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 118 STAT. 3045 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 acquisition account shall be available until expended without fur ther act of appropriation to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for only the following purposes: (1) to acquire lands from Doyon, Limited, located within Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in accordance with the Exchange Agreement; (2) to acquire lands from other willing sellers in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, or from other willing sellers in other units of the National Wildlife Refuge System located within the State of Alaska; and (3) to construct facilities and infrastructure for Alaska refuges: Provided further, That none of the funds appro priated for specific land acquisition projects, other than the appro priations for the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge exchange and acquisition provided for under this heading, can be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other management costs: Provided further, That none of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for the acquisition of land for inclusion in the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge. LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried out on private lands, $22,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program established by the Secretary that provides matching, competitively awarded grants to States, the District of Columbia, federally recognized Indian tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mar iana Islands, and American Samoa, to establish or supplement existing landowner incentive programs that provide technical and financial assistance, including habitat protection and restoration, to private landowners for the protection and management of habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at risk species on private lands. PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried out on private lands, $7,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein is for the Private Stewardship Grants Program established by the Secretary to provide grants and other assistance to individuals and groups engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at risk species: Pro vided further, That balances from amounts previously appropriated under the heading ‘‘Stewardship Grants’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall remain available until expended. COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, Grants. State listing.

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