House FY 2006 Appropriations for the Department of Interior and Environmental Protection Agency and Related Agencies
On May 19, 2005, the House of Representatives completed work on its version of the Interior appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006 (H.R. 2361) and approving it and the accompanying report (H.Rept. 109-80) by a vote of 329-89.  The following represents a brief analysis of the measure from a California perspectiveprepared by the California Institute.  We apologize for any errors or omissions, and would appreciate any input or feedback on how to make improvements. The ordering of items generally reflects their appearance in the bill and does not imply relative importance.
[all figures in $1000s]	FY 2005	FY 2006		FY 2006 House vs.
Budget Authority Recommended in Bill	Enacted	Budget Req.	House Cte.	FY 2005	Bud. Req.
Department of the Interior Total		9,792,069	9,808,693		+16,624
Environmental Protection Agency Total		7,520,600	7,708,027		+187,427
Related Agencies Total		8,411,659	8,642,405		+230,746
Grand Total		25,724,328	26,159,125		+434,797
In addition to the amounts in the accompanying bill, which are reflected in the table above, permanent legislation authorizes the continuation of certain government activities without consideration by the Congress during the annual appropriations process. Details of these activities are listed in tables at the end of this report. In fiscal year 2005, these activities are estimated to total $3,568,891,000. The estimate for fiscal year 2006 is $3,658,910,000.
Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and Related Agencies Total Budget Authority for Fiscal Years 2005-2006
Interior, Environment, and related agencies appropriations bill	26,982,234		26,159,125	-823,109
Permanent appropriations, Federal funds	2,985,066		3,047,966	+62,900
Permanent appropriations, trust funds	583,825		610,944	+27,119
Total budget authority	30,551,125		29,818,035	-733,090
Focusing on Core Programs - "The Committee’s fiscal year 2006 budget recommendations reflect the necessity to stay within a constrained allocation in this time of conflict in Iraq and homeland security concerns. The recommendations are also sensitive to the need to address the budget deficit. The Committee’s recommendations reflect the belief that: (1) proposed cuts to many core programs are unacceptable; (2) large increases for grant programs are unrealistic; (3) reductions to Indian health, welfare and education programs are unacceptable; (4) critical forest health programs must be continued; (5) untested and unproven grant programs and new land acquisition are a low priority; and (6) large, expensive partnership projects that have not been approved in advance by the Committee are unacceptable because they result in additional operational costs and displace critical backlog maintenance requirements..."
Focusing on Core Programs - "...Wildfire management efforts and forest health programs are some of the most critically important core programs on which the Committee has focused scarce resources. The Committee recommendation increases funding for wildland fire management by $351 million above the request and $146 million above the fiscal year 2005 enacted level, including a total of $492 million for hazardous fuels reduction. In addition, the Committee has maintained funding for critical and essential forest health management programs and for national fire plan support. Without these funds, we will not be able to protect communities and natural resources and we will have ever-increasing wildfire suppression costs in the future and the number and severity of large fire events will grow."
Title I- Department of the Interior	Enacted	Budget Req.	House Cte.	FY 2005	Bud. Req.
Bureau of Land Management	836,826	850,177	845,783	+8,957	-4,394
Land Resources	188,014	186,963	189,919	+1,905	+2,956
"Increases of $1,000,000 for the San Pedro Partnership and $1,100,000 for Santa Ana River conservation and land management programs...The increase provided for the Upper San Pedro Partnership shall be used only for water conservation and retention projects within the Upper San Pedro river region."
Soil, water and air management	34,738	33,343	34,443	-295	+1,100
Range management	69,183	69,212	70,068	+885	+856
Forestry management	8,895	10,559	10,559	+1,664	+0
Riparian management	21,228	21,704	22,704	+1,476	+1,000
Cultural resources management	14,925	15,240	15,240	+315	+0
Wild horse and burro management	39,045	36,905	36,905	-2,140	+0
Wildlife and Fisheries	36,947	41,084	41,084	+4,137	+0
"The change from the budget request is an increase of $1,000,000 for the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa National Monument plan implementation."
Wildlife management	25,063	28,587	28,587	+3,524	+0
Fisheries management	11,884	12,497	12,497	+613	+0
Threatened and endangered species	21,144	21,572	21,572	+428	+0
Recreation management	60,589	65,604	65,604	+5,015	+0
Wilderness management	16,431	16,806	16,806	+375	+0
Recreation resources management	44,158	47,798	48,798	+4,640	+1,000
Energy and Minerals	106,631	106,772	108,772	+2,141	+2,000
Oil and gas	87,360	87,291	89,291	+1,931	+2,000
Coal management	9,311	9,296	9,296	-15	+0
Other mineral resources	9,960	10,185	10,185	+225	+0
Alaska minerals	3,944	2,297	2,297	-1,647	+0
Realty and Ownership Management	92,624	81,146	81,146	-11,478	+0
Alaska conveyance	41,975	33,599	33,599	-8,376	+0
Cadastral survey	15,590	13,866	13,866	-1,724	+0
Land and realty management	35,059	33,681	33,681	-1,378	+0
Resource Protection and Maintenance	81,501	83,616	85,866	+4,365	+2,250
"Changes from the request include increases of $1,250,000 for the law enforcement initiative and $1,000,000 for California desert conservation area plans. The increase for law enforcement activities should be directed to increasing law enforcement presence on the Southwestern border in New Mexico, Arizona, and California."
Resource management planning	48,863	49,516	50,516	+1,653	+1,000
Resource protection and law enforcement	16,788	17,974	19,224	+2,436	+1,250
Hazardous materials management	15,850	16,126	16,126	+276	+0
Transportation and Facilities Maintenance	77,813	76,291	76,291	-1,522	+0
Operations	6,057	6,271	6,271	+214	+0
Annual maintenance	30,564	31,293	31,293	+729	+0
Deferred Maintenance	41,192	38,727	38,727	-2,465	+0
Land and resources information systems	18,062	18,217	18,217	+155	+0
Mining Law Administration	0	0	0	+0	+0
Administration	32,696	32,696	32,696	+0	+0
Offsetting fees	-32,696	-32,696	-32,696	+0	+0
Workforce and Organizational Support	142,161	147,619	147,619	+5,458	+0
Information systems operations	19,651	21,455	21,455	+1,804	+0
Administrative support	50,164	51,437	51,437	+1,273	+0
Bureauwide fixed costs	72,346	74,727	74,727	+2,381	+0
Challenge cost share	7,396	13,996	7,396	+0	-6,600
Cooperative Conservation Initiative	0	6	0	+0	-6
Wild Fire Management	831,295	756,564	761,564	-69,731	+5,000
Preparedness (total)	258,939	286,701	272,852	+13,913	-13,849
Preparedness	258,939	272,852	272,852	+13,913	+0
Fire facilities	0	7,849	0	+0	-7,849
Joint fire science	0	6,000	0	+0	-6,000
Fire suppression operations (total)	317,056	234,167	234,167	-82,889	+0
Fire suppression operations	218,445	234,167	234,167	+15,722	+0
Additional appropriations, Title IV	98,611	0	0	-98,611	+0
Other operations	255,300	235,696	254,545	-755	+18,849
Hazardous fuels reduction	201,409	211,220	211,220	+9,811	+0
Burned area rehabilitation	23,939	24,476	24,476	+537	+0
State and local fire assistance	9,861	0	5,000	-4,861	+5,000
Fire facilities	12,202	0	7,849	-4,353	+7,849
Joint fire science	7,889	0	6,000	-1,889	+6,000
Land Acquistion	11,192	13,350	3,817	-7,375	-9,533
Oregon and California Grant Lands	107,497	110,070	110,070	+2,573	+0
Western Oregon resources management	88,775	96,692	96,692	+7,917	+0
Western Oregon information and resource data systems	2,151	2,173	2,173	+22	+0
Western Oregon transportation and facilities maintenance	10,619	10,903	10,903	+284	+0
Western Oregon construction and acquisition	291	302	302	+11	+0
Jobs in the woods	5,661	0	0	-5,661	+0
Range  Improvements	10,000	10,000	10,000	+0	+0
Service Charges, Deposits and Forfeitures (estimated)	na	32,940	32,940	na	+0
Miscellaneous Trust Funds (estimated)	12,405	12,405	12,405	+0	+0
United States Fish and Wildlife Service	0	0	0	+0	+0
Resource Management	962,940	985,563	1,005,225	+42,285	+19,662
Included in the bill language - "The Committee has retained the proposed general increase for the Endangered Species Act consultation program and expects the Service to use this increase to address the backlog of critical consultation needs such as those associated with the American burying beetle in Oklahoma and the extraordinary needs in California."
Ecological Services	248,572	250,573	260,893	+12,321	+10,320
Endangered species	143,214	140,109	146,909	+3,695	+6,800
Candidate conservation	9,255	8,252	8,852	-403	+600
Listing	15,960	18,130	18,130	+2,170	+0
Consultation	48,129	49,484	49,484	+1,355	+0
Recovery	69,870	64,243	70,443	+573	+6,200
Increase of $200,000 for the Gabbro soils inventory in California.  "Funds for the Gabbro soils inventory are to conduct a survey to evaluate the degree of  rotection afforded five plant species relative to recovery plan targets."
Decrease of $4,000,000 to the proposed program expansion of the Upper Klamath Basin restoration program.
Habitat conservation	94,457	101,978	102,798	+8,341	+820
Environmental contaminants	10,901	8,486	11,186	+285	+2,700
Refuges and Wildlife	472,085	493,141	490,358	+18,273	-2,783
Refuge operations and maintenance	381,019	393,894	394,394	+13,375	+500
Migratory bird management	35,451	41,635	38,152	+2,701	-3,483
Law enforcement operations	55,615	57,612	57,812	+2,197	+200
Fisheries	115,173	107,656	118,756	+3,583	+11,100
Hatchery operations and maintenance	56,755	57,971	58,871	+2,116	+900
Fish and wildlife management	58,418	49,685	59,885	+1,467	+10,200
General Administration	127,110	134,193	135,218	+8,108	+1,025
Science excellence	0	2,000	500	+500	-1,500
Central office administration	27,120	27,827	27,827	+707	+0
Regional office administration	39,992	40,807	40,807	+815	+0
Administrative efficiencies	0	-2,025	0	+0	+2,025
Servicewide administrative support	25,625	30,736	30,736	+5,111	+0
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	7,761	7,470	7,770	+9	+300
National Conservation Training Center	17,058	17,829	17,829	+771	+0
International affairs	9,160	9,549	9,749	+589	+200
Caddo Lake Ramsar Center	394	0	0	-394	+0
Construction	93,210	19,676	41,206	-52,004	+21,530
Klamath Basin NWR Complex - Water Supply Management Phase V			2,500	+2,500	+2,500
Land Acquisition	37,005	40,992	14,937	-22,068	-26,055
Landowner Incentive Program	21,694	40,000	23,700	+2,006	-16,300
Private Stewardship Grants	6,903	10,000	7,386	+483	-2,614
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund	80,462	80,000	84,400	+3,938	+4,400
National Wildlife Refuge Fund	14,214	14,414	14,414	+200	+0
North American Wetlands Conservation Fund	37,472	49,949	40,000	+2,528	-9,949
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation	3,944	0	4,000	+56	+4,000
Multinational Species Conservation Fund	5,719	8,300	5,900	+181	-2,400
State and Tribal Wildlife Grants	69,028	74,000	65,000	-4,028	-9,000
National Park Service	1,683,564	1,734,053	1,754,199	+70,635	+20,146
Park Management	1,559,629	1,603,496	1,623,642	+64,013	+20,146
Resource stewardship	348,036	354,116	354,116	+6,080	+0
Visitor services	338,454	346,181	346,181	+7,727	+0
Maintenance	582,739	595,586	594,686	+11,947	-900
Death Valley NP (Cow Creek)			300	+300	+300
San Juan NHS sewer repairs			140	+140	+140
El Morro restrooms			243	+243	+243
Park support	290,400	307,613	298,659	+8,259	-8,954
Park base increase	0	0	30,000	+30,000	+30,000
External administrative costs	123,935	130,557	130,557	+6,622	+0
United States Park Police	80,076	80,411	82,411	+2,335	+2,000
National Recreation and Preservation	60,973	36,777	48,997	-11,976	+12,220
Historic Preservation Fund	71,739	66,205	72,705	+966	+6,500
State historic preservation offices	35,500	35,500	36,000	+500	+500
Tribal grants	3,205	3,205	3,205	+0	+0
Save America's Treasures	29,583	15,000	30,000	+417	+15,000
Preserve America	0	12,500	0	+0	-12,500
HBCUs	3,451	0	3,500	+49	+3,500
Construction	352,982	307,362	291,230	-61,752	-16,132
Projects			204,241	+204,241	+204,241
Death Valley National Park			5,791	+5,791	+5,791
Pinnacles National Monument			4,794	+4,794	+4,794
Point Reyes National Seashore			2,160	+2,160	+2,160
Redwood National Park			2,169	+2,169	+2,169
Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park (planning)			200	+200	+200
San Francisco Maritime National Historical park			4,350	+4,350	+4,350
Yosemite National Park			2,176	+2,176	+2,176
California subtotal			21,640	+21,640	+21,640
Emergency Unscheduled			3,944	+3,944	+3,944
Housing			7,889	+7,889	+7,889
Equipment replacement			26,900	+26,900	+26,900
Planning, construction			19,925	+19,925	+19,925
General management plans			13,754	+13,754	+13,754
Construction program management			28,605	+28,605	+28,605
Dam safety			2,662	+2,662	+2,662
Managed partnership projects			310	+310	+310
Use of prior year balance			-17,000	-17,000	-17,000
Land and Water Conservatio Fund	-30,000	-30,000	-30,000	+0	+0
Land Acquisition and State Assistance	146,349	54,467	9,421	-136,928	-45,046
United States Geological Survey	936,464	933,515	974,586	+38,122	+41,071
Surveys, Investigations, and Research	0	0	0	+0	+0
Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Investigations	118,751	133,453	133,203	+14,452	-250
Cooperative topographic mapping	71,393	71,882	71,882	+489	+0
Land remote sensing	32,730	46,396	46,396	+13,666	+0
Geographic analysis and monitoring	14,628	15,175	14,925	+297	-250
Geologic Hazards, Resource and Processes	229,246	208,136	239,246	+10,000	+31,110
Geologic hazards assessments	75,979	82,209	82,209	+6,230	+0
Geologic landsape and coastal assessments	76,253	77,228	78,726	+2,473	+1,498
Geologic resource assessments	77,014	48,699	78,311	+1,297	+29,612
Water Resources Investigations	211,200	204,171	211,751	+551	+7,580
San Pedro partnership			6,500	+6,500	+6,500
Hydrologic monitoring, assessments and research	142,454	140,401	141,481	-973	+1,080
Ground water resources program	6,998	7,417	7,417	+419	+0
National water quality assessment	61,645	63,132	63,132	+1,487	+0
Toxic substances hydrology	14,476	13,120	13,350	-1,126	+230
Hydrologic research and development	15,997	14,428	15,278	-719	+850
National streamflow information program	13,814	14,152	14,152	+338	+0
Hydrolofic networks and analysis	29,524	28,152	28,152	-1,372	+0
Federal-State program	62,337	63,770	63,770	+1,433	+0
Water resources research institutes	6,409	0	6,500	+91	+6,500
Biological research	171,699	172,925	174,765	+3,066	+1,840
Biological research and monitoring	133,130	134,348	135,788	+2,658	+1,440
Biological information management and delivery	23,999	24,149	24,149	+150	+0
Cooperative research units	14,570	14,428	14,828	+258	+400
Enterprise Information	44,373	47,767	47,087	+2,714	-680
Enterprise information security and technology	22,714	25,237	25,237	+2,523	+0
Enterprise information resources	16,989	17,153	17,153	+164	+0
Federal geographic data coordination	4,670	5,377	4,697	+27	-680
Science support	65,584	72,337	72,337	+6,753	+0
Facilities	94,611	94,726	96,197	+1,585	+1,471
Emergency appropriations (P.L. 108-324)	1,000	0	0	-1,000	+0
Minerals Management Service	0	0	0	+0	+0
Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management	166,820	160,416	152,676	-14,144	-7,740
Oil Spill Research	7,006	7,006	7,006	+0	+0
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement	108,368	110,535	110,535	+2,167	+0
Regulation and Technology	108,368	110,535	110,535	+2,167	+0
Environmental Restoration	158	159	159	+1	+0
Environmental protection	79,821	79,566	79,566	-255	+0
Technology development and transfer	13,300	15,126	15,126	+1,826	+0
Financial management	485	488	488	+3	+0
Executive direction	14,505	15,096	15,096	+591	+0
Civil penalties	99	100	100	+1	+0
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund	188,205	246,014	188,014	-191	-58,000
Environmental restoration	167,861	170,112	170,112	+2,251	+0
Legislative proposal	0	58,000	0	+0	-58,000
Technology development and transfer	4,479	3,922	3,922	-557	+0
Financial management	8,444	6,234	6,234	-2,210	+0
Executive direction	7,421	7,746	7,746	+325	+0
Bureau of Indian Affairs	1,926,091	1,924,230	1,992,737	+66,646	+68,507
Operation of Indian Programs	1,926,091	1,924,230	1,992,737	+66,646	+68,507
Tribal Budget System	1,458,447	1,427,775	1,482,097	+23,650	+54,322
Tribal Priority Allocations	769,543	760,149	778,069	+8,526	+17,920
Tribal government	389,183	394,558	394,558	+5,375	+0
Human Sevices	147,387	141,561	149,481	+2,094	+7,920
Education	48,300	39,466	48,304	+4	+8,838
Public Safety and justice	1,222	0	1,162	-60	+1,162
Community development	40,412	40,789	40,789	+377	+0
Resources management	61,999	63,149	63,149	+1,150	+0
Trust services	56,115	56,038	56,038	-77	+0
General Administration	24,925	24,588	24,588	-337	+0
Other Recurring Programs	612,919	602,301	636,337	+23,418	+34,036
Education	570,788	565,008	588,368	+17,580	+23,360
School operations	517,647	521,633	544,993	+27,346	+23,360
Forward funded	449,721	454,725	478,085	+28,364	+23,360
Other school operations	67,926	66,908	66,908	-1,018	+0
Continuing education	53,141	43,375	43,375	-9,766	+0
Resources management	42,131	37,293	47,969	+5,838	+10,676
Non-Recurring Programs	75,985	65,325	67,691	-8,294	+2,366
Community development	3,452	0	0	-3,452	+0
Resources management	36,225	32,348	34,714	-1,511	+2,366
Trust services	36,308	32,977	32,977	-3,331	+0
BIA Operations	467,644	496,455	510,640	+42,996	+14,185
Central Office Operations	140,021	151,534	151,534	+11,513	+0
Tribal government	2,248	2,288	2,288	+40	+0
Human Sevices	887	912	912	+25	+0
Community development	0	500	500	+500	+0
Resources management	3,416	3,044	3,044	-372	+0
Trust services	19,071	27,169	27,169	+8,098	+0
General Administration	114,399	117,621	117,621	+3,222	+0
Education program management	2,348	2,411	2,411	+63	+0
Personnel services	5,863	8,378	8,378	+2,515	+0
Other general administration	106,188	106,832	106,832	+644	+0
Regional Office Operations	41,362	41,590	41,590	+228	+0
Tribal government	1,095	1,323	1,323	+228	+0
Human sevices	3,038	3,019	3,019	-19	+0
Community development	778	966	966	+188	+0
Resources management	5,319	5,403	5,403	+84	+0
Trust services	24,049	27,376	27,376	+3,327	+0
General Administration	7,083	3,503	3,503	-3,580	+0
Special Programs and Pooled Overhead	286,261	303,331	317,516	+31,255	+14,185