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be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of that Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by this appro- priations Act to address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal government unless that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi- tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For fiscal year 2009, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal con- sortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Adminis- trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such coopera- tive agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pes- ticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act.
For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Science and Technology and Environmental Programs and Management Accounts are avail- able for uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02 and for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Unless specifically authorized by law, for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, none of the funds available under this title for grants may be used to pay for the salaries of individual consultants at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of, or to delay the implementation of, Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 7629; relating to Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations).
Title II of Public Law 109–54, under the heading Administrative Provisions, is amended: in the fourth paragraph, strike ‘‘make not to exceed five appointments in any fiscal year under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209 for the Office of Research and Develop- ment’’ and insert ‘‘employ up to thirty persons at any one time in the Office of Research and Development under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209’’.
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities funded through the State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account, $10,000,000 are permanently rescinded.
Fees.
42 USC 4370g.
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119 Stat. 531.