[Senate Report 108-89]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 196
108th Congress Report
SENATE
1st Session 108-89
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL,
2004
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July 10, 2003.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1391]
The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 0000) making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, reports the same to
the Senate with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass. deg.
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1391)
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,
and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and
recommends that the bill do pass.
Amounts in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2004
Total of bill as reported to Senate..................... $19,626,566,000
Estimates considered by Senate ......................... 19,551,854,000
Above the budget estimate, 2004..................... 74,712,000
Below appropriations, 2003 (including emergencies).. 130,244,000
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C O N T E N T S
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Summary of Bill.................................................. 3
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill............................ 3
Major Changes Recommended in the Bill............................ 4
Allocating Congressional Funding Priorities...................... 7
Title I--Department of the Interior:
Land and Water Resources: Bureau of Land Management.......... 10
Fish and Wildlife and Parks:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service........................... 17
National Park Service.................................... 24
Energy and Minerals:
U.S. Geological Survey................................... 33
Minerals Management Service.............................. 36
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement..... 38
Indian Affairs: Bureau of Indian Affairs..................... 39
Departmental Offices:
Insular Affairs.......................................... 43
Departmental Management.................................. 45
Office of the Solicitor.................................. 46
Office of Inspector General.............................. 46
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians........... 47
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration....... 48
Title II--Related agencies:
Department of Agriculture: Forest Service.................... 51
Administrative Provisions, Forest Service.................... 62
Department of Energy......................................... 63
Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health
Service.................................................... 72
Other Related Agencies:
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.............. 74
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
and Arts Development................................... 74
Smithsonian Institution.................................. 74
National Gallery of Art.................................. 75
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts........... 76
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars......... 76
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities:
National Endowment for the Arts...................... 76
National Endowment for the Humanities................ 77
Commission of Fine Arts.................................. 78
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation................ 78
National Capital Planning Commission..................... 78
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.................. 78
Presidio Trust........................................... 79
Title III--General provisions.................................... 80
Limitations and Legislative Provisions........................... 84
Compliance with Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 84
Compliance with Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 84
Compliance with Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 85
SUMMARY OF BILL
For this bill, estimates totaling $19,490,979,000 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:
Department of Agriculture:
Forest Service.
Department of Energy:
Clean coal technology.
Fossil energy research and development.
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
Elk Hills School lands fund.
Energy conservation.
Economic regulation.
Strategic petroleum reserve.
SPR petroleum account.
Energy Information Administration.
Department of Health and Human Services:
Indian Health Service.
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.
Revenue Generated by Agencies in Bill
Oil and gas leasing and other mineral leasing activities,
recreation and user fees, the timber and range programs, and
oil production from the naval petroleum reserves are estimated
to generate income to the Government of $7,945,094,000 in
fiscal year 2004. These estimated receipts, for agencies under
the subcommittee's jurisdiction, are tabulated below:
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Fiscal year--
Item -----------------------------------------------------
2002 2003 2004
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Department of the Interior................................ $8,090,086,000 $7,966,043,000 $7,523,776,000
Forest Service............................................ 334,446,000 402,191,000 414,391,000
Naval petroleum reserves.................................. 6,728,000 6,988,000 6,927,000
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Total receipts........................................ 8,431,260,000 8,375,222,000 7,945,094,000
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Major Changes Recommended in the Bill
The Committee has developed revisions to the budget
estimate for the 2004 fiscal year.
A comparative summary of funding in the bill by agency is
shown by agency or principal program in the following table:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Committee recommendation
Budget estimate recommendation compared with
budget estimate
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management.................................... 1,700,521 1,722,947 +22,426
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service............................... 1,285,227 1,338,228 +53,001
National Park Service........................................ 2,361,873 2,320,861 -41,012
United States Geological Survey.............................. 895,505 928,864 +33,359
Minerals Management Service.................................. 171,321 173,121 +1,800
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement......... 281,168 297,592 +16,424
Bureau of Indian Affairs..................................... 2,292,761 2,320,412 +27,651
Departmental Offices......................................... 775,285 732,117 -43,168
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Total, Title I--Department of the Interior............. 9,763,661 9,834,142 +70,481
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TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
Forest Service............................................... 4,057,972 4,094,708 +36,736
Department of Energy......................................... (1,703,837) (1,671,345) (-32,492)
Clean Coal Technology.................................... ............... -97,000 -97,000
Fossil Energy Research and Development................... 514,305 593,514 +79,209
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves................... 16,500 17,947 +1,447
Elk Hills School Lands Fund.............................. 36,000 36,000 ...............
Energy Conservation...................................... 875,793 861,645 -14,148
Economic Regulation...................................... 1,047 1,047 ...............
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.............................. 175,081 173,081 -2,000
SPR Petroleum Account.................................... ............... ............... ...............
Northeast home heating oil reserve....................... 5,000 5,000 ...............
Energy Information Administration........................ 80,111 80,111 ...............
Indian Health Service........................................ 2,889,662 2,937,712 +48,050
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.................. 13,532 13,532 ...............
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 5,250 6,250 +1,000
Arts Development............................................
Smithsonian Institution...................................... 566,523 577,959 +11,436
National Gallery of Art...................................... 100,449 97,250 -3,199
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts............... 32,560 32,560 ...............
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars............. 8,604 8,604 ...............
National Endowment for the Arts.............................. 117,480 117,480 ...............
National Endowment for the Humanities........................ 152,000 142,000 -10,000
Commission of Fine Arts...................................... 1,422 1,422 ...............
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs................... 5,000 6,000 +1,000
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.................... 4,100 4,000 -100
National Capital Planning Commission......................... 8,230 8,030 -200
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum...................... 39,997 39,997 ...............
Presidio Trust............................................... 20,700 20,700 ...............
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Total, Title II--Related Agencies...................... 9,727,318 9,779,549 +52,231
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GRAND TOTAL............................................ 19,490,979 19,613,691 +122,712
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES
The Committee has revised the reprogramming guidelines to
address the issue of assessments and charges within department
and agencies or by other agencies, and to clarify other issues.
The changes dealing with assessments, as reflected in sections
2(e) and 10 below, clarify in 2(e) that the head of any
department or agency or bureau may not assess or charge
subordinate entities for services or products above the amounts
that are listed in the budget justification without formal
Committee approval. If there are any overhead charges or other
assessments or charges that are not listed in the budget
justification, the head of the department or agency may not
require payment of such charges or assessments without
Committee approval. This same instruction (see section 10
below) applies to assessments from other agencies such as the
General Services Administration.
Section 9 has been modified to delete the reference to
legislative committees. Sections 11, 12, and 13 have been added
dealing with land acquisitions and forest legacy projects, land
exchanges, and appropriations structure issues. Several other
minor technical changes have been made and section 9(b) has
been added dealing with Forest Service transfers.
The following are revised procedures governing
reprogramming actions for programs and activities funded in the
Interior 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 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 justifications 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
such 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) The Secretary or agency head may not assess, charge, or
bill bureaus or other subordinate entities more than the
amounts listed in the budget justification for any products or
services, or institute any additional assessments, without
formal Committee approval.
3. Criteria and Exception.--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 exception:
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.
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, separate from the justifications. 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. Declarations of Taking.--The Committee directs the
Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the National Park Service, and the Forest Service to seek
Committee approval in advance of filing declarations of taking.
8. 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.
9. Forest Service.--The following procedures shall apply to
the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture:
(a) The Forest Service shall not change the boundaries of
any region, abolish any region, move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration; without the consent of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with
these reprogramming procedures.
(b) Provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) and of 7 U.S.C.
147b shall apply to appropriations available to the Forest
Service only to the extent that the proposed transfer is
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with these reprogramming procedures.
10. Assessments.--No assessments shall be levied against
any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
the Interior 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. The appropriation structure for any agency shall not be
altered without advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Allocating Congressional Funding Priorities
The Committee continues to be concerned that the agencies
funded by this Act are not following a standard methodology for
allocating appropriated funds to the field where congressional
funding priorities are concerned. When congressional
instructions are provided, the Committee expects these
instructions to be closely monitored and followed. The
committee directs that earmarks for congressional funding
priorities be first allocated to the receiving units, and then
all remaining funds should be allocated to the field based on
established procedures. Field units or programs should not have
their allocations reduced because of earmarks for congressional
priorities without direction from or advance approval of the
Committee.
COMPETITIVE SOURCING
The Committee has carefully considered the administration's
competitive sourcing initiative as it applies to the agencies
funded in this bill. The Committee embraces the principle at
the root of this initiative, which is that government must
continually strive to improve the efficiency of its operations
and the delivery of services that it provides. The Committee is
deeply concerned, however, at the administration's failure to
either budget adequately for the cost of the initiative or
describe such costs in budget documents. As a result,
significant sums are being expended in violation of the
Committee's reprogramming guidelines and at the expense of
critical, on-the-ground work such as the maintenance of Federal
facilities. The Forest Service alone plans to spend $10,000,000
on competitive sourcing in fiscal year 2003, including
$3,000,000 to establish a competitive sourcing office. Such
activities were described nowhere in the Forest Service's
fiscal year 2003 budget justification, and were not provided
for in the fiscal year 2003 conference report or accompanying
statement of the managers. The Department of the Interior is
also spending significant amounts on the competitive sourcing
initiative. Though a belated reprogramming request from the
Department has been promised, there is no reason these costs
could not have been anticipated and described in budget
documents to a much better degree. The Forest Service, the
Department of the Interior, and other agencies are expected to
undertake additional competitive sourcing activities during
fiscal year 2004, but the relevant budget documents contain
little in the way of additional detail or adequate funding.
The Committee also notes the seeming absence of
consideration of previous competitive sourcing experiences,
which often have occurred with the Committee's encouragement
and active involvement. The National Park Service's Denver
Service Center and the mapping activities of the U.S.
Geological Survey are two such examples. While the Committee
does not contend that agencies should be satisfied to rest on
past achievements, it does expect that past successes and
failures be evaluated in some detail prior to the launching of
major new initiatives. If such an evaluation has taken place,
the results have not been presented to the Committee.
As a result of these concerns, the Committee has included
language in the bill prohibiting the Forest Service from
initiating additional competitive sourcing studies until such
time as the Committee has been given a detailed competitive
sourcing proposal and has approved such proposal in writing.
The proposal should include the number of positions to be
studied, the amount of funding required, and the activities
from which funding will be reprogrammed. The proposal should
also provide the same information for activities undertaken in
fiscal year 2003. The Committee notes that this requirement
should not be construed as opposition to the careful and
considered conduct of a competitive sourcing program. Rather,
it is the most prudent way for the Committee to ensure its
constitutional prerogative over appropriated funds, and to
enable Congress to evaluate the costs and tradeoffs involved in
an initiative of this magnitude.
LAND ACQUISITION
In 2002, the severity of the fire season necessitated heavy
borrowing from a number of accounts, including land acquisition
accounts, in order to cover the costs of emergency fire
suppression. Because such borrowing may well be necessary in
2003 and beyond, and due to general constraints on funding for
land acquisition, the Committee feels it is important that
funds appropriated for land acquisition be obligated as
promptly as possible. Any funds that cannot be used by a field
unit within a reasonable amount of time should be made
available for reprogramming, transfer or rescission. The
Committee therefore directs the Bureau of Land Management, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and
the Forest Service to report to the Committee by May 1 of each
year on any unobligated balances remaining at the field unit
level. The report should identify carryover by the fiscal year
appropriated, and should specifically quantify appropriations
made more than 3 fiscal years prior (the report submitted May
1, 2004, should specifically identify unobligated balances
appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and prior years). In the event
there are 3 year-plus balances at particular units that the
relevant Agency feels will be obligated imminently, that will
be used for acquisitions essential to the Agency's mission, and
that have remained unobligated for reasons not within the
Agency's control, the agency shall identify such instances in
the report and provide specific rationale why such funds should
not be rescinded, transferred or reprogrammed.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
LAND AND WATER RESOURCES
Bureau of Land Management
MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $820,344,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 828,079,000
Committee recommendation................................ 847,091,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $847,091,000
an increase of $19,012,000 above the budget estimate. 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 $182,507,000 for
land resources, which is an increase of $3,100,000 above the
request. Increases above the request include $200,000 for the
Rio Puerco watershed project in New Mexico; $1,000,000 to
continue work at the National Center for Ecologically-Based
Noxious Weed Management; $500,000 for the Idaho Department of
Agriculture to provide coordination, facilitation,
administrative support, and cost-shared weed control project
funding to Cooperative Weed Management Areas; and $1,400,000
for cooperative monitoring. The Committee expects the Bureau to
use the additional monitoring funds to increase cooperative
monitoring on grazing allotments. The Committee strongly
believes that increased short- and long-term cooperative
monitoring is critical to stabilizing the legal framework
within which Federal grazing permittees operate.
The Committee notes that the funding provided for land
resources fully supports the budget request for noxious weed
management. The projects funded above are over and above the
request and should provide additional capability to the Bureau
in its efforts to manage the serious problem of invasive weed
control across all ownerships.
The Committee is concerned that the Bureau retain its
current level of support for the National Conservation Training
Center, and directs that $500,000 shall be used for this
purpose and made available to NCTC within 60 days of enactment.
Wildlife and Fisheries Management.--The Committee
recommends $34,292,000 for wildlife and fisheries management,
which is equal to the request.
Threatened and Endangered Species.--The Committee
recommends $21,831,000 for threatened and endangered species
management, which is equal to the request.
Recreation Management.--The Committee recommends
$63,680,000 for recreation management, which is a decrease of
$3,037,000 from the request and $3,841,000 above the enacted
level. Wilderness management and Recreation Operations are
funded at the request level. Changes to Recreation Resources
Management are from the enacted level; an increase of $350,000
is provided for resource monitoring, an increase of $1,500,000
is provided for public access, an increase of $1,044,000 is
provided for visitor services, an increase of $300,000 is
provided for partnerships for visitor services and recreation,
an increase of $150,000 is provided for the gateway communities
initiative, an increase of $1,000,000 is provided for
interpretation, an increase of $404,000 is for uncontrollable
costs, $300,000 is provided to offset the proposed cost
recovery reduction, and a reduction of $839,000 for information
technology is taken as proposed by the request. Support for the
Undaunted Stewardship program is expected to remain at the
enacted level and the Bureau should complete exhibits at the
Coldfoot Visitor Center within funds provided.
Energy and Minerals Management Including Alaska Minerals.--
The Committee has provided $107,137,000 for energy and minerals
management, which is an increase of $1,212,000 above the
request and $1,042,000 above the enacted level. Increases to
the enacted level include $1,850,000 for processing
applications for permits to drill, $1,500,000 for increased
inspection activities, $500,000 for monitoring activities and
$706,000 for uncontrollable costs. Decreases from the enacted
level include $1,000,000 for EPCA activities and $2,514,000 for
information technology. The Committee notes both decreases are
proposed in the budget request.
The Committee has provided $2,484,000 for the Alaska
minerals program, which is an increase of $262,000 above the
request and equal to the enacted level.
Realty and Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends
$101,908,000 for realty and ownership management, which is an
increase of $20,975,000 above the request. Increases above the
request include $15,000,000 for the Alaska Conveyance program,
$225,000 to complete survey activities to support the Spirit/
Twin Lakes Omitted Lands Act, $1,500,000 for the State of Utah
to continue the Automated Geographic Reference Center and for
related activities, $750,000 to continue the Alaska public
lands database, $1,000,000 for the processing of recordable
disclaimer applications in Alaska, and $2,500,000 to offset the
proposed cost recovery. Funds provided to Utah are in addition
to the $350,000 within the base program.
The Committee continues to support the Bureau's work to
implement the various realty actions included in the Clark
County Act, and notes the funding provided includes $1,500,000
in funds to support these activities.
The Committee is extremely concerned with the cost-recovery
proposals being formulated by the Bureau. Past experiences with
Bureau proposals to increase right-of-way fees require the
Committee closely scrutinize any regulation changes increasing
costs to users. The Bureau is directed to notify the Committee
30 days prior to finalizing any regulation or policy changes
increasing fees for right-of-way processing or cost recoverable
realty cases. Additionally, the Bureau has failed to justify
the proposed reductions in the Management of Land and Resources
accounts with any explanation as to how increased revenue from
potential cost recovery changes would be distributed to the
field.
The Committee is concerned about the failure of the Bureau
to process applications under the Native Allotment Act of 1906
in a timely manner. Some applications have been pending nearly
a century while all applications have been pending for over 30
years. The Committee has provided $15,000,000 in additional
funding for the Alaska conveyance program. Last year the
Committee outlined its expectation that the Bureau develop a
plan to complete work on all allotment applications and all
land selections under the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959 by 2009,
50 years after its enactment and nearly 40 years after the
deadline for applying for Native allotments. The Bureau has
identified the amount provided as the level of funding
necessary to meet this requirement. The Committee expects the
Bureau to include funding in its fiscal year 2005 request to
meet this need.
Resource Protection and Maintenance.--The Committee
recommends $80,170,000 for resource protection and maintenance,
which is $500,000 above the request. The increase above the
request is for the digitization and cataloging of the extensive
collection of five combined Department of the Interior resource
libraries in Alaska.
Transportation and Facilities Maintenance.--The Committee
recommends $79,344,000 for transportation and facilities
maintenance, which is $1,000,000 above the request. The
increase above the request is to continue capping of oil wells
in the National Petroleum Reserve to prevent leakage and oil
spills.
Land and Information Systems.--The Committee recommends
$18,991,000 for land and information systems, which is equal to
the request.
Mining Law Administration.--The Committee recommends
$32,696,000 for mining law administration, which is equal to
the request.
Workforce Organization and Support.--The Committee
recommends $138,774,000 for workforce organization and support,
which is equal to the request.
Challenge Cost Share.--The Committee has provided
$15,973,000 for the challenge cost share program; $5,000,000
below the request level. The Committee has not provided funds
for the Cooperative Conservation Initiative, but has funded the
challenge cost share program at current levels which performs
similar activities.
General.--The Committee appreciates the Bureau's attention
to direction accompanying last year's Interior Appropriations
Act regarding necessary funds to ensure the perpetual operation
of water treatment facilities at the Zortman Landusky Mine site
near the Fort Belknap Reservation. While the Bureau was unable
to respond to this direction in the formulation of the fiscal
year 2004 budget request, the Committee understands a proposal
is being prepared for fiscal year 2005 to address the plan set
forth in the Record of Decision for Reclamation. The Committee
continues to believe protecting water quality in the region
should be a top priority for the BLM budget request.
The Committee requests the Bureau to consider the following
projects high priority within funds provided in fiscal year
2004 and work with local communities to address necessary
maintenance and interpretation needs; support of Big Hill,
Idaho as part of The National Oregon/California Trail Center,
implementation of the San Rafael Route Designation Plan in
Emery County, Utah, issued by the BLM on February 3, 2003,
management with the National Park Service of the Old Spanish
Trail, and continued support of trail and recreational site
maintenance following the recent multi-year investment in the
Iditarod National Historic Trail upgrade.
The Committee remains highly concerned with the backlog of
oil and gas permitting activity despite the Committee's
repeated efforts to provide funds above the budget request
level. Despite these increases, the backlog is seemingly
growing despite the best efforts of Bureau leadership to
address the problem. The Committee suggests the Director, in
consultation with the Secretary, establish a pilot program for
Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming specifically
designed to eliminate the existing backlog of oil and gas
permits and to establish a best practices program for
permitting on Federal lands. The Director shall assign BLM
employees with expertise in issues pertaining to oil and gas
permitting to the program and may utilize qualified contractors
to provide additional resources in an effort to eliminate the
existing APD backlogs in these States. As part of this pilot
program, the Director shall require monitoring and surface
compliance inspection of existing oil and gas operations on
Federal lands to ensure that stipulations and conditions of
approval for permits authorizing such operations are adequate
and necessary. The Director shall submit a report to the
Congress within 90 days after the completion of the first year
of the pilot project outlining the results including an
assessment of the success of the program in reducing permitting
backlogs, the progress in implementing the best practices
program and the results of the monitoring study. The Committee
wishes to underscore that this pilot is not intended to slow
any ongoing action by the Bureau to process applications or
permits and the Director may segment the project in any manner
she may chose.
The Committee notes that monies expended by the Department
of the Interior in support of efforts to produce natural gas
from the Federal mineral estate in the Powder River Basin may,
at that Department's discretion, be used to implement the
provisions of the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans
identified in the Montana Statewide EIS and Powder River Basin
Oil and Gas EIS. The Committee reiterates that the Bureau of
Land Management is the intended lead agency of the working
group and the entity designated to organize and lead the
implementation of these plans. In this role, the Bureau is
expected to provide the Committee with periodic updates on the
progress of the plans.
The Committee is aware of the strong partnership between
the Bureau and the Youth Conservation Corps, allowing increased
opportunities for youth while helping the Bureau achieve many
goals that would remain out of reach due to a lack of manpower.
The Committee has been approached by a number of State Youth
Conservation Corps, including Nevada, New Mexico, and Montana,
which have additional capacity to partner with the Bureau on
projects. The Committee encourages the Bureau to continue its
relationship with these organizations and expand its
utilization of their services to help meet Bureau goals,
especially recreation and trail projects receiving additional
funding in fiscal year 2004.
The escalating problems with the Wild Horse and Burro
program continue to frustrate the Committee. The Committee is
aware of the Director's personal attention to this matter and
the ongoing audit of the program. The Bureau is expected to
provide the results of the audit to the Committee as soon as
possible. Additionally, the Committee asks the Bureau provide
an analysis comparing the cost of the Adopt-a-Horse program to
alternative means of reducing animal numbers to AML targets to
prevent further range degradation. The Committee remains
concerned the national program and adoption program utilize an
unacceptable portion of the total horse and burro budget
resulting in inadequate funding at the State level.
The Bureau is directed to enter into a Cooperative
Agreement with the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition to begin
activity on the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration project.
The Committee understands the unique nature of this cooperative
agreement, and the non-profit status of the cooperator, allows
the Bureau to streamline the process to expedite work on the
ground.
The Bureau is expected to consult with the Office of Arctic
Energy to examine opportunities for cooperative development of
energy production within the State of Alaska.
wildland fire management
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $839,153,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 698,725,000
Committee recommendation................................ 698,725,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$698,725,000 for wildland fire management activities, equal to
the request.
The Committee recommendation includes $282,725,000 for fire
preparedness, which is equal to the request.
The Committee also recommends a total of $195,310,000 for
fire suppression activities, which is equal to the request.
The Committee's recommendation includes $220,690,000 for
Other Fire Operations, which is equal to the request. Within
the amount provided, $186,190,000 is for hazardous fuels
reduction, $24,500,000 is for burned area rehabilitation, and
$10,000,000 is for rural fire assistance. Funding for the
National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis shall remain at or
above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level.
The Committee notes that it has fully funded the request
for hazardous fuels reduction of $186,190,000 within the
amounts provided. The Committee believes that reduction of fuel
loads in areas adjacent to communities in the wildland-urban
interface is critical for protecting the public and these areas
should remain a focus of the Department. Accordingly, the
Committee directs the Department of the Interior to allocate
the funding level proposed in the budget request of
$111,255,000 on projects in the wildland-urban interface.
However, the Committee must note the serious problem of
deteriorating forest health is an underlying cause of wildland
fire that is not restricted to the wildland-urban interface. In
light of this fact, a comprehensive approach to improving
degraded forests and reducing the threat of wildfire includes
forest restoration treatment.
The Committee is aware of reluctance among some within the
Bureau to exercise new authorities. The Committee understands
the Bureau operates under the same Federal Acquisition
Regulations as the Forest Service and, following congressional
action, now has similar stewardship contracting authority as
the Forest Service. The Committee applauds the Bureau for
consulting with the Forest Service to utilize past experience
in implementing these expanded authorities. The Bureau is
encouraged to implement Stewardship Contracting as quickly as
possible, and report to the Committee within 90 days of
enactment of this act on the Bureau's progress in implementing
these authorities.
central hazardous materials fund
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $9,913,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 9,978,000
Committee recommendation................................ 9,978,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,978,000 for
the central hazardous materials fund, which is equal to the
request.
construction
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $11,898,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 10,976,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,476,000
The Committee recommends $12,476,000 for construction,
which is an increase of $1,500,000 above the request. The
increase above the request is for continuing construction of
the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko County,
Nevada.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $33,233,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 23,686,000
Committee recommendation................................ 25,600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,600,000
for land acquisition, an increase of $1,914,000 above the
budget estimate.
The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:
[In thousands of dollars
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Blackfoot River watershed (MT)........................ 4,000,000
California Wilderness (CA)............................ 1,000,000
Canyons of the Ancients NM (CO)....................... 600,000
Chain-of-Lakes RMA (MT)............................... 2,500,000
El Malpais NCA (NM)................................... 500,000
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks NM (NM)....................... 1,500,000
Lower Salmon River ACEC (ID).......................... 1,000,000
Otay Mountain/Kuchamaa HCP (CA)....................... 1,500,000
Sandy River/Oregon NHT (OR)........................... 1,500,000
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM (CA).......... 1,000,000
Sears Point ACEC/Juan Bautista de Anza NHT (AZ)....... 500,000
Upper Arkansas River Basin (CO)....................... 500,000
Upper Snake/South Fork Snake River (ID)............... 2,000,000
Washington County HCP (UT)............................ 1,000,000
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Subtotal, Acquisitions.......................... 19,100,000
Acquisition Management/Land Exchange Processing....... 4,000,000
Land Exchange Equalization Payment.................... 500,000
Emergency/Inholding/Relocation........................ 2,000,000
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Total, BLM Land Acquisition..................... 25,600,000
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oregon and california grant lands
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $104,947,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 106,672,000
Committee recommendation................................ 106,672,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $106,672,000,
which is equal to the budget request.
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
The Committee has retained bill language clarifying that
the Federal share of salvage receipts to be deposited into this
account shall be those funds remaining after payments to
counties.
range improvements
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000
for range improvements, the same as the budget estimate and the
fiscal year 2003 enacted level.
service charges, deposits, and forfeitures
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $7,900,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 20,490,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,657,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,657,000, a
reduction of $1,833,000 from the budget estimate. The change
from the budget estimate is the result of the Committee's
reluctance to approve current cost recovery proposals. A
reduction of $1,333,000 is taken from rights-of-way processing
and $500,000 is taken from cost recoverable realty cases. In
both instances, the Bureau's budget estimate is incompatible
with the timeline for the Bureau to implement policy changes
even if the Committee agreed to such changes.
miscellaneous trust funds
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $12,405,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 12,405,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,405,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,405,000,
the same as the budget estimate and the fiscal year 2003
enacted level.
FISH AND WILDLIFE AND PARKS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $911,464,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 941,526,000
Committee recommendation................................ 942,244,000
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Ecological Services.......................................... $221,860,000 $228,127,000 +$6,267,000
Refuges and Wildlife......................................... 485,802,000 472,962,000 -12,840,000
Fisheries.................................................... 103,606,000 109,047,000 +5,441,000
General Administration....................................... 130,258,000 132,108,000 +1,850,000
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Total, Resource Management............................. 941,526,000 942,244,000 +718,000
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The Committee recommends $942,244,000 for resource
management, $718,000 above the budget estimate. Within the
funds provided, $2,000,000 is for work to be conducted by the
Youth Conservation Corps. A table in the back of the report
displays the distribution of funds at the subactivity level.
Ecological Services.--The Committee recommends $228,127,000
for ecological services, an increase of $6,267,000 above the
budget estimate. The Committee recommends an increase of
$1,460,000 for the Candidate Conservation program. Within that
increase, $500,000 is for continued funding of the Idaho Sage
Grouse Management Plan through the Idaho Office of Species
Conservation, $60,000 is for the Idaho State Department of
Agriculture to continue its study on the influence of herbivory
on Slickspot Peppergrass in Southwestern Idaho, and $900,000 is
for sea otter research at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
The Committee expects the Service to carefully consider and
review all data available and submitted by other Federal
entities in determining the status of the Idaho Slickspot
Peppergrass and to comply with the ``Guidelines for Ensuring
and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity
of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies'', Section 515
of Public Law 106-554. The Committee also encourages the
Service to engage in conservation efforts in cooperation with
private landowners.
The Committee recommends $12,286,000 for the listing
program which is equal to the request and $46,034,000 for the
consultation program, an increase of $300,000 above the request
which shall be used for consultation work on fuels reduction
projects in the State of Montana. The Committee has not
continued bill language concerning the Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project in California. The Committee
notes 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 has increased the funds available for the section 6
program as detailed later in the report.
The Committee is concerned that the Service has not
adequately increased staffing levels to perform the necessary
consultation work for hazardous fuels reduction projects which
are performed by the Department of the Interior and the Forest
Service. The Committee notes that it has provided specific
authority for the Agency to be reimbursed for this work from
the relevant agencies. The Committee directs the Agency to
prepare a report to be submitted to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees which explains how the Service plans
to address the increased work load associated with the
hazardous fuels reduction programs of the Department of the
Interior and the Forest Service. This report should also
include the number of additional employees or contractors
needed to do the work, how much the agency anticipates a full
program of work will cost, and detail any amounts that it has
received as reimbursement from other Departmental agencies and
the Forest Service to date.
The Committee recommends $66,739,000 for the recovery
program, an increase of $4,710,000 above the budget estimate.
Within that increase, $2,000,000 is for Atlantic salmon
recovery activities administered by the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, $500,000 is for recovery of the Lahontan
cutthroat trout, $150,000 is for freshwater mussel recovery to
be performed in conjunction with the White Sulphur Springs NFH,
$900,000 is for eider recovery work by the Alaska SeaLife
Center, and $1,160,000 is for the wolf recovery program in the
State of Idaho. Of the funds provided for wolf recovery,
$400,000 is for the Nez Perce Tribe, $100,000 is for the Snake
River Basin Fish and Wildlife Service Office, $460,000 is for
the Office of Species Conservation, and $200,000 is to be
allocated by the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho Office of Species
Conservation, and the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to a
Memorandum of Agreement between the Nez Perce Tribe and the
State of Idaho.
Within the funds provided for recovery, the Committee
recommends the budget request for the Upper Colorado River fish
recovery project and $400,000 for the Peregrine Fund as stated
in the budget estimate.
The Committee recommends $82,133,000 for habitat
conservation, a decrease of $203,000 below the request. The
Committee recommends $37,625,000 for the Partners for Fish and
Wildlife program, a decrease of $753,000 below the request.
Changes from the request include a $9,853,000 general program
decrease plus the following increases: $500,000 for the Montana
Water Center for the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, $1,400,0000
for Washington State regional salmon enhancement, $1,500,000
for the Nevada Biodiversity Research and Conservation Project,
$1,050,000 for the invasive species control efforts at Willapa
Bay, $200,000 for bald eagle restoration work performed in
cooperation with the Vermont Natural Heritage Partners Program,
$500,000 for the Native Roadside Vegetation Center at the
University of Northern Iowa, $1,000,000 for endangered species
management in Hawaii conservation efforts relating to Hawaii
endangered species, $700,000 for invasive species control in
Hawaii, $500,000 for the Delaware Bay Oyster Revitalization
project in cooperation with the States of Delaware and New
Jersey, $500,000 for genetics research to be conducted by the
Alaska SeaLife Center, $500,000 for salmon restoration work in
Puget Sound in cooperation with the Seattle Art Museum, and
$750,000 for ferret reintroduction on Rosebud Sioux Tribal
lands.
The Committee recommends $30,146,000 for project planning,
an increase of $550,000 above the budget estimate. The increase
is for the Middle Rio Grande (Bosque) Research program.
The Committee recommends $9,639,000 for Coastal programs,
which is equal to the request.
Refuges and Wildlife.--The Committee recommends
$472,962,000 for refuges and wildlife, a decrease of
$12,840,000 below the request and $24,306,000 above the enacted
level.
The Committee has provided a total of $387,000,000 for the
National Wildlife Refuge system, which is $18,631,000 above the
enacted level and $15,015,000 below the request. Within this
amount $285,000,000 is for refuge operations and $102,000,000
is for refuge maintenance. Due to budget constraints the
Committee was unable to provide the full increase requested by
the Department. The Committee notes, however, that it has
provided a substantial increase above the enacted level and
this program received an increase of over $48,000,000 in fiscal
year 2003.
Within the funds provided for refuge operations, $400,000
is for invasive species control at Willapa Bay and $450,000 is
for rodent control at the Alaska Maritime Refuge.
The Committee encourages the Service to evaluate funding
needs for the Don Edwards NWR more closely in future budget
submissions.
The Committee has provided $32,596,00 for migratory bird
management, an increase of $1,475,000 above the request.
Increases above the request are $575,000 for continued seabird
bycatch reduction, and $900,000 for management efforts for
Albatross in the North Pacific. The Committee agrees to the
following distribution of funds for joint ventures:
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Recommended
Joint venture Fiscal year fiscal year
2003 2004
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Atlantic Coast.............................. $528,000 $794,000
Lower Mississippi........................... 601,000 737,000
Upper Mississippi........................... 380,000 646,000
Prairie Pothole............................. 1,301,000 1,392,000
Gulf Coast.................................. 467,000 696,000
Playa Lakes................................. 384,000 697,000
Rainwater Basin............................. 290,000 399,000
Intermountain West.......................... 489,000 997,000
Central Valley.............................. 435,000 548,000
Pacific Coast............................... 394,000 697,000
San Francisco Bay........................... 280,000 368,000
Sonoran..................................... 290,000 399,000
Arctic Goose................................ 220,000 369,000
Black Duck.................................. 196,000 369,000
Sea Duck.................................... 355,000 548,000
General Program Activities.................. 69,000 ............
Administration.............................. 690,000 699,000
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Total................................. 7,369,000 10,355,000
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The Committee has provided $53,366,000 for law enforcement,
an increase of $700,000 above the request. The increase is to
establish Louisville, KY as a port of entry.
Fisheries.--The Committee recommends $109,047,000 for
fisheries, an increase of $5,441,000 above the budget estimate.
For hatchery operations and maintenance, the Committee
recommends $55,715,00 which is $2,312,000 below the request and
$1,617,000 above the enacted level. Changes from the request
include general program reductions of $1,312,000 for hatchery
operations and $1,000,000 for hatchery maintenance.
The Committee recommends the amount proposed in the budget
request for the Upper Colorado River fish recovery project.
The Committee recommends $53,332,000 for fish and wildlife
management, which is an increase of $7,753,000 above the budget
estimate. The Committee has provided $10,669,000 for anadramous
fish management, an increase of $500,000 above the request. The
increase is for the Connecticut River Commission. For fish and
wildlife assistance, the Committee has provided $38,037,000, an
increase of $5,053,000. Increases above the request are
$1,350,000 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
$350,000 is for resistant trout research coordinated through
the Whirling Disease Foundation, $500,000 is for the Wildlife
Health Center in Montana, $2,803,000 for Yukon River Treaty
implementation (for a total of $3,400,000 for this project),
and $400,000 for fish passage improvements adjacent to
railroads in Alaska. The Committee has provided $4,626,000 for
the marine mammal program, $2,200,000 above the budget
estimate. The increases are $1,200,000 for continued marine
mammal protection efforts in Alaska, and $1,000,000 is to
conduct marine mammal population surveys in Alaska.
The Committee expects the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
continue to fund the operation of the Regional Mark Processing
Center in order to protect the integrity of tagging and
sampling data for the Alaska and West Coast salmon fisheries.
General Administration.--The Committee recommends
$132,108,00 for general administration, an increase of
$1,850,000 above the request. Increases above the request are
$850,000 for operations at the National Conservation Training
Center and $1,000,000 for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in
Texas.
As noted earlier in the report, the Committee has revised
its reprogramming guidelines to address bureau and departmental
assessments and cross-charges. The Committee expects the
Service to adhere to these modified guidelines, and not assess
subordinate entities above amounts listed in the justification
without formal Committee approval. The reprogramming guidelines
apply to all Departmental, Washington office, and Regional
Service entities.
CONSTRUCTION
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $54,073,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 35,393,000
Committee recommendation................................ 53,285,000
The Committee recommends $53,285,000 for construction, an
increase of $17,892,000 above the budget estimate.
The Committee agrees to the following distribution of
funds:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Unit Project recommendation
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Alaska Maritime NWR, AK........... Equip visitor center 400
Anchorage Int'l Airport, AK....... Hangar [cc]......... 5,000
Bear River NWR, UT................ Water mgmt. 1,000
improvements.
Bitter Lake NWR, NM............... Visitor Center [cc]. 1,500
Bozeman Fish Tech Center, MT...... Lab/Admin Bldg [cc]. 1,887
Cabo Rojo NWR, PR................. Replace Office Bldg 3,700
(seismic) [cc].
Canaan Valley NWR, WV............. Visitor impvts./law 806
enforcement housing.
Cape Romain, NWR, SC.............. Dike/Water control 1,000
structures [c].
Crab Orchard NWR, IL.............. Devil's Kitchen Dam 500
Ph I [d].
Entiat NWR, WA.................... Seismic Rehab of 4 120
bldg Ph I [p/d].
Garrison Dam, ND.................. Fish pond 300
improvements.
Iron River NFH, WI................ Replace domes [cc].. 600
Jordan River NFH.................. Replace M/V Togue 5,500
[cc].
Kenai NWR, AK..................... Cabins, trails, 1,000
campgrounds.
Kodiak NWR, AK.................... Visitor Center [c].. 3,000
Kofa NWR, AZ...................... Seismic Safety Rehab 350
Ph I [p/d].
Lacreek NWR, SD................... Little White River 730
Dam Ph II [d].
Lahontan NWR, NV.................. Seismic Rehab of 2 70
bldg Ph I [p/d].
Makah NWR, WA..................... Seismic Rehab of 1 80
bldg Ph I [p/d].
Mammoth Springs NFH, AR........... Visitor center 1,250
renovation [c].
Nat'l Eagle Repository, CO........ Replace incinerator 110
[p/d/cc].
Ohio River Islands NWR, WV........ Visitor center [cc] 2,061
& misc.
improvements.
Okeefenokee Concession, GA........ Concession facility. 525
Ottawa NWR, OH.................... Visitor Center [cc]. 850
Patuxent Research Ctr., MD........ Master plan and 500
environmental
assessment.
Savannah NWR, GA/SC............... Visitor center [cc]. 850
Servicewide....................... Dam Safety Programs 730
and Inspections.
Servicewide....................... Bridge Safety 575
Inspections.
Servicewide....................... Initial inspections 1,291
for recently
acquired dams.
Servicewide....................... Replace Survey 1,000
Aircraft.
Sevilleta NWR, NM................. Laboratory 2,000
construction.
Silvio O. Conte NWR, VT........... Nulhegan Div. 500
visitor center [p/
d].
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV..... Equipment upgrades.. 50
Winthrop NWR, WA.................. Seismic Rehab (4 130
bldgs) Ph I [p/d].
World Birding Ctr., TX............ Construction........ 2,000
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Subtotal, Line Item .................... 41,965
Construction.
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Servicewide....................... Nationwide 6,262
Engineering Service.
Servicewide....................... CAM................. 3,058
Servicewide....................... Seismic Safety 200
Program.
Servicewide....................... Environmental 1,650
Compliance
Management.
Servicewide....................... Waste Prevention, 150
Recycling and Env.
Mgmt Sys.
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Subtotal, Nationwide .................... 11,320
Engineering Svcs.
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Total....................... .................... 53,285
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land acquisition
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $72,893,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 40,737,000
Committee recommendation................................ 64,689,000
The Committee recommends $64,689,000, an increase of
$23,952,000 above the budget request.
The following table shows the Committee's recommendations:
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Committee
State Project recommendation
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AK Alaska Peninsula NWR $750,000
FL Archie Carr NWR 711,000
CO Baca NWR 9,000,000
VA Back Bay NWR 1,000,000
TX Balcones Canyonland NWR 2,500,000
MO Big Muddy NFWR 500,000
NE Boyer Chute NWR 500,000
AR Cache River NWR 750,000
WV Canaan Valley NWR 600,000
TN Chickasaw NWR 1,500,000
KY Clarks River NWR 500,000
SD Dakota Tallgrass Prairie 1,500,000
MI Detroit River IWR 1,500,000
MO/IL Great River NWR 500,000
NJ Great Swamp NWR 1,350,000
HI James Campbell NWR 3,000,000
TN Lower Hatchie NWR 1,800,000
TX Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR 1,750,000
MN Minnesota Valley NWR 1,000,000
MN/IA Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR 470,000
IN Patoka NWR 500,000
ME Rachel Carson NWR 1,000,000
LA Red River NWR 750,000
RI Rhode Island refuge complex 1,500,000
CA San Diego NWR 2,500,000
CA San Joaquin River NWR 1,500,000
FL St. Marks NWR 1,000,000
AK Togiak NWR 1,500,000
SC Waccamaw NWR 3,000,000
MT Western MT Project/Blackfoot Challenge 2,000,000
WV White Sulphur Springs NFH 400,000
AK Yukon Flats NWR 500,000
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Subtotal, Acquisitions 47,331,000
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Acquisition Management 9,800,000
CAM 2,058,000
Exchanges 1,000,000
Inholdings 2,500,000
Emergencies & Hardships 2,000,000
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Total, FWS Land Acquisition 64,689,000
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The Service is encouraged to perform environmental reviews
and other activities in preparation for a land exchange within
the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $39,740,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 40,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 40,000,000
The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for the Landowner
Incentive Program, which is equal to the budget request.
STEWARDSHIP GRANTS
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $9,935,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for stewardship
grants, which are competitive awards made directly to
individuals and groups involved in endangered species recovery
efforts on private lands.
cooperative endangered species conservation fund
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $80,473,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 86,614,000
Committee recommendation................................ 86,614,000
The Committee recommends $86,614,000 for the cooperative
endangered species conservation fund, of which $2,585,000 is
for administration and $50,000,000 is for habitat conservation
plan land acquisition.
national wildlife refuge fund
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $14,320,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 14,414,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,414,000
The Committee recommends $14,414,000 for the national
wildlife refuge fund, the same as the budget request.
north american wetlands conservation fund
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $38,309,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 49,560,000
Committee recommendation................................ 42,982,000
The Committee recommends $42,982,000 for the North American
wetlands conservation fund, a reduction of $6,578,000 below the
budget request.
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $2,981,000
Budget estimate, 2004...................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for neotropical
migratory bird conservation.
multinational species conservation fund
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $4,768,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 7,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,000,000 for
the multinational species conservation fund, a decrease of
$1,000,000 below the budget estimate. The funds for neotropical
birds have been provided under a separate heading. Funds within
this account shall be equally divided between the four programs
(African elephant, Rhino and Tiger, Asian elephant and Great
ape conservation).
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $64,577,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 59,983,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,000,000
The Committee recommends $75,000,000 for State and tribal
wildlife grants. Of the amount provided, $5,000,000 is provided
for tribal grants.
In addition to the amount provided for State and Tribal
Wildlife Grants, the Committee has provided significant funding
for the LWCF State Assistance program through the National Park
Service. The Committee believes that these two programs can be
mutually beneficial, as grants supported by the State
Assistance program may be beneficial to non-game wildlife and
grants supported by the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
program may have associated recreation benefits. The Committee
urges the Department to work with States, tribes, and other
relevant stakeholders to explore opportunities to develop
synergies between these two programs.
The Committee expects that funds provided under this
heading shall be added to revenues from existing State sources
and not serve as a substitute for revenues from such sources.
The Committee has included bill language that allows
individual States to use up to 10 percent of the funds they
receive under this heading to be used for wildlife conservation
education efforts that contribute significantly to the
conservation of wildlife species or their habitats.
National Park Service
operation of the national park system
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,564,331,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,631,882,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,636,299,000
The Committee recommends $1,636,299,000 for operation of
the National Park System, an increase of $71,968,000 over the
enacted level. The amount provided reflects all proposed
transfers and IT savings, and includes an increase of
$20,000,000 over the budget request for park base operating
budgets. Of the funds provided above the budget request for
park base operating increases, $1,000,000 should be allocated
to the National Trails program.
Resource Stewardship.--The Committee recommends
$342,485,000 for resource stewardship, an increase of
$4,336,000 over the enacted level. Changes to the enacted level
included increases of $1,945,000 for fixed costs, $225,000 for
the Cumberland Piedmont Network Learning Center, $750,000 to
monitor chronic wasting disease, $5,000,000 for inventory and
monitoring, $600,000 for water quality monitoring, $750,000 for
vanishing treasures, and $6,862,000 for park operations.
Decreases include $200,000 for Greenspaces for Living as
proposed in the budget request.
Visitor Services.--The Committee recommends $323,965,000
for visitor services, and increase of $8,590,000 over the
enacted level. Changes to the enacted level included increases
of $3,350,000 for fixed costs, $1,400,000 for law enforcement
training, and $6,866,000 for park operations. The recommended
amount also reflects the decreases proposed in the budget
request.
Maintenance.--The Committee recommends $567,294,000 for
maintenance, an increase of $47,324,000 over the enacted level.
Changes to the enacted level included increases of $3,645,000
for fixed costs, $9,315,000 for repair and rehabilitation,
$2,606,000 for facility condition assessments, $14,000,000 for
cyclic maintenance, and $8,832,000 for park operations. There
is a decrease of $721,000 for the facility management software
system.
The Committee is aware that the National Park Service is
continuing its efforts to acquire the Pemberton House at
Vicksburg NMP with funds appropriated in fiscal year 2002. Upon
completion of the acquisition, the Committee directs the
Service to make available the funds necessary to stabilize the
building and establish operations at the site.
Of the amounts provided for maintenance, $368,000 is for
Ocmulgee NM to replace unsafe floor coverings, construct a
boundary fence and perform other maintenance work.
Park Support.--The Committee recommends $288,336,000 for
park support, an increase of $5,031,000 from the enacted level.
Changes to the enacted level included increases of $2,429,000
for fixed costs, $500,000 for partnership regional
coordinators, $505,000 for IT security and accreditation,
$600,000 for wild and scenic partnership rivers, $1,000,000 for
volunteers in parks, $2,000,000 for challenge cost share, and
$4,000,000 for resource restoration challenge cost share.
Reductions include $200,000 for international travel,
$1,384,000 for park operations, and $3,000,000 for incidental
personnel costs.
The Committee continues to expect the Service to allocate
one third of the amount provided for the regular challenge cost
share program to the National Trails System.
External Administrative Costs.--The Committee recommends
$114,219,000 for external administrative costs, an increase of
$6,687,000 over the enacted level. The amount provided reflects
transfers and an increase of $3,093,000 for fixed costs.
Other.--The Committee has included language under
Administrative Provisions to facilitate the administration of
the Park Pass program by the National Park Foundation.
The Committee has included language in the bill authorizing
the use of funds for construction of a memorial to Kris Eggle,
a National Park Service ranger who was killed in the line of
duty.
Using any available funds and in cooperation with non-
Federal partners, the Service is directed to continue efforts
to acquire the Rapuzzi collection for Klondike Gold Rush NHP.
The Service should report to the Committee by December 1, 2004
on the status of these efforts.
The Committee is aware of discussions that have taken place
regarding certain management challenges faced by both the
Service and the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust at the Oklahoma
City National Memorial. Should additional funding for the
Memorial be necessary, the Committee would consider a
reprogramming of funds to the extent consistent with relevant
authorizing legislation.
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $77,921,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 78,859,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,349,000
The Committee recommends $78,349,000 for the United States
Park Police, an increase of $428,000 above the enacted level.
The increase provided is for fixed costs.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $61,268,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 47,936,000
Committee recommendation................................ 60,154,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $60,154,000
for national recreation and preservation, a decrease of
$1,215,000 from the enacted level.
Recreation Programs.--The Committee recommends an increase
of $7,000 over the enacted level for recreation programs. The
increase provided is for fixed costs.
Natural Programs.--The Committee recommends an increase of
$1,634,000 over the enacted level for natural programs. The
increase provided includes $134,000 for fixed costs and
$1,500,000 for the rivers and trails conservation program. The
Service should continue its support for the Northern Forest
Canoe Trail through the challenge cost share program at the
$250,000 level.
Cultural Programs.--The Committee recommends an increase of
$20,000 over the enacted level for cultural programs. The
amount provided largely restores the proposed reduction in
national register programs, and includes $100,000 in technical
assistance for the Gettysburg Battlefield National Historic
District.
International Park Affairs.--The Committee recommends a
decrease of $82,000 from the enacted level for international
park affairs, as proposed in the budget request.
Environmental and Compliance Review.--The Committee
recommends an increase of $4,000 over the enacted level for
environmental compliance and review. The increase provided is
for fixed costs.
Grant Administration.--The Committee recommends an increase
of $20,000 over the enacted level for grant administration. The
increase provided is for fixed costs.
Heritage Partnership Programs.--The Committee recommends a
decrease of $772,000 from the enacted level for heritage
partnership programs. The Committee recommends the following
distribution of funds:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Project recommendation
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America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership............. 800
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area.................... 400
Automobile National Heritage Area....................... 600
Cache La Poudre River Corridor (from ONPS).............. 45
Cane River National Heritage Area (from ONPS)........... 900
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.......... 844
Erie Canalway National Heritage Area.................... 397
Essex National Heritage Area............................ 900
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.............. 522
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.. 745
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 795
Corridor...............................................
Lackawanna Heritage Area................................ 646
National Coal Heritage Area............................. 123
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor.......... 900
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 844
Corridor...............................................
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.................. 900
Schuykill National Heritage Center...................... 497
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic 497
District...............................................
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor............... 900
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area....................... 209
Wheeling National Heritage Area......................... 900
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.................... 123
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Subtotal, Commissions & Grants.................... 13,487
Technical Support....................................... 124
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Total, Heritage Partnership Programs.............. 13,611
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The Committee has provided $745,000 for the Illinois and
Michigan Canal NHC. The Committee expects the funds to be used
for appropriate activities and related projects, including the
Port of LaSalle project, in accordance with Public Law 98-398.
Statutory or Contractual Aid.--The Committee recommends a
decrease of $1,112,000 from the enacted level for statutory or
contractual aid. The distribution of funds is shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
recommendation
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission.............. 200
Brown Foundation....................................... 200
Chesapeake Bay Gateways................................ 2,500
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission.................... 87
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.................... 806
Jamestown 2007......................................... 199
Johnstown Area Heritage Association.................... 49
Lamprey River.......................................... 1,200
Mandan Interpetive Center and Lodge project............ 500
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center......................... 528
Native Hawaiian culture and arts program............... 740
New Orleans Jazz Commission............................ 66
Office of Arctic Studies............................... 1,500
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission..... 847
Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef NP................ 497
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Total............................................ 9,919
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The Committee notes that funding for the Flight 93 Memorial
is included within the amounts provided for the Operation of
the National Park System account. The Memorial was funded in
the National Recreation and Preservation account in fiscal year
2003.
URBAN PARKS AND RECREATION FUND
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $298,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 305,000
Committee recommendation................................ 305,000
The Committee recommends $305,000 for the urban parks and
recreation fund, the same as the budget request.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $68,552,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 67,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 75,750,000
The Committee recommends $75,750,000 for the historic
preservation fund, an increase of $7,198,000 above the enacted
level. The amount provided includes increases over the budget
request of $3,000,000 for grants-in-aid to States, $250,000 for
grants-in-aid to tribes, $2,000,000 for Save America's
Treasures, $500,000 for the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, and $3,000,000 for historically black colleges
and universities. The amount provided for the National Trust
for Historic Preservation concludes the Federal commitment to
the National Trust Historic Sites endowment program.
construction
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $325,712,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 327,257,000
Committee recommendation................................ 341,531,000
The Committee recommends $341,531,000 for construction, an
increase of $14,274,000 above the budget request. The Committee
recommends the following distribution of funds:
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Abraham Lincoln Library, IL........................... 3,000
Acadia NP, ME (upgrade utilities and campgrounds)..... 7,017
American Memorial Park, Saipan (upgrade water delivery 892
system)..............................................
Assateague Island NS, MD (design visitor center)...... 500
Badlands NP, SD (correct safety/ADA deficiencies at 3,996
visitor center)......................................
Big Bend NP, TX (Chisos Basin water supply)........... 1,946
Big Cypress NP, FL (rehabilitate off-road vehicle 1,047
trails [complete])...................................
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (reconstruct historic guard 3,186
walls)...............................................
Boston Harbor Islands NRA, MA (install safety rails 727
and walkways--George's Island).......................
Boston NHP, MA (rehabilitate USS Constitution 2,408
maintenance facility)................................
Boston NHP, MA (rehabilitate Commandant's House)...... 744
Bryce Canyon NP, UT (renovate and expand Sunset point 859
restroom and picnic facility)........................
Cane River Creole NHP, LA (curatorial facility)....... 1,216
Central High School NHS, AR (pre-planning of visitor 267
center)..............................................
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, MD (stabilize towpath 1,538
wall and construct footbridge).......................
Colonial NHP, VA (protect Jamestown collections and 7,611
rehab visitor center [complete]).....................
Colonial NHP, VA (protect Yorktown museum collection). 725
Crater Lake NP, OR (restore historic residence for use 999
as science and learning center)......................
Craters of the Moon NM, ID (upgrade visitor center)... 1,334
Dayton Aviation NHP, OH (various)..................... 2,850
Denali NP, AK (southside planning).................... 750
Dry Tortugas NP, FL (stabilize and restore fort)...... 5,883
Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, NY (restore historic buildings 2,750
and landscape).......................................
Everglades NP, FL (modified water delivery system).... 12,990
Frederick Douglass NHS, DC (rehab).................... 955
Ft. Washington Park, MD (repair and rehabilitation)... 5,383
Fredricksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields 1,560
Memorial NMP, VA (stabilize historic ruins and
resources)...........................................
Gateway NRA, NY (rehab hangars 5 & 6 at Floyd Bennett 2,416
Field)...............................................
General Grant NMem, NY (rehabilitate Gen. Grant's 1,732
tomb)................................................
George Washington Carver NM, MO (visitor center)...... 3,500
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA (rehabilitate 3,383
U.S. Marine Corps Memorial)..........................
Grand Teton NP, WY (visitor center)................... 3,000
Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN (rehabilitate comfort 2,364
stations and picnic areas)...........................
Harpers Ferry NP, WV (rehab bldgs., transportation 3,200
system)..............................................
Horace Albright Training Center, AZ (rehabilitate 7,437
center)..............................................
Hot Springs NP, AR (rehab Quawpaw bathhouse).......... 2,000
Independence NHP, PA (construct security fence)....... 5,100
Independence NHP, PA (Independence Square site 3,000
rehabilitation)......................................
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, MO (construct 4,339
security fence)......................................
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC, RI/MA..... 1,000
Lake Mead NRA, AZ (replace and upgrade Willow Beach 3,514
wastewater treatment)................................
Lincoln Home NHS, IL (rehabilitate interior).......... 285
Lowell NHP, MA (stabilize/rehab interior of historic 674
railroad tunnel).....................................
L.Q.C. Lamar House NHL, MS (restoration).............. 300
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (reconstruct water system)........ 6,014
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (rehab cave electrical system 3,593
[complete])..........................................
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, VT (rehabilitate barn) 750
Mesa Verde NP, CO (replace hazardous HVAC systems in 1,207
Chapin Mesa).........................................
Minute Man NHP, MA (save resources and provide safe 1,365
access, North Bridge)................................
Morristown NHP, NJ (rehab historic buildings)......... 1,789
Morris Thompson Visitor and Cultural Center, AK....... 3,000
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (rehab primary electrical 4,000
distribution system).................................
Natchez Trace Parkway, MS (rehab)..................... 1,000
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (improve security 10,000
around Washington Monument)..........................
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (improve security 4,858
around Jefferson Memorial)...........................
New Bedford Whaling NHP, MA (Corson Building)......... 3,500
New River Gorge NR, WV (reroof Canyon Rim v.c., 3,141
stabilization of structures, boundary survey, trail
access)..............................................
Olympic NP, WA (Elwha River restoration).............. 12,950
Organ Pipe NM, AZ (construct vehicle barrier)......... 4,405
Pacific Coast Immigration Museum, CA.................. 385
Petrified Forest NP, AZ (rehabilitate Painted Desert 3,124
Inn and cabins)......................................
Petersburg NB, VA (consolidate, rehab, replace 781
maintenance facilities)..............................
Petersburg NB, VA (restore/repair Appomattox Manor 881
Foundation)..........................................
Puukohola Heiau NHS, HI (re-establish historic scene). 3,046
Rock Creek Park, DC (preserve and protect Meridian 2,891
Hill Park)...........................................
San Francisco Maritime NHP, CA (rehabilitate C.A. 1,177
Thayer [complete])...................................
Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP, CA (replace potable water 2,210
tanks and provide fire suppression at park
headquarters)........................................
Sun Watch NHL, OH (rehab)............................. 375
Tallgrass Prairie NPres, KS (design resource center).. 750
Thomas Stone NHS, MD (visitor access/restoration)..... 948
Timpanogos Cave NM, UT (design visitor center)........ 250
Utah Public Lands Artifact Preservation Act, UT....... 4,000
Western Arctic parklands, AK (construct NW Alaska 700
Heritage Center and Administrative Center)...........
White House (structural and utility rehabilitation)... 6,443
Wind Cave NP, SD (preplace failing wastewater 3,909
treatment)...........................................
Wrangell-St. Elias NP & Pres, AK (stabilize and rehab 933
Kennecott site)......................................
Yellowstone NP, WY (restoration of Old House at Old 5,973
Faithful Inn)........................................
Yellowstone NP, WY (replace administrative snowcoaches 1,892
and improve support infrastructure)..................
Yellowstone NP, WY (reconstruct West Entrance Station) 1,888
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Subtotal, Line item construction................ 224,505
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Emergency and unscheduled projects.................... 5,500
Housing replacement................................... 8,000
Dam safety............................................ 2,700
Equipment replacement:
Replacement of park operations equipment.......... 14,333
Conversion to narrowband radio system............. 20,646
Modernization of information mgmt. system......... 481
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Subtotal, Equipment replacement................. 35,460
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Construction planning................................. 24,480
Construction program management and operations:
Associate Director, Professional Services......... 1,002
Denver Service Center operations.................. 16,464
Regional facility project support................. 10,000
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Subtotal, Const. program mgmt. & ops............ 27,466
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General management planning:
EIS planning and compliance....................... 4,996
General management and strategic planning......... 7,924
Special resource studies.......................... 500
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Subtotal, General management planning........... 13,420
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Subtotal, Other construction.................... 117,026
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Total, National Park Service construction....... 341,531
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Last year, NPS was directed to provide a report and
information regarding the allocation of the line-item
construction planning program. This year, the Committee revises
its direction to NPS. Since the planning dollars are in support
of the 5-year line item construction plan, the managers direct
NPS to include the proposed 5-year line item construction list
in the budget justification, along with an identification and
brief description of new planning starts anticipated in the
upcoming fiscal year. Within 60 days of enactment of the
appropriations bill, NPS should provide the Committee with the
final allocation of the planning funds. Significant deviations
from the allocation list should be provided to the Committee,
as well as any major scope changes that occur on a project.
Inclusion of the 5-year plan in the budget justification will
also assist the Appropriations Committees in reviewing new
proposed projects with an estimated cost in excess of
$5,000,000. NPS should work with the Committee to develop a
reporting mechanism, for submission by April 1 annually, to
identify those capital projects estimated to cost more than
$5,000,000 that are proposed to be constructed, whether from
construction or other fund sources, including fee
demonstration, concessions, and donations.
The funds provided for Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP are for
the following projects: $600,000 for an interpretive film and
wayside exhibits, $300,000 for interpretive developments at the
Wright home and engineering laboratory and for construction of
the facade at the Fifth Cycle Shop, $200,000 for handicap
access at the Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial, $150,000 for an
historic structures report on 26 South Williams Street,
$300,000 for displays at the Wright Dunbar Interpretive Center,
$500,000 for the Pekin Theater and $800,000 for parking lot
construction.
The Committee is aware that pending legislation would
authorize the National Park Service to occupy a portion of the
Hibben Archaeological Research Center for the storage of
collections from Chaco Culture NHP. Should such legislation be
enacted, the Service should consider allocating equipment funds
to establish operations at the Hibben Center.
The Committee encourages the National Park Service to
continue the ongoing planning for the proposed visitor facility
at Homestead National Monument, Nebraska. This project received
planning funding in fiscal year 2003. Construction funding of
$4,500,000 for this project is included in the fiscal year
2004-2008 5-year line-item construction program of the National
Park Service. Funding to complete planning for this project
should be provided consistent with NPS allocation procedures
for lump-sum planning related to the 5-year plan.
The Committee is aware of discussions among the National
Park Service, the City of New Orleans and prospective local
partners regarding the development of an interpretive center
for New Orleans Jazz National Park. The Committee is supportive
of these efforts, and encourages the parties involved to
continue their work toward an acceptable cooperative agreement.
Participants in these discussions should be mindful, however,
of the language regarding partnership projects that was
included in the Statement of Managers accompanying the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2003. The Committee also notes that any interpretive
center proposal must be consistent with the park's general
management plan, and must address the safety of both visitors
to the Park and National Park Service personnel.
The Committee has provided funding for visitor facilities
at Timpanogos Cave NM, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve,
Assateague Island NS, and Grand Teton NP. The Committee expects
that design of these projects will be processed through the
visitor center planning model and other Service procedures to
ensure that the facilities are appropriately sized for their
location and purposes. The Committee also reiterates its views
regarding partnership projects as expressed in the Statement of
Managers accompanying the fiscal year 2003 Interior and Related
Agencies appropriations bill.
The funds provided for planning of the Pacific Coast
Immigration Museum complete the Federal commitment to the
project.
Funding provided for Sun Watch NHL and the L.Q.C. Lamar
House NHL is to be matched with non-Federal funds.
The Committee encourages the National Park Service to
continue with general management planning activities at Cedar
Creek and Belle Grove NHP, as indicated in the budget
justification.
The Committee encourages the Service to commence work on
recently authorized resource study of the Bainbridge Island
Eagledale Ferry Dock, as well as on the general management plan
for the Old Spanish Trail.
The Committee recognizes the many historic, natural, and
cultural aspects which have combined to make the Bismarck and
Mandan areas of North Dakota an important national resource
worthy of recognition, conservation, and interpretation. With
the earliest Indian settlements dating back to the 1500s, the
area has played an integral role in American history and the
Nation's westward expansion, particularly through the events
associated with the Lewis and Clark expedition. The Committee
also appreciates the various preservation efforts undertaken by
the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, and notes that the
Foundation is well suited to assist with further conservation
endeavors. The Committee therefore directs the Service to work
with the Foundation in helping to determine what additional
resources are worthy of protection in an effort to preserve the
heritage of this area. The Service should report its findings
to the Committee by January 1, 2004.
The Committee is aware of additional repairs and
improvements needed at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis
Center, and urges the Service to work with cooperators to make
such repairs and improvements in a timely fashion.
The Committee is aware that the U.S. Army will be
relocating some of its fire and emergency services personnel
currently located in Hawaii. This relocation will severely
undercut the availability of such vital services at the
Volcanoes National Park. The Committee understands, and greatly
appreciates, that the County of Hawaii is willing to provide
these services, and urges the Service to make $250,000
available for transition funding.
land and water conservation fund
(RESCISSION)
Appropriations, 2003.................................... -$30,000,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... -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 2004.
land acquisition and state assistance
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $171,348,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 238,634,000
Committee recommendation................................ 158,473,000
The Committee recommends $158,473,000 for land acquisition
and State assistance, a reduction of $80,161,000 below the
budget request.
The following table shows the Committee recommendation:
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Committee
Area and State recommendation
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Big Thicket National Preserve (TX).................... $5,400,000
Civil War Battlefield Sites (Grants).................. 2,000,000
Ft. Clatsop NMem (OR)................................. 1,250,000
Great Sand Dunes NP (CO).............................. 2,000,000
Gulf Islands NS (Cat Island) (MS)..................... 5,000,000
Gulf Islands NS (Horn Island) (MS).................... 1,100,000
Hawaii Volcanoes NP (HI).............................. 4,000,000
Ice Age NST (WI)...................................... 1,000,000
New Jersey Pinelands Preserve (NJ).................... 1,000,000
Obed Wild and Scenic River (TN)....................... 1,569,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields NHD (VA)............... 1,000,000
Sleeping Bear Dunes NL (MI)........................... 1,000,000
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (FL)........ 1,000,000
Valley Forge NHP (PA)................................. 5,000,000
Wrangell-St. Elias NP (AK)............................ 2,500,000
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Subtotal, Acquisitions.......................... 34,819,000
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Emergencies/Hardships................................. 4,000,000
Inholdings/Exchanges.................................. 4,000,000
Acquisition management................................ 11,654,000
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Subtotal, NPS Federal Land Acquisition.......... 54,473,000
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State Assistance Grants............................... 100,000,000
State Assistance Grant Administration................. 4,000,000
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Total, State Assistance......................... 104,000,000
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TOTAL, NPS Land Acquisition and State Assistance 158,473,000
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The Committee understands that the funds provided for
Valley Forge NP, together with reprogrammed funds and carryover
balances, are sufficient to complete Phase I of the Toll
Brothers acquisition. The Committee further understands that
reprogrammed funds are being made available for the acquisition
of 15 acres recently added to Booker T. Washington NM. The
amount provided for Hawaii Volcanoes NP, together with
carryover balances and reprogrammed funds, are sufficient to
complete the acquisition of Kahuku Ranch.
The National Park Service is currently completing an
environmental assessment on expanding the boundary of Theodore
Roosevelt National Park to include the Elkhorn Ranch. The
Committee is aware that, while local comments overwhelmingly
support the creation of a National Preserve, the Park Service
has not considered this option. Given expressed local support,
the Committee directs the Park Service to reevaluate study
comments to consider the creation of a National Preserve. The
Committee expects the Park Service to report back to the
Committee on its findings within 90 days of enactment of this
Act.
In addition to the amount provided for State Assistance,
the Committee has provided significant funding for State and
Tribal Wildlife Grants through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. The Committee believes that these two programs can be
mutually beneficial, as grants supported by the State
Assistance program may be beneficial to non-game wildlife and
grants supported by the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants may
have associated recreation benefits. The Committee urges the
Department to work with States, tribes and other relevant
stakeholders to explore opportunities to develop synergies
between these two programs.
In the absence of mitigating circumstances, the governors
of the States and territories shall be officially informed of
LWCF State assistance apportionments within 30 days of
enactment.
ENERGY AND MINERALS
U.S. Geological Survey
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $919,272,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 895,505,000
Committee recommendation................................ 928,864,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $928,864,000
for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for fiscal year
2004, an amount of $9,592,000 above the fiscal year 2003
enacted level. The detail table at the back of the report
displays the Committee's proposed distribution of funds among
the Survey's activities.
National Mapping Program.--The Committee recommends
$128,889,000 for the national mapping program, a decrease of
$4,317,000 below the current year enacted level. The Committee
does not agree to the proposed budget decreases of $4,444,000
for data collection or $2,770,000 for geographic analysis and
has included these sums in its recommendation. Further, the
Committee notes that the proposed IT reduction for the mapping
program is $6,640,000, an amount that exceeds the IT savings
proposed for much larger agencies and bureaus, such as the
Forest Service or the National Park Service, which have budgets
of approximately $4,000,000,000 and $2,000,000,000
respectively. The Committee has not been given information that
would substantiate such a large reduction and, therefore, has
restored all but $1,050,000 to the program. Other changes to
the enacted level include an increase of $1,133,000 to
partially fund uncontrollable costs, and decreases of
$3,000,000 for the AmericaView program and $1,400,000 for
closure of the Center for Integration and Natural Disaster
Information [CINDI] program. Functions performed within the
CINDI program have been transferred to other areas within USGS.
Included in base funding is an amount of $1,000,000 to continue
the Alaska digital data mapping program, which was initiated in
fiscal year 2003.
Geological Hazards, Resources and Processes.--The Committee
recommends $236,872,000 for the geological hazards, resources
and processes program, an increase of $3,705,000 above the
current year enacted level. The Committee does not agree with
the proposed budget reduction of $11,172,000 to the Minerals
Resources base program and has restored these funds in full.
Similarly, the Committee has not accepted the proposed decrease
of $1,900,000 to the Advanced National Seismic System program.
These funds are maintained in the base and an increase of
$500,000 is provided to expand the earthquake program's
capabilities. Other increases to the enacted level include
$2,141,000 to partially fund fixed costs; $300,000 for INSAR
data acquisition; $200,000 for Mauna Loa volcano monitoring;
$500,000 for a Clark County, Nevada mineral inventory; $300,000
for a Kansas well log inventory; an additional $1,000,000 for
Shemya volcano monitoring equipment, which brings the total
program amount to $2,000,000; an additional $500,000 for the
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping program; and $1,225,000
for a coalbed methane study of the Tongue River watershed.
Other projects that are continued within base funds include
$500,000 for the North Carolina erosion study; $1,500,000 to
complete funding for the Alaska Minerals at Risk program;
$1,250,000 for South Carolina/Georgia Coastal erosion and
coastal monitoring studies, of which $250,000 is intended for
the South Carolina coastal erosion monitoring program; $250,000
to continue the cooperative program with the University of
Hawaii-Hilo; and $500,000 for land subsidence studies in
Louisiana. Decreases to the enacted level include $500,000 for
the global dust program; $500,000 for the Central Great Lakes
Geologic Mapping Coalition; $499,000 for the LIDAR consortium;
$950,000 for IT savings; and $2,000,000 for the Tampa Bay pilot
project.
Water Resources Investigations.--The Committee recommends
$209,547,000 for the water resources investigations, an amount
of $2,396,000 above the current year enacted level. Increases
include $2,190,000 to partially meet mandatory pay and
benefits; $500,000 for a United States-Mexico border
environmental health initiative; $500,000 for a Rathdrum
Prairie aquifer study, an amount that will be matched in part
by Washington and Idaho; $2,000,000 for collaborative studies
with the University of Oklahoma, of which $1,000,000 is for the
evaluation of current and potential groundwater contamination
of the Roubidoux Aquifer from abandoned mine waste and
$1,000,000 is for subsurface geologic research to identify
areas at high risk of subsidence; $50,000 for a study on the
efficiency of mercury methylation in South Carolina rivers;
$414,000 for the NAWQA program; and $37,000 to restore the
fiscal year 2003 across-the-board reduction to the Water
Resources Research Institutes [WRRI] program for a total of
$6,000,000. The budget request assumed the elimination of the
WRRI program. Projects that are continued within base funds
include $450,000 for groundwater monitoring work in Hawaii, an
additional amount of $299,000 for investigations of mercury in
Lake Champlain to bring that program total to $485,000;
$500,000 for the Potomac River basin groundwater study; and
$200,000 for a study of extremophilic life at Berkeley Pit
Lake. Within appropriated funds, an amount of up to $1,000,000
may be expended for the Survey's participation in the work of
the Long-Term Estuary Assessment program. Decreases include IT
savings of $1,580,000, a $300,000 technical adjustment to
transfer large vessel maintenance funds to the facilities
activity, $1,000,000 to initiate a Lake Ponchartrain study,
$195,000 for a hydrologic study of Noyes Slough and $220,000
for a cladophora blooms study.
Biological Research.--The Committee recommends $169,580,000
for biological research, an amount of $235,000 below the
enacted level. Changes include increases of $1,544,000 for
fixed costs; $2,000,000 for invasive species work; $500,000 for
the addition of a Mid-Atlantic NBII node; an additional
$100,000 for Diamondback Terrapin research for a total of
$200,000; and an additional $400,000 for molecular biology
research at the Leetown facility for a total of $800,000. Of
the $2,000,000 provided for invasive species research,
$1,000,000 is intended for the GeoResources Institute at
Mississippi State University. The Committee encourages the
Institute to work collaboratively with the Survey, to the
extent possible, on issues of shared interest. Decreases
include $650,000 for IT savings; a $600,000 technical
adjustment to transfer vessel maintenance funds to the
facilities activity; $500,000 for a Wellsboro genetics study;
$300,000 for inventory and monitoring on the Cherokee National
Forest; $50,000 for a Tunison salmon study; $499,000 for
ballast water research; $180,000 for Yukon River Chum Salmon
research; and $2,000,000 for fire science research. The
Committee is supportive of the USGS contribution to the
Department's overall fire science program but suggests that
funding for its work should be derived from the larger program.
Projects that are continued within base funds include $750,000
for a mining study on the Mark Twain National Forest in
cooperation with the Water Resources activity; $500,000 for a
Pallid Sturgeon study, $1,000,000 for the Northern Continental
Divide Ecosystem genetic survey; $300,000 for multidisciplinary
water studies at the Leetown Science Center; $400,000 to
continue support for the newly established co-op unit at the
University of Nebraska; and $500,000 for a decision support
system for Lake Tahoe.
Last year, the Committee requested a report from the Survey
that would provide information regarding current and future
goals of the NBII program, as well as a prioritized list for
its expansion. The Committee understands that this report is
now in draft form. In the meantime, the Committee is continuing
to receive numerous inquiries regarding the establishment of
additional nodes or expansion of existing ones. Proposals such
as the one to expand the Northeast Information Node appear to
have strong merit and enjoy considerable strong support. As the
Committee will be required to make decisions in the next few
months that will impact the growth of the NBII program, it is
imperative that the Survey complete and submit its report as
quickly as possible in order to provide the Committee with what
it hopes will be a useful tool in making those decisions.
Science Support.--The Committee recommends $91,422,000 for
science support activities, an amount of $6,245,000 above the
current year enacted level. Changes include increases of
$1,605,000 for uncontrollable cost adjustments; $1,000,000 for
critical IT security needs; and $3,990,000 for the conversion
of existing wideband radios to digital narrowband land mobile
radios as mandated by Federal law. A decrease of $350,000 in IT
savings has been assumed in agreement with the budget request.
Facilities.--The Committee recommends $92,554,000 for
facilities, an amount of $1,798,000 above the current year
enacted level. Changes include increases of $3,073,000 for
fixed cost adjustments and $200,000 for unanticipated
construction costs at the Leetown facility, and decreases of
$1,200,000 for equipment at the Tampa Bay facility, $800,000
for repairs at the Tunison Lab and $375,000 for completed
design work at the Leetown facility. As proposed in the budget
request, a total of $900,000 has been transferred from the
water investigations program and the biological research
program into the facilities activity. These funds are used for
the maintenance of large vessels and are more appropriately
considered as part of the Survey's facilities budget.
Minerals Management Service
royalty and offshore minerals management
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $164,247,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 164,216,000
Committee recommendation................................ 166,016,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $166,016,000
for royalty and offshore minerals management, an increase of
$1,800,000 above the budget request. The funding amounts set
out below are at the activity level. Additional details on
funding for sub-activities within the various appropriations
accounts for the Service are set out in a table in the back of
this report.
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Outer Continental Shelf lands................................ $139,206,000 $141,006,000 +$1,800,000
Royalty management........................................... 80,396,000 80,396,000 ...............
General administration....................................... 44,844,000 44,844,000 ...............
Use of receipts.............................................. -100,230,000 -100,230,000 ...............
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Total, royalty and offshore minerals management........ 164,216,000 166,016,000 +1,800,000
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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.
The Committee has provided an increase of $1,800,000 above
the budget request for the resource evaluation program in the
Outer Continental Shelf lands activity. The increase is
comprised of $800,000 for the Center for Marine Resources and
Environmental Technology to support exploration and sustainable
development of seabed minerals and $1,000,000 for the Marine
Mineral Technology Center in Alaska to support exploration and
sustainable development of seabed minerals.
Within the funds provided for the regulatory program in the
Outer Continental Shelf lands activity, $1,400,000 shall be
allocated for the Offshore Technology Research Center to
perform research for MMS through the cooperative agreement
dated June 18, 1999.
The service should evaluate its allocation of funds for
studying the impacts of oil and gas exploration on marine
animals and determine whether additional funds should be
devoted to coastal areas of Mississippi.
The Committee has continued bill language that was included
in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations act under general
provisions, Department of the Interior to prohibit the use of
funds for Outer Continental Shelf leasing and development in
certain areas.
The Committee has deleted bill language which places a
moratorium on leasing activities in the North Aleutian Basin.
However, the Committee notes as it has in prior years that
development activities outside of approved areas identified in
the agency's 5-year Outer Continental Shelf 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.
The Committee understands that the process of projecting
offsetting receipts 1 to 2 years into the future is an
uncertain business. Recognizing this, 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.
oil spill research
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $6,065,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 7,105,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,105,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,105,000 for
oil spill research, which is equal to the request.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $104,681,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 106,699,000
Committee recommendation................................ 106,699,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $106,699,000
for regulation and technology, which is equal to the budget
estimate. A comparison of the budget estimate and the Committee
recommendation is as follows:
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Environmental restoration.................................... $163,000 $163,000 ...............
Environmental protection..................................... 79,463,000 79,463,000 ...............
Technology development and transfer.......................... 12,749,000 12,749,000 ...............
Financial management......................................... 491,000 491,000 ...............
Executive direction.......................................... 13,558,000 13,558,000 ...............
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Subtotal, regulation and technology.................... 106,424,000 106,424,000 ...............
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Civil penalties.............................................. 275,000 275,000 ...............
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Total, regulation and technology....................... 106,699,000 106,699,000 ...............
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ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
(Definite, Trust Fund)
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $190,498,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 174,469,000
Committee recommendation................................ 190,893,000
The Committee recommends $190,893,000 for the abandoned
mine reclamation fund, which is an increase above the budget
estimate of $16,424,000. A comparison of the Committee
recommendation and the budget estimate is as follows:
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Environmental restoration.................................... $157,137,000 $173,561,000 +$16,424,000
Technology development and transfer.......................... 4,184,000 4,184,000 ...............
Financial management......................................... 6,260,000 6,260,000 ...............
Executive direction.......................................... 6,888,000 6,888,000 ...............
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Total.................................................. 281,168,000 297,592,000 +16,424,000
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The Committee has restored funding for the abandoned mine
reclamation program to the enacted level. The Committee
continues to believe that these funds are critically needed to
address the enormous backlog of high priority reclamation work.
The Committee has included $10,000,000 for the Appalachian
clean streams initiative to address acid mine drainage
problems.
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 in the
bill 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 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
operation of indian programs
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,845,246,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,889,735,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,912,178,000
The Committee recommends $1,912,178,000 for the operation
of Indian programs, an increase of $66,843,000 above the fiscal
year 2003 enacted level, and $22,443,000 above the budget
estimate. Increases include internal transfers and fixed costs
in the amount of $16,497,000. In addition, the Committee has
increased funding for tribal courts and welfare assistance,
restored cuts made in vital education and resource programs,
including the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges, and
increased law enforcement funding to support the operation,
maintenance and staffing of new detention facilities. The
following table provides a comparison of the budget estimate
and Committee recommendations in the major programmatic areas:
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TRIBAL BUDGET SYSTEM
Tribal Priority Allocations.................................. $777,689,000 $780,689,000 +$3,000,000
Other Recurring Programs..................................... 602,063,000 616,789,000 +14,726,000
Non-Recurring Programs....................................... 73,543,000 76,685,000 +3,142,000
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Total, Tribal Budget System............................ 1,453,295,000 1,474,163,000 +20,868,000
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BIA OPERATIONS
Central Office Operations.................................... 99,361,000 89,361,000 -10,000,000
Regional Office Operations................................... 64,481,000 64,481,000 ...............
Special Programs and Pooled Overhead......................... 272,598,000 284,173,000 +11,575,000
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Total, BIA Operations.................................. 436,440,000 438,015,000 +1,575,000
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Total, Operation of Indian Programs.................... 1,889,735,000 1,912,178,000 +22,443,000
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Additional details on the funding for the Bureau's
Activities are provided in a table in the back of this report.
Tribal Priority Allocation.--The Committee recommends
$780,689,000 for tribal priority allocations [TPA], an increase
of $3,000,000 above the budget request and $8,209,000 above the
fiscal year 2003 enacted level. Increases above the budget
request include an additional $1,000,000 for tribal courts, and
$2,000,000 for welfare assistance. The Committee would like to
note the increase of $1,500,000 for the Forestry program
included in the budget request. The Committee has been
contacted by numerous individual tribes seeking increased base
funding for forestry programs. The Committee feels these
requests are best addressed through program increases rather
than additions to individual tribes.
Other Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends
$616,789,000 for other recurring programs, an increase of
$18,976,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and
$14,726,000 above the budget estimate. Changes to the budget
estimate include increases of $6,000,000 for operating grants
for Tribally Controlled Community Colleges, $507,000 for the
western Washington shellfish program (Boldt decision),
$3,080,000 for the Timber-Fish-Wildlife project, $261,000 for
the Great Lakes Area Resource Management (Circle of Flight)
program, $987,000 for Chippewa/Ottawa Treaty Fisheries, $66,000
for Hatchery Maintenance and $3,893,000 for the following
Tribal Management/Development programs: the Alaska Sea Otter
Commission ($100,000), the Wetlands/Waterfowl Management
program ($593,000), the Upper Columbia United Tribes
($320,000), the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association ($800,000),
the Lake Roosevelt Management program ($630,000), the bison
program ($1,100,000), and the Chugach Regional Resources
Commission ($350,000). Decreases below the budget estimate are
$30,000 for Columbia River Fisheries Management and $38,000 for
United States/Canada Pacific Salmon. The Committee notes that
all changes to the budget request for Rights Protection
Implementation return the individual projects to their fiscal
year 2003 enacted levels. The increase to the Tribal
Management/Development account restores ongoing programs to the
enacted level with the exception of the $500,000 increase above
enacted for the bison program. Funds provided for the bison
program above the enacted level are directed toward the
development and implementation of the Tribal Buffalo Marketing
Initiative as proposed by the Intertribal Bison Cooperative
[ITBC], including the improvement of the Indian-owned meat
processing-plant recently acquired by the Fort Belknap Tribe.
The Bureau is directed to enter into annual reimbursable
support agreements with the Bureau of Reclamation for the
Operation and Maintenance of the Dry Prairie Rural Water
System.
Non-Recurring Programs.--The Committee recommends
$76,685,000 for non-recurring programs, an increase of
$4,199,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and an
increase of $3,142,000 above the budget estimate. Increases
above the budget estimate include $1,000,000 for the
continuation of the Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation's
distance learning project servicing tribal communities,
$750,000 for the rural Alaska fire program, $1,000,000 for the
completion of housing to support the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing program at Salish and Kootenai Tribal College, and
$392,000 for the Alaska Legal Services program. Within the
funds provided for Environmental Management, the Committee
directs the Bureau to aid the Ute Mountain tribe of Colorado in
the remediation of the tribe's resource department's motor pool
site.
Central Office Operations.--The Committee recommends
$89,361,000 for central office operations, an increase of
$19,782,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level. The
Committee has provided $38,710,000 for Information Resources
Technology rather than $48,710,000 as proposed by the budget
request. The Committee is extremely reluctant to recommend a
funding level below the request level for this ongoing
initiative but notes that a sizeable increase was provided in
fiscal year 2003, and the amount provided is $22,274,000 above
the enacted level.
Regional Office Operations.--The Committee recommends
$64,481,000 for regional office operations, an increase of
$675,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and fully
commensurate with the budget estimate.
Special Programs/Pooled Overhead.--The Committee recommends
$284,173,000 for special programs/pooled overhead, an increase
of $15,002,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and
$11,575,000 above the budget estimate. Increases above the
budget estimate included the following: In education, $200,000
for the special higher education scholarships; in public safety
and justice, $3,500,000 for additional detention center
services; in community development, $3,000,000 for the United
Tribes Technical College, $450,000 for the United Sioux Tribes
Development Corporation, $1,425,000 for the Crownpoint
Institute of Technology, $1,250,000 for the Western Heritage
Center's Distance Learning and tribal histories project,
$750,000 for the Alaska Native Aviation Training program, and
$1,000,000 for the Yuut Elitnauviat Center. The Committee would
like to reiterate its support for an American Indian and Alaska
Native child abuse/child welfare pilot program to address the
adverse effects of child abuse on American Indians and Alaska
Natives. Last year the Committee instructed the Bureau to
consult with tribes and social service agencies to identify
communities willing to participate in the development and
execution of a pilot project aimed at reducing child abuse and
addressing the effects of child abuse. Additionally, the
Committee cited interest by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the
Alaska Children's Alliance to participate. Unfortunately, the
Bureau has yet to respond to the Committee's direction. The
Bureau should report to the Committee by November 28, 2003 its
proposal to establish this pilot program. The report should
include an account of the Bureau's consultation with tribes and
social service agencies to outline goals and methods for the
program including a cost estimate to establish the project. The
Committee does not understand the disparate treatment of the
Crownpoint Institute of Technology and the United Sioux Tribes
Technical College related to contract support. The Committee
expects the Bureau to provide this funding under a Public Law
93-638 contract and include contract support.
General.--The Committee would like to emphasize its support
for the budget increases proposed for both the Forestry
programs and the Minerals and Mining program. The Committee has
been approached by numerous tribes and tribal organizations
seeking aid from the Bureau to utilize resources in a
responsible manner while creating jobs and spurring economic
development. The Bureau is expected to direct additional Non-
recurring forestry program dollars toward projects likely to
provide additional employment and revenue. Additionally, the
increase for the Minerals and Mining program should be directed
toward tribally-supported projects designed to increase energy
production on Indian lands. The Bureau is expected to consult
with the White House Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining
to ensure the additional funds are directed toward projects
with interagency support. The Committee believes this course of
action will result in additional opportunities for tribes
interested in moving forward with energy development.
The Committee is deeply concerned by the ongoing
degradation of Bureau run water and irrigation projects.
Projects across the West are facing large rehabilitation costs
due to questionable maintenance over the past few decades. As a
result the Committee has been approached by numerous tribal and
non-tribal entities for help in garnering the Bureau's
attention and resources to address failing systems. In official
communications brought to the Committee's attention the Bureau
itself has admitted these problems have been exacerbated by a
lack of judgment on the part of project personnel. Most
concerning are recent altercations between Bureau employees and
those serviced by these systems. The Bureau is expected to
solicit input from field personnel as it ranks projects for
rehabilitation and take into account regional economic impacts
in order to provide better service to those affected by the
operation of these projects.
Additionally, the Committee has been approached by the
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes regarding
rehabilitation of the Wind River Irrigation Project. The tribes
contend the Bureau retains a legal responsibility for the
proposed project due to past agreements ratified by Congress.
Unfortunately, the Bureau and impacted tribes have yet reach
consensus on the Bureau's legal obligation. Because of the lack
of legal clarity, and the sheer number of similar requests
facing the Committee, additional funds have not been provided
for this purpose. Following consultation with the impacted
tribes, and within 120 days of enactment of this legislation,
the Bureau is directed to provide the Committee and tribes with
a legal opinion as to the Bureau's responsibility for the
project, and if the Bureau deems itself the entity legally
responsible for this rehabilitation, a plan to address the
proposed $10,200,000 rehabilitation cost.
construction
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $345,988,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 345,154,000
Committee recommendation................................ 351,154,000
The Committee recommends $351,154,000 for construction, an
increase of $5,166,000 from the fiscal year 2003 enacted level,
and an increase of $6,000,000 from the budget estimate. The
increase above the budget request is for the Tribal School
Construction Demonstration Program established in fiscal year
2001. Due to past miscommunication between Congress and the
Bureau regarding the Cost-Share program, and the subsequent
delays in releasing construction funds, the Committee is forced
to designate the increase for the Tribal Construction
Demonstration Program for the Redwater Elementary School in
Mississippi. The Committee continues to believe this program
offers the opportunity to build additional Indian schools at a
reduced cost to the Federal Government and would like to
continue funding the program as a way to solicit competing
proposals with the Bureau's involvement. Unfortunately, the
Bureau's lack of leadership to support the program may result
in the Committee explicitly identifying where all program funds
are directed.
The Committee's recommendation for education construction
includes $141,354,000 for replacement school construction as
proposed by the budget request. The Committee understands the
Bureau's desire to no longer provide specific cost estimates
for individual projects until the planning and design phase
will allow more accurate estimates than in the past. However,
the Bureau is expected to respond to congressional inquiries
regarding specific projects as quickly as possible if it wishes
to retain this latitude in future fiscal years.
indian land and water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $60,552,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 51,375,000
Committee recommendation................................ 50,583,000
The Committee recommends $50,583,000 for Indian land and
water claims settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians.
The Committee notes this funding level is $792,000 below the
budget request but is fully commensurate with revised figures
provided by the Department. Funding is provided as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
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White Earth Land Settlement Act [Admin)...................... 625 629 +4
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund.................................. 250 252 +2
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement......................... 142 143 +1
Ute Indian water rights settlement........................... 22,494 21,467 -1,027
Rocky Boy's.................................................. ............... 33 +33
Shivwits Band Settlement..................................... ............... 123 +123
Santo Domingo Pueblo Settlement.............................. 9,864 9,884 +20
Colorado Ute Settlement...................................... 8,000 8,052 +52
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw settlement.................. 10,000 10,000 ...............
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Total, Miscellaneous Payments to Indians............... 51,375 50,583 -792
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indian guaranteed loan program account
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $5,457,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 6,497,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,497,000
The Committee recommends $6,497,000 for the Indian
guaranteed loan program, an increase of $1,040,000 over the
fiscal year 2003 enacted level and commensurate with the budget
request.
Departmental Offices
Insular Affairs
assistance to territories
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $75,903,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 71,343,000
Committee recommendation................................ 71,343,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $71,343,000
which is equal to the budget request. The amounts recommended
by the Committee compared to the budget estimate are shown in
the following table:
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Territorial assistance:
Office of Insular Affairs................................ $6,321,000 $6,321,000 ...............
Technical assistance..................................... 7,561,000 7,561,000 ...............
Maintenance assistance fund.............................. 2,300,000 2,300,000 ...............
Brown tree snake......................................... 2,350,000 2,350,000 ...............
Insular management controls.............................. 1,491,000 1,491,000 ...............
Coral reef initiative.................................... 500,000 500,000 ...............
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Subtotal, territorial assistance....................... 20,523,000 20,523,000 ...............
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American Samoa: Operations grants............................ 23,100,000 23,100,000 ...............
Northern Mariana Islands: Covenant grants.................... 27,720,000 27,720,000 ...............
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Total, assistance to territories....................... 71,343,000 71,343,000 ...............
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Territorial Assistance.--The Committee recommends
$20,523,000 for territorial assistance, which is equal to the
request.
American Samoa Operations Grants/American Samoa
Construction.--The Committee recommends $23,100,000 for
operations grants to American Samoa, which is equal to the
request.
CNMI/Covenant Grants.--The Committee recommends $27,720,000
for covenant grants. Included in this amount is $11,000,000 for
CNMI construction, $10,140,000 for American Samoa, $1,000,000
for the CNMI immigration, labor, and law enforcement
initiative, $5,000,000 for U.S. Virgin Islands construction,
and $580,000 for the disaster assistance program.
No specific amount has been provided for Impact aid since
$15,000,000 has been provided for this purpose in the recently
negotiated Compact of Free Association. The Committee has
provided these funds in the bill contingent upon ratification
of the Compact by the Congress.
compact of free association
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $20,926,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 16,125,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,434,000
The Committee recommends $16,434,000 for compact of free
association, which is $309,000 above the request. A comparison
of the Committee recommendation to the budget estimate follows:
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Compact of free association--Federal services................ $2,734,000 $2,734,000 ...............
Mandatory payments--Program grant assistance................. 12,000,000 12,000,000 ...............
Enewetak support............................................. 1,391,000 1,700,000 +$309,000
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Total, compact of free association..................... 16,125,000 16,434,000 +309,000
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Federal Services Assistance.--The Committee recommends
$2,734,000 for Federal services assistance, equal to the budget
request.
Program Grant Assistance.--The Committee recommends
$12,000,000 for program grant assistance, equal to the budget
request.
Enewetak Support.--The Committee recommends $1,700,000 for
Enewetak support, which is $309,000 above the request.
The Committee has included bill language in anticipation of
the reauthorization of the Compact of Free Association. This
provision allows funds to be used for purposes outlined in the
Compact once this agreement has been ratified by the Congress.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $71,957,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 97,140,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,433,000
The Committee recommends $78,433,000 for salaries and
expenses, a decrease of $18,707,000 below the budget request.
The amount provided reflects all proposed transfers and IT
savings, as well as increases from the enacted level of
$4,571,000 for fixed costs, $1,444,000 for IT security
certification, $400,000 for OLES and the Watch Office, and
$101,000 for security equipment.
[In thousands of dollars]
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Departmental direction....................................... 13,524 13,524 ...............
Management and coordination.................................. 30,322 28,917 -1,405
Hearings and appeals......................................... 8,280 8,080 -200
Central services............................................. 27,070 27,070 ...............
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/unemployment............ 4,108 842 -3,266
Financial management system migration project................ 13,836 ............... -13,836
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Total, Departmental Management......................... 97,140 78,433 -18,707
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The Committee notes with approval the participation of the
Department of Interior in American University's Washington
Semester American Indian Program [WINS], which serves the
education and economic development needs of the American
Indian/Alaska Native [AI/AN] community by providing
opportunities for students to obtain academically supervised
internships in Washington, DC and supporting but rigorous
course work. The WINS program advances the goals of Executive
Order 13270, which directs all Federal agencies to take steps
to enhance access to Federal opportunities and resources for
AI/AN students. The Department is urged, as part of its 3-Year
Plan pursuant to Executive Order 13270, to expand the number of
internship slots for the WINS program and to accommodate
participants in a second-year internship program.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
The Committee recommends $11,700,000 for the working
capital fund for the financial and business management system
migration project. This amount is offset by a rescission in
funds available in the working capital fund.
While the working capital fund has been a valuable
management tool for the Department, the Committee is concerned
about the findings of the review recently conducted by the
Inspector General. The Department must establish more
consistent pricing policies, improve its justification and
quantification of authorized reserves, normalize the use of
recurring reimbursable support agreements within the WCF where
appropriate, and continue to work with both the Committee and
the individual bureaus to improve the transparency of fund
transactions. Future budget justifications should at a minimum
display actual WCF charges against estimates for the most
recent years available, and should clearly distinguish
functions and activities funded directly through departmental
management appropriations from WCF-funded operational
activities that serve all bureaus. With respect to improving
communications within the Department, the Committee views the
formation of the Working Capital Fund Consortium as a positive
step. The Consortium can only be effective, however, if it
fosters a true dialogue on WCF governance issues. The
Department should keep the Committee informed as it works to
implement a WCF improvement plan that addresses the key issues
raised by the Inspector General.
payments in lieu of taxes
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $218,570,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 200,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 230,000,000
The Committee agrees with the budget proposal to move
Payments in Lieu of Taxes [PILT] to Departmental Management,
and has provided a $30,000,000 increase over the budget request
for the PILT program.
Office of the Solicitor
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $47,462,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 50,374,000
Committee recommendation................................ 50,179,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $50,179,000
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, an
increase of $2,717,000 over the fiscal year 2003 enacted level.
The amount provided includes $850,000 for the Ethics Office,
which was previously funded in the Departmental Management
account.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $36,003,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 39,049,000
Committee recommendation................................ 37,474,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $37,474,000
for the Office of Inspector General. Changes from the fiscal
year 2003 enacted level include increases of $1,063,000 for
fixed costs, $250,000 for audits, $300,000 for investigations,
and $190,000 for IT security, and a decrease of $568,000
reflecting the transfer of responsibility for indirect cost
negotiations. The amount provided also includes a $236,000
across-the-board adjustment.
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $140,359,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 274,641,000
Committee recommendation................................ 219,641,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $219,641,000
for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians,
$55,000,000 below the budget request and $79,282,000 above the
fiscal year 2003 enacted 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 Departmental
functions. Past accounting efforts have illustrated few
mistakes within the individual accounts being audited, and it
is the Committee's belief the funding level provided will allow
the Department to utilize a statistical sampling model
sufficient to further illustrate the Department's performance
in managing trust accounts. The Committee wishes to underscore
the reduction below the request level should not be mistaken
for an endorsement of the plaintiffs' accounting model or its
assumptions.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECT
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $7,928,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 20,980,000
Committee recommendation................................ 22,980,000
The Committee recommends $22,980,000 for the Indian Land
Consolidation Program, an increase of $15,052,000 over the
fiscal year enacted level and $2,000,000 over the budget
request.
The Committee agrees with the Department's analysis that
fractionated ownership of trust assets continues to be one of
the primary hurdles to implementing effective trust management
within BIA. Consolidating these fractionated interests is one
of the most effective means of ameliorating a problem that
grows worse every year. The Indian Land Consolidation Pilot has
been successful in slowing the problem on those few
reservations where it has been implemented however, more needs
to be done. The Department is expected to direct funds toward
reservations where tribal leadership has taken an active role
in supporting other activities to slow the rate of
fractionation of ownership. The Committee is aware of actions
by the Quapaw Nation to consolidate lands for the dual purposes
of both slowing fractionation and aiding in the interagency Tar
Creek cleanup. The Department is encouraged to continue working
with the Quapaw Nation in their land consolidation effort.
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $5,501,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 5,633,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,633,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,633,000 for
natural resource damage assessments, which is the same as the
request. The increase over the enacted level is for fixed
costs.
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
operation of garages, shops, warehouses, and similar
facilities.
Sec. 104. Provides for use of appropriated funds for
contracts, rental cars and aircraft, certain library
memberships, and certain telephone expenses.
Sec. 105. Provides for use of appropriated funds to
purchase uniforms or to provide a uniform allowance.
Sec. 106. Provides that contracts issued for services and
rentals with appropriated funds be in effect for a period not
to exceed 12 months.
Secs. 107-109. Prohibits the use of funds provided in the
act for certain offshore leasing and related activities
pursuant to the revised 5-year plan for Outer Continental Shelf
oil and gas leasing.
Sec. 110. Allows the Secretary to develop guidelines for
local travel through units of the National Park System.
Sec. 111. Provides that advance payments under the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act may be (1)
invested only in obligations of the United States, or in
obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by the
United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest in
obligations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or (2) deposited
only into accounts that are insured by an agency or
instrumentality of the United States, or are fully
collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, even in the
event of a bank failure.
Sec. 112. Provides for the transfer of unobligated balances
from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians for expenditure or transfer for
Indian trust management activities.
Sec. 113. Allows the hiring of administrative law judges to
address the Indian probate backlog.
Sec. 114. Permits the redistribution of tribal priority
allocation and tribal base funds to alleviate funding
inequities.
Sec. 115. Continues a provision requiring the allocation of
Bureau of Indian Affairs postsecondary schools funds consistent
with unmet needs.
Sec. 116. Provides for the protection of lands of the Huron
Cemetery for religious and cultural uses and as a burial
ground.
Sec. 117. 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. 118. Authorizes the National Park Service to enter
into a cooperative agreement with the Golden Gate National
Parks Association to provide fee-based education, interpretive
and visitor service functions within the Crissy Field and Fort
Point areas of the Presidio.
Sec. 119. Allows the Bureau of Land Management to retain
revenues derived from the sale of surplus seedlings.
Sec. 120. Permits the sale of improvements and equipment at
the White River Oil Shale Mine in Utah, and the retention and
use of those funds by the Bureau of Land Management and the
General Services Administration.
Sec. 121. 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. 122. Provides for the purchase of land and the
protection of paleontological resources pursuant to the Virgin
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act.
Sec. 123. Allows funds provided for land acquisition for
the Ice Age National Scenic Trail to be granted to State, local
government, or any other governmental land management entity.
Sec. 124. 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. 125. 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. 126. Requires the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service to mark hatchery raised fish.
Sec. 127. 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. 128. Restricts funds to study or implement drainage of
Lake Powell or reduction of water levels necessary to operate
Glen Canyon Dam.
Sec. 129. Allows the National Indian Gaming Commission to
collect $12,000,000 in fees for fiscal year 2005.
Sec. 130. Prohibits the use of funds for Cooperative
Ecosystem Study Units in Alaska.
Sec. 131. Deems the State of Utah's contribution
requirement complete for the purposes of Public Law 105-363.
Sec. 132. Designates Congaree National Monument as Congaree
National Park.
Sec. 133. Requires the Secretary of Interior to submit
distribution plans for Indian Settlement Judgment Funds.
Sec. 134. Provides stability for the Tribal Trust Reform
Demonstration Project in fiscal year 2004, 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.
TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $250,049,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 252,170,000
Committee recommendation................................ 266,180,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $266,180,000,
which is an increase of $16,131,000 above the enacted level and
$14,010,000 above the budget request. This amount includes
transfers of $6,200,000 from the national forest system
appropriation, and $7,774,000 from the State and private
forestry appropriation in order to consolidate all Forest
Inventory and Analysis [FIA] funding under the research
heading. ($2,810,000 from the forest health program and
$4,964,000 from the forest resource inventory and analysis
program has been transferred to research from State and private
forestry.)
Within the amounts provided, the Committee has continued
funding for the following projects that were included in fiscal
year 2003 at levels before the across the board cut: $2,000,000
for the Northeastern States Research Cooperative, $500,000 for
the Joe Skeen Institute at Montana State University, $200,000
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, $850,000 for the advanced research housing
consortium, $650,000 for the Forest Products Laboratory to
conduct research on salvaging lumber for use in low income
housing construction (an increase of $150,000 above the enacted
level to be offset by a general program reduction in lower
priority research), $500,000 for research in the control of
pests and pathogens at the forest science laboratory in
Morgantown, West Virginia, $2,000,000 for sudden oak death
research, and $1,130,000 for the research laboratory in Sitka,
Alaska. Within the funds provided, operations at the Hardwood
Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue shall be
maintained at $921,000.
The Committee has consolidated funding for the Forest
Inventory and Analysis program in the amount of $57,359,000.
This level reflects a general increase above the enacted level
of $2,157,000 plus transfers of $6,200,000 from the national
forest system appropriation and $7,774,000 from the State and
private forestry appropriation. The Committee has been
frustrated that the agency, whether by design or by
administrative oversight, continues to propose reductions for
FIA. Consolidating funding under the research program should
increase management efficiency, and avoid the confusion caused
by using several separate line items under different
appropriations to fund this critical program.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $284,712,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 315,823,000
Committee recommendation................................ 295,349,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $295,349,000,
an increase of $10,637,000 above the enacted level, and a
decrease of $20,474,000 compared to the request. As stated
above these allocations reflect a transfer of $7,774,000 from
the State and private forestry appropriation to research in
order to consolidate funding for the FIA program.
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Forest health management..................................... $82,019,000 $82,073,000 +$54,000
Cooperative fire protection.................................. 30,428,000 30,529,000 +101,000
Cooperative forestry......................................... 198,317,000 176,747,000 -21,570,000
International forestry....................................... 5,059,000 6,000,000 +941,000
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Total, State and private forestry...................... 315,823,000 295,349,000 -20,474,000
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Forest Health Management.--The Committee recommends
$81,073,000 for forest health management activities, which is
$946,000 below the budget request and $190,000 above the
enacted level.
The Committee has provided $48,642,000 for Federal lands
forest health management, a decrease of $1,405,000 below the
enacted level reflecting the transfer of funds to research for
the FIA program.
The Committee has provided $31,431,000 for forest health
cooperative lands management, an increase of $595,000 over the
enacted level. This allocation also reflects a transfer of
$1,405,000 from the forest health cooperative program.
Within the funds provided, for the cooperative lands
program $2,000,000 is for hazardous tree removal in the Lake
Arrowhead and Idyllwild areas of southern California and
$300,000 is for the cooperative effort between the State of
Vermont and the University of Vermont for the Vermont forest
monitoring cooperative.
The Committee has provided $2,000,000 to support the
administration's new proposed pests and pathogens fund to
rapidly respond to invasive species problems. The Committee has
done so while maintaining the large increases to the base
programs for forest health management that were provided last
year in lieu of the establishment of such a fund. Given the
increasing number of new pests and pathogens present in the
environment the Committee believes that setting aside funds to
be allocated on an emergency basis as new pests arise is useful
so long as it is not done at the expense of the base programs
that address current epidemics caused by pests such as the
southern pine beetle and gypsy moth.
Within the funds provided for forest health management, the
Committee directs the agency to maintain funding for combating
sudden oak death at no less than fiscal year 2003 levels.
Cooperative Fire Protection.--The Committee recommends
$30,529,000 for cooperative fire protection, which is $36,000
above the enacted level and $101,000 above the request. The
Committee has provided $25,486,000 for State fire assistance
and $5,043,000 for volunteer fire assistance.
Within the funds provided for State fire assistance,
$300,000 shall be provided to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council to
perform work in areas infested by the Spruce Bark beetle which
has caused severe fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula. These
funds shall be distributed in the form of an advance direct
lump sum payment.
Cooperative Forestry.--The Committee recommends
$176,747,000 for cooperative forestry, which is $9,124,000
above the enacted level.
The Committee has provided $32,012,000 for the forest
stewardship program which is equal to the enacted level. Within
the funds provided, $230,000 is for flood modeling on the
Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia, $1,000,000 is for
the Chesapeake Bay program to support forestry efforts in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed, and $300,000 is for the State of Utah
to support forestry education for private landowners with
timber resources on their lands.
The Committee has provided $84,716,000 for the forest
legacy program which is $16,336,000 above the enacted level.
This allocation also includes the use of an additional
$6,000,000 from prior year funds for projects which have either
failed or received funding from other sources. The Committee
recommends the following distribution of funds:
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State Project Name Budget Request Senate
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AL............................................ Mobile Tensaw Delta............. $3,300,000 $3,300,000
WA............................................ Raging River.................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
NH............................................ Pillsbury--Sunapee Highlands.... 2,530,000 2,530,000
NC............................................ Cool Springs.................... 1,500,000 1,500,000
DE............................................ Green Horizons.................. 2,000,000 2,000,000
NJ............................................ Upper DE River/Crown Towers..... 5,500,000 5,500,000
UT............................................ Chalk Creek..................... 2,700,000 800,000
WA............................................ Yakima River.................... 1,500,000 1,500,000
SC............................................ Cooper River Corridor........... 10,000,000 11,000,000
NY............................................ Sable Highlands................. 5,000,000 ..............
CA............................................ Dofflemeyer Ranch............... 2,500,000 2,500,000
ME............................................ Machias River................... 2,000,000 2,000,000
NM............................................ Lagunas Bonitas................. 3,000,000 3,000,000
AK............................................ Diamond Creek................... 450,000 450,000
MT............................................ Dutton Ranch.................... 441,000 441,000
CT............................................ Peaceful Hill................... 200,000 200,000
MA............................................ Belmont Springs................. 1,400,000 1,400,000
CO............................................ Soap Mesa....................... 2,280,000 2,280,000
IN............................................ Shawnee Hills................... 3,150,000 3,150,000
VT............................................ Chittenden Uplands.............. 4,200,000 4,200,000
ID............................................ St. Joe Basin/Mica Cr........... 3,000,000 4,000,000
GA............................................ Rocky Creek..................... 1,500,000 1,500,000
UT............................................ Cedar Project................... 1,550,000 1,550,000
NC............................................ Wolf's Lair..................... 1,331,000 ..............
MN............................................ Lester River.................... 500,000 500,000
IA............................................ Canyons......................... 290,000 290,000
PA............................................ River Hills..................... 580,000 580,000
VA............................................ Dragon Run...................... 3,000,000 3,000,000
RI............................................ Great Grass Pond................ 328,000 328,000
VA............................................ The Cove........................ 1,125,000 1,125,000
TN............................................ Ray/Gettelfinger................ 1,000,000 1,000,000
MD............................................ Broad Creek..................... 1,500,000 1,500,000
CA............................................ Six Rivers to the Sea........... 1,350,000 1,350,000
IL............................................ Byron Rock River................ 1,200,000 1,200,000
CT............................................ Nipmuck......................... 350,000 350,000
ME............................................ Mt. Blue/Tumbledown............. 3,000,000 3,000,000
NH............................................ Moose Mountain.................. 1,000,000 1,000,000
PR............................................ Rio Abajo North................. 500,000 500,000
VI............................................ Annaly Bay/Hermitage............ 1,000,000 1,000,000
WI............................................ Wolf River...................... 4,500,000 3,500,000
MA............................................ Bush Hill....................... 227,000 227,000
TN............................................ Jim Creek Parcel................ .............. 838,000
MT............................................ Swan River Valley............... .............. 3,000,000
WI............................................ Holy Hill Woods................. .............. 2,000,000
NY............................................ Pochuk Mtn...................... .............. 1,300,000
VT............................................ Monadnock Mtn................... .............. 1,000,000
KY............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 500,000
MI............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 500,000
MO............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 500,000
NE............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 ..............
NV............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 500,000
OK............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 ..............
WV............................................ New State start-up.............. 500,000 500,000
Forest Service program 3,827,000 3,827,000
administration and AON Planning.
Use of prior year funds......... .............. -6,000,000
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90,716,000 84,716,000
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The Committee has provided $35,999,000 for the urban and
community forestry program which is equal to the enacted level.
Within the funds provided, $250,000 is 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, $300,000 is
for the continuation of work by the Cook County Forest Preserve
to conduct environmental and technical work associated with the
Preserve's forestry programs, and $300,000 is for the Chicago
Green Streets program.
The Committee does not concur with the Administration's
proposal to eliminate funding for the Economic Action Program.
The Committee has provided a total of $24,020,000 for EAP,
which is $2,248,000 below the enacted level. The allocation of
funds is set out in the table below:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Economic Recovery Program............................... 5,000
Rural Development Program............................... 4,000
Forest Products Conservation & Recycling Program........ 1,300
Wood in Transportation Program.......................... 1,000
Special Projects:
Chugach Avalanche Center............................ 200
Ketchikan Wood Tech. Center......................... 750
KY mine reforestation............................... 1,000
Mountain Studies Institute, CO...................... 500
Envir. Sci. & Public Policy Research, ID............ 500
Missouri Forest Foundation biomass project, MO...... 1,320
Fuels-in-schools biomass program, MT................ 1,250
Wood Education & Resource Center.................... 2,700
Lake Tahoe erosion control grants, CA............... 2,500
Alabama rural economic action....................... 500
Univ. of Idaho Collaborative Working Forests........ 500
Sitka Trail Works................................... 500
Northern Forests Partnership program................ 500
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Subtotal special projects......................... 12,720
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TOTAL ECONOMIC ACTION PROGRAMS.................... 24,020
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The Committee directs that no less than $2,000,000 of the
funds provided for Rural Development through Forestry shall be
allocated to the Northeast-Midwest program.
Funds for the Chugach Avalanche center and the Ketchikan
Wood Technology Center shall be distributed in the form of
advance direct lump sum payments.
International Programs.--The Committee recommends
$6,000,000 for the international program which is $287,000
above the enacted level and $941,000 above the request.
national forest system
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,353,444,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,369,573,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,370,731,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$1,370,731,000, an increase of $17,287,000 above the enacted
level, and an increase of $1,158,000 compared to the request.
The distribution of the Committee's recommendations are as
follows:
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Land management planning..................................... $70,868,000 $70,868,000 ...............
Inventory and monitoring..................................... 177,796,000 171,596,000 -$6,200,000
Recreation, heritage and wilderness.......................... 254,941,000 254,941,000 ...............
Wildlife and fish habitat management......................... 134,794,000 134,794,000 ...............
Grazing management........................................... 43,180,000 46,000,000 +2,820,000
Forest products.............................................. 268,019,000 268,019,000 ...............
Vegetation and watershed management.......................... 192,606,000 193,606,000 +1,000,000
Minerals and geology management.............................. 54,065,000 54,065,000 ...............
Land ownership Management.................................... 91,692,000 91,692,000 ...............
Law enforcement operations................................... 80,628,000 82,000,000 +1,372,000
Valles Caldera National Preserve............................. 984,000 3,150,000 +2,166,000
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Total, National Forest System.......................... 1,369,573,000 1,370,731,000 +1,158,000
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Land Management Planning.--The Committee recommends
$242,464,000 for land management planning activities, including
inventory and monitoring, which is $6,200,000 less than the
budget request. This reduction reflects a transfer of funds to
the research appropriation to consolidate funding for the
Forest Inventory and Analysis program. Within the funds
provided for inventorying and monitoring, $400,000 shall be
used for adaptive management activities at Lake Tahoe.
The Committee remains concerned with the large number of
forest plans which need revision and the expense required to
complete this work. The Committee expects the agency to place a
high priority on revising these plans and to look for ways to
make this process more efficient and less costly to the agency.
Within the funds provided for land management planning, the
Committee has also provided $400,000 for the agency to
undertake a comprehensive environmental training, review, and
compliance program for agency employees in an effort to ensure
that employees are aware of, and remain fully compliant with
existing Federal requirements. The Committee strongly
encourages the agency to identify and partner with a private
sector entity with a successful record of developing similar
programs for other governmental agencies.
Recreation, Heritage, and Wilderness.--The Committee
recommends $254,941,000 for recreation, heritage, and
wilderness activities programs which is equal to the budget
request. Within the funds provided, $250,000 shall be for
archaeological investigation and interpretive development at
Coffman Cove Archaeological Site, Alaska, and $100,000 shall be
for planning related to the development of a backcountry hut
network in cooperation with the Alaska Mountain and Wilderness
Huts Association at Snow River in the Chugach National Forest.
Wildlife and Fish Habitat Management.--The Committee
recommends $134,794,000 for wildlife and fisheries habitat
management activities, which is equal to the request. 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. Within the funds provided,
$1,100,000 shall be provided to Region 1 to carry out the
Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem genetic survey in
cooperation with the United States Geological Survey.
Grazing Management.--The Committee recommends $46,000,000
for grazing management, which is $2,820,000 above the request
and $5,416,000 above the enacted level. The increase above the
request shall be used for cooperative monitoring activities in
conjunction with grazing permittees. The Committee strongly
believes that increased short- and long-term cooperative
monitoring is critical to stabilizing the legal framework
within which Federal grazing permittees operate.
The Committee is extremely concerned about the failure of
the Forest Service to adhere to the schedule for the completion
of National Environmental Policy Act analysis and decisions as
prescribed in the Rescission Act regarding expiring grazing
permits. The schedule has been in place for 8 years. The
Committee has consistently provided additional funding above
the budget request but the backlog of permits gets
progressively worse. The Committee expects the Forest Service
to address these problems in its 2005 request.
Forest Products.--The Committee recommends $268,019,000 for
forest products which is equal to the budget request. 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.
The Committee directs the agency to analyze whether the use
of the Scribner scaling system reduces costs for timber
purchasers and if so, to implement use of this scaling system
in Region 10.
Vegetation and Watershed Management.--The Committee
recommends $193,606,000 for vegetation and watershed management
activities which is $1,000,000 above the budget request. The
increase above the request is for pre-commercial thinning
activities on the Tongass National Forest. The agency should
contract with local loggers to perform this work.
Within the funds provided, the agency shall continue work
at the levels stated below on the following projects that were
included in fiscal year 2003: $135,000 for the hydrology study
on the Monongahela National Forest; $3,550,000 for wetland and
riparian restoration, urban lot management, and other
activities at Lake Tahoe; and $300,000 for Leafy Spurge
eradication.
Minerals and Geology Management.--The Committee recommends
$54,065,000 for minerals and geology management which is equal
to the request.
Land Ownership Management.--The Committee recommends
$91,692,000 for land ownership management, which is equal to
the request.
Law Enforcement Operations.--The Committee recommends
$82,000,000 for law enforcement operations, which is $1,372,000
above the request. Within the funds provided, $950,000 shall be
provided for counterdrug operations on the Daniel Boone
National Forest and $250,000 is for additional law enforcement
officers on the Ouachita National Forest, particularly areas of
the forest located in Oklahoma.
Valles Caldera.--The Committee has provided $3,150,000 for
the Valles Caldera Trust for management activities at the Baca
Ranch, New Mexico, which is $2,166,000 above the request and
equal to the enacted level.
The Committee has included bill language to establish a
separate appropriations account for the Trust. The Committee
believes that this will help to increase administrative
efficiency and improve fiscal management by allowing the Trust
to have more control over its financial operations and budget
formulation. The Committee has also retained bill language
concerning compensation for the Chairman of the Trust.
Other.--The Committee directs that overall funding for Land
Between the Lakes NRA be no less than $8,400,000. The Forest
Service should determine the funding mix from all accounts.
The Committee recommendation includes full funding
requested by the Administration for the Quincy Library Group
project in California.
wildland fire management
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $2,006,968,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,541,775,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,543,072,000
The Committee recommends a total appropriation of
$1,543,072,000 for wildland fire management activities, which
is $1,297,000 above the request and $463,896,000 below the
enacted level (which included $636,000,000 to repay partially
previous emergency fire suppression expenditures).
The Committee recommendation includes $700,000,000 for
preparedness, which is an increase of $90,253,000 above the
request and $22,004,000 above the enacted level. The Committee
notes that the Forest Service with Congressional approval
reprogrammed $66,000,000 from fire suppression to preparedness
in fiscal year 2003 in order to maintain an adequate fire
fighting force and initial attack capability. A small fraction
of the total number of fires causes the bulk of suppression
expenditures, so reducing the number of fires that escape
initial attack containment not only protects lives and property
but also reduces costs. Therefore, the Committee has realigned
the budget request with respect to the balance between
suppression and preparedness so that the agency's initial
attack capability does not diminish from current levels.
The Committee has provided $514,327,000 for fire
suppression, which is $90,253,000 below the request and
$162,363,000 above the enacted level. The decrease below the
request reflects the transfer of funds to preparedness to
maintain initial attack capability.
The Committee remains concerned about escalating fire
suppression costs within the Forest Service. The agency should
ensure that cost containment is appropriately considered when
suppressing wildfires. The Committee directs the agency to
continue with reports required by the Committee in fiscal year
2003, and also to contract with the National Academy of Public
Administration to continue their work to help reform fire
procurement procedures and develop joint planning with States
and regions.
The Committee has provided a total of $328,745,000 for
other operations which is $1,297,000 above the request. Within
this amount, the Committee has fully funded the hazardous fuels
reduction request of $231,392,000. Of the funds provided for
hazardous fuels reduction, $2,100,000 shall be allocated for
work at Lake Tahoe, and $1,500,000 shall be used to continue
work on the Santa Fe Watershed Thinning Project on the Santa Fe
National Forest.
The Committee remains concerned that not enough hazardous
fuels reduction work is being accomplished or that sufficient
progress is being made with only 20 percent of the National
Fire Plan funding being focused on hazardous fuel reduction
work. More emphasis must be placed on addressing the root
causes of the forest health crisis.
The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall, no
later than March 30, 2004, develop a report that assesses the
number of acres that will need to be treated for hazardous fuel
reduction, including insect, disease, and weather damaged
forests, each year, to reduce the overall forest health crisis
by at least 50 percent in the next 10 years. The report shall
describe the funding needs, as well as changes to law and
policy that must occur to accomplish this goal. It shall also
describe: (1) how many additional acres could be treated for
hazardous fuel reduction; and (2) what the impacts to other
National Fire Plan programs would be, if 33 percent of National
Fire Plan funding is earmarked for hazardous fuel reduction
work.
The Committee is concerned that despite the fact that it
has provided authority for the Forest Service to reimburse
directly the Fish and Wildlife Service for consultation work on
hazardous fuels projects, in many regions the Fish and Wildlife
Service appears unaware of this authority and has not hired
sufficient additional resources to process these projects in a
timely fashion. The Committee expects the agency to better
coordinate with the Fish and Wildlife Service so that these
important projects can be implemented expeditiously.
The remaining funds within the other fire appropriations
account are allocated as follows: $21,427,000 for research and
development, as proposed in the request; $8,000,000 for the
joint fire science program as proposed in the request;
$47,752,000 for the State fire assistance program, an increase
of $1,297,000 above the request; $8,240,000 for volunteer fire
assistance as proposed in the request; and $11,934,000 for
forest health activities as proposed in the request.
Within the funds provided for research and development,
$1,200,000 shall be allocated to the National Center for
Landscape Fire Analysis at the University of Montana, of which
$200,000 shall be to continue work in conjunction with the
University of Idaho on the FRAMES project.
Within the funds provided for State fire assistance,
$6,900,000 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: $2,000,000 to the Matanuska-
Susitna Borough, $2,000,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and
$2,000,000 to the Municipality of Anchorage to remove dead and
dying trees in areas affected by the Spruce Bark beetle. An
additional $900,000 is for the City of Nenana. Of the amount
provided to the Kenai Peninsula, $300,000 shall be made
available for the Spruce Bark Beetle clearing project in the
areas located on the southside of the Kachemak Bay to be
matched by Homer Electric Association and $260,000 shall be
made available to the City of Seward. Each of the amounts in
this paragraph shall be distributed in the form of an advanced
direct lump sum payment. The Committee urges the local
communities to contract with local businesses in removing
Spruce bark beetle kill.
The Committee is aware of the Forest Service's use of a
private contract with commercial providers of off-duty or
trained personnel with law enforcement backgrounds to provide
security services in firefighting camps. The Committee
encourages the Forest Service to consider the merits of
continuing and expanding the use of such contracts.
capital improvement and maintenance
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $548,450,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 524,571,000
Committee recommendation................................ 532,406,000
The Committee recommends $532,406,000 for capital
improvement and maintenance, which is $16,044,000 below the
enacted level, and $7,835,000 above the budget request.
The Committee agrees to the following distribution of
funds:
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Facilities................................................ $200,876,000 $209,416,000 +$8,540,000
Roads..................................................... 245,358,000 228,764,000 -16,594,000
Trails.................................................... 78,337,000 69,226,000 -9,111,000
Infrastructure improvement................................ 0 25,000,000 +25,000,000
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Total, capital improvement and maintenance.......... 524,571,000 532,406,000 +7,835,000
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Rather than eliminate the infrastructure improvement budget
line as proposed by the administration and move these funds to
the base programs for facilities, roads, and trails, the
Committee has retained this separate line in the amount of
$25,000,000. The Committee believes that a distinct program
focused solely on deferred maintenance is useful in helping to
address the enormous backlog of deferred maintenance on the
agency's aging infrastructure.
Facilities.--The Committee recommends $209,416,000 for
facilities capital improvement and maintenance which is
$8,540,000 above the budget request. Of the funds provided,
$97,942,000 is for maintenance and $102,934,000 is for capital
improvement, both as proposed in the request. Increases above
the request are for the following projects: $1,190,000 is for
facilities improvements on the Monongahela National Forest,
$150,000 is for planning work for a Forest Service facility to
be located at the University of Montana, $300,000 is for a
feasibility study for a recreational lake in Smith County,
Mississippi, $2,500,000 is to continue construction at the
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, $500,000 is for the
durability test facility at the Forest Products Laboratory,
$1,000,000 is to continue work at Camp Ouachita, Arkansas,
$2,000,000 is for construction work on log transfer facilities
in Region 10, $500,000 is for planning for the Russian River
visitor center on the Chugach National Forest, and $400,000 is
for backcountry hut construction in conjunction with the Alaska
Mountain and Wilderness Huts Association.
Roads.--The Committee recommends $228,764,000 for road
maintenance and capital improvement, which is $2,580,000 below
enacted and $16,594,000 below the request. Of the funds
provided $148,781,000 is for maintenance and $79,983,000 is for
capital improvement. Within the funds provided for capital
improvement, $800,000 is for the Highland Scenic Highway,
Williams River Improvements in West Virginia, $2,500,000 is for
retrofitting and road decommissioning in the Lake Tahoe Basin,
and $5,000,000 is for road improvements on the Tongass National
Forest.
Trails.--The Committee recommends $69,226,000 for trail
maintenance and capital improvement, which is equal to the
enacted level and $9,111,000 below the budget request. Within
the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be allocated for work on
the Continental Divide trail in conjunction with the
Continental Divide Trail Alliance, and $300,000 for trail work
associated with the Pulaski Trail Project in Idaho.
Infrastructure Improvement.--The Committee recommends
$25,000,000 for infrastructure improvement, which is
$25,000,000 above the request. The Committee has retained this
important activity to focus on the agency's deferred
maintenance backlog. Within the funds provided $200,000 is for
fish passage improvements as part of the Craig Watershed
Restoration program.
land acquisition
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $132,945,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 44,130,000
Committee recommendation................................ 77,040,000
The Committee recommends $77,040,000 for land acquisition,
$32,910,000 above the budget request.
The Committee recommends the following distribution of
funds:
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Committee
Project Forest recommendation
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Alabama National Forests (AL)............. Multiple.......................................... $1,000,000
Beaver Brook Watershed (CO)............... Arapaho NF........................................ 6,000,000
Beckwith (WV)............................. Monongahela NF.................................... 1,800,000
Bonneville Shoreline Trail (UT)........... Wasatch-Cache NF.................................. 1,700,000
Chattooga River Corridor (NC/SC).......... Multiple.......................................... 1,000,000
Columbia River Gorge NSA (OR/WA).......... CRGNSA............................................ 1,000,000
Elkhorn/Ironmask (MT)..................... Helena NF......................................... 1,000,000
Georgia Mountains--Riparian Project (GA).. Chattahoochee NF.................................. 500,000
Great Lakes/Great Lands (MI).............. Multiple.......................................... 1,500,000
Greater Yellowstone Area (MT)............. Multiple.......................................... 3,000,000
High Elk Corridor (CO).................... White River NF.................................... 1,000,000
High Uintas (UT).......................... Wasatch-Cache NF.................................. 2,000,000
Hoosier Unique Areas (IN)................. Hoosier NF........................................ 1,000,000
I-90 Corridor (WA)........................ Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF........................... 5,000,000
Idaho Wilderness/W&S Rivers (ID/MT)....... Multiple.......................................... 706,000
Lake Tahoe sensitive lands (CA/NV)........ Tahoe NF.......................................... 4,000,000
Ozarks Mountain Streams and Rivers (MO)... Mark Twain NF..................................... 500,000
Pacific Northwest Streams (OR/WA)......... Multiple.......................................... 1,250,000
Pinhoti Trail (AL)........................ Talladega NF...................................... 1,000,000
Schwend Ranch (MT)........................ Custer NF......................................... 750,000
Sierra Nevada inholdings.................. Multiple.......................................... 2,000,000
Suwannee Wildlife Corridor (FL)........... .................................................. 1,000,000
Swan Valley (MT).......................... Flathead NF....................................... 3,000,000
Tennessee Mountains (TN).................. Cherokee NF....................................... 3,800,000
Uwharrie Trail (NC)....................... Uwharrie NF....................................... 500,000
Wisconsin Wild Waterways (WI)............. Chequamegon-Nicolet NF............................ 1,000,000
Woo Ranch and Thomas Point (AZ)........... Coconino NF....................................... 600,000
Sawtooth NRA (ID)......................... Sawtooth NRA...................................... 1,000,000
Shawnee NF (IL)........................... Shawnee NF........................................ 1,200,000
Daniel Boone NF (KY)...................... Daniel Boone NF................................... 1,000,000
DeSoto NF (MS)............................ DeSoto NF......................................... 360,000
Francis Marion NF (SC).................... Francis Marion NF................................. 1,000,000
Sumter NF (SC)............................ Sumter NF......................................... 3,000,000
Black Hills NF (SD)....................... Black Hills NF.................................... 1,000,000
Green Mountain NF (VT).................... Green Mountain NF................................. 2,500,000
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Subtotal, Acquisitions.............. .................................................. 58,666,000
Wilderness Protection..................... .................................................. 2,000,000
Acquisition Management.................... .................................................. 16,374,000
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Total, FS Land Acquisition.......... .................................................. 77,040,000
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The Committee has included language in the bill pertaining
to the use of funds for the acquisition of certain lands for
inclusion in the Tongass NF.
acquisition of lands for national forests, special acts
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,062,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,069,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,069,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000
which is equal to the budget request. These funds are derived
from receipts at certain forests.
acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $232,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 234,000
Committee recommendation................................ 234,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $234,000,
which is equal to the budget request. This amount is derived
from funds deposited by State, county, and municipal
governments or public school authorities pursuant to the Act of
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a).
range betterment fund
(Special Fund, Indefinite)
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $3,380,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,000,000,
which is equal to the request. This amount is for range
rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, and is derived
from fees received for livestock grazing on National Forests
pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended.
gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $91,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 92,000
Committee recommendation................................ 92,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $92,000, the
same as the budget estimate. 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, 2003.................................... $5,506,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 5,535,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,535,000
The Committee recommends $5,535,000 for subsistence
management of forest lands in the State of Alaska, which is the
same as the budget request.
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
$3,000,000 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 $400,000
of Federal funds provided, may 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.
Language is included which permits the Secretary of
Agriculture to sell excess buildings and other facilities on
the Green Mountain National Forest and to retain the revenues
for maintenance and rehabilitation activities on the forest.
Language is included allowing up to $15,000,000 to be
transferred to the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of
the Interior for Endangered Species Act consultations.
Language is included regarding the expenditure of funds for
competitive sourcing, as discussed in the front of this report.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
clean coal technology
(DEFERRAL)
The Committee recommends a deferral of $97,000,000 in
previously appropriated funding for the Clean Coal Technology
program. The Committee understands that the projects for which
this funding will be used are progressing, but at a somewhat
slower pace than originally anticipated.
The Committee continues to support the U.S./China Energy
and Environmental Center to promote the use and transfer of
American clean energy technology to China. Up to $1,000,000 in
clean coal technology funding may be used for this purpose in
fiscal year 2004.
The Committee has included language in the bill requiring a
plan be transmitted to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations detailing the proposed expenditure of funds for
the FutureGen project.
fossil energy research and development
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $620,837,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 514,305,000
Committee recommendation................................ 593,514,000
The Committee recommends $593,514,000 for fossil energy
research and development, a decrease of $27,323,000 below the
equivalent enacted level in fiscal year 2003, and an increase
of $79,209,000 over the budget request. The Committee regrets
that the current budget scenario prevented the restoration of
many accounts vital to our Nation's energy security. In
addition to restoring core research and development programs,
the Committee has not agreed to the use of $14,000,000 in
previously appropriated funds to offset fiscal year 2004
spending. The amounts recommend by the Committee as compared to
the budget estimate are shown below.
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Clean coal power initiative.................................. 130,000 130,000 ...............
Fuels and Power Systems:
Central Systems.......................................... 86,000 91,000 +5,000
Sequestration R&D Greenhouse gas control................. 62,000 39,800 -22,200
Fuels.................................................... 5,000 24,910 +19,910
Advanced Research........................................ 37,500 37,882 +382
Distributed Generation Systems--Fuel Cells............... 47,000 65,000 +18,000
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Subtotal, Fuels and Power Systems...................... 237,500 258,592 +21,092
Gas.......................................................... 26,555 41,890 +15,335
Petroleum--Oil Technology.................................... 15,000 34,516 +19,516
Cooperative R&D.............................................. 6,000 8,500 +2,500
Fossil energy environmental restoration...................... 9,715 9,715 ...............
Import/export authorization.................................. 2,750 2,750 ...............
Headquarters program direction............................... 22,700 22,466 -234
Energy Technology Center program direction................... 70,085 70,085 ...............
General plant projects....................................... 3,000 7,000 +4,000
Advanced metallurgical processes............................. 10,000 8,000 -2,000
Use of prior year balances................................... -14,000 ............... +14,000
Transfer from SPR petroleum account.......................... -5,000 ............... +5,000
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Total, Fossil Energy Research and Development.......... 514,305 593,514 +79,209
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Clean Coal Power Initiative.--The Committee recommends
$130,000,000 in new budget authority for the clean coal power
initiative. This level is equal to the budget request level.
The Committee is concerned this level is below the amount
needed annually to match the President's commitment to provide
an additional $2,000,000,000 over 10 years for clean coal
technologies. The Department has argued the $2,000,000,000
commitment will still be met due to an anticipated request for
increased funding in future fiscal years.
Fuels and Power Systems.--The Committee recommends
$258,592,000 for fuels and power systems, a decrease of
$2,722,000 from the fiscal year 2003 enacted level and
$21,092,000 over the budget request. For Central Systems the
Committee recommends $91,000,000. Increases above the budget
request total $5,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is for
innovations to existing plants, including support at the
enacted level for the evaluation program of elemental mercury
emissions reduction from North Dakota lignite-fired power
plants, and the remaining $3,000,000 is for Advanced Combustion
Systems. The Committee recommends $65,000,000 for Distributed
Generation, an increase of $18,000,000 over the request level.
Increases above the request level include; $5,000,000 for Fuel
Cell Systems, $3,000,000 for Vision 21 hybrids, and $10,000,000
for the SECA program. Within the amount requested for Advanced
Research, the HiTEC satellite research university is expected
to receive $500,000 over the fiscal year 2003 level for its
continued work as a HiTEC partner. The increase for Fuel Cell
Systems is expected to finalize the product design improvement
initiative and continue support of the molten-carbonate turbine
hybrid project. The Committee is extremely concerned with the
progress of the Vision 21 hybrid program and is becoming
increasingly skeptical of providing additional funding in light
of the ongoing technical problems and the need for additional
resources in the SECA program. In Sequestration Research and
Development, decreases below the budget request include
$9,000,000 for greenhouse gas control and $13,200,000 for the
proposed, but unexplained, National Climate Change Technology
Initiative. The Committee understands the need for additional
Sequestration R&D, especially in light of the FutureGen
proposal, but does not believe it is a wise policy decision to
eliminate basic research and development in well-established
and successful coal, oil and gas programs in order to shift
funds to unexplained initiatives. In Fuels, increases above the
budget request total $19,910,000, of which $10,500,000 is for
Transportation Fuels and Chemicals, $6,060,000 is for Solid
Fuels and Feedstocks and $3,350,000 is for Advanced Fuels
Research. Increases for Transportation fuels include,
$6,700,000 for syngas membrane technology, $3,700,000 for ultra
clean fuels and the continuation of small-footprint plant
conversion technology, and $100,000 for program support.
Increases in Solid Fuels and Feedstocks include $1,000,000 for
premium carbon products, $3,000,000 for advanced separation,
$2,000,000 for coal derived jet fuels and $60,000 for program
support. Increases in Advanced Fuels Research include
$2,000,000 for C-1 Chemistry, $1,300,000 for Advanced Concepts,
and $50,000 for program support. In Advanced Research, changes
to the budget request include an increase of $3,000,000 for
Coal Utilization Science, an increase of $1,967,000 for
technology crosscut for the focus area for computational energy
science, a decrease of $1,559,000 for Materials ($1,500,000 for
materials research and $59,000 for program direction), a
decrease of $2,019,000 for University Coal Research, and a
decrease of $1,007,000 for HBCU research activities. Within the
amounts provided $1,000,000 for coal utilization science is to
support the continuation of fossil energy research at the
Arctic Energy Office as provided in the budget request. The
$3,000,000 increase for Coal Utilization Science is to support
the creation of the ``Strategic Center for Zero Emission Coal
Research.'' The Center will enhance collaboration between
Universities and the National labs to focus research necessary
to support the advanced coal programs and the FutureGen
proposal. The Center will be administered by the established
HiTec satellite research university. The Committee understands
this year's funding need for the ITM Oxygen project within IGCC
is higher than the need in fiscal years 2005 and 2006. The
Department is encouraged to fund ITM Oxygen at level higher
than identified in the budget request in order to keep the
program on track for completion.
The Committee notes that more than one-half of the
electricity generated in the United States is derived from
coal, and the vast majority of that generation is provided by
so-called pulverized coal units. Considering these coal
combustion units likely will remain the backbone of electricity
generation for many years to come, the Department is expected
to include recommendations within the fiscal year 2005 budget
request to address post combustion CO2 capture
technology as it develops its justification for combustion
research and CO2 capture and sequestration
initiatives.
The Committee is aware of the ongoing work, including
recent grant awards, between NETL and Western Kentucky
University on research and development related to coal
combustion. The Committee remains supportive of this
partnership and encourages the Department to continue
cooperative work with the University when appropriate.
The Committee is aware of the ongoing work of the
California University of Pennsylvania and Universal Aggregates,
an industry consortium developing products from coal-combustion
by-products. The Committee welcomes efforts to produce
technologies and processes to reduce emissions, eliminate
waste, and provide other environmental benefits, and encourages
the Department to foster this important research and
development.
Natural Gas Technologies.--The Committee recommends
$41,890,000 for natural gas technologies, a decrease of
$5,123,000 from the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and
$15,335,000 over the budget request. In Exploration and
Production, changes from the budget request are; a decrease of
$3,860,000 Advanced Drilling (the Committee rejects the request
proposal to lump all Exploration and Production under a single
initiative), an increase of $4,000,000 for Advanced
Diagnostics, an increase of $2,000,000 for Industry
Partnerships, an increase of $1,200,000 for stripper well
revitalization, an increase of $500,000 for Technology Transfer
and an increase of $3,000,000 for Arctic Research. In Gas
Hydrates, increases above the budget request total $6,000,000.
In Infrastructure, increases above the request total
$9,050,000, of which $2,000,000 is for storage technology,
$7,000,000 is for infrastructure technology, and $50,000 is for
program support. In Emerging Processing Technology there is a
decrease of $6,555,000 for a proposed initiative for converting
Natural Gas to Hydrogen. The Committee rejects the premise that
domestic natural gas production and infrastructure research and
development should be cut at a time when natural gas demand is
increasing and supplies are already insufficient to meet
demand. Similarly, it is an unwise policy decision to balance a
new initiative to turn natural gas into hydrogen (and
potentially adding more stress to natural gas markets) by
cutting the programs necessary to stabilize natural gas
supplies. The Committee notes the Fuels budget includes work to
convert fossil fuels into hydrogen.
Oil Technologies.--The Committee recommends $34,516,000 for
oil technologies, a decrease of $7,509,000 from the fiscal year
2003 enacted level and an increase of $19,516,000 from the
budget request. In Exploration and Production, increases above
the budget request total $15,860,000, of which $2,000,000 is
for advanced drilling, $5,000,000 is for advanced diagnostics,
$2,000,000 is for the lab/industry partnerships, $5,000,000 is
for reservoir efficiency, $1,500,000 is for the Arctic Energy
Office and $180,000 is for program support. In Reservoir Life
Extension, increases above the budget request total $2,000,000,
of which $500,000 is for technology transfer and $1,500,000 is
for PUMP. In Effective Environmental Protection the Committee
recommends $9,836,000, equal to the fiscal year 2003 enacted
level and $1,836,000 above the budget proposal. The Committee
rejects the proposal to lump all programs under a single
initiative and provides funding as follows; $894,000 for
Program Planning and Analysis, $2,687,000 to Streamline State/
tribal/Federal regulations, $2,183,000 for Risk Assessment,
$3,974,000 for Technology Development, and $98,000 for program
support. Within these amounts, funding for the RBDMS system is
continued at the enacted level.
Cooperative Research and Development.--The Committee
recommends $8,500,000 for cooperative research and development,
an increase of $314,000 over the fiscal year 2003 enacted
level, and $2,500,000 above the budget request.
Environmental Restoration.--The Committee recommends
$9,715,000 for environmental restoration, and increase of
$63,000 above the fiscal year 2003 enacted level and fully
commensurate with the budget request.
Program Direction and Management Support.--The Committee
recommends $92,551,000 for program direction and management
support, an increase of $5,332,000 above the fiscal year 2003
enacted level, and $234,000 below the request. The Committee
does not provide the requested increase for travel and travel
related expenses for the headquarters office. The Committee is
concerned with the incongruity of a budget request which
proposes to cut funding for vital fossil energy research
programs by approximately $150,000,000, while at the same time
increasing executive travel expenditures by 44 percent. Bill
language has also been included to ensure that reprogrammings
do not circumvent the Committee's directives.
Plant and Capital Equipment.--The Committee recommends
$7,000,000 for plant and capital equipment, an increase of
$46,000 from the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and an
increase of $4,000,000 above the budget request. Of the funds
made available, $3,000,000 is for general plant projects
(including the Albany Research Center) and $4,000,000 is for
the infrastructure improvement program at the National Energy
Technology Laboratory. The Committee is hopeful that the
Department will heed its direction of previous years and
include the NETL funding as part of the base in future years.
Advanced Metallurgical Processes.--The Committee recommends
$8,000,000 for advanced metallurgical processes, an increase of
$2,000,000 from the fiscal year 2003 enacted level, and
$2,000,000 below the budget request.
General.--The Office of Arctic Energy may allocate funding
provided under Coal Utilization Science, Natural Gas
Technologies and Petroleum Technologies at its discretion on
projects including, but not limited to, development of coal bed
methane and gas hydrates, small scale gas treatment plant
demonstration, research on the Alaska natural gas pipeline, and
high efficiency fuel cell research using Ramgen technology.
Within these funds, it is expected research for the Alaska
natural gas pipeline should total no less than $1,000,000 in
fiscal year 2004, and $500,000 is for gas treatment plant small
scale membrane demonstration.
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $17,715,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 16,500,000
Committee recommendation................................ 17,947,000
The Committee recommends $17,947,000 for the Naval
Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, an increase of $1,447,000
over the budget request, and $232,000 over the enacted level.
The Committee rejects the budget proposal to eliminate the
Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center [RMOTC]. Changes to the
budget request include an increase of $3,000,000 to continue
operations at RMOTC, an increase of $728,000 in program
direction in support of RMOTC operations and a decrease of
$2,281,000 for restoration activities. The Committee notes it
has agreed to provide $500,000 for restoration activities
proposed by the budget. The Committee is aware of proposals to
realign the activities of RMOTC with the Fossil Energy Research
and Development--Oil Technology account and applauds the
Department's desire to utilize RMOTC in a more effective
manner. However, the Committee does not believe closing the
facility in fiscal year 2004 is conducive to transferring the
facilities operations in fiscal year 2005. Furthermore, the
Department has failed to illustrate how savings from closing
RMOTC would outweigh the potential closing and clean-up costs
for the facility.
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $36,000,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 36,000,000
Committee recommendation (advance appropriation)........ 36,000,000
The Committee recommends $36,000,000 for the Elk Hills
school lands fund, the same as the budget request and the
fiscal year 2003 level. These funds will become available on
October 1, 2004.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $891,769,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 875,793,000
Committee recommendation................................ 861,645,000
The Committee recommends $861,645,000 for energy
conservation, a reduction of $14,148,000 from the budget
request. The amounts recommended by the Committee compared with
the budget estimates by activity are shown in the following
table:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee
Budget estimate recommendation Change
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Vehicle technologies......................................... 157,623 174,223 +16,600
Fuel cell technologies....................................... 77,500 68,500 -9,000
Weatherization and intergovernmental activities:
Weatherization assistance grants......................... 288,200 230,000 -58,200
State energy program grants.............................. 38,798 44,000 +5,202
State energy activities.................................. 2,353 2,353 ...............
Gateway deployment....................................... 27,609 35,109 +7,500
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Subtotal, Weatherization and intergovernmental 356,960 311,462 -45,498
acivities.............................................
Distributed energy resources................................. 51,784 57,534 +5,750
Building technologies........................................ 52,563 62,063 +9,500
Industrial technologies...................................... 64,429 76,429 +12,000
Biomass and biorefinery systems R&D.......................... 8,808 10,808 +2,000
Federal energy management program............................ 19,962 19,962 ...............
National climate change technology initiative................ 9,500 ............... -9,500
Program management........................................... 76,664 80,664 +4,000
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Total, Energy Conservation............................. 875,793 861,645 -14,148
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Changes to the budget request are detailed below.
Vehicle Technologies.--The Committee recommends
$174,223,000 for vehicle technologies. Changes from the budget
request include increases of $500,000 for CARAT, $1,500,000 for
heavy vehicle propulsion and ancillary subsystems, $5,000,000
for combustion and emission control, $5,000,000 for heavy truck
engine, $3,500,000 for waste heat recovery, $3,500,000 for off-
highway vehicle technology, $1,600,000 for the high temperature
materials laboratory, $2,000,000 for advanced petroleum based
fuels, $500,000 for non-petroleum based fuels for medium
trucks, and $2,000,000 for environmental impacts. Decreases in
vehicle technologies include $500,000 for GATE, $5,000,000 for
exploratory technology development in energy storage, $500,000
for health impacts in advanced combustion engine R&D,
$1,000,000 for automotive lightweight materials technology,
$500,000 for advanced vehicle competitions, and $1,000,000 for
biennial Freedom CAR review.
The increase provided for heavy vehicle propulsion is for a
demonstration of an application specific refuse vehicle. The
$4,000,000 provided for waste heat recovery includes $2,000,000
for gasoline engine turbocharger research and $2,000,000 for
diesel engine turbocharger research. Within the amount provided
for heavy vehicle high strength weight reduction materials, the
Department should continue work on metal matrix composites. The
increase provided for non-petroleum based fuels for medium
trucks is for natural gas engine research. Within the amount
provided for advanced petroleum based fuels, the Department
should allocate funding for engine durability, compatibility,
and emissions testing of biodiesel. The Department should also
continue work with the National Center for Alternative
Transportation Fuels, Engines, and Transmissions.
Fuel Cells.--The Committee recommends $68,500,000 for fuel
cell technology, and increase of $13,362,000 over the enacted
level. Changes from the budget request include a reduction of
$9,000,000 for fuel processor R&D.
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities.--The
Committee recommends $311,462,000 for weatherization and
intergovernmental activities. Changes to the budget request
include increases of $5,202,000 for the State Energy Program,
$5,000,000 for Clean Cities, and $2,500,000 for Inventions and
Innovations. The Committee has provided $5,828,000 of the
requested increase for the weatherization assistance program.
Within the amount provided for clean cities, the Department
should continue efforts to expand E-85 fueling capacity. Within
the amount provided for inventions and innovations, the
Department should allocate sufficient funds to provide
commercialization training and technical assistance.
Distributed Energy Resources.--The Committee recommends
$57,534,000 for distributed energy resources. Changes to the
budget request include increases of $4,000,000 for
reciprocating engines, $750,000 for fuel flexibility for oil
heat research, and $1,000,000 for DES applications integration.
The increase provided for DES applications integration is
for the National Accounts Energy Alliance.
Building Technologies.--The Committee recommends
$62,063,000 for building technologies. Changes to the budget
request include increases of $4,000,000 for lighting,
$2,000,000 for space conditioning and refrigeration, $2,000,000
for windows, and $1,500,000 for equipment standards and
analysis.
The amount provided for lighting includes $9,000,000 for
the next generation lighting initiative. Within the amount
provided for window technology, the Department should expand
work on electrochromic technology, including initiation of
field trials of electrochromic windows in occupied buildings.
The Department should also provide at least $500,000 for work
by the National Fenestration Rating Council.
Industrial Technologies.--The Committee recommends
$76,429,000 for industrial technologies. Changes to the budget
request include increases of $2,000,000 for steel industry of
the future, $2,000,000 for metal casting industry of the
future, $2,000,000 for chemical industry of the future,
$2,000,000 for mining industry of the future, and $5,000,000
for black liquor gasification. There is a decrease of
$1,000,000 for industrial assessment centers.
Within the metal casting program, the Department should
consider proposals submitted by the University of Northern
Iowa's metal casting center.
Biomass and Biorefinery R&D.--The Committee recommends
$10,808,000 for biomass and biorefinery activities. There is an
increase of $2,000,000 over the budget request for regional
biobased products consortia.
Federal Energy Management Program.--The Committee
recommends $19,962,000 for the Federal energy management
program, the same as the budget request.
National Climate Change Technology Initiative.--The
Committee recommends no funds for the national climate change
technology initiative, a new initiative that would support
competitive solicitations to promote applied research that has
as its primary goal the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
or the sequestration of greenhouse gases. The Committee
supports the goals of this initiative, and encourages the
Department to support development of such technologies within
the amounts provided for energy conservation and fossil energy
research and development.
Program Management.--The Committee recommends $80,664,000
for program management. There is a $4,000,000 increase over the
budget request for cooperative programs with States.
The increase provided funds the second year of the State
Technologies Advancement Collaborative pilot program, a
cooperative program between the States and the Department. The
Department should support this effort with additional program
funds where such support is consistent with the goals and
objectives of the contributing program. The Committee also
encourages consideration of proposals relating to the
Connecticut demand response program to the extent consistent
with the goals of the STAC program and the research activities
funded in this appropriations bill.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,477,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,047,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,047,000
The Committee recommends $1,047,000 for economic
regulation, equal to the budget request.
strategic petroleum reserve
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $171,732,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 175,081,000
Committee recommendation................................ 173,081,000
The Committee recommends $173,081,000 for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve, an increase of $1,349,000 from the fiscal
year 2003 enacted level, and a decrease of $2,000,000 from the
budget request. Of the amount provided, the Committee
recommends $156,979,000 for storage facilities development and
operations, an increase of $1,156,000 over the enacted level.
The Committee's recommendation also includes $16,102,000 for
management. Funding for the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
has been retained in a separate account.
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,954,000
Budget estimate, 2004...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................
The Committee provides no funding for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve's Petroleum Account for fiscal year 2004 as
proposed by the budget request. Funding is not provided due to
a contractual change making transportation charges for Royalty-
In-Kind fill the responsibility of the contractors. The
Committee does not agree to transfer $5,000,000 of prior year
funds to the Fossil Energy Research and Development account, as
these funds were previously rescinded in Public Law 108-7.
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $5,961,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 5,000,000
The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the Northeast Home
Heating Oil Reserve, a decrease of $961,000 from the enacted
level, and equal to the budget request. Savings from the
enacted levels are the result of re-competed storage contracts.
energy information administration
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $80,087,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 80,111,000
Committee recommendation................................ 80,111,000
The Committee recommends $80,111,000 for the Energy
Information Administration, which is the same as the budget
estimate.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
indian health services
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $2,475,916,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 2,502,393,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,546,524,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,546,524,000
for Indian health services, an increase of $70,608,000 above
the current year enacted level. Changes include increases of
$32,525,000 for partial pay costs, $21,733,000 for staffing of
new facilities, $15,000,000 for contract health care, $500,000
for the Alaska telemedicine initiative to bring that project
total to $4,000,000, and $850,000 to assist with the Indian
Health Service's effort to develop a mobile women's health unit
that will be based at an IHS facility in North Dakota and serve
the Aberdeen Area. The Committee does not agree with the
administration's proposal to reduce the base program for
services by $30,616,000 and has carried that amount forward in
its fiscal year 2004 recommendation. Within the base program
for services, funding for the Montana and North Dakota InPsych
programs is continued at $250,000 each. Funds for both the
InMed and RAIN programs at the University of North Dakota are
also continued at current year enacted levels. An amount of
$15,000,000 is continued in the base program for alcohol
control, prevention, and treatment efforts in Alaska. Bill
language has been included to describe the intended
distribution of funds to the Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium, the State of Alaska and the Alaska Federation of
Natives.
The Committee is encouraged by the work that has been
accomplished to date by the Service and tribes in collaboration
with the Joslin diabetes program. Although funding for this
program is derived outside of the appropriations process, the
Committee urges that the allocation of additional resources to
this important effort be considered in the future.
The Committee recognizes that the problems of understaffing
and underfunding are chronic throughout the Service's
facilities. Most recently, information was brought to the
Committee's attention indicating that the hours at the Fort
Totten Clinic at the Spirit Lake Reservation may be
insufficient to meet existing health care needs. As an example
of the kinds of efforts that would be required to upgrade
health services at an IHS facility, the Committee requests that
the IHS assess the current delivery of health care at the Fort
Totten clinic, evaluate the impact of extended hours and
additional staff on the provision of health care, and estimate
the anticipated costs associated with expanded service.
Bill language is included in Title III, General Provisions,
continuing the demonstration program of the Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, which provides bonus payments to
health professionals. The Committee understands the tribe was
not able to take full advantage of the authority provided by
this same provision in the fiscal year 2003 bill.
At the Committee's request, the Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations
Subcommittee in its fiscal year 2004 bill extended the scope of
one of its provisions to include the Indian Health Service.
This provision would prohibit the Department of Health and
Human Services from using funds appropriated to the Indian
Health Service to carry out or administer its human resources
consolidation plan. No clear explanation of savings, costs, and
benefits of the plan has been provided to the Committee and, in
fact, discussions with the Department have not put to rest the
Committee's concerns, but instead brought to light additional
questions. Given the scarce resources that are available to the
Indian Health Service for the delivery of health care, the
Committee cannot agree to a reorganization plan that could
potentially divert these funds from their primary purpose, has
not been clearly demonstrated to offer greater benefits than
the current system, and does not have wide support among the
tribes.
The Committee notes that authorizing legislation, which
proposes to elevate the status of the Director of the Indian
Health Service to the Assistant Secretary level, is currently
under consideration in both the House and Senate. The Committee
fully endorses this legislation with the understanding that it
would allow the Director to fulfill his responsibilities with
the same authority and access that is provided to the Assistant
Secretary for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In the Committee's
view, an enhanced, more visible role for the Service leadership
could only help to bring greater attention to the dire need for
additional health services throughout Indian Country.
indian health facilities
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $373,745,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 387,269,000
Committee recommendation................................ 391,188,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $391,188,000
for the facilities account, an amount of $17,443,000 above the
current year enacted level. Changes include $3,022,000 for
partial pay costs, $3,729,000 for staffing of new facilities,
and $300,000 for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to
purchase portable mammogram equipment. An amount of $91,977,000
is proposed for the health facilities construction program, an
increase of $22,030,000 above the budget request and
$10,392,000 above the enacted level. The allocation of these
funds for priority construction projects is shown in the
following table:
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Budget Committee
Health care facilities construction estimate recommendation
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Outpatient Facilities:
Pinon, AZ........................... $21,573,000 $19,577,000
Red Mesa, AZ........................ 30,000,000 30,000,000
St. Paul, AK........................ .............. 6,520,000
Metlakatla, AK...................... 14,511,000 9,205,000
Sisseton, SD........................ 3,863,000 17,960,000
Staff quarters: Bethel.................. .............. 5,043,000
Regional Youth Treatment Centers: PHX-NV .............. 3,672,000
Satellite, Wadsworth, NV...............
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As it did last year, the Committee has included bill
language that would prohibit the use of Indian Health Service
appropriated funds for sanitation facilities construction
associated with new homes funded with grants by housing
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
[DHUD]. These DHUD housing grant programs for new homes are
able to fund the sanitation facilities necessary for the homes.
No funds are included by the Committee for either the joint
venture program or the small ambulatory grants program due to
the lack of resources and the need to fund other IHS
priorities. However, the Committee remains supportive of these
alternative means for constructing health facilities and will
make every effort to resume these programs in future budget
cycles.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $14,397,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 13,532,000
Committee recommendation................................ 13,532,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,532,000
which is the same as the budget estimate.
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development
payments to the institute
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $5,454,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 5,250,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,250,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,250,000, an
increase of $1,000,000 above the budget estimate. Additional
funds are provided to assist the Institute with its effort to
establish the first American Indian Lifelong Learning Center.
The Committee understands that the Institute has been
successful in attracting a significant amount of support from
the private sector to fund initial program and construction
development, and intends to match the increase provided in this
appropriation dollar-for-dollar with non-federal resources.
Smithsonian Institution
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003....................................\1\ $446,096,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 476,553,000
Committee recommendation................................ 487,989,000
\1\ Includes rescission of $14,100,000 in prior year funds.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $487,989,000
for salaries and expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, an
increase of $27,793,000 above the pre-rescission current year
enacted level of $460,196,000. Proposed changes are in
agreement with those recommended in the administration's fiscal
year 2004 budget request, including an amount of $12,978,000 to
meet escalating uncontrollable costs and a net increase of
$15,734,000 for program-related activities. Included in this
program increase are funds required for activities related to
the opening of two new Smithsonian museums: $4,610,000 for the
Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum,
scheduled to open in December 2003, and $5,114,000 for the
National Museum of the American Indian, scheduled to open in
September 2004. Significant increases have also been provided
for additional security, maintenance and information technology
efforts, as proposed in the budget request and a small
programmatic enhancement of $1,078,000 is provided to expand
the Latino grants program and reinstate the science fellowships
program. The proposed rearrangement of funds to integrate the
various components of the facilities maintenance program has
been accepted and includes the redirection of $19,250,000 from
museums and research centers to facilities services, as well as
the transfer of $11,430,000 from the former repair, restoration
and renovation of facilities account. The detail table at the
back of the report displays the proposed allocation of funds
among the Institution's programs.
facilities capital
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $98,779,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 89,970,000
Committee recommendation................................ 89,970,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $89,970,000
for the facilities capital account, as proposed in the budget
request. Within this total, $71,670,000 is intended for
revitalization work, $10,000,000 for construction of POD 5 at
the Museum Support Center, and $8,300,000 for facilities
planning and design. The Committee notes that the newly created
facilities capital account consolidates funding previously
appropriated to the construction account and the repair,
restoration and renovation of facilities account, and,
therefore, has included bill language to transfer and merge
existing unobligated balances into the reorganized structure.
National Gallery of Art
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $76,717,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 88,849,000
Committee recommendation................................ 85,650,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $85,650,000
for salaries and expenses at the National Gallery of Art, an
amount of $8,933,000 above the enacted level. Increases include
$2,951,000 for pay and benefits and $5,982,000 for program
support. Within the latter amount, $2,721,000 is provided for
information technology upgrades and $688,000 is for additional
security requirements. The Special Exhibitions program is fully
funded in the amount of $3,026,000. The detail 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, 2003.................................... $16,125,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 11,600,000
Committee recommendation................................ 11,600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,600,000
for the repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings. This
amount meets the budget estimate, and provides funding to
continue Master Facilities Plan projects, as well as ongoing
renovation and repair work.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
operations and maintenance
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $16,204,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 16,560,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,560,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,560,000 to
meet the budget estimate for the operations and maintenance of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
construction
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $17,486,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 16,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,000,000 to
meet the budget request for major construction and renovation
projects of the Kennedy Center.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $8,433,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 8,604,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,604,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,604,000 for
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an amount
that meets the budget request. The detail table at the back of
the report displays the proposed distribution of funding for
the center's activities in the coming fiscal year.
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
grants and administration
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $115,732,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... \1\ 117,480,000
Committee recommendation................................ 117,480,000
\1\ Includes funds previously appropriated separately through the
Challenge America Fund account.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $117,480,000
for the National Endowment of the Arts. This total includes an
amount of $100,480,000 for grants and administration, and
$17,000,000 for the Challenge America Fund, which has been
folded into the NEA account to more accurately reflect overall
program levels. Both sums are in agreement with the budget
estimate. An amount of $1,748,000 above the current year
enacted level has been included to meet mandatory increases in
pay and benefits, as well as other fixed cost adjustments.
Language in title III of the bill retains provisions from
prior years 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; designation of a
category for grants of national significance; and authority to
solicit and invest funds.
The detail table at the back of the report displays the
proposed distribution among the endowment's activities.
National Endowment for the Humanities
grants and administration
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $108,919,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 135,878,000
Committee recommendation................................ 125,878,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $125,878,000
for grants and administration of the National Endowment for the
Humanities. This amount exceeds the current year enacted level
by $16,959,000. Within the overall increase, $1,959,000 is
provided to meet fixed costs and $15,000,000 is provided for
grants and administration of an American history and civics
initiative. While the administration has included a request for
funds to implement its $25,000,000 ``We the People'' American
history initiative, Congress is currently considering similar
legislation that would complement the administration's
proposal. The Committee has attempted to fund the
administration's request to the best of its ability given
current budget constraints, but expects that design of the
final program would incorporate Congressional priorities,
should such legislation be enacted into law. The detail table
at the back of the report displays the distribution of funds
among the agency's various activities.
As in prior years, the Committee has included bill language
providing the Endowment with the authority to solicit and
invest funds.
matching grants
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $16,017,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 16,122,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,122,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,122,000
for matching grants. This amount meets the budget request and
provides $10,436,000 for Challenge grants and $5,686,000 is for
Treasury funds.
Commission of Fine Arts
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $1,216,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 1,422,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,422,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,422,000 for
the Commission of Fine Arts, an amount that meets the fiscal
year 2004 budget estimate.
national capital arts and cultural affairs
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $6,954,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,000,000 for
the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program, an
increase of $1,000,000 over the budget request.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $3,643,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 4,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,000,000
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, a reduction of $100,000 from
the budget request. The amount provided equals the authorized
funding level for the Council.
National Capital Planning Commission
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $7,206,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 8,230,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,030,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,030,000 for
the National Capital Planning Commission, an amount of $824,000
above the current year enacted level. The increase is intended
to cover the uncontrollable cost adjustments of pay and
benefits, as well as rent, utilities and other program-related
expenses. The Committee has not funded the proposed $200,000
railroad study, but would reconsider that proposal at a later
date provided that there is demonstrated support from the other
agencies and private sector groups that would need to be
involved to ensure the success of this effort.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
holocaust memorial museum
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $38,412,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 39,997,000
Committee recommendation................................ 39,997,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,997,000
for the Holocaust Memorial Museum. This amount meets the fiscal
year 2004 budget estimate and provides additional funds to meet
fixed cost increases and maintain museum operations at the
current level.
Presidio Trust
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
Appropriations, 2003.................................... $21,188,000
Budget estimate, 2004................................... 20,700,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,700,000
The Committee recommends $20,700,000 for the Presidio
Trust, the same as the budget request.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee has recommended inclusion of several general
provisions in the bill including the following:
Sec. 301. 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. 302. 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.
Sec. 303. Provides that appropriations made available in
this bill will not remain available beyond the current fiscal
year unless otherwise provided.
Sec. 304. Provides that appropriations made available in
this bill cannot be used to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other
personal servants.
Sec. 305. Provides for restrictions on departmental
assessments unless approved by the Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 306. 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 2000.
Sec. 307. Retains mining patent moratorium carried in
previous years.
Sec. 308. Provides that funds appropriated to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service for contract
support costs for fiscal years 1994 through 2002 are the total
amounts available except that, for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding
agreements.
Sec. 309. Includes language defining the grantmaking
capabilities and responsibilities of the National Endowment of
the Arts. Grants to individuals may be made only for literature
fellowships, national heritage fellowships, or American jazz
masters fellowships. The Chairperson of the Endowment will
establish procedures to ensure that grants made, except those
to a State or local arts agency, will not be used to make a
further grant to any other organization or individual to
conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Grants for seasonal support may not be awarded unless the
application is specific to the contents of the season.
Sec. 310. Includes language allowing 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.
Sec. 311. Provides language for awarding financial
assistance to underserved populations under the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965. With
funds appropriated to carry out section 5 of the act, the
chairman will establish a category of national significance
grants. With the exception of this grant category, the chairman
will not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of
such funds to any single State.
Sec. 312. 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. 313. Prohibits the use of funds to support Government-
wide administrative functions unless they are justified in the
budget process and approved by the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
Sec. 314. Prohibits the use of funds for GSA
telecommunication centers.
Sec. 315. Allows the Secretaries of the Interior and
Agriculture to limit competition for watershed restoration
projects contracts.
Sec. 316. 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. 317. Restricts the use of answering machines during
business hours.
Sec. 318. 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. 319. Provides that the Forest Service may not
inappropriately use the Recreation Fee Demonstration program to
supplant existing recreation concessions on the national
forests.
Sec. 320. 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. 321. 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. 322. Makes employees of foundations established by
Acts of Congress to solicit private sector funds on behalf of
Federal land management agencies eligible to qualify for
General Service Administration contract airfares.
Sec. 323. Provides the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior the authority to enter into
reciprocal agreements with foreign nations concerning the
personal liability of firefighters.
Sec. 324. Continues a provision that allows existing permit
holders whose permits will or have expired due to agency delays
to continue grazing activities until the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior completes an
environmental review of these permits.
Sec. 325. Allows the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian
Health Service to utilize health care funding in a more
efficient manner.
Sec. 326. Restricts the ability to transfer funds provided
in this Act.
Sec. 327. Restricts funding for improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.
Sec. 328. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Interior to consider local contractors when
awarding contracts for certain activities on public lands.
Sec. 329. Allows for local exemption from Forest Service
fee demonstration program.
Sec. 330. Modifies the Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of
1998.
Sec. 331. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, subject
to any terms and conditions the Secretary may require, to
convey to a participating State land or interest in land
acquired under the Forest Legacy program.
Sec. 332. Amends the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to modify
cost sharing requirements.
Sec. 333. Concerns legal challenges to timber sales on the
Tongass National Forest. This section provides for expedited
judicial review such that the Federal District Court shall
render a decision within 180 days after an application for
review is filed.
Sec. 334. Provides authority for the mutual termination of
timber contracts in Region 10 of the Forest Service where the
Secretary of Agriculture determines under the Secretary's sole
discretion that the contract is uneconomical to perform.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution
for 2004: Subcommittee on Interior:
Discretionary........................................... 19,627 19,627 19,395 \1\ 19,359
Mandatory............................................... 64 64 70 \1\ 70
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2004.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\ 13,147
2005.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 4,120
2006.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,482
2007.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 638
2008 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 244
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA 2,623 NA 1,580
2004.......................................................
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
LIMITATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
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.
--$221,803,000 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.
--$1,000,000 for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River National
Heritage Corridor.
--$3,000,000 for start-up and matching funds for projects of
the National Forest Foundation, U.S. Forest Service.
--Sums provided to the Department of Energy for the
integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production
systems pursuant to the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996.
--Sums provided to the Department of Energy for various
programs authorized in Public Law 102-486, Energy
Policy Act of 1992.
--$81,158,000 for economic regulation and the Energy
Information Administration, Department of Energy,
pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981.
--$13,532,000 for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation.
--$117,800,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
--$142,000,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
--$45,000 for the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Commission.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 10, 2003,
the Committee ordered reported en bloc H.R. 2555, a bill making
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, as amended; and S. 1391,
an original bill making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, each subject to amendment and each subject
to the budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 29-0, a quorum
being present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. DeWine
Mr. Brownback
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
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.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2004
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+
or -)
Item 2003 Budget House Committee ---------------------------------------------------
appropriation estimate allowance deg. recommendation 2003 Budget House
appropriation estimate allowance
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Management of Lands and Resources
Land Resources:
Soil, water and air management.... 35,824 34,936 35,136 -688 +200
Range management.................. 72,256 70,180 73,080 +824 +2,900
Forestry management............... 7,188 8,197 8,197 +1,009 ..............
Riparian management............... 21,967 21,972 21,972 +5 ..............
Cultural resources management..... 15,257 14,700 14,700 -557 ..............
Wild horse and burro management... 29,524 29,422 29,422 -102 ..............
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Subtotal, Land Resources........ 182,016 179,407 182,507 +491 +3,100
Wildlife and Fisheries Wildlife 22,201 22,423 22,423 +222 ..............
management...........................
Fisheries management.............. 11,593 11,869 11,869 +276 ..............
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Subtotal, Wildlife and Fisheries 33,794 34,292 34,292 +498 ..............
Threatened and endangered species..... 21,532 21,831 21,831 +299 ..............
Recreation Management:
Wilderness management............. 17,374 16,999 16,999 -375 ..............
Recreation resources management... 41,472 48,718 45,681 +4,209 -3,037
Recreation operations (fees)...... 993 1,000 1,000 +7 ..............
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Subtotal, Recreation Management. 59,839 66,717 63,680 +3,841 -3,037
Energy and Minerals:
Oil and gas....................... 86,123 85,953 87,165 +1,042 +1,212
Coal management................... 9,526 9,538 9,538 +12 ..............
Other mineral resources........... 10,250 10,434 10,434 +184 ..............
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Subtotal, Energy and Minerals... 105,899 105,925 107,137 +1,238 +1,212
Alaska minerals....................... 2,484 2,222 2,484 .............. +262
Realty and Ownership Management:
Alaska conveyance................. 36,826 32,943 47,943 +11,117 +15,000
Cadastral survey.................. 15,024 13,945 17,420 +2,396 +3,475
Land and realty management........ 36,770 34,045 36,545 -225 +2,500
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Subtotal, Realty and Ownership 88,620 80,933 101,908 +13,288 +20,975
Management.....................
Resource Protection and Maintenance:
Resource management planning...... 47,242 48,146 48,146 +904 ..............
Resource protection and law 14,318 14,798 15,298 +980 +500
enforcement......................
Hazardous materials management.... 16,705 16,726 16,726 +21 ..............
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Subtotal, Resource Protection 78,265 79,670 80,170 +1,905 +500
and Maintenance................
Transportation and Facilities
Maintenance:
Operations........................ 6,386 6,402 6,402 +16 ..............
Annual maintenance................ 31,974 31,025 31,025 -949 ..............
Deferred maintenance.............. 13,600 11,503 12,503 -1,097 +1,000
Infrastructure improvement........ 30,826 29,414 29,414 -1,412 ..............
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Subtotal, Transportation/ 82,786 78,344 79,344 -3,442 +1,000
Facilities Maintenance.........
Land and resources information systems 19,215 18,991 18,991 -224 ..............
Mining Law Administration:
Administration.................... 32,696 32,696 32,696 .............. ..............
Offsetting fees................... -32,696 -32,696 -32,696 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Mining Law .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
Administration.................
Workforce and Organizational Support:
Information systems operations.... 16,342 18,762 18,762 +2,420 ..............
Administrative support............ 49,785 49,817 49,817 +32 ..............
Bureauwide fixed costs............ 65,885 70,195 70,195 +4,310 ..............
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Subtotal, Workforce and 132,012 138,774 138,774 +6,762 ..............
Organizational Support.........
Challenge cost share.................. 13,882 20,973 15,973 +2,091 -5,000
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Total, Management of Lands and 820,344 828,079 847,091 +26,747 +19,012
Resources......................
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Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness.......................... 275,411 282,725 282,725 +7,314 ..............
Fire suppression operations........... 159,309 195,310 195,310 +36,001 ..............
Other operations...................... 215,433 220,690 220,690 +5,257 ..............
Other appropriations (Public Law 108- 189,000 ................. .............. -189,000 ..............
7)...................................
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Total, Wildland Fire Management. 839,153 698,725 698,725 -140,428 ..............
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Central Hazardous Materials Fund
Bureau of Land Management............. 9,913 9,978 9,978 +65 ..............
Construction
Construction.......................... 11,898 10,976 12,476 +578 +1,500
Land Acquisition
Land Acquisition:
Acquisitions...................... 27,272 18,186 19,100 -8,172 +914
Emergencies and hardships......... 1,490 1,500 2,000 +510 +500
Acquisition management............ 3,974 3,500 4,000 +26 +500
Land exchange equalization payment 497 500 500 +3 ..............
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Total, Land Acquisition......... 33,233 23,686 25,600 -7,633 +1,914
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Oregon and California Grant Lands
Western Oregon resources management... 85,794 87,454 87,454 +1,660 ..............
Western Oregon information and 2,192 2,202 2,202 +10 ..............
resource data systems................
Western Oregon transportation & 10,887 10,911 10,911 +24 ..............
facilities maintenance...............
Western Oregon construction and 297 297 297 .............. ..............
acquisition..........................
Jobs in the woods..................... 5,777 5,808 5,808 +31 ..............
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Total, Oregon and California 104,947 106,672 106,672 +1,725 ..............
Grant Lands....................
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Range Improvements
Improvements to public lands.......... 7,873 7,873 7,873 .............. ..............
Farm Tenant Act lands................. 1,527 1,527 1,527 .............. ..............
Administrative expenses............... 600 600 600 .............. ..............
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Total, Range Improvements....... 10,000 10,000 10,000 .............. ..............
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Service Charges, Deposits, and
Forfeitures
Rights-of-way processing.............. 1,115 12,000 10,667 +9,552 -1,333
Adopt-a-horse program................. 1,225 1,225 1,225 .............. ..............
Repair of damaged lands............... 3,666 3,666 3,666 .............. ..............
Cost recoverable realty cases......... 515 1,015 515 .............. -500
Timber purchaser expenses............. 50 50 50 .............. ..............
Copy fees............................. 1,329 2,534 2,534 +1,205 ..............
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Subtotal (gross)................ 7,900 20,490 18,657 +10,757 -1,833
Offsetting fees....................... -7,900 -20,490 -18,657 -10,757 +1,833
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Total, Service Charges, Deposits .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
& Forfeitures..................
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Miscellaneous Trust Funds
Current appropriations................ 12,405 12,405 12,405 .............. ..............
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TOTAL, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 1,841,893 1,700,521 1,722,947 -118,946 +22,426
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE
Resource Management
Ecological Services:
Endangered species:
Candidate conservation........ 9,867 8,670 10,130 +263 +1,460
Listing....................... 9,018 12,286 12,286 +3,268 ..............
Consultation.................. 47,459 45,734 46,034 -1,425 +300
Recovery...................... 65,412 62,029 66,739 +1,327 +4,710
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Subtotal, Endangered species 131,756 128,719 135,189 +3,433 +6,470
Habitat conservation.............. 85,070 82,336 82,133 -2,937 -203
Environmental contaminants........ 10,710 10,805 10,805 +95 ..............
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Subtotal, Ecological Services... 227,536 221,860 228,127 +591 +6,267
Refuges and Wildlife:
Refuge operations and maintenance. 367,377 402,015 387,000 +19,623 -15,015
Salton Sea recovery............... 992 ................. .............. -992 ..............
Migratory bird management......... 28,697 31,121 32,596 +3,899 +1,475
Law enforcement operations........ 51,590 52,666 53,366 +1,776 +700
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Subtotal, Refuges and Wildlife.. 448,656 485,802 472,962 +24,306 -12,840
Fisheries:
Hatchery operations and 54,098 58,027 55,715 +1,617 -2,312
maintenance......................
Fish and wildlife management...... 52,538 45,579 53,332 +794 +7,753
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Subtotal, Fisheries............. 106,636 103,606 109,047 +2,411 +5,441
General Administration:
Central office administration..... 14,474 17,275 17,275 +2,801 ..............
Regional office administration.... 24,060 23,787 23,787 -273 ..............
Servicewide administrative support 58,132 57,709 57,709 -423 ..............
National Fish and Wildlife 7,620 7,670 7,670 +50 ..............
Foundation.......................
National Conservation Training 16,037 15,639 16,489 +452 +850
Center...........................
International affairs............. 8,114 8,178 8,178 +64 ..............
Caddo Lake Ramsar Center.......... 199 ................. 1,000 +801 +1,000
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Subtotal, General Administration 128,636 130,258 132,108 +3,472 +1,850
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Total, Resource Management...... 911,464 941,526 942,244 +30,780 +718
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Construction
Construction and rehabilitation:
Line item construction............ 43,425 24,073 41,965 -1,460 +17,892
Nationwide engineering services... 10,648 11,320 11,320 +672 ..............
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Total, Construction............. 54,073 35,393 53,285 -788 +17,892
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Land Acquisition
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Acquisitions--Federal refuge lands 55,507 24,684 47,331 -8,176 +22,647
Inholdings........................ 1,987 2,500 2,500 +513 ..............
Emergencies and hardships......... 1,987 2,000 2,000 +13 ..............
Exchanges......................... 993 1,000 1,000 +7 ..............
Acquisition management............ 9,935 8,495 9,800 -135 +1,305
Cost allocation methodology....... 2,484 2,058 2,058 -426 ..............
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Total, Land Acquisition......... 72,893 40,737 64,689 -8,204 +23,952
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Landowner Incentive Program
Grants to States...................... 39,740 40,000 40,000 +260 ..............
Rescission of fiscal year 2002 -40,000 ................. .............. +40,000 ..............
funds............................
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Total, Landowner incentive -260 40,000 40,000 +40,260 ..............
program........................
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Private Stewardship Grants Program
Stewardship grants.................... 9,935 10,000 10,000 +65 ..............
Rescission of fiscal year 2002 -10,000 ................. .............. +10,000 ..............
funds............................
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Total, Private stewardship -65 10,000 10,000 +10,065 ..............
grants program.................
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Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund
Grants to States...................... 26,754 34,029 34,029 +7,275 ..............
HCP land acquisition.................. 51,136 50,000 50,000 -1,136 ..............
Administration........................ 2,583 2,585 2,585 +2 ..............
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Total, Cooperative Endangered 80,473 86,614 86,614 +6,141 ..............
Species Fund...................
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National Wildlife Refuge Fund
Payments in lieu of taxes............. 14,320 14,414 14,414 +94 ..............
North American Wetlands Conservation
Fund
Wetlands conservation................. 36,777 47,578 41,000 +4,223 -6,578
Administration........................ 1,532 1,982 1,982 +450 ..............
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Total, North American Wetlands 38,309 49,560 42,982 +4,673 -6,578
Conservation Fund..............
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Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Fund
Migratory bird grants................. 2,981 ................. 3,000 +19 +3,000
Multinational Species Conservation
Fund
African elephant conservation......... 1,192 1,000 1,500 +308 +500
Rhinoceros and tiger conservation..... 1,192 1,000 1,500 +308 +500
Asian elephant conservation........... 1,192 1,000 1,500 +308 +500
Great ape conservation................ 1,192 1,000 1,500 +308 +500
Neotropical migratory bird .............. 3,000 .............. .............. -3,000
conservation.........................
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Total, Multinational Species 4,768 7,000 6,000 +1,232 -1,000
Conservation Fund..............
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State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
State and tribal wildlife grants...... 64,577 59,983 75,000 +10,423 +15,017
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TOTAL, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE 1,243,533 1,285,227 1,338,228 +94,695 +53,001
SERVICE........................
Appropriations.............. (1,293,533) (1,285,227) (1,338,228) (+44,695) (+53,001)
Rescission.................. (-50,000) ................. .............. (+50,000) ..............
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Operation of the National Park System
Park Management:
Resource stewardship............. 338,149 334,646 342,485 +4,336 +7,839
Visitor services.................. 315,375 318,028 323,965 +8,590 +5,937
Maintenance....................... 519,970 569,695 567,294 +47,324 -2,401
Park support...................... 283,305 294,590 288,336 +5,031 -6,254
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Subtotal, Park Management....... 1,456,799 1,516,959 1,522,080 +65,281 +5,121
External administrative costs......... 107,532 114,923 114,219 +6,687 -704
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Total, Operation of the National 1,564,331 1,631,882 1,636,299 +71,968 +4,417
Park System....................
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United States Park Police
Park Police........................... 77,921 78,859 78,349 +428 -510
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National Recreation and Preservation
Recreation programs................... 548 855 555 +7 -300
Natural programs...................... 10,877 12,511 12,511 +1,634 ..............
Cultural programs..................... 19,918 19,071 19,936 +18 +865
International park affairs............ 1,708 1,626 1,626 -82 ..............
Environmental and compliance review... 397 401 401 +4 ..............
Grant administration.................. 1,575 1,595 1,595 +20 ..............
Heritage Partnership Programs:
Commissions and grants............ 14,162 7,616 13,487 -675 +5,871
Administrative support............ 118 124 124 +6 ..............
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Subtotal, Heritage Partnership 14,280 7,740 13,611 -669 +5,871
Programs.......................
Statutory or Contractual Aid:
Aleutian World War II Historic 397 ................. .............. -397 ..............
Area.............................
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary .............. ................. 200 +200 +200
Commission.......................
Blue Ridge Parkway (Folk Art .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
Center)..........................
Brown Foundation.................. 200 101 200 .............. +99
Chesapeake Bay Gateway............ 1,987 798 2,500 +513 +1,702
Dayton Aviation Heritage 446 47 87 -359 +40
Commission.......................
Flight 93 Memorial................ 298 ................. .............. -298 ..............
French and Indian War (PA)........ .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
Ice Age National Scientific 801 806 806 +5 ..............
Reserve..........................
Jamestown 2007.................... 199 ................. 199 .............. +199
Johnstown Area Heritage 49 49 49 .............. ..............
Association......................
Lake Roosevelt Forum.............. 50 ................. .............. -50 ..............
Lamprey River..................... 596 155 1,200 +604 +1,045
Louisiana Purchase Comm of 199 ................. .............. -199 ..............
Arkansas.........................
Mandan Interpetive Center and .............. ................. 500 +500 +500
Lodge project....................
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center.... 525 528 528 +3 ..............
National Constitution Center, PA.. 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
Native Hawaiian culture and arts 735 740 740 +5 ..............
program..........................
New Orleans Jazz Commission....... 66 66 66 .............. ..............
Office of Arctic Studies.......... 1,490 ................. 1,500 +10 +1,500
Penn Center National landmark, SC. 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
Roosevelt Campobello International 797 847 847 +50 ..............
Park Commission..................
Sewall-Belmont House.............. 397 ................. .............. -397 ..............
Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol 497 ................. 497 .............. +497
Reef NP..........................
St. Charles Interpretive Center... 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
Vancouver National Historic 248 ................. .............. -248 ..............
reserve..........................
Virginia Key Miami Beach.......... 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
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Subtotal, Statutory or 11,965 4,137 9,919 -2,046 +5,782
Contractual Aid................
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Total, National Recreation and 61,268 47,936 60,154 -1,114 +12,218
Preservation...................
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Urban Park and Recreation Fund
Urban park grants..................... 298 305 305 +7 ..............
Historic Preservation Fund
State historic preservation offices... 33,779 34,000 37,000 +3,221 +3,000
Tribal grants......................... 2,981 3,000 3,250 +269 +250
Grants for millennium initiative...... 29,805 30,000 32,000 +2,195 +2,000
National trust (endowment)............ 1,987 ................. 500 -1,487 +500
HBCUs................................. .............. ................. 3,000 +3,000 +3,000
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Total, Historic Preservation 68,552 67,000 75,750 +7,198 +8,750
Fund...........................
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Construction
Emergency and unscheduled............. 3,477 5,500 5,500 +2,023 ..............
Housing............................... 9,935 8,000 8,000 -1,935 ..............
Equipment replacement................. 31,752 38,460 35,460 +3,708 -3,000
Planning, construction................ 25,235 24,480 24,480 -755 ..............
General management plans.............. 13,806 13,420 13,420 -386 ..............
Line item construction and maintenance 214,194 207,231 224,505 +10,311 +17,274
Construction program management....... 24,631 27,466 27,466 +2,835 ..............
Dam safety............................ 2,682 2,700 2,700 +18 ..............
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Total, Construction............. 325,712 327,257 341,531 +15,819 +14,274
Land and Water Conservation Fund
(Rescission of contract authority).... -30,000 -30,000 -30,000 .............. ..............
Land Acquisition and State Assistance
Assistance to States:
State conservation grants........ 94,383 156,000 100,000 +5,617 -56,000
Administrative expenses........... 2,981 4,011 4,000 +1,019 -11
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Total, Assistance to States..... 97,364 160,011 104,000 +6,636 -56,011
National Park Service:
Acquisitions..................... 53,530 58,969 34,819 -18,711 -24,150
Emergencies and hardships......... 3,974 4,000 4,000 +26 ..............
Acquisition management............ 12,506 11,654 11,654 -852 ..............
Inholdings........................ 3,974 4,000 4,000 +26 ..............
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Total, National Park Service.... 73,984 78,623 54,473 -19,511 -24,150
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Total, Land Acquisition and 171,348 238,634 158,473 -12,875 -80,161
State Assistance...............
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TOTAL, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.... 2,239,430 2,361,873 2,320,861 +81,431 -41,012
Appropriations.............. (2,269,430) (2,391,873) (2,350,861) (+81,431) (-41,012)
Rescission.................. (-30,000) (-30,000) (-30,000) .............. ..............
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Surveys, Investigations, and Research
Mapping, Remote Sensing, and
Geographic Investigations:
Cooperative topographic mapping... 81,120 74,108 81,947 +827 +7,839
Land remote sensing............... 35,711 34,039 30,398 -5,313 -3,641
Geographic analysis and monitoring 16,374 12,335 16,544 +170 +4,209
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Subtotal, National Mapping 133,205 120,482 128,889 -4,316 +8,407
Program........................
Geologic Hazards, Resource and
Processes:
Geologic hazards assessments...... 74,990 72,776 77,395 +2,405 +4,619
Geologic landscape and coastal 78,698 79,430 77,450 -1,248 -1,980
assessments......................
Geologic resource assessments..... 79,479 69,369 82,027 +2,548 +12,658
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Subtotal, Geologic Hazards, 233,167 221,575 236,872 +3,705 +15,297
Resource & Processes...........
Water Resources Investigations:
Hydrologic monitoring, assessments
and research:
Ground water resources program 5,410 6,529 6,417 +1,007 -112
National water quality 63,217 63,818 63,818 +601 ..............
assessment...................
Toxic substances hydrology.... 13,437 11,065 15,552 +2,115 +4,487
Hydrologic research and 15,386 13,723 14,429 -957 +706
development..................
National streamflow 14,217 14,356 14,261 +44 -95
information program..........
Hydrologic networks and 25,088 26,069 24,440 -648 -1,629
analysis.....................
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Subtotal, Hydrologic 136,755 135,560 138,917 +2,162 +3,357
monitoring, assessments and
research...................
Federal-State program................. 64,433 64,536 64,630 +197 +94
Water resources research institutes... 5,963 ................. 6,000 +37 +6,000
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Subtotal, Water Resources 207,151 200,096 209,547 +2,396 +9,451
Investigations.................
Biological Research:
Biological research and monitoring 132,133 134,036 131,670 -463 -2,366
Biological information management 22,787 20,700 22,844 +57 +2,144
and delivery.....................
Cooperative research units........ 14,896 14,139 15,066 +170 +927
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Subtotal, Biological Research... 169,816 168,875 169,580 -236 +705
Science support....................... 85,177 91,529 91,422 +6,245 -107
Facilities............................ 90,756 92,948 92,554 +1,798 -394
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TOTAL, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL 919,272 895,505 928,864 +9,592 +33,359
SURVEY.........................
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MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Royalty and Offshore Minerals
Management
OCS Lands:
Leasing and environmental program. 37,521 37,245 37,245 -276 ..............
Resource evaluation............... 26,831 25,708 27,508 +677 +1,800
Regulatory program................ 50,774 50,402 50,402 -372 ..............
Information management program.... 22,991 25,851 25,851 +2,860 ..............
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Subtotal, OCS Lands............. 138,117 139,206 141,006 +2,889 +1,800
Royalty Management:
Compliance and asset management... 48,493 46,264 46,264 -2,229 ..............
Revenue and operations............ 34,407 34,117 34,117 -290 ..............
Indian allottee refunds........... 15 15 15 .............. ..............
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Subtotal, Royalty Management.... 82,915 80,396 80,396 -2,519 ..............
General Administration:
Executive direction............... 2,023 2,062 2,062 +39 ..............
Policy and management improvement. 4,075 4,150 4,150 +75 ..............
Administrative operations......... 16,540 16,827 16,827 +287 ..............
General support services.......... 20,807 21,805 21,805 +998 ..............
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Subtotal, General Administration 43,445 44,844 44,844 +1,399 ..............
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Subtotal (gross)................ 264,477 264,446 266,246 +1,769 +1,800
Use of receipts....................... -100,230 -100,230 -100,230 .............. ..............
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Total, Royalty and Offshore 164,247 164,216 166,016 +1,769 +1,800
Minerals Management............
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Oil Spill Research
Oil spill research.................... 6,065 7,105 7,105 +1,040 ..............
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TOTAL, MINERALS MANAGEMENT 170,312 171,321 173,121 +2,809 +1,800
SERVICE........................
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION
AND ENFORCEMENT
Regulation and Technology
Environmental restoration............. 161 163 163 +2 ..............
Environmental protection.............. 78,644 79,463 79,463 +819 ..............
Technology development and transfer... 12,511 12,749 12,749 +238 ..............
Financial management.................. 482 491 491 +9 ..............
Executive direction................... 12,610 13,558 13,558 +948 ..............
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Subtotal, Regulation and 104,408 106,424 106,424 +2,016 ..............
Technology.....................
Civil penalties....................... 273 275 275 +2 ..............
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Total, Regulation and Technology 104,681 106,699 106,699 +2,018 ..............
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Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
Environmental restoration............. 173,561 157,137 173,561 .............. +16,424
Technology development and transfer... 4,137 4,184 4,184 +47 ..............
Financial management.................. 6,139 6,260 6,260 +121 ..............
Executive direction................... 6,661 6,888 6,888 +227 ..............
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Total, Abandoned Mine 190,498 174,469 190,893 +395 +16,424
Reclamation Fund...............
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TOTAL, OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING 295,179 281,168 297,592 +2,413 +16,424
RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT....
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Operation of Indian Programs
Tribal Budget System
Tribal Priority Allocations:
Tribal government................. 386,421 390,494 391,494 +5,073 +1,000
Human services.................... 149,970 148,588 150,588 +618 +2,000
Education......................... 49,839 49,991 49,991 +152 ..............
Public safety and justice......... 1,373 1,244 1,244 -129 ..............
Community development............. 40,461 40,467 40,467 +6 ..............
Resources management.............. 61,117 63,029 63,029 +1,912 ..............
Trust services.................... 58,004 58,373 58,373 +369 ..............
General administration............ 25,296 25,503 25,503 +207 ..............
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Subtotal, Tribal Priority 772,481 777,689 780,689 +8,208 +3,000
Allocations....................
Other Recurring Programs:
Education:
School operations:
Forward-funded............ 445,073 458,524 458,524 +13,451 ..............
Other school operations... 67,489 69,991 69,991 +2,502 ..............
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Subtotal, School 512,562 528,515 528,515 +15,953 ..............
operations.............
Continuing education.......... 42,838 39,206 45,206 +2,368 +6,000
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Subtotal, Education......... 555,400 567,721 573,721 +18,321 +6,000
Resources management.................. 42,324 34,342 43,068 +744 +8,726
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Subtotal, Other Recurring 597,724 602,063 616,789 +19,065 +14,726
Programs.......................
Non-Recurring Programs:
Community development............. 2,235 ................. 2,750 +515 +2,750
Resources management.............. 32,850 36,287 36,287 +3,437 ..............
Trust services.................... 37,400 37,256 37,648 +248 +392
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Subtotal, Non-Recurring Programs 72,485 73,543 76,685 +4,200 +3,142
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Total, Tribal Budget System..... 1,442,690 1,453,295 1,474,163 +31,473 +20,868
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BIA Operations
Central Office Operations:
Tribal government................. 3,133 2,653 2,653 -480 ..............
Human services.................... 901 907 907 +6 ..............
Community development............. 869 875 875 +6 ..............
Resources management.............. 3,465 3,488 3,488 +23 ..............
Trust services.................... 8,766 5,317 5,317 -3,449 ..............
General administration:
Education program management...... 2,393 2,413 2,413 +20 ..............
Education personnel services...... 2,116 2,134 2,134 +18 ..............
Other general administration...... 47,936 81,574 71,574 +23,638 -10,000
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Subtotal, General administration 52,445 86,121 76,121 +23,676 -10,000
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Subtotal, Central Office 69,579 99,361 89,361 +19,782 -10,000
Operations.....................
Regional Office Operations:
Tribal government................. 1,327 1,345 1,345 +18 ..............
Human services.................... 3,141 3,192 3,192 +51 ..............
Community development............. 847 857 857 +10 ..............
Resources management.............. 5,414 5,474 5,474 +60 ..............
Trust services.................... 24,225 24,435 24,435 +210 ..............
General administration............ 28,851 29,178 29,178 +327 ..............
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Subtotal, Regional Office 63,805 64,481 64,481 +676 ..............
Operations.....................
Special Programs and Pooled Overhead:
Education......................... 16,366 16,254 16,454 +88 +200
Public safety and justice......... 162,306 171,147 174,647 +12,341 +3,500
Community development............. 8,576 1,061 8,936 +360 +7,875
Resources management.............. 1,299 1,306 1,306 +7 ..............
General administration............ 80,625 82,830 82,830 +2,205 ..............
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Subtotal, Special Programs and 269,172 272,598 284,173 +15,001 +11,575
Pooled Overhead................
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Total, BIA Operations........... 402,556 436,440 438,015 +35,459 +1,575
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Total, Operation of Indian 1,845,246 1,889,735 1,912,178 +66,932 +22,443
Programs.......................
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BIA SPLITS
Natural resources..................... (146,469) (143,926) (152,652) (+6,183) (+8,726)
Forward-funding....................... (445,073) (458,524) (458,524) (+13,451) ..............
Education............................. (181,041) (179,989) (186,189) (+5,148) (+6,200)
Community development................. (1,072,663) (1,107,296) (1,114,813) (+42,150) (+7,517)
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Total, BIA splits............... (1,845,246) (1,889,735) (1,912,178) (+66,932) (+22,443)
Construction
Education............................. 293,795 292,634 298,634 +4,839 +6,000
Public safety and justice............. 5,013 5,044 5,044 +31 ..............
Resources management.................. 38,918 39,162 39,162 +244 ..............
General administration................ 2,168 2,181 2,181 +13 ..............
Construction management............... 6,094 6,133 6,133 +39 ..............
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Total, Construction............. 345,988 345,154 351,154 +5,166 +6,000
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Indian Land and Water Claim
Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments
to Indians
White Earth Land Settlement Act 621 625 629 +8 +4
(Admin)..............................
Hoopa-Yurok settlement fund........... 248 250 252 +4 +2
Pyramid Lake water rights settlement.. 141 142 143 +2 +1
Ute Indian water rights settlement.... 24,567 22,494 21,467 -3,100 -1,027
Rocky Boy's........................... 5,035 ................. 33 -5,002 +33
Shivwits Band Settlement.............. 18,876 ................. 123 -18,753 +123
Santo Domingo Pueblo Settlement....... 3,116 9,864 9,884 +6,768 +20
Colorado Ute Settlement............... 7,948 8,000 8,052 +104 +52
Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw .............. 10,000 10,000 +10,000 ..............
settlement...........................
Quinault Settlement................... .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
Transfer from 2003 FWS land .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
acquisition..........................
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Total, Miscellaneous Payments to 60,552 51,375 50,583 -9,969 -792
Indians........................
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Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account
Indian guaranteed loan program account 5,457 6,497 6,497 +1,040 ..............
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TOTAL, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 2,257,243 2,292,761 2,320,412 +63,169 +27,651
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
Insular Affairs
Assistance to Territories
Territorial Assistance:
Office of Insular Affairs......... 5,261 6,321 6,321 +1,060 ..............
Technical assistance.............. 13,374 7,561 7,561 -5,813 ..............
Maintenance assistance fund....... 2,285 2,300 2,300 +15 ..............
Brown tree snake.................. 2,335 2,350 2,350 +15 ..............
Insular management controls....... 1,481 1,491 1,491 +10 ..............
Coral reef initiative............. 497 500 500 +3 ..............
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Subtotal, Territorial Assistance 25,233 20,523 20,523 -4,710 ..............
American Samoa:
Operations grants................. 22,950 23,100 23,100 +150 ..............
Northern Marianas:
Covenant grants................... 27,720 27,720 27,720 .............. ..............
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Total, Assistance to Territories 75,903 71,343 71,343 -4,560 ..............
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Compact of Free Association
Compact of Free Association--Federal 7,306 2,734 2,734 -4,572 ..............
services.............................
Mandatory payments--program grant 12,000 12,000 12,000 .............. ..............
assistance.......................
Enewetak support...................... 1,620 1,391 1,700 +80 +309
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Total, Compact of Free 20,926 16,125 16,434 -4,492 +309
Association....................
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Total, Insular Affairs.......... 96,829 87,468 87,777 -9,052 +309
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Departmental Management
Departmental direction................ 13,318 13,524 13,524 +206 ..............
Management and coordination........... 26,283 30,322 28,917 +2,634 -1,405
Hearings and appeals.................. 8,145 8,280 8,080 -65 -200
Central services...................... 23,375 27,070 27,070 +3,695 ..............
Bureau of Mines workers compensation/ 836 4,108 842 +6 -3,266
unemployment.........................
Financial management system migration .............. 13,836 .............. .............. -13,836
project..............................
Public lands volunteers............... .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
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Total, Departmental Management.. 71,957 97,140 78,433 +6,476 -18,707
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Working Capital Fund
Financial management system migration .............. ................. 11,700 +11,700 +11,700
project..............................
Rescission........................ .............. ................. -11,700 -11,700 -11,700
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Subtotal, Working Capital fund.. .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Payments to local governments......... 218,570 200,000 230,000 +11,430 +30,000
Office of the Solicitor
Legal services........................ 38,182 39,911 39,911 +1,729 ..............
General administration................ 9,280 9,418 9,418 +138 ..............
Ethics................................ .............. 1,045 850 +850 -195
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Total, Office of the Solicitor.. 47,462 50,374 50,179 +2,717 -195
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Office of Inspector General
Audit................................. 19,453 16,480 15,932 -3,521 -548
Contracted CFO Audits................. .............. 3,812 3,812 +3,812 ..............
Investigations........................ 7,166 8,176 7,751 +585 -425
Program integrity..................... 1,478 2,155 1,520 +42 -635
Policy and management................. 7,906 8,426 8,459 +553 +33
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Total, Office of Inspector 36,003 39,049 37,474 +1,471 -1,575
General........................
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Office of Special Trustee for American
Indians
Federal Trust Programs
Program operations, support, and 137,845 272,366 217,366 +79,521 -55,000
improvements.........................
Executive direction................... 2,514 2,275 2,275 -239 ..............
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Total, Federal Trust programs... 140,359 274,641 219,641 +79,282 -55,000
Indian Land Consolidation Program
Indian land consolidation............. 7,928 20,980 22,980 +15,052 +2,000
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Total, Office of Special Trustee 148,287 295,621 242,621 +94,334 -53,000
for American Indians...........
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Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Fund
Damage assessments.................... 3,901 3,933 3,933 +32 ..............
Program management.................... 1,352 1,450 1,450 +98 ..............
Restoration support................... 248 250 250 +2 ..............
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Total, Natural Resource Damage 5,501 5,633 5,633 +132 ..............
Assessment Fund................
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TOTAL, DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES..... 624,609 775,285 732,117 +107,508 -43,168
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TOTAL, TITLE I, DEPARTMENT OF 9,591,471 9,763,661 9,834,142 +242,671 +70,481
THE INTERIOR...................
Appropriations.............. (9,671,471) (9,793,661) (9,875,842) (+204,371) (+82,181)
Rescission.................. (-80,000) (-30,000) (-41,700) (+38,300) (-11,700)
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TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Forest and Rangeland Research
Forest and rangeland research......... 250,049 252,170 266,180 +16,131 +14,010
State and Private Forestry
Forest Health Management:
Federal lands forest health 50,047 44,963 48,642 -1,405 +3,679
management.......................
Cooperative lands forest health 30,836 25,088 31,431 +595 +6,343
management.......................
Emerging pest and pathogens fund.. .............. 11,968 2,000 +2,000 -9,968
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Subtotal, Forest Health 80,883 82,019 82,073 +1,190 +54
Management.....................
Cooperative Fire Assistance:
State fire assistance............. 25,486 25,385 25,486 .............. +101
Volunteer fire assistance......... 5,007 5,043 5,043 +36 ..............
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Subtotal, Cooperative Fire 30,493 30,428 30,529 +36 +101
Assistance.....................
Cooperative Forestry:
Forest stewardship................ 32,012 65,609 32,012 .............. -33,597
Forest Legacy......................... 68,380 90,809 84,716 +16,336 -6,093
Urban and Community Forestry.......... 35,999 37,893 35,999 .............. -1,894
Economic action programs.......... 26,268 ................. 24,020 -2,248 +24,020
Forest resource information and 4,964 4,006 .............. -4,964 -4,006
analysis.........................
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Subtotal, Cooperative Forestry.. 167,623 198,317 176,747 +9,124 -21,570
International program................. 5,713 5,059 6,000 +287 +941
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Total, State and Private 284,712 315,823 295,349 +10,637 -20,474
Forestry.......................
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National Forest System
Land management planning.............. 71,726 70,868 70,868 -858 ..............
Inventory and monitoring.............. 174,216 177,796 171,596 -2,620 -6,200
Recreation, heritage and wilderness... 252,542 254,941 254,941 +2,399 ..............
Wildlife and fish habitat management.. 132,936 134,794 134,794 +1,858 ..............
Grazing management.................... 40,584 43,180 46,000 +5,416 +2,820
Forest products....................... 263,628 268,019 268,019 +4,391 ..............
Vegetation and watershed management... 189,703 192,606 193,606 +3,903 +1,000
Minerals and geology management....... 52,293 54,065 54,065 +1,772 ..............
Landownership management.............. 92,411 91,692 91,692 -719 ..............
Law enforcement operations............ 80,275 80,628 82,000 +1,725 +1,372
Valles Caldera National Preserve...... 3,130 984 3,150 +20 +2,166
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Total, National Forest System... 1,353,444 1,369,573 1,370,731 +17,287 +1,158
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Wildland Fire Management
Preparedness.......................... 677,996 609,747 700,000 +22,004 +90,253
Fire suppression operations........... 351,964 604,580 514,327 +162,363 -90,253
Other operations...................... 341,008 327,448 328,745 -12,263 +1,297
Other appropriations (Public Law 108- 636,000 ................. .............. -636,000 ..............
7)...................................
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Total, Wildland Fire Management. 2,006,968 1,541,775 1,543,072 -463,896 +1,297
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Capital Improvement and Maintenance
Facilities............................ 202,312 200,876 209,416 +7,104 +8,540
Roads................................. 231,344 245,358 228,764 -2,580 -16,594
Trails................................ 69,226 78,337 69,226 .............. -9,111
Infrastructure improvement............ 45,568 ................. 25,000 -20,568 +25,000
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Total, Capital Improvement and 548,450 524,571 532,406 -16,044 +7,835
Maintenance....................
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Land Acquisition
Forest Service:
Acquisitions...................... 113,572 25,756 58,666 -54,906 +32,910
Acquisition management............ 14,902 16,374 16,374 +1,472 ..............
Cash equalization................. 1,490 ................. .............. -1,490 ..............
Critical inholdings/wilderness 2,981 2,000 2,000 -981 ..............
protection.......................
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Total, Land Acquisition......... 132,945 44,130 77,040 -55,905 +32,910
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Acquisition of lands for national 1,062 1,069 1,069 +7 ..............
forests, special acts................
Acquisition of lands to complete land 232 234 234 +2 ..............
exchanges............................
Range betterment fund................. 3,380 3,000 3,000 -380 ..............
Gifts, donations and bequests for 91 92 92 +1 ..............
forest and rangeland research........
Management of national forest lands 5,506 5,535 5,535 +29 ..............
for subsistence uses.................
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TOTAL, FOREST SERVICE........... 4,586,839 4,057,972 4,094,708 -492,131 +36,736
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Clean Coal Technology
Deferral.............................. -87,000 ................. -97,000 -10,000 -97,000
Fossil Energy Research and Development
Clean coal power initiative........... 149,025 130,000 130,000 -19,025 ..............
Fuels and Power Systems:
Central Systems:
Innovations for existing 22,056 22,000 24,000 +1,944 +2,000
plants.......................
Advanced Systems:
Integrated gasification 44,360 51,000 51,000 +6,640 ..............
combined cycle...........
Combustion systems 10,332 ................. 3,000 -7,332 +3,000
including hybrid.........
Turbines.................. 16,889 13,000 13,000 -3,889 ..............
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Subtotal, Advanced 71,581 64,000 67,000 -4,581 +3,000
Systems................
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Subtotal, Central 93,637 86,000 91,000 -2,637 +5,000
Systems................
Sequestration R&D:
Greenhouse gas control........ 39,939 62,000 39,800 -139 -22,200
Fuels:
Transportation fuels and 21,956 5,000 15,500 -6,456 +10,500
chemicals....................
Solid fuels and feedstocks.... 5,961 ................. 6,060 +99 +6,060
Advanced fuels research:...... 3,279 ................. 3,350 +71 +3,350
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Subtotal, Fuels............. 31,196 5,000 24,910 -6,286 +19,910
Advanced Research:
Coal utilization science...... 8,941 9,000 12,000 +3,059 +3,000
Materials..................... 8,941 12,000 10,441 +1,500 -1,559
Technology crosscut........... 11,078 9,500 11,467 +389 +1,967
University coal research...... 2,981 5,000 2,981 .............. -2,019
HBCUs, education and training. 993 2,000 993 .............. -1,007
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Subtotal, Advanced Research. 32,934 37,500 37,882 +4,948 +382
Distributed Generation Systems--
Fuel Cells:
Advanced research............. 3,477 10,000 10,000 +6,523 ..............
Systems development........... 9,935 6,000 11,000 +1,065 +5,000
Vision 21-hybrids............. 13,412 5,000 8,000 -5,412 +3,000
Innovative concepts........... 33,779 23,500 33,500 -279 +10,000
Novel generation.................. 3,005 2,500 2,500 -505 ..............
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Subtotal, Distributed Generation 63,608 47,000 65,000 +1,392 +18,000
Systems--Fuel Cells............
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Subtotal, Fuels and Power 261,314 237,500 258,592 -2,722 +21,092
Systems........................
Gas:
Natural Gas Technologies:
Exploration and production.... 23,298 14,000 20,840 -2,458 +6,840
Gas hydrates.................. 9,438 3,500 9,500 +62 +6,000
Infrastructure................ 8,991 ................. 9,050 +59 +9,050
Emerging processing technology 2,663 6,555 .............. -2,663 -6,555
applications.................
Effective environmental 2,623 2,500 2,500 -123 ..............
protection...................
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Subtotal, Gas............... 47,013 26,555 41,890 -5,123 +15,335
Petroleum--Oil Technology:
Exploration and production 23,248 2,000 17,680 -5,568 +15,680
supporting research..............
Reservoir life extension/ 8,941 5,000 7,000 -1,941 +2,000
management.......................
Effective environmental protection 9,836 8,000 9,836 .............. +1,836
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Subtotal, Petroleum--Oil 42,025 15,000 34,516 -7,509 +19,516
Technology.....................
Cooperative R&D....................... 8,186 6,000 8,500 +314 +2,500
Fossil energy environmental 9,652 9,715 9,715 +63 ..............
restoration..........................
Import/export authorization........... 2,981 2,750 2,750 -231 ..............
Headquarters program direction........ 18,777 22,700 22,466 +3,689 -234
Energy Technology Center program 68,452 70,085 70,085 +1,633 ..............
direction............................
Clean coal program direction.......... .............. ................. .............. .............. ..............
General plant projects................ 6,954 3,000 7,000 +46 +4,000
Advanced metallurgical processes...... 5,961 10,000 8,000 +2,039 -2,000
Use of prior year balances............ .............. -14,000 .............. .............. +14,000
Transfer from SPR petroleum account... .............. -5,000 .............. .............. +5,000
National Academy of Sciences program 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
review...............................
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Total, Fossil Energy Research 620,837 514,305 593,514 -27,323 +79,209
and Development................
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Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
Oil Reserves:
Production and operations......... .............. 9,101 9,820 +9,820 +719
Management........................ .............. 7,399 8,127 +8,127 +728
Naval petroleum reserves Nos. 1 & 5,391 ................. .............. -5,391 ..............
2................................
Naval petroleum reserve No. 3..... 6,805 ................. .............. -6,805 ..............
Program direction (headquarters).. 5,519 ................. .............. -5,519 ..............
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Total, Naval Petroleum and Oil 17,715 16,500 17,947 +232 +1,447
Shale Reserves.................
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Elk Hills School Lands Fund
Elk Hills school lands fund........... .............. 36,000 .............. .............. -36,000
Advance appropriations............ 36,000 ................. 36,000 .............. +36,000
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Total, Elk Hills School Lands 36,000 36,000 36,000 .............. ..............
Fund...........................
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Energy Conservation
Vehicle technologies.................. .............. 157,623 174,223 +174,223 +16,600
Fuel cell technologies................ .............. 77,500 68,500 +68,500 -9,000
Weatherization and intergovernmental
activities:
Weatherization assistance grants.. .............. 288,200 230,000 +230,000 -58,200
State energy program grants....... .............. 38,798 44,000 +44,000 +5,202
State energy activities........... .............. 2,353 2,353 +2,353 ..............
Gateway deployment................ .............. 27,609 35,109 +35,109 +7,500
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Total, Weatherization and .............. 356,960 311,462 +311,462 -45,498
intergovernmental acivities....
Distributed energy resources.......... .............. 51,784 57,534 +57,534 +5,750
Building technologies................. .............. 52,563 62,063 +62,063 +9,500
Industrial technologies............... .............. 64,429 76,429 +76,429 +12,000
Biomass and biorefinery systems R&D... .............. 8,808 10,808 +10,808 +2,000
Federal energy management program..... .............. 19,962 19,962 +19,962 ..............
National climate change technology .............. 9,500 .............. .............. -9,500
initiative...........................
Program management.................... .............. 76,664 80,664 +80,664 +4,000
Building Technology, State and
Community Sector:
Building research and standards:
Technology roadmaps and 2,342 ................. .............. -2,342 ..............
competitive R&D..............
Residential buildings 12,397 ................. .............. -12,397 ..............
integration..................
Commercial buildings 4,481 ................. .............. -4,481 ..............
integration..................
Equipment, materials and tools 40,155 ................. .............. -40,155 ..............
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Subtotal, Building research 59,375 ................. .............. -59,375 ..............
and standards..............
Building Technology Assistance:
Weatherization assistance..... 223,537 ................. .............. -223,537 ..............
State energy program.......... 44,708 ................. .............. -44,708 ..............
Community partnerships........ 17,920 ................. .............. -17,920 ..............
Energy star program........... 4,173 ................. .............. -4,173 ..............
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Subtotal, Building 290,338 ................. .............. -290,338 ..............
technology assistance......
Management and planning........... 14,001 ................. .............. -14,001 ..............
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Subtotal, Building Technology, 363,714 ................. .............. -363,714 ..............
State and Community Sector.....
Federal Energy Management Program:
Program activities................ 19,299 ................. .............. -19,299 ..............
Program direction................. 4,426 ................. .............. -4,426 ..............
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Subtotal, Federal Energy 23,725 ................. .............. -23,725 ..............
Management Program.............
Industry Sector:
Industries of the future 71,646 ................. .............. -71,646 ..............
(specific).......................
Industries of the future 58,228 ................. .............. -58,228 ..............
(crosscutting)...................
Management and planning........... 7,585 ................. .............. -7,585 ..............
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Subtotal, Industry Sector....... 137,459 ................. .............. -137,459 ..............
Power Technologies:
Distributed generation 68,585 ................. .............. -68,585 ..............
technologies development.........
Management and planning........... 1,609 ................. .............. -1,609 ..............
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Subtotal, Power Technologies.... 70,194 ................. .............. -70,194 ..............
Transportation:
Vehicle technology R&D............ 163,212 ................. .............. -163,212 ..............
Fuels utilization R&D............. 20,052 ................. .............. -20,052 ..............
Materials technologies............ 37,157 ................. .............. -37,157 ..............
Technology deployment............. 15,995 ................. .............. -15,995 ..............
Management and planning........... 10,035 ................. .............. -10,035 ..............
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Subtotal, Transportation........ 246,451 ................. .............. -246,451 ..............
Policy and management................. 41,780 ................. .............. -41,780 ..............
National Academy of Sciences program 497 ................. .............. -497 ..............
review...............................
Cooperative programs with States...... 2,981 ................. .............. -2,981 ..............
Energy efficiency science initiative.. 4,968 ................. .............. -4,968 ..............
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Total, Energy Conservation...... 891,769 875,793 861,645 -30,124 -14,148
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Economic Regulation
Office of Hearings and Appeals........ 1,477 1,047 1,047 -430 ..............
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Storage facilities development and 157,823 158,979 156,979 -844 -2,000
operations...........................
Management............................ 13,909 16,102 16,102 +2,193 ..............
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Total, Strategic Petroleum 171,732 175,081 173,081 +1,349 -2,000
Reserve........................
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SPR Petroleum Account
Oil acquisition....................... 6,954 ................. .............. -6,954 ..............
Rescission of previously appropriated -5,000 ................. .............. +5,000 ..............
funds................................
Transfer to Fossil energy research and .............. (-5,000) .............. .............. (+5,000)
develpment...........................
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Total, SPR petroleum account.... 1,954 ................. .............. -1,954 ..............
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Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
Northeast home heating oil reserve.... 5,961 5,000 5,000 -961 ..............
Energy Information Administration
National Energy Information System.... 80,087 80,111 80,111 +24 ..............
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TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY..... 1,740,532 1,703,837 1,671,345 -69,187 -32,492
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Indian Health Services
Clinical Services:
IHS and tribal health delivery:
Hospital and health clinic 1,211,988 1,194,600 1,249,568 +37,580 +54,968
programs.....................
Dental health program......... 99,633 105,566 105,114 +5,481 -452
Mental health program......... 50,297 53,959 53,630 +3,333 -329
Alcohol and substance abuse 136,849 139,975 139,080 +2,231 -895
program......................
Contract care..................... 475,022 493,046 490,022 +15,000 -3,024
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Subtotal, Clinical Services..... 1,973,789 1,987,146 2,037,414 +63,625 +50,268
Preventive Health:
Public health nursing............. 39,616 43,112 42,853 +3,237 -259
Health education.................. 10,991 11,940 11,868 +877 -72
Community health representatives 50,444 51,633 51,303 +859 -330
program..........................
Immunization (Alaska)............. 1,546 1,580 1,570 +24 -10
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Subtotal, Preventive Health..... 102,597 108,265 107,594 +4,997 -671
Urban health projects................. 31,323 31,568 31,809 +486 +241
Indian health professions............. 31,114 35,417 31,158 +44 -4,259
Tribal management..................... 2,390 2,406 2,390 .............. -16
Direct operations..................... 60,176 56,607 61,471 +1,295 +4,864
Self-governance....................... 5,553 10,250 5,714 +161 -4,536
Contract support costs................ 268,974 270,734 268,974 .............. -1,760
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursements: (449,985) (567,620) (567,620) (+117,635) ..............
Hospital and clinic accreditation
(Est. collecting)....................
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Total, Indian Health Services... 2,475,916 2,502,393 2,546,524 +70,608 +44,131
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Indian Health Facilities
Maintenance and improvement........... 49,507 47,331 49,507 .............. +2,176
Sanitation facilities................. 93,217 114,175 93,409 +192 -20,766
Construction facilities............... 81,585 69,947 91,977 +10,392 +22,030
Facilities and environmental health 132,254 139,522 138,813 +6,559 -709
support..............................
Equipment............................. 17,182 16,294 17,482 +300 +1,188
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Total, Indian Health Facilities. 373,745 387,269 391,188 +17,443 +3,919
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TOTAL, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.... 2,849,661 2,889,662 2,937,712 +88,051 +48,050
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN
RELOCATION
Salaries and expenses................. 14,397 13,532 13,532 -865 ..............
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND
ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS
DEVELOPMENT
Payment to the Institute.............. 5,454 5,250 6,250 +796 +1,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Salaries and Expenses
Museum and Research Institutes:
Anacostia Museum and Center for 1,968 1,907 1,894 -74 -13
African American History and
Culture..........................
Archives of American Art.......... 1,790 1,849 1,837 +47 -12
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Freer 6,128 5,790 5,750 -378 -40
Gallery of Art...................
Center for Folklife and Cultural 1,899 1,954 1,942 +43 -12
Heritage.........................
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design 3,030 3,126 3,106 +76 -20
Museum...........................
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 4,693 4,150 4,119 -574 -31
Garden...........................
National Air and Space Museum..... 20,269 21,498 21,365 +1,096 -133
National Museum of African Art.... 4,435 4,566 4,537 +102 -29
National Museum of American Art... 8,273 7,739 7,685 -588 -54
National Museum of American 22,209 20,434 21,039 -1,170 +605
History..........................
National Museum of the American 33,397 38,610 38,391 +4,994 -219
Indian...........................
National Museum of Natural History 44,690 43,319 43,027 -1,663 -292
National Portrait Gallery......... 5,514 4,986 4,950 -564 -36
National Zoological Park.......... 24,515 18,323 18,563 -5,952 +240
Astrophysical Observatory......... 20,984 21,801 21,664 +680 -137
Center for Materials Research and 3,438 3,542 3,520 +82 -22
Education........................
Environmental Research Center..... 3,487 2,912 2,889 -598 -23
Tropical Research Institute....... 11,454 11,280 11,705 +251 +425
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Subtotal, Museums and Research 222,173 217,786 217,983 -4,190 +197
Institutes.....................
Program Support and Outreach:
Outreach.......................... 8,329 9,393 9,339 +1,010 -54
Communications.................... 1,347 1,386 1,377 +30 -9
Institution-wide programs......... 5,967 6,195 6,156 +189 -39
Office of Exhibits Central........ 2,571 2,659 2,642 +71 -17
Major scientific instrumentation.. 4,968 5,000 4,968 .............. -32
Museum Support Center............. 2,453 1,678 1,662 -791 -16
Smithsonian Institution Archives.. 1,663 1,664 1,653 -10 -11
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. 8,433 8,813 8,758 +325 -55
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Subtotal, Program Support and 35,731 36,788 36,555 +824 -233
Outreach.......................
Administration........................ 53,625 64,687 64,336 +10,711 -351
Facilities Services:
Office of Protection Services..... 58,293 ................. .............. -58,293 ..............
Office of Physical Plant.......... 90,374 ................. .............. -90,374 ..............
Facilities maintenance............ .............. 40,615 40,499 +40,499 -116
Facilities operations, security .............. 141,821 140,965 +140,965 -856
and support......................
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Subtotal, Facilities Services... 148,667 182,436 181,464 +32,797 -972
Offsetting reduction, fiscal year 2003 .............. -12,795 .............. .............. +12,795
Offsetting reduction, fiscal year 2004 .............. -12,349 -12,349 -12,349 ..............
Rescission of prior year unobligated -14,100 ................. .............. +14,100 ..............
funds................................
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Total, Salaries and Expenses.... 446,096 476,553 487,989 +41,893 +11,436
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Repair, Restoration and Alteration of
Facilities
Base program.......................... 82,883 ................. .............. -82,883 ..............
Construction
National Museum of the American Indian 15,896 ................. .............. -15,896 ..............
Facilities Capital
Revitalization........................ .............. 71,670 71,670 +71,670 ..............
Construction.......................... .............. 10,000 10,000 +10,000 ..............
Facilities planning and design........ .............. 8,300 8,300 +8,300 ..............
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Total, Facilities capital....... .............. 89,970 89,970 +89,970 ..............
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TOTAL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.. 544,875 566,523 577,959 +33,084 +11,436
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Salaries and Expenses
Care and utilization of art 27,739 29,927 30,053 +2,314 +126
collections..........................
Operation and maintenance of buildings 16,599 21,757 18,558 +1,959 -3,199
and grounds..........................
Protection of buildings, grounds and 17,729 19,717 19,717 +1,988 ..............
contents.............................
General administration................ 14,650 17,448 17,322 +2,672 -126
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Total, Salaries and Expenses.... 76,717 88,849 85,650 +8,933 -3,199
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Repair, Restoration and Renovation of
Buildings
Base program.......................... 16,125 11,600 11,600 -4,525 ..............
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TOTAL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.. 92,842 100,449 97,250 +4,408 -3,199
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JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
Operations and maintenance............ 16,204 16,560 16,560 +356 ..............
Construction.......................... 17,486 16,000 16,000 -1,486 ..............
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TOTAL, JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER 33,690 32,560 32,560 -1,130 ..............
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS........
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WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER
FOR SCHOLARS
Salaries and Expenses
Fellowship program.................... 1,251 1,331 1,331 +80 ..............
Scholar support....................... 655 647 647 -8 ..............
Public service........................ 2,246 2,319 2,319 +73 ..............
General administration................ 1,955 1,897 1,897 -58 ..............
Smithsonian fee....................... 207 284 284 +77 ..............
Conference planning................... 1,955 1,961 1,961 +6 ..............
Space................................. 164 165 165 +1 ..............
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TOTAL, WOODROW WILSON CENTER.... 8,433 8,604 8,604 +171 ..............
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND
THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Direct grants..................... 46,964 47,121 47,121 +157 ..............
Challenge America grants.......... 16,889 10,200 10,200 -6,689 ..............
State partnerships:
State and regional............ 24,641 24,723 24,723 +82 ..............
Underserved set-aside......... 6,668 6,691 6,691 +23 ..............
Challenge America grants...... .............. 6,800 6,800 +6,800 ..............
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Subtotal, State partnerships 31,309 38,214 38,214 +6,905 ..............
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Subtotal, Grants............ 95,162 95,535 95,535 +373 ..............
Program support....................... 1,296 1,304 1,304 +8 ..............
Administration........................ 19,274 20,641 20,641 +1,367 ..............
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Total, Arts..................... 115,732 117,480 117,480 +1,748 ..............
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants and Administration
Grants:
Federal/State partnership......... 31,622 31,829 31,829 +207 ..............
Preservation and access........... 18,782 18,905 18,905 +123 ..............
Public programs................... 13,029 13,114 13,114 +85 ..............
Research programs................. 12,978 13,063 13,063 +85 ..............
Education programs................ 12,542 12,624 12,624 +82 ..............
Program development............... 394 397 397 +3 ..............
We The People Initiative grants... .............. 23,000 14,000 +14,000 -9,000
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Subtotal, Grants................ 89,347 112,932 103,932 +14,585 -9,000
Administrative Areas:
Administration.................... 19,572 20,946 20,946 +1,374 ..............
We The People Initiative .............. 2,000 1,000 +1,000 -1,000
administration...................
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Total, Grants and Administration 108,919 135,878 125,878 +16,959 -10,000
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Matching Grants
Treasury funds........................ 5,649 5,686 5,686 +37 ..............
Challenge grants...................... 10,368 10,436 10,436 +68 ..............
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Total, Matching Grants.......... 16,017 16,122 16,122 +105 ..............
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Total, Humanities............... 124,936 152,000 142,000 +17,064 -10,000
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TOTAL, NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON 240,668 269,480 259,480 +18,812 -10,000
THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES....
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Salaries and expenses................. 1,216 1,422 1,422 +206 ..............
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL
AFFAIRS
Grants................................ 6,954 5,000 6,000 -954 +1,000
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
Salaries and expenses................. 3,643 4,100 4,000 +357 -100
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Salaries and expenses................. 7,206 8,230 8,030 +824 -200
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
MUSEUM
Holocaust Memorial Museum............. 38,412 39,997 39,997 +1,585 ..............
PRESIDIO TRUST
Operations............................ 21,188 20,700 20,700 -488 ..............
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TOTAL, TITLE II, RELATED 10,196,010 9,727,318 9,779,549 -416,461 +52,231
AGENCIES.......................
Appropriations.............. (10,266,110) (9,727,318) (9,840,549) (-425,561) (+113,231)
Advance appropriations...... (36,000) ................. (36,000) .............. (+36,000)
Rescission.................. (-19,100) ................. .............. (+19,100) ..............
Deferrals................... (-87,000) ................. (-97,000) (-10,000) (-97,000)
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GRAND TOTAL, ALL TITLES......... 19,787,481 19,490,979 19,613,691 -173,790 +122,712
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management............. 1,841,893 1,700,521 1,722,947 -118,946 +22,426
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service........ 1,243,533 1,285,227 1,338,228 +94,695 +53,001
National Park Service................. 2,239,430 2,361,873 2,320,861 +81,431 -41,012
United States Geological Survey....... 919,272 895,505 928,864 +9,592 +33,359
Minerals Management Service........... 170,312 171,321 173,121 +2,809 +1,800
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 295,179 281,168 297,592 +2,413 +16,424
and Enforcement......................
Bureau of Indian Affairs.............. 2,257,243 2,292,761 2,320,412 +63,169 +27,651
Departmental Offices.................. 624,609 775,285 732,117 +107,508 -43,168
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Total, Title I--Department of 9,591,471 9,763,661 9,834,142 +242,671 +70,481
the Interior...................
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TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
Forest Service........................ 4,586,839 4,057,972 4,094,708 -492,131 +36,736
Department of Energy.................. (1,740,532) (1,703,837) (1,671,345) (-69,187) (-32,492)
Clean Coal Technology............. -87,000 ................. -97,000 -10,000 -97,000
Fossil Energy Research and 620,837 514,305 593,514 -27,323 +79,209
Development......................
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale 17,715 16,500 17,947 +232 +1,447
Reserves.........................
Elk Hills School Lands Fund....... 36,000 36,000 36,000 .............. ..............
Energy Conservation............... 891,769 875,793 861,645 -30,124 -14,148
Economic Regulation............... 1,477 1,047 1,047 -430 ..............
Strategic Petroleum Reserve....... 171,732 175,081 173,081 +1,349 -2,000
SPR Petroleum Account............. 1,954 ................. .............. -1,954 ..............
Northeast home heating oil reserve 5,961 5,000 5,000 -961 ..............
Energy Information Administration. 80,087 80,111 80,111 +24 ..............
Indian Health Service................. 2,849,661 2,889,662 2,937,712 +88,051 +48,050
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 14,397 13,532 13,532 -865 ..............
Relocation...........................
Institute of American Indian and 5,454 5,250 6,250 +796 +1,000
Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development..........................
Smithsonian Institution............... 544,875 566,523 577,959 +33,084 +11,436
National Gallery of Art............... 92,842 100,449 97,250 +4,408 -3,199
John F. Kennedy Center for the 33,690 32,560 32,560 -1,130 ..............
Performing Arts......................
Woodrow Wilson International Center 8,433 8,604 8,604 +171 ..............
for Scholars.........................
National Endowment for the Arts....... 115,732 117,480 117,480 +1,748 ..............
National Endowment for the Humanities. 124,936 152,000 142,000 +17,064 -10,000
Commission of Fine Arts............... 1,216 1,422 1,422 +206 ..............
National Capital Arts and Cultural 6,954 5,000 6,000 -954 +1,000
Affairs..............................
Advisory Council on Historic 3,643 4,100 4,000 +357 -100
Preservation.........................
National Capital Planning Commission.. 7,206 8,230 8,030 +824 -200
United States Holocaust Memorial 38,412 39,997 39,997 +1,585 ..............
Museum...............................
Presidio Trust........................ 21,188 20,700 20,700 -488 ..............
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Total, Title II--Related 10,196,010 9,727,318 9,779,549 -416,461 +52,231
Agencies.......................
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GRAND TOTAL..................... 19,787,481 19,490,979 19,613,691 -173,790 +122,712
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