utah; $750,000 for the processing of recordable disclaimer applications in Alaska; $160,000 for soil survey mapping in Wyoming; and $950,000 for ongoing Cadastral mapping in Montana. The Committee continues to support the Bureau's work to implement the various realty actions included in the Clark County Act (Public Law 107-282). Resource Protection and Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $85,216,000 for resource protection and maintenance, which is $1,600,000 above the request. The Committee notes that the administration's request of $1,000,000 in additional funding for law enforcement is largely reserved for activities in the Southwest. Due to increasing visitation on National Landscape Conservation System lands the Committee has provided an additional $1,600,000. The Committee expects these funds to be used in Montana, Colorado, California, and Arizona. Due to the administration's focus on the Southwest, the additional funds shall first be focused on fully meeting needs in Montana and Colorado with remaining funds supporting other portions of the NLCS across the West. Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $78,291,000 for transportation and facilities maintenance, which is $2,000,000 above the request. $1,000,000 of the increase is to continue capping of oil wells in the National Petroleum Reserve to prevent leakage and oil spills and $1,000,000 is to support activities on the Pacific Crest, Continental Divide and Iditarod trails. Land and Information Systems.--The Committee recommends $18,217,000 for land and information systems, which is equal to the request. Mining Law Administration.--The Committee recommends $32,696 for mining law administration, which is equal to the request. Workforce Organization and Support.--The Committee recommends $147,619,000 for workforce organization and support equal to the request. Challenge Cost Share.--The Committee has provided $10,000,000 for the challenge cost share program; $3,996,000 below the request level. Additionally the Committee agrees to the request level of $6,000,000 for the Cooperative Conservation Initiative. WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT Appropriations, 2005.................................... $831,295,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 756,564,000 House allowance......................................... 761,564,000 Committee recommendation................................ 766,564,000 The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $766,564,000 for wildland fire management activities, which is $64,731,000 below the enacted level, $10,000,000 above the request, and $5,000,000 over the House allowance. The Committee retains the current budget structure and recommends $272,852,000 for fire preparedness, which is equal to the request. The Committee also recommends a total of $234,167,000 for fire suppression activities, which is equal to the request. The Committee's recommendation includes $259,545,000 for Other Fire Operations, which is $10,000,000 above the request. The amount above the request is for the Rural Fire Assistance program. Funding for the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis shall remain at or above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level of $1,500,000. The Committee is dismayed by the budget request's proposal to eliminate the Rural Fire Assistance program. Often, rural fire departments are the first responders to fires on Federal lands, facing great risk and expense to battle these fires. The administration suggests other programs will fill the void left in the wake of this program's cancellation, but further analysis shows the other accounts suggested are also slated for large programmatic cuts in the request. The Committee has restored funding for this program and suggests that future action to reduce the program will be met with action by the Committee to restore funding directly from the administration's top priorities. CONSTRUCTION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $11,340,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 6,476,000 House allowance......................................... 11,476,000 Committee recommendation................................ 9,976,000 The Committee recommends $9,976,000 for construction, which is $1,364,000 below the fiscal year 2005 level, an increase of $3,500,000 above the request, and $1,500,000 below the House allowance. Increases above the request include: $1,500,000 for the Sand Hollow Recreation area pursuant to the MOU with the State of Utah; $450,000 for the Paiute Meadows Trail project in Nevada; and $1,550,000 to address critical projects identified in the Bureau's 5-year construction plan. LAND ACQUISITION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $11,192,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 13,350,000 House allowance......................................... 3,817,000 Committee recommendation................................ 12,250,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,250,000 for land acquisition, an increase of $1,058,000 over the enacted level, a decrease of $1,100,000 below the budget estimate, and $8,433,000 over the House recommendation. The following table shows the Committee's recommendations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CASanta Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument $500,000 COCO Canyons Nat'l Conservation Area 1,500,000 IDUpper/South Fork Snake River ACEC/SMRA 3,000,000 OROregon NWSR, North Fork Owyhee NWSR 650,000 ORSandy River/OR Nat'l Historic Trail 1,600,000 UTColorado River SRMA 1,200,000 ----------------- SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS 8,450,000 ================= Acquisition Management/Land Exchange Processing 2,300,000 Emergency/Inholdings/Wilderness 1,500,000 ----------------- TOTAL, BLM LAND ACQUISITION 12,250,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ oregon and california grant lands Appropriations, 2005.................................... $107,497,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 110,070,000 House allowance......................................... 110,070,000 Committee recommendation................................ 110,070,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,070,000, an increase of $2,573,000 over the enacted level, and equal to the budget request and the House allowance. FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT) The Committee has retained bill language clarifying that the Federal share of salvage receipts to be deposited into this account shall be those funds remaining after payments to counties. RANGE IMPROVEMENTS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $10,000,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 10,000,000 House allowance......................................... 10,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000 for range improvements, the same as the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request and the House allowance. The Committee rejects the budget request's proposed elimination of this account. SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $20,055,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 32,940,000 House allowance......................................... 32,940,000 Committee recommendation................................ 32,940,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,940,000, equal to the budget estimate and the House allowance. MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $12,405,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 12,405,000 House allowance......................................... 12,405,000 Committee recommendation................................ 12,405,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000, the same as the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request and the House allowance. FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats. The Service manages the 95 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 63 fish and wildlife management offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The Agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to State fish and wildlife agencies. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Appropriations, 2005.................................... $962,940,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 985,563,000 House allowance......................................... 1,005,225,000 Committee recommendation................................ 993,485,000 The Committee recommends $993,485,000 for resource management, which is $30,545,000 above the enacted level, $7,922,000 above the request, and $11,740,000 below the House recommendation. A table in the back of the report displays the distribution of funds at the subactivity level. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ecological Services.......................................... $250,573,000 $254,613,000 +$4,040,000 Refuges and Wildlife......................................... 493,141,000 491,708,000 -1,433,000 Fisheries.................................................... 107,656,000 111,808,000 +4,152,000 General Administration....................................... 134,193,000 135,356,000 +1,163,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, Resource Management............................. 985,563,000 993,485,000 +7,922,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ecological Services.--The Committee recommends $254,613,000 for ecological services which is $4,040,000 above the request. The Committee recommends an increase of $500,000 for the candidate conservation program which shall be distributed to the Idaho Sage Grouse management plan through the Idaho Office of Species Conservation. The Committee recommends $18,130,000 for the listing program, which is equal to the request, and $49,484,000 for the consultation program also equal to the request. The Committee has not continued bill language concerning the Natural Communities Conservation Planning project in California, but notes that this project is eligible to compete for funds from the Section 6 Habitat Conservation Planning Grants program through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. The Committee recommends $72,541,000 for the recovery program which is $8,298,000 above the request. Increases above the request are $982,000 to restore funding for the Platte River recovery project, $691,000 to restore funding for the Upper Colorado River fish recovery project, $1,114,000 for implementation of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy, $500,000 for the Lahontan cutthroat trout, $1,202,000 for wolf recovery efforts for a total of $1,500,000 for this activity, $1,000,000 for the Penobscot River restoration project, $1,000,000 for Atlantic salmon recovery activities administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and $1,800,000 for the eider and sea otter recovery work at the Alaska SeaLife Center. Of the funds provided for wolf recovery, $350,000 is for the Nez Perce Tribe, $730,000 is for the Idaho Office of Species Conservation, $100,000 is for the Service's Snake River Basin office pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho, and $320,000 is for wolf monitoring and related activities by the State of Montana. Within the funds provided for recovery, the Committee recommends $400,000 for the Peregrine Fund. The Committee supports the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other Department of the Interior investments in Whooping Crane recovery particularly for the captive rearing of cranes for reintroduction and for logistical, biological and habitat support. The current Whooping Crane re-introduction in the Eastern United States is a landmark in endangered species recovery. The Service should continue to support these efforts, which contribute to successful implementation of recovery priorities. The Committee recommends $94,805,000 for habitat conservation, a decrease of $7,173,000 from the budget request. The Committee recommends $44,474,000 for the partners for fish and wildlife program, a decrease of $7,723,000 below the request. Decreases from the request include a general program decrease of $11,966,000, and a decrease of $3,272,000 for the Upper Klamath Basin effort. Increases above the request include $700,000 for the Big Hole Watershed restoration project in Montana, $500,000 for the Montana Water Center for the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, $1,250,000 for the Nevada Biodiversity Research and Conservation Project, $100,000 for bald eagle restoration work performed in cooperation with the Vermont Natural Heritage Partners Program, $1,400,000 for spartina control at Willapa Bay, $540,000 for conservation work at the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, $1,000,000 for the Wildlife Enterprises program at Mississippi State University, $250,000 for the Thunder Basin Initiative project in Wyoming, $100,000 for invasive species control work by the friends of Lake Sakakawea, $550,000 for endangered bird conservation work in Hawaii in cooperation with the Zoological Society of San Diego, $500,000 to continue Geographic Information System mapping of the National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska by a non- governmental organization that has a proven system of land cover products in Alaska and high expertise in forest cover and wetlands, $200,000 for a hydrology study on the Lower Colorado River, and $425,000 for the completion of a study on declining wildlife populations on the Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge in cooperation with the New Hampshire Audubon Society. The Committee recommends $30,654,000 for project planning, $550,000 above the request. The increase is for the Middle Rio Grande (Bosque) Research program. The Committee recommends $14,900,000 for coastal programs which is equal to the request. The Committee recommends $4,777,000 for the national wetlands inventory which is equal to the request. The Committee has provided $10,901,000 for the environmental contaminants program, which is equal to the enacted level. The Committee directs the Service to work with the Environmental Protection Agency to incorporate trustee concerns during Superfund remediation and to enhance the integration of Superfund remedial activities and natural resource damage assessment activities. Refuges and Wildlife.--The Committee recommends $491,708,000 for refuges and wildlife, a decrease of $1,433,000 below the request. The Committee has provided a total of $393,894,000 for the National Wildlife Refuge System which is equal to the request. Within this amount, $246,807,000 is for refuge operations and $137,687,000 is for maintenance. The Committee approves of the Service's budget restructuring proposal for refuge operations activities but expects the Service to continue to identify as a separate line item the amount proposed for refuge maintenance. The Committee recommendation for refuges and wildlife includes a total of $9,400,000 for the challenge cost share program. Of this amount, $4,400,000 is for the traditional cost share program and $5,000,000 is for the Cooperative Conservation Initiative grant program. The Committee understands that the Fish and Wildlife Service relies extensively on information compiled by NatureServe, particularly biological information which it gathers through the State Heritage Network. This has proven to be an effective means to collect data that furthers the mission of the Service as well as other Departmental agencies. In order to maintain the quality of this information, the Committee expects that the Service will work cooperatively with NatureServe and make additional funds available if necessary from programs such as the CCI initiative to ensure that sufficient funds are available to maintain adequately the integrity of this important inventory information. The Committee is aware that a number of refuges such as Clark's River in KY, and Don Edwards in CA, have grown substantially in recent years due to large land acquisitions by the Service. The Committee strongly encourages the agency to review base budgets for these refuges in light of the additional management responsibilities caused by the significant increase in the number of refuge acres under the Service's jurisdiction. The Committee has provided $40,202,000 for migratory bird management which is $1,433,000 below the request. The decrease is for the proposed new joint ventures. Given tight budget constraints, the Committee cannot provide these additional funds this fiscal year. The Committee expects that funds for the existing joint ventures will be distributed consistent with documents provided to the Committee by the Service. The Committee has provided $57,612,000 for law enforcement which is equal to the request. The Committee is concerned with certain reductions proposed in the request for the ports of entry at Louisville, Memphis, and Atlanta. The Committee is aware that some of the funds provided last year for these ports represented one-time start-up costs, but it is the Committee's expectation that the operational capability at each of these Ports shall be maintained at a level consistent with fiscal year 2005. If the level of funding proposed in the budget request is insufficient to meet this operational level, the Committee directs that additional funds be reprogrammed within the law enforcement account. The Service shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this Act whether funds must be reprogrammed for this purpose. Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $111,808,000 for fisheries, an increase of $4,152,000 above the budget request. For hatchery operations and maintenance, the Committee recommends $57,971,000 which is equal to the request. The Committee expects that at this funding level no hatcheries will be closed or placed in caretaker status. The Committee recommends $53,837,000 for fish and wildlife management which is $4,152,000 above the request. Increases above the request are $102,000 for aquatic nuisance control, $1,400,000 to combat whirling disease and related fish health issues, of which $1,000,000 is for the National Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Coldwater Fisheries and $400,000 is for the Whirling Disease Foundation, $250,000 is for the regional mark processing center, and $500,000 is for the Wildlife Health Center in Montana. There is a general decrease of $300,000. The Committee recommends a total of $4,685,000 for marine mammals which is an increase of $2,200,000 above the request. The increases are $1,200,000 to continue marine mammal protection work in Alaska through cooperative agreements with various marine mammal commissions, and $1,000,000 to continue population assessments on marine mammal stocks in Alaska. The Committee remains concerned by the recent discoveries of the northern snakehead in the Potomac River and its potential impact on native fish populations through predation, food and habitat competition, or the introduction of diseases and parasites. The Committee directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue sampling activities in the Potomac River and its tributaries that are important for determining the distribution of the species, and the potential application of control and management strategies. General Administration.--The Committee recommends $135,356,000 for general administration, which is $1,163,000 above the request. Changes from the request include a decrease of $2,000,000 for the science excellence initiative, and increases of $1,625,000 to offset partially the proposed administrative efficiencies reduction which was not adequately explained or justified, $291,000 to restore funding for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $250,000 for enhanced training activities at the National Conservation Training Center [NCTC], and $397,000 to restore cuts to maintenance activities at NCTC. The Committee recommends $10,149,000 for international affairs which is $600,000 above the request. The increase above the request is to restore the Wildlife Without Borders program to the enacted level. Within the funds provided for international affairs, no less than $700,000 is for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in Texas. CONSTRUCTION Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $93,210,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 19,676,000 House allowance......................................... 41,206,000 Committee recommendation................................ 31,811,000 The Committee recommends $31,811,000 for construction, a decrease of $20,847,000 below the enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), an increase of $12,135,000 above the budget estimate, and $9,395,000 below the House recommendation. The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Unit Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Balcones Canyonlands NWR, TX...... Martin Lake and 500 Martin West Dams. Big Oaks NWR, IN.................. Dam Rehabilitation 150 [d/cc]. Crab Orchard NWR, IL.............. Visitor Center Dam 2,625 Rehabilitation. Craig Brook NFH, ME............... Wastewater Treatment 2,480 Compliance [cc]. Garrison Dam NFH, ND.............. Hatchery renovation 200 [cc]. Hakalau NWR, HI................... Ungulate Control 1,100 Fencing [c]. Hanford Reach NM/Saddle Mtn. NWR, Visitor Center [cc]. 2,250 WA. Kodiak NWR, AK.................... Visitor Center [cc]. 4,400 Kofa NWR, AZ...................... Structural 1,515 Replacement [cc]. National Conservation Training Waterline 600 Center. construction [cc]. Office of Aircraft Services....... Replacement of 1,500 Survey Aircraft. Ohio River Islands NWR, WV........ Visitor Center [cc]. 835 Servicewide....................... Dam Safety and 720 Inspection. Servicewide....................... Bridge Safety and 570 Inspection. Sevilleta NWR, NM................. Laboratory 2,100 Construction [cc]. White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV..... Mussell Propagation 650 Facility [cc]. --------------- Subtotal, Line Item .................... 22,195 Construction. --------------- Servicewide....................... Core Engineering 5,900 Service. Servicewide....................... CAM................. 2,456 Servicewide....................... Seismic Safety 130 Program. Servicewide....................... Environmental 1,000 Compliance Management. Servicewide....................... Waste Prevention, 130 Recycling and Env. Mgmt Sys. --------------- Subtotal, Nationwide .................... 9,616 Engineering Svcs.. --------------- Total....................... .................... 31,811 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee remains concerned about reported poor and unsafe conditions in the research facilities and office buildings at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Patuxent Research Refuge. In the Conference Report to accompany the fiscal 2004 Interior Appropriations bill (H. Rept. 108-330) and in the Senate report to accompany the fiscal 2005 bill (S. Rept. 108-341), the Committee underscored its expectation that the FWS and USGS develop a plan and budget for the rehabilitation or replacement of facilities and to resolve any jurisdictional issues between the agencies. To date, the Department has not submitted such a plan or budget and the Committee understands that there has been no final resolution of the jurisdictional issues. The Committee expects the Secretary of the Interior to complete a facilities and budget plan by not later than March 1, 2006, which identifies the priorities, schedule, funding requirements, phasing options and agencies responsible for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of facilities, buildings and associated infrastructure at the Center and Refuge. LAND ACQUISITION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $37,005,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 40,992,000 House allowance......................................... 14,937,000 Committee recommendation................................ 40,827,000 The Committee recommends $40,827,000, an increase of $3,822,000 over the enacted level, a decrease of $165,000 below the budget request, and $25,890,000 over the House recommendation. The following table shows the Committee's recommendations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AK Alaska Peninsula NWR $400,000 AR Cache River NWR 809,000 AL Cahaba NWR 500,000 WV Canaan Valley NWR 190,000 TN Chickasaw NWR 500,000 KY Clark's River NWR 750,000 ND/SD Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife 500,000 Management Area VA Eastern Shore NWR 4,000,000 NJ Edwin B. Forsythe NWR 300,000 TX Laguna Atascosa NWR 400,000 NH Lake Umbagog NWR 750,000 TX Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR 1,000,000 MN/IA Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR 500,000 DE Primehook NWR 815,000 ME Rachel Carson NWR 600,000 RI Rhode Island Refuge Complex 950,000 MT Rocky Mountain Front 1,500,000 CA San Joaquin River NWR 1,700,000 NH/VT/MA/CN Silvio Conte Nat'l Fish and Wildlife 1,000,000 Refuge LA Tensas NWR 1,900,000 AK Togiak NWR 300,000 OR Upper Klamath Lake NWR 6,000,000 ----------------- SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS 25,364,000 ================= Acquisition Management 8,393,000 CAM 1,820,000 Exchanges 1,750,000 Inholdings, Wilderness 1,750,000 Emergencies & Hardships 1,750,000 ----------------- TOTAL, FWS LAND ACQUISITION 40,827,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee continues to support the land acquisition program at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, and notes that these funds have frequently been complemented by section 6 grants for the Balcones Canyonlands Habitat Conservation Plan. The Committee urges the Service to continue its support for this effort. The Committee is disappointed by the Service's failure to approve a proposed boundary expansion for the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the North Shore of Oahu. The proposed expansion would join two physically separated sections of the refuge, and include one of Oahu's last remaining intact native coastal habitats, while providing flood control for neighboring communities. The Committee expects the Service to provide funding for this expansion should it be authorized. Within funds provided for the Silvio Conte NWR, not less than $500,000 is for the Pondicherry Division. Within funds provided for Acquisition management $500,000 is for an environmental impact statement [EIS] of the proposed Yukon Flats land exchange between Doyon Ltd. and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM Appropriations, 2005.................................... $21,694,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 40,000,000 House allowance......................................... 23,700,000 Committee recommendation................................ 25,000,000 The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for the Landowner Incentive Program, an increase of $3,306,000 above the enacted level, a decrease of $15,000,000 below the budget request, and $1,300,000 above the House recommendation. PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $6,903,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 10,000,000 House allowance......................................... 7,386,000 Committee recommendation................................ 7,500,000 The Committee recommends $7,500,000 for stewardship grants, an increase of $597,000 above the enacted level, $2,500,000 below the budget request, and $114,000 above the House recommendation. Stewardship grants are competitive awards made directly to individuals and groups involved in endangered species recovery efforts on private lands. COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $80,462,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 80,000,000 House allowance......................................... 84,400,000 Committee recommendation................................ 80,000,000 The Committee recommends $80,000,000 for the cooperative endangered species conservation fund, of which $2,518,000 is for administration and $45,653,000 is for habitat conservation plan land acquisition. The amount provided is $462,000 below the enacted level, the same as the budget request and $4,400,000 below the House recommendation. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $14,214,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 14,414,000 House allowance......................................... 14,414,000 Committee recommendation................................ 14,414,000 The Committee recommends $14,414,000 for the national wildlife refuge fund, which is $200,000 above the enacted level, and the same as the budget request and the House recommended level. NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $37,472,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 49,949,000 House allowance......................................... 40,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 39,500,000 The Committee recommends $39,500,000 for the North American wetlands conservation fund, an increase of $2,028,000 above the enacted level, a reduction of $10,449,000 below the budget request, and $500,000 below the House recommended level. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $3,944,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................................... House allowance......................................... 4,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000 The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for neotropical migratory bird conservation which is $56,000 above the enacted level and equal to the House recommended level. Funding for this program was proposed in the budget request within the Multinational Species Conservation Fund account. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $5,719,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 8,300,000 House allowance......................................... 5,900,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,500,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,500,000 for the multinational species conservation fund which is $781,000 above the enacted level, $1,800,000 below the budget request and $600,000 above the House recommended level. The funds for neotropical migratory birds have been provided under a separate heading. The rhino and tiger conservation fund shall receive $1,600,000, and the remaining funds shall each receive $1,400,000. The marine turtles program shall receive $700,000. STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $69,028,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 74,000,000 House allowance......................................... 65,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 72,000,000 The Committee recommends $72,000,000 for State and tribal wildlife grants which is $2,972,000 above the enacted level, $2,000,000 below the budget request, and $7,000,000 above the House recommendation. Of the recommended amount, $6,000,000 is provided for tribal grants. National Park Service Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the national park system has grown to encompass 388 sites spanning more than 84,000,000 acres in 49 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands. The National Park Service, created in 1916, is charged with preserving these sites ``unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.'' The Service and its more than 20,000 employees also contribute to the protection of other historical, cultural and recreational resources through a variety of grant and technical assistance programs. OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM Appropriations, 2005.................................... $1,683,564,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,734,053,000 House allowance......................................... 1,754,199,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,748,486,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The operation of the national park system account is the primary source of funding for the national parks, and supports the activities, programs and services essential to their day- to-day operations. It includes base funding for individual park units, as well as pooled funding administered at the national or regional level for training; repair, preservation and rehabilitation of facilities and resources; information technology; and a variety of other purposes. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $1,748,486,000 for operation of the national park system, an increase of $64,922,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $14,433,000 over the budget request, and a decrease of $5,713,000 below the House recommended funding level. The amount provided includes an increase over the budget request of $20,000,000 for recurring park base operating budgets. Of the amounts provided in addition to the budget request, $500,000 should be allocated to the national trails system. Resource Stewardship.--The Committee recommends $354,841,000 for resource stewardship, an increase of $725,000 over the budget request. Changes to the budget request include increases of $225,000 for the International Center for Science and Learning at Mammoth Cave NP, $1,000,000 air tour management, and $500,000 for vanishing treasures, and a decrease of $1,000,000 for inventory and monitoring. The Committee understands that the Service intends to conduct a history study to improve interpretation of Civil War homefront themes at Marsh Billings Rockefeller NHP. Visitor Services.--The Committee recommends $346,181,000 for visitor services, the same as the budget request. The Committee is aware of the major celebrations planned in October 2006 for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown, representing the end of the American Revolution, and throughout 2007 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. The Committee encourages the Service to increase staffing as appropriate to strengthen law enforcement and visitor interpretation services to meet the needs of the expected increase in visitation during this time. Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $595,186,000 for maintenance, a decrease of $400,000 below the budget request for the repair and restoration of historic buildings. The amount provided for the repair and restoration of historic buildings represents a $3,000,000 increase over the enacted level. Within the amounts provided, $640,000 is for restriping and sealing of portions of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. The Committee further understands that restoring maintenance services at Natchez Trace Parkway is a high regional priority. The Committee understands that the Service intends to conduct an historic structures report on Civilian Conservation Corps cabins and structures within Buffalo National River. Park Support.--The Committee recommends $301,721,000 for park support, a decrease of $5,892,000 below the budget request. Changes to the request include an increase of $250,000 for partnership wild and scenic rivers, and decreases of $400,000 for Jamestown 2007, $61,000 for FOCUS, $310,000 for partnership oversight, and $5,371,000 for resource restoration challenge cost share. Funding for Jamestown 2007 is provided in the National Recreation and Preservation account. The Committee continues to expect the Service to allocate one third of the amount provided for the traditional challenge cost share program to the National Trails System. The amount provided includes the $1,000,000 requested for the Service to implement training and data conversion for the Federal Budget Management System, but the Committee is not impressed by the presentation of this item in the budget justification as an ``uncontrollable'' change. This is a program increase and should have been displayed as such. The Committee also notes that at least $2,138,000 of the amounts requested for various IT-related activities are presented as non-recurring, and expects that corresponding reductions will be displayed in the fiscal year 2007 justification. External Administrative Costs.--The Committee recommends $130,557,000 for external administrative costs, the same as the budget request. Other.--The Committee notes that the park area budget presentation indicates that the distribution of the $12,600,000 increase for visitor services provided by Congress in fiscal year 2005 is to be non-recurring at the parks to which it was allocated. This is not what the Committee intended and is not consistent with the park-specific justifications provided for these increases. The Committee provided these funds in response to widespread concerns that park managers had been forced to reduce visitor facility hours of operation and other recurring visitor services due to the absorption of pay and other fixed costs in their base budgets. In many cases, treating these funds as non-recurring does not allow parks to use them as the Committee intended. The National Park Service budget has numerous programs that exist to meet non-recurring park needs for maintenance, and natural and cultural resource management. The budget also regularly proposes specific funding in the park base for one- time or isolated events such as the presidential inaugural, and subsequent budget justifications then reflect the proposed reduction of these funds when the program is complete. If, however, there is a need to create a new fund source to meet an unfunded non-recurring park requirement, then the administration should request this in a future budget. But in this case the funds provided were clearly intended to be part of the parks' permanent base budgets, and the Committee expects them to be treated as such. The Committee does not recommend continuation of language carried in previous appropriations acts regarding the inclusion of 18 U.S.C. 1913 in the text of National Park Service grants or contracts. Removal of this requirement should not be construed as either a recommendation for change in National Park Service procedures, or any lessening of the Committee's interest in seeing that the anti-lobbying provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1913 and section 402 of this Act are followed in both letter and spirit. UNITED STATES PARK POLICE Appropriations, 2005.................................... $80,076,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 80,411,000 House allowance......................................... 82,411,000 Committee recommendation................................ 80,411,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The United States Park Police is a full-time, full-service uniformed law enforcement entity of the National Park Service that operates primarily in the Washington, DC, area, the New York City metropolitan area, and San Francisco. Its primary functions are the protection of icon parks and their visitors, patrol of the National Mall and adjacent parks, special events and crowd management, criminal investigations, and traffic control and parkway patrol. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $80,411,000 for the United States Park Police, an increase of $335,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same as the budget request, and $2,000,000 below the House recommended funding level. NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $60,973,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 36,777,000 House allowance......................................... 48,997,000 Committee recommendation................................ 56,729,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The national recreation and preservation appropriation funds a variety of authorized programs that are associated with local community efforts to preserve natural and cultural resources. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $56,729,000 for national recreation and preservation, a decrease of $4,244,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $19,952,000 over the budget request, and an increase of $7,732,000 over the House recommended funding level. Recreation Programs.--The Committee recommends $554,000 for recreation programs, the same as the budget request. Natural Programs.--The Committee recommends $10,045,000 for natural programs, an increase of $500,000 over the budget request. The increase provided is for the rivers and trails conservation assistance program. Cultural Programs.--The Committee recommends $20,403,000 for cultural programs, an increase of $2,681,000 over the budget request. The amount provided includes increases of $1,931,000 for the National Center for Preservation Technology and $750,000 for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program. Further discussion of National Park Service training facility needs is contained in the construction portion of this report. International Park Affairs.--The Committee recommends $1,618,000 for international park affairs, the same as the budget request. Environmental and Compliance Review.--The Committee recommends $399,000 for environmental compliance and review, the same as the budget request. Grant Administration.--The Committee recommends $1,913,000 for grant administration, the same as the budget request. Heritage Partnership Programs.--The Committee recommends $13,572,000 for heritage partnership programs, an increase of $8,546,000 over the budget request. The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership............. 750 Augusta Canal National Heritage Area.................... 400 Automobile National Heritage Area....................... 500 Blue Ridge National Heritage Area....................... 500 Cane River National Heritage Area....................... 800 Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.......... 800 Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor................ 700 Essex National Heritage Area............................ 800 Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.............. 400 John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 800 Corridor............................................... Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area................ 550 Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area........... 500 National Aviation Heritage Area......................... 100 National Coal Heritage Area............................. 100 Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor.......... 800 Oil Region National Heritage Area....................... 100 Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 750 Corridor............................................... Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.................. 800 Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Center......... 400 Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic 500 District............................................... South Carolina National Heritage Corridor............... 800 Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area....................... 400 Wheeling National Heritage Area......................... 800 Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.................... 400 --------------- Subtotal, Commissions & Grants.................... 13,450 --------------- Technical Support....................................... 122 --------------- TOTAL, Heritage Partnership Pgms.................. 13,572 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee remains concerned about the potential growth in the number of authorized heritage areas given ongoing fiscal limitations and inconstant administration support for the program. Three new heritage areas were authorized in the 108th Congress, and proposals to create dozens more are under active discussion. Continued growth in the number of areas will inevitably lead to the dilution of available funding and could potentially diminish program effectiveness. The Committee is aware that the relevant authorizing committees have spent considerable time debating the future of the heritage area program, and that the National Park Service Advisory Board is also conducting a review. The Committee hopes that all stakeholders will work to produce a coherent vision for heritage programs that encompasses not only the heritage partnership program but also other existing and proposed programs related to heritage tourism. Statutory or Contractual Aid.--The Committee recommends $8,225,000 for statutory or contractual aid, as opposed to zero funding as proposed in the budget request. The distribution of funds is shown in the table below. [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statutory or Contractual Aid: Brown Foundation....................................... 250 Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails............... 2,000 Crossroads of the West Historic District............... 750 Delta Interpretive Center.............................. 1,000 Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, and No. Plains Foundations.... 625 Harper's Ferry NHP (Niagra Movement)................... 300 Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.................... 700 International Peace Gardens............................ 200 Jamestown 2007......................................... 400 Lamprey River.......................................... 750 Native Hawaiian culture & arts program................. 750 Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission (Contraband 500 Comp)................................................. ------------ Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual Aid............... 8,225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neither the budget request nor the House bill include funding for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails program authorized in Public Law 105-312. The House Committee report also describes ``problems'' with program management that were identified in a routine oversight review performed by the Surveys and Investigations staff of the House Committee. This Committee would welcome the opportunity to review these findings and discuss them with program managers and stakeholders, but understands that the findings of the oversight team are unpublished and generally unavailable to stakeholders or the public for review or comment. The Committee sees little redeeming value in this Star Chamber approach to oversight, and recommends an appropriation of $2,000,000 for continued program activities. The Committee urges the National Park Service to implement its action plan for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails program, and to work openly with Congress, the Department, stakeholder groups and others to ensure that the program is managed in a way that meets its statutory goals in the most efficient manner possible. HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $71,739,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 66,205,000 House allowance......................................... 72,705,000 Committee recommendation................................ 72,500,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Historic Preservation Fund was established in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to provide grant assistance to States, territories, and tribes to aid in the preservation of historical sites and cultural heritage. A portion of these funds are used by State Historic Preservation Offices to operate national programs such as the National Register of Historic Places and the Section 106 review process, as well as to provide technical assistance and to make matching grants to local communities for preservation projects. This appropriation has also supported a variety of targeted programs at the national level designed to achieve historic preservation goals. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $72,500,000 for the historic preservation fund, an increase of $761,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $6,295,000 over the budget request, and a decrease of $205,000 below the House recommended funding level. The amount provided includes increases over the budget request of $3,000,000 for grants-in-aid to States, $795,000 for grants-in-aid to tribes and $15,000,000 for Save America's Treasures. There is a decrease of $12,500,000 for Preserve America, but the Committee has included language in the bill allowing the Service to award not to exceed $7,500,000 in Save America's Treasures funds for Preserve America pilot grants. The Committee notes that Congress this year is expected to consider legislation to reauthorize the National Historic Preservation Act, and that consideration of both the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs in that context may have merit. CONSTRUCTION Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $352,982,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 307,362,000 House allowance......................................... 291,230,000 Committee recommendation................................ 299,201,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The construction appropriation supports the following principal activities: the construction and rehabilitation of historic buildings and structures, the construction and rehabilitation of public use facilities and utility systems, the purchase of equipment, and the preparation of construction and general management plans. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $299,201,000 for construction, a decrease of $2,979,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level (excluding emergencies), a decrease of $8,161,000 below the budget request, and an increase of $7,971,000 above the House recommended funding level. The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IL Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and 1,000 Museum MA Amistad NRA (upgrade water and wastewater 1,003 systems at Diablo East) VA Blue Ridge Parkway (replace Otter Creek Bridge 804 and campground services) MA Boston Harbor Islands NRA (construct floating 832 docks) MA Boston Harbor Islands NRA (Harbor Park 554 pavilion construction) MA Boston NHP (Bldg. 5) 3,082 NM Chaco Culture NHP (replace and upgrade 4,238 curation facilities w/UNM) MD Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP (rehab Great 1,847 Falls visitor center and facilities) NJ Delaware Water Gap NRA (replace Depew 2,871 recreation site) FL Dry Tortugas NP (preserve Fort Jackson) 6,618 FL Everglades NP (modified water delivery system) 25,000 NY Fire Island NS (West Entrance Ranger Station 764 and construct restrooms) KS Fort Larned NHS (North Officers' Quarters) 1,159 MD Fort Washington Park (stabilization) 2,876 VA George Washington Memorial Parkway (rehab 1,251 Arlington House) MT Glacier NP (remove hazmat and correct fire 758 egress at Many Glacier hotel) MN Grand Portage NM (establish heritage center) 4,000 FL Gulf Islands NS (rehab Fort Pickens water 971 system) WV Harpers Ferry NHP (rehab Jackson House, School 1,350 House Ridge trails and waysides, Armory) NE Homestead NM (heritage museum and education 3,690 center) OH Hopewell Culture NHP (salvage archaeological 389 resources threatened by erosion) AR Hot Springs NP (rehab bathhouses) 6,059 PA Independence NHP (Mall landscaping/ 2,000 infrastructure) PA Independence NHP (rehab Deschler-Morris- 3,932 Bringhurst House utilities and exhibits) RI John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC 750 HI Kalaupapa NHP (replace non-compliant 3,779 cesspools) AK Kenai Fjords NP (multi-agency center) 495 MI Keweenaw NHP (Calumet & Hecla Bldg. rehab, 1,650 Phase II) AR Little Rock Central High School NHS (complete 5,100 visitor center) MO Mark Twain Boyhood Home NHL (restoration) 500 WA Mount Rainier NP (replace Jackson Visitor 14,307 Center and rehab parking areas) WA Mount Rainier NP (rehab structural components 7,900 of Paradise Inn and Annex) WV New River Gorge NR (various) 1,509 WA Olympic NP (Elwha River ecosystem) 5,000 CA Pinnacles NM (relocate and replace maintenance 4,794 and visitor facilities) CA Redwood NP (protect park resources by removing 2,169 failing roads) CA San Francisco Maritime NHP (repair Sala Burton 4,350 Maritime Museum Bldg.) MA Saugus Iron Works NHS (rehab resources for 1,334 accessibility and safety) VA Shenandoah NP (rehab and remodel Panorama 4,835 facility as visitor/learning center) MS Shiloh NMP (Corinth intepretive film) 1,000 NJ Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island NMs (rehab 8,452 Ellis Island seawall) AL Tuskegee Airmen NHS (preserve and rehab Moton 6,767 Airfield site) HI USS Arizona Memorial (replace failing visitor 1,690 center) UT Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act 5,000 PA Valley Forge NHP (George Washington's 2,326 headquarters) AK Western Arctic National Parklands (NW Alaska 12,733 Heritage Center and admin. facilities) DC White House (structural and utility rehab) 6,523 SD Wind Cave NP (replace failing wastewater 4,928 treatment facility) WY Yellowstone NP (Madison Wastewater Facilities) 4,114 WY Yellowstone NP (Old Faithful Inn) 11,118 WY Yellowstone NP (replace Old Faithful Visitor 11,175 Center) CA Yosemite NP (replace hazardous gas 2,176 disinfection system at El Portal wastewater plant) ------------------ Subtotal, Line Item Construction 213,522 ================== Emergency and Unscheduled Projects 3,944 Housing Replacement 7,889 Dam Safety 2,662 ================== Equipment Replacement: Replacement of park operations equipment 13,387 Conversion to narrowband radio system 12,527 Modernization of information mgmt. system 986 ------------------ Subtotal, Equipment Replacement 26,900 ================== Construction Planning 19,925 ================== Construction Program Management and Operations: Associate Director, Professional Services 1,084 Denver Service Center operations 16,757 Regional facility project support 9,764 ------------------ Subtotal, Const. Program Mgmt. & Ops. 27,605 ================== General Management Planning: EIS planning and compliance 4,917 General management plans 7,663 Strategic planning 666 Special resource studies 508 ------------------ Subtotal, General Management Planning 13,754 ================== Subtotal, Other Construction 102,679 ================== Use of prior year balances -17,000 ================== Total, NPS Construction 299,201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee is pleased with the progress being made towards the completion of the Federal commitments made pursuant to the Utah Public Land Artifact Preservation Act. The Committee encourages the Service to work closely with the State of Utah to expedite this project in a timely manner with regard to the site identified at the University of Utah. The Committee is troubled by the Service's proposal to fund a new Western Preservation Center for Training and Technology while terminating the existing National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. Budget documents provide little explanation for this seemingly incongruous proposal. The Committee invites the Service, if desired, to present a comprehensive and cohesive plan for NPS training facility needs nationwide. Such a plan should address all training facilities that are currently operated by the Service, are potentially available for Service use, or are proposed to be constructed. In the wake of the catastrophic floods of 1997 that decimated parts of Yosemite National Park, Congress provided more than $186,000,000 in emergency funding to repair roads, trails, structures and utilities, and to relocate certain facilities to locations more appropriate for Park purposes. Due in large part to extensive litigation over various aspects of the restoration, more than $80,000,000 of the amount provided remained unobligated as of the end of calendar year 2004. The most recent quarterly report provided to the Committee indicates that significant additional project completions will occur in 2005 and 2006. Presumably a significant amount of the remaining funds will be obligated on these projects. As such, the Committee requests that the Service include in its coming quarterly reports a more thorough discussion of the closeout of the Yosemite recovery effort. The Committee is particularly interested in knowing what portion of the remaining funds will be required to complete planned recovery activities, whether additional funds are expected to be required, and what funding sources are contemplated to provide any such additional funding. The Committee has found the Service's quarterly reports to be helpful, and believes this additional information will be useful as the project moves forward. Of the funds provided for New River Gorge NSR, $940,000 is for boundary surveys, stabilization and HVAC work, $231,000 is for design of the restoration of the Cliffside Amphitheater, $125,000 is for the New River Parkway Authority, and $213,000 is for design for the stabilization of the Nutall Mine Complex. The Committee has included additional funds for general management planning for the El Camino Real de los Tejas. The Committee also strongly encourages the National Park Service to complete the management plan for the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park no later than September 1, 2007. The Committee understands that in fiscal year 2006 the Service will initiate construction planning for repair of scenic overlooks at Shenandoah NP. No funds have been provided for the Safety Interoperable Communications Program [SAFECOM]. The West Yellowstone Solid Waste Composting Facility was developed by Yellowstone National Park and other regional stakeholders to reduce both the volume and cost of solid waste transportation and disposal from the Park and surrounding area. Regrettably, problems with process design and waste characteristics have left the facility operating at well below design capacity. The Park is now the only user of the facility, and the diminished capacity has both jeopardized project financing and put unexpected pressure on the Park's operating budget. Given the Service's prominent role in the development, design and ultimate use of the composting facility, the Committee believes it appropriate that the Service bear a large portion of the responsibility for fixing the problem. While process improvements have been implemented and may help at the margins, it appears that buying down the project debt is the only sensible solution. The Committee expects the Service to identify and make available promptly the funding required to implement such a solution. Language has been included in the bill relating to funds provided for construction projects at Mount Rainier National Park. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND (RESCISSION) Appropriations, 2005.................................... -$30,000,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... -30,000,000 House allowance......................................... -30,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ -30,000,000 The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 in annual contract authority provided by 16 U.S.C. 460l-10a. This authority has not been used in recent years and there are no plans to use it in fiscal year 2005. LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE Appropriations, 2005.................................... $146,349,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 54,467,000 House allowance......................................... 9,421,000 Committee recommendation................................ 86,005,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The land acquisition and State assistance appropriation supports the acquisition of lands and interests in lands to preserve historical and natural sites, primarily for inclusion in the national park system. This account also provides funding for the State Assistance program (``Stateside''), which was authorized in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to support recreation development and recreation-related land acquisition by State and local governments. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $86,005,000 for land acquisition and State assistance, a decrease of $60,344,000 from the enacted level, an increase of $31,538,000 over the budget request and $76,584,000 over the House recommendation. The following table shows the Committee recommendation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TXBig Thicket National Preserve $3,600,000 DCCarter G. Woodson NHS 1,000,000 TNChickamauga-Chattanooga NMP 1,800,000 Civil War Battlefields (multi-state) 4,000,000 PAFlight 93 National Memorial 4,281,000 WVGauley River NRA 1,500,000 CAGolden Gate NRA 525,000 HIHaleakala NP 4,050,000 WVHarpers Ferry NHP 2,000,000 WIIce Age NST 1,000,000 ORLewis and Clark NHP 1,600,000 WVNew River Gorge NR 2,000,000 CAPinnacles National Monument 3,000,000 VAShenandoah Valley Battlefields NHD 1,000,000 MISleeping Bear Dunes NL 5,300,000 MOWilson's Creek NB 1,200,000 AKWrangell-St. Elias NP 1,900,000 ----------------- SUBTOTAL, LINE ITEM PROJECTS 39,756,000 ================= Emergencies/Hardships 3,000,000 Inholdings/Exchanges/Wilderness 3,500,000 Acquisition management 9,749,000 ----------------- SUBTOTAL, NPS FEDERAL LAND ACQ. 56,005,000 ================= State assistance grants 30,000,000 ----------------- TOTAL, NPS LASA 86,005,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee understands that the town of Blowing Rock, NC and the Blue Ridge Parkway have agreed to a mutually beneficial land exchange. Within funds provided, the Service is directed to perform the necessary environmental impact statement to complete this exchange. The Committee has provided additional funds for the Shenadoah Valley Battlefield National Historic District. The Committee expects the Service to recognize the value of conservation easements as a cost effective conservation method to protect battlefield lands within the District, and utilize easements to the greatest extent possible. The Committee is aware of opportunities to preserve Civil War battlefields at Pilot Knob, MO and Lone Jack, MO and encourages the Service to consider allocating preservation funds for these sites to the extent that applicants meet the established criteria for the civil war battlefield preservation program. The Committee is aware of an ongoing land acquisition project at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky and provided funds in fiscal year 2005 for this effort. The Committee remains very supportive for this project and hopes that the National Park Service will continue to acquire available property from willing sellers. ENERGY AND MINERALS U.S. Geological Survey Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey [USGS] serves as the Earth and natural science research bureau for the Department of the Interior and is the only integrated natural resources research bureau in the Federal Government. The Survey conducts research, monitoring, and assessments to contribute to understanding America's lands, water, and biological resources. Its research and data products support the Department's resource and land management needs and also provide the water, biological, energy, and mineral resources information needed by other Federal, State, tribal and local government agencies to guide planning, management, and regulatory programs. More than 9,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS are located in nearly 400 offices in every state and in several foreign countries throughout the world. The USGS leverages its resources and expertise in partnership with more than 200 agencies of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; the academic community; non-governmental organizations; and the private sector. SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $944,564,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 933,515,000 House allowance......................................... 974,586,000 Committee recommendation................................ 963,057,000 The Committee recommends $963,057,000 for surveys, investigations and research activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, an amount that is $27,593,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), $29,542,000 above the budget request and a reduction of $11,529,000 from the House allowance. The table at the back of the report displays the proposed allocation of funding among the Survey's various activities. Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Investigations.-- The Committee recommends $127,203,000 for mapping, remote sensing, and geographic investigations, a decrease of $6,250,000 from the budget request. Changes to the budget request include reductions of $250,000 for a new science impact proposal and $6,000,000 for additional support of Landsat 7 satellite operations. In agreement with the budget request, the Committee has included $7,450,000 for development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission and commends the Department of the Interior and the Survey for working with their Federal partners to develop a plan for future operations. The Committee is less enthusiastic, however, about the Department's proposal for the continuation of Landsat 7 operations in the foreseeable future. In essence, the proposal put before the Committee is no different than previous recommendations, all of which amount to a subsidy of current operations. The Committee had cautioned the Department and the Survey to look for savings, both within the mapping program and throughout the Survey and, further, urged the Survey to reexamine its priorities in order to dedicate funds to the most significant core activities. Travel and buyout savings were both areas previously identified by the Committee as potential sources for additional funds--but none of these funds appear to be redirected to the data center's operations. In last year's Senate report, this Committee directed the Survey to provide quarterly reports for the Landsat program that would display operational costs, revenue and any required supplemental funding. To date, none has been received. Between now and the time the 2006 Interior bill is conferenced, the Committee expects the Survey and Department to provide far greater detail and further explanation of this proposal before it will give this request further consideration. Geology.--The Committee recommends $237,202,000 for the geology program, an increase of $29,066,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include increases of $1,000,000 above projected base funding for the Alaska Volcano Observatory to purchase, install and operate volcano monitoring equipment in Shemya, Alaska; $26,478,000 to restore the mineral resources research and assessment program; $2,000,000 to restore the minerals information data collection and analysis program; and $500,000 for the gas hydrates research program in Alaska. A decrease of $912,000 from the budget request has been assumed for the proposed expansion of Puget Sound ecosystem studies. The Committee is dismayed that the proposal to discontinue much of the mineral resources activity has again resurfaced in the fiscal 2006 budget request. The Survey has made this recommendation during previous budget cycles and each time it has been rejected by both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. No factual evidence has been supplied to indicate that the private sector could or should absorb this program's domestic and international responsibilities. The United States is the world's largest user of mineral commodities and, as developing nations become increasingly industrialized, the demand and competition for these resources will increase significantly. With no other agency providing the data and analysis in this area of critical importance to our national security, it would seem irresponsible to decrease or eliminate funding for what clearly would appear to be an inherently Federal responsibility. Following a 2003 review of the mineral resources program by the National Research Council, its recommendation to develop an external grants program was implemented by the Survey with $200,000 in base funding. In the coming fiscal year, the Committee expects the Survey to dedicate $1,000,000 of its base funds to this program and explore further the ways in which other Council recommendations, such as the establishment of outside advisory committee of the Council, can be achieved. Within the coastal and marine geology program, the Committee encourages the Survey to continue its significant research investment in the southern Louisiana area in support of both State and Federal agency coastal restoration planning efforts. In addition to collaborative efforts with partners such as the University of New Orleans and the Long-Term Estuary Assessment Group, the Committee expects the Survey to work with the Lake Pontchartrain Stakeholders Conference to identify priority projects in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends $214,751,000 for water resources investigations, an increase of $10,580,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include increases of $500,000 to support development of a Memphis aquifer study [MATRAS]; $230,000 to support an Ozark aquifer study; $1,500,000 to continue the Roubidoux acquifer study in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma; $450,000 to continue support for a well monitoring project in Hawaii; $900,000 to continue the Tongue River coalbed methane study; $900,000 for the San Francisco South Bay Salt Ponds restoration project; and $6,500,000 to restore the water resources research institutes program, which was proposed to be eliminated. A reduction of $400,000 from the budget request has been made for a proposed multi-state water availability study. With respect to the increase provided for San Francisco South Bay Salt Ponds water monitoring, the Committee has been made aware recently that these additional funds are critical in the coming fiscal year to replace a loss of financial support from non-Federal partners that would cripple ongoing multi-agency cooperative efforts in the area. The Committee expects that this requirement will be reflected in the Survey's fiscal year 2007 budget submission. The Committee notes that monitoring and research assessment activities at Lake Champlain are proposed to be funded at $190,000 in fiscal year 2006. The Committee expects the Survey to provide an additional amount of up to $295,000 from within base funds to continue that program at no less than the current level in the coming fiscal year. The Committee further expects that the full requirement for this program will be included in future budget submissions, thereby eliminating the need for an annual adjustment. Biological Research.--The Committee recommends $174,280,000 for the biological research program, an increase of $1,355,000 above the budget request. Changes to the budget request include increases of $400,000 to complete a bear DNA sampling study; $500,000 to continue research on the pallid sturgeon; $1,000,000 to continue molecular biology and water studies at the Leetown Science Center; $400,000 to continue studies on the impact of lead mining in the Mark Twain National Forest; $200,000 to continue diamondback terrapin research in the Chesapeake Bay; and $55,000 to restore base funding for the cooperative research units that was proposed to be redirected to other activities. Decreases from the budget request include $750,000 for expansion of activities at the Glen Canyon Dam and $450,000 for additional DOI science programs. Within the amounts provided for biological monitoring, the Committee expects collaborative invasive species work with Mississippi State University to be continued at a level of $1,000,000. The Committee remains concerned that despite the significant amount of time and effort that has been dedicated to producing a report on future direction for the National Biological Information Infrastructure, no clearly coordinated budgetary and programmatic plan has emerged for its expansion. The Committee expects that any additional future funding for the program will be requested by the Survey in some sort of priority order that allows the Committee to consider these proposals within the overall context of the Survey's other programs. The National Wildlife Health Center's Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin routinely tests for the presence of botulism as a possible cause of death in wildlife. It conducts about 250 botulism tests annually by infecting live mice as a means of determining the presence of toxins, which takes a long time to determine results. A modern test is needed that would be prompt and more effective, yet reduce the cost of testing. The Committee recommends that the U.S. Geological Survey evaluate during fiscal year 2006 a modern diagnostic botulism test for the Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory that does not require the use of live animals, using fluorescence resonance energy transfer technology developed in conjunction with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Enterprise Information.--The Committee recommends $47,087,000 for enterprise information activities, a reduction of $680,000 from the budget request. The Committee does not agree to the transfer of $680,000 from the Survey's programs to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster management e-gov initiative as proposed in the budget request. In agreement with the budget request, the Committee has included $1,059,000 for a continuing program of certification and accreditation to ensure the security and integrity of USGS information systems. To the fullest extent possible, funds appropriated to the Survey for the purposes of certification and accreditation should be used to conduct risk assessments and remediation of USGS information systems for the further improvement of the USGS security infrastructure and the strengthening of the USGS operational security posture. Also in agreement with the budget request, the Committee has provided an additional $1,235,000 for the Department's Enterprise Services Network [ESN]. The Committee is concerned, however, that the security of the ESN could be compromised if the computer systems that house DOI Indian Trust and Non-Trust information are not sufficiently segmented. The Committee expects the DOI to design and implement the ESN in such a way that there is both a logical and physical separation between the Trust system and the non-trust USGS systems. Science Support.--The Committee recommends $66,337,000 for science support, a decrease of $6,000,000 from the budget request. The Committee does not agree to the proposed $6,000,000 increase to reimburse programs that potentially may be reduced in the current fiscal year in order to provide additional operating funds for Landsat 7. This issue is discussed in greater length within the context of the mapping program section above. The Committee notes that it has not yet received a reprogramming request for the funds that are proposed to be redirected in fiscal year 2005. Facilities.--The Committee recommends $96,197,000 for facilities programs, an increase of $1,471,000 above the budget request. This increase restores funds for a number of facilities through the Nation that were slated for closure in conjunction with proposed reductions to the mineral resources program. That program proposal has been rejected by the Committee for the reasons articulated in the geology section above. The Committee remains concerned about reported poor and unsafe conditions in the research facilities and office buildings at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and Patuxent Research Refuge. In the conference report to accompany the fiscal 2004 Interior Appropriations bill (H. Rept. 108-330) and in the Senate report to accompany the fiscal 2005 bill (S. Rept. 108-341), the Committee underscored its expectation that the Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey develop a plan and budget for the rehabilitation or replacement of facilities and resolve any jurisdictional issues between the agencies. To date, the Department has not submitted such a plan or budget and the Committee understands that there has been no final resolution of the jurisdictional issues. The Committee expects the Secretary of the Interior to complete a facilities and budget plan by not later than March 1, 2006, which identifies the priorities, schedule, funding requirements, phasing options and agencies responsible for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of facilities, buildings and associated infrastructure at the Center and Refuge. Minerals Management Service The Minerals Management Service oversees 1.76 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf, managing offshore energy and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal environments through advanced science and technology research. The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 23 percent of natural gas produced domestically, and sand used for coastal restoration. The MMS also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands, with fiscal year 2004 disbursements of approximately $8,000,000,000 and more than $143,000,000,000 since 1982. ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT Appropriations, 2005.................................... $166,820,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 160,416,000 House allowance......................................... 152,676,000 Committee recommendation................................ 152,516,000 The Committee recommends $152,516,000 for royalty and offshore minerals management, which is a decrease of $14,304,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $7,900,000 below the budget request, and $160,000 below the House recommended funding level. The funding amounts set out below are at the activity level. Additional details on funding for sub-activities for the Service are set out in a table in the back of this report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outer Continental Shelf lands................................ $148,341,000 $149,241,000 +$900,000 Royalty management........................................... 87,329,000 78,529,000 -8,800,000 General administration....................................... 47,476,000 47,476,000 ............... Use of receipts.............................................. -122,730,000 -122,730,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........ 160,416,000 152,516,000 -7,900,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Within the funds for the leasing and environmental program in the Outer Continental Shelf lands activity, the Committee has provided $150,000 for the Alaska Whaling Commission to ensure that proposed OCS sales in Alaska properly consider the impacts of offshore drilling on whale migration patterns and whaling activities. The Committee has provided an increase of $900,000 above the budget request for the resource evaluation program in the Outer Continental Shelf lands activity. The increase is for the Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology to support exploration and sustainable development of seabed minerals including gas hydrates. Within the funds provided for royalty management, the Committee has provided $1,000,000 above the request for the State and tribal audit program. The Committee has recommended bill language that provides permanent authority for the Royalty in Kind program and allows the MMS to recover transportation costs, salaries, and other administrative costs directly related to the program. Accordingly, the $9,800,000 requested for administrative costs associated with the filling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the RIK program have not been provided. The Committee has continued bill language carried in prior years prohibiting the use of funds for Outer Continental Shelf leasing and development in certain areas. However, the Committee notes as it has in prior years that development activities outside of areas identified in the agency's 5 year OCS development plan are not permitted under law. The current 5 year plan does not expire until 2007. Accordingly, this moratoria language is largely irrelevant during the remaining period of the plan. Given the uncertainties with projecting offsetting receipts 1 to 2 years in advance, the Committee has again given the Minerals Management Service the authority to utilize receipts accruing from rental rates in effect prior to August 5, 1993, to augment primary sources of receipts should this be necessary to reach the operating levels intended by the Committee. The Committee has been notified that the Department intends to merge the GovWorks program administrated by the Minerals Management Service [MMS] into the National Business Center [NBC]. The GovWorks program has long been regarded as one of the best managed, innovative and competitive fee-for-service organizations in government. The Committee requests that the Department conduct a study that includes an assessment of the impact this change will have on the ability of MMS to accomplish its mission. The Committee expects this study to be provided prior to any permanent reorganization. OIL SPILL RESEARCH Appropriations, 2005.................................... $7,006,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 7,006,000 House allowance......................................... 7,006,000 Committee recommendation................................ 7,006,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,006,000 for oil spill research, which is equal to the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request and the House recommended funding level. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement was established in 1977 to oversee and carry out the requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [SMCRA] in concert with States and Indian Tribes. OSM's primary objectives are to ensure coal mining activities are conducted in a manner that protects citizens and the environment during mining, ensure the land is properly reclaimed, and mitigate effects of past mining by reclaiming abandoned coal mines. OSM addresses its mission with a mix of grants to States and Tribes to carry out their own regulatory and reclamation programs, and the administration of OSM's own regulatory and reclamation programs. SMCRA originally authorized the collection of tonnage fees on mined coal to support reclamation work through September 30, 2004. Several short term extensions of this authority have been enacted pending congressional action on comprehensive SMCRA reauthorization legislation. REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY Appropriations, 2005.................................... $108,368,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 110,535,000 House allowance......................................... 110,535,000 Committee recommendation................................ 110,535,000 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $110,535,000 for regulation and technology, an increase of $2,167,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. A comparison of the budget estimate and the Committee recommendation is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental restoration.................................... $159,000 $159,000 ............... Environmental protection..................................... 79,566,000 79,566,000 ............... Technology development and transfer.......................... 15,126,000 15,126,000 ............... Financial management......................................... 488,000 488,000 ............... Executive direction.......................................... 15,096,000 15,096,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, regulation and technology.................... 110,435,000 110,435,000 ............... ================================================== Civil penalties.............................................. 100,000 100,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total, regulation and technology....................... 110,535,000 110,535,000 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND (Definite, Trust Fund) Appropriations, 2005.................................... $188,205,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 246,014,000 House allowance......................................... 188,014,000 Committee recommendation................................ 188,014,000 The Committee recommends $188,014,000 for the abandoned mine reclamation fund, which is $191,000 below the enacted level, and equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. A comparison of the Committee recommendation and the budget estimate is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental restoration.................................... $170,112,000 $170,112,000 ............... Legislative proposal......................................... 58,000,000 ............... -$58,000,000 Technology development and transfer.......................... 3,922,000 3,922,000 ............... Financial management......................................... 6,234,000 6,234,000 ............... Executive direction.......................................... 7,746,000 7,746,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total.................................................. 246,014,000 188,014,000 -58,000,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the absence of legislation extending the collection of fees under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [SMCRA], the Committee has not provided funds for the administration's proposal to provide additional funds to pay down the State share balances in the AML fund of certified States. Bill Language.--As in prior years, the bill includes language related to the conduct of the abandoned mine land program. The Committee also has recommended language which would fund minimum program State grants at $1,500,000 per State, as well as language which provides $10,000,000 to be used for projects in the Appalachian clean streams initiative. The Committee also has included language specific to the State of Maryland authorizing the State to set aside for acid mine drainage abatement the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of the grants made available to the State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, subject to specific provisions identified in the bill language. INDIAN AFFAIRS Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs was founded in 1824 to uphold a government-to-government relationship between the Federal Government and tribal entities. The Federal Government retained trust responsibility for individual Indians and Tribes as a result of formal treaties and agreements with Native Americans. The Bureau provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to a population of 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who are members of 562 federally recognized Indian Tribes in the lower 48 States and Alaska. Programs administered by the BIA and Tribes include an education system for almost 48,000 elementary and secondary students; 28 tribal colleges, universities and post-secondary schools; social services; natural resource management on 56 million acres of trust land; economic development; law enforcement; administration of tribal courts; implementation of land and water claim settlements; replacement and repair of schools; repair and maintenance of roads and bridges; and repair of structural deficiencies on high hazard dams. Approximately 40 percent of the BIA budget is used for Tribal Priority Allocations funding basic tribal services such as social services, adult vocational training, child welfare, natural resources management and contract support; 30 percent supports Native American education programs; 11 percent is dedicated to BIA Administration; and 19 percent supports Other Reservation Programs. OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $1,926,091,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,924,230,000 House allowance......................................... 1,992,737,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,971,132,000 The Committee recommends $1,971,132,000 for the operation of Indian programs, an increase of $45,041,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $46,902,000 over the budget request, and $21,605,000 below the House recommendation. The following table provides a comparison of the budget estimate and Committee recommendations in the major programmatic areas: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM Tribal Priority Allocations.................................. $760,149,000 $775,407,000 +$15,258,000 Other Recurring Programs..................................... 602,301,000 621,295,000 +18,994,000 Non-Recurring Programs....................................... 65,325,000 70,475,000 +5,150,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, Tribal Budget System............................ 1,427,775,000 1,467,177,000 +39,402,000 ================================================== BIA OPERATIONS Central Office Operations.................................... 151,534,000 151,534,000 ............... Regional Office Operations................................... 41,590,000 41,590,000 ............... Special Programs and Pooled Overhead......................... 303,331,000 310,831,000 +7,500,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, BIA Operations.................................. 496,455,000 503,955,000 +7,500,000 ================================================== Total, Operation of Indian Programs.................... 1,924,230,000 1,971,132,000 +46,902,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional details on the funding for the Bureau's Activities are provided in a table in the back of this report. The BIA has proposed a new budget structure for fiscal year 2006. While the aim of the restructuring is reportedly to align similar programs, concern has been raised that the new structure is less transparent, particularly when tracking Tribal Priority Allocations. Furthermore, the Committee is unhappy with the level of consultation with tribes prior to the circulation of the new budget proposal. If the Bureau wishes to propose this restructuring again in fiscal year 2007 the Committee expects a higher level of consultation with tribes and will not adopt the change without their strong support. Tribal Priority Allocation.--The Committee recommends $775,407,000 for tribal priority allocations [TPA], an increase of $15,258,000 above the budget request and $5,864,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. Increases above the budget request include an additional $8,838,000 for Johnson-O'Malley grants, and $6,420,000 for welfare assistance. The Committee is concerned with the Bureau's proposed bill language and subsequent change to the allocation of Contract Support Costs that would split $5,000,000 into a separate account for Direct Contract Support Costs. Numerous tribes have expressed concern that this proposal would reduce flexibility in allocating funds to meet current contract costs. The Committee is concerned that tribes weren't given adequate notice of this change and tribes have expressed frustration in the Bureau's unwillingness to consider other options. The Bureau is expected to work with tribes to develop an updated policy on the payment of Contract Support Costs that is widely accepted amongst the tribal community and includes additional funding for Direct Costs rather than allocating them from within an already anemic budget allocation for Indirect Contract Support Costs. Other Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends $621,295,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of $8,376,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and $18,994,000 above the budget estimate. Changes to the budget estimate include: increases of $12,500,000 for operating grants and $500,000 for technical assistance to support Tribally Controlled Community Colleges; $210,000 for fish hatchery maintenance; and $5,784,000 for the following Tribal Management/Development programs: the Alaska Sea Otter Commission ($98,000), the Wetlands/Waterfowl Management program ($600,000), the Upper Columbia United Tribes ($320,000), the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association ($790,000), the bison program ($3,000,000), Lake Roosevelt Management ($630,000), and the Chugach Regional Resources Commission ($346,000). Millions of dollars have been invested by the Federal Government over the past 40 years to build a nationwide system of Bureau of Indian Affairs fish hatcheries to help meet trust and treaty obligations to the tribes. The Committee is concerned that past Federal infrastructure investment is not being properly maintained. Further, new operating requirements under the Federal Endangered Species Act are placing increasing demands upon these hatcheries. The managers direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide the Committee a comprehensive report identifying all hatcheries by region, examining the hatcheries' value to local recovery efforts, and identifying unmet needs and cost for maintenance and rehabilitation. The report is expected do be delivered to the Committee on Appropriations by February 1, 2006. The Bureau is also requested to propose a fiscal year 2007 budget initiative to address the inadequate maintenance and rehabilitation plans for Bureau and tribal hatcheries. Non-Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends $70,475,000 for non-recurring programs, a decrease of $5,510,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and an increase of $5,150,000 above the budget estimate. Increases above the budget estimate include $500,000 for continuation of the Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation's Native American Patient Advocate Program, $750,000 for the rural Alaska fire program, $1,500,000 for the Information Technology Resource Facility at Salish and Kootenai Tribal College, $400,000 for the Alaska Legal Services program, and $2,000,000 to restore the administration's reduction to the Water Management and Planning program. Within funds provided for Water Management and Planning, $200,000 is for the Operation, Maintenance and Repair of the Fort Peck Reservation Tribal Water System. Central Office Operations.--The Committee recommends $151,534,000 for central office operations, an increase of $11,513,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal to the budget request. Regional Office Operations.--The Committee recommends $41,590,000 for regional office operations, an increase of $228,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and fully commensurate with the budget estimate. Special Programs/Pooled Overhead.--The Committee recommends $310,831,000 for special programs/pooled overhead, an increase of $24,570,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and $7,500,000 above the budget estimate. Increases above the budget estimate include the following: $3,500,000 for the United Tribes Technical College, $450,000 for the United Sioux Tribes Development Corporation, $1,800,000 for the Crownpoint Institute of Technology, $1,250,000 for the Western Heritage Center's Distance Learning and tribal histories project, $400,000 for the Lakota Water Economic Development Expansion, and $100,000 for the Rocky Mountain Tribal Educational Symposia proposed by the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council. The Bureau is expected to work with the Council to support and enhance their vision to provide a continuing education program for tribal leaders. The Committee applauds the Council's desire to strengthen the ties between tribes in the region to work together furthering economic development and addressing social conditions impacting their members. The Committee notes and fully supports the increases of $12,202,000 for law enforcement activities, and $1,163,000 for postsecondary schools and education scholarships. The Committee expects the Secretary to report to Congress within 60 days of the enactment of this Act on the status of all ongoing litigation, negotiations, and settlements with the Samish Indian Nation regarding funding for services and programs offered to tribal members. The report should contain a synopsis of all past and ongoing litigation and court decisions, and a detailed outline of payments and contracts disputed by the tribe. CONSTRUCTION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $319,129,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 232,137,000 House allowance......................................... 284,137,000 Committee recommendation................................ 267,137,000 The Committee recommends $267,137,000 for construction, which is $35,000,000 over the budget request. The Committee reluctantly notes this amount is significantly below the enacted level. While Indian school construction and replacement remains a high priority, at the time of the preparation of this report the school replacement construction account held approximately $200,000,000 in unobligated balances. The Committee is disturbed by the decrease in funding for school replacement, but compelling needs in other Native American programs prevent the Committee from fully replacing the budget request's reduction to this account. Additions to the budget request include $15,000,000 for Replacement School Construction, $10,000,000 for Education Facilities Improvement and Repair and $10,000,000 for Indian Irrigation Rehabilitation under Resources Management Construction. The addition of $10,000,000 for Indian Irrigation Rehabilitation is separate from the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, which retains its own construction budget of $12,773,000. Within the funds provided for Indian Irrigation Rehabilitation, a number of Bureau and tribal projects are in desperate need of immediate attention to continue delivering water to users. The Bureau is expected to consult with the Committee prior to obligating funds and is expected to address projects with the greatest need of rehabilitation. Construction of new projects or expansion of existing projects is secondary to the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and necessary upgrade of current irrigation systems. Specific projects to be addressed under these guidelines, and to be addressed in the Bureau's proposal for the obligation of these funds are; the Fort Yates Unit of the Standing Rock Sioux Project, the Blackfeet Irrigation Project, the Crow Irrigation project, the Fort Belknap Irrigation Project, the Fort Peck Irrigation Project, and the Wind River Irrigation Project rehabilitation. INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $44,150,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 24,754,000 House allowance......................................... 34,754,000 Committee recommendation................................ 24,754,000 The Committee recommends $24,754,000 for Indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, which is a decrease of $19,396,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same as the budget request, and $10,000,000 below the House recommended funding level. Funding is provided as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin)...................... $634,000 $634,000 ............... Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund.................................. 254,000 254,000 ............... Pyramid Lake water rights settlement......................... 144,000 144,000 ............... Colorado Ute Settlement...................................... 8,111,000 8,111,000 ............... Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement.................. 10,167,000 10,167,000 ............... Zuni Water Settlement........................................ 5,444,000 5,444,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians............... 24,754,000 24,754,000 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT Appropriations, 2005.................................... $6,332,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 6,348,000 House allowance......................................... 6,348,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,348,000 The Committee recommends $6,348,000 for the Indian guaranteed loan program, an increase of $16,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House recommended funding level. Departmental Offices Insular Affairs The Office of Insular Affairs [OIA] was established on August 4, 1995 through Secretarial Order No. 3191, which also abolished the former Office of Territorial and International Affairs. OIA has administrative responsibility for coordinating Federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and oversight of Federal programs and funds in the freely associated states of the Federated States of Micronesia [FSM], the Republic of the Marshall Islands [RMI], and the Republic of Palau. Following the expiration of the first Compact of Free Association in 2003, a new Compact of Free Association was negotiated between the United States and the states of FSM and RMI. Under the Compact, the status of free association recognizes each Freely Associated State as a sovereign state with the capacity to conduct foreign affairs consistent with the terms of the Compact. The Compact places full responsibility for defense with the United States. The Compact also provides grant funds and Federal program assistance, principally through the Department of the Interior. ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $75,581,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 74,263,000 House allowance......................................... 76,563,000 Committee recommendation................................ 76,683,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $76,683,000 which is $1,102,000 above the enacted level, $2,420,000 above the budget request, and $120,000 above the House recommended funding level. The amounts recommended by the Committee compared to the budget estimate are shown in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Territorial assistance: Office of Insular Affairs....................... $6,881,000 $6,881,000 .................. Technical assistance............................ 8,561,000 10,981,000 +$2,420,000 Maintenance assistance fund..................... 2,300,000 2,300,000 .................. Brown tree snake................................ 2,700,000 2,700,000 .................. Insular management controls..................... 1,491,000 1,491,000 .................. Coral reef initiative........................... 500 500 .................. Waste and wastewater projects................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 .................. ----------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, territorial assistance.............. 23,433,000 25,853,000 +2,420,000 =========================================================== American Samoa: Operations grants................... 23,110,000 23,110,000 .................. Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants........... 27,720,000 27,720,000 .................. =========================================================== Total, assistance to territories.............. 74,263,000 76,683,000 +2,420,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Territorial Assistance.--The Committee recommends $25,853,000 for territorial assistance which is $2,420,000 above the request and $771,000 above the enacted level. Within the increase above the request, the Committee has provided $320,000 to maintain the Continuing Judicial, Court Education, and Court Administration Improvement Project that is conducted in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Committee of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit. The Committee has also included a $1,000,000 increase above the request to continue health care programs under Article II, Section 1, of the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for implementation of section 177 of the Compact of Free Association. These funds shall first be used to provide primary healthcare to members of the Enewetak, Bikini, Rongelap and Utrik communities who currently reside on Enewetak Atoll, Kili Island, Mejetto Island, Rongelap Atoll following resettlement, and Utrik Atoll. Such primary medical care shall consist of a clinic with at least one doctor and an assistant, and necessary supplies and logistical support. If excess funds are available, these funds may be used to augment primary healthcare for members of these communities who get primary healthcare services from the facilities in Ebeye and Majuro. The Committee recommends an increase of $300,000 above the request to enhance oversight of Compact assistance. The recently enacted Compact Amendments Act anticipated regular travel by DOI personnel to the two U.S. Embassies, and by staff from the Compact Office in Hawaii. However, current staff and travel funding levels are inadequate for proper oversight of the over $200,000,000 in annual assistance being provided to the RMI and FSM under the new, more rigorous, accountability provisions of the new Compact. Accordingly, these additional funds shall be used for staff and for travel expenses so that proper oversight is maintained. The Committee strongly supports the efforts for an agreement between the pension systems of the Republic of Palau, the CNMI, the RMI, and FSM to assume responsibilities for the enrollees of the Prior Services Trust Fund. The Committee recommends an increase of $800,000 for distribution among the pension systems for payments to the enrollees, provided that the agreement is fully implemented by each jurisdiction as stated in the fiscal year 2005 Interior Appropriations conference report. The Committee directs that this funding shall be reprogrammed for general technical assistance if there is a failure to fully implement the new agreement. The Committee is concerned that given the possibility of an economic downturn in the CNMI garment industry, additional efforts must be focused on the Immigration, Labor, and Law Enforcement Initiative. The Committee directs the Office of Insular Affairs to describe fully the use of CNMI Initiative funding in future budget justifications; coordinate regular interagency meetings between Federal and local immigration, labor, and law enforcement officials; and report annually to Congress on immigration, labor, and law enforcement conditions, issues, and trends in the CNMI. American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa Construction.--The Committee recommends $23,110,000 for operations grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the request and $331,000 more than the enacted level. CNMI/Covenant Grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000 for convenant grants as proposed in the request. COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $5,450,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 4,862,000 House allowance......................................... 5,362,000 Committee recommendation................................ 4,862,000 The Committee recommends $4,862,000 for compact of free association, which is $588,000 below the enacted level, equal to the budget request, and $500,000 below the House recommended funding level. A comparison of the Committee recommendation to the budget estimate follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compact of free association--Federal services................ $2,862,000 $2,862,000 ............... Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance................. 2,000,000 2,000,000 ............... -------------------------------------------------- Total, compact of free association..................... 4,862,000 4,862,000 ............... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Services Assistance.--The Committee recommends $2,862,000 for Federal services assistance, equal to the budget request and $95,000 below the enacted level. Program Grant Assistance.--The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for program grant assistance, equal to the budget request and the enacted level. Departmental Management SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $98,821,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 120,155,000 House allowance......................................... 97,755,000 Committee recommendation................................ 94,627,000 The Committee recommends $94,627,000 for departmental management, a decrease of $4,194,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $25,528,000 below the budget request, and $3,128,000 below the House recommended funding level. Changes from the request include decreases of $501,000 for Take Pride in America, $250,000 for performance data contracting, $700,000 for OLES, $322,000 for IT certification, $200,000 for partnership training, and $23,555,000 for the financial and business management system. The change to the enacted level reflects, in part, transfers into this account of funding for the appraisal services directorate. The amount provided for appraisal services, which were previously funded in the DOI land acquisition accounts, is derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund as the appraisal services directorate largely supports the bureaus' land acquisition programs. The budget justification describes the Department's long term plan to transfer to non-Federal entities the management of three museums currently operated by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The Committee is aware that the Department has only just begun to discuss this proposal with tribes, local communities and other potential partners, and that it has no intention of closing the museums in fiscal year 2006. The Committee expects that the Department's discussions with tribes, local communities and others will be a true dialogue, and that it will keep the Committee well informed of the status of those discussions. Due to continued constraints on funding for land acquisition and the ongoing prospect of substantial borrowing for fire suppression, it remains important that funding provided for land acquisition be obligated promptly. The Committee notes the annual unobligated balance reporting requirement included in its fiscal year 2004 report, and urges timely submission of the report. Language is included in the bill providing for a reduction of $10,000,000 from administrative expenses in operating accounts for bureaus and offices of the Department of the Interior. WORKING CAPITAL FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................................... Budget estimate, 2006................................................... House allowance......................................................... Committee recommendation................................ $22,555,000 The Committee recomends $22,555,000 for the working capital fund for the financial and business management system. Funding for this critical systems project was requested in the Departmental Management account. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $226,805,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 200,000,000 House allowance......................................... 242,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 235,000,000 The Committee recommends $235,000,000 for Payments in Lieu of Taxes [PILT], an increase of $8,195,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and $35,000,000 over the budget request, and a decrease of $7,000,000 below the House recommended funding level. CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $9,855,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 9,855,000 House allowance......................................... 9,855,000 Committee recommendation................................ 9,855,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,855,000 for the central hazardous materials fund, which is equal to the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request, and the House recommended funding level. Language has been included in the bill providing permanent authority for the expenditure of certain sums recovered by the Department for remedial action or response activities. Office of the Solicitor SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $51,656,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 55,752,000 House allowance......................................... 55,340,000 Committee recommendation................................ 55,652,000 The Committee recommends $55,652,000 for the Office of the Solicitor, an increase of $3,996,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, a decrease of $100,000 from the budget request, and an increase of $312,000 over the House recommended funding level. The change to the budget request is a decrease for FOIA support. Office of Inspector General SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $37,275,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 40,999,000 House allowance......................................... 39,566,000 Committee recommendation................................ 39,116,000 The Committee recommends $39,116,000 for the Office of Inspector General, an increase of $1,841,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, a decrease of $1,883,000 from the budget request, and a decrease of $450,000 below the House recommended funding level. Changes to the budget request include decreases of $300,000 for FISMA, $300,000 for additional audit staff, $170,000 for PCS relocations, $900,000 for new investigations staff, and $213,000 for administrative services and information management. Office of Special Trustee for American Indians The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians holds responsibility for approximately 56 million acres of land, with over 10 million acres belonging to individual Indians and 46 million acres held in trust for Indian Tribes. On these lands the Department of the Interior manages over 100,000 leases for individual Indians and Tribes. Leasing, use permits, land sale revenue, and interest totaling $205,000,000 per year are collected for 245,000 individual Indian money accounts. $414,000,000 per year is collected in 1,400 tribal accounts serving 300 Tribes. Additionally, the trust manages approximately $3,000,000,000 in tribal funds and $400,000,000 in individual Indian funds. Over the past decade, nearly $3,000,000,000 has been invested in management, reform, and improvement of Indian trust programs. Ongoing reforms and expenditures are highly dependent on court activity related to the ongoing Cobell v. Norton case and negotiations between the Department of the Interior, tribal governments, the plaintiffs and the courts. FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $193,540,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 269,397,000 House allowance......................................... 191,593,000 Committee recommendation................................ 191,593,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $191,593,000 for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, which is $1,947,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $77,804,000 below the budget request and the same as the House recommended funding level. The Committee continues to recognize the Federal Government's responsibility to improve Indian trust management and continues to support the Department's efforts in this regard. However, due to ongoing litigation and uncertainty as to whether the Department's Historical Accounting plan will be fully accepted by the court, the Committee is unable to fully fund the budget request and has instead placed emphasis on supporting other Indian programs and Departmental functions. INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT Appropriations, 2005.................................... $34,514,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 34,514,000 House allowance......................................... 34,514,000 Committee recommendation................................ 34,514,000 The Committee recommends $34,514,000 for the Indian land consolidation program, equal to the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the budget request, and the House recommended funding level. Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration The mission of the natural resource damage assessment and restoration program is to restore natural resources injured as a result of oil spills or hazardous substance releases into the environment. As authorized in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act [CERCLA], the Clean Water Act, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, injuries to natural resources that the Department of the Interior manages or controls are assessed and appropriate restoration projects are identified. Recoveries from potentially responsible parties, either through negotiated settlements or legal actions, are used to finance restoration of the injured resources. The Restoration Program Office coordinates the various technical, scientific, legal, and economic aspects of this work, as well as the various departmental bureaus and offices involved. NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $5,737,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 6,106,000 House allowance......................................... 6,106,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,106,000 The Committee recommends $6,106,000 for natural resource damage assessment and restoration, which is $369,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and the same as the budget request and the House recommended funding level. The increase provided is primarily for fixed costs and to enhance natural resource restoration science. The Committee directs the Department to continue its focus on restoration activities and to work with the Environmental Protection Agency to incorporate trustee concerns during Superfund remediation, and to enhance the integration of Superfund remedial activities and natural resource damage assessment activities. A joint Interior and EPA report on these efforts should be provided to the Committee by September 29, 2006. General Provisions DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Committee has included in ``General Provisions, Department of the Interior'' various legislative provisions affecting the Department of the Interior. Several of these provisions have been carried in previous years and others are proposed new this year. The provisions are: Sec. 101. Provides Secretarial authority to transfer program funds for expenditures in cases of emergency when all other emergency funds are exhausted. Sec. 102. Provides for expenditure or transfer of funds by the Secretary in the event of actual or potential emergencies including forest fires, range fires, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, storms, oilspills, grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks, and surface mine reclamation emergencies. Sec. 103. Provides for use of appropriated funds for contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library memberships, and certain telephone expenses. Secs. 104-106. Prohibit the use of funds provided in the act for certain offshore leasing and related activities pursuant to the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing.File: / Sec. 107. Provides for the transfer of unobligated balances from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management activities. Sec. 108. Allows through fiscal year 2010 the hiring of administrative law judges to address the Indian probate backlog. Sec. 109. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding inequities. Sec. 110. Continues a provision requiring the allocation of Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools funds consistent with unmet needs. Sec. 111. Continues a provision that land and other reimbursement the Secretary may receive in the conveyance of the Twin Cities Research Center may be used for the benefit of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Minnesota and for activities authorized by Public Law 104-134. Sec. 112. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use helicopters or motor vehicles to capture and transport horses and burros at the Sheldon and Hart National Wildlife Refuges. Sec. 113. Allows certain funds provided for land acquisition to be granted to a State, a local government, or any other land management entity. Sec. 114. Restricts the Secretary from entering into or implementing a contract which permits or requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Sec. 115. Continues a limitation on compensation for the Special Master and Court Monitor appointed in the Cobell v. Norton litigation. Sec. 116. Allows the Secretary to use funds to pay private attorney fees and costs for employees and former employees of the Department for costs incurred as a result of Cobell v. Norton. Sec. 117. Clarifies the effect of section 134 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 regarding certain lands in the State of Kansas. Sec. 118. Continues a prohibition on the use of funds to study or implement drainage of Lake Powell or reduce water levels below the range necessary to operate Glen Canyon Dam. Sec. 119. Allows the National Indian Gaming Commission [NIGC] to collect $12,000,000 in fees for fiscal year 2007. The NIGC should work with tribal governments on an ongoing basis and may use tribal advisory committees and negotiated rule- making with tribal governments in the development of regulatory policies, standards and definitions. Sec. 120. Continues the Tribal Trust Reform Demonstration Project in fiscal year 2006, which will allow the continuation of a successful model between Tribes and the Department of the Interior with respect to compacting and management of trust resources. Sec. 121. Modifies language in Public Law 108-108 with regard to grazing permits authorized by the Jarbidge field office of the Bureau of Land Management. Sec. 122. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities that support visitors to Ellis, Governors and Liberty Islands. Sec. 123. Continues language providing that the final winter use rules for Yellowstone National Park, published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2004, shall be in force and effect for the winter season of 2005-2006. Sec. 124. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to obtain the approval of the governing body of an Indian tribe before closing or taking any other action relating to a school of the tribe. Sec. 125. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to collect and retain parking fees at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Sec. 126. Extends authority of the Kalaupapa National Historic Park Advisory Commission. Sec. 127. Extends the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to collect fees pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act until June 30, 2006. TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] was created through Executive Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, designed to consolidate certain Federal Government environmental activities into a single agency. The plan was submitted by the President to the Congress on July 8, 1970, and the Agency was established as an independent agency in the executive branch on December 2, 1970, by consolidating 15 components from 5 departments and independent agencies. A description of EPA's pollution control programs by media follows: Air.--The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 authorize a national program of air pollution research, regulation, prevention, and enforcement activities. Water Quality.--The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, provides the framework for protection of the Nation's surface waters. The law recognizes that it is the primary responsibility of the States to prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution. The States determine the desired uses for their waters, set standards, identify current uses and, where uses are being impaired or threatened, develop plans for the protection or restoration of the designated use. They implement the plans through control programs such as permitting and enforcement, construction of municipal waste water treatment works, and nonpoint source control practices. The CWA also regulates discharge of dredge or fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands. Drinking Water.--The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended in 1996, charges EPA with the responsibility of implementing a program to assure that the Nation's public drinking water supplies are free of contamination that may pose a human health risk, and to protect and prevent the endangerment of ground water resources which serve as drinking water supplies. Hazardous Waste.--The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 mandated EPA to develop a regulatory program to protect human health and the environment from improper hazardous waste disposal practices. The RCRA Program manages hazardous wastes from generation through disposal. EPA's responsibilities and authorities to manage hazardous waste were greatly expanded under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. Not only did the regulated universe of wastes and facilities dealing with hazardous waste increase significantly, but past mismanagement practices, in particular prior releases at inactive hazardous and solid waste management units, were to be identified and corrective action taken. The 1984 amendments also authorized a regulatory and implementation program directed to owners and operators of underground storage tanks. Pesticides.--The objective of the Pesticide Program is to protect the public health and the environment from unreasonable risks while permitting the use of necessary pest control approaches. This objective is pursued by EPA under the Food Quality Protection Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 through three principal means: (1) review of existing and new pesticide products; (2) enforcement of pesticide use rules; and (3) research and development to reinforce the ability to evaluate the risks and benefits of pesticides. Radiation.--The radiation program's major emphasis is to minimize the exposure of persons to ionizing radiation, whether from naturally occurring sources, from medical or industrial applications, nuclear power sources, or weapons development. Toxic Substances.--The Toxic Substances Control Act establishes a program to stimulate the development of adequate data on the effects of chemical substances on health and the environment, and institute control action for those chemicals which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. The act's coverage affects more than 60,000 chemicals currently in commerce, and all new chemicals. Multimedia.--Multimedia activities are designed to support programs where the problems, tools, and results are cross media and must be integrated to effect results. This integrated program encompasses the Agency's research, enforcement, and abatement activities. Superfund.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 established a national program to protect public health and the environment from the threats posed by inactive hazardous waste sites and uncontrolled spills of hazardous substances. The original statute was amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Under these authorities, EPA manages a hazardous waste site cleanup program including emergency response and long-term remediation. Brownfields.--The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 as amended by the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 establishes a national program to assess, cleanup, and provide support to States, Tribes, local communities and other stakeholders to work together to reuse Brownfields. Leaking Underground Storage Tanks.--The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 established the leaking underground storage tank [LUST] trust fund to conduct corrective actions for releases from leaking underground storage tanks that contain petroleum or other hazardous substances. EPA implements the LUST response program primarily through cooperative agreements with the States. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends a total of $7,881,989,000 for EPA. This is a decrease of $144,496,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $361,389,000 above the budget request, and an increase of $173,962,000 above the House recommendation. Science and Technology Appropriations, 2005.................................... $744,061,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 760,640,000 House allowance......................................... 765,340,000 Committee recommendation................................ 730,795,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION EPA's ``Science and technology'' account provides funding for the scientific knowledge and tools necessary to support decisions on preventing, regulating, and abating environmental pollution and to advance the base of understanding on environmental sciences. These efforts are conducted through contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with universities, industries, other private commercial firms, nonprofit organizations, State and local governments, and Federal agencies, as well as through work performed at EPA's laboratories and various field stations and field offices. In addition, Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund resources are transferred to this account directly from the Hazardous Substance Superfund. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $730,795,000 for science and technology, which is $29,845,000 below the budget request and $13,266,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. In addition, the Committee recommends the transfer of $30,606,000 from the Superfund account, for a total of $761,401,000 for science and technology. Transferred funds are for ongoing research activities consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. Changes to the budget request are listed below. The Committee recommends a $619,000 decrease below the request for the Clean Air Allowance Trading program. The Committee recommends a $250,000 decrease below the request for Facilities Infrastructure and Operations. The Committee recommends a $5,131,000 decrease below the request for the Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certification program. The Committee recommends a $38,489,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection. The Committee further recommends that $5,585,000 in this program is allocated to the new Water Sentinel initiative. The Committee recommends a $15,701,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. The Committee did not allocate funding for the laboratory preparedness and response program or the new Safe Buildings initiative. The Committee recommends a $1,838,000 decrease below the request for Research: Computational Toxicology. The Committee recommends a $1,687,000 increase above the request for Research: Endocrine Disruptor. The Committee recommends a $3,715,000 increase above the request for Research: Fellowships. The Committee recommends a $956,000 decrease below the request for Research: Global Change. The Committee recommends a $2,276,000 decrease below the request for Research: Human Health and Ecosystems. The Committee recommends a $4,631,000 decrease below the request for Research: Land Protection and Restoration. The Committee recommends a $9,308,000 decrease below the request for Research: Water Quality. The Committee recommends a $6,048,000 decrease below the request for Research: NAAQS. In addition, the Committee recommends the following increases to the budget request: $1,000,000 for the American Water Works Association Research Foundation; $2,600,000 for the Water Environment Research Foundation; $750,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research; $750,000 for the New England Green Chemistry Consortium; $2,100,000 for the Mine Waste Technology program at the National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and Evaluation Center; $500,000 for Boise State University to continue research on multi-purpose sensors to detect and analyze contaminants and time-lapse imaging of shallow subsurface fluid flow; $500,000 for The Ohio State University Olentangy River Wetlands Park Teaching, Research, and Outreach Initiative; $500,000 for the UNC Charlotte VisualGRID; $500,000 for the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Natural Resources Policy Center; $500,000 for the University of Memphis Groundwater Institute to conduct a groundwater study; $800,000 for the Texas State University System Geography and Geology Project; $1,500,000 for the University of Louisville Lung Biology/Translational Lung Disease Program; $500,000 for the University of South Alabama Center for Estuarine Research; $500,000 for the Ohio University Consortium for Energy, Economics, and the Environment; $250,000 for the Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment at the University of Delaware; $375,000 for the Central California Ozone Study, San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency; $2,000,000 for the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University; $2,000,000 for the Center for Air Toxic Metals, EERC at the University of North Dakota; $800,000 for the Clean Air Counts program emission reduction partnership with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; $400,000 for the Missouri River Institute at the University of South Dakota; $250,000 for paper industry byproduct waste reduction research in Wisconsin; $500,000 for the Louisiana Smart Growth program in the State of Louisiana; $500,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory Center [NERC] at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico; $450,000 for an environmental program at the Water Policy Institute at Texas Tech University; $200,000 for a comprehensive assessment of Lake Whitney at Baylor University; $250,000 for an air quality study for the Greater Houston Partnership/Houston Advanced Research Center; $200,000 for a poultry science project at Stephen F. Austin State University; $400,000 for Aiken Greening at the University of Vermont; and $200,000 for the Proctor Maple Research Station in Underhill, Vermont. The Committee recognizes the Agency's commitment to developing a Computational Toxicology program that reduces the use of animal testing. The Committee encourages EPA to implement specific plans for validating computational toxicology methods to assure compliance with the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000, and requests details of these validation activities be included in the Agency's annual Computational Toxicology report. Environmental Programs and Management Appropriations, 2005.................................... $2,294,902,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 2,353,764,000 House allowance......................................... 2,389,491,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,333,416,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Agency's ``Environmental programs and management'' account includes the development of environmental standards; monitoring and surveillance of pollution conditions; direct Federal pollution control planning; technical assistance to pollution control agencies and organizations; preparation of environmental impact statements; enforcement and compliance assurance; and assistance to Federal agencies in complying with environmental standards and ensuring that their activities have minimal environmental impact. It provides personnel compensation, benefits, and travel and other administrative expenses for all agency programs except Hazardous Substance Superfund, LUST, Science and Technology, Oil Spill Response, and OIG. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $2,333,416,000 for environmental programs and management, $20,348,000 below the budget request and $38,514,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. The Committee supports the EPA Brownfields program at approximately the fiscal year 2005 enacted level of $25,000,000 within this account. The Committee notes that the inclusion of these funds in conjunction with funding of $140,000,000 in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account for Brownfields activities results in a total of $165,000,000 being available in fiscal year 2006. Changes to the budget request are listed below. The Committee recommends a $4,638,000 decrease below the request for the Brownfields program. The Committee recommends a $1,000,000 decrease below the request for the Climate Protection program. The Committee further recommends in this program that $50,500,000 is allocated to the Energy Star program, and that $3,000,000 is allocated for the new Methane to Markets Partnership. The Committee recommends a $6,084,000 decrease below the request for Compliance Monitoring. The Committee recommends a $1,775,000 increase above the request for Criminal Enforcement. The Committee recommends a $6,090,000 decrease below the request for Drinking Water Programs. The Committee recommends a $929,000 increase above the request for Enforcement Training. The Committee recommends a $7,000,000 increase above the request for Environmental Education. The Committee recommends a $4,739,000 decrease below the request for the Exchange Network. The Committee recommends a $18,046,000 decrease below the request for Facilities Infrastructure and Operations. The Committee recommends a $22,699,000 decrease below the request for Federal Support for Air Quality Management. The Committee did not allocate funding for the new Clean Diesel initiative in this program. The Committee recommends a $841,000 decrease below the request for Federal Support for Air Toxics Program. The Committee recommends a $2,254,000 increase above the request for the Geographic Program: Chesapeake Bay. The Committee further recommends that the increased funding in this program is allocated for Chesapeake Bay small watershed grants. The Committee recommends a $481,000 increase above the request for the Geographic Program: Great Lakes. The Committee recommends a $532,000 increase above the request for the Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico. The Committee recommends a $1,000,000 increase above the budget request for the Geographic Program: Lake Champlain. The Committee recommends a $3,349,000 decrease below the request for Geographic program: Other. The Committee did not allocate increased funding for the CARE initiative in this program. The Committee further recommends a $1,167,000 increase for Lake Pontchartrain above the request. The Committee recommends a $20,000,000 decrease below the request for the Great Lakes Legacy Act. The Committee recommends a $1,230,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Communication and Information. The Committee did not allocate funding for the Laboratory Preparedness and Response program. The Committee recommends a $100,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection. The Committee did not allocate funding for the Decontamination program. The Committee recommends a $600,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. The Committee recommends a $1,872,000 decrease below the request for Human Resources Management. The Committee recommends a $918,000 decrease below the request for Indoor Air: Radon. The Committee recommends a $1,450,000 decrease below the request for International Capacity Building. The Committee recommends a $12,999,000 decrease below the request for IT/Data Management. The Committee recommends a $1,554,000 increase above the request for the National Estuary Program/Coastal Waterways. The Committee recommends a $3,582,000 decrease below the request for the Pollution Prevention Program. The Committee recommends a $1,179,000 decrease below the request for POPS Implementation. The Committee recommends a $643,000 decrease below the request for Radiation: Protection. The Committee recommends a $12,000 decrease below the request for Radiation: Response Preparedness. The Committee recommends a $1,302,000 decrease below the request for Reduce Risks from Indoor Air. The Committee recommends a $1,862,000 decrease below the request for Regional Geographic Initiatives. The Committee recommends a $5,007,000 decrease below the request for Regulatory Innovation. The Committee recommends a $1,892,000 decrease below the request for Regulatory/Economic-Management and Analysis. The Committee recommends a $111,000 decrease below the request for Science Policy and Biotechnology. The Committee recommends a $473,000 decrease below the request for State and Local Prevention and Preparedness. The Committee recommends a $1,044,000 increase above the request for Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs. The Committee recommends a $5,500,000 decrease below the request for Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund. The Committee recommends a $4,801,000 decrease below the request for Surface Water Protection. The Committee further recommends in this program that $4,499,000 is allocated for Water Quality Monitoring programs. The Committee recommends a $1,356,000 increase above the request for Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction. The Committee further recommends in this program that the $1,356,000 increase is allocated to the High Production Volume Chemical Challenge Program and the High Production Volume Information System. The Committee recommends a $2,754,000 decrease below the request for TRI/Right to Know program. In addition, the Committee recommends the following increases to the budget request: $11,000,000 for the National Rural Water Association, including source water protection programs; $3,000,000 for the Rural Community Assistance Program; $650,000 for the Groundwater Protection Council; $750,000 for the Water Systems Council Wellcare Program; $2,000,000 for America's Clean Water Foundation; $4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology Centers at Western Kentucky University, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Alaska- Sitka, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Montana State University, the University of Illinois, and Mississippi State University; $1,500,000 for the Southwest Missouri Water Quality Improvement Project; $1,000,000 for an air quality improvement program in Lincoln County, Montana; $500,000 for the University of Northern Iowa to develop new environmental technologies for small business outreach; $2,000,000 for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to complete remediation work on Tar Creek; $500,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a water and wastewater training program; $1,000,000 for EPA Region 10 environmental compliance; $500,000 for the Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute at Southwest Missouri State University; $250,000 for the Spokane River Bi-State Non-Point Phosphorus study; $1,800,000 for Long Island Sound restoration; $300,000 for a restoration project in Greenwood Lake, New Jersey; $500,000 for a brownfields remediation project in the City of Waterbury, Connecticut; $500,000 for a water quality project in Storm Lake, Iowa; $500,000 for Hawaii Island Economic Development Board's Big Island Recycle program; $450,000 for the storm water research program at the University of Vermont; $500,000 for the environmental and science education program in New Bedford, Massachusetts; $200,000 for Grambling University in Louisiana for a water quality research program; $500,000 for Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation lake restoration in Louisiana; $775,000 for environmental clean-up and research programs in Lake Champlain, Vermont; $250,000 for the Waste to Energy project in Stamford, Connecticut; $250,000 for the Northwest Straits Commission, Washington State University beach watchers marine resources program; $500,000 for a lead-based paint hazard control program in Omaha, Nebraska; $500,000 for the University of West Florida Partnership for Environmental Research and Community Health [PERCH] program; $250,000 for waterfront stormwater management analysis in East Providence, Rhode Island; $250,000 for Walker Lake, Nevada Working Group's lake restoration program; $250,000 for Mohawk Valley, New York Water Authority's bacteria detection program; $250,000 for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality site assessment program; $130,000 for an environmental education initiative at Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center in Tishomingo County, Mississippi; and $300,000 for the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer study. The Committee provides the budget request of $2,000,000 for the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center [Water ISAC], and directs that the Water ISAC shall be implemented through a grant to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. Unclear regulations, conflicting court decisions and inadequate scientific information are creating confusion about whether emergency release reporting requirements in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to- Know Act apply to emissions from poultry, dairy or livestock operations. Producers want to meet their environmental obligations, but need clarification from the EPA on the applicability of these laws to their operations. The Committee directs the Agency to resolve this issue expeditiously. The Committee is aware of the work EPA is doing through the NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, and encourages the efforts to harmonize regulatory processes. Prices for agricultural pesticides continue to be a concern for farmers in the United States due to unnecessary barriers to trade in agricultural pesticides. The Committee urges EPA to work swiftly to complete harmonization actions through the Technical Working Group as soon as possible, and to seek input from stakeholders on development and implementation of a joint labeling process. The Committee supports initiatives at EPA to develop a market-based sustainable electronics recycling infrastructure, and encourages the Agency to work with manufacturers on a product stewardship solution. The Committee is concerned about the growing patchwork of State laws that confuses and burdens manufacturers, retailers, recyclers and consumers. The Committee directs the Environmental Protection Agency to continue administering the fiscal year 2005 and subsequent annual Lake Champlain appropriations through Region I and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Commission. Office of Inspector General Appropriations, 2005.................................... $37,696,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 36,955,000 House allowance......................................... 37,955,000 Committee recommendation................................ 36,955,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Office of Inspector General [OIG] provides audit, evaluation, and investigation products and advisory services to improve the performance and integrity of EPA programs and operations. The IG also holds the position of Inspector General for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Trust fund resources are transferred to this account directly from the Hazardous Substance Superfund. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $36,955,000 for the Office of Inspector General, which is equal to the budget request and $741,000 below the fiscal year 2005 level. In addition, $13,536,000 will be available by transfer from the Superfund account, for a total of $50,491,000. Buildings and Facilities Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $41,688,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 40,218,000 House allowance......................................... 40,218,000 Committee recommendation................................ 40,218,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The appropriation for buildings and facilities at EPA provides for the design and construction of EPA-owned facilities as well as for the repair, extension, alteration, and improvement of facilities utilized by the Agency. These funds correct unsafe conditions, protect health and safety of employees and Agency visitors, and prevent deterioration of structures and equipment. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $40,218,000 for buildings and facilities, $1,530,000 above the fiscal year 2005 level (excluding emergency appropriations) and equal to the budget request and the House allowance. Hazardous Substance Superfund (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Appropriations, 2005.................................... $1,247,477,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,279,333,000 House allowance......................................... 1,258,333,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,256,165,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION On October 17, 1986, Congress amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 [CERCLA] through the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 [SARA]. SARA reauthorized and expanded the Hazardous Substance Superfund to address the problems of uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and spills. Specifically, the legislation mandates that EPA: (1) provide emergency response to hazardous waste spills; (2) take emergency action at hazardous waste sites that pose an imminent hazard to public health or environmentally sensitive ecosystems; (3) engage in long-term planning, remedial design, and construction to clean up hazardous waste sites where no financially viable responsible party can be found; (4) take enforcement actions to require responsible private and Federal parties to clean up hazardous waste sites; and (5) take enforcement actions to recover costs where the fund has been used for cleanup. Due to the site-specific nature of the Agency's Superfund program, site-specific travel is not considered part of the overall travel ceiling set for the Superfund account. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $1,256,165,000 for Superfund, $8,688,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and $23,168,000 below the budget request and $2,168,000 below the House allowance. Changes to the budget request are listed below. The Committee recommends a $1,479,000 decrease below the request for Acquisition Management. The Committee recommends a $140,000 decrease below the request for Alternative Dispute Resolution. The Committee recommends a $2,066,000 decrease below the request for Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance. The Committee recommends a $441,000 decrease below the request for Civil Enforcement. The Committee recommends a $11,000 decrease below the request for Compliance Assistance and Centers. The Committee recommends a $11,000 decrease below the request for Compliance Incentives. The Committee recommends a $499,000 decrease below the request for Compliance Monitoring. The Committee recommends a $6,000 decrease below the request for congressional, intergovernmental, and external relations. The Committee recommends a $5,646,000 decrease below the request for Facilities Infrastructure and Operations. The Committee recommends a $300,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Communication and Information. The Committee did not allocate funding for the Laboratory Preparedness and Response program. The Committee recommends a $200,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection. The Committee did not allocate funding for the Decontamination program. The Committee recommends a $11,965,000 decrease below the request for Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. The Committee recommends a $414,000 decrease below the request for Human Resources Management. The Committee recommends a $3,000 decrease below the request for Information Security. The Committee recommends a $20,000 decrease below the request for Legal Advice: Environmental Program. The Committee recommends a $356,000 decrease below the request for Radiation: Protection. The Committee recommends a $105,000 decrease below the request for Research: Land Protection and Restoration. The Committee recommends a $494,000 increase above the request for Superfund: Emergency Response and Removal. The Committee recommends a total of $849,761,000 for Superfund cleanup. The Committee is concerned that EPA has not yet issued a Record of Decision [ROD] for Libby, Montana, despite years of cleanup efforts. The Committee directs the Agency to issue its Record of Decision for Libby, Montana no later than December 1, 2005. The Agency should also provide a report on the contents contained within the ROD to the Committee no later than January 15, 2006. The Committee directs the Agency to work with the Fish and Wildlife Service and other trustee bureaus within the Department of the Interior to incorporate trustee concerns during Superfund remediation and to enhance the integration of Superfund remedial activities and natural resource damage assessment activities. A joint EPA and Interior report on these efforts should be provided to the Committee by September 29, 2006. At this time, the Committee disagrees with the position of the House as to the need for an additional contaminated sediment sites study and does not recommend that EPA enter into any further agreement with the National Academy of Sciences. Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Appropriations, 2005.................................... $69,440,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 73,027,000 House allowance......................................... 73,027,000 Committee recommendation................................ 73,027,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorizations Act of 1986 [SARA] established the leaking underground storage tank [LUST] trust fund to conduct corrective actions for releases from leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and other hazardous substances. EPA implements the LUST program through State cooperative agreement grants which enable States to conduct corrective actions to protect human health and the environment, and through non-State entities including Indian tribes under section 8001 of RCRA. The trust fund is also used to enforce responsible parties to finance corrective actions and to recover expended funds used to clean up abandoned tanks. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends the budget request of $73,027,000 for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, which is $3,587,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House allowance. The Committee directs that not less than 85 percent of these funds be provided to the States and tribal governments. Oil Spill Response Appropriations, 2005.................................... $15,872,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 15,863,000 House allowance......................................... 15,863,000 Committee recommendation................................ 15,863,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION This appropriation, authorized by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1987 and amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, provides funds to prepare for and prevent releases of oil and other petroleum products into navigable waterways. EPA is also reimbursed for incident specific response costs through the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which pursuant to law is managed by the United States Coast Guard. EPA is responsible for: directing all cleanup and removal activities posing a threat to public health and the environment; conducting site inspections, including compelling responsible parties to undertake cleanup actions; reviewing containment plans at facilities; reviewing area contingency plans; pursuing cost recovery of fund-financed cleanups; and conducting research of oil cleanup techniques. Funds for this appropriation are provided through the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund which is composed of fees and collections made through provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $15,863,000 for the oil spill response trust fund, which is $9,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House allowance. State and Tribal Assistance Grants (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) Appropriations, 2005.................................... $3,575,349,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 2,960,800,000 House allowance......................................... 3,127,800,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,395,550,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The ``State and tribal assistance grants'' account funds grants to support the State revolving fund programs; State, tribal, regional, and local environmental programs; and special projects to address critical water and waste water treatment needs. Included in this account are funds for the following infrastructure grant programs: Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds; United States-Mexico Border Program; Alaska Native villages; and Brownfield State and Tribal Response program grants authorized by CERCLA section 128(a). It also contains the following categorical environmental grants, State/tribal program grants, and assistance and capacity building grants: (1) air resource assistance to State, regional, local, and tribal governments (secs. 105 and 103 of the Clean Air Act); (2) radon State and Tribal grants; (3) water pollution control agency resource supplementation (sec. 106 of the FWPCA); (4) BEACHS Protection grants (sec. 406 of FWPCA as amended); (5) nonpoint source (sec. 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act); (6) wetlands State program development; (7) water quality cooperative agreements (sec. 104(b)(3) of FWPCA); (8) targeted watershed grants; (9) wastewater operator training grants; (10) public water system supervision; (11) underground injection control; (12) drinking water program State homeland security coordination grants; (13) hazardous waste financial assistance; (14) Brownfields activities authorized by CERCLA section 104(k); (15) underground storage tanks; (16) pesticides program implementation; (17) lead grants; (18) toxic substances compliance; (19) pesticides enforcement; (20) the Environmental Information Exchange Network; (21) pollution prevention; (22) sector program; and (23) Indians general assistance grants. As in past fiscal years, reprogrammings associated with Performance Partnership Grants need not be submitted to the Committee for approval should such grants exceed the normal reprogramming limitations. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,395,550,000 for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, a decrease of $179,799,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $434,750,000 over the budget request, and $267,750,000 over the House allowance. Bill language specifically provides funding levels for the following programs in this account: $1,100,000,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund, which is $370,000,000 above the request; $850,000,000 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, which is equal to the request; $50,000,000 for the United States-Mexico Border program, which is equal to the request, and includes $7,000,000 for the El Paso Utilities Board and $2,000,000 for the City of Brownsville water supply project; $40,000,000 for grants to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs in rural and native Alaskan communities, which is $25,000,000 above the request; $1,000,000 for the Clean School Bus Initiative, which is $9,000,000 below the request; and $90,000,000 for Brownfields infrastructure projects, which is $30,500,000 below the request. Within the State and Tribal Categorical Grant program, the changes to the budget request are listed below. The Committee recommends a $10,000,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Brownfields. The Committee recommends a $656,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Environmental Information. The Committee recommends a $934,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance. The Committee recommends a $1,772,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319). The Committee recommends a $16,900,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106). The Committee further recommends in this program that $43,000,000 is allocated to water quality monitoring activities. The Committee recommends a $1,040,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention. The Committee recommends a $854,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Public Water System Supervision [PWSS]. The Committee recommends a $1,206,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Radon. The Committee recommends a $18,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Sector Program. The Committee recommends a $23,000,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: State and Tribal Performance Fund. The Committee recommends a $1,856,000 increase above the request for Categorical Grant: Targeted Watersheds. The Committee further recommends that $6,000,000 in this program is allocated for a regional pilot program for the Chesapeake Bay that shall demonstrate effective non-point source nutrient reduction approaches that target small watersheds and accelerate nutrient reduction in innovative, sustainable, and cost- effective ways. Partners in the effort to protect the Bay include: Maryland; Pennsylvania; Virginia; the District of Columbia; the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative body; EPA, which represents the Federal Government; and participating citizen advisory groups. The Committee recommends a $306,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Underground Injection Control [UIC]. The Committee recommends a $1,200,000 increase above the request for Categorical Grant: Wastewater Operator Training. The Committee recommends a $5,120,000 decrease below the request for Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program Development. The Committee has not included funding for the infrastructure assistance grant for Puerto Rico. The Committee includes $200,000,000 for targeted project grants. These grants include a local match of 45 percent for all grants utilized unless a hardship waiver is provided by the EPA. The EPA is directed to expedite any request for a waiver and assist any communities that are likely to qualify for a waiver in processing such a request. The targeted project grants are as follows: $800,000 for the Coosa Valley Water Supply District surface water project in Alabama; $700,000 for the sewer improvement project in the City of York, Alabama; $750,000 for a water and sewer project in Unalaska, Alaska; $250,000 for a water and sewer project in the City of Craig, Alaska; $800,000 for the drinking water project in the Town of Walden, Colorado; $650,000 for the water treatment facility in the City of Alamosa, Colorado; $100,000 for a wastewater treatment facility improvements project in Brush, Colorado; $100,000 for wastewater facility upgrades in Yuma, Colorado; $500,000 for the West Area Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel in the City of Atlanta, Georgia; $500,000 for a wastewater treatment project in the City of Twin Falls, Idaho; $400,000 for water system infrastructure improvements in the City of Castleford, Idaho; $600,000 for construction of a wastewater collection and treatment facility in Valley County, Idaho; $750,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment facility in the Town of Waverly and Morgan County, Indiana; $500,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Sioux City, Iowa; $500,000 for a new drinking water transmission line in the City of Medicine Lodge, Kansas; $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in Johnson County, Kansas; $1,000,000 for the wastewater sewer line extension project in the City of South Campbellsville, Kentucky; $500,000 for the City of Columbia, Kentucky, and the Adair County Regional Water Treatment Plant; $472,000 for the waterline extension and water system upgrade project in the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; $500,000 for the wastewater treatment project in the Town of Machias, Maine; $500,000 for the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in the City of Willmar, Minnesota; $750,000 for a wastewater treatment improvements project in Wheeler, Mississippi; $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the City of Flowood, Mississippi; $500,000 for the regional wastewater program in DeSoto County, Mississippi; $2,000,000 for wastewater system rehabilitation for the West Rankin Water Authority in Mississippi; $747,383 for a drinking water and wastewater treatment improvements project in the Chipley area in the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi; $500,000 for a wastewater infrastructure evaluation and repair project in the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi; $1,200,000 for wastewater treatment facilities improvements in the City of Pontotoc, Mississippi; $1,000,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure project in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi; $250,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure project in the Town of McLain, Mississippi; $700,000 for a water and sewer infrastructure project in Forrest County, Mississippi; $1,000,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi; $500,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri Combined Sewer Overflow Project; $500,000 for the expansion of the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission Treatment Plant in Missouri; $2,250,000 for water system infrastructure improvements in the City of Helena, Montana; $1,000,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the Seeley Lake Sewer District, Montana; $750,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the Town of St. Ignatius, Montana; $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the Pablo/Lake County Water and Sewer District, Montana; $500,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in the Wisdom Sewer District, Montana; $500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the City of Lincoln, Nebraska; $500,000 for the Waterworks Project in the City of Berlin, New Hampshire; $500,000 for the combined sewer overflow separation project in the City of Manchester, New Hampshire; $1,000,000 for the Valley Utilities Project in the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, New Mexico; $1,000,000 for wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal system in the Town of Edgewood, New Mexico; $1,000,000 for completion of Phase I of a sewer system in Kirtland, New Mexico; $150,000 for the Greene Community in Greene County, Ohio for wastewater and drinking water projects; $850,000 for construction of a sewer collection and treatment system in the Village of Higginsport, Ohio; $200,000 for a drinking water line replacement in Muskingum County, Ohio; $800,000 for the wastewater collection and treatment system in the City of Elmira, Ohio, and the City of Burlington, Ohio; $250,000 for storm sewer pipe construction in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania; $1,750,000 for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority for the Three Rivers Wet Weather program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; $250,000 for public sewer service extensions in Menallen Township, Pennsylvania; $250,000 for central sewer collection and treatment replacement in Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania; $800,000 for the combined sewer overflow and flood protection project in the City of Plum Creek and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; $200,000 for an interceptor improvements project in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania; $250,000 for the stormwater infrastructure improvements project in the Borough of Pottstown, Pennsylvania; $750,000 for a sewer improvement project in the Borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania; $875,000 for a new water storage tank in the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island; $1,000,000 for the Lake Tansi Sewer Project in Cumberland County, Tennessee; $1,000,000 for the Watauga River Regional Water Authority in Carter County, Tennessee; $1,000,000 for the West End water and wastewater infrastructure project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; $500,000 for the sewer overflow prevention project in the City of Austin, Texas; $1,500,000 for construction of a drinking water nitrate remediation plant for Centerfield, Utah, and Mayfield, Utah; $700,000 for an arsenic and perchlorate removal project in Magna, Utah; $300,000 for water infrastructure improvements for Judge Tunnel in Park City, Utah; $500,000 for a wastewater treatment plant in Eagle Mountain, Utah; $1,000,000 for drinking water and stormwater infrastructure improvements in Sandy City, Utah; $500,000 for a wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements project in the Town of Onancock, Virginia; $500,000 for Project Alpha in Lee County, Virginia; $1,000,000 for a wastewater treatment plant improvements project in the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming; $500,000 for regional wastewater treatment improvements for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas; $500,000 for improvements to the Little Maumelle water treatment plant in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; $375,000 for the Martin Slough interceptor project in the City of Eureka, California; $375,000 for a water facility project in the City of Santa Paula, California; $375,000 for a wastewater treatment plant expansion in Crescent City, California; $375,000 for a perchlorate treatment program in the City of Pasadena, California; $500,000 for wastewater treatment plant improvements in the Cities of Englewood and Littleton, Colorado; $500,000 for a stormwater improvement program in Jefferson County, Colorado; $500,000 for infrastructure upgrades at water pollution control plant in the Town of Plainville, Connecticut; $500,000 for a wastewater turbine technology project for the City of New Haven, Connecticut; $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow program in the City of Wilmington, Delaware; $800,000 for the Emerald Coast treatment plant replacement project for the Northwest Florida Water Management District; $300,000 for Lake Region water treatment plant improvements for the South Florida Water Management District; $1,000,000 for statewide cesspool replacement in the County of Maui and other communities, Hawaii; $800,000 for a combined sewer separation project in the City of Ottumwa, Iowa; $800,000 for a sewer separation project in the City of Davenport, Iowa; $250,000 for drinking water infrastructure improvements in the City of Springfield, Illinois; $250,000 for construction of a wastewater treatment facility in the Village of Pecatonica, Illinois; $750,000 for drinking water improvements in the City of Wauconda, Illinois; $500,000 for the Sewer Improvement Consortium of Lake Bluff, Highwood, Highland Park and Lake Forest, Illinois; $250,000 for water system upgrades in the Village of Port Byron, Illinois; $1,700,000 for water infrastructure upgrades in the City of Upland, Indiana; $400,000 for the Shreveport Municipal Water Distribution system backflow prevention project in Shreveport, Louisiana; $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow abatement project in Bristol County, Massachusetts; $1,000,000 for the Greenmount Interceptor sewer improvement project in the City of Baltimore, Maryland; $500,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the City of Westernport, Maryland; $500,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the City of Frostburg, Maryland; $350,000 for a combined sewer overflow project in the City of Cumberland, Maryland; $150,000 for a sewer line repair project in the City of Emmitsburg, Maryland; $150,000 for wastewater lagoon repair in the City of Funkstown, Maryland; $150,000 for a septage treatment program in Traverse City, Michigan; $1,000,000 for a combined sewer overflow control program for the City of Port Huron, Michigan; $500,000 for the Oakland County, Michigan Comprehensive Water Security Program; $500,000 for the Rouge River CSO, SSO Wet Weather demonstration project in Wayne County, Michigan; $250,000 for the North-East Relief Sewer [NERS] project in Genesee County, Michigan; $250,000 for sewer plant improvements in the City of Saginaw, Michigan; $250,000 for public sewer system improvements in the City of Northport, Michigan; $225,000 for regional wastewater treatment system improvements in Eastern Calhoun County, Michigan; $500,000 for the sanitary management district of Crow Wing County, Minnesota; $500,000 for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in the City of Duluth, Minnesota; $170,000 for a wastewater treatment plant improvement project in the City of Bozeman, Montana; $750,000 for drinking water system upgrades in the City of Belgrade, Montana; $725,000 for water treatment plant regulatory improvements in the City of Grafton, North Dakota; $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the City of Devils Lake, North Dakota; $500,000 for regional water treatment facility infrastructure in the City of Riverdale, North Dakota; $400,000 for regional water treatment facility improvements in the City of Washburn, North Dakota; $300,000 for regional drinking water infrastructure expansion for the Towns of Hankinson, Wyndemere, LaMoure, and Oakes, North Dakota (Southeast Area); $300,000 for wastewater treatment facility upgrades in the City of Lakota, North Dakota; $300,000 for water treatment facility improvements in the City of Parshall, North Dakota; $250,000 for water and sewer improvement projects in the City of Crosby, North Dakota; $250,000 for drinking water distribution improvements for the North Central Rural Water Consortium, North Dakota; $250,000 for rural water district infrastructure improvements in Walsh County, North Dakota; $500,000 for combined sewer separation projects in the City of Omaha, Nebraska; $500,000 for stormwater infrastructure improvements at Farnham Park in the City of Camden, New Jersey; $500,000 for the Sip Avenue CSO retention and flooding abatement project engineering and design in Jersey City, New Jersey; $1,000,000 for a water project in the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico; $1,000,000 for a wastewater project in the City of Belen, New Mexico; $150,000 for water infrastructure improvements for the North Lemmon Valley Artificial Recharge Project in North Lemmon Valley, Nevada; $100,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements at the Henderson Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant in the City of Henderson, Nevada; $50,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Marlette/Hobart water system in Carson City, Nevada; $650,000 for the Searchlight sewer system upgrades/ Clark County Reclamation District improvement project in Nevada; $400,000 for water infrastructure improvements in Douglas County, Nevada; $1,000,000 for a stormwater restoration project in the Town of North Hempstead, New York; $1,000,000 for a water and sewer extension project in the Town of Bethel, New York; $750,000 for sanitary district facility upgrades in the City of Winchester, Oregon; $500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the City of Cumberland, Rhode Island; $200,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the City of North Smithfield, Rhode Island; $180,000 for water infrastructure improvements in the City of Springfield, South Dakota; $800,000 for a water and wastewater master plan development in Rapid City, South Dakota; $1,000,000 for a wastewater treatment project in the Town of Pownal, Vermont; $1,000,000 for water treatment projects in the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont; $500,000 for a groundwater remediation project in North Clark County, Washington; $500,000 for a sewer collection system in the City of Carnation, Washington; $800,000 for a radionuclide standard drinking water project in the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin; and $800,000 for a metropolitan sewage district interceptor system program in the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Committee includes a total of $140,000,000 for Brownfields activities within this account. These funds augment funding of $25,000,000 included in the Environmental Programs and Management account for fiscal year 2006, a total of $165,000,000 for EPA Brownfields program. The Committee also recommends a rescission of $58,000,000 in unobligated amounts associated with grants, contracts, and interagency agreements whose availability has expired. The Committee has included bill language, as carried in previous appropriations acts, to clarify that drinking water health effects studies are to be funded through the science and technology account. The Committee also includes bill language addressing technical corrections to targeted project grants. The Committee has also included bill language, as requested by the administration and as carried in previous appropriations acts, to: (1) extend for 1 year the authority for States to transfer funds between the Clean Water SRF and the Drinking Water SRF; (2) waive the one-third of 1 percent cap on the Tribal set aside from non-point source grants; (3) increase to 1.5 percent the cap on the Tribal set-aside for the Clean Water SRF; (4) require that any funds provided to address the water infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along the United States-Mexico border be spent only in areas where the local governmental entity has established an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents additional development within colonias that lack water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; and (5) change the limitation on the amounts of the SRF a State can use for administration. Administrative Provisions The Committee has included bill language, as proposed in the budget request and as carried in previous appropriations acts, permitting EPA, in carrying out environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, to use cooperative agreements with federally- recognized tribes and inter-tribal consortia. The Committee includes language authorizing EPA to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended. The bill includes a provision to extend eligibility to Brownfields sites that were purchased prior to the enactment of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Revitalization Act of 2001. The Committee has included bill language providing certain personnel authority for the Office of Research and Development. The Committee has included a provision that addresses the Federal cost share for the radon program. Bill language requires EPA to complete and publish a technical study to look at safety issues, including the risk of fire and burn to consumers in use, associated with compliance with small engines regulations, required pursuant to Public Law 108-199. The Committee directs EPA to coordinate this study with the U.S. Fire Administration and/or the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The study of small engines in use by consumers shall include real-world scenarios involving at minimum: operator burn, fire due to contact with flammable items, and refueling. TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH Appropriations, 2005.................................... $276,384,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 285,400,000 House allowance......................................... 285,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 280,892,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Forest and rangeland research and development carries out basic and applied scientific research to provide information and solutions to sustain the Nation's forests and rangelands. Research scientists collaborate with industry, non-governmental organizations, colleges and universities, State foresters, and other governmental agencies. The research program works on a number of issues that are critical to the mission of the Forest Service including fire and fuels; invasive species; forest inventory and analysis; vegetation and protection; wildlife and fish habitat; soil, water, and air resources; valuation of forests and grasslands; urban forests and the urban-wildland interface. Research is conducted at six research stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry located in Puerto Rico, with approximately 500 scientists and 67 sites located throughout the United States. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends an appropriation of $280,892,000 for forest and rangeland research, which is $4,508,000 above the enacted level, $4,508,000 below the budget request, and $4,108,000 below the House recommended level. Increases above the enacted level are $2,508,000 for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program for a total of $58,434,000 within the research account (additional funds for the program are included under the State and Private Forestry heading), $500,000 for the Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research in Mississippi, $155,000 for the Joe Skeen Institute at Montana State University for a total of $500,000 for this project, $300,000 for the Forest Products Laboratory to continue research on salvaging lumber for use in low income housing construction for a total of $892,000 for this project, $500,000 for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative to add Maine to the program (the $1,972,000 included in the request for the NSRC shall be evenly divided between the programs in Vermont and New Hampshire as in the past) and $500,000 for hydrology studies at the Southern Research Station located in Starkville, Mississippi. There is a general program increase of $45,000. The Committee expects that unless otherwise stated in this report, ongoing research projects specifically designated in previous years' bills shall be continued at no less than the fiscal year 2005 level. Such projects would include $197,000 to continue high priority applied research, including methods to reduce urban sprawl and improve livability, with the Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration Cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland; $1,282,000 for the advanced research housing consortium; $493,000 for research in the control of pests and pathogens at the forest science laboratory in Morgantown, West Virginia; $2,465,000 for sudden oak death research; $227,000 for the completion of the hydrology study on the Fernow Experimental Forest; $1,114,000 for the research laboratory in Sitka, Alaska; and $908,000 for operations at the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue. The Committee is aware that certain research facility managers may not be fully cognizant of Congressional directives to the Forest Service regarding the allocation of Congressional funding priorities. The Committee expects the Forest Service to make sure that all facility managers understand this allocation policy and emphasize the importance of complying with Congressional allocations in full and in a timely manner. The Committee notes that the agency has established two new threat assessment centers in Prineville, Oregon and Asheville, North Carolina as authorized by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act. The Committee strongly supports these efforts. However, the Forest Service should more fully explain this funding in future budget submissions. These centers should rely to a large extent on emerging remote sensing technology and geospatial modeling. The Committee has provided further instructions under the National Forest System account regarding the use of these technologies by these centers. STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY Appropriations, 2005 (includes emergency appropriations) $341,606,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 253,387,000 House allowance......................................... 254,875,000 Committee recommendation................................ 254,615,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION State and private forestry programs provide technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to help sustain the Nation's urban and rural forests and protect communities and the environment from wildland fires. Through a coordinated effort in management, protection, conservation education, and resource use, State and private forestry programs facilitate sound stewardship across lands of all ownerships on a landscape scale, while maintaining the flexibility for individual forest landowners to pursue their own objectives. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends an appropriation of $254,615,000 for State and private forestry, a decrease of $37,891,000 below the enacted level (excluding emergency funds), an increase of $1,228,000 above the request, and a decrease of $260,000 below the House recommended level. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest health management..................................... $72,331,000 $72,631,000 +$300,000 Cooperative fire protection.................................. 26,836,000 32,500,000 +5,664,000 Cooperative forestry......................................... 149,231,000 142,484,000 -6,747,000 International forestry....................................... 4,989,000 7,000,000 +2,011,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, State and private forestry...................... 253,387,000 254,615,000 +1,228,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest Health Management.--The Committee recommends $72,631,000 for forest health management activities. The Committee has provided $50,023,000 for Federal lands forest health management. The Committee has provided $22,608,000 for forest health cooperative lands management. The increase above the request is for the Vermont forest monitoring cooperative. The Committee has also provided $350,000 from within the cooperative lands forest health activity to the southern Appalachian office of the American Chestnut Foundation to be used in cooperation with outside partners which may include universities such as Western Kentucky University. Cooperative Fire Protection.--The Committee recommends $32,500,000 for cooperative fire protection. The Committee has provided $26,500,000 for State fire assistance and $6,000,000 for volunteer fire assistance. The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue its efforts to partner with State and local governments and other organizations to leverage scarce resources for conservation and fire protection activities. The Fire Safe Councils of California provide an innovative model for State and local fire assistance that should be considered as a template for other areas. Therefore, the Committee directs the Forest Service to make up to $4,000,000 in funding from State and Volunteer Fire Assistance available to the Fire Safe Councils of California to implement community fire plans and fund fuels reduction, planning and education activities. Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends $142,484,000 for cooperative forestry. The Committee has provided $32,320,000 for the forest stewardship program. Within the funds provided, $950,000 is for the Chesapeake Bay program to support forestry efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Committee has provided $62,632,000 for the forest legacy program. This allocation also includes the use of an additional $3,000,000 from prior year funds for projects which have either failed or received funding from other sources. The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Project Name recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HI Wao Kele o Puna $3,400,000 TN Walls of Jericho 1,400,000 MA Quabbin Corridor Connection 2,500,000 ME Katahdin Ironworks 5,000,000 WA Cedar Green Forest 2,000,000 PA History of Forestry 2,800,000 WA Carbon River Forest 1,630,000 CA Baxter Ranch 1,000,000 MT North Swan River Valley 3,300,000 DE Green Horizons 2,000,000 ME Machias River Project Phase II 1,500,000 CT Skiff Mountain 1,000,000 CA Six Rivers to the Sea Phase II 1,000,000 GA Altamaha River Corridor 2,000,000 NY Adirondack Working Forest Easement 1,000,000 UT Cedar Project #3 1,500,000 WV Potomac River Hills 1,800,000 VT Green Mountain Wildlife Corridor 1,052,000 NJ Sparta Mountain South 1,800,000 MT Nevada Creek-Blackfoot Phase II 1,400,000 ID Singleton Kilgore 650,000 MI Kamehameha School Land Conservation Easement 2,000,000 IN Land Bridge 550,000 KY Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area 1,750,000 USVI Annaly Bay/Hermitage Valley 500,000 WI Wolf River 1,000,000 CO Banded Peaks Ranch Phase II 1,500,000 ID St. Joe Basin/Mica Creek 2,000,000 UT Range Creek/Rainbow Glass Ranch 750,000 NH Rossview 2,000,000 AK Agulowak River 600,000 NM Horse Springs 1,250,000 MN Brainerd Lakes Forest Legacy 1,200,000 VA New River Corridor 230,000 RI Bugnet Tract 600,000 IL Pere Marquette Project 500,000 MD Broad Creek 1,000,000 PR The Gutierrez Project 150,000 IA Monona 320,000 NH Willard Pond 1,300,000 GA Paulding County 250,000 AZ New State Start-up 500,000 MO New State Start-up 500,000 Forest Legacy Program Administration, 5,450,000 Acquisition Management, and Assessment of Need Planning ------------------ Total 65,632,000 Use of prior year funds 3,000,000 ------------------ Total 62,632,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee has provided $28,675,000 for the urban and community forestry program. Increases above the request are $500,000 for the City of Bellevue Greenstreets program, $350,000 for the Chicago Greenstreets program, and $350,000 for the City of Milwaukee tree planting program. The Committee encourages the Forest Service to continue its support of the Chicago Wilderness initiative, a consortium of more than 170 organizations that support environmental and forestry programs and education in the Chicago/Northeastern Illinois region. Within the funds provided, $150,000 shall be made available for the People and Parks Foundation to continue urban natural resource stewardship work as part of the Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland. The Committee is pleased with the efforts of the National Association of State Foresters and the Forest Service to develop and implement a new allocation methodology for the urban and community forestry program. The Committee expects the new system to more effectively balance program performance and State program needs and capability. The Committee expects this new methodology to be fully implemented for fiscal year 2006. The Committee does not concur with the administration's proposal to eliminate funding for the Economic Action Program [EAP] and has provided $14,200,000 for the program. The Committee continues to believe that EAP provides critical economic assistance to help rural, timber-dependent communities diversify and improve their economies. The allocation of funds is set out in the table below. [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Economic Recovery Program............................... 5,000 Rural Development Program............................... 2,000 =============== Special Projects: Fuels-in-schools biomass program, MT................ 2,000 Hinkle Creek, OR watershed study.................... 1,000 University of Idaho, Mica Cr........................ 300 Northern Forests Partnership program................ 350 Purdue Hardwood Scanning Center, IN................. 1,000 Wood Enterprise Agent, MT........................... 400 Private Landowner Database, WA...................... 1,000 Hubbard Brook Foundation, NH........................ 750 Ketchikan Wood Technology Center, AK................ 400 --------------- Subtotal special projects......................... 7,200 =============== TOTAL, ECONOMIC ACTION PROGRAMS................... 14,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee directs that within funds available for the State and Private Forestry appropriation, the Wood Education and Resource Center shall be funded at no less than $2,700,000 as stated in the request. Forest Resource Information and Analysis.--The Committee recommends $4,657,000 for forest resource information and analysis as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, which is equal to the request. International Programs.--The Committee recommends $7,000,000 for the international program. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Appropriations, 2005 (includes emergency appropriations) $1,392,959,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,651,357,000 House allowance......................................... 1,417,920,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,377,656,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The National Forest System [NFS] provides for the planning, assessment, and conservation of ecosystems while delivering multiple public services and uses. Within the NFS, there are 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands located in 43 States, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, managed under multiple-use and sustained yield principles. The natural resources of timber, minerals, range, wildlife, outdoor recreation, watershed, and soil are managed to best meet the needs of the Nation without impairing productivity of the land or damaging the environment. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,377,656,000, a decrease of $15,303,000 compared to the enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), a decrease of $273,701,000 compared to the request excluding the proposed transfer of hazardous fuels to the National Forest System appropriation, and $40,264,000 below the House recommendation. The Committee has kept the hazardous fuels funds under the wildland fire management account. The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land management planning..................................... $59,057,000 $59,057,000 ............... Inventory and monitoring..................................... 167,009,000 167,009,000 ............... Recreation, heritage and wilderness.......................... 257,344,000 257,344,000 ............... Wildlife and fish habitat management......................... 124,951,000 125,001,000 +$50,000 Grazing management........................................... 44,659,000 48,500,000 +3,841,000 Forest products.............................................. 278,297,000 278,297,000 ............... Vegetation and watershed management.......................... 193,774,000 193,774,000 ............... Minerals and geology management.............................. 73,791,000 73,791,000 ............... Land ownership management.................................... 84,157,000 84,157,000 ............... Law enforcement operations................................... 86,326,000 87,076,000 +750,000 Valles Caldera National Preserve............................. 992,000 3,650,000 +2,658,000 Hazardous Fuels.............................................. 281,000,000 ............... -281,000,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, National Forest System.......................... 1,651,357,000 1,377,656,000 -273,701,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends $59,057,000 for land management planning. Within the funds for land management planning, the Committee has provided $400,000 for the agency to continue the comprehensive environmental training, review, and compliance program for agency employees. This program should help ensure that employees are aware of, and remain fully compliant with existing Federal requirements. The Committee again encourages the agency to identify and partner with a private sector entity with a successful record of developing similar programs for other governmental agencies. Inventory and Monitoring.--The Committee recommends $167,009,000 for inventory and monitoring. Within the funds provided $170,000 is for a hillslope hydrology study on the Fernow Experimental Forest. The Committee directs that out of the funds made available to the Threat Assessment Centers in North Carolina and Oregon in the research, State and private, and National Forest System accounts, $1,000,000 shall be provided to the Stennis Space Center. These funds shall be used to acquire remote sensing data to inventory and monitor National Forest System and private lands pursuant to Title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.--The Committee recommends $257,344,000 for recreation, heritage, and wilderness which is equal to the request. Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The Committee recommends $125,001,000 for wildlife and fish habitat management. Within the funds provided, $250,000 shall be used to continue work at Batten Kill River to protect and improve the river, stream banks and adjacent habitat areas. Grazing Management.--The Committee has provided $48,500,000 for grazing management, which is $3,841,000 above the request. The Committee remains extremely concerned with the lack of progress the agency has made in completing the environmental review of grazing allotments that are governed by the Rescissions Act schedule (Section 504 of Public Law 104-19). Despite this lack of progress, the agency continues to propose large reductions to the grazing management program. The Committee does not concur with these reductions and expects that future submissions will more adequately reflect the true needs of the program. Accordingly, the Committee has provided an additional $3,841,000 above the request for completing environmental review of grazing allotments, processing permits, and short and long term monitoring in conjunction with grazing permittees. The Committee notes the dramatic improvement in moisture conditions in portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah and expects the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to increase grazing permit stocking levels to the maximum extent possible given range conditions on the allotments, or subunits of the allotments. In the event the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management does not have up- to-date monitoring information needed to document the improvement of the range conditions, the Secretaries shall accept credible range condition monitoring provided from professional range conservationists employed by State or county governments or Universities. Forest Products.--The Committee recommends $278,297,000 for forest products. The Committee is increasingly concerned about forest outputs and whether on-the-ground accomplishments remain a high priority for the Forest Service. In order to ensure an adequate and reliable flow of outputs to support the social and economic needs of small, forest-dependent communities, the Committee expects the Forest Service to maintain a performance management system that includes performance standards for every National Forest System line officer and specifies expected output levels for current and multi-year projects and programs. The Chief of the Forest Service is directed to provide a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the relevant House and Senate authorizing committees on this performance management system within 90 days of enactment. This information shall also be made available to the public following submission of the report to the committees noted above. The Committee is concerned with the ability of the Lincoln National Forest to undertake restoration and stewardship contracts. The Committee directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and execute at least one stewardship contract in excess of 15,000 acres on the Lincoln National Forest as authorized in Public Law 108-278 no later than June 1, 2006. The Secretary is directed to work with the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the New Mexico State Forester to assure the stewardship contract is drafted so that lands on the Lincoln National Forest are treated. The Secretary shall assure contract terms reflect maximum flexibility in order to allow the Tribe a reasonable chance of success. The Forest Service shall provide the Tribe with assistance in developing the stewardship proposal at no cost to the Tribe. The Committee has retained bill language included in prior years which allows the funds provided for timber pipeline supply above the normal regional allocation on the Tongass National Forest to be allocated between the Capital Improvement and Maintenance and the National Forest System appropriation. The amount provided for this purpose is $5,000,000. The Committee expects the Forest Service to continue preparing and submitting its quarterly reports on the timber sales program. The Committee recommends that the agency identify the volumes that are offered, sold, and harvested categorized as net merchantable sawtimber in its quarterly reports. Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The Committtee recommends $193,774,000 for vegetation and watershed management. Within the funds provided, $350,000 shall be used to continue Leafy Spurge eradication efforts in North Dakota. The Committee remains interested in the efforts of counties in Region 3 of the Forest Service to implement the county partnership on restoration and appreciate the funds that the Secretary has directed towards these efforts. The Committee expects the Secretary of Agriculture, to the extent practicable, to increase financial support for these programs and encourages the Secretary to provide additional funding from unobligated funds from the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture to help fund these projects. Minerals and Geology Management.--The Committee recommends $73,791,000 for minerals and geology management. Landownership Management.--The Committee recommends $84,157,000 for landownership management. Law Enforcement Operations.--The Committee recommends $87,076,000 for law enforcement operations. Within the funds provided, $900,000 shall be provided for counterdrug operations on the Daniel Boone National Forest and $750,000 is for the Forest Service to develop, in consultation with local law enforcement officials, an emergency warning system for the Spring Mountains NRA in Nevada. The Committee has included bill language under administrative provisions that allows the transfer of funds from other accounts to the law enforcement program. These transfers are necessary to realign the law enforcement budget so that it will pay full indirect costs in the same fashion as all other agency programs. Valles Caldera.--The Committee has provided $3,650,000 for the Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the Baca Ranch, New Mexico which is $2,658,000 above the request. Other.--The Committee directs that overall funding for the Land Between the Lakes NRA be no less than $7,900,000. The Forest Service should determine the funding mix from all accounts. The Committee did not move funds for hazardous fuels reduction from the wildland fire account to the National Forest System appropriation as proposed in the request. However, the Committee has included bill language under the wildland fire management appropriation allowing transfer of these funds to the National Forest System account at the discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service following notification of the Committee. WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $2,098,487,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,444,267,000 House allowance......................................... 1,790,506,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,745,531,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Wildland Fire Management provides funding for fire management including preparedness and fire suppression operations on National Forest System and adjacent lands, and also supports the National Fire Plan. The program seeks to protect life, property, and natural resources on the 192,000,000 acres of National Forest System lands, as well as on an additional 20,000,000 acres of adjacent State and private lands. The program recognizes that wildfire is a critical natural process that must be integrated into land and resource management plans and activities on a landscape scale across agency boundaries. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $1,745,531,000 for wildland fire management activities, which is $352,956,000 below the enacted level, $301,264,000 above the request, and $44,975,000 below the House recommendation. Of the increase above the request, $281,000,000 is explained by virtue of keeping the hazardous fuels reduction program in the fire account instead of moving it to the National Forest System appropriation as proposed in the request. The Committee has included bill language allowing transfer of these funds to the National Forest System account following notification of the Committees on Appropriations. The Committee recommendation includes $676,014,000 for preparedness. Funding for the joint fire science program is not included under preparedness but instead the Committee has provided these funds in the other fire operations account at the requested level of $8,000,000. The Committee notes once again that the amounts proposed for preparedness in the request do not appear to be adequate to maintain the agency's firefighting readiness capability at current levels. Maintaining a robust initial attack capability is a critical component of the National Fire Plan and also reduces the overall costs of firefighting by containing fires before they escalate and cause loss of life and property as well as natural resource damage. Therefore, the agency shall analyze current readiness levels to determine whether maintaining preparedness resources in the field at a level not less than fiscal year 2005 will, based on the best information available, result in lower overall firefighting costs. If the Forest Service makes such a determination, the Committee directs the Forest Service to adjust the levels for preparedness and suppression accordingly and report on these adjustments to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The Secretary of Agriculture should advise the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing prior to the decision. The Committee has provided $700,492,000 for fire suppression. This level of funding exceeds the 10 year average for suppression by $45,560,000. The Committee has provided a total of $369,025,000 for other fire operations. As stated earlier, $281,000,000 is included for hazardous fuels reduction which fully funds the request. Of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduction $1,500,000 shall be used to continue work on the Santa Fe Watershed Thinning Project on the Santa Fe National Forest. The Committee understands that the Forest Service plans to expend $1,600,000 during fiscal year 2006 for work at the Ecological Restoration Institute [ERI] at Northern Arizona University through a cooperative agreement between the parties. The Committee believes this is an efficient arrangement for furthering the agency's mission in reducing hazardous fuels. The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations account are allocated as follows, $18,385,000 for research and development, which is $1,500,000 above the request; $2,000,000 for rehabilitation and restoration; $8,000,000 for the joint fire science program; $40,179,000 for the State fire assistance program; $7,889,000 for volunteer fire assistance; and $11,572,000 for forest health activities as proposed in the request. Within the funds provided for research and development, $1,500,000 shall be allocated to the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, of which $350,000 shall be to continue work in conjunction with the University of Idaho on the FRAMES project. Within the funds provided for State fire assistance, $6,500,000 is for activities in Alaska, primarily in areas affected by the Spruce Bark Beetle which has caused a severe fire danger in areas adjacent to many communities. These funds are to be distributed as follows: $2,100,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, $1,500,000 to the Municipality of Anchorage to remove dead and dying trees caused by Spruce Bark beetle, $1,000,000 for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, $1,600,000 for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and $300,000 for the Cook Inlet Tribal Council. Each of the amounts in this paragraph shall be distributed in the form of an advanced direct lump sum payment. None of the funds may be used for the purchase of equipment. The Committee notes that progress has been made in treating the forest health and hazardous fuels problems facing many forests. The Committee believes that greater funding for the hazardous fuels program, the passage of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, and authorization of stewardship contracting are playing an important role in addressing the unhealthy state of many Federal forests. However, the Committee is concerned that prescribed burning treatments may not always be compatible with the need to better utilize commercially valuable biomass products. The Forest Service shall coordinate with the Bureau of Land Management to develop an annual report that describes by administrative unit (National Forest or BLM District) the number of acres of each fire regime and condition class managed during the previous year and which method of treatment was utilized. In addition, the report shall include the quantity of commercially valuable biomass products from the treatment areas prior to prescribed burning. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish utilization goals for hazardous fuels reduction and restoration projects that include volume (in tons and acres treated) of low-value and small diameter trees. The Secretary shall also report to Congress on the percentage of contracts that contained utilization criteria that were awarded to enterprises as directed in section 202 of Public Law 108-148. The Committee recognizes that utilization of timber related biomass is largely market driven but the Committee directs the Secretary to encourage utilization of small diameter trees by making those trees available to markets and by reducing barriers to this use through flexible contract provisions. Utilization goals shall include low-value and small diameter trees used for the full range of wood products, including timber, engineered lumber, paper and pulp, furniture and value added commodities, pellets, and other innovative uses, as well as bio-energy and bio-based products such as plastics, ethanol and diesel. The Committee believes that supporting new markets for low-value and small diameter trees will help to reduce the costs of hazardous fuels reduction projects and allow the agency to treat more acres. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE Appropriations, 2005 (including emergency appropriations)..................................... $589,906,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 380,792,000 House allowance......................................... 468,260,000 Committee recommendation................................ 409,751,000 The Committee recommends $409,751,000 for capital improvement and maintenance, which is $104,950,000 below the enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), $28,959,000 above the budget request, and $58,509,000 below the House recommendation. The Committee agrees to the following distribution of funds: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Budget estimate recommendation Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facilities................................................ $117,716,000 $120,666,000 +$2,950,000 Roads..................................................... 189,559,000 215,568,000 +26,009,000 Trails.................................................... 63,792,000 63,792,000 ................ Infrastructure improvement................................ 9,725,000 9,725,000 ................ ----------------------------------------------------- Total, capital improvement and maintenance.......... 380,792,000 409,751,000 +28,959,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facilities.--The Committee recommends $120,666,000 for facilities capital improvement and maintenance. Of the funds provided $51,522,000 is for maintenance and $69,144,000 is for capital improvement. Increases above the request are for the following projects: $950,000 is for facilities improvements on the Monongahela National Forest, $2,000,000 is continue work on the Smith County Lake project in Mississippi, and $1,500,000 is for various infrastructure improvement on the Valles Caldera Preserve. The Committee has not included $10,000,000 for the Forest Products Lab [FPL] as proposed in the request. Instead the Committee has provided $2,800,000 for this project which will allow the FPL to complete work on the durability test facility. The agency has not undertaken a strategic analysis of this entire project which was recommended by a consultant hired by the Forest Service. The Committee believes that the agency should not go forward until it has completed a strategic plan to ensure that the project fits within the overall mission of the national research program over the long term. The Committee has included bill language under Title V which provides new authorities for the agency to sell unneeded facilities and retain the proceeds for maintenance and capital improvement needs. It is anticipated that the agency will raise in excess of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 which will offset the reduction in appropriated funds. As part of this proposal, the agency will also establish a new working capital fund and assess each program area based on the amount of office space it occupies. This practice should provide an incentive for program managers to more efficiently utilize space and it will also reduce the Agency's deferred maintenance backlog. Roads.--The Committee recommends $215,568,000 for road maintenance and capital improvement. Of the funds provided, $148,066,000 is for maintenance and $67,502,000 is for capital improvement. Increases above the request are $2,300,000 for road improvements on the Monongahela National Forest, $4,000,000 for road improvements on the Tongass National Forest, and $3,000,000 for improvements on the Jarbidge Canyon Road in Nevada. The Committee has included bill language allowing the Forest Service to transfer a portion of the funds for the Jarbidge project to the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service in order to expedite the project. Trails.--The Committee recommends $63,792,000 for trail maintenance and capital improvement. Of these funds $37,540,000 is for trail maintenance and $26,252,000 is for capital improvements. Infrastructure Improvement.--The Committee recommends $9,725,000 for infrastructure improvement. LAND ACQUISITION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $61,007,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 40,000,000 House allowance......................................... 15,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 44,925,000 The Committee recommends $44,925,000 for land acquisition, which is $16,082,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $4,925,000 above the budget request, and $29,925,000 over the House recommendation. The Committee recommends the following distribution of funds: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee State Forest Project recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AL Multiple Alabama National $500,000 Forests. AR Multiple Arkansas Forests...... 1,000,000 AZ Coconino Sedona/Red Rocks/Oak 1,000,000 Creek. CA Six Rivers Goose Creek-Smith 1,000,000 River. CA Tahoe Middle Yuba-Baker Pass 500,000 CA/OR/WA Multiple Pacific Crest Trail... 500,000 CO White River High Elk Corridor..... 500,000 GA Chattahoochee-Oconee Georgia Mountains 500,000 Riparian Project. ID Payette Thunder Mountain...... 1,000,000 IL Shawnee Illinois Disappearing 500,000 Habitat. IN Hoosier Hoosier Unique Areas.. 500,000 KY Daniel Boone Daniel Boone National 1,000,000 Forest. MN Chippewa/Superior Minnesota Wilderness.. 125,000 MS Delta National Forest ...................... 1,500,000 MT Helena & Lolo NFs Blackfoot Challenge... 6,000,000 MT Flathead Swan Valley........... 3,000,000 MT Helena Spring Hill........... 600,000 MT Beaverhead/Deerlodge Selway Valley Preserve 1,500,000 MT Gallatin Greater Yellowstone 1,000,000 Area. OR/WA Multiple Columbia River Gorge 2,000,000 NSA. SC Francis Marion-Sumter Francis Marion........ 500,000 SD Black Hills Lady C Ranch.......... 1,500,000 UT Multiple Bonneville Shoreline 1,500,000 Trail. UT Wasatch-Cache High Uintas........... 1,000,000 VT Green Mtn ...................... 1,000,000 WA Okanogan-Wenatchee I-90 Corridor......... 1,200,000 ----------------- SUBTOTAL, LINE 30,925,000 ITEM PROJECTS. ================= Cash equalization..... 500,000 Crit. Inholdings/ 1,000,000 wilderness protection. Acquisition Management 12,500,000 (incl. Cash Equilization). ----------------- TOTAL, FS LAND 44,925,000 ACQUISITION. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee has previously provided funding for Pacific Northwest Streams projects located in Oregon and Washington and understands some funds remain unspent. The Committee expects the purchase of the Rader property located in the Mount Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest to receive the highest priority for funding using these unobligated sums. From the funds made available for land acquisition for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, the Committee requests the Forest Service consider the acquisition of GIP Tract number 432 located at township 1 north, range 5 east, section 16, W.M., in Skamania County at a fair market value as determined by Federal appraisal guidelines. The Forest Service shall report back to the Committee prior to March 15, 2006, if the service and parcel owner are unable to agree on fair market value. Due to continued constraints on funding for land acquisition and the ongoing prospect of borrowing for fire suppression, it remains important that funding provided for land acquisition be obligated promptly. The Committee notes the annual unobligated balance reporting requirement included in its fiscal year 2004 report, and urges timely submission of the report. The Committee is aware of the pressing land acquisition needs in the Wisconsin National Forests (Chequamegon and Nicolet) and will consider options to address these needs as the bill proceeds. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS, SPECIAL ACTS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $1,054,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,069,000 House allowance......................................... 1,069,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,069,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000, which is an increase of $15,000 over the enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House recommendation. These funds are derived from receipts at certain forests. ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $231,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 234,000 House allowance......................................... 234,000 Committee recommendation................................ 234,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $234,000, which is a $3,000 increase over the enacted level and equal to the budget request and the House recommendation. This amount is derived from funds deposited by State, county, and municipal governments or public school authorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a). RANGE BETTERMENT FUND (Special Fund, Indefinite) Appropriations, 2005.................................... $3,021,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 2,963,000 House allowance......................................... 2,963,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,963,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,963,000, which is a decrease of $58,000 from the enacted level and equal to the request and the House recommendation. This amount is for range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, and is derived from fees received for livestock grazing on national forests pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended. GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH Appropriations, 2005.................................... $64,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 64,000 House allowance......................................... 64,000 Committee recommendation................................ 64,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $64,000, the same as the enacted level, the budget estimate and the House recommendation. This amount is derived from the fund established under 16 U.S.C. 1643(b). MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT, FOREST SERVICE Appropriations, 2005.................................... $5,879,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 5,467,000 House allowance......................................... 5,467,000 Committee recommendation................................ 5,067,000 The Committee recommends $5,067,000 for subsistence management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, which is a decrease of $812,000 from the enacted level and $400,000 below the budget request and the House recommendation. Administrative Provisions, Forest Service The Committee has continued many of the same administrative provisions as provided in prior years. Language is included which authorizes the Forest Service to provide funds to the National Forest Foundation to match up to $3,300,000 in private contributions on a 1-for-1 basis for projects on National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs. The Committee has authorized up to $350,000 of Federal funds to be used for administrative expenses of the Foundation. Language is included which provides funds for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the amount of $2,650,000 on a 1-for-1 matching basis with private contributions for projects on or benefiting National Forest System lands. Language is included which allows the Forest Service to transfer appropriated funds to the Bureau of Land Management from the National Forest System account for work related to the management of wild horses and burros. The amount of funds transferred with this authority should be displayed in subsequent budget justifications. The Committee notes the Defense Department closing of the Roosevelt School in Puerto Rico, and has included language to provide for the use of funds by the Forest Service for expenses associated with primary and secondary schooling for employees stationed in Puerto Rico prior to the date of this Act. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian Health Service INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $2,596,492,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 2,732,298,000 House allowance......................................... 2,732,298,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,732,323,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Indian Health Service [IHS] is the Agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that has responsibility for providing Federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew out of the special government- to-government relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. This relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions, and Executive Orders. The IHS currently provides health services to approximately 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 557 federally recognized tribes in 35 States. IHS services are provided directly and through tribally contracted and operated health programs. Health services also include health care purchased from more than 9,000 private providers annually. The Federal system consists of 36 hospitals, 61 health centers, 49 health stations, and 5 residential treatment centers. In addition, 34 urban Indian health projects provide a variety of health and referral services. The IHS clinical staff consist of approximately 2,700 nurses, 900 physicians, 350 engineers, 450 pharmacists, 300 dentists, 150 sanitarians and 83 physician assistants. The IHS also employs various allied health professionals, such as nutritionists, health administrators, engineers, and medical records administrators. Through Public Law 93-638 self-determination contracts, American Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations administer 13 hospitals, 158 health centers, 28 residential treatment centers, 76 health stations, and 170 Alaska village clinics. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $2,732,323,000 for Indian health services, an increase of $135,831,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and $25,000 above the budget request and the House allowance. The increase to the budget request is provided to increase base funding for the InMed program at the University of North Dakota to $775,000. In agreement with the budget request, the Committee has recommended operational increases of $29,301,000 for pay and benefits, $30,850,000 for the staffing of new facilities, $5,000,000 for contract support costs, $31,498,000 for population growth and $42,212,000 for medical inflation. It is the Committee's understanding that all programs funded within the services appropriation are assumed to be recurring unless specifically designated to the contrary. The Committee expects the Service to manage its loan repayment program in the same manner as it has previous years. Language is retained in the bill designating $15,000,000 for alcohol prevention and treatment work in Alaska, from which amounts are to be distributed among the program's participants as specified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal 2005 conference report (House Rept. 108-792). The budget request proposed to eliminate the direction associated with these funds. Language is also retained in the bill in Title IV, General Provisions, continuing the demonstration program of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, which provides bonus payments to health professionals. This provision, too, was proposed for elimination in the budget request. In agreement with the budget request, the Committee supports continued funding for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network, InPsych programs at the University of Montana and the University of North Dakota, as well as the Recruitment of American Indians into Nursing [RAIN] program at the University of North Dakota, at no less than the current year enacted levels. The Committee remains supportive of the Service's work with the Joslin diabetes program and encourages the continuation of this collaborative effort in the coming fiscal year. The Committee has included language in the bill to provide the Bureau of Indian Affairs with access to Indian Health Service records as necessary for the implementation of certain provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Specifically, the Act provides for the creation of a comprehensive system of coordinated services to ensure adequate health and human services for American Indian and Alaska Native children with disabilities, who are enrolled in Bureau-funded schools, and this provision provides a mechanism for identifying those children. The Committee is pleased to receive an interim report from the Indian Health Service on the implementation of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians established in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Diabetes is a particularly serious chronic disease that disproportionately affects American Indians and Alaska Natives. This program will provide over $1,100,000,000 for prevention and treatment programs over 10-year period. The interim report provides valuable information on the extent of this serious disease, best practice models that have been developed to prevent and treat diabetes, and on the utilization of these funds to provide actual services to native peoples. This knowledge will help build a stronger, more effective program in future years. INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $388,574,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 315,668,000 House allowance......................................... 370,774,000 Committee recommendation................................ 335,643,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Indian health services are provided in over 500 IHS and tribal health care facilities scattered throughout many States, mostly in rural and isolated areas. Total space is over 1.4 million square meters, of which the Government owns approximately 65 percent and the tribes 35 percent. The IHS health facilities account provides funds for the maintenance and improvement, sanitation, health facilities construction, equipment, and environmental health support programs operated by the Service. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $335,643,000 for Indian health facilities, a decrease of $52,931,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, an increase of $19,975,000 above the budget request, and a decrease of $35,131,000 below the House allowance. Changes to the budget request include increases of $975,000 for maintenance and improvement, and $2,000,000 for facilities and environmental health support. This last amount is provided to assist the Service, through its headquarters operations, in addressing inherently Federal functions such as new real property asset management requirements. A proposed increase of $17,000,000 for health facilities construction will provide a total amount of $20,326,000 for these activities, to be distributed as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Committee Project Budget request recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fort Belknap, MT staff quarters......... $3,326,000 $3,326,000 Phoenix Indian Medical Center, AZ....... .............. 8,000,000 Barrow Hospital, AK..................... .............. 5,000,000 Nome Hospital, AK....................... .............. 3,000,000 Mobile dental units..................... .............. 1,000,000 ------------------------------- Total............................. 3,326,000 20,326,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Committee understands that funds provided for the Fort Belknap staff quarters will complete this construction project. The amount provided to the Phoenix Indian Medical Center is to be used to start construction of the SW ambulatory care clinic. Funds for the Barrow hospital are provided to complete design of the facility and begin construction. The amount specified for the Nome hospital will be used to continue planning and design of the facility. In conjunction with this project, the Committee has included language in the bill authorizing the Service to construct a facility on land owned by the Norton Sound Health Corporation. As in previous years, the Committee urges the Service that funding for construction of a new drinking water system for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho should continue at the highest level possible within the current IHS priority list for the sanitation facilities construction program. Both the budget request and the Committee recommendation for health facilities construction for fiscal year 2006 contain substantially lower funding levels than amounts provided in previous years. The administration has proposed a pause in construction while attempting to bolster health services funding to more adequately reflect the level of need throughout Indian country. In large part, the Committee concurs with this temporary arrangement, particularly since the Service, in consultation with the tribes, is still in the midst of revising its construction priority system. The Committee understands that this situation is temporary and, therefore, expects to see a more aggressive construction schedule planned in future budget requests. In the meantime, the Committee strongly urges the Service to complete its revisions and issue a new policy for construction priorities that better accommodates tribal needs. The Committee notes that the Service has been studying this issue at length for several years and, therefore, should be in a position to complete its work in the very near future. The Committee is aware that Public Law 108-437, the ``Three Affiliated Tribes Health Facility Compensation Act,'' was enacted on December 3, 2004. As stated in the congressional findings of that Act, the United States made a commitment in 1949 to replace vital infrastructure on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. That infrastructure was lost as a result of flooding associated with the construction of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir. While the Committee wishes to reiterate this 56- year-old commitment, it also recognizes that funding for construction of Indian Health Service facilities is currently limited to only those facilities already on the IHS construction priority list, and that the facility authorized by the Act is not on that list. The Committee does not wish to bypass the current priority list, since some of the projects on that list have been waiting a decade or more to be funded. However, the Committee does recognize the unique Federal responsibility for replacing the facility on the Fort Berthold Reservation and expects the Federal Government to fulfill its promise. The Committee therefore urges the administration to give this project full and fair consideration as the priority list is updated. National Institutes of Health The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an agency within the National Institutes of Health, was authorized in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, to conduct multidisciplinary research and training activities associated with the Nation's Hazardous Substance Superfund program, and in section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorizations Act of 1986, to conduct training and education of workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $79,842,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 80,289,000 House allowance......................................... 80,289,000 Committee recommendation................................ 80,289,000 The Committee recommends $80,289,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an increase of $447,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House allowance. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [ATSDR], an agency of the Public Health Service, was created in section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. The ATSDR's primary mission is to conduct surveys and screening programs to determine relationships between exposure to toxic substances and illness. Other activities include the maintenance and annual update of a list of hazardous substances most commonly found at Superfund sites, the preparation of toxicological profiles on each such hazardous substance, consultations on health issues relating to exposure to hazardous or toxic substances, and the development and implementation of certain research activities related to ATSDR's mission. TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH Appropriations, 2005.................................... $76,041,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 76,024,000 House allowance......................................... 76,024,000 Committee recommendation................................ 76,024,000 The Committee recommends $76,024,000 for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is a decrease of $17,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House recommendation. The Committee recognizes that significant savings have been achieved through the consolidation of ATSDR administrative functions within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Committee remains interested in seeing that administrative costs are assigned to benefiting agencies in an equitable and transparent manner, and urges that a more thorough discussion of these costs and charges be included in future ATSDR budget justifications. OTHER RELATED AGENCIES Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality Appropriations, 2005.................................... $3,258,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 2,717,000 House allowance......................................... 2,717,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,717,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Council on Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Quality was established by the National Environmental Policy Act and the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970. The Council serves as a source of environmental expertise and policy analysis for the White House, Executive Office of the President, and other Federal agencies. CEQ promulgates regulations binding on all Federal agencies to implement the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and resolves interagency environmental disputes informally and through issuance of findings and recommendations. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $2,717,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, which is a decrease of $541,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same as the budget request and the House recommendation. The decrease from the enacted level is largely a result of health center and space costs being centralized in the Office of Administration within the Executive Office of the President. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board was authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to investigate accidental releases of certain chemical substances resulting in, or that may cause, serious injury, death, substantial property damage, or serious adverse effects on human health. It became operational in fiscal year 1998. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $9,424,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 9,200,000 House allowance......................................... 9,200,000 Committee recommendation................................ 9,200,000 The Committee recommends $9,200,000 for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the same as the budget request and a decrease of $224,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. The change from the enacted level is comprised of an increase of $173,000 for salaries and expenses and a reduction of $397,000 for the emergency fund. The Committee has again included bill language limiting the number of career senior executive service positions to three and bill language identifying the EPA Inspector General as the Inspector General for the Board. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation was established by Public law 93-531, and is authorized for appropriation through fiscal year 2008 following the enactment of Public Law 108-204. The Office is charged with planning and conducting relocation activities associated with the settlement of land disputes between the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. The Office continues relocation efforts and is slated to move 110 clients to new lands in fiscal year 2006. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $4,930,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 8,601,000 House allowance......................................... 8,601,000 Committee recommendation................................ 8,601,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,601,000, which $3,671,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and equal to both the budget request and the House recommendation. The reduced level in fiscal year 2005 was due to the use of carry over funds. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development [IAIA] was founded in 1962 as a Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA] high school. The Institute was moved out of the BIA in 1988 to become a federally chartered 4-year college governed by a board of trustees appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Its mission is to serve as the national center of research, training, language and scholarship for Native Americans and Alaska Natives through the dedicated study, creative application, preservation and care of Native cultures and arts. Today, IAIA is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by the National Association of Schools of Arts and Design, the only national professional accrediting agency in higher education covering the entire field of art and design that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to its academic programs, IAIA houses the National Collection of Contemporary Indian Art and carries the designation as the National Repository for Native Languages. IAIA's operations are funded by direct Federal support and a diversified private sector approach to foundations, corporations, tribes and individual donors. PAYMENTS TO THE INSTITUTE Appropriations, 2005.................................... $5,916,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 6,300,000 House allowance......................................... 6,300,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,300,000 The Committee recommends $6,300,000 for the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, an increase of $384,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. The additional funding will assist the Institute in meeting its fixed cost increases. Smithsonian Institution SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $489,035,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 524,135,000 House allowance......................................... 524,381,000 Committee recommendation................................ 524,135,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Congress established the Smithsonian Institution in 1846 to administer a large bequest left to the United States by James Smithson, an English scientist, for the purpose of establishing in Washington, DC, an institution ``. . . for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.'' The act establishing the Smithsonian provided for the administration of the trust, independent of the Government itself, by a Board of Regents and a Secretary, who were given broad discretion in the use of these funds. The board was to be composed of both private citizens and members of all three branches of the Federal Government in order to ensure ``the wise and faithful use'' of the Institution's funds. The trust funds were permanently loaned to the Treasury to be maintained in a separate account; and the principal was to be maintained and the interest from that money used for the operation of the Institution. Construction of the Smithsonian Castle was completed in 1855 and collections that the Government had accepted on behalf of the Institution were moved into the building. One hundred and fifty years since its doors first opened, the Smithsonian Institution today is the world's largest museum and research complex, housing approximately 144 million objects and specimens, and receiving an estimated 25 million visitors to its museums and nearly 40,000 visits by researchers to its facilities annually. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $524,135,000 for salaries and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an increase of $35,100,000, or 7 percent, above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, which meets the budget request and is $246,000 below the House allowance. In agreement with the budget request, program increases include $9,000,000 for the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum, $1,000,000 for collections care, $1,000,000 for repatriation activities, $5,500,000 for facilities maintenance, $940,000 for IT programs, and $452,000 for audit costs. An amount of $18,401,000 is provided to meet fixed cost adjustments such as pay, rent, and utilities. An increase of $2,428,000 is provided for operations of the National Zoological Park, which is $154,000 above the budget request for this activity. The Committee has not agreed to the proposed increase of $1,154,000 for the National Museum of African American History and Culture and continues funding at the current year enacted level of $3,944,000. The Committee remains supportive of this new museum and will make every effort to meet future requests for additional funds, either through the annual budget process or by reprogramming request, as the pace of development accelerates. Decreases proposed in the budget request and agreed to by the Committee include $1,732,000 for non-recurring costs of the National Museum of the American Indian, $949,000 for deferred telephone modernization work, $440,000 for the Information Resource Management Pool and $500,000 for a soils research initiative at STRI. The Committee does not agree to the proposed reduction of $1,000,000 to the Institution's Outreach activity and has restored that amount to ensure the funding for programs such as SITES will be continued at no less than the current year enacted levels. Administrative provisions relating to the Smithsonian Institution, which have been carried in this bill in past years, have not been included by the Committee this year. The Smithsonian should continue, however, to make every effort to consult with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to undertaking any activity that would have a substantive impact on its programs and/or annual appropriation. As a part of this effort, the Smithsonian should review the revised reprogramming guidelines included in the front of this report to ensure that it will be in full compliance with these requirements. FACILITIES CAPITAL Appropriations, 2005.................................... $126,123,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 90,900,000 House allowance......................................... 90,900,000 Committee recommendation................................ 100,000,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Smithsonian Institution's facilities inventory has expanded over the years to include 18 museums and galleries, 10 science centers, a zoo, and other facilities--most located in or near Washington, DC, with others in Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Arizona, Hawaii, and the Republic of Panama. These facilities include about 660 buildings and structures, owned and leased, ranging from major museum buildings to storage buildings and storage sheds. There are about 8.6 million square feet of owned space and 1 million square feet of leased space. More than half of the buildings owned by the Smithsonian are more than 25 years old, 6 are designated as National Historic Landmarks and about 40 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or otherwise eligible for special consideration under Federal guidelines for historic buildings. The Smithsonian's growth will continue for the foreseeable future with the construction of an aircraft restoration area at the Udvar-Hazy Center, which should be completed in 2008, and the design and construction of a National Museum of African American History and Culture, authorized by Congress in 2003. This vast campus, much of which houses priceless collections and is open to the public daily, presents significant challenges for meeting the repair, revitalization, and construction requirements of the Institution. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Smithsonian Institution's facilities capital program, a decrease of $26,123,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and an increase of $9,100,000 over the budget request and the House allowance. The reduction from the enacted level reflects, in part, a decrease of $44,000,000 resulting from completion of the restoration of the Patent Office Building. Increases proposed in the budget request and supported by the Committee for revitalization activities include $8,400,000 for the National Museum of American History for a total project amount of $18,400,000; $5,800,000 for the National Museum of Natural History for a total project amount of $12,800,000; $7,900,000 for anti-terrorism protection; and an additional $9,000,000 for a total of $15,000,000 for other smaller revitalization projects throughout the Institution. An increase of $9,100,000 above the budget request of $9,000,000 for construction provides a total of $18,100,000 for the POD 5 Museum Support Center storage facility that will house approximately 365,000 gallons of alcohol-stored collections when completed. An increase of $1,100,000 for facilities planning and design provides a total amount of $9,000,000 for these activities in the coming fiscal year. Decreases of $44,000,000 for completion of the Patent Office Building, $6,500,000 for activities at the National Zoological Park, and $17,600,000 for the Arts and Industries building closure have also been assumed in agreement with the budget request. An amount of $5,800,000 remains in the budget to complete the relocation of staff, collections and equipment from the Arts and Industries building. To date, $13,200,000 has been appropriated to initiate design of the future restoration of this historic landmark. The reduction to the budget for the National Zoo provides a base of $13,000,000 for its facilities capital projects. In recent months, there has been much focus on the proposed canopy design that would enclose the courtyard of the Old Patent Office Building. The National Capital Planning Commission approved both the concept and the preliminary design for the canopy. The Commission of Fine Arts completed its review in January 2005, approving the final design of the canopy enclosure, but not approving the Smithsonian's submission for reconstruction of the south stairs to the building. Both the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Capital Planning Commission have since rejected the canopy or any roof enclosure unless a commitment is made to reconstruct the south stairs, the same proposal rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts earlier in the process. The Committee understands the Smithsonian has committed to reconstruct the south stairs with private funds. With disagreement among the reviewing agencies, and the Smithsonian now forced to incur additional costs of no less than $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 as work is stopped on a project that in concept was authorized by Public Law 108-72, the Committee finds it highly unfortunate that accommodation appears to be beyond the reach of all interested parties. The Committee further notes the difficulty inherent in providing additional Federal funding for revitalization work outside the scope of the original project given current budgetary constraints. The Committee urges the Smithsonian and the National Capital Planning Commission to work together to reach an agreement so this project can go forward as authorized. National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 by a joint resolution of Congress accepting Andrew W. Mellon's gift to the Nation of his art collection. The generosity of the Mellon family also provided the funds to construct the Gallery's two landmark buildings, the West Building, designed by Alexander Pope and completed in 1941, and the East Building, completed in 1978 and designed by I.M. Pei. In 1999, an outdoor sculpture garden was created with funding from the Cafritz Foundation. Today, these two buildings and the Sculpture Garden form a museum complex that houses one of the world's premier art collections. Since its founding, Federal funds have been appropriated to ensure the operation and maintenance and the protection and care of this collection, enabling the Gallery to remain open 363 days a year at no charge to visitors. Private contributions are used by the Gallery for art acquisition and conservation, scholarly and scientific research, exhibitions, and educational outreach programs. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $91,708,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 97,100,000 House allowance......................................... 97,100,000 Committee recommendation................................ 96,600,000 The Committee recommends $96,600,000 for salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art, an increase of $4,892,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and a decrease of $500,000 below the budget request and the House allowance. The decrease from the budget request has been taken as a general reduction to be met through administrative savings. Additional funds are provided for the Gallery to meet its fixed costs increases for pay, benefits, utilities, and other operational requirements. The table at the back of the report displays the distribution of funds among the Gallery's various activities. REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $10,946,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 16,200,000 House allowance......................................... 16,200,000 Committee recommendation................................ 15,000,000 The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for the repair, restoration and renovation of facilities at the National Gallery of Art, a decrease of $1,200,000 from the budget request and an increase of $4,054,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level. In fiscal years 2004 and 2005, funding for facilities capital projects was reduced in order to provide additional funds for critical needs in areas such as information technology and security. The increase proposed for fiscal year 2006 would restore this account to a level that more adequately meets the Gallery's annual facilities requirements as detailed in its Master Facilities Plan. In fiscal year 2006 renovation will begin on the West Building chiller plant. Construction will also begin on Work Area #3 at the West Building's east end, a space that includes some of the art conservation laboratories, an art storage vault and galleries on the main floor. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems will be renovated and fire protection/life safety improvements made. While the first phases of this project will be initiated in fiscal year 2006, the bulk of the work to be accomplished will occur in fiscal year 2007. In order to avoid scheduling delays and related additional costs, the Committee has included bill language authorizing the Gallery to contract for the full scope of the project. In reviewing the table of project costs associated with the Master Facilities Plan, the Committee notes that annual rental costs of $2,500,000 are included as an off-site relocation expense in the facilities account. The Committee recognizes the need for temporary swing space during major construction activity and had been informed by the Gallery that such rental space would be necessary through 2012/13. However, as there is now an extended off-site relocation plan estimated at $29,400,000 for fiscal years 2016 and beyond, it would appear that the relocation of staff to rental space is relatively permanent. In the Committee's view, therefore, this amount should be shown in future budget submissions as an annual operating expense within the salaries and expenses account rather than absorbed into the no-year appropriation for construction. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Originally established in 1958 as the National Cultural Center and an independently administered bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was designated a living memorial to President Kennedy in 1964. The Kennedy Center building was constructed with a combination of private contributions, Federal matching funds and long-term revenue bonds held by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Since 1972, Congress has provided funds for the operations and repair of the presidential monument, initially through the National Park Service and since 1995 to the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. Approximately 87 percent of the Center's total annual operating budget is derived from non- appropriated funds such as ticket sales, auxiliary income, investment income and private contributions to support performing arts programming and administrative activities. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE Appropriations, 2005.................................... $16,914,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 17,800,000 House allowance......................................... 17,800,000 Committee recommendation................................ 17,800,000 The Committee recommends $17,800,000 for operations and maintenance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, an increase of $886,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, which is the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. Additional funding is provided to assist the Kennedy Center in meeting its fixed cost increases for pay, benefits, utilities and facilities maintenance contracts. CONSTRUCTION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $16,107,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 15,200,000 House allowance......................................... 10,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 15,200,000 The Committee recommends $15,200,000 for the Kennedy Center's construction program, a reduction of $907,000 below the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same amount as the budget request and an increase of $5,200,000 above the House allowance. Life safety and accessibility issues, as well as the repair of aging building systems, will continue to be addressed in fiscal year 2006, with a primary focus on the Eisenhower Theater. The project monthly progress reports prepared by the Center have proven to be a useful tool for providing current information on construction activities and should continue to be shared with the Committee as they become available. The Committee is aware that the Government Accountability Office [GAO] recently completed a facilities review that cast some doubt on the adequacy of fire protection measures put in place by the Center during recent renovations. The Committee is concerned that any outstanding safety issues be addressed as quickly as possible to ensure that the Center is meeting in full its responsibility to protect the visiting public. The Committee supports the Kennedy Center's intention to hire a qualified independent fire protection engineering firm at the earliest possible date to conduct a peer review of the modeling study and the life safety issues raised by the GAO. The Committee expects to be kept informed as this process moves forward and the analysis is completed. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $8,863,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 9,201,000 House allowance......................................... 9,085,000 Committee recommendation................................ 9,201,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living, national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, DC. It's mission is to commemorate the ideals and concerns of the former president by providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy; and by fostering research, study, discussion and collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs. The Woodrow Wilson Center is a nonpartisan institution that is supported by a combination of public and private funds. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $9,201,000 for salaries and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an increase of $338,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same amount as the budget request and $116,000 above the House allowance. The proposed increase will assist the Center in meeting escalating fixed costs such as pay and stipend adjustments. The Committee expects these funds to be distributed among the Center's various program activities as displayed in the budget request. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts Established in 1965 as an independent agency of the Federal Government, the National Endowment for the Arts is the official arts organization of the United States Government. The Endowment is the largest annual funder of the arts in the United States, helping to create regional theater, opera, ballet, symphony orchestras, museums and other arts organizations that Americans now enjoy. In its 38-year history, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than 120,000 grants that have brought art to Americans in communities both large and small. The Arts Endowment, through its competitive, peer reviewed grants process, uses the majority of its annual operating funds to awards grants to non- profit organizations for arts education, arts outreach, artistic excellence and partnership agreements. In addition to those activities, State and jurisdictional arts agencies are awarded 40 percent of the Endowment's funds. GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $121,264,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 121,264,000 House allowance......................................... 131,264,000 Committee recommendation................................ 126,264,000 The Committee recommends $126,264,000 for the National Endowment of the Arts, $5,000,000 above both the fiscal year 2005 enacted level and the budget request and a reduction of $5,000,000 from the House allowance. Proposed changes to the Endowment's current activity levels, as outlined in the budget request, include a redirection of $1,304,000 from grants programs to administration/program support in order to maintain current services; a reduction of $6,505,000 to the Challenge America program; an increase of $6,028,000 for the American Masterpieces initiative; and an overall programmatic increase of $5,000,000. The Committee agrees to these proposals but emphasizes its expectation that the American Masterpieces program will be conducted through the same rigorous competition and peer review process that is applied to other Endowment programs. Language is included in the bill directing the Endowment to operate its grant programs in accordance with the provisions of sections 309 and 311 of Public Law 108-108 regarding priority for rural and underserved communities; priority for grants that encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts; restrictions regarding individual grants, subgranting, and seasonal support; a 15-percent cap on the total amount of grant funds directed to any one State; and the designation of a category for grants of national significance. The Committee has also included language in title IV of the bill to make permanent the Endowment's authority to solicit and invest funds. The Committee has provided this authority on an annual basis for the last several years. The table at the back of the report displays the proposed distribution of funds among the Endowment's activities. The Committee recognizes the unique cultural, social and educational contributions of the performing arts. Many performing arts organizations in communities across the Nation are revitalizing urban areas and offering unique educational opportunities for students, the disabled and senior citizens. The Committee is also aware of the valuable work the performing arts have done for our military. The Committee congratulates the Endowment on the many successful grants it has provided to performing arts organizations in every State and urges it to continue this strong show of support for the performing arts. National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] was established by the 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act as an independent Federal agency of the United States Government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. Today, it is the largest funder of humanities programs in the Nation. NEH's longstanding tradition of a peer-reviewed competitive grant process is designed to ensure that the most meritorious projects are funded. Typically, NEH grants are used to support cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television and radio stations, and individual scholars. The NEH, through its State-Federal partnership, also provides grants to State humanities councils in all 50 States and the 6 territories. GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION Appropriations, 2005.................................... $122,156,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 122,605,000 House allowance......................................... 127,605,000 Committee recommendation................................ 127,605,000 The Committee recommends $127,605,000 for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an increase of $5,449,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $5,000,000 above the budget request and equal to the House allowance. The increase proposed in the budget request would be derived by a commensurate reduction to the Matching Grants account, as described below, and would be applied to the administration activity to meet fixed cost increases. As in past years, the Committee expects the Endowment to involve the State humanities councils in the implementation of ``We the People'' programs to the same degree that it has to date. The table at the back of the report displays the proposed distribution of funds among the Endowment's various activities. The Committee has included language in title IV of the bill to provide the Endowment with permanent authority to solicit and invest funds. The Committee has included this language annually for the past several years. MATCHING GRANTS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $15,898,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 15,449,000 House allowance......................................... 15,449,000 Committee recommendation................................ 15,449,000 The Committee recommends $15,449,000 for the Matching Grants account of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a reduction of $449,000 from the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. The Grants and Administration account has been increased by this same amount, thereby assisting the Endowment in maintaining current services and meeting fixed cost increases. Commission of Fine Arts The Commission of Fine Arts was established in 1910 to fill the need for a permanent agency whose members would be qualified to make available to the Government expert opinion on questions of art and architecture. The Commission's mission, as design proposals are brought before it, is to safeguard and improve the appearance and symbolic significance of the City as a capital. The Commission provides knowledgeable advice on matters pertaining to architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture, painting and the decorative arts to all branches and departments of the Federal and District of Columbia governments when such matters affect the National Capital. The Commission also must approve of the site and design of all commemorative works and memorials erected in the District. The Commission advises on the design of circulating and commemorative coinage and must approve the siting and design for national memorials, both in the United States and on foreign soil, in accordance with the American Battle Monuments Act and the Commemorative Works Act. The Commission also administers the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, which was created by Congress to benefit nonprofit local cultural entities. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $1,768,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 1,893,000 House allowance......................................... 1,893,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,893,000 The Committee recommends $1,893,000 for the Commission of Fine Arts, an increase of $125,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and the same amount as the budget request and the House allowance. Additional funds will assist the Commission in meeting anticipated increases in pay, benefits, rent and other operational expenses. An increase of $50,000 is included to cover costs charged by the Department of the Interior's National Business Center for producing and printing the baseline accounting reports necessary for conducting an audit as required by the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002. In the future, the Committee urges the Department of the Interior to account for the Commission as an add-on to the Departmental audit report contract, a move which would significantly lower the Commission's report production costs. Inasmuch as the Department provides other administrative services to the Commission on a reimbursable basis, it would seem that there is some precedent for extending this cooperation to the audit process. NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Appropriations, 2005.................................... $6,902,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 7,000,000 House allowance......................................... 7,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 7,492,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program was established by Public Law 99-190 to provide grants for general operating support to District of Columbia nonprofit arts and other cultural organizations. In fiscal year 1988, administrative responsibility for the program was transferred from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Commission of Fine Arts. In fiscal year 2004, this program helped support 21 nationally renowned organizations in the Nation's capital, providing funding for operating expenses, jobs, and exhibits and performances that might not otherwise have been possible. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $7,492,000 for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, an increase of $590,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and an increase of $492,000 over the budget request and the House allowance. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Appropriations, 2005.................................... $4,536,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 4,988,000 House allowance......................................... 4,860,000 Committee recommendation................................ 4,943,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 established the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as an independent Federal agency. The Council's mission is to promote the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our Nation's historic resources, and advise the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy. It also provides a forum for discussion of Federal activities, programs, and policies that affect historic properties. One of the principal responsibilities of the Council is to implement Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires that the Council be given an opportunity to comment on the impacts of projects or actions undertaken by other Federal agencies on sites or structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $4,943,000 for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which is an increase of $407,000 over the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, a decrease of $45,000 from the budget request, and an increase of $83,000 over the House recommendation. The amount provided does not include the increase requested for data analysis associated with production of a February 2006 report. National Capital Planning Commission The National Capital Planning Commission [NCPC] was established in 1924 as a park planning agency. Two years later, the Agency's role was expanded to included comprehensive planning. The National Capital Planning Act of 1952 designated the NCPC as the central planning agency for the Federal Government in the National Capital Region. Major functions of the Commission include preparation and adoption of the Federal Elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the National Capital and review D.C. elements for the Federal interest; preparation and adoption of an annual 6-year Federal Capital Improvements Program report for the region containing land acquisition and development proposals from all Federal agencies; review of plans and proposals submitted to the Commission; and development of specialized plans for long-range development in the National Capital Region. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriations, 2005.................................... $7,888,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 8,344,000 House allowance......................................... 8,177,000 Committee recommendation................................ 8,244,000 The Committee recommends $8,244,000 for salaries and expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission, an increase of $356,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, $100,000 below the budget request, and $67,000 above the House allowance. The change to the budget request is a decrease of $100,000 for a GIS mapping initiative. The Committee does not object to the Commission's participation in this multi-agency project to the extent it can be supported within base funding. The increase above the enacted level is provided to meet fixed cost adjustments such as pay and utilities. As it has done in past years, the Committee has included language in the bill permitting the use of up to one-quarter of 1 percent of funds for official representational activities to be used only when hosting international visitors associated with the international capitals working group. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was created by Congress in 1980 through Public Law 96-388 with the mandate to operate and maintain a permanent living memorial museum to the victims of the Holocaust; provide appropriate ways for the Nation to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust through the annual national civic observances known as the Days of Remembrance; and carry out the recommendations of the President's Commission on the Holocaust. The building that houses the museum was constructed with private funds and opened to the public in 1993. Since that time, the museum has attracted 4-5 times the number of expected visitors and has been highly successful in its fundraising efforts. In fiscal year 2005, little more than a decade since the museum opened its doors, non-appropriated sources of funding comprise nearly 50 percent of the museum's annual operating budget. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Appropriations, 2005.................................... $40,858,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 43,233,000 House allowance......................................... 41,880,000 Committee recommendation................................ 43,233,000 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $43,233,000 for expenses of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, an increase of $2,375,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, the same amount as the budget request and $1,353,000 above the House allowance. Additional expenses anticipated by the museum in the coming fiscal year include $1,702,000 for federally mandated pay and grade increases, $404,000 in escalating contract costs for security, exhibition maintenance, IT network maintenance, and database administration, a $600,000 increase in GSA rent and an increase of $300,000 for utility costs. The Committee understands that during a recent inspection of the Ross Administrative Center building, museum facilities staff found that the large stone parapets along the roof line are no longer securely in place. Because of the threat to public safety, exterior stone restoration of this historic building will be required in the immediate future at an estimated cost of $1,300,000. The Committee notes that this unanticipated funding need will make it necessary for the museum to revisit the repair and rehabilitation program outlined in its fiscal year 2006 budget request. The museum should continue to keep the Committee informed as further adjustments to its $1,874,000 annual repair program are considered. Presidio Trust Upon deciding that the U.S. Army would end its 148 year presence at the Presidio, Congress created the Presidio Trust as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996. The Trust's mission is to preserve and enhance the natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources of the Presidio for public use in perpetuity, and to achieve long-term financial sustainability through rental, lease and other revenues derived from the use of Presidio buildings and spaces. The Trust manages the interior 80 percent of Presidio lands (known as Area B), including most buildings and infrastructure. The National Park Service manages coastal areas (known as Area A) as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Appropriations for the Trust are expected to decline from year to year, and to cease entirely at or before the end of fiscal year 2012. PRESIDIO TRUST FUND Appropriations, 2005.................................... $19,722,000 Budget estimate, 2006................................... 20,000,000 House allowance......................................... 20,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 19,722,000 The Committee recommends $19,722,000 for the Presidio Trust, which is the same as the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and a decrease of $278,000 from the budget request and the House recommendation. The Committee recognizes that significant challenges remain if the Trust is to achieve self-sufficiency by its statutory deadline, but is unable to recommend an increased appropriation given current fiscal limitations. The Committee commends the Trust for the cost reductions it has achieved in recent years. White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance Appropriations, 2004.................................... $248,000 Budget estimate, 2005................................... 250,000 House allowance......................................... 250,000 Committee recommendation................................ 250,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The White House Commission on Remembrance was established by Congress through Public Law 106-579 to honor America's fallen, her veterans, and the men and women who continue to serve our country. The Commission has a 10-year mission to sustain the American spirit through acts of rememberance throughout the year; institutionalize the National Moment of Remembrance; enhance the commemoration and understanding of Memorial Day; and to educate and give the younger generation a sense of their country's history and what it means to be an American. The Commission is dedicated to educating this and future generations of Americans to remember the sacrifices and costs in human life made to preserve this Nation's freedom. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $250,000 for the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, the same amount as the budget request, $2,000 above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, and the same amount as the House allowance. TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general provisions in the bill including the following: Sec. 401. Provides that contracts which provide consulting services be a matter of public record and available for public review, except where otherwise provided by law. Sec. 402. Provides that appropriations available in the bill shall not be used to produce literature or otherwise promote public support of a legislative proposal on which legislative action is not complete. The provision has been modified to make clear that it does not restrict authorized communications with Congress. Sec. 403. Provides that appropriations made available in this bill will not remain available beyond the current fiscal year unless otherwise provided. Sec. 404. Provides that appropriations made available in this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants. Sec. 405. Refines language carried in prior years with regard to assessments for government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau functions. Sec. 406. Modifies language carried in prior years restricting the transfer of funds made available in this Act. Sec. 407. Limits the actions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management with regard to the sale of giant sequoia trees to a manner consistent with such sales as were conducted in fiscal year 2005. Sec. 408. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in previous years. Sec. 409. Allows the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to raise funds and receive gifts, to deposit such in an interest-bearing account for the appropriate Endowment, and to use such to further the functions of the respective Endowments in accordance with the specified intent of the donors. The Committee proposes to make permanent this authority. Sec. 410. Prohibits the use of appropriations to fund any activities associated with the issuance of the 5-year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act. Strategic planning activities carried out for that act should now be completed as part of the agency's compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act, Public Law 103-62. Sec. 411. The Committee has provided additional authorities for the Forest Service that will allow a broader array of activities to be paid for with Knutson-Vandenburg [KV] funds. Additional activities that can be funded through KV include watershed restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, control of insects, disease and noxious weeds, community protection activities such as fuels reduction, and the maintenance of forest roads. The Committee believes that the critical forest health problems facing the Nation's forests warrant providing these new authorities so that additional funds may be used to address this critical issue. Sec. 412. Provides additional authority to use the roads and trails funds for priority forest health related management. The Committee recognizes that there is a serious backlog in important road, trail and bridge work throughout the national forest system just as there is a serious backlog in needed management related to forest health. Sec. 413. Restricts the use of answering machines during business hours. Sec. 414. Addresses timber sales involving Alaska western red cedar. Mills which process western red cedar in the Pacific Northwest have an insufficient supply of western red cedar, and the national forest in southeast Alaska sometimes has a surplus. This provision continues a program by which Alaska's surplus western red cedar is made available preferentially to U.S. domestic mills outside Alaska, prior to export abroad. Sec. 415. Continues a provision providing that the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered in violation of certain provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of a forest plan, provided that the Secretary is working in good faith to complete the plan revision within available funds. Sec. 416. Prohibits oil, natural gas and mining related activities within current national monument boundaries, except where such activities are allowed under the presidential proclamation establishing the monument. Sec. 417. Provides the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior the authority to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign nations concerning the personal liability of firefighters. The May 19 Statement of Administration Policy on the House bill objected to this provision ``to the extent that it would infringe on the President's constitutional authority over negotiations with foreign states.'' The Committee has no desire to infringe on the President's authority in this arena, but is simply including the exact language contained in the budget request that enables agencies involved in wildland firefighting to engage in valuable firefighter exchange programs. The Committee would welcome the opportunity to review alternate language that would both fulfill the objectives of the exchange program and address the constitutional concerns raised by the Administration. Sec. 418. Allows the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to utilize health care funding in a more efficient manner. Sec. 419. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to consider local contractors when awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands. Sec. 420. Restricts funding appropriated for acquisition of land or interests in land from being used for declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation. Sec. 421. Continues, with certain modifications, language included in the fiscal year 2005 Act which controls the amount of funds available for the conduct of competitive sourcing studies. Sec. 422. Restricts the use of funds for SAFECOM and Disaster Management. Sec. 423. Requires that contact centers associated with the national recreation reservation service be located within the United States. Sec. 424. Extends for 1 year a pilot program to enhance Forest Service administration of rights-of-way. Sec. 425. Extends by 1 year the Forest Service's ability to enter into certain cooperative agreements with third parties that are of mutually significant benefit. Sec. 426. Amends section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to raise the Federal indemnity ceilings on individual exhibitions from $600,000,000 to $1,200,000,000, and in the aggregate from $8,000,000,000 to $10,000,000,000. Sec. 427. Allows the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition to enter into agreements with the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 428. Provides for the conduct of fire preparedness, suppression, and emergency rehabilitation services in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. TITLE V--FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT ACT The Committee has included legislation that will provide for the reduction of the Forest Service administrative site maintenance backlog and improve the Service's ability to realign facilities to meet the needs of its workforce and program management. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, lease, exchange or combine a sale and exchange of any administrative site the Secretary determines is no longer needed for National Forest System purposes. The legislation incorporates new authorities for streamlining regulations to facilitate the timely disposal of administrative sites and to improve the marketability of the sites. Receipts derived from the conveyance of administrative sites and facilities would be deposited in the Sisk Act fund and remain available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriations. These funds will be used for the administrative costs incurred in conveying sites; the acquisition of land for administrative sites; and for the decommissioning, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvement of administrative sites. The legislation also amends the existing Working Capital Fund [WCF] to allow the fund to be used for the purchase, construction, capital repair, renovation, rehabilitation, disposal, or replacement of buildings and improvements for programs of the Forest Service. BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS AMENDED [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget authority Outlays --------------------------------------------------- Committee Amount of Committee Amount of allocation bill allocation bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution for 2006: Subcommittee on Interior: Discretionary........................................... 26,207 26,207 27,373 \1\ 27,361 Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 2006.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 15,902 2007.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 5,564 2008.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,502 2009.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,297 2010 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 587 Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 5,851 NA 2,251 2006....................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. \2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. NA: Not applicable. COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify each recommended amendment which proposes an item of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session. Those items are as follows: --Sums provided to the Bureau of Land Management to inventory, manage, and improve rangelands for domestic livestock grazing pursuant to Public Law 95-514, the Public Rangeland Improvement Act of 1978. --$261,907,000 for the endangered species program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. --$3,400,000 for the Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, pursuant to the Fisheries Act of 1995. --Sums provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service for the conservation and protection of marine mammals pursuant to Public Law 103-238, the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994. --$500,000 for Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration grants. --$1,400,000 for Great Ape conservation. --$4,000,000 for neotropical nigratory bird conservation. --$1,256,165,000 for the hazardous substances Superfund. --$40,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Alaska Native Villages. --$1,100,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Clean Water SRF. --$850,000,000 for State and tribal assistance grants: Drinking Water SRF. --Sums provided pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Radon Abatement Act, Clean Water Act, BEACH Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act [RCRA], Toxic Substances Control Act, Pollution Prevention Act, and the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act. --$3,300,000 for start-up and matching funds for projects of the National Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service. --$121,264,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts. --$138,054,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities. COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 9, 2005, the Committee ordered reported, H.R. 2361 an Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, subject to amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: Yeas Nays Chairman Cochran Mr. Stevens Mr. Specter Mr. Domenici Mr. Bond Mr. McConnell Mr. Burns Mr. Shelby Mr. Gregg Mr. Bennett Mr. Craig Mrs. Hutchison Mr. DeWine Mr. Brownback Mr. Allard Mr. Byrd Mr. Inouye Mr. Leahy Mr. Harkin Ms. Mikulski Mr. Reid Mr. Kohl Mrs. Murray Mr. Dorgan Mrs. Feinstein Mr. Durbin Mr. Johnson Ms. Landrieu COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by the committee.'' In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman. With respect to this bill, it is the opinion of the Committee that it is necessary to dispense with these requirements in order to expedite the business of the Senate. deg. TITLE 16--CONSERVATION * * * * * * * CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES * * * * * * * SUBCHAPTER LIX-H--KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK * * * * * * * Sec. 410jj-7. Advisory Commission (a) * * * * * * * * * * (e) Termination The Commission shall expire [twenty-five years from] on the date that is 45 years after December 22, 1980. * * * * * * * CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT * * * * * * * SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS * * * * * * * Sec. 576b. Purchasers of national-forest timber; deposits of money in addition to payments for timber; use of deposits; seedlings and young trees for burned-over areas in national parks The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his judgment such action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of national-forest timber to make deposits of money in addition to the payments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United States of (1) planting (including the production or purchase of young trees), (2) sowing with tree seeds (including the collection or purchase of such seeds), (3) cutting, destroying, or otherwise removing undesirable trees or other growth, on the national-forest land cut over by the purchaser, in order to improve the future stand of timber, [or] (4) protecting and improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of the forest land on such sale area, including sale area improvement operations, maintenance and construction, reforestation and wildlife habitat management[.], or (5) watershed restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, control of insects, disease and noxious weeds, community protection activities, and the maintenance of forest roads, within the Forest Service region in which the timber sale occurred: Provided, That such activities may be performed through the use of contracts, forest product sales, and cooperative agreements. Such deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and made available until expended, to cover the cost to the United States of such tree planting, seed sowing, and forest improvement work, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct: Provided, That any portion of any deposit found to be in excess of the cost of doing said work shall, upon the determination that it is so in excess, be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest reserve fund, as a national-forest receipt of the fiscal year in which such transfer is made: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon application of the Secretary of the Interior, to furnish seedlings and/or young trees for replanting of burned-over areas in any national park. * * * * * * * Sec. 579b. Working capital fund; establishment; availability; transfer; capitalization; advance payments credited [There is established a working capital fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary, including the purchase or construction of buildings and improvements within the limitations thereon set forth in the appropriations for the Forest Service, for furnishing supply and equipment services in support of programs of the Forest Service. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer to the fund, without reimbursement, and to capitalize in the fund at fair and reasonable values, such receivables, inventories, equipment, and other assets as he may determine, and assume the liabilities in connection with such assets: Provided, That the fund shall be credited with advance payments in connection with firm orders and reimbursements from appropriations and funds of the Forest Service, other departmental and Federal agencies, and from other sources, as authorized by law, at rates approximately equal to the cost of furnishing the facilities and service.] SEC. 13. WORKING CAPITAL FUND. (a) Establishment.--There is established a working capital fund (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''), which shall be available without fiscal year limitation. (b) Use.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used to pay the costs of purchasing, constructing, performing capital repairs on, renovating, rehabilitating, disposing, or replacing buildings and to carry out deferred maintenance and improvements to land for programs of the Forest Service, subject to any limitations in appropriations for the Forest Service. (c) Transfer and Capitalization.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') may-- (1) transfer to the Fund, without reimbursement, and capitalize in the Fund at fair and reasonable values, any receivables, inventories, equipment, buildings, improvements, and other assets as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and (2) assume the liabilities associated with the assets transferred under paragraph (1). (d) Advance Payments.--The fund shall be credited with advance payments in connection with firm orders and reimbursements from appropriations and funds of the Forest Service, other departmental and Federal agencies, and from other sources, as authorized by law, at rates approximately equal to the cost of furnishing the facilities and service. * * * * * * * CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION * * * * * * * Sec. 698v-6. Resource management (a) * * * * * * * * * * (g) Law enforcement and fire management [The Secretary] (1) Law enforcement.-- (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide law enforcement services under a cooperative agreement with the Trust to the extent generally authorized in other units of the National Forest System. [The Trust] (B) Federal agency.--The Trust shall be deemed a Federal agency for purposes of the law enforcement authorities of the Secretary (within the meaning of section 559g of this title). [At the request of the Trust, the Secretary may provide fire presuppression, fire suppression, and rehabilitation services: Provided, That the Trust shall reimburse the Secretary for salaries and expenses of fire management personnel, commensurate with services provided.] (2) Fire management.-- (A) Non-reimbursable services.-- (i) Development of plan.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under section 111(a), the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Trust, develop a plan to carry out fire preparedness, suppression, and emergency rehabilitation services on the Preserve. (ii) Consistency with management program.-- The plan shall be consistent with the management program developed pursuant to subsection (d). (iii) Cooperative agreement.--To the extent generally authorized at other units of the National Forest System, the Secretary shall provide the services to be carried out pursuant to the plan under a cooperative agreement entered into between the Secretary and the Trust. (B) Reimbursable services.--To the extent generally authorized at other units of the National Forest System and subject to the availability of appropriations under section 111(a), the Secretary shall provide presuppression and nonemergency rehabilitation and restoration services for the Trust at any time on a reimbursable basis. * * * * * * * TITLE 20--EDUCATION * * * * * * * CHAPTER 26A--INDEMNITY FOR EXHIBITIONS OF ARTS AND ARTIFACTS * * * * * * * Sec. 974. Indemnity limits (a) * * * (b) Maximum limits of coverage The aggregate of loss or damage covered by indemnity agreements made under this chapter shall not exceed [$8,000,000,000] $10,000,000,000 at any one time. (c) Limit for single exhibition No indemnity agreement for a single exhibition shall cover loss or damage in excess of [$600,000,000] $1,200,000,000. * * * * * * * TITLE 25--INDIANS * * * * * * * CHAPTER 22--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS * * * * * * * Sec. 2001. Accreditation for the basic education of Indian children in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools (a) Purpose; declarations of purpose * * * * * * * (d) Closure or consolidation of schools (1) In general Except as specifically required by law-- * * * * * * * [(7) Tribal governing body approval required for certain actions The Secretary may, with the approval of the tribal governing body, terminate, contract, transfer to any other authority, consolidate, or substantially curtail the operation or facilities of-- [(A) any Bureau-funded school that is operated on or after January 1, 1999; [(B) any program of such a school that is operated on or after January 1, 1999; or [(C) any school board of a school operated under a grant under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 [25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.].] (7) Approval of indian tribes.--The Secretary shall not terminate, close, consolidate, contract, transfer to another authority, or take any other action relating to an elementary school or secondary school (or any program of such a school) of an Indian tribe without the approval of the governing body of any Indian tribe that would be affected by such an action. * * * * * * * TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING * * * * * * * CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION * * * * * * * SUBCHAPTER IV--ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS * * * * * * * Sec. 1232. Reclamation fee (a) Payment; rate All operators of coal mining operations subject to the provisions of this chapter shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, for deposit in the fund, a reclamation fee of 35 cents per ton of coal produced by surface coal mining and 15 cents per ton of coal produced by underground mining or 10 per centum of the value of the coal at the mine, as determined by the Secretary, whichever is less, except that the reclamation fee for lignite coal shall be at a rate of 2 per centum of the value of the coal at the mine, or 10 cents per ton, whichever is less. (b) Due date Such fee shall be paid no later than thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning with the first calendar quarter occurring after August 3, 1977, and ending [September 30, 2005,] June 30, 2006, after which time the fee shall be established at a rate to continue to provide for the deposit referred to in subsection (h) of this section. * * * * * * * PUBLIC LAW 106-113 Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. * * * * * * * APPENDIX C--H.R. 3423 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR * * * * * * * TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. * * * * * * * * * * Sec. 331. Enhancing Forest Service Administration of Rights-of-way and Land Uses. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of enhancing forest service administration of rights-of-way and other land uses. The authority for this program shall be for fiscal years 2000 through [2004] 2006. Prior to the expiration of the authority for this pilot program, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives that evaluates whether the use of funds under this section resulted in more expeditious approval of rights-of-way and special use authorizations. This report shall include the Secretary's recommendation for statutory or regulatory changes to reduce the average processing time for rights-of-way and special use permit applications. (b) Deposit of Fees.--Subject to subsections (a) and (f), during fiscal years 2000 through [2004] 2006, the Secretary of Agriculture shall deposit into a special account established in the Treasury all fees collected by the Secretary to recover the costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to section 28(l) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(l)), section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)), section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, and section 110(g) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2(g)). * * * * * * * CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2003, PUBLIC LAW 108-7 Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. * * * * * * * DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR * * * * * * * TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. * * * * * * * * * * Sec. 321. Until [September 30, 2005] September 30, 2007, the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement under the first section of Public Law 94-148 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1) for a purpose described in such section includes the authority to use that legal instrument when the principal purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. An agreement entered into under this section shall not be subject to Public Law 95-224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (1977). COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 [In thousands of dollars] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+ or -) Item 2005 Budget House Committee ----------------------------------------------- appropriation estimate allowance recommendation 2005 Budget House appropriation estimate allowance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Management of Lands and Resources Land Resources: Soil, water and air management...... 34,738 33,343 34,443 33,343 -1,395 .............. -1,100 Range management.................... 69,183 69,212 70,068 71,212 +2,029 +2,000 +1,144 Forestry management................. 8,895 10,559 10,559 10,559 +1,664 .............. .............. Riparian management................. 21,228 21,704 22,704 21,704 +476 .............. -1,000 Cultural resources management....... 14,925 15,240 15,240 15,240 +315 .............. .............. Wild horse and burro management..... 39,045 36,905 36,905 36,905 -2,140 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Land Resources.......... 188,014 186,963 189,919 188,963 +949 +2,000 -956 Wildlife and Fisheries: Wildlife management................ 25,063 28,587 28,587 28,587 +3,524 .............. .............. Fisheries management................ 11,884 12,497 12,497 12,497 +613 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries.. 36,947 41,084 41,084 41,084 +4,137 .............. .............. Threatened and endangered species....... 21,144 21,572 21,572 21,572 +428 .............. .............. Recreation Management: Wilderness management............... 16,431 16,806 16,806 16,806 +375 .............. .............. Recreation resources management..... 44,158 47,798 48,798 48,798 +4,640 +1,000 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Recreation Management... 60,589 64,604 65,604 65,604 +5,015 +1,000 .............. Energy and Minerals: Oil and gas......................... 87,360 87,291 89,291 90,291 +2,931 +3,000 +1,000 Coal management..................... 9,311 9,296 9,296 9,296 -15 .............. .............. Other mineral resources............. 9,960 10,185 10,185 10,185 +225 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Energy and Minerals..... 106,631 106,772 108,772 109,772 +3,141 +3,000 +1,000 Alaska minerals......................... 3,944 2,297 2,297 3,000 -944 +703 +703 Realty and Ownership Management: Alaska conveyance................... 41,975 33,599 33,599 42,000 +25 +8,401 +8,401 Cadastral survey.................... 15,590 13,866 13,866 16,026 +436 +2,160 +2,160 Land and realty management.......... 35,059 33,681 33,681 33,681 -1,378 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Realty and Ownership 92,624 81,146 81,146 91,707 -917 +10,561 +10,561 Management....................... Resource Protection and Maintenance: Resource management planning........ 48,863 49,516 50,516 49,516 +653 .............. -1,000 Resource protection and law 16,788 17,974 19,224 19,574 +2,786 +1,600 +350 enforcement........................ Hazardous materials management...... 15,850 16,126 16,126 16,126 +276 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Resource Protection and 81,501 83,616 85,866 85,216 +3,715 +1,600 -650 Maintenance...................... Transportation and Facilities Maintenance: Operations.......................... 6,057 6,271 6,271 6,271 +214 .............. .............. Annual maintenance.................. 30,564 31,293 31,293 32,293 +1,729 +1,000 +1,000 Deferred maintenance................ 41,192 38,727 38,727 39,727 -1,465 +1,000 +1,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Transportation/ 77,813 76,291 76,291 78,291 +478 +2,000 +2,000 Facilities Maintenance........... Land and resources information systems.. 18,062 18,217 18,217 18,217 +155 .............. .............. Mining Law Administration: Administration...................... 32,696 32,696 32,696 32,696 .............. .............. .............. Offsetting fees..................... -32,696 -32,696 -32,696 -32,696 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Mining Law .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. Administration................... Workforce and Organizational Support: Information systems operations...... 19,651 21,455 21,455 21,455 +1,804 .............. .............. Administrative support.............. 50,164 51,437 51,437 51,437 +1,273 .............. .............. Bureauwide fixed costs.............. 72,346 74,727 74,727 74,727 +2,381 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Workforce and 142,161 147,619 147,619 147,619 +5,458 .............. .............. Organizational Support........... Challenge cost share.................... 7,396 13,996 7,396 10,000 +2,604 -3,996 +2,604 Cooperative Conservation Initiative..... .............. 6,000 .............. 6,000 +6,000 .............. +6,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Challenge Cost Share.... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Management of Lands and 836,826 850,177 845,783 867,045 +30,219 +16,868 +21,262 Resources........................ =============================================================================================================== Wildland Fire Management Preparedness............................ 258,939 272,852 272,852 272,852 +13,913 .............. .............. Fire facilities..................... .............. 7,849 .............. .............. .............. -7,849 .............. Joint fire science.................. .............. 6,000 .............. .............. .............. -6,000 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Preparedness............ 258,939 286,701 272,852 272,852 +13,913 -13,849 .............. Fire suppression operations............. 218,445 234,167 234,167 234,167 +15,722 .............. .............. Additional appropriations, Title IV. 98,611 .............. .............. .............. -98,611 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Fire suppression 317,056 234,167 234,167 234,167 -82,889 .............. .............. operations....................... Other operations: Hazardous fuels reduction........... 201,409 211,220 211,220 211,220 +9,811 .............. .............. Burned area rehabilitation.......... 23,939 24,476 24,476 24,476 +537 .............. .............. State and local fire assistance..... 9,861 .............. 5,000 10,000 +139 +10,000 +5,000 Fire facilities..................... 12,202 .............. 7,849 7,849 -4,353 +7,849 .............. Joint fire science.................. 7,889 .............. 6,000 6,000 -1,889 +6,000 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Other operations........ 255,300 235,696 254,545 259,545 +4,245 +23,849 +5,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Wildland Fire Management... 831,295 756,564 761,564 766,564 -64,731 +10,000 +5,000 =============================================================================================================== Central Hazardous Materials Fund Bureau of Land Management............... 9,855 .............. .............. .............. -9,855 .............. .............. Rescission of balances.................. -13,500 .............. .............. .............. +13,500 .............. .............. Construction Construction............................ 11,340 6,476 11,476 9,976 -1,364 +3,500 -1,500 Land Acquisition Land Acquisition: Acquisitions........................ 6,755 9,550 .............. 8,450 +1,695 -1,100 +8,450 Emergencies and hardships........... 1,479 1,500 1,500 1,500 +21 .............. .............. Acquisition management.............. 2,958 2,300 2,317 2,300 -658 .............. -17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Land Acquisition........... 11,192 13,350 3,817 12,250 +1,058 -1,100 +8,433 =============================================================================================================== Oregon and California Grant Lands Western Oregon resources management..... 88,775 96,692 96,692 96,692 +7,917 .............. .............. Western Oregon information and resource 2,151 2,173 2,173 2,173 +22 .............. .............. data systems........................... Western Oregon transportation & 10,619 10,903 10,903 10,903 +284 .............. .............. facilities maintenance................. Western Oregon construction and 291 302 302 302 +11 .............. .............. acquisition............................ Jobs in the woods....................... 5,661 .............. .............. .............. -5,661 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Oregon and California Grant 107,497 110,070 110,070 110,070 +2,573 .............. .............. Lands............................ =============================================================================================================== Range Improvements Improvements to public lands............ 7,873 7,873 7,873 7,873 .............. .............. .............. Farm Tenant Act lands................... 1,527 1,527 1,527 1,527 .............. .............. .............. Administrative expenses................. 600 600 600 600 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Range Improvements......... 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 .............. .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures Rights-of-way processing................ 8,025 11,910 11,910 11,910 +3,885 .............. .............. Energy and minerals cost recovery....... 1,840 10,840 10,840 10,840 +9,000 .............. .............. Adopt-a-horse program................... 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 .............. .............. .............. Repair of damaged lands................. 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 .............. .............. .............. Cost recoverable realty cases........... 515 515 515 515 .............. .............. .............. Timber purchaser expenses............... 50 50 50 50 .............. .............. .............. Commercial film and photography fees.... 200 200 200 200 .............. .............. .............. Copy fees............................... 3,200 3,200 3,200 3,200 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal (gross).................. 20,055 32,940 32,940 32,940 +12,885 .............. .............. Offsetting fees......................... -20,055 -32,940 -32,940 -32,940 -12,885 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Service Charges, Deposits & .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. Forfeitures...................... =============================================================================================================== Miscellaneous Trust Funds Current appropriations.................. 12,405 12,405 12,405 12,405 .............. .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.. 1,816,910 1,759,042 1,755,115 1,788,310 -28,600 +29,268 +33,195 =============================================================================================================== UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Resource Management Ecological Services: Endangered species: Candidate conservation.......... 9,255 8,252 8,852 8,752 -503 +500 -100 Listing......................... 15,960 18,130 18,130 18,130 +2,170 .............. .............. Consultation.................... 48,129 49,484 49,484 49,484 +1,355 .............. .............. Recovery........................ 69,870 64,243 70,443 72,541 +2,671 +8,298 +2,098 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Endangered species.. 143,214 140,109 146,909 148,907 +5,693 +8,798 +1,998 Habitat conservation................ 94,457 101,978 102,798 94,805 +348 -7,173 -7,993 Environmental contaminants.......... 10,901 8,486 11,186 10,901 .............. +2,415 -285 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Ecological Services..... 248,572 250,573 260,893 254,613 +6,041 +4,040 -6,280 Refuges and Wildlife: Refuge operations and maintenance... 381,019 393,894 394,394 393,894 +12,875 .............. -500 Migratory bird management........... 35,451 41,635 38,152 40,202 +4,751 -1,433 +2,050 Law enforcement operations.......... 55,615 57,612 57,812 57,612 +1,997 .............. -200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife.... 472,085 493,141 490,358 491,708 +19,623 -1,433 +1,350 Fisheries: Hatchery operations and maintenance. 56,755 57,971 58,871 57,971 +1,216 .............. -900 Fish and wildlife management........ 58,418 49,685 59,885 53,837 -4,581 +4,152 -6,048 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Fisheries............... 115,173 107,656 118,756 111,808 -3,365 +4,152 -6,948 General Administration: Science excellence.................. .............. 2,000 500 .............. .............. -2,000 -500 Central office administration....... 27,120 27,827 27,827 27,827 +707 .............. .............. Regional office administration...... 39,992 40,807 40,807 40,807 +815 .............. .............. Administrative efficiencies......... .............. -2,025 .............. -400 -400 +1,625 -400 Servicewide administrative support.. 25,625 30,736 30,736 30,736 +5,111 .............. .............. National Fish and Wildlife 7,761 7,470 7,770 7,761 .............. +291 -9 Foundation......................... National Conservation Training 17,058 17,829 17,829 18,476 +1,418 +647 +647 Center............................. International affairs............... 9,160 9,549 9,749 10,149 +989 +600 +400 Caddo Lake Ramsar Center............ 394 .............. .............. .............. -394 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, General Administration.. 127,110 134,193 135,218 135,356 +8,246 +1,163 +138 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Resource Management........ 962,940 985,563 1,005,225 993,485 +30,545 +7,922 -11,740 =============================================================================================================== Construction Construction and rehabilitation: Line item construction.............. 41,793 10,060 31,590 22,195 -19,598 +12,135 -9,395 Nationwide engineering services..... 10,865 9,616 9,616 9,616 -1,249 .............. .............. Emergency appropriations (Public Law 40,552 .............. .............. .............. -40,552 .............. .............. 108-324)........................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Construction............... 93,210 19,676 41,206 31,811 -61,399 +12,135 -9,395 =============================================================================================================== Land Acquisition Fish and Wildlife Service: Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands.. 22,593 26,029 .............. 25,364 +2,771 -665 +25,364 Inholdings.......................... 1,479 1,750 1,750 1,750 +271 .............. .............. Emergencies and hardships........... 986 1,750 1,750 1,750 +764 .............. .............. Exchanges........................... 1,726 1,750 1,724 1,750 +24 .............. +26 Acquisition management.............. 8,249 7,893 7,893 8,393 +144 +500 +500 Cost allocation methodology......... 1,972 1,820 1,820 1,820 -152 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Land Acquisition........... 37,005 40,992 14,937 40,827 +3,822 -165 +25,890 =============================================================================================================== Landowner Incentive Program Grants to States........................ 21,694 40,000 23,700 25,000 +3,306 -15,000 +1,300 Private Stewardship Grants Program Stewardship grants...................... 6,903 10,000 7,386 7,500 +597 -2,500 +114 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants to States........................ 15,846 17,643 17,643 17,643 +1,797 .............. .............. Species recovery land acquisition....... 13,400 14,186 14,186 14,186 +786 .............. .............. HCP land acquisition.................... 48,698 45,653 50,053 45,653 -3,045 .............. -4,400 Administration.......................... 2,518 2,518 2,518 2,518 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Cooperative Endangered 80,462 80,000 84,400 80,000 -462 .............. -4,400 Species Fund..................... =============================================================================================================== National Wildlife Refuge Fund Payments in lieu of taxes............... 14,214 14,414 14,414 14,414 +200 .............. .............. North American Wetlands Conservation Fund Wetlands conservation................... 35,973 47,949 38,400 37,920 +1,947 -10,029 -480 Administration.......................... 1,499 2,000 1,600 1,580 +81 -420 -20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, North American Wetlands 37,472 49,949 40,000 39,500 +2,028 -10,449 -500 Conservation Fund................ =============================================================================================================== Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund Migratory bird grants................... 3,944 .............. 4,000 4,000 +56 +4,000 .............. Multinational Species Conservation Fund African elephant conservation........... 1,381 1,000 1,400 1,400 +19 +400 .............. Rhinoceros and tiger conservation....... 1,477 1,100 1,400 1,600 +123 +500 +200 Asian elephant conservation............. 1,381 1,000 1,400 1,400 +19 +400 .............. Great ape conservation.................. 1,381 900 1,400 1,400 +19 +500 .............. Marine turtles.......................... 99 300 300 700 +601 +400 +400 Neotropical Bird Conservation........... .............. 4,000 .............. .............. .............. -4,000 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Multinational Species 5,719 8,300 5,900 6,500 +781 -1,800 +600 Conservation Fund................ =============================================================================================================== State and Tribal Wildlife Grants State and tribal wildlife grants........ 69,028 74,000 65,000 72,000 +2,972 -2,000 +7,000 =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE 1,332,591 1,322,894 1,306,168 1,315,037 -17,554 -7,857 +8,869 SERVICE.......................... =============================================================================================================== NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Operation of the National Park System Park Management: Resource stewardship................ 348,036 354,116 354,116 354,841 +6,805 +725 +725 Visitor services.................... 338,454 346,181 346,181 346,181 +7,727 .............. .............. Maintenance......................... 582,739 595,586 594,686 595,186 +12,447 -400 +500 Park support........................ 290,400 307,613 298,659 301,721 +11,321 -5,892 +3,062 Park base increase.................. .............. .............. 30,000 20,000 +20,000 +20,000 -10,000 Additional park base increase....... .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Park Management......... 1,559,629 1,603,496 1,623,642 1,617,929 +58,300 +14,433 -5,713 External administrative costs........... 123,935 130,557 130,557 130,557 +6,622 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Operation of the National 1,683,564 1,734,053 1,754,199 1,748,486 +64,922 +14,433 -5,713 Park System...................... =============================================================================================================== United States Park Police Park Police............................. 80,076 80,411 82,411 80,411 +335 .............. -2,000 =============================================================================================================== National Recreation and Preservation Recreation programs..................... 543 554 554 554 +11 .............. .............. Natural programs........................ 10,865 9,545 9,545 10,045 -820 +500 +500 Cultural programs....................... 19,933 17,722 19,953 20,403 +470 +2,681 +450 International park affairs.............. 1,593 1,618 1,618 1,618 +25 .............. .............. Environmental and compliance review..... 391 399 399 399 +8 .............. .............. Grant administration.................... 1,866 1,913 1,913 1,913 +47 .............. .............. Heritage Partnership Programs: Commissions and grants.............. 13,966 4,904 14,893 13,450 -516 +8,546 -1,443 Newly authorized areas.............. 493 .............. .............. .............. -493 .............. .............. Administrative support.............. 120 122 122 122 +2 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Heritage Partnership 14,579 5,026 15,015 13,572 -1,007 +8,546 -1,443 Programs......................... Statutory or Contractual Aid: Alaska National Parks............... 740 .............. .............. .............. -740 .............. .............. Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary 247 .............. .............. .............. -247 .............. .............. Commission......................... Black Jack Battlefield trust........ 88 .............. .............. .............. -88 .............. .............. Brown Foundation.................... 247 .............. .............. 250 +3 +250 +250 Chesapeake Bay Gateway.............. 2,465 .............. .............. 2,000 -465 +2,000 +2,000 Crossroads of the West Historic .............. .............. .............. 750 +750 +750 +750 District........................... Delta Interpretive Center........... .............. .............. .............. 1,000 +1,000 +1,000 +1,000 Flight 93 Memorial (Sommerset)...... 247 .............. .............. .............. -247 .............. .............. George Washington Memorial Bridge 99 .............. .............. .............. -99 .............. .............. (Gravely Point).................... Ft. Mandan, Ft. Lincoln, & Northern 616 .............. .............. 625 +9 +625 +625 Plains Foundation.................. Harpers Ferry NHP (Niagra Movement). .............. .............. .............. 300 +300 +300 +300 Ice Age National Scientific Reserve. 785 .............. .............. 700 -85 +700 +700 International Peace Gardens......... .............. .............. .............. 200 +200 +200 +200 Jamestown 2007...................... 394 .............. .............. 400 +6 +400 +400 Johnstown Area Heritage Association. 48 .............. .............. .............. -48 .............. .............. Keweenaw NHP (Main Street).......... 789 .............. .............. .............. -789 .............. .............. Lamprey River....................... 887 .............. .............. 750 -137 +750 +750 Lower Eastside Tenement Museum...... 247 .............. .............. .............. -247 .............. .............. Mississippi Museum of Natural 740 .............. .............. .............. -740 .............. .............. Science............................ Mt. Ranier National Park (study).... 690 .............. .............. .............. -690 .............. .............. Natchez NHP (Forks of the Road)..... 148 .............. .............. .............. -148 .............. .............. Native Hawaiian culture and arts 740 .............. .............. 750 +10 +750 +750 program............................ Sewall-Belmont House................ 394 .............. .............. .............. -394 .............. .............. Siege and Battle of Corinth .............. .............. .............. 500 +500 +500 +500 Commission......................... Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef 592 .............. .............. .............. -592 .............. .............. NP................................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Statutory or Contractual 11,203 .............. .............. 8,225 -2,978 +8,225 +8,225 Aid.............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, National Recreation and 60,973 36,777 48,997 56,729 -4,244 +19,952 +7,732 Preservation..................... =============================================================================================================== Historic Preservation Fund State historic preservation offices..... 35,500 35,500 36,000 38,500 +3,000 +3,000 +2,500 Tribal grants........................... 3,205 3,205 3,205 4,000 +795 +795 +795 Save America's Treasures................ 29,583 15,000 30,000 30,000 +417 +15,000 .............. Preserve America........................ .............. 12,500 .............. .............. .............. -12,500 .............. HBCUs................................... 3,451 .............. 3,500 .............. -3,451 .............. -3,500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Historic Preservation Fund. 71,739 66,205 72,705 72,500 +761 +6,295 -205 =============================================================================================================== Construction Emergency and unscheduled............... 3,944 3,944 3,944 3,944 .............. .............. .............. Housing................................. 7,889 7,889 7,889 7,889 .............. .............. .............. Equipment replacement................... 36,900 26,900 26,900 26,900 -10,000 .............. .............. Planning, construction.................. 20,925 19,925 19,925 19,925 -1,000 .............. .............. General management plans................ 13,128 13,254 13,754 13,754 +626 +500 .............. Line item construction and maintenance.. 189,748 221,183 204,241 213,522 +23,774 -7,661 +9,281 Construction program management......... 26,984 28,605 28,605 27,605 +621 -1,000 -1,000 Dam safety.............................. 2,662 2,662 2,662 2,662 .............. .............. .............. Manage partnership construction......... .............. .............. 310 .............. .............. .............. -310 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 50,802 .............. .............. .............. -50,802 .............. .............. 324)................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Construction............ 352,982 324,362 308,230 316,201 -36,781 -8,161 +7,971 Use of prior year balances.............. .............. -17,000 -17,000 -17,000 -17,000 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Construction............... 352,982 307,362 291,230 299,201 -53,781 -8,161 +7,971 =============================================================================================================== Land and Water Conservation Fund (Rescission of contract authority)...... -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 .............. .............. .............. Land Acquisition and State Assistance Assistance to States: State conservation grants........... 89,736 .............. .............. 28,413 -61,323 +28,413 +28,413 Administrative expenses............. 1,479 1,587 1,587 1,587 +108 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Assistance to States....... 91,215 1,587 1,587 30,000 -61,215 +28,413 +28,413 National Park Service: Acquisitions........................ 39,839 35,131 .............. 39,756 -83 +4,625 +39,756 Emergencies and hardships........... 2,465 4,000 4,000 3,000 +535 -1,000 -1,000 Acquisition management.............. 10,365 9,749 9,749 9,749 -616 .............. .............. Inholdings.......................... 2,465 4,000 4,000 3,500 +1,035 -500 -500 Use of prior year balances.......... .............. .............. -9,915 .............. .............. .............. +9,915 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, National Park Service...... 55,134 52,880 7,834 56,005 +871 +3,125 +48,171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Land Acquisition and State 146,349 54,467 9,421 86,005 -60,344 +31,538 +76,584 Assistance....................... =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE...... 2,365,683 2,249,275 2,228,963 2,313,332 -52,351 +64,057 +84,369 Appropriations................ (2,344,881) (2,279,275) (2,258,963) (2,343,332) (-1,549) (+64,057) (+84,369) Rescission.................... (-30,000) (-30,000) (-30,000) (-30,000) .............. .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Surveys, Investigations, and Research Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Investigations: Cooperative topographic mapping..... 71,393 71,882 71,882 71,882 +489 .............. .............. Land remote sensing................. 32,730 46,396 46,396 40,396 +7,666 -6,000 -6,000 Geographic analysis and monitoring.. 14,628 15,175 14,925 14,925 +297 -250 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, National Mapping Program 118,751 133,453 133,203 127,203 +8,452 -6,250 -6,000 Geologic Hazards, Resource and Processes: Geologic hazards assessments........ 75,979 82,209 82,209 83,209 +7,230 +1,000 +1,000 Geologic landscape and coastal 76,253 77,228 78,726 76,316 +63 -912 -2,410 assessments........................ Geologic resource assessments....... 77,014 48,699 78,311 77,677 +663 +28,978 -634 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Geologic Hazards, 229,246 208,136 239,246 237,202 +7,956 +29,066 -2,044 Resource & Processes............. Water Resources Investigations: Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research: Ground water resources program.. 6,998 7,417 7,417 7,747 +749 +330 +330 National water quality 61,645 63,132 63,132 63,132 +1,487 .............. .............. assessment..................... Toxic substances hydrology...... 14,476 13,120 13,350 14,620 +144 +1,500 +1,270 Hydrologic research and 15,997 14,428 15,278 14,428 -1,569 .............. -850 development.................... National streamflow information 13,814 14,152 14,152 14,152 +338 .............. .............. program........................ Hydrologic networks and analysis 29,524 28,152 28,152 30,402 +878 +2,250 +2,250 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Hydrologic 142,454 140,401 141,481 144,481 +2,027 +4,080 +3,000 monitoring, assessments and research..................... Federal-State program................... 62,337 63,770 63,770 63,770 +1,433 .............. .............. Water resources research institutes..... 6,409 .............. 6,500 6,500 +91 +6,500 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Water Resources 211,200 204,171 211,751 214,751 +3,551 +10,580 +3,000 Investigations................... Biological Research: Biological research and monitoring.. 133,130 134,348 135,788 135,648 +2,518 +1,300 -140 Biological information management 23,999 24,149 24,149 24,149 +150 .............. .............. and delivery....................... Cooperative research units.......... 14,570 14,428 14,828 14,483 -87 +55 -345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Biological Research..... 171,699 172,925 174,765 174,280 +2,581 +1,355 -485 Enterprise Information: Enterprise information security and 22,714 25,237 25,237 25,237 +2,523 .............. .............. technology......................... Enterprise information resources.... 16,989 17,153 17,153 17,153 +164 .............. .............. Federal geographic data coordination 4,670 5,377 4,697 4,697 +27 -680 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Enterprise Information.. 44,373 47,767 47,087 47,087 +2,714 -680 .............. Science support......................... 65,584 72,337 72,337 66,337 +753 -6,000 -6,000 Facilities.............................. 94,611 94,726 96,197 96,197 +1,586 +1,471 .............. Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 1,000 .............. .............. .............. -1,000 .............. .............. 324)................................... Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109- 8,100 .............. .............. .............. -8,100 .............. .............. 13).................................... =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL 944,564 933,515 974,586 963,057 +18,493 +29,542 -11,529 SURVEY........................... =============================================================================================================== MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management OCS Lands: Leasing and environmental program... 37,224 37,768 37,968 37,768 +544 .............. -200 Resource evaluation................. 29,566 28,682 28,882 29,582 +16 +900 +700 Regulatory program.................. 51,516 51,766 52,166 51,766 +250 .............. -400 Information management program...... 29,972 30,125 30,525 30,125 +153 .............. -400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, OCS Lands............... 148,278 148,341 149,541 149,241 +963 +900 -300 Royalty Management: Compliance and asset management..... 41,550 51,903 42,103 43,103 +1,553 -8,800 +1,000 Revenue and operations.............. 33,867 35,426 35,426 35,426 +1,559 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Royalty Management...... 75,417 87,329 77,529 78,529 +3,112 -8,800 +1,000 General Administration: Executive direction................. 2,057 2,086 2,116 2,086 +29 .............. -30 Policy and management improvement... 4,132 4,216 4,246 4,216 +84 .............. -30 Administrative operations........... 16,964 17,025 17,525 17,025 +61 .............. -500 General support services............ 23,702 24,149 24,449 24,149 +447 .............. -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, General Administration.. 46,855 47,476 48,336 47,476 +621 .............. -860 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal (gross).................. 270,550 283,146 275,406 275,246 +4,696 -7,900 -160 Use of receipts......................... -103,730 -122,730 -122,730 -122,730 -19,000 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Royalty and Offshore 166,820 160,416 152,676 152,516 -14,304 -7,900 -160 Minerals Management.............. =============================================================================================================== Oil Spill Research Oil spill research...................... 7,006 7,006 7,006 7,006 .............. .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 173,826 167,422 159,682 159,522 -14,304 -7,900 -160 =============================================================================================================== OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT Regulation and Technology Environmental restoration............... 158 159 159 159 +1 .............. .............. Environmental protection................ 79,821 79,566 79,566 79,566 -255 .............. .............. Technology development and transfer..... 13,300 15,126 15,126 15,126 +1,826 .............. .............. Financial management.................... 485 488 488 488 +3 .............. .............. Executive direction..................... 14,505 15,096 15,096 15,096 +591 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Regulation and 108,269 110,435 110,435 110,435 +2,166 .............. .............. Technology....................... Civil penalties......................... 99 100 100 100 +1 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Regulation and Technology.. 108,368 110,535 110,535 110,535 +2,167 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund Environmental restoration............... 167,861 170,112 170,112 170,112 +2,251 .............. .............. Legislative proposal................ .............. 58,000 .............. .............. .............. -58,000 .............. Technology development and transfer..... 4,479 3,922 3,922 3,922 -557 .............. .............. Financial management.................... 8,444 6,234 6,234 6,234 -2,210 .............. .............. Executive direction..................... 7,421 7,746 7,746 7,746 +325 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Abandoned Mine Reclamation 188,205 246,014 188,014 188,014 -191 -58,000 .............. Fund............................. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING 296,573 356,549 298,549 298,549 +1,976 -58,000 .............. RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT...... =============================================================================================================== BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Operation of Indian Programs Tribal Budget System Tribal Priority Allocations: Tribal government................... 389,183 394,558 394,558 394,558 +5,375 .............. .............. Human services...................... 147,387 141,561 149,481 147,981 +594 +6,420 -1,500 Education........................... 48,300 39,466 48,304 48,304 +4 +8,838 .............. Public safety and justice........... 1,222 .............. 1,162 .............. -1,222 .............. -1,162 Community development............... 40,412 40,789 40,789 40,789 +377 .............. .............. Resources management................ 61,999 63,149 63,149 63,149 +1,150 .............. .............. Trust services...................... 56,115 56,038 56,038 56,038 -77 .............. .............. General administration.............. 24,925 24,588 24,588 24,588 -337 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Tribal Priority 769,543 760,149 778,069 775,407 +5,864 +15,258 -2,662 Allocations...................... Other Recurring Programs: Education: School operations: Forward-funded.............. 449,721 454,725 478,085 454,725 +5,004 .............. -23,360 Other school operations..... 67,926 66,908 66,908 66,908 -1,018 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, School 517,647 521,633 544,993 521,633 +3,986 .............. -23,360 operations............... Continuing education............ 53,141 43,375 43,375 56,375 +3,234 +13,000 +13,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Education........... 570,788 565,008 588,368 578,008 +7,220 +13,000 -10,360 Resources management................ 42,131 37,293 47,969 43,287 +1,156 +5,994 -4,682 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Other Recurring Programs 612,919 602,301 636,337 621,295 +8,376 +18,994 -15,042 Non-Recurring Programs: Community development............... 3,452 .............. .............. 2,750 -702 +2,750 +2,750 Resources management................ 36,225 32,348 34,714 34,348 -1,877 +2,000 -366 Trust services...................... 36,308 32,977 32,977 33,377 -2,931 +400 +400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs.. 75,985 65,325 67,691 70,475 -5,510 +5,150 +2,784 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Tribal Budget System....... 1,458,447 1,427,775 1,482,097 1,467,177 +8,730 +39,402 -14,920 =============================================================================================================== BIA Operations Central Office Operations: Tribal government................... 2,248 2,288 2,288 2,288 +40 .............. .............. Human services...................... 887 912 912 912 +25 .............. .............. Community development............... .............. 500 500 500 +500 .............. .............. Resources management................ 3,416 3,044 3,044 3,044 -372 .............. .............. Trust services...................... 19,071 27,169 27,169 27,169 +8,098 .............. .............. General administration: Education program management.... 2,348 2,411 2,411 2,411 +63 .............. .............. Personnel services.............. 5,863 8,378 8,378 8,378 +2,515 .............. .............. Other general administration.... 106,188 106,832 106,832 106,832 +644 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, General 114,399 117,621 117,621 117,621 +3,222 .............. .............. administration............... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Central Office 140,021 151,534 151,534 151,534 +11,513 .............. .............. Operations................... Regional Office Operations: Tribal government................... 1,095 1,323 1,323 1,323 +228 .............. .............. Human services...................... 3,038 3,019 3,019 3,019 -19 .............. .............. Community development............... 778 966 966 966 +188 .............. .............. Resources management................ 5,319 5,403 5,403 5,403 +84 .............. .............. Trust services...................... 24,049 27,376 27,376 27,376 +3,327 .............. .............. General administration.............. 7,083 3,503 3,503 3,503 -3,580 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Regional Office 41,362 41,590 41,590 41,590 +228 .............. .............. Operations....................... Special Programs and Pooled Overhead: Education........................... 16,336 17,499 17,499 17,499 +1,163 .............. .............. Public safety and justice........... 180,063 192,265 200,765 192,265 +12,202 .............. -8,500 Community development............... 8,102 .............. 5,685 7,500 -602 +7,500 +1,815 Resources management................ 1,269 1,269 1,269 1,269 .............. .............. .............. General administration.............. 80,491 92,298 92,298 92,298 +11,807 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Special Programs and 286,261 303,331 317,516 310,831 +24,570 +7,500 -6,685 Pooled Overhead.................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, BIA Operations............. 467,644 496,455 510,640 503,955 +36,311 +7,500 -6,685 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Operation of Indian 1,926,091 1,924,230 1,992,737 1,971,132 +45,041 +46,902 -21,605 Programs......................... =============================================================================================================== BIA SPLITS Natural resources....................... (150,359) (142,506) (155,548) (150,500) (+141) (+7,994) (-5,048) Forward-funding......................... (449,721) (454,725) (478,085) (454,725) (+5,004) .............. (-23,360) Education............................... (188,051) (169,659) (178,497) (191,497) (+3,446) (+21,838) (+13,000) Community development................... (1,137,960) (1,157,340) (1,180,607) (1,174,410) (+36,450) (+17,070) (-6,197) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, BIA splits................. (1,926,091) (1,924,230) (1,992,737) (1,971,132) (+45,041) (+46,902) (-21,605) Construction Education............................... 263,372 173,875 225,875 198,875 -64,497 +25,000 -27,000 Public safety and justice............... 7,381 11,777 11,777 11,777 +4,396 .............. .............. Resources management.................... 40,289 38,272 38,272 48,272 +7,983 +10,000 +10,000 General administration.................. 2,126 2,136 2,136 2,136 +10 .............. .............. Construction management................. 5,961 6,077 6,077 6,077 +116 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Construction............... 319,129 232,137 284,137 267,137 -51,992 +35,000 -17,000 =============================================================================================================== Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw 9,833 10,167 10,167 10,167 +334 .............. .............. settlement............................. Colorado Ute Settlement................. 7,889 8,111 8,111 8,111 +222 .............. .............. Cuba Lake Settlement.................... 1,726 .............. .............. .............. -1,726 .............. .............. Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund............. 247 254 254 254 +7 .............. .............. Pyramid Lake water rights settlement.... 140 144 144 144 +4 .............. .............. Quinault Settlement..................... 9,893 .............. 10,000 .............. -9,893 .............. -10,000 White Earth Land Settlement Act (Admin). 616 634 634 634 +18 .............. .............. Zuni Water Settlement................... 13,806 5,444 5,444 5,444 -8,362 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Miscellaneous Payments to 44,150 24,754 34,754 24,754 -19,396 .............. -10,000 Indians.......................... =============================================================================================================== Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account Indian guaranteed loan program account.. 6,332 6,348 6,348 6,348 +16 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS... 2,295,702 2,187,469 2,317,976 2,269,371 -26,331 +81,902 -48,605 =============================================================================================================== DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Territorial Assistance: Office of Insular Affairs........... 6,472 6,881 7,381 6,881 +409 .............. -500 Technical assistance................ 11,716 8,561 10,361 10,981 -735 +2,420 +620 Maintenance assistance fund......... 2,268 2,300 2,300 2,300 +32 .............. .............. Brown tree snake.................... 2,663 2,700 2,700 2,700 +37 .............. .............. Insular management controls......... 1,470 1,491 1,491 1,491 +21 .............. .............. Coral reef initiative............... 493 500 500 500 +7 .............. .............. Water and wastewater projects....... .............. 1,000 1,000 1,000 +1,000 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Territorial Assistance.. 25,082 23,433 25,733 25,853 +771 +2,420 +120 American Samoa: Operations grants....... 22,779 23,110 23,110 23,110 +331 .............. .............. Northern Marianas: Covenant grants...... 27,720 27,720 27,720 27,720 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Assistance to Territories.. 75,581 74,263 76,563 76,683 +1,102 +2,420 +120 =============================================================================================================== Compact of Free Association Compact of Free Association--Federal 2,957 2,862 2,862 2,862 -95 .............. .............. services............................... Mandatory payments--program grant 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 .............. .............. .............. assistance......................... Enewetak support........................ 493 .............. 500 .............. -493 .............. -500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Compact of Free Association 5,450 4,862 5,362 4,862 -588 .............. -500 =============================================================================================================== Total, Insular Affairs............ 81,031 79,125 81,925 81,545 +514 +2,420 -380 =============================================================================================================== Departmental Management Departmental direction.................. 13,358 13,591 13,591 14,090 +732 +499 +499 Management and coordination............. 28,554 30,298 29,598 29,348 +794 -950 -250 Hearings and appeals.................... 7,919 8,068 8,068 8,068 +149 .............. .............. Central services........................ 27,696 34,387 34,187 33,865 +6,169 -522 -322 Bureau of Mines workers compensation/ 629 653 653 653 +24 .............. .............. unemployment........................... Take Pride in America................... 490 1,000 500 .............. -490 -1,000 -500 Financial and business management system 14,160 23,555 23,555 .............. -14,160 -23,555 -23,555 Indian Arts and Crafts Board............ 1,042 1,162 1,162 1,162 +120 .............. .............. Grant to Kendall County, Illinois....... 4,931 .............. .............. .............. -4,931 .............. .............. General reduction....................... -2,958 .............. .............. .............. +2,958 .............. .............. Appraisal services...................... .............. 7,441 7,441 7,441 +7,441 .............. .............. Reductions in House floor action........ .............. .............. -21,000 .............. .............. .............. +21,000 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109- 3,000 .............. .............. .............. -3,000 .............. .............. 13).................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Departmental Management.... 98,821 120,155 97,755 94,627 -4,194 -25,528 -3,128 =============================================================================================================== Working Capital Fund Financial and Business Management System .............. .............. .............. 22,555 +22,555 +22,555 +22,555 Payments in Lieu of Taxes Payments to local governments........... 226,805 200,000 242,000 235,000 +8,195 +35,000 -7,000 Central Hazardous Materials Fund Central hazardous materials fund........ .............. 9,855 9,855 9,855 +9,855 .............. .............. Office of the Solicitor Legal services.......................... 40,916 42,660 42,472 42,660 +1,744 .............. +188 General administration.................. 9,701 12,020 11,801 11,920 +2,219 -100 +119 Ethics.................................. 1,039 1,072 1,067 1,072 +33 .............. +5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Office of the Solicitor.... 51,656 55,752 55,340 55,652 +3,996 -100 +312 =============================================================================================================== Office of Inspector General Audit................................... 16,270 17,744 17,274 16,974 +704 -770 -300 Investigations.......................... 13,529 15,241 14,491 14,341 +812 -900 -150 Administrative services and information 7,476 8,014 7,801 7,801 +325 -213 .............. management............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Office of Inspector General 37,275 40,999 39,566 39,116 +1,841 -1,883 -450 =============================================================================================================== Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Federal Trust Programs Program operations, support, and 191,324 267,165 189,361 189,361 -1,963 -77,804 .............. improvements........................... Executive direction..................... 2,216 2,232 2,232 2,232 +16 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Federal Trust programs..... 193,540 269,397 191,593 191,593 -1,947 -77,804 .............. Indian Land Consolidation Program Indian land consolidation............... 34,514 34,514 34,514 34,514 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Office of Special Trustee 228,054 303,911 226,107 226,107 -1,947 -77,804 .............. for American Indians............. =============================================================================================================== Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund Damage assessments...................... 3,845 3,931 3,931 3,931 +86 .............. .............. Program management...................... 1,526 1,592 1,592 1,592 +66 .............. .............. Restoration support..................... 366 583 583 583 +217 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Natural Resource Damage 5,737 6,106 6,106 6,106 +369 .............. .............. Assessment Fund.................. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES....... 729,379 815,903 758,654 770,563 +41,184 -45,340 +11,909 =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF THE 9,955,228 9,792,069 9,799,693 9,877,741 -77,487 +85,672 +78,048 INTERIOR......................... Appropriations................ (9,543,364) (9,509,904) (9,495,648) (9,565,744) (+22,380) (+55,840) (+70,096) Emergency appropriations...... (103,454) .............. .............. .............. (-103,454) .............. .............. Rescission.................... (-30,000) (-30,000) (-30,000) (-30,000) .............. .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Science and Technology Air toxics and quality: Clean air allowance trading programs 8,734 9,353 9,353 8,734 .............. -619 -619 (also EPM)......................... Federal support for air quality mgmt 10,521 10,016 10,016 10,016 -505 .............. .............. (also EPM)......................... Federal support for air toxics 2,562 2,265 2,265 2,265 -297 .............. .............. program (also EPM)................. Federal vehicle and fuels standards/ 57,436 66,567 59,567 61,436 +4,000 -5,131 +1,869 certification...................... Radiation: Protection (also EPM; 3,069 2,121 2,121 2,121 -948 .............. .............. HSS)............................... Radiation: Response preparedness 2,320 3,576 3,576 3,576 +1,256 .............. .............. (also EPM)......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Air toxics and quality.. 84,642 93,898 86,898 88,148 +3,506 -5,750 +1,250 Enforcement: Forensics support (also 13,048 13,737 13,737 13,737 +689 .............. .............. HSS)................................... Climate protection: Climate protection 19,006 17,732 20,032 17,732 -1,274 .............. -2,300 program (also EPM) Homeland security: Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: Critical infrastructure 3,495 3,569 3,569 3,495 .............. -74 -74 protection (except water sentinel) (also EPM; HSS)...... Water sentinel and related .............. 44,000 9,000 5,585 +5,585 -38,415 -3,415 training....................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 3,495 47,569 12,569 9,080 +5,585 -38,489 -3,489 Critical infrastructure protection................... Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: Preparedness, response, and 13,671 14,806 14,806 14,806 +1,135 .............. .............. recovery (other activities) (also HSS)..................... Decontamination (also EPM; HSS). 13,609 24,710 16,710 13,609 .............. -11,101 -3,101 Laboratory preparedness & .............. 600 600 .............. .............. -600 -600 response (also EPM; HSS)....... Safe buildings.................. .............. 4,000 4,000 .............. .............. -4,000 -4,000 (Transfer from Hazardous (2,071) (2,000) (2,000) (2,000) (-71) .............. .............. substance superfund)........... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 27,280 44,116 36,116 28,415 +1,135 -15,701 -7,701 Preparedness, response, and recovery..................... Homeland security: Protection of EPA 2,024 2,100 2,100 2,100 +76 .............. .............. personnel and infrastructure (also EPM; B&F; HSS).............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security....... 32,799 93,785 50,785 39,595 +6,796 -54,190 -11,190 IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data 4,345 4,251 4,251 4,251 -94 .............. .............. management (also EPM; LUST; OSR; HSS).. Indoor air: Indoor air: Radon program (also EPM) 495 442 442 442 -53 .............. .............. Indoor air: Schools and workplace 843 .............. .............. .............. -843 .............. .............. program (moved to reduce risks in fiscal year 2006).................. Reduce risks from indoor air (also .............. 832 832 832 +832 .............. .............. EPM)............................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Indoor air.............. 1,338 1,274 1,274 1,274 -64 .............. .............. Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and 8,466 8,716 8,716 8,466 .............. -250 -250 operations (also EPM; B&F; LUST; OSR; HSS).......................... Pesticide licensing: Pesticides: Registration of new 2,466 2,490 2,490 2,490 +24 .............. .............. pesticides (also EPM).............. Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of 2,478 2,506 2,506 2,506 +28 .............. .............. existing pesticides (also EPM)..... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Pesticide licensing..... 4,944 4,996 4,996 4,996 +52 .............. .............. Research/Congressional priorities....... 65,665 .............. 40,000 50,000 -15,665 +50,000 +10,000 Research: Clean air: Research: Air toxics................ 16,956 16,387 16,387 16,387 -569 .............. .............. Research: Global change............. 19,578 20,534 20,534 19,578 .............. -956 -956 Research: National ambient air .............. 71,451 71,451 65,403 +65,403 -6,048 -6,048 quality standards (NAAQS).......... Research: Particulate matter (Moved 60,863 .............. .............. .............. -60,863 .............. .............. to NAAQS in fiscal year 2006)...... Research: Troposphere ozone......... 4,041 .............. .............. .............. -4,041 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: Clean air..... 101,438 108,372 108,372 101,368 -70 -7,004 -7,004 Research: Clean water: Research: Drinking water............ 48,665 45,690 45,690 45,690 -2,975 .............. .............. Research: Water quality............. 44,993 55,900 55,900 46,592 +1,599 -9,308 -9,308 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: Clean water... 93,658 101,590 101,590 92,282 -1,376 -9,308 -9,308 Research: Human health and ecosystems: Human health risk assessment........ 32,723 36,240 36,240 36,240 +3,517 .............. .............. (By transfer from Hazardous (3,559) (4,022) (4,022) (4,022) (+463) .............. .............. substance superfund)........... Research: Computational toxicology.. 11,994 13,832 12,632 11,994 .............. -1,838 -638 Research: Endocrine disruptor....... 10,392 8,705 10,605 10,392 .............. +1,687 -213 Research: Fellowships............... 12,042 8,327 12,027 12,042 .............. +3,715 +15 Research: Human health and 167,356 169,632 177,632 167,356 .............. -2,276 -10,276 ecosystems......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: Human health 234,507 236,736 249,136 238,024 +3,517 +1,288 -11,112 and ecosystems................... Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection & 9,065 13,696 13,696 9,065 .............. -4,631 -4,631 restoration (also HSS)............. (By transfer from Hazardous (22,994) (23,099) (23,099) (23,099) (+105) .............. .............. substance superfund)........... (By transfer from Hazardous (6,596) (1,485) (1,485) (1,485) (-5,111) .............. .............. substance superfund)........... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: Land 9,065 13,696 13,696 9,065 .............. -4,631 -4,631 protection................... Research: Sustainability: Research: Economics and decision .............. 2,645 2,645 2,645 +2,645 .............. .............. science (EDS)...................... Research: Environmental technology 3,181 3,203 3,203 3,203 +22 .............. .............. verification (ETV)................. Research: Pollution prevention (also 37,232 .............. .............. .............. -37,232 .............. .............. HSS)............................... (By transfer from Hazardous (588) .............. .............. .............. (-588) .............. .............. substance superfund)........... Research: Sustainability (other .............. 23,188 23,188 23,188 +23,188 .............. .............. activities)........................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: 40,413 29,036 29,036 29,036 -11,377 .............. .............. Sustainability............... Toxic research and prevention: Research: Pesticides and toxics..... 27,792 29,753 29,753 29,753 +1,961 .............. .............. Water: Human health protection: Drinking water programs (also EPM).. 2,935 3,068 3,068 3,068 +133 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Science and Technology..... 744,061 760,640 765,340 730,795 -13,266 -29,845 -34,545 (By transfer from Hazardous (35,808) (30,606) (30,606) (30,606) (-5,202) .............. .............. substance superfund)............. =============================================================================================================== Environmental Programs and Management Air toxics and quality; Clean air allowance trading programs 16,873 18,234 18,234 18,234 +1,361 .............. .............. (also S&T)......................... Federal stationary source 21,768 23,509 23,509 23,509 +1,741 .............. .............. regulations........................ Federal support for air quality management: Federal support for air quality 88,192 95,891 95,891 88,192 .............. -7,699 -7,699 management (other activities) (also S&T)..................... Clean diesel initiative......... .............. 15,000 10,000 .............. .............. -15,000 -10,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Federal support for 88,192 110,891 105,891 88,192 .............. -22,699 -17,699 air quality management....... Federal support for air toxics 24,590 25,431 25,431 24,590 .............. -841 -841 program (also S&T)................. Radiation: Protection (also S&T; 11,122 11,765 11,765 11,122 .............. -643 -643 HSS)............................... Radiation: Response preparedness 2,624 2,636 2,636 2,624 .............. -12 -12 (also S&T)......................... Stratospheric ozone: Domestic 5,013 3,969 5,169 5,013 .............. +1,044 -156 programs........................... Stratospheric ozone: Multilateral 9,920 13,500 10,500 8,000 -1,920 -5,500 -2,500 fund............................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Air toxics and quality.. 180,102 209,935 203,135 181,284 +1,182 -28,651 -21,851 Brownfields............................. 24,301 29,638 24,638 25,000 +699 -4,638 +362 Climate protection program: Climate protection program (other 43,910 41,030 41,030 41,030 -2,880 .............. .............. activities) (also S&T)............. Energy star......................... 46,700 50,500 50,000 50,500 +3,800 .............. +500 Methane to markets.................. 300 4,000 500 3,000 +2,700 -1,000 +2,500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Climate protection...... 90,910 95,530 91,530 94,530 +3,620 -1,000 +3,000 Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers 26,613 29,097 29,097 29,097 +2,484 .............. .............. (also LUST; OSR; HSS).............. Compliance incentives (also HSS).... 8,963 9,622 9,622 9,622 +659 .............. .............. Compliance monitoring (also HSS) 66,328 93,412 90,512 87,328 +21,000 -6,084 -3,184 (Some of these funds were in IT/ Data management in fiscal year 2005).............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Compliance............ 101,904 132,131 129,231 126,047 +24,143 -6,084 -3,184 Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also OSR; HSS)... 112,463 117,462 114,462 117,462 +4,999 .............. +3,000 Criminal enforcement (also HSS)..... 39,101 37,326 36,326 39,101 .............. +1,775 +2,775 Enforcement training (also HSS)..... 3,428 2,499 2,499 3,428 .............. +929 +929 Environmental justice (also HSS).... 5,883 3,980 5,883 3,980 -1,903 .............. -1,903 NEPA implementation................. 12,039 12,440 12,440 12,440 +401 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Enforcement............. 172,914 173,707 171,610 176,411 +3,497 +2,704 +4,801 Environmental protection/Congressional 92,326 .............. 40,000 50,000 -42,326 +50,000 +10,000 priorities............................. Geographic programs: Geographic program: Chesapeake Bay.. 22,756 20,746 20,746 23,000 +244 +2,254 +2,254 Geographic program: Great Lakes..... 21,287 21,519 21,519 22,000 +713 +481 +481 Geographic program: Gulf of Mexico.. 3,895 4,468 4,468 5,000 +1,105 +532 +532 Geographic program: Lake Champlain.. 2,480 955 2,000 1,955 -525 +1,000 -45 Geographic program: Long Island 2,332 477 2,000 477 -1,855 .............. -1,523 Sound.............................. Geographic program: Puget Sound..... .............. .............. 2,000 .............. .............. .............. -2,000 Geographic program: Other: Community action for a renewed 1,984 9,000 3,000 1,984 .............. -7,016 -1,016 environment (CARE)................. Other (other activities)............ 4,923 4,686 4,686 5,853 +930 +1,167 +1,167 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Geographic program: 6,907 13,686 7,686 7,837 +930 -5,849 +151 Other............................ Regional geographic initiatives..... 7,687 8,862 7,762 7,000 -687 -1,862 -762 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Geographic programs..... 67,344 70,713 68,181 67,269 -75 -3,444 -912 Homeland security: Homeland security: Communication and information (also HSS): Communication and information 5,133 5,450 5,450 5,450 +317 .............. .............. (other activities)............. Laboratory preparedness and .............. 1,230 1,230 .............. .............. -1,230 -1,230 response (also S&T)............ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 5,133 6,680 6,680 5,450 +317 -1,230 -1,230 Communication and information Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: Critical infrastructure 6,896 6,847 6,847 6,847 -49 .............. .............. protection (except decontamination) (also S&T; HSS)........................... Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; .............. 100 100 .............. .............. -100 -100 HSS)........................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 6,896 6,947 6,947 6,847 -49 -100 -100 critical infrastructure protection................... Homeland security: Preparedness, 1,822 3,348 3,348 2,748 +926 -600 -600 response, and recovery (also S&T; HSS): Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; HSS).......................... Homeland security: Protection of EPA 6,294 6,403 6,403 6,403 +109 .............. .............. personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; B&F; HSS)..................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security..... 20,145 23,378 23,378 21,448 +1,303 -1,930 -1,930 Indoor air: Indoor air: Asthma program.......... 10,468 .............. .............. .............. -10,468 .............. .............. Indoor air: Environment tobacco 2,400 .............. .............. .............. -2,400 .............. .............. smoke program...................... Indoor air: Radon program (also S&T) 5,142 5,918 5,918 5,000 -142 -918 -918 Indoor air: Schools and workplace 9,326 .............. .............. .............. -9,326 .............. .............. program............................ Reduce risks from indoor air (also .............. 23,496 23,496 22,194 +22,194 -1,302 -1,302 S&T)............................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Indoor air.............. 27,336 29,414 29,414 27,194 -142 -2,220 -2,220 Information exchange/Outreach: Children and other sensitive 5,970 6,890 6,890 6,890 +920 .............. .............. populations: Agency coordination... Congressional, intergovernmental, 48,624 49,753 49,753 49,753 +1,129 .............. .............. external relations (also HSS)...... Environmental education............. 8,957 .............. 9,000 7,000 -1,957 +7,000 -2,000 Exchange network (also HSS)......... 16,361 22,739 18,739 18,000 +1,639 -4,739 -739 Small business ombudsman............ 3,712 3,911 3,911 3,911 +199 .............. .............. Small minority business assistance.. 2,264 2,348 2,348 2,348 +84 .............. .............. State and local prevention and 11,855 12,328 12,328 11,855 .............. -473 -473 preparedness....................... Toxics release inventory (TRI)/Right 14,310 14,754 14,754 12,000 -2,310 -2,754 -2,754 to know............................ Tribal--Capacity building........... 10,640 11,049 11,049 11,049 +409 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Information exchange/ 122,693 123,772 128,772 122,806 +113 -966 -5,966 Outreach......................... International programs: Children and other sensitive 244 .............. .............. .............. -244 .............. .............. populations: Agency coordination... Commission for environmental 3,773 4,210 4,210 4,210 +437 .............. .............. cooperation........................ Environment and trade............... 1,500 1,787 1,787 1,787 +287 .............. .............. International capacity building..... 5,751 6,450 6,450 5,000 -751 -1,450 -1,450 Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 1,627 2,806 2,806 1,627 .............. -1,179 -1,179 implementation..................... U.S./Mexico border.................. 5,612 5,975 5,975 5,975 +363 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, International programs.. 18,507 21,228 21,228 18,599 +92 -2,629 -2,629 IT/Data management/Security: Information security (also HSS)..... 4,131 3,888 3,888 3,888 -243 .............. .............. IT/Data management (also S&T; LUST; 106,123 105,999 95,999 93,000 -13,123 -12,999 -2,999 OSR; HSS) ($22.59 million moved to EPM Compliance in fisca year 2006). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, IT/Data management/ 110,254 109,887 99,887 96,888 -13,366 -12,999 -2,999 Security....................... Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: Administrative law.................. 4,890 5,109 5,109 5,109 +219 .............. .............. Alternative dispute resolution (also 931 1,051 1,051 1,051 +120 .............. .............. HSS)............................... Civil rights/Title VI compliance.... 12,119 12,530 12,530 12,530 +411 .............. .............. Legal advice: Environmental program 34,644 36,314 36,314 36,314 +1,670 .............. .............. (also HSS)......................... Legal advice: Support program....... 12,555 13,088 13,088 13,088 +533 .............. .............. Regional science and technology..... 3,245 3,643 3,643 3,643 +398 .............. .............. Regulatory innovation............... 20,014 25,021 23,118 20,014 .............. -5,007 -3,104 Regulatory/Economic-management and 14,821 16,713 16,713 14,821 .............. -1,892 -1,892 analysis........................... Science advisory board.............. 4,361 4,881 4,881 4,881 +520 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/ 107,580 118,350 116,447 111,451 +3,871 -6,899 -4,996 Economic review.................. Operations and administration: Acquisition management (also LUST; 22,714 23,055 23,055 23,055 +341 .............. .............. HSS)............................... Central planning, budgeting, and 69,387 72,790 72,790 72,790 +3,403 .............. .............. finance (also LUST; HSS)........... Facilities infrastructure and 314,614 358,046 353,046 340,000 +25,386 -18,046 -13,046 operations (also S&T; B&F; LUST; OSR; HSS).......................... Financial assistance grants/ 20,366 19,916 19,916 19,916 -450 .............. .............. Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also HSS)............. Human resources management (also 39,461 38,872 38,872 37,000 -2,461 -1,872 -1,872 LUST; HSS)......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Operations and 466,542 512,679 507,679 492,761 +26,219 -19,918 -14,918 administration................... Pesticide licensing: Pesticides: Field programs.......... 24,362 24,683 24,683 24,683 +321 .............. .............. Pesticides: Registration of new 39,159 41,472 41,472 41,472 +2,313 .............. .............. pesticides (also S&T).............. Pesticides: Review/Reregistration of 51,315 57,991 54,950 57,991 +6,676 .............. +3,041 existing pesticides (also S&T)..... Science policy and biotechnology.... 1,640 1,751 1,751 1,640 .............. -111 -111 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Pesticide licensing..... 116,476 125,897 122,856 125,786 +9,310 -111 +2,930 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): RCRA: Corrective action............. 39,667 42,710 42,710 42,710 +3,043 .............. .............. RCRA: Waste management.............. 66,696 68,228 68,228 68,228 +1,532 .............. .............. RCRA: Waste minimization and 11,508 14,376 14,376 14,376 +2,868 .............. .............. recycling.......................... RCRA: General reduction............. .............. .............. -5,000 .............. .............. .............. +5,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Resource Conservation 117,871 125,314 120,314 125,314 +7,443 .............. +5,000 and Recovery Act (RCRA).......... Toxics risk review and prevention: Toxic substances: Chemical risk 8,341 9,058 9,058 9,058 +717 .............. .............. management......................... Toxic substances: Chemical risk 44,814 44,523 45,523 45,879 +1,065 +1,356 +356 review & reduction................. Endocrine disruptors................ 8,540 9,097 9,097 9,097 +557 .............. .............. Toxic substances: Lead risk 10,970 10,549 10,549 10,549 -421 .............. .............. reduction program.................. Pollution prevention program........ 16,408 19,990 17,990 16,408 .............. -3,582 -1,582 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Toxics risk review and 89,073 93,217 92,217 90,991 +1,918 -2,226 -1,226 prevention....................... Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) 7,125 7,719 7,719 7,719 +594 .............. .............. (also LUST)............................ Water: Ecosystems: Great Lakes Legacy Act.............. 22,320 50,000 28,000 30,000 +7,680 -20,000 +2,000 National estuary program/Coastal 25,065 19,446 24,446 21,000 -4,065 +1,554 -3,446 waterways.......................... Wetlands............................ 20,085 20,375 20,375 20,375 +290 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems....... 67,470 89,821 72,821 71,375 +3,905 -18,446 -1,446 Water: Human health protection: Beach/Fish programs................. 3,210 3,264 3,264 3,264 +54 .............. .............. Drinking water programs (also S&T).. 93,258 101,090 98,090 95,000 +1,742 -6,090 -3,090 National Rural Water Association.... .............. .............. 10,000 .............. .............. .............. -10,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Water: Human health 96,468 104,354 111,354 98,264 +1,796 -6,090 -13,090 protection....................... Water quality protection: Marine 11,358 12,279 12,279 12,279 +921 .............. .............. pollution.............................. Surface water protection: Surface water protection (other 179,503 185,501 185,501 185,501 +5,998 .............. .............. activities).................... Water quality monitoring........ 6,700 9,300 9,300 4,499 -2,201 -4,801 -4,801 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Surface water 186,203 194,801 194,801 190,000 +3,797 -4,801 -4,801 protection................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Water quality 197,561 207,080 207,080 202,279 +4,718 -4,801 -4,801 protection................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Environmental 2,294,902 2,403,764 2,389,491 2,333,416 +38,514 -70,348 -56,075 Programs and Management...... Offsetting receipts from toxics and .............. -50,000 .............. .............. .............. +50,000 .............. pesticides fees........................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Environmental Programs and 2,294,902 2,353,764 2,389,491 2,333,416 +38,514 -20,348 -56,075 Management....................... =============================================================================================================== Office of Inspector General Audits, evaluations, and investigations. 37,696 36,955 37,955 36,955 -741 .............. -1,000 (By transfer from Hazardous (12,896) (13,536) (13,536) (13,536) (+640) .............. .............. substance superfund)............... Buildings and Facilities Homeland security: Homeland security: Protection of EPA 11,408 11,500 11,500 11,500 +92 .............. .............. personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; EPM; HSS)..................... Operations and administration: Facilities infrastructure and 27,280 28,718 28,718 28,718 +1,438 .............. .............. operations (also S&T; EPM; HSS; LUST; OSR)......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Buildings and Facilities 38,688 40,218 40,218 40,218 +1,530 .............. .............. Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 3,000 .............. .............. .............. -3,000 .............. .............. 324)................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Buildings and Facilities... 41,688 40,218 40,218 40,218 -1,470 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== Hazardous Substance Superfund Air toxics and quality: Radiation: 2,031 2,387 2,387 2,031 .............. -356 -356 Protection (also S&T; EPM)............. Audits, evaluations, and investigations. 12,896 13,536 13,536 13,536 +640 .............. .............. (Transfer to Office of Inspector (-12,896) (-13,536) (-13,536) (-13,536) (-640) .............. .............. General)........................... Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also EPM; OSR)... 122 883 883 442 +320 -441 -441 Criminal enforcement (also EPM)..... 7,895 9,504 8,504 9,504 +1,609 .............. +1,000 Enforcement training (also EPM)..... 822 614 614 614 -208 .............. .............. Environmental justice (also EPM).... 938 845 845 845 -93 .............. .............. Forensics support (also S&T)........ 4,112 3,840 3,840 3,840 -272 .............. .............. Superfund: Enforcement.............. 153,266 164,258 157,258 164,258 +10,992 .............. +7,000 Superfund: Federal facilities 10,667 10,241 10,241 10,241 -426 .............. .............. enforcement........................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Enforcement............. 177,822 190,185 182,185 189,744 +11,922 -441 +7,559 Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers .............. 23 23 12 +12 -11 -11 (also EPM; LUST; OSR).............. Compliance incentives (also EPM).... 145 168 168 157 +12 -11 -11 Compliance monitoring (also EPM).... 159 1,157 1,157 658 +499 -499 -499 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Compliance.............. 304 1,348 1,348 827 +523 -521 -521 Homeland security: Homeland security: Communication and information (also EPM): Laboratory preparedness and .............. 300 300 .............. .............. -300 -300 response (also S&T; EPM; HSS).. Homeland security: Critical infrastructure protection: Critical infrastructure 1,923 852 852 852 -1,071 .............. .............. protection (other activities) (also S&T; EPM)................ Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; .............. 200 200 .............. .............. -200 -200 HSS)........................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 1,923 1,052 1,052 852 -1,071 -200 -200 Critical infrastructure protection................... Homeland security: Preparedness, response, and recovery: Decontamination (also S&T; EPM; 8,283 12,550 10,550 10,550 +2,267 -2,000 .............. HSS)........................... Laboratory preparedness and .............. 9,500 .............. .............. .............. -9,500 .............. response (also S&T; EPM; HSS).. Preparedness, response, and 25,996 26,915 26,915 26,450 +454 -465 -465 recovery (other activities) (also S&T)..................... (Transfer to Science and (-2,071) (-2,000) (-2,000) (-2,000) (+71) .............. .............. Technology).................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security: 34,279 48,965 37,465 37,000 +2,721 -11,965 -465 Preparedness, response, and recovery..................... Homeland security: Protection of EPA 672 600 600 600 -72 .............. .............. personnel and infrastructure (also S&T; EPM; B&F).............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Homeland security....... 36,874 50,917 39,417 38,452 +1,578 -12,465 -965 Information exchange/Outreach: Congressional, intergovernmental, 155 161 161 155 .............. -6 -6 external relations (also EPM)...... Exchange network (also EPM)......... 2,235 1,676 1,676 1,676 -559 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Information exchange/ 2,390 1,837 1,837 1,831 -559 -6 -6 Outreach......................... IT/Data management/Security: Information security (also EPM)..... 406 409 409 406 .............. -3 -3 IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; 17,945 16,113 16,113 16,113 -1,832 .............. .............. LUST; OSR)......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, IT/Data management/ 18,351 16,522 16,522 16,519 -1,832 -3 -3 Security......................... Legal/Science/Regulatory/Economic review: Alternative dispute resolution (also 845 985 985 845 .............. -140 -140 EPM)............................... Legal advice: Environmental program 816 836 836 816 .............. -20 -20 (also EPM)......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Legal/Science/Regulatory/ 1,661 1,821 1,821 1,661 .............. -160 -160 Economic review.................. Operations and administration: Financial assistance grants/ 2,943 2,579 2,579 2,579 -364 .............. .............. Interagency agreements (IAG) management (also EPM).............. Facilities infrastructure and 67,080 72,726 71,226 67,080 .............. -5,646 -4,146 operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; LUST; OSR)......................... Acquisition management (also EPM; 18,888 20,367 20,367 18,888 .............. -1,479 -1,479 LUST).............................. Human resources management (also 4,376 4,790 4,790 4,376 .............. -414 -414 EPM; LUST)......................... Central planning, budgeting, and 20,379 22,445 22,445 20,379 .............. -2,066 -2,066 finance (also EPM; LUST)........... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Operations and 113,666 122,907 121,407 113,302 -364 -9,605 -8,105 administration................... Research: Human health and ecosystems: Human health risk assessment........ 3,559 4,022 4,022 4,022 +463 .............. .............. (Transfer to Science and (-3,559) (-4,022) (-4,022) (-4,022) (-463) .............. .............. Technology).................... Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and 22,994 23,099 23,099 22,994 .............. -105 -105 restoration........................ (Transfer to Science and (-22,994) (-23,099) (-23,099) (-23,099) (-105) .............. .............. Technology).................... Research: Superfund innovative 6,596 1,485 1,485 1,485 -5,111 .............. .............. technology (SITE) program.......... (Transfer to Science and (-6,596) (-1,485) (-1,485) (-1,485) (+5,111) .............. .............. Technology).................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Research: Land 29,590 24,584 24,584 24,479 -5,111 -105 -105 protection................... Research: Sustainability: Pollution prevention (also S&T)..... 588 .............. .............. .............. -588 .............. .............. (Transfer to Science and (-588) .............. .............. .............. (+588) .............. .............. Technology).................... Superfund cleanup: Superfund: Emergency response and 198,494 198,000 198,000 198,494 .............. +494 +494 removal............................ Superfund: EPA emergency 10,009 10,507 10,507 10,507 +498 .............. .............. preparedness....................... Superfund: Federal facilities....... 31,512 31,611 31,611 31,611 +99 .............. .............. Superfund: Remedial................. 597,139 599,395 599,395 599,395 +2,256 .............. .............. Superfund: Support to other Federal 10,591 9,754 9,754 9,754 -837 .............. .............. agencies........................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Superfund cleanup....... 847,745 849,267 849,267 849,761 +2,016 +494 +494 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Hazardous Substance 1,247,477 1,279,333 1,258,333 1,256,165 +8,688 -23,168 -2,168 Superfund........................ (Transfer to Office of Inspector (-12,896) (-13,536) (-13,536) (-13,536) (-640) .............. .............. General)......................... (Transfer to Science and (-35,808) (-30,606) (-30,606) (-30,606) (+5,202) .............. .............. Technology)...................... =============================================================================================================== Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) Compliance: Compliance assistance and centers 855 774 774 774 -81 .............. .............. (also EPM; OSR; HSS)............... IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data management (also S&T; EPM; 176 178 178 178 +2 .............. .............. HSS; OSR).......................... Operations and administration: Acquisition management (also EPM; 341 346 346 346 +5 .............. .............. HSS)............................... Central planning, budgeting, and 866 936 936 936 +70 .............. .............. finance (also EPM; HSS)............ Facilities infrastructure and 872 884 884 884 +12 .............. .............. operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; HSS; OSR).......................... Human resources management (also 3 3 3 3 .............. .............. .............. EPM; HSS).......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Operations and 2,082 2,169 2,169 2,169 +87 .............. .............. administration................... Research: Land protection: Research: Land protection and 624 646 646 646 +22 .............. .............. restoration (also S&T; HSS; OSR)... Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST): Underground storage tanks (LUST/UST) 9,279 10,584 10,584 10,584 +1,305 .............. .............. (also EPM)......................... LUST Cooperative agreements......... 56,424 58,676 58,676 58,676 +2,252 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Underground storage 65,703 69,260 69,260 69,260 +3,557 .............. .............. tanks (LUST/UST)................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Leaking Underground Storage 69,440 73,027 73,027 73,027 +3,587 .............. .............. Tank Program..................... =============================================================================================================== Oil Spill Response Enforcement: Civil enforcement (also 1,742 1,789 1,789 1,789 +47 .............. .............. EPM; HSS).............................. Compliance: Compliance assistance and 274 287 287 287 +13 .............. .............. centers (also EPM; HSS; LUST).......... IT/Data management/Security: IT/Data 33 33 33 33 .............. .............. .............. management (also S&T; EPM; HSS; LUST).. Oil Oil spill: Prevention, preparedness 12,465 12,344 12,344 12,344 -121 .............. .............. and response........................... Operations and administration: 463 504 504 504 +41 .............. .............. Facilities infrastructure and operations (also S&T; EPM; B&F; HSS; LUST).................................. Research: Land protection Research: Land 895 906 906 906 +11 .............. .............. protection and restoration (also S&T; HSS; LUST)............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Oil Spill Response......... 15,872 15,863 15,863 15,863 -9 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== Pesticide registration fund............. 19,245 15,000 15,000 15,000 -4,245 .............. .............. Pesticide registration fees............. -19,245 -15,000 -15,000 -15,000 +4,245 .............. .............. State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) Air toxics and quality: Clean school bus 7,440 10,000 10,000 1,000 -6,440 -9,000 -9,000 initiative............................. Brownfields: Brownfields projects....... 89,280 120,500 97,500 90,000 +720 -30,500 -7,500 Infrastructure assistance: Infrastructure assistance: Alaska 44,640 15,000 15,000 40,000 -4,640 +25,000 +25,000 Native villages.................... Infrastructure assistance: Clean 1,091,200 730,000 750,000 1,100,000 +8,800 +370,000 +350,000 water state revolving fund (SRF)... Use of balances from expired .............. .............. 100,000 .............. .............. .............. -100,000 contracts, grants, and interagency agreements......... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Clean water state 1,091,200 730,000 850,000 1,100,000 +8,800 +370,000 +250,000 revolving fund............... Infrastructure assistance: Drinking 843,200 850,000 850,000 850,000 +6,800 .............. .............. water state revolving fund (SRF)... Infrastructure assistance: Mexico 49,600 50,000 50,000 50,000 +400 .............. .............. border............................. Infrastructure assistance: Puerto 3,849 4,000 4,000 .............. -3,849 -4,000 -4,000 Rico............................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Infrastructure 2,032,489 1,649,000 1,769,000 2,040,000 +7,511 +391,000 +271,000 assistance....................... STAG infrastructure grants/Congressional 309,548 .............. 200,000 200,000 -109,548 +200,000 .............. priorities............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, State and Tribal 2,438,757 1,779,500 2,076,500 2,331,000 -107,757 +551,500 +254,500 Assistance Grants (excluding categorical grants).............. Categorical grants: Categorical grant: Beaches 9,920 10,000 10,000 10,000 +80 .............. .............. protection......................... Categorical grant: Brownfields...... 49,600 60,000 50,000 50,000 +400 -10,000 .............. Categorical grant: Environmental 19,344 20,000 20,000 19,344 .............. -656 -656 information........................ Categorical grant: Hazardous waste 103,466 104,400 104,400 103,466 .............. -934 -934 financial assistance............... Categorical grant: Homeland security 4,960 5,000 5,000 5,000 +40 .............. .............. Categorical grant: Lead............. 13,392 13,700 13,700 13,700 +308 .............. .............. Categorical grant: Nonpoint source 207,328 209,100 209,100 207,328 .............. -1,772 -1,772 (Sec. 319)......................... Categorical grant: Pesticides 19,344 18,900 18,900 18,900 -444 .............. .............. enforcement........................ Categorical grant: Pesticides 12,896 13,100 13,100 13,100 +204 .............. .............. program implementation............. Categorical grant: Pollution control 168,620 177,900 169,900 172,000 +3,380 -5,900 +2,100 (Sec. 106) Pollution control (Sec. 106) (other activities)............ Water quality monitoring............ 39,700 54,000 54,000 43,000 +3,300 -11,000 -11,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Categorical grant: 208,320 231,900 223,900 215,000 +6,680 -16,900 -8,900 Pollution control (Sec. 106)..... Categorical grant: Pollution 4,960 6,000 5,000 4,960 .............. -1,040 -40 prevention......................... Categorical grant: Public water 99,746 100,600 100,600 99,746 .............. -854 -854 system supervision (PWSS).......... Categorical grant: Radon............ 6,944 8,150 8,150 6,944 .............. -1,206 -1,206 Categorical grant: Sector program... 2,232 2,250 2,250 2,232 .............. -18 -18 Categorical grant: State and local 223,200 223,550 223,550 223,550 +350 .............. .............. air quality management............. Categorical grant: State and tribal .............. 23,000 .............. .............. .............. -23,000 .............. performance fund................... Categorical grant: Targeted 17,856 15,000 15,000 16,856 -1,000 +1,856 +1,856 watersheds......................... Categorical grant: Toxics substances 5,007 5,150 5,150 5,150 +143 .............. .............. compliance......................... Categorical grant: Tribal air 10,743 11,050 11,050 11,050 +307 .............. .............. quality management................. Categorical grant: Tribal general 61,504 57,500 57,500 57,500 -4,004 .............. .............. assistance program................. Categorical grant: Underground 10,694 11,000 11,000 10,694 .............. -306 -306 injection control (UIC)............ Categorical grant: Underground 11,904 11,950 11,950 11,950 +46 .............. .............. storage tanks...................... Categorical grant: Wastewater 1,488 .............. .............. 1,200 -288 +1,200 +1,200 operator training.................. Categorical grant: Water quality 16,864 .............. 15,000 .............. -16,864 .............. -15,000 cooperative agreements............. Categorical grant: Wetlands program 14,880 20,000 17,000 14,880 .............. -5,120 -2,120 development........................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Categorical grants...... 1,136,592 1,181,300 1,151,300 1,122,550 -14,042 -58,750 -28,750 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, State and Tribal 3,575,349 2,960,800 3,227,800 3,453,550 -121,799 +492,750 +225,750 Assistance Grants................ Rescission of expired contracts, grants, .............. .............. -100,000 -58,000 -58,000 -58,000 +42,000 and interagency agreements (various EPA accounts).............................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, State and Tribal Assistance 3,575,349 2,960,800 3,127,800 3,395,550 -179,799 +434,750 +267,750 Grants........................... =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, TITLE II, ENVIRONMENTAL 8,026,485 7,520,600 7,708,027 7,881,989 -144,496 +361,389 +173,962 PROTECTION AGENCY................ Appropriations................ (8,023,485) (7,520,600) (7,808,027) (7,939,989) (-83,496) (+419,389) (+131,962) Emergency appropriations...... (3,000) .............. .............. .............. (-3,000) .............. .............. Rescissions................... .............. .............. (-100,000) (-58,000) (-58,000) (-58,000) (+42,000) (Transfer out)................ (-48,704) (-44,142) (-44,142) (-44,142) (+4,562) .............. .............. (By transfer)................. (48,704) (44,142) (44,142) (44,142) (-4,562) .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE Forest and Rangeland Research Forest inventory and analysis........... 55,926 68,714 62,100 58,434 +2,508 -10,280 -3,666 Research and development programs....... 220,458 216,686 222,900 222,458 +2,000 +5,772 -442 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Forest and rangeland 276,384 285,400 285,000 280,892 +4,508 -4,508 -4,108 research......................... =============================================================================================================== State and Private Forestry Forest Health Management: Federal lands forest health 54,236 50,023 55,000 50,023 -4,213 .............. -4,977 management......................... Cooperative lands forest health 47,629 22,308 48,000 22,608 -25,021 +300 -25,392 management......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Forest Health Management 101,865 72,331 103,000 72,631 -29,234 +300 -30,369 Cooperative Fire Protection: State fire assistance............... 32,920 20,919 35,422 26,500 -6,420 +5,581 -8,922 Volunteer fire assistance........... 5,917 5,917 6,000 6,000 +83 +83 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Cooperative Fire 38,837 26,836 41,422 32,500 -6,337 +5,664 -8,922 Protection....................... Cooperative Forestry: Forest stewardship.................. 32,320 37,099 37,399 32,320 .............. -4,779 -5,079 Forest Legacy....................... 57,134 80,000 25,000 62,632 +5,498 -17,368 +37,632 Urban and Community Forestry........ 31,950 27,475 28,175 28,675 -3,275 +1,200 +500 Economic action programs............ 19,032 .............. 7,979 14,200 -4,832 +14,200 +6,221 Forest resource information and 4,958 4,657 5,000 4,657 -301 .............. -343 analysis........................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry.... 145,394 149,231 103,553 142,484 -2,910 -6,747 +38,931 International program................... 6,410 4,989 6,900 7,000 +590 +2,011 +100 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 49,100 .............. .............. .............. -49,100 .............. .............. 324)................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, State and Private Forestry. 341,606 253,387 254,875 254,615 -86,991 +1,228 -260 =============================================================================================================== National Forest System Land management planning................ 63,167 59,057 59,057 59,057 -4,110 .............. .............. Inventory and monitoring................ 167,302 167,009 169,009 167,009 -293 .............. -2,000 Recreation, heritage and wilderness..... 257,343 257,344 265,200 257,344 +1 .............. -7,856 Wildlife and fish habitat management.... 134,749 124,951 134,800 125,001 -9,748 +50 -9,799 Grazing management...................... 48,034 44,659 49,000 48,500 +466 +3,841 -500 Forest products......................... 273,247 278,297 283,297 278,297 +5,050 .............. -5,000 Vegetation and watershed management..... 189,614 193,774 183,700 193,774 +4,160 .............. +10,074 Minerals and geology management......... 55,747 73,791 85,865 73,791 +18,044 .............. -12,074 Landownership management................ 92,129 84,157 93,000 84,157 -7,972 .............. -8,843 Law enforcement operations.............. 86,014 86,326 91,000 87,076 +1,062 +750 -3,924 Valles Caldera National Preserve........ 3,599 992 992 3,650 +51 +2,658 +2,658 Centennial of Service challenge......... 9,861 .............. 9,000 .............. -9,861 .............. -9,000 Hazardous fuels......................... .............. 281,000 .............. .............. .............. -281,000 .............. Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 12,153 .............. .............. .............. -12,153 .............. .............. 324)................................... Net general reduction in House floor .............. .............. -6,000 .............. .............. .............. +6,000 action................................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, National Forest System..... 1,392,959 1,651,357 1,417,920 1,377,656 -15,303 -273,701 -40,264 =============================================================================================================== Wildland Fire Management Preparedness............................ 676,470 676,014 691,014 676,014 -456 .............. -15,000 Fire suppression operations............. 648,859 700,492 700,492 700,492 +51,633 .............. .............. Additional appropriations, Title IV. 394,443 .............. .............. .............. -394,443 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Fire suppression 1,043,302 700,492 700,492 700,492 -342,810 .............. .............. operations....................... Other operations: Hazardous fuels..................... 262,539 .............. 286,000 281,000 +18,461 +281,000 -5,000 Rehabilitation...................... 12,819 2,000 9,281 2,000 -10,819 .............. -7,281 Fire plan research and development.. 21,719 16,885 21,719 18,385 -3,334 +1,500 -3,334 Joint fire sciences program......... 7,889 .............. 8,000 8,000 +111 +8,000 .............. Forest health management (federal 14,792 6,974 15,000 6,974 -7,818 .............. -8,026 lands)............................. Forest health management (co-op 9,861 4,598 10,000 4,598 -5,263 .............. -5,402 lands)............................. State fire assistance............... 40,179 29,415 41,000 40,179 .............. +10,764 -821 Volunteer fire assistance........... 7,889 7,889 8,000 7,889 .............. .............. -111 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Other operations........ 377,687 67,761 399,000 369,025 -8,662 +301,264 -29,975 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 1,028 .............. .............. .............. -1,028 .............. .............. 324)................................... Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law 108- (30,000) .............. .............. .............. (-30,000) .............. .............. 287) (sec. 8098)....................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Wildland Fire Management... 2,098,487 1,444,267 1,790,506 1,745,531 -352,956 +301,264 -44,975 =============================================================================================================== Capital Improvement and Maintenance Facilities: Maintenance......................... 77,657 51,522 78,000 51,522 -26,135 .............. -26,478 Construction........................ 121,112 66,194 75,761 69,144 -51,968 +2,950 -6,617 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Facilities.............. 198,769 117,716 153,761 120,666 -78,103 +2,950 -33,095 Roads: Maintenance......................... 148,066 131,357 148,066 148,066 .............. +16,709 .............. Construction........................ 78,330 58,202 77,433 67,502 -10,828 +9,300 -9,931 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Roads................... 226,396 189,559 225,499 215,568 -10,828 +26,009 -9,931 Trails: Maintenance......................... 41,823 37,540 42,000 37,540 -4,283 .............. -4,460 Construction........................ 33,884 26,252 34,000 26,252 -7,632 .............. -7,748 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Trails.................. 75,707 63,792 76,000 63,792 -11,915 .............. -12,208 Infrastructure improvement.............. 13,829 9,725 13,000 9,725 -4,104 .............. -3,275 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Capital improvement and 514,701 380,792 468,260 409,751 -104,950 +28,959 -58,509 maintenance...................... Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108- 324): Facilities.......................... 9,195 .............. .............. .............. -9,195 .............. .............. Roads............................... 33,204 .............. .............. .............. -33,204 .............. .............. Trails.............................. 8,416 .............. .............. .............. -8,416 .............. .............. Funded in Defense Bill (Public Law (10,000) .............. .............. .............. (-10,000) .............. .............. 108-287) (sec. 8098)............... Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109- 24,390 .............. .............. .............. -24,390 .............. .............. 13).................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Capital Improvement and 589,906 380,792 468,260 409,751 -180,155 +28,959 -58,509 Maintenance...................... =============================================================================================================== Land Acquisition Forest Service: Acquisitions........................ 45,722 25,000 .............. 30,925 -14,797 +5,925 +30,925 Acquisition management.............. 12,820 13,000 13,000 12,500 -320 -500 -500 Cash equalization................... 986 500 500 500 -486 .............. .............. Critical inholdings/wilderness 1,479 1,500 1,500 1,000 -479 -500 -500 protection......................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Land Acquisition........... 61,007 40,000 15,000 44,925 -16,082 +4,925 +29,925 =============================================================================================================== Acquisition of lands for national 1,054 1,069 1,069 1,069 +15 .............. .............. forests, special acts.................. Acquisition of lands to complete land 231 234 234 234 +3 .............. .............. exchanges.............................. Range betterment fund................... 3,021 2,963 2,963 2,963 -58 .............. .............. Gifts, donations and bequests for forest 64 64 64 64 .............. .............. .............. and rangeland research................. Management of national forest lands for 5,879 5,467 5,467 5,067 -812 -400 -400 subsistence uses....................... =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE............. 4,770,598 4,065,000 4,241,358 4,122,767 -647,831 +57,767 -118,591 =============================================================================================================== DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Indian Health Services Clinical Services: IHS and tribal health delivery: Hospital and health clinic 1,289,418 1,359,541 1,359,541 1,359,541 +70,123 .............. .............. programs....................... Dental health program........... 109,023 119,489 119,489 119,489 +10,466 .............. .............. Mental health program........... 55,060 59,328 59,328 59,328 +4,268 .............. .............. Alcohol and substance abuse 139,073 145,336 145,336 145,336 +6,263 .............. .............. program........................ Contract care....................... 480,318 507,021 507,021 507,021 +26,703 .............. .............. Catastrophic health emergency fund.. 17,750 18,000 18,000 18,000 +250 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Clinical Services... 2,090,642 2,208,715 2,208,715 2,208,715 +118,073 .............. .............. Preventive Health: Public health nursing............... 45,015 49,690 49,690 49,690 +4,675 .............. .............. Health education.................... 12,429 13,787 13,787 13,787 +1,358 .............. .............. Community health representatives 51,365 53,737 53,737 53,737 +2,372 .............. .............. program............................ Immunization (Alaska)............... 1,572 1,645 1,645 1,645 +73 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Preventive Health....... 110,381 118,859 118,859 118,859 +8,478 .............. .............. Urban health projects................... 31,816 33,233 33,233 33,233 +1,417 .............. .............. Indian health professions............... 30,392 31,503 31,503 31,528 +1,136 +25 +25 Tribal management....................... 2,343 2,430 2,430 2,430 +87 .............. .............. Direct operations....................... 61,649 63,123 63,123 63,123 +1,474 .............. .............. Self-governance......................... 5,586 5,752 5,752 5,752 +166 .............. .............. Contract support costs.................. 263,683 268,683 268,683 268,683 +5,000 .............. .............. Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements: Hospital and clinic accreditation (598,662) (648,208) (648,208) (648,208) (+49,546) .............. .............. (Est. collecting).................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Indian Health Services..... 2,596,492 2,732,298 2,732,298 2,732,323 +135,831 +25 +25 (Non-contract services)....... (2,098,424) (2,207,277) (2,207,277) (2,207,302) (+108,878) (+25) (+25) (Contract care)............... (480,318) (507,021) (507,021) (507,021) (+26,703) .............. .............. (Catastrophic health emergency (17,750) (18,000) (18,000) (18,000) (+250) .............. .............. fund)........................ =============================================================================================================== Indian Health Facilities Maintenance and improvement............. 49,204 49,904 54,904 50,879 +1,675 +975 -4,025 Sanitation facilities................... 91,767 93,519 93,519 93,519 +1,752 .............. .............. Construction facilities................. 88,597 3,326 50,132 20,326 -68,271 +17,000 -29,806 Facilities and environmental health 141,669 150,959 150,959 152,959 +11,290 +2,000 +2,000 support................................ Equipment............................... 17,337 17,960 21,260 17,960 +623 .............. -3,300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Indian Health Facilities... 388,574 315,668 370,774 335,643 -52,931 +19,975 -35,131 =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE...... 2,985,066 3,047,966 3,103,072 3,067,966 +82,900 +20,000 -35,106 =============================================================================================================== NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Institute of Environmental 79,842 80,289 80,289 80,289 +447 .............. .............. Health Sciences........................ AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY Toxic substances and environmental 76,041 76,024 76,024 76,024 -17 .............. .............. public health.......................... =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 3,140,949 3,204,279 3,259,385 3,224,279 +83,330 +20,000 -35,106 HUMAN SERVICES................... =============================================================================================================== OTHER RELATED AGENCIES EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Council on Environmental Quality and 3,258 2,717 2,717 2,717 -541 .............. .............. Office of Environmental Quality........ CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD Salaries and expenses................... 9,027 9,200 9,200 9,200 +173 .............. .............. Emergency fund.......................... 397 .............. .............. .............. -397 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Chemical Safety and Hazard. 9,424 9,200 9,200 9,200 -224 .............. .............. OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION Salaries and expenses................... 4,930 8,601 8,601 8,601 +3,671 .............. .............. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT Payment to the Institute................ 5,916 6,300 6,300 6,300 +384 .............. .............. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Salaries and Expenses Museum and Research Institutes: Anacostia Museum and Center for 1,864 1,897 1,897 1,897 +33 .............. .............. African American History and Culture............................ Archives of American Art............ 1,806 1,843 1,843 1,843 +37 .............. .............. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer 5,657 5,772 5,772 5,772 +115 .............. .............. Gallery of Art..................... Center for Folklife and Cultural 1,910 1,945 1,945 1,945 +35 .............. .............. Heritage........................... Cooper-Hewitt, National Design 3,054 3,118 3,118 3,118 +64 .............. .............. Museum............................. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 3,997 4,078 4,078 4,078 +81 .............. .............. Garden............................. National Air and Space Museum....... 16,262 16,596 16,596 16,596 +334 .............. .............. National Museum of African American 3,944 5,098 3,944 3,944 .............. -1,154 .............. History and Culture................ National Museum of African Art...... 4,175 4,257 4,257 4,257 +82 .............. .............. Smithsonian American Art Museum..... 7,561 12,028 12,028 12,028 +4,467 .............. .............. National Museum of American History. 19,962 20,441 20,441 20,441 +479 .............. .............. National Museum of the American 31,739 30,540 30,540 30,540 -1,199 .............. .............. Indian............................. National Museum of Natural History.. 42,177 44,063 44,063 44,063 +1,886 .............. .............. National Portrait Gallery........... 4,957 8,409 8,409 8,409 +3,452 .............. .............. National Zoological Park............ 17,576 20,194 20,194 20,348 +2,772 +154 +154 Astrophysical Observatory........... 21,301 22,295 22,295 22,295 +994 .............. .............. Center for Materials Research and 3,184 3,251 3,251 3,251 +67 .............. .............. Education.......................... Environmental Research Center....... 3,006 3,065 3,065 3,065 +59 .............. .............. Tropical Research Institute......... 11,514 11,219 11,519 11,219 -295 .............. -300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtoal, Museums and Research 205,646 220,109 219,255 219,109 +13,463 -1,000 -146 Institutes....................... Program Support and Outreach: Outreach............................ 10,050 9,200 9,200 10,200 +150 +1,000 +1,000 Communications...................... 1,480 1,502 1,502 1,502 +22 .............. .............. Institution-wide programs........... 6,053 6,613 6,113 6,613 +560 .............. +500 Office of Exhibits Central.......... 2,598 2,658 2,658 2,658 +60 .............. .............. Major scientific instrumentation.... 3,944 3,944 3,944 3,944 .............. .............. .............. Museum Support Center............... 1,640 1,675 1,675 1,675 +35 .............. .............. Smithsonian Institution Archives.... 1,656 1,695 1,695 1,695 +39 .............. .............. Smithsonian Institution Libraries... 8,611 8,779 8,779 8,779 +168 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Program Support and 36,032 36,066 35,566 37,066 +1,034 +1,000 +1,500 Outreach......................... Administration.......................... 63,903 65,929 65,529 65,929 +2,026 .............. +400 Facilities Services: Facilities maintenance.............. 39,371 45,680 47,680 45,680 +6,309 .............. -2,000 Facilities operations, security and 144,083 156,351 156,351 156,351 +12,268 .............. .............. support............................ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Facilities Services..... 183,454 202,031 204,031 202,031 +18,577 .............. -2,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Salaries and Expenses...... 489,035 524,135 524,381 524,135 +35,100 .............. -246 =============================================================================================================== Facilities Capital Revitalization.......................... 110,355 72,900 73,900 72,900 -37,455 .............. -1,000 Construction............................ 7,879 9,000 9,000 18,100 +10,221 +9,100 +9,100 Facilities planning and design.......... 7,889 9,000 8,000 9,000 +1,111 .............. +1,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Facilities capital......... 126,123 90,900 90,900 100,000 -26,123 +9,100 +9,100 =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.... 615,158 615,035 615,281 624,135 +8,977 +9,100 +8,854 =============================================================================================================== NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Salaries and Expenses Care and utilization of art collections. 32,110 34,023 34,023 34,023 +1,913 .............. .............. Operation and maintenance of buildings 21,958 23,268 23,268 23,268 +1,310 .............. .............. and grounds............................ Protection of buildings, grounds and 19,437 20,675 20,675 20,675 +1,238 .............. .............. contents............................... General administration.................. 18,203 19,134 19,134 19,134 +931 .............. .............. General reduction....................... .............. .............. .............. -500 -500 -500 -500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Salaries and Expenses...... 91,708 97,100 97,100 96,600 +4,892 -500 -500 =============================================================================================================== Repair, Restoration and Renovation of Buildings Base program............................ 10,946 16,200 16,200 15,000 +4,054 -1,200 -1,200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.... 102,654 113,300 113,300 111,600 +8,946 -1,700 -1,700 =============================================================================================================== JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Operations and maintenance.............. 16,914 17,800 17,800 17,800 +886 .............. .............. Construction............................ 16,107 15,200 10,000 15,200 -907 .............. +5,200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR 33,021 33,000 27,800 33,000 -21 .............. +5,200 THE PERFORMING ARTS.............. =============================================================================================================== WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Salaries and expenses................... 8,863 9,201 9,085 9,201 +338 .............. +116 =============================================================================================================== NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Endowment for the Arts Grants and Administration Grants: Direct grants....................... 45,631 45,118 45,118 45,118 -513 .............. .............. Challenge America grants............ 12,857 8,966 8,966 8,966 -3,891 .............. .............. National Initiative: American 1,183 4,800 4,800 4,800 +3,617 .............. .............. Masterpieces....................... State partnerships: State and regional.............. 23,942 23,691 23,691 23,691 -251 .............. .............. Underserved set-aside........... 6,480 6,417 6,417 6,417 -63 .............. .............. Challenge America grants........ 8,570 5,956 5,956 5,956 -2,614 .............. .............. National Initiative: American 789 3,200 3,200 3,200 +2,411 .............. .............. Masterpieces................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, State partnerships.. 39,781 39,264 39,264 39,264 -517 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Grants.............. 99,452 98,148 98,148 98,148 -1,304 .............. .............. Program support......................... 1,270 1,470 1,470 1,470 +200 .............. .............. Administration.......................... 20,542 21,646 21,646 21,646 +1,104 .............. .............. General increase in House floor action.. .............. .............. 10,000 5,000 +5,000 +5,000 -5,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Arts....................... 121,264 121,264 131,264 126,264 +5,000 +5,000 -5,000 =============================================================================================================== National Endowment for the Humanities Grants and Administration Grants: Federal/State partnership........... 31,387 31,387 31,387 31,387 .............. .............. .............. Preservation and access............. 18,643 18,643 18,643 18,643 .............. .............. .............. Public programs..................... 12,932 12,566 12,566 12,566 -366 .............. .............. Research programs................... 12,881 12,881 12,881 12,881 .............. .............. .............. Education programs.................. 12,449 12,449 12,449 12,449 .............. .............. .............. Program development................. 392 381 381 381 -11 .............. .............. We The People Initiative grants..... 11,217 11,217 11,217 11,217 .............. .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Grants.................. 99,901 99,524 99,524 99,524 -377 .............. .............. Administrative Areas: Administration...................... 22,255 23,081 23,081 23,081 +826 .............. .............. General increase in House floor action.. .............. .............. 5,000 5,000 +5,000 +5,000 .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Grants and Administration.. 122,156 122,605 127,605 127,605 +5,449 +5,000 .............. =============================================================================================================== Matching Grants Treasury funds.......................... 5,607 5,449 5,449 5,449 -158 .............. .............. Challenge grants........................ 10,291 10,000 10,000 10,000 -291 .............. .............. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Matching Grants............ 15,898 15,449 15,449 15,449 -449 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== Total, Humanities................. 138,054 138,054 143,054 143,054 +5,000 +5,000 .............. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 259,318 259,318 274,318 269,318 +10,000 +10,000 -5,000 ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES.......... =============================================================================================================== COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS Salaries and expenses................... 1,768 1,893 1,893 1,893 +125 .............. .............. NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Grants.................................. 6,902 7,000 7,000 7,492 +590 +492 +492 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION Salaries and expenses................... 4,536 4,988 4,860 4,943 +407 -45 +83 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION Salaries and expenses................... 7,888 8,344 8,177 8,244 +356 -100 +67 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Holocaust Memorial Museum............... 40,858 43,233 41,880 43,233 +2,375 .............. +1,353 PRESIDIO TRUST Operations.............................. 19,722 20,000 20,000 19,722 .............. -278 -278 WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE Operations.............................. 248 250 250 250 +2 .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== TOTAL, TITLE III, RELATED AGENCIES 9,036,011 8,411,659 8,651,405 8,506,895 -529,116 +95,236 -144,510 Appropriations................ (8,940,145) (8,411,659) (8,651,405) (8,506,895) (-433,250) (+95,236) (-144,510) Emergency appropriations...... (95,866) .............. .............. .............. (-95,866) .............. .............. =============================================================================================================== GRAND TOTAL, ALL TITLES........... 27,017,724 25,724,328 26,159,125 26,266,625 -751,099 +542,297 +107,500 =============================================================================================================== TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management............... 1,816,910 1,759,042 1,755,115 1,788,310 -28,600 +29,268 +33,195 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.......... 1,332,591 1,322,894 1,306,168 1,315,037 -17,554 -7,857 +8,869 National Park Service................... 2,365,683 2,249,275 2,228,963 2,313,332 -52,351 +64,057 +84,369 United States Geological Survey......... 944,564 933,515 974,586 963,057 +18,493 +29,542 -11,529 Minerals Management Service............. 173,826 167,422 159,682 159,522 -14,304 -7,900 -160 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 296,573 356,549 298,549 298,549 +1,976 -58,000 .............. Enforcement............................ Bureau of Indian Affairs................ 2,295,702 2,187,469 2,317,976 2,269,371 -26,331 +81,902 -48,605 Departmental Offices.................... 729,379 815,903 758,654 770,563 +41,184 -45,340 +11,909 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title I--Department of the 9,955,228 9,792,069 9,799,693 9,877,741 -77,487 +85,672 +78,048 Interior......................... =============================================================================================================== TITLE II--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Environmental Protection Agency......... 8,026,485 7,520,600 7,708,027 7,881,989 -144,496 +361,389 +173,962 TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES Forest Service.......................... 4,770,598 4,065,000 4,241,358 4,122,767 -647,831 +57,767 -118,591 Indian Health Service................... 2,985,066 3,047,966 3,103,072 3,067,966 +82,900 +20,000 -35,106 National Institute of Environmental 79,842 80,289 80,289 80,289 +447 .............. .............. Health Sciences........................ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 76,041 76,024 76,024 76,024 -17 .............. .............. Registry............................... Council on Environmental Quality and 3,258 2,717 2,717 2,717 -541 .............. .............. Office of Environmental Quality........ Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 9,424 9,200 9,200 9,200 -224 .............. .............. Board.................................. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 4,930 8,601 8,601 8,601 +3,671 .............. .............. Relocation............................. Institute of American Indian and Alaska 5,916 6,300 6,300 6,300 +384 .............. .............. Native Culture and Arts Development.... Smithsonian Institution................. 615,158 615,035 615,281 624,135 +8,977 +9,100 +8,854 National Gallery of Art................. 102,654 113,300 113,300 111,600 +8,946 -1,700 -1,700 John F. Kennedy Center for the 33,021 33,000 27,800 33,000 -21 .............. +5,200 Performing Arts........................ Woodrow Wilson International Center for 8,863 9,201 9,085 9,201 +338 .............. +116 Scholars............................... National Endowment for the Arts......... 121,264 121,264 131,264 126,264 +5,000 +5,000 -5,000 National Endowment for the Humanities... 138,054 138,054 143,054 143,054 +5,000 +5,000 .............. Commission of Fine Arts................. 1,768 1,893 1,893 1,893 +125 .............. .............. National Capital Arts and Cultural 6,902 7,000 7,000 7,492 +590 +492 +492 Affairs................................ Advisory Council on Historic 4,536 4,988 4,860 4,943 +407 -45 +83 Preservation........................... National Capital Planning Commission.... 7,888 8,344 8,177 8,244 +356 -100 +67 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 40,858 43,233 41,880 43,233 +2,375 .............. +1,353 Presidio Trust.......................... 19,722 20,000 20,000 19,722 .............. -278 -278 White House Commission on the National 248 250 250 250 +2 .............. .............. Moment of Remembrance.................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title III--Related Agencies 9,036,011 8,411,659 8,651,405 8,506,895 -529,116 +95,236 -144,510 =============================================================================================================== GRAND TOTAL....................... 27,017,724 25,724,328 26,159,125 26,266,625 -751,099 +542,297 +107,500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------