116 HR 1326 IH: Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2019-02-22
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1.Short title; Secretary defined; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act
or the ACCESS Act
. (b)For the purposes of this Act, the term Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior unless otherwise specifically indicated.
(c)The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; Secretary defined; table of contents. Title I—North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization Sec. 101. North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Title II—United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. Liability. Sec. 204. Actions. Sec. 205. Use of recovered amounts. Sec. 206. Donations. Sec. 207. Transfer of funds from Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund. Title III—Great Lakes Monitoring, Assessment, Science, and Research Sec. 301. Great Lakes monitoring, assessment, science, and research. Title IV—National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act reauthorization Sec. 401. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. Title V—Fish habitat conservation Sec. 501. National fish habitat conservation through partnerships. Title VI—Target practice and marksmanship training support Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Definition of public target range. Sec. 603. Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. Sec. 604. Limits on liability. Sec. 605. Sense of Congress regarding cooperation. Title VII—Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Sec. 701. Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee. Title VIII—Film crews Sec. 801. Commercial filming. Title IX—Chesapeake Bay Sec. 901. Reauthorization of Chesapeake Bay Program. Sec. 902. Reauthorization of Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998. Title X—Chronic Wasting Disease Management Sec. 1001. Short title. Sec. 1002. Definitions. Sec. 1003. Findings. Sec. 1004. Support for State efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease. Sec. 1005. Support for applied research regarding chronic wasting disease. Sec. 1006. Multi-agency cooperation with States to address chronic wasting disease. Title XI—Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Sec. 1101. Short title. Sec. 1102. Findings. Sec. 1103. Chronic wasting disease transmission in cervidae resource study. Sec. 1104. Definitions. Title XII—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1201. Respect for treaties and rights. Sec. 1202. No priority over other uses. Sec. 1203. State authority for fish and wildlife. <enum>I</enum><header>North American Wetlands Conservation Act reauthorization</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H342A5F196FA54441BAEE55045BF9B35A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">North American Wetlands Conservation Act</header> <subsection id="H092279CF5A3745E38A0B59DBD0F764CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Real property</header><text>Section 6(a)(3) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4405">16 U.S.C. 4405(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDBAD478846D2457AB60A896AB82587EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3) in lieu of</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4C03690330249539A2708772BB599B4" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAD27600127B74F698D64631428366331"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Provision of funds or conveyance of real property interest</header> <subparagraph id="H45177C73DD4A4C478EC55E6BB112B489"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In lieu of</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BDEA11D2C234B87993A92689A46B99E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H159C3605ABAB4D738ECE1F5438B4CEBB" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2C05AA183E9346B1B5C35519F0D94F10"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC260FDB367C4C6A8026EA836E0182FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8082FBAED6C40BD8B25BE63E38C18F5" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HFE855BA6F7124A19B01A983203C758FA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Real property</header><text>Any real property interest conveyed under this paragraph shall be subject to terms and conditions that ensure that—</text>
<clause id="H6E2E11119D22405D94BEA51375DF374A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the real property interest will be administered for the long-term conservation and management of the wetland ecosystem and the fish and wildlife dependent on that ecosystem;</text>
</clause><clause id="HACE655EB62DD4AF38D4953387C29BF34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the grantor of a real property interest has been provided with information relating to all available conservation options, including conservation options that involve the conveyance of a real property interest for a limited period of time; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H344BE680DFAC4F62AEEDA45402143AE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the provision of the information described in clause (ii) has been documented.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FEAA136EBF847968F80A4B2F628CAD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4406">16 U.S.C. 4406(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA7196582ABC4B0D838B928202BE1010"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CEBF25BD5EF4413BFC2FA33397620B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H601BFD9EFBD24EDCA0E892508A9CAF9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E6D0D475B28460E988ADF9F1405AD38" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H355FD1D169CD4356A1630E62BB6BA343"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection</header>
<section id="H16ABC672F16A41728D7FB6A56CF193DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H58D1EF63245C4754A5C6DF28DE5C3695"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HF9D7D9641DA9480092D482213A9D98B4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Damages</header><text>The term <term>damages</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H08D3D049529842D8B2431788E7247670"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compensation for—</text>
<clause id="H46A3BDC85D6C4521B592798035E7D6FC"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H06B0ED22793A419E80E2D6EEEB8F8E50"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the cost of replacing, restoring, or acquiring the equivalent of a system resource; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HFFB8F03851B44E389FB9740A97AADBC2" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the value of any significant loss of use of a system resource, pending—</text>
<item id="H6EB6118546D34B6B860A79366FEEBD2F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>restoration or replacement of the system resource; or</text> </item><item id="H23455690FF994FF3874BA19F3F24B560"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the acquisition of an equivalent resource; or</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H08B7CC5B1B7140C7ADD8BC0578AB6023"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the value of a system resource, if the system resource cannot be replaced or restored; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H00ABA7746FD84226A552576997DE7BC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of any relevant damage assessment carried out pursuant to section 204(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8158A3C7B2F4C0DB0904EF9350B599D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response cost</header><text>The term <term>response cost</term> means the cost of any action carried out by the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HEB697003E3B04029815AEAF799EA4898"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent, minimize, or abate destruction or loss of, or injury to, a system resource;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE43C1C2939146B1B1467B47CB954537"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to abate or minimize the imminent risk of such destruction, loss, or injury; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7FE3932D77704C048F46BC7BFC5FBB55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to monitor the ongoing effects of any incident causing such destruction, loss, or injury.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8F9EDCA67F34600BFE6EC11C36DBA2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>System resource</header><text>The term <term>system resource</term> means any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archeological resource that is located within the boundaries of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE039ECC89EA84534BD6BF21C1A514735"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EC456E4541946319F3DA91E9BA35C16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of the National Fish Hatchery System; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6BCD2A7BAA44339B34E56746D09BA50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other land managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, including any land managed cooperatively with any other Federal or State agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H392A10DC425F4911B1509911042D8D38"><enum>203.</enum><header>Liability</header>
<subsection id="H5616301359D14EC49EC4A73A87D04D4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), any individual or entity that destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any system resource, or that causes the Secretary to carry out any action to prevent, minimize, or abate destruction or loss of, or injuries or risk to, any system resource, shall be liable to the United States for any response costs or damages resulting from the destruction, loss, or injury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H479451A3AF3F4B0AA56873D552E27521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Liability in rem</header><text>Any instrumentality (including a vessel, vehicle, aircraft, or other equipment or mechanism) that destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any system resource, or that causes the Secretary to carry out any action to prevent, minimize, or abate destruction or loss of, or injury or risk to, a system resource shall be liable in rem to the United States for any response costs or damages resulting from the destruction, loss, or injury, to the same extent that an individual or entity is liable under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13C9F5245B1045428BF6397F851494D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Defenses</header><text>An individual or entity shall not be liable under this section, if the individual or entity can establish that—</text>
<paragraph id="H206E585926D2482EABC076E3C97DE36F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the destruction or loss of, or injury to, the system resource was caused solely by an act of God or an act of war; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBF903B06318441FAB03F8095A6AC6D3"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC02F1722FB7744B387F75F82C8EF44BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual or entity exercised due care; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78024871535545BF857BADD386A17659" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the destruction or loss of, or injury to, the system resource was caused solely by an act or omission of a third party, other than an employee or agent of the individual or entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H422E0CC60AE54240BCF1FE05AECA01DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The liability established by this section shall be in addition to any other liability arising under Federal or State law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2DBF684B08E64EFDBDF4A93659AACB36"><enum>204.</enum><header>Actions</header>
<subsection id="H8B9D04AF9E3C4B7398EF7E11A2EFD675"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil actions for response costs and damages</header><text>The Attorney General, on request of the Secretary, may commence a civil action in the United States district court of appropriate jurisdiction against any individual, entity, or instrumentality that may be liable under section 203 for response costs or damages.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H64A61732F7E5429BBBC77C1895783F1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative actions for response costs and damages</header>
<paragraph id="HF003DFADF9B74BE2B6074A122E6BA01F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Action by Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="H34D876E658D54D2483CF78A77823615F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, after making a finding described in subparagraph (B), may consider, compromise, and settle a claim for response costs and damages if the claim has not been referred to the Attorney General under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE99B5E478EF84E5688B58806C5A27487"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of findings</header><text>A finding referred to in subparagraph (A) is a finding that—</text> <clause id="H7D2FED2E7EED4B2CB48B34E7915B035C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>destruction or loss of, or injury to, a system resource has occurred; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4C294EFBF7140CE85D5D96945B2EBEB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such destruction, loss, or injury would occur absent an action by the Secretary to prevent, minimize, or abate the destruction, loss, or injury.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C6346DF84544534AB64C693187FA44E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In any case in which the total amount to be recovered in a civil action under subsection (a) may exceed $500,000 (excluding interest), a claim may be compromised and settled under paragraph (1) only with the prior written approval of the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDDAC50A6E5C496B9930754AC269EC50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Response actions, assessments of damages, and injunctive relief</header>
<paragraph id="H3A5BB2338D0B449380EF00E69E10512E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out all necessary actions (including making a request to the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H067AABD98D5D47038C77BD8970B4D419"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent, minimize, or abate destruction or loss of, or injury to, a system resource; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71FCC457629B47E28FF592240FD92EC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to abate or minimize the imminent risk of such destruction, loss, or injury.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F0A07248F0B40AAB8EE6D867B8C44C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment and monitoring</header>
<subparagraph id="HAB2CD445F29541A993D4FFFCD4335427"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may assess and monitor the destruction or loss of, or injury to, any system resource for purposes of paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CCEF703B043474F96046DAC98FF8FB6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Any determination or assessment of damage to a system resource carried out under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to judicial review under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Administrative Procedure Act</quote>), on the basis of the administrative record developed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H174C584A71D940B1B441F809DF4A2E17"><enum>205.</enum><header>Use of recovered amounts</header>
<subsection id="H706D6538A8464D47BB53DD65E162F250"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to the total amount of the response costs and damages recovered by the Secretary under this title and any amounts recovered by the Federal Government under any provision of Federal, State, or local law (including regulations) or otherwise as a result of the destruction or loss of, or injury to, any system resource shall be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use in accordance with subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA493ACE7B7104946A5D07AD6BABD5C6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Secretary may use amounts made available under subsection (a) only, in accordance with applicable law—</text>
<paragraph id="H491748CED26648E7B4B1E3933ED04A81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reimburse response costs and damage assessments carried out pursuant to this title by the Secretary or such other Federal agency as the Secretary determines to be appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D8E02E5B5F7405A98F5238501D53FB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a system resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C6947FD1A574CA5B227F636C2BBBE45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to monitor and study system resources.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H134F6135B9124800A0C085AD0E799259"><enum>206.</enum><header>Donations</header> <subsection id="HC9E568EF5D04444A9EC13381158402C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other authority to accept donations, the Secretary may accept donations of money or services for expenditure or use to meet expected, immediate, or ongoing response costs and damages.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4A491BDD338430FA24641EEA746143C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A donation described in subsection (a) may be expended or used at any time after acceptance of the donation, without further action by Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC59B526A6E9D4F87A653DE89A6F5BD92"><enum>207.</enum><header>Transfer of funds from Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</header-in-text></quote> of title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1474b-1">43 U.S.C. 1474b–1</external-xref>), is amended by striking <quote><italic>Provided</italic>, That</quote> and all that follows through <quote>activities.</quote> and inserting the following: <quote><italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated or credited during fiscal year 1992 or any fiscal year thereafter may be transferred to any account (including through a payment to any Federal or non-Federal trustee) to carry out a negotiated legal settlement or other legal action for a restoration activity under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref> et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2701">33 U.S.C. 2701</external-xref> et seq.), the Act of July 27, 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/19jj">16 U.S.C. 19jj</external-xref> et seq.), or the <short-title>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act</short-title>, or for any damage assessment activity: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That sums provided by any individual or entity before or after the date of enactment of this Act shall remain available until expended and shall not be limited to monetary payments, but may include stocks, bonds, or other personal or real property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary for the restoration of injured resources or to conduct any new damage assessment activity.</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Great Lakes Monitoring, Assessment, Science, and Research</header>
<section id="H3D7883C0093F4DB7816530535DDA398E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Great Lakes monitoring, assessment, science, and research</header>
<subsection id="H9E965CD9E2164F279D002D2B0EF00DC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H83E61C2F153E406A82B8B59B62A7CF01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA1A541DCC034377A5FAF0335D05635F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great Lakes Basin</header><text>The term <term>Great Lakes Basin</term> means the air, land, water, and living organisms in the United States within the drainage basin of the Saint Lawrence River at and upstream from the point at which such river and the Great Lakes become the international boundary between Canada and the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B9BBF7D9419404F80DDD2FFFC2DE9AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H6FE763E051E242A6938E45BBAE0D65A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Great Lakes support a diverse ecosystem, on which the vibrant and economically valuable Great Lakes fisheries depend.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD19AF4ED27B1432F9FC5D17AD20739B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To continue successful fisheries management and coordination, as has occurred since signing of the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and Canada on September 10, 1954, management of the ecosystem and its fisheries require sound, reliable science, and the use of modern scientific technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H926B87A502F94A028B6026E6A4E9D9FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Fisheries research is necessary to support multi-jurisdictional fishery management decisions and actions regarding recreational and sport fishing, commercial fisheries, Tribal harvest, allocation decisions, and fish stocking activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4995E0CA38BB44D7A134186D4482F5DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>President Richard Nixon submitted, and the Congress approved, Reorganization Plan No. 4 (84 Stat. 2090), conferring science activities and management of marine fisheries to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB23A0437E41546F58C07D17FC66AF05E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Reorganization Plan No. 4 expressly excluded fishery research activities within the Great Lakes from the transfer, retaining management and scientific research duties within the already-established jurisdictions under the 1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries, including those of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the Department of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1025FF153B24514AF7FF5BEB20DC77A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Monitoring, assessment, science, and research</header>
<paragraph id="H9035085306624FD7971E034D4A0EE7ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director may conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research, in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91F44D67E18B4A459059CB630466CFCD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific authorities</header><text>The Director shall, under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF28298BF8F764588B373F7B1EEF86694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>execute a comprehensive, multi-lake, freshwater fisheries science program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H978FD95B23A44B20BF1F7487DAA72510"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with and work cooperatively with regional, State, Tribal, and local governments; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA51553764CB44EAA91A980BCE267834"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consult with other interested entities groups, including academia and relevant Canadian agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58A692FE99C042CCA8BBE6008DE46352"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Included research</header><text>To properly serve the needs of fisheries managers, monitoring, assessment, science, and research under this section may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6DC7B98E5084B3493068EEDDBCE1CC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deepwater ecosystem sciences;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC92EEF5F90814B3C99D1BDA32D4C84DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>biological and food-web components;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H697914A564844658BB022C07B17F6B03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fish movement and behavior investigations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDBD87881B61463AB955DF5BD97A84AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fish population structures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA9A223FBB3F4C398D0A261E833D84E7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>fish habitat investigations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8729F3F549AA499696210FC188F7A1DA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>invasive species science;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6430B025C0CF4722BEDA46D0F4B933D9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>use of existing, new, and experimental biological assessment tools, equipment, vessels, other scientific instrumentation and laboratory capabilities necessary to support fishery management decisions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95AF9AE9397541D2A1475FFF7181D62D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">studies to assess impacts on Great Lakes Fishery resources.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H595EFEE506334E718AC2D68FF6444702"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section is intended or shall be construed to impede, supersede, or alter the authority of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, States, and Indian Tribes under the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States of America and Canada on September 10, 1954, and the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/931">16 U.S.C. 931</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31DAA9457665461DB4F80C63D89EEDF9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act reauthorization</header>
<section id="H4946D53AE79B49BEA44D3E7DE43D6DAB"><enum>401.</enum><header>National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act</header>
<subsection id="H7B9B6B2DA6AF4F42A16E397FAAFCE25C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Board of directors of Foundation</header>
<paragraph id="H075F14DA9E17496BBBDE5267A3B08C1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3 of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3702">16 U.S.C. 3702</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4820934C8694205A0C3D216E77B63C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="H99FEBEEC88FB47ABA5C27939728993F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D1D85C4EC642CA93DDC680CC5DDA22" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4A0E1EDFD3694A8A9DF98749DDD635B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After consulting with the Secretary of Commerce and considering the recommendations submitted by the Board, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint 28 Directors who, to the maximum extent practicable, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F7655297AFB4AE288B779BCD098F773"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to the conservation of fish, wildlife, or other natural resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEA8AF936E79412284583B85C418EF4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represent a balance of expertise in ocean, coastal, freshwater, and terrestrial resource conservation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HFC7E78A8F75E4FA3BE027A5D58FF63C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79266EB652A84504B4D126946E3CC965" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HD3FF7B3241304A2F99EAFD57A3F2E005"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Each Director (other than a Director described in paragraph (1)) shall be appointed for a term of 6 years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC28FDF4A3734F43A3749A7F533D778B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)—</text> <clause id="H5E8B6266FECA4419BB360B130E4DA2F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(A) Officers and employees may not be appointed until the Foundation has sufficient funds to pay them for their service. Officers</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DF516E6674A4630AC9B43359F34A7C4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H14E825DF6C2A4234B1E0F59D3848DC16"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Officers</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H2F70EC0C83F4468BA4446BBBC14F7809"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H648B362D23004FABA5401FB195FA022F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Executive Director</header><text>The Foundation shall have an Executive Director who shall be—</text> <clause id="H41EA07B3FD304BCCA1D7AAE412D8DB99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appointed by, and serve at the direction of, the Board as the chief executive officer of the Foundation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5271AD6C4B747B0B5CC8BD14468221C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to fish and wildlife conservation.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D740CEE33884CE5A3E47F5B502CE5EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 4(a)(1)(B) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/4403">16 U.S.C. 4403(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary of the Board</quote> and inserting <quote>Executive Director of the Board</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H50791FD043CA4EFFA60077E30F1DB5E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rights and obligations of Foundation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3703">16 U.S.C. 3703</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00388DADB1FF45D4A7A497D78BA4D0A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9CE8601D3B614684A4624B7B258CE645"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>that are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the United States</quote> and inserting <quote>at 1 or more financial institutions that are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities Investment Protection Corporation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50A07693042641DF936F65FAD23EC625"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>paragraph (3) or (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (C) or (D)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F4996E9B19D43238BECC2BFBC5FAE41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB95D88F744E845D0B4074CAEBE62F492"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (11);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69A9B9B39E664133BB0A00CBFF30C734"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For the purposes</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of the Foundation.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42F15CC5AA98432A957EEC58934BB469"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC22F60F07CC8433E86566541EF0CFDAE" style="USC"> <paragraph id="HDF91B9A744824DE4B7A782449FE62F6F"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to receive and administer restitution and community service payments, amounts for mitigation of impacts to natural resources, and other amounts arising from legal, regulatory, or administrative proceedings, subject to the condition that the amounts are received or administered for purposes that further the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB977F712333B4D3AAB9839A802F642B0"><enum>(12)</enum><text>to do acts necessary to carry out the purposes of the Foundation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8660C72A82FE42C4BCA78D227175294A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Powers</header-in-text>.—To carry out its purposes under</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE94B3B6C0AF44910BF0F9FC376E93333" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBD7C4FA219FC4C8D914DACE26E283960"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Powers</header>
<paragraph id="HADCCB306A81C4F929E9F1EA97E607E35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To carry out the purposes described in</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H630CA1AC444E4D18A9175ACEAA2F3920"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (12) as subparagraphs (A) through (L), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF2936F8686F40CEAEF910613DCEC292"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9512389A33154ED7B14333FE92871208" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5598876A46D8416FAD2F1632D67247B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of real property</header> <subparagraph id="H5048D9391B6E400A89C979962A46F698"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this Act, an interest in real property shall be treated as including easements or other rights for preservation, conservation, protection, or enhancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63FE78013149416D89AE1B56762D7383"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Encumbered real property</header><text>A gift, devise, or bequest may be accepted by the Foundation even though the gift, devise, or bequest is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private persons if any current or future interest in the gift, devise, or bequest is for the benefit of the Foundation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03630CB986C54792BFA8A3667CCC6CF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>The acceptance and administration of amounts by the Foundation under paragraph (1)(K) does not alter, supersede, or limit any regulatory or statutory requirement associated with those amounts.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H784D41397324414382899F13E7DCD2EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (f) and (g); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB12EACFBAAED4EE69A7CFAAE78F91EBE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86E07566ECFB4742BFB57B8CF0E35032"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3709">16 U.S.C. 3709</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H322D1F566152482DB0437E09E7951F17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB095048C8E82442688DFCA0669210A8F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDA9B2C3C162A45DDB7A9D6BA28280B55"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66992256E03E4845A37F46E5A98080A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$15,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67417254D65E45529A143000C5E69857"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA2A101A532C43A285B2D7611C832DCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$5,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8780BFC476414980AB79BF0C7F3BFDA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE712D53B42DF4095B337891108088340"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H220EC136708D441DB8FB8ED878EB02ED" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA3B3282357C942818F5ACCFA0EA2C778"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amounts from Federal agencies</header> <subparagraph id="HB5A96A84F16141A2999919826BB7519A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities are authorized to provide funds to the Foundation through Federal financial assistance grants and cooperative agreements, subject to the condition that the amounts are used for purposes that further the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources in accordance with this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB90BF088480F404BA9637080B1BFD6D6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advances</header><text>Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities may advance amounts described in subparagraph (A) to the Foundation in a lump sum without regard to when the expenses for which the amounts are used are incurred.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBFF81B4033145EE8A5ACB78AFD5FD19"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Management fees</header><text>The Foundation may assess and collect fees for the management of amounts received under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H257A2037EF9C455E88DF742787DC597C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H81E30611086C489E8A84A412DFC1DD31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">funds</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">amounts</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A35EF1A827B4EDF9D60F814B6A6C7AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall be used</quote> and inserting <quote>may be used</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB968FE435C23471BB14E8FB4DB55C39D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and State and local government agencies</quote> and inserting <quote>, State and local government agencies, and other entities</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD85E1C18885468CA8C4AA8CD7E7B356"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB9D16CAC1564CC699DC8C2E78F0A959" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB46242FB62464E9A853D9B0170E105E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration of amounts</header> <subparagraph id="H6C3DFAFE0EC944128877EC3009D5D7F3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In entering into contracts, agreements, or other partnerships pursuant to this Act, a Federal department, agency, or instrumentality shall have discretion to waive any competitive process applicable to the department, agency, or instrumentality for entering into contracts, agreements, or partnerships with the Foundation if the purpose of the waiver is—</text>
<clause id="HA1AC0CBB3DCE4A2E87C5AB191E38DC1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to address an environmental emergency resulting from a natural or other disaster; or</text> </clause><clause id="H6D2B5577278341FC8F7A9D718FBA564E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as determined by the head of the applicable Federal department, agency, or instrumentality, to reduce administrative expenses and expedite the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50D208FDDCBC4B749863DC2FC16A6845"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Foundation shall include in the annual report submitted under section 7(b) a description of any use of the authority under subparagraph (A) by a Federal department, agency, or instrumentality in that fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45E8E37E83814778AC50CE639FE57DD5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5691766194A74705BAAAEB60800E1A51" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H296170A33D3A4B78AAE1C28789532BF8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of gifts, devises, or bequests of money or other property</header><text>Any gifts, devises, or bequests of amounts or other property, or any other amounts or other property, transferred to, deposited with, or otherwise in the possession of the Foundation pursuant to this Act, may be made available by the Foundation to Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities and may be accepted and expended (or the disposition of the amounts or property directed), without further appropriation, by those Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, subject to the condition that the amounts or property be used for purposes that further the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6BF56D6DD0244C3865F9BDC40D474AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11 of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3710">16 U.S.C. 3710</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>exclusive</quote> before <quote>authority</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Fish habitat conservation</header>
<section id="HE71635CED7304C34BAB84852E710E7B7"><enum>501.</enum><header>National fish habitat conservation through partnerships</header>
<subsection id="HE1F79C79D09744E58D5D6E20A16599DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation—</text>
<paragraph id="HEAF91898A36944AE9FA4B57332A0FF54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to achieve measurable habitat conservation results through strategic actions of Fish Habitat Partnerships that lead to better fish habitat conditions and increased fishing opportunities by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0CCB3A2AFC5B44C0948895CBEE90C576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improving ecological conditions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4ABB25E4CDC84C5EA48F948093C79152"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restoring natural processes; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CF592BD6C044CE8A13E648ED63BC49F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>preventing the decline of intact and healthy systems;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B71A83CDB8648CCAB294668312839BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to establish a consensus set of national conservation strategies as a framework to guide future actions and investment by Fish Habitat Partnerships;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94A69E12A5FA45C8A8855845269234F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to broaden the community of support for fish habitat conservation by—</text> <subparagraph id="H719C484D92554415AA2A408C918DB3D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing fishing opportunities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B5B2A95B7F04181A8DF7A93C6E4461F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fostering the participation of local communities, especially young people in local communities, in conservation activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EC399098D78476983A11D57074565FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>raising public awareness of the role healthy fish habitat play in the quality of life and economic well-being of local communities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79395A4B9BA24F438E3D49DF27A9FBC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to fill gaps in the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated database of the National Fish Habitat Assessment—</text>
<subparagraph id="H011EC40CF6DE4F2A83E3910775003088"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to empower strategic conservation actions supported by broadly available scientific information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85FDF73C90D0474B99C31B4AEE89C27D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to integrate socioeconomic data in the analysis to improve the lives of humans in a manner consistent with fish habitat conservation goals; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFFD51C201484B24A959C7CFA95025F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to communicate to the public and conservation partners—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD064EF6F6AE439F926D90046C2B817F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation outcomes produced collectively by Fish Habitat Partnerships; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC623E34F9B544DAE9393EFF11FE6459F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>new opportunities and voluntary approaches for conserving fish habitat.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6578AB0588D4A879D085C96B7EEC254"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HCAC4B6304F0B4484BA355AA64304BEC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H0B6369D0EE88436783F122DD1AF50C5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H333544E2C4E940AA9B0BF6A1DCB4EF73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11B5696BAAE347B19844C26CFF0A0448"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Board</header><text>The term <term>Board</term> means the National Fish Habitat Board established by <internal-xref idref="H2993D1D3440E4356B8BAF2E8D0BBDC62" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(A)">subsection (c)(1)(A)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C10FF7B072348608B4034C12A070C88"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFD19A7598B794A09A2E2EFEF445C988B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>EPA Assistant Administrator</header><text>The term <term>EPA Assistant Administrator</term> means the Assistant Administrator for Water of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA93445DAF96F4D21BE64498A8A800737"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6339049F7F1C4FC2858AB069B9BC64CF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>NOAA Assistant Administrator</header><text>The term <term>NOAA Assistant Administrator</term> means the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB6DEDA726B334032AF168989A580B544"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Partnership</header><text>The term <term>Partnership</term> means a self-governed entity designated by Congress as a Fish Habitat Partnership under <internal-xref idref="HC4FEFB3B177B4EE7ACAC104EFDBE3F86" legis-path="1001.(d)(6)">subsection (d)(6)</internal-xref> after a recommendation by the Board under <internal-xref idref="HBC958FA5A5A94C188B91E35BF5C0DB82" legis-path="1001.(d)(1)">subsection (d)(1)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H811DB38FCC6043A89CDED4E8292CB33A"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Real property interest</header><text>The term <term>real property interest</term> means an ownership interest in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0DC4A7AA8A841C1AF70BC236892F610"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD675A80088564F1A9540B3CB6C9EFD69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>water (including water rights).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD54DE47B10CD4E17A27766C336D132F5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B1546250A034D00A9D6F9E6FFE925B1"><enum>(10)</enum><header>State agency</header><text>The term <term>State agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED9884FADE89477F9D8F9563ED1C4EEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the fish and wildlife agency of a State; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H132ADE748A394EE0899AE63E6ADE6870"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any department or division of a department or agency of a State that manages in the public trust the inland or marine fishery resources or sustains the habitat for those fishery resources of the State pursuant to State law or the constitution of the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F5CBEDC42AC4510B1C04642AD46337B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National Fish Habitat Board</header>
<paragraph id="HC8B21C387FC74FA8B2AE01DC102C68DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="H2993D1D3440E4356B8BAF2E8D0BBDC62"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fish Habitat Board</header><text>There is established a board, to be known as the National Fish Habitat Board, whose duties are—</text> <clause id="H3CA0242D7CA449C0A7847C69E3F908B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation of this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4FD24BC85EC47DB820F8FEBFF77F28A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to establish national goals and priorities for fish habitat conservation;</text> </clause><clause id="H4269702387414EEF80F55ABCAA8673B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to recommend to Congress entities for designation as Partnerships; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2578E7616E614CC8B44CCA4386F96C7F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to review and make recommendations regarding fish habitat conservation projects.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Board shall be composed of 25 members, of whom—</text>
<clause id="H1EC77D394EAD4C189468938184A0459F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the Department of the Interior;</text> </clause><clause id="H216DF97EC48E4FCFBFFD9853B49E1540"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the United States Geological Survey;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C45D8FD29E3400D86948071E819901A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the Department of Commerce;</text> </clause><clause id="HB78B44B0485948728127D5EE34718A0E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the Department of Agriculture;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2709ED4E36B0442C805F20CEC2C68652"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies;</text> </clause><clause id="H9772D9C6C5FD49B2AA574C8D87F32278"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>4 shall be representatives of State agencies, 1 of whom shall be nominated by a regional association of fish and wildlife agencies from each of the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and Western regions of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H052AF894F4F24F17A68D4F1AF1EB63D0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of either—</text> <subclause id="H6094723D934946C08CD2587A3DF6C3C1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Indian Tribes in the State of Alaska; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2FFF42037F1044B99C4623D19255D9F4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Indian Tribes in States other than the State of Alaska;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H2B10DC758F8E43A7BD8EDE9D3465926E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of either—</text>
<subclause id="HEA285B16AB284F2F894B880088FB996A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Regional Fishery Management Councils established under section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852</external-xref>); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H14C959FB14A24D59948466A0C5AC74CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Marine Fisheries Commissions, which is composed of—</text> <item id="HCF41738FB6C34A2BB20A9892EF243E2A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission;</text>
</item><item id="H2424E9BBDEB440E39EA0C31D5D8B601B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; and</text> </item><item id="H974A7E5FD2414841AE0DC1D055B92FAE"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HEFC84E55B86F42E5B6FE569B3CAAB9FC"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of the Sportfishing and Boating Partnership Council;</text> </clause><clause id="HD301D9D7BCD14BF4A0DE1083650A31FD"><enum>(x)</enum><text>7 shall be representatives selected from each of—</text>
<subclause id="HB8EB31E1C8B8457CA69E7E228756F371"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the recreational sportfishing industry;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HCD9536EB09DA40E9874BBFC7C48D2CCE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the commercial fishing industry;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6FCFA21034BE4B2284FAA5A351582783"><enum>(III)</enum><text>marine recreational anglers;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5A56CD39722E4CB0896B86B2C845C2CC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>freshwater recreational anglers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA315735C872C46898F317CF5CA3CD81D"><enum>(V)</enum><text>habitat conservation organizations; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA1958C88F9454DC994AE91C45C82AA98"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>science-based fishery organizations;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8A7636976079481B8EAC110A8210EAA8"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of a national private landowner organization;</text> </clause><clause id="HA27A923957DE43A0A21C5A961B751ED5"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of an agricultural production organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A742FED6CEA4AA8B11EC6901182BC8F"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of local government interests involved in fish habitat restoration;</text> </clause><clause id="H58192029DBA143E99C93D4A8EAAE5994"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>2 shall be representatives from different sectors of corporate industries, which may include—</text>
<subclause id="HA9CA2B1637E3424FBF7BE93BEBBD7B9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>natural resource commodity interests, such as petroleum or mineral extraction;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2108B4C22D144AEC85B3E03E95F02A46"><enum>(II)</enum><text>natural resource user industries; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8E8A516FA23845519579D034050483AA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>industries with an interest in fish and fish habitat conservation; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDBE9F2A06A06480FB8D48129AE8497B3"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>1 shall be a leadership private sector or landowner representative of an active Partnership.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2878D3961AA54A2B820D58C46E85DB4E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>A member of the Board shall serve without compensation.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24183449A2264FCE92E0ECABE8946485"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>A member of the Board may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of the duties of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A3511048BB54AFD99A04F24B5F86D31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment and terms</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F1B16D5D6EC48389F4D715D72322858"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a member of the Board described in any of clauses (vi) through (xiv) of <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)</internal-xref> shall serve for a term of 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92DA0BF9363349BF8971B0DA26F9C2FF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial Board membership</header>
<clause id="H88CD03CC3DAA46A3815E0E1D8A18DC90"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The initial Board will consist of representatives as described in clauses (i) through (vi) of <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)</internal-xref>.</text> </clause><clause id="HCD0C49C0C0014B3FA717EC28DE29C759"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Remaining members</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the representatives of the initial Board pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H88CD03CC3DAA46A3815E0E1D8A18DC90" legis-path="1001.(c)(2)(B)(i)">clause (i)</internal-xref> shall appoint the remaining members of the Board described in clauses (viii) through (xiv) of <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)</internal-xref>.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBBAF725B6AB343588A6B42E863E16708"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Tribal representatives</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Board a recommendation of not fewer than 3 Tribal representatives, from which the Board shall appoint 1 representative pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)(vii)</internal-xref>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34DC4FCA7F6842F890E46424F231BF27"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Transitional terms</header><text>Of the members described in <internal-xref idref="HD301D9D7BCD14BF4A0DE1083650A31FD" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)(x)">paragraph (1)(B)(x)</internal-xref> initially appointed to the Board—</text> <clause id="HE94DF2DDB86041A08B8AEB9F6B11F85C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F4A52643CA54895B8FDD95471C39C9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB654A670DE084482AACD354714F86F3F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5D2D015B3C54FA18C4E490E6762A5C5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Vacancies</header>
<clause id="H94224C134039493F9953F8CB43047F3C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vacancy of a member of the Board described in any of clauses (viii) through (xiv) of <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)</internal-xref> shall be filled by an appointment made by the remaining members of the Board.</text> </clause><clause id="H8DE7BF7FB7524ED7A1973197BAFDC319"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Tribal representatives</header><text>Following a vacancy of a member of the Board described in <internal-xref idref="H052AF894F4F24F17A68D4F1AF1EB63D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)(vii)">paragraph (1)(B)(vii)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall recommend to the Board a list of not fewer than 3 Tribal representatives, from which the remaining members of the Board shall appoint a representative to fill the vacancy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58CDB3652D60497A95FE5E931DF1869E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Continuation of service</header><text>An individual whose term of service as a member of the Board expires may continue to serve on the Board until a successor is appointed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF99948EA3E1B49AD970F552A57983CE7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>If a member of the Board described in any of clauses (viii) through (xiv) of <internal-xref idref="H43679217DFB24ADCB42B03B31324B9D0" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)">paragraph (1)(B)</internal-xref> misses 3 consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings, the members of the Board may—</text> <clause id="H15480F1C44454A3FAC442EEDA2B2B39F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>vote to remove that member; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD005F0AD20E24D6A918D65447B5AD1CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>appoint another individual in accordance with <internal-xref idref="HC5D2D015B3C54FA18C4E490E6762A5C5" legis-path="1001.(c)(2)(D)">subparagraph (D)</internal-xref>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AB13EBF200E48948F62E9DC2DBECBAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header> <subparagraph id="H9E6852F117CB43DF87E55F78F685DE23"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The representative of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies appointed pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H2709ED4E36B0442C805F20CEC2C68652" legis-path="1001.(c)(1)(B)(v)">paragraph (1)(B)(v)</internal-xref> shall serve as Chairperson of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91EDB9CD56DE4E83B72D8BD97733129E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Chairperson of the Board shall serve for a term of 3 years.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0A0429F7B2A47D7A97DD6ADBF88EA8D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header> <subparagraph id="HCE687103020946BA9EB58CFEA4D02AAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board shall meet—</text>
<clause id="H753529E33A9740DB88A5DE7267625304"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at the call of the Chairperson; but</text> </clause><clause id="HF1C33207DCF64E33BDC129E2EBDA06F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not less frequently than twice each calendar year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H803BAC16FF9845DA9B865E757EE0D41B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public access</header><text>All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB291BD10F8684351B529171B73464BF0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Procedures</header> <subparagraph id="H532657E86433431CBBC7597BB6E3C176"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board shall establish procedures to carry out the business of the Board, including—</text>
<clause id="H32066DA67A0D44219BCD51F77817D772"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a requirement that a quorum of the members of the Board be present to transact business;</text> </clause><clause id="HB4A552E337024F35B654F010D7FA6681"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a requirement that no recommendations may be adopted by the Board, except by the vote of <fraction>2/3</fraction> of all members;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A30F3ABEEBB4F508E2314A33F389F1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>procedures for establishing national goals and priorities for fish habitat conservation for the purposes of this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H23DD80E126474C4E9C7C7DD4C8ABAD1F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>procedures for designating Partnerships under <internal-xref idref="H5D511F42436D476985B17ED088CD329F" legis-path="1001.(d)">subsection (d)</internal-xref>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H331B6BD9B28D49CCB2D97656B31B94F1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>procedures for reviewing, evaluating, and making recommendations regarding fish habitat conservation projects.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD4DDA5831434BE686EA57A8C628A98E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D511F42436D476985B17ED088CD329F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fish Habitat Partnerships</header> <paragraph id="HBC958FA5A5A94C188B91E35BF5C0DB82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to recommend</header><text>The Board may recommend to Congress the designation of Fish Habitat Partnerships in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9565824C7FA4B3EAA6724152C9C33F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of a Partnership shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H70B65F790E464D51A79B6E8A5080CBB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to work with other regional habitat conservation programs to promote cooperation and coordination to enhance fish and fish habitats;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9E8C82169464A098B6AAEAA2E2BDEFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to engage local and regional communities to build support for fish habitat conservation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C021E58AC2C411CA754DBB37CCAAE62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to involve diverse groups of public and private partners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66144C4933FA4C63A14B3AA1D9355A84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to develop collaboratively a strategic vision and achievable implementation plan that is scientifically sound;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A927AA10C744D88B3C7C1F3EEE263CA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to leverage funding from sources that support local and regional Partnerships;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FC5C0E2D7594FDBB9307324C3A687D5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to use adaptive management principles, including evaluation of project success and functionality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4695DE47F82041B880FB36648896D4FA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to develop appropriate local or regional habitat evaluation and assessment measures and criteria that are compatible with national habitat condition measures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74E459EE50CD45528B96BCD2EC1D8B0D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to implement local and regional priority projects that improve conditions for fish and fish habitat.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB23CE21B708847709E8612F9DE33031D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria for designation</header><text>An entity seeking to be designated by Congress as a Partnership shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0BCDFE20C50A46CD9FBFEAA3204F3B67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the Board an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Board may require; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3038FAF45EA452FAC6B80AA03CB8BB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrate to the Board that the entity has—</text> <clause id="H01BC6C7C43664728B9620CAC939A2535"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a focus on promoting the health of important fish and fish habitats;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A4BC8F7F9CE4150BF56A9600C4D2518"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an ability to coordinate the implementation of priority projects that support the goals and national priorities set by the Board that are within the Partnership boundary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H57DDFA15A56F4B7FB6FFBC2820E9C298"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a self-governance structure that supports the implementation of strategic priorities for fish habitat;</text>
</clause><clause id="H33A362260FC445D2833B391CFB802387"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the ability to develop local and regional relationships with a broad range of entities to further strategic priorities for fish and fish habitat;</text>
</clause><clause id="H017154856D644EE7AAE4FEE02A2B3E10"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a strategic plan that details required investments for fish habitat conservation that addresses the strategic fish habitat priorities of the Partnership and supports and meets the strategic priorities of the Board;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2AE959371A184581BCB64FEABD1D6483"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the ability to develop and implement fish habitat conservation projects that address strategic priorities of the Partnership and the Board; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H11B08ADD089342FCB5B1DC62246F36A8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the ability to develop fish habitat conservation priorities based on sound science and data, the ability to measure the effectiveness of fish habitat projects of the Partnership, and a clear plan as to how Partnership science and data components will be integrated with the overall Board science and data effort.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF56BA0F2F3534FB79EE21B40074285C9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements for recommendation to Congress</header><text>The Board may recommend to Congress for designation an application for a Partnership submitted under <internal-xref idref="H0BCDFE20C50A46CD9FBFEAA3204F3B67" legis-path="1001.(d)(3)(A)">paragraph (3)(A)</internal-xref> if the Board determines that the applicant—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC51F56BBFF9949D1801FE94F8D724A2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets the criteria described in <internal-xref idref="HB3038FAF45EA452FAC6B80AA03CB8BB2" legis-path="1001.(d)(3)(B)">paragraph (3)(B)</internal-xref>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D37ADF9CD4B439988919B06ED4D4C34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies representatives to provide support and technical assistance to the Partnership from a diverse group of public and private partners, which may include State or local governments, nonprofit entities, Indian Tribes, and private individuals, that are focused on conservation of fish habitats to achieve results across jurisdictional boundaries on public and private land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41A81E3B8710480E82AE9657ED9BDC4B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is organized to promote the health of important fish species and important fish habitats, including reservoirs, natural lakes, coastal and marine environments, and estuaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H206F0ED9A33F4417A2A50CE1E4952520"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies strategic fish and fish habitat priorities for the Partnership area in the form of geographical focus areas or key stressors or impairments to facilitate strategic planning and decision making;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B50510432F6427299492FD9DF6E5056"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is able to address issues and priorities on a nationally significant scale;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC85D9AF9CFAF4B7DB917E45058C3565E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>includes a governance structure that—</text>
<clause id="HEAAC9AD4479D4AE98F7449B94EC5DC74"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reflects the range of all partners; and</text> </clause><clause id="HADB3B5089CD44104A6F8229DB39F0B8D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promotes joint strategic planning and decision making by the applicant;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF575D15B605B4C18BC861ECDB2CC0DBE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>demonstrates completion of, or significant progress toward the development of, a strategic plan to address the decline in fish populations, rather than simply treating symptoms, in accordance with the goals and national priorities established by the Board; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A0CE1BFA8874725B233961C009275E7"><enum>(H)</enum><text>promotes collaboration in developing a strategic vision and implementation program that is scientifically sound and achievable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE5D530552694CF9B257FBE470C45132"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header>
<subparagraph id="HCDDD26BB888244CB983C959B75A4A5DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than February 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act and each February 1 thereafter, the Board shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report, to be entitled <quote>Report to Congress on Future Fish Habitat Partnerships and Modifications</quote>, that—</text>
<clause id="H61A2BB8D5CB24719BEA110BB97E27873"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies any entity that—</text> <subclause id="H4089A42923414161A29D73ABA99DF000"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meets the requirements described in <internal-xref idref="HF56BA0F2F3534FB79EE21B40074285C9" legis-path="1001.(d)(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H03CAA5228C824E82A3078F251F1F4D2B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Board recommends for designation as a Partnership;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H1E8471B7ACFB4B909712E77B11BDAD01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes any proposed modifications to a Partnership previously designated by Congress under <internal-xref idref="HC4FEFB3B177B4EE7ACAC104EFDBE3F86" legis-path="1001.(d)(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9876066529754B4CB5A8A972CE0080ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to each entity recommended for designation as a Partnership, describes, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subclause id="H196B233D04E74870BD7254F21F1CC9DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the purpose of the recommended Partnership; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3C62EE65045F4B7685FFB64709723DA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>how the recommended Partnership fulfills the requirements described in <internal-xref idref="HF56BA0F2F3534FB79EE21B40074285C9" legis-path="1001.(d)(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC79064DE142420196A7F527E0A413E6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability; notification</header><text>The Board shall—</text> <clause id="H7880D11D8EB14F77BF6AD42A1872F04F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make the report publicly available, including on the internet; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9755AEFED0054B3BA179AA3F3FBEC034"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide to the appropriate congressional committees and the State agency of any State included in a recommended Partnership area written notification of the public availability of the report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4FEFB3B177B4EE7ACAC104EFDBE3F86"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Designation or modification of Partnership</header><text>Congress shall have the sole authority to designate or modify a Partnership.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAA834326473488B8AA550D5CDF841BB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Existing Partnerships</header> <subparagraph id="H3FF0C90B90E54EB6AE8975C1D74F4A17"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Designation review</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, any fish habitat Partnership receiving Federal funds as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be subject to a designation review by Congress in which Congress shall have the opportunity to designate the Partnership under <internal-xref idref="HC4FEFB3B177B4EE7ACAC104EFDBE3F86" legis-path="1001.(d)(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49FF149FD1BB4A3C8989FA6585D5C9F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ineligibility for Federal funds</header><text>A Partnership referred to in <internal-xref idref="H3FF0C90B90E54EB6AE8975C1D74F4A17" legis-path="1001.(d)(7)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> that Congress does not designate as described in that subparagraph shall be ineligible to receive Federal funds under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6B935729A0A4B788586A69BF10013B3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fish habitat conservation projects</header>
<paragraph id="H41EC8627340743559D0C5C2D3567F371"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission to Board</header><text>Not later than March 31 of each calendar year, each Partnership shall submit to the Board a list of priority fish habitat conservation projects recommended by the Partnership for annual funding under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations by Board</header><text>Not later than July 1 of each calendar year, the Board shall submit to the Secretary a priority list of fish habitat conservation projects that includes the description, including estimated costs, of each project that the Board recommends that the Secretary approve and fund under this section for the following fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91DCD6DEB25A4D9588032FA8E745C27F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria for project selection</header><text>The Board shall select each fish habitat conservation project to be recommended to the Secretary under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> after taking into consideration, at a minimum, the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8903FF2BB924ADC8FAA290F29D3C3C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A recommendation of the Partnership that is, or will be, participating actively in implementing the fish habitat conservation project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9901EF59801346AD8F7EE273F2A9D621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The capabilities and experience of project proponents to implement successfully the proposed project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A37064386EC45CF814038EBE7431771"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The extent to which the fish habitat conservation project—</text> <clause id="H737892BD0CBA431A904DFF46A125FFDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>fulfills a local or regional priority that is directly linked to the strategic plan of the Partnership and is consistent with the purpose of this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H68AD2612C71D4036A82AAC60D3A7580E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>addresses the national priorities established by the Board;</text> </clause><clause id="H78C2197B614D4CBDADAC63F9EB587951"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is supported by the findings of the Habitat Assessment of the Partnership or the Board, and aligns or is compatible with other conservation plans;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC17E3FABBC704218876A425E35B894F8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identifies appropriate monitoring and evaluation measures and criteria that are compatible with national measures;</text>
</clause><clause id="H14EE506FD39A49A0875C64FEE3AF36C4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provides a well-defined budget linked to deliverables and outcomes;</text> </clause><clause id="H957231E3C14A4AA2A249DCF6DBC2769C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>leverages other funds to implement the project;</text>
</clause><clause id="H20684035457D4A34947195035352B25E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>addresses the causes and processes behind the decline of fish or fish habitats; and</text> </clause><clause id="H87987CF673914A85854C033866C2CEBB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>includes an outreach or education component that includes the local or regional community.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D043EEC9405435684239134D590C197"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The availability of sufficient non-Federal funds to match Federal contributions for the fish habitat conservation project, as required by paragraph (5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AD6BD29F20F4086BB89FD6EA7DF0127"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The extent to which the local or regional fish habitat conservation project—</text> <clause id="H7D0D23EB19C244BAB76E77C7CC9C75E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will increase fish populations in a manner that leads to recreational fishing opportunities for the public;</text>
</clause><clause id="H874BAC2A2DFE42F091E7DCD9AD682D59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will be carried out through a cooperative agreement among Federal, State, and local governments, Indian Tribes, and private entities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H78B1826CD3F1452A8E36A1E81E345551"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>increases public access to land or water for fish and wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B79BB043E634582BA174FC8BCA63FB3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>advances the conservation of fish and wildlife species that have been identified by the States as species of greatest conservation need;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA08D11451AA34670A4ACD5807A605AC6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>where appropriate, advances the conservation of fish and fish habitats under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.) and other relevant Federal law and State wildlife action plans; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H99BBC132124F43EE920BA7683AEA9282"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>promotes strong and healthy fish habitats so that desired biological communities are able to persist and adapt.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8B3A8CF52864DB6BA829D4BD77A588E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The substantiality of the character and design of the fish habitat conservation project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0946228A4B5D49EC9A25DE91FC177BC8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="H2ECAA272B784467F934D9B50AC85DCA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements for evaluation</header><text>No fish habitat conservation project may be recommended by the Board under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> or provided financial assistance under this section unless the fish habitat conservation project includes an evaluation plan designed using applicable Board guidance—</text>
<clause id="H5FB86904F9F44F8096D3B3DFAAC7BCD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to appropriately assess the biological, ecological, or other results of the habitat protection, restoration, or enhancement activities carried out using the assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB69EB274BA3A4A29B6DBEEA100AF0E71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reflect appropriate changes to the fish habitat conservation project if the assessment substantiates that the fish habitat conservation project objectives are not being met;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0351414CA3614E7FBC04766E904E6D66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to identify improvements to existing fish populations, recreational fishing opportunities, and the overall economic benefits for the local community of the fish habitat conservation project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC8906DE010B54452B74D24A583547F39"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to require the submission to the Board of a report describing the findings of the assessment.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01DC1BD8D1EA41E7A39B1EBA63ECDA0D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Acquisition authorities</header> <clause id="HD0765E27F608477DA118178080B63138"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State, local government, or other non-Federal entity is eligible to receive funds for the acquisition of real property from willing sellers under this section if the acquisition ensures one of—</text>
<subclause id="HA6F9DEEAAB9F404087EE860B36C39005"><enum>(I)</enum><text>public access for compatible fish and wildlife-dependent recreation; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3C7B39D91A344C849DB5FA81578C66CA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a scientifically based, direct enhancement to the health of fish and fish populations, as determined by the Board.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE089FE4F88F74279A760D6F94B916F27"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State agency approval</header>
<subclause id="H32A8961317B2401FA859A65E2E513DE9"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All real property interest acquisition projects funded under this section are required to be approved by the State agency in the State in which the project is occurring.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8FAE51F4F4974857A7D30B5686821CCE"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The Board may not recommend, and the Secretary may not provide any funding for, any real property interest acquisition that has not been approved by the State agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7F9790CEA8514A01BE54E8772D130DFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Assessment of other authorities</header><text>The Fish Habitat Partnership shall conduct a project assessment, submitted with the funding request and approved by the Board, to demonstrate all other Federal, State, and local authorities for the acquisition of real property have been exhausted.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C4681E635BC454F9617A5B67181E586"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>A real property interest may not be acquired pursuant to a fish habitat conservation project by a State, local government, or other non-Federal entity, unless—</text>
<subclause id="H420992BC5FE3499190342C774DBCD4F6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the owner of the real property authorizes the State, local government, or other non-Federal entity to acquire the real property; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H16AC71E37A9C427B80C5F68627E72F83"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary and the Board determine that the State, local government, or other non-Federal entity would benefit from undertaking the management of the real property being acquired because that is in accordance with the goals of a Partnership.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H52218322467D4722B7A490047396E8FE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Non-Federal Contributions</header>
<subparagraph id="HC8900F8644034063A53E3B389CA8CADB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in <internal-xref idref="H3C727179C8B64AFD81BD1489FE3B67CB" legis-path="1001.(e)(5)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref>, no fish habitat conservation project may be recommended by the Board under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> or provided financial assistance under this section unless at least 50 percent of the cost of the fish habitat conservation project will be funded with non-Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C727179C8B64AFD81BD1489FE3B67CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a fish habitat conservation project—</text> <clause id="H7DE4D4F4FC8C470589EA028133537AE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not be derived from another Federal grant program; but</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B0605B1ABB14F4AA6CD67DA30303D4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include in-kind contributions and cash.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83026830E1064C8B948CADD844AF4D7B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for Indian Tribes</header><text>Notwithstanding <internal-xref idref="HC8900F8644034063A53E3B389CA8CADB" legis-path="1001.(e)(5)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> or any other provision of law, any funds made available to an Indian Tribe pursuant to this section may be considered to be non-Federal funds for the purpose of <internal-xref idref="HC8900F8644034063A53E3B389CA8CADB" legis-path="1001.(e)(5)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H895BF14CF5D5459C8839721AC51CF733"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Approval</header>
<subparagraph id="HE73DBC29C60743FC8FE63535E4E529F1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of the recommended priority list of fish habitat conservation projects under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>, subject to the limitations of <internal-xref idref="H0946228A4B5D49EC9A25DE91FC177BC8" legis-path="1001.(e)(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>, and based, to the maximum extent practicable, on the criteria described in <internal-xref idref="H91DCD6DEB25A4D9588032FA8E745C27F" legis-path="1001.(e)(3)">paragraph (3)</internal-xref>, the Secretary, after consulting with the Secretary of Commerce on marine or estuarine projects, shall approve or reject any fish habitat conservation project recommended by the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5530CCE1A61645D49674B1E19B21266D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>If the Secretary approves a fish habitat conservation project under <internal-xref idref="HE73DBC29C60743FC8FE63535E4E529F1" legis-path="1001.(e)(6)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall use amounts made available to carry out this section to provide funds to carry out the fish habitat conservation project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE94F463B554B4574AFC99897832B05FE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary rejects any fish habitat conservation project recommended by the Board under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>, not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of the recommendation, the Secretary shall provide to the Board, the appropriate Partnership, and the appropriate congressional committees a written statement of the reasons that the Secretary rejected the fish habitat conservation project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8119EC535E44A60842812895770F7C6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical and scientific assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H330ABD310F334BFEAC706EFFF4B9CD27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director, the NOAA Assistant Administrator, the EPA Assistant Administrator, and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, in coordination with the Forest Service and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, may provide scientific and technical assistance to the Partnerships, participants in fish habitat conservation projects, and the Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E5700090E754FCEA45DA88FC572069D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Scientific and technical assistance provided pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H330ABD310F334BFEAC706EFFF4B9CD27" legis-path="1001.(f)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> may include—</text> <subparagraph id="H8B7656F9173E4EFB9D47C7052915782E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing technical and scientific assistance to States, Indian Tribes, regions, local communities, and nongovernmental organizations in the development and implementation of Partnerships;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64BD571982EE4D4385051139BEC119E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing technical and scientific assistance to Partnerships for habitat assessment, strategic planning, and prioritization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H355A806DAD6E4D2ABD011ABD1FADA3C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting the development and implementation of fish habitat conservation projects that are identified as high priorities by Partnerships and the Board;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EABFACCF7864ADF98BF485561F5A153"><enum>(D)</enum><text>supporting and providing recommendations regarding the development of science-based monitoring and assessment approaches for implementation through Partnerships;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1637AA154DEE4277BAB138B8A165A0F8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>supporting and providing recommendations for a national fish habitat assessment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED765030D95D4BC6AFF8AB70EE748261"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensuring the availability of experts to assist in conducting scientifically based evaluation and reporting of the results of fish habitat conservation projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED321FBB136D47C59DD91AE054A6E93F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>providing resources to secure State agency scientific and technical assistance to support Partnerships, participants in fish habitat conservation projects, and the Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8781C8F58D024C5C91C522FD32CEEEED"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coordination with States and Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide a notice to, and cooperate with, the appropriate State agency or Tribal agency, as applicable, of each State and Indian Tribe within the boundaries of which an activity is planned to be carried out pursuant to this section, including notification, by not later than 30 days before the date on which the activity is implemented.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA973B482D36D4894A9D7A71012B5E281"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Interagency operational plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director, in cooperation with the NOAA Assistant Administrator, the EPA Assistant Administrator, the Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies (including at a minimum, those agencies represented on the Board), shall develop an interagency operational plan that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE365EC960394CFC867CFA086039419E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the functional, operational, technical, scientific, and general staff, administrative, and material needs for the implementation of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H498647DC40614FFDBE23BB3A740F227A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any interagency agreements between or among Federal departments and agencies to address those needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7AE285ABD11D483AB6DA0A92BF7A563E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Accountability and reporting</header>
<paragraph id="HF21B55713EDC486B8FA74B969C9D8D44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting</header>
<subparagraph id="H88B8FD3DCA6C44CFA2695FDAA5B83F80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Board shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the progress of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1D47C6808DF41CDA3D2B67D1166B6CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under <internal-xref idref="H88B8FD3DCA6C44CFA2695FDAA5B83F80" legis-path="1001.(i)(1)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> shall include—</text> <clause id="HB858B5096618440EB80163FAFDBC5701"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an estimate of the number of acres, stream miles, or acre-feet, or other suitable measures of fish habitat, that was maintained or improved by Partnerships of Federal, State, or local governments, Indian Tribes, or other entities in the United States during the 5-year period ending on the date of submission of the report;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8950535577E44B18806DC126A96C3ABB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of the public access to fish habitats established or improved during that 5-year period;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AE9883A9E454DCD9679C8D57C576DFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of the improved opportunities for public recreational fishing; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2CB31326399E412F803A5E7E2232DA4E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an assessment of the status of fish habitat conservation projects carried out with funds provided under this section during that period, disaggregated by year, including—</text>
<subclause id="HF7180806D0044FF0BA52AF3A495D6C49"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of the fish habitat conservation projects recommended by the Board under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">subsection (e)(2)</internal-xref>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H20B598036E414D0BA61B7757C03CBBBB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a description of each fish habitat conservation project approved by the Secretary under <internal-xref idref="H895BF14CF5D5459C8839721AC51CF733" legis-path="1001.(e)(6)">subsection (e)(6)</internal-xref>, in order of priority for funding;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF9E2B6A7A8BC427EA52B1211193ADFC8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a justification for—</text> <item id="H67D2186914844F84998CCFD64ED2983F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the approval of each fish habitat conservation project; and</text>
</item><item id="HA84B1A242AF24F1E9E22013C86B64DF2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the order of priority for funding of each fish habitat conservation project;</text> </item></subclause><subclause id="H6A56E3CBE34D420995706A1B860B7EDD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a justification for any rejection of a fish habitat conservation project recommended by the Board under <internal-xref idref="H03E4390BEDC243F58E34C6139DA50EAE" legis-path="1001.(e)(2)">subsection (e)(2)</internal-xref> that was based on a factor other than the criteria described in <internal-xref idref="H91DCD6DEB25A4D9588032FA8E745C27F" legis-path="1001.(e)(3)">subsection (e)(3)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0BBA143CD77B4AC7AFDB928DB56B63F6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>an accounting of expenditures by Federal, State, or local governments, Indian Tribes, or other entities to carry out fish habitat conservation projects.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC936418C3A0E4E5DBC7525601CB5FD73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Status and trends report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, the Board shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1157F4977FB14AAE970D54032D7BD397"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a status of all Partnerships designated under this section;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB38763E38EC34BF8A01A23366CB71BE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the status of fish habitats in the United States as identified by established Partnerships; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H913E084FEFF2485F855DF96A5A52EF8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhancements or reductions in public access as a result of—</text> <clause id="H916718D6AE804659BF4DADAE79EDF5DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the activities of the Partnerships; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D701FABA89146C58BD7525873895A89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other activities carried out pursuant to this section.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF699E77151E24B9F9394516BC9B8A4CE"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Effect of section</header> <paragraph id="HAEBD3154881A4D1D9A1A8D9B79A00A06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Water rights</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA32645A6E023458FBB4D565C5C95968C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishes any express or implied reserved water right in the United States for any purpose;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69FAC9030F064B8DA8A04C139DD9A15C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H745F8058712D44D2975B69247CE95C62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H672C7D945122452EA9A454FCE0F8A6D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>affects any Federal or State law in existence on the date of enactment of the Act regarding water quality or water quantity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED484347854A45D79D5887168DDA8AFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority to acquire water rights or rights to property</header><text>Under this section, only a State, local government, or other non-Federal entity may acquire, under State law, water rights or rights to property.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F3EA0AAB2B40CAA697C57BC70CEE7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State authority</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H9DF40EB9BD024211A3B8DCC8B989ED58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affects the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of a State to manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife under the laws and regulations of the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8836F156913149778AE46B97CA2BCE6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorizes the Secretary to control or regulate within a State the fishing or hunting of fish and wildlife.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB22A89D4532A4A78BCF8452AD4677A60"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on Indian Tribes</header><text>Nothing in this section abrogates, abridges, affects, modifies, supersedes, or alters any right of an Indian Tribe recognized by treaty or any other means, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H897E1A12B7E84E7F8548E2CE02AEA66E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agreement between the Indian Tribe and the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12DCD6CA164B41D887400F8DA371DC4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal law (including regulations);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE5C26C786AF46DE94BA37BE3A76D0F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Executive order; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACFA227EEB2E48AFB5D8DCC2E6BFAD26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a judicial decree.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00ABF467A98A4A428A6CC706B6A9CD50"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adjudication of water rights</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or affects the ability of the Secretary to join an adjudication of rights to the use of water pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 208 of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/666">43 U.S.C. 666</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF4E8B9B09B64FAC987A6842E03E855F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Department of Commerce authority</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the Department of Commerce to manage, control, or regulate fish or fish habitats under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CE852B04E03445BB5BF864BE2DF05D5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect on other authorities</header>
<subparagraph id="HACC39476ED1F4798AC8697016F158F42"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Private property protection</header><text>Nothing in this section permits the use of funds made available to carry out this section to acquire real property or a real property interest without the written consent of each owner of the real property or real property interest.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57B3B37CFBFB4063810E9A9507A7E35D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text>Nothing in this section permits the use of funds made available to carry out this section for fish and wildlife mitigation purposes under—</text>
<clause id="H633384A779B74886809255EE1FC5303E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.);</text> </clause><clause id="HB464DC8AAB5C428ABD74D6AC78EE16AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/661">16 U.S.C. 661</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="H55B1B504F16C4DC9A6BA3F19272DEF01"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 4082); or</text> </clause><clause id="H3FD416E6EA3444D0BB222FBE6952D0F1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other Federal law or court settlement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22CB19D4B24B4EFAB27B9F5BC073C0B2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Clean Water Act</header><text>Nothing in this section affects any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> et seq.), including any definition in that Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2BC627D10484FF992745AEFB892F473"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to—</text> <paragraph id="HE9D35F7469BD464FA11EF915FEEF6428"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Board; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H918E8ED08A12495F836B77FD06E3B660"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any Partnership.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H403AE3518BE645A7841B65C2302090C9"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HC1039CDF28044D55A6278AF626F585B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subparagraph id="HDA9B57F6867F420A8F9E47434F5DCF7A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fish habitat conservation projects</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $7,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to provide funds for fish habitat conservation projects approved under <internal-xref idref="H895BF14CF5D5459C8839721AC51CF733" legis-path="1001.(e)(6)">subsection (e)(6)</internal-xref>, of which 5 percent shall be made available for each fiscal year for projects carried out by Indian Tribes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2705C1CC26D74F1584C9F1192C8A1372"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative and planning expenses</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount appropriated for the applicable fiscal year pursuant to <internal-xref idref="HDA9B57F6867F420A8F9E47434F5DCF7A" legis-path="1001.(l)(1)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>—</text>
<clause id="HD0BC63D0503D40E387B13838966D9F03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for administrative and planning expenses; and</text> </clause><clause id="HB0E3DFF25D8C4798ABB27702A9960CAC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to carry out subsection (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83390C902F0648E38F22E5B28B426420"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical and scientific assistance</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out, and provide technical and scientific assistance under, subsection (f)—</text>
<clause id="HF3687C6336C349108BB0721B3E1C8ADD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$500,000 to the Secretary for use by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;</text> </clause><clause id="H55E99E23662E40B4B3226B4DD2F26F8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$500,000 to the NOAA Assistant Administrator for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BB369F377674C8482B9A9C617A0282C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$500,000 to the EPA Assistant Administrator for use by the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </clause><clause id="H51B184EECC094299AD11C13AF519BB76"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$500,000 to the Secretary for use by the United States Geological Survey.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H31CBCA5C45E7454DBC317DF5CCB0DFCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements and grants</header><text>The Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H316CAB2F732945FB9F028E21639EAC2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the recommendation of the Board, and notwithstanding sections 6304 and 6305 of title 31, United States Code, and the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/107">Public Law 106–107</external-xref>), enter into a grant agreement, cooperative agreement, or contract with a Partnership or other entity for a fish habitat conservation project or restoration or enhancement project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDE6A6DD6290444AA758E73EF8427B26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for, accept, and use a grant from any individual or entity to carry out the purposes of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF7490571B4F48F68CB74F7D062E24F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make funds available to any Federal department or agency for use by that department or agency to provide grants for any fish habitat protection project, restoration project, or enhancement project that the Secretary determines to be consistent with this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37CB52B4FFF4489A94255D64043C2B67"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Donations</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE785B0353124087BFFE79E77370A73B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may—</text> <clause id="HC193736BB4E44FD5B189826787A8D85C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with any organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code to solicit private donations to carry out the purposes of this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3811AD2475AF414B9446A9E4DCED9D68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accept donations of funds, property, and services to carry out the purposes of this section.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58985120F751494FB3B918EC07529C7C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>A donation accepted under this section—</text>
<clause id="HC130EA144E9F40A595866648CBE75473"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be considered to be a gift or bequest to, or otherwise for the use of, the United States; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9822D6D528E64539ACD46C06EF2A6FCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be—</text>
<subclause id="HA1E08AC403694AD39689F305ACC90DD2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>used directly by the Secretary; or</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75F9396F4C1E418892304573D819B800"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provided to another Federal department or agency through an interagency agreement.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86B63BF21E014C849288B5F4BD289ECE"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Prohibition against implementation of regulatory authority by Federal agencies</header><text>Any Partnership designated under this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1808139BCCE457782E4B3ACE8044A7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be for the sole purpose of promoting fish conservation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74F17963D310413E9F8A0F04F36C9EE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be used to implement any regulatory authority of any Federal agency.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Target practice and marksmanship training support</header> <section id="HED3E9F98AC4345F2A2C1015E60E00DEF"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9416128B4D7F4851949DA09983776323"><enum>602.</enum><header>Definition of public target range</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>public target range</term> means a specific location that—</text> <paragraph id="H27EAD9CC21B540B1AE3BAFDEB330BA65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA02427C1D45478289282DE0BA506F17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is open to the public;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE791A3BBE1C4644896E6433ABE768A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may be supervised; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB97D04220E34CB5B5B1FF9654C6CE7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun shooting.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFE4C69E6B15E4C238A97217818C8E399"><enum>603.</enum><header>Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act</header> <subsection id="HCBCD66108B7D4E648244ABE372F7C49C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669a">16 U.S.C. 669a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF381F372D5E34955B7E49B689B87F897"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5DDDF1AB53A143F0B329C3365A1E4ED8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H121D80AEC8D94C5A8C59BDCB0DFC5E2C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H185157349D9E490AA8E930DDA669CFF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>public target range</term> means a specific location that—</text> <subparagraph id="H80BA0B6FE708436B973E2CD12B438F95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H059B2307523242A4A8C51A58B2610C23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is open to the public;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD67A485F0E2458C917B8EC19C9AC237"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may be supervised; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AFCDB7969FD4D08B09CC3B07587D6BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or shotgun shooting;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF8548BD1A09453E9F3A5C04C6A90E09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources</header><text>Section 8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669g">16 U.S.C. 669g(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB678A763C10D4587968EA2139F8DE7DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b) Each State</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H007BDDB743C049DC9388AA4F3E813842" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H165694CE2DF94F8394380CF4B13FA82C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources</header> <paragraph id="H3036C1CDFAE9484C89ED73B91198D09A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35FEE6325D514BF2AFBE17EAF3B6C3B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking <quote>construction, operation,</quote> and inserting <quote>operation</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H806E087CC07242E18B811EE8724BA03F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The non-Federal share</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H96E439BD89844763A451E1AE71C75A6B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H77AA37D86CB448E781D4D0305E1DC06D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>The non-Federal share</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9C54390135A842E8A1E49448ECE2EA3E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H00847BDC8FC44408AE38A53B2C09C02F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H39C449F50EFF4AC0A6E68728E250B554"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA5554EA1743A4070870D22774A12B877"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) (as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA499F4FADBA94982931A5133EE11D266" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H38428D7F4C5E4EB6911B6B946CF7437C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding the limitation described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB875EE7541854D67870D42F716C41D0B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants</header><text>Section 10 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669h-1">16 U.S.C. 669h–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA3498FD523604654B3AC4863F86CD1A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H52D3560F7A934216B985610097B8AD3A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H69FEFC06FAF44CC5B577B19929C914DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of additional amounts</header><text>Of the amount apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), the State may elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with the amount apportioned to the State under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF6B5D0493B24B748346889F19C565C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3D7CD2844B80441D9C8DD8E3F9637DF6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HCBC96F86CE9644C4820BFF8F12B28806"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header> <paragraph id="H46A01FC1364C44E887173B1F5BE0A5BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1471BBE401104E28A460F23C3E69DEB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public target range construction or expansion</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range in a State on Federal or non-Federal land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD0B866C8B240D0A129CCD4622FA15B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H45E01BA1E9944960B19ABAE74708D24D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Amounts made</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H27DAD0056DB3430B923BE69F00F7E496" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDC88E91DE05C47D587C0E5645365C5E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts made</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC3C6D6552294907BC7643464EFAF2EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFAFF5654FDED42F1B9CD344E9A887505" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC09E9BD7480F45FBB4354D7C8C10B513"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Amounts provided for acquiring land for, constructing, or expanding a public target range shall remain available for expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year for which the amounts are made available.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDAC51AF96DD042CEADBCAB23CF078679"><enum>604.</enum><header>Limits on liability</header>
<subsection id="HC3CAC1EB802C48C68432F07E3AF6EC74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discretionary function</header><text>For purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Tort Claims Act</quote>), any action by an agent or employee of the United States to manage or allow the use of Federal land for purposes of target practice or marksmanship training by a member of the public shall be considered to be the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF8ECBB138E4408AA9484B15BDC623C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil action or claims</header><text>Except to the extent provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, the United States shall not be subject to any civil action or claim for money damages for any injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E9F9AEEAE1D43BB9FFF0F2FD9AF4B2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government pursuant to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669">16 U.S.C. 669</external-xref> et seq.); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39D58887A99A46BE8F8B637B35BCA0E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>located on Federal land.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFB8F1397D7624C079D1CB327E451A40D"><enum>605.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding cooperation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with applicable laws and regulations, the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management should cooperate with State and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any Federal land used as a public target range to encourage continued use of that land for target practice or marksmanship training.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee</header>
<section commented="no" id="H379695FDD5BE41C8A78E981CD177B63F"><enum>701.</enum><header>Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/661">16 U.S.C. 661</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DBA406555B84459BBFF6447AB172F13" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H34C15C1F284E4AB6BD1F36EB2C3E0898"><enum>10.</enum><header>Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H244A6C164392466BB68D7782DC44D727"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>) to advise the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretaries</quote>) on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H226915CA6072467987B36543804A3549"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of the advisory committee</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretaries regarding—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8DD1A86596ED4447AAFF0260E0B9DC46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implementation of the <quote>Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan—A Ten-Year Plan for Implementation</quote> and any successor plans, in accordance with Executive Order 13443 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/661">16 U.S.C. 661</external-xref> note; relating to facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H58EE94166C354BCA932172D51F584194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increasing public awareness of, and support for, the Wildlife Restoration Program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H75D154BBE936452180E1E8C6554EA550"><enum>(3)</enum><text>fostering wildlife and habitat conservation and ethics in hunting and shooting sports recreation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7B5264C508E349D08B835706446957F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>stimulating the participation of sportsmen and sportswomen in the conservation and management of wildlife and habitat resources through outreach and education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H036EBE43758E49B3845B7C3D9C40D4A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>fostering communication and coordination among—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB99A58BF3B5F42E08C69966D0C99A220"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal Government and State and Tribal governments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H31FE993EEDE8471798F99D43445F0ADC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>industry;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB06F2305E414B35918BA59F60EDBA57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sportsmen and sportswomen who hunt and shoot;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB6495A230DA4D97B8CAD074B33F8577"><enum>(D)</enum><text>wildlife and habitat conservation and management organizations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H303488A594CE4CDC9B0D88CD3F027F8F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the public;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0B051BA23B8E4DF1896DCF99F481E0C3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing appropriate access to Federal land for recreational shooting and hunting; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5BCA0C0843B84A64BE9CEAF31BC8089F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recommendations to improve implementation of Federal conservation programs that benefit wildlife, hunting, and outdoor recreation on private land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1FB54A99A3DF4469AE6E665FEB15E2C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H126A69ADAE5D4976B8227EDD8DE3761C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE00317269E244F67B1504AB6EF2971BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall consist of not more than 16 discretionary members and 7 ex officio members.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7383012181A74F30AF488F44815CECE0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ex officio members</header><text>The ex officio members are—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H8214C4292E524CE9823C77ED3D71AB56"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or a designated representative of the Director;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0FD74D42D49042B1B0C240CFCD136683"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of the Bureau of Land Management or a designated representative of the Director;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HE11056B661A948D49E3F4F3CDD06406C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Director of the National Park Service or a designated representative of the Director;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H381BAE48C5114B6890A79B97B255EA19"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Chief of the Forest Service or a designated representative of the Chief;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H87B4173379E84AB58BEC4600DFF291ED"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or a designated representative of the Chief;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2F48D4347D2649B68BC5D0F25BC9D86A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency or a designated representative of the Administrator; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HFC79CE932F8B4204B51F439622257D54"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Executive Director of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDC5751257873481D84FAD9882A7F73B8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Discretionary members</header><text>The discretionary members shall be appointed jointly by the Secretaries from at least one of each of the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF43B8371C063432197A28B32725D0AA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State fish and wildlife management agencies.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H292C53D4B1694E1F9C6F68F55B25DD5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Wildlife and habitat conservation management organizations.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5CFEAB989E3B4B13AFD8BB25F0F19140"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Game bird hunting organizations.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HEEC59634A6D642CE825BF0977721DD06"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Waterfowl hunting organizations.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8CD1502552BB4C0184E564D82595D250"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Big game hunting organizations.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H07CE4C1FDBEC4795B3F815EB161F31DD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The tourism, outfitter, or guiding industry relating to hunting, fishing, and shooting sports.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H58A82557DE84448CBCC2D8EE46CD82B8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The hunting or shooting equipment retail industry.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC56DD01D239747FBAEE0C3AEE429408C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Tribal resource management organizations.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H75714A62E2704AB5BF18826E4AE0C579"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Hunting, shooting, and fishing sports outreach and education organizations.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H26E95CDCE3494F2A84EBF73B96666926"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Women's hunting and fishing advocacy, outreach, or education organizations.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAA3F71AA74B548F399B5CAA6840FF272"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Minority hunting and fishing advocacy, outreach, or education organizations.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H9BAC4D82995448548F776DD621EF1CEB"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Veterans service organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1EE5EA616E134BCB9B8751157017EB21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAE018EC710B341ED94406907EA759259"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in <internal-xref idref="H1838DDCECCEC499BA2CC4FE3F0DC7891" legis-path="11.(c)(2)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref>, members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. Members shall not be appointed for more than 3 terms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1838DDCECCEC499BA2CC4FE3F0DC7891"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms of initial appointees</header><text>As designated by the Secretaries at the time of appointment, of the members first appointed—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HBC3AC87C9B374492896DCBAF9B3A230A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>6 members shall be appointed for a term of 4 years;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF42C94DB8E5E405EA88E96477A76337B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>5 members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H8C78935F387740B9B5CA15F89E80D2E4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>5 members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2B5A589343814EFABEEB2D950B6E1EB4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preservation of public advisory status</header><text>No individual may be appointed as a discretionary member of the Advisory Committee while serving as an officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9E6C1CEB0F694C5FB6FD037236C623F0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vacancy and removal</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H841D0E0F3F8C443DB77FF99F1079AD61"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any vacancy on the Advisory Committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29AC116299F64343BE4E6FBBB1F376D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>Advisory Committee members shall serve at the discretion of the Secretaries and may be removed at any time for good cause.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E4C7FF8C7384C8885620992F8CF657E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Continuation of service</header><text>Each appointed member may continue to serve after the expiration of the term of office to which such member was appointed until a successor has been appointed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9C6EACA31BEA4EFE889EFCBA8929A3E9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a 3-year term by the Secretaries, jointly, from among the members of the Advisory Committee. An individual may not be appointed as Chairperson for more than 2 terms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E79CF2682AF4F52AC7BA9E2633E85B2"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E35582E526C4B0D93A733748B3D6D31"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of duties of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD5FE5B6E709D4044BD4A62B8DFC231FE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H44FB5F184AE84191A53B0FFBE9F07DD2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but not less frequently than twice annually.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F11A989D3F44146BBC58CDF6C751588"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Open meetings</header><text>Each meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be open to the public.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC3C0EB54B9284E9686C07923BBE618D1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prior notice of meetings</header><text>Timely notice of each meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be published in the Federal Register and be submitted to trade publications and publications of general circulation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H479C4DFD533E47E7B21D2F54216C5EB7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Subgroups</header><text>The Advisory Committee may establish such workgroups or subgroups as the Advisory Committee deems necessary for the purpose of compiling information or conducting research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H93D5C20708D0476FB7D1C70AE447F028"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE868CFD1A0544246A72C8DDA47BF878D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expenses, administrative support, technical services, and advice</header><text>The Secretaries may provide for expenses, administrative support, technical services, and advice to the Advisory Committee that the Secretaries determine to be appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB055004E4D804449B7D32439B509F332"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA0F4D576026641C69F84A9564EDA3078"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required</header><text>Not later than September 30 of each year, the Advisory Committee shall submit a report to the Secretaries, the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BA58324CF8947A79429CAC1565CFBAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under <internal-xref idref="HA0F4D576026641C69F84A9564EDA3078" legis-path="11.(e)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall describe—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H40ED2242643A4C8CB370AC960C147524"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Advisory Committee during the preceding year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBAB0B43D04584EC4BAA4C29BCE16CCC6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reports and recommendations made by the Advisory Committee to the Secretaries during the preceding year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H195F828E249147009D4F654C44E510D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an accounting of actions taken by the Secretaries as a result of the recommendations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H63576D6E939F474D9C3487C3BD4FA389"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee act</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Film crews</header>
<section id="H4C1EFCDC00C242D08D787972189211C9"><enum>801.</enum><header>Commercial filming</header>
<subsection id="H18826AFCD3B74BB7A95986ACDC48E39E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/206">Public Law 106–206</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460l-6d">16 U.S.C. 460l–6d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5BB892E5E2D141F0B5CA5311D05E176C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (a) through (f) as subsections (b) through (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BEE68512A14488A9710182E4627A9C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA44ED8696F1A4A71A39490973EE63E3D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF4987B5914024ECC94BAFF45B4E2A469"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, with respect to land under the respective jurisdiction of the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5028C0DE02A349CE95EE0C96A5C71E40"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="H23EFABD852DA4ADDB93E13CE2A23CB86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HBC15B24B8AEB47498001056C7C622029"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text> <subclause id="H31FFA08B2644429DBCB9F2668CC7E835"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter individually referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote> with respect to land (except land in a System unit as defined in section 100102 of title 54, United States Code) under their respective jurisdictions)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H21FEEEC3E26B4B0A8B1E9D7CA9205C5A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or similar projects</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H7B15BBA6F84840A2985476CF6C26DC75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or similar project</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B59B3EFFBAC4C59A67271C8E3A09497"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, except in the case of film crews of three or fewer individuals</quote> before the period at the end; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F5CFEBDDCA2441CABF97B1458CDFE2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30E39EAC541E479F99C26A30E153EA47" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC45E5FA1F7E44F4F822C503F37D772A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fee schedule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sportsmen’s Act</short-title>, to enhance consistency in the management of Federal land, the Secretaries shall publish a single joint land use fee schedule for commercial filming and still photography.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCDE4D04D4C44B70A27ADCF5B219D973"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HADD3DD6FDF954F85A93B075390E01640"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in the heading, by inserting <quote>commercial</quote> before <quote>still</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B013D81D28842C6AE66AD5A63AE8428"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>in accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6801">16 U.S.C. 6801</external-xref> et seq.),</quote> after <quote>without further appropriation,</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC11D6E6FAB414908B0E2461AA85D1D04"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCF549749A0C4EDFA7166F2BE079DBDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA31FD43B38AA406B807F2A2168042445" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0946FE91935A421CAC6A770B6C6FE5BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8FC02B00F9448D5BB97EC8E506890A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06CBA05C6EBA49EF9D342A48BF8912DB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6E16A27D75B1483286B775DD3DFFFD52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The Secretary shall not consider subject matter or content as a criterion for issuing or denying a permit under this Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H64E62046C82B40B5A4B58F86B2493AA3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29A39A26AAB945C693C4F4985194DE87" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H229011B338BB443AAC7C8A9E3930A0E6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Exemption from commercial filming or still photography permits and fees</header><text>The Secretary shall not require persons holding commercial use authorizations or special recreation permits to obtain an additional permit or pay a fee for commercial filming or still photography under this Act if—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C36924898F94888A4EBEE6A7BB4AA22"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the filming or photography conducted is incidental to the permitted activity that is the subject of the commercial use authorization or special recreation permit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA88FC3DFC40148F1B9379F6653D5647E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holder of the commercial use authorization or special recreation permit is an individual or small business concern (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE544F4241A2044F192656A8867F4DE03"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exception from certain fees</header><text>Commercial filming or commercial still photography shall be exempt from fees under this Act, but not from recovery of costs under subsection (c), if the activity—</text>
<paragraph id="HE104B81B3C214DBD9B0779DD4B3A770A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is conducted by an entity that is a small business concern (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7257FE44C1241458949C94F9099067E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is conducted by a crew of not more than 3 individuals; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3D8670E729C4A8CA461518784E7A81F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>uses only a camera and tripod.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H872EF8DEB3254C589FA9229D5582A860"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Applicability to news gathering activities</header>
<paragraph id="HEC60311989B7449E86AE881C977D8A70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>News gathering shall not be considered a commercial activity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H245E837024674C648B09239C1628761B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included activities</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>news gathering</term> includes, at a minimum, the gathering, recording, and filming of news and information related to news in any medium.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D45D12B6A454B93B7136957C9B534FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/1009">Chapter 1009</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2A6D904E6416489FB381C05E12878402"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking section 100905; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H271A4C3B964543C4B1E2F9B03F3B5CF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/1009">chapter 1009</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code, by striking the item relating to section 100905.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C94308F540F45FDA8C4711AD8510CD8"><enum>901.</enum><header>Reauthorization of Chesapeake Bay Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1267">33 U.S.C. 1267</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CBD06EB871543EDAF4774DF0F86A18B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H285B8DD2591C4B0B9B3FCD2C7A6632B7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB34A5F05E6CE4E37AD87D6241A8940E8"><enum>902.</enum><header>Reauthorization of Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/312">Public Law 105–312</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2963; 129 Stat. 2579) is amended by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Chronic Wasting Disease Management</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07267FA6AA4C49A49AE0FB812AA38842" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H45766C77F9F742A1A0B6799FDF215881"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H7C9AEAB5B12A4A10829B910E13E6E5B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Chronic wasting disease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>chronic wasting disease</term> means the animal disease afflicting among deer, elk, and moose populations that—</text> <subparagraph id="H896D742461C14482939143783F4DA414"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62CF750F868C4CBAB98C415B9A167319"><enum>(B)</enum><text>belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which group includes scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2C2D6C7D03D42DFBB7D7C2C3CC5C8EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible grant recipient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible grant recipient</quote> means a State department of wildlife, State department of agriculture, college or university, or related research center conducting scientific applied research regarding chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37CD81E5054E416DB118F472834CAB38"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H184E3EC3C21C4E67A9375C40B2B4DDA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7E743AC2F9864F0FACFC3373EBD34324"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF3FE14E2101C4853B3A83647C0F5D24D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Pursuant to State and Federal law, the States retain primary and policymaking authority with regard to wildlife management, and nothing in this title interferes with or otherwise affects the primary authority of the States in managing wildlife generally, or managing, surveying, and monitoring the incidence of chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25FE185EB3EB434AB8D4B5496D7509A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chronic wasting disease, the fatal neurological disease found in cervids, is a fundamental threat to the health and vibrancy of deer, elk, and moose populations, and the increased occurrence of chronic wasting disease in regionally diverse locations in recent months necessitates an escalation in applied research, surveillance, monitoring, and management activities focused on containing and managing this lethal disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD9751A92BD44F349BF31C4CDE2BA5A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As the States move to manage existing levels of chronic wasting disease and insulate noninfected wild and captive cervid populations from the disease, the Federal Government should endeavor to provide integrated and holistic financial and technical support to these States and the many State departments of wildlife, State departments of agriculture, colleges and universities, and related research centers conducting scientific applied research regarding chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E35AC62816E4EF7A70C33601B6648B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary should provide consistent, coherent, and integrated support structures and programs for the benefit of State wildlife and agricultural administrators, as chronic wasting disease can move freely between captive and wild cervids across the broad array of Federal, State, Tribal, and local land management jurisdictions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4CB449C30224427815CE004FC4AE349"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary can provide consistent, coherent, and integrated support systems under existing legal authorities to States and the many State departments of wildlife, State departments of agriculture, colleges and universities, and related research centers conducting scientific applied research regarding chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H70F0ACE417B04404BCB2AF4EE570620A"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Support for State efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease</header>
<subsection id="H6C1AF79BD4C0474DAC189D37CBAAED9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall allocate funds made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (e)(1) directly to State and Tribal agencies responsible for wildlife management to support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5C652196E0224B10B037B091B45630A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Petition process</header><text>A State or Tribal agency shall petition the Secretary for a portion of the funds available under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H08E3A9C9056644A0AC55E5AEF2A27293"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding Priorities</header><text>In determining the amounts to be allocated to State and Tribal agencies under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to States and Tribal agencies based on the following criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="HECE246191F6F4D37BDA536EE8AA01C61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Relative scope of incidence of chronic wasting disease on lands of the State or Indian Tribe, with priority given to those States and Indian Tribes with the highest incidence of the disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H375C6D2B910E4DCC996AA1B96B91F498"><enum>(2)</enum><text>State or Tribal expenditures on chronic wasting disease management, monitoring, surveillance, and applied research, with priority given to those States and Indian Tribes that have shown the greatest financial commitment to managing, monitoring, surveying, and researching chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1E85CB5137E4BC18DB4873FA153CBFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Comprehensive and integrated State or Tribal policies and programs focused on chronic wasting disease management between involved State or Tribal wildlife and agricultural agencies, with priority given to those States and Indian Tribes that have integrated the programs and policies of all involved agencies related to chronic wasting disease management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF34334C13F64B608ED4D25A43B2586E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Rapid response to new outbreaks of chronic wasting disease, whether occurring in areas in which chronic wasting disease is already found or areas with first infections, with the intent of containing the disease in any new area of infection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F3B942B364C491BA421F7AE09260523"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rapid response fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use funds made available under subsection (e)(1)(C) as a rapid response fund to support State and Tribal efforts to control the spread of chronic wasting disease upon the detection of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, or moose populations not previously infected.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H31BE7534F70342DCB7F5B52C6E2D4CF7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H60408E4BD05340E098474F850D931274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $35,000,000 to support State and Tribal efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A2517D77DA74B949F0FD217C09AB7CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 shall be allocated to States under subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H463442985EEA434583AB5627B83DA71C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 shall be allocated to Tribal agencies under subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9088B1559A2D42F0924B0AB50C0425D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 shall be retained for the rapid response fund under subsection (d).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20D593304FF849FCB34BDB8D2E181F7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E57D80E3D19443CAE968FC2F86F20A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative costs</header><text>Not more than three percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) may be used to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8CF65A03C8A84B4E80169AC7E3A16D32"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Support for applied research regarding chronic wasting disease</header>
<subsection id="H8D42626B46D7489EAB8C90C2907B2DA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of applied research Grants</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants to support efforts to expand and accelerate applied research on chronic wasting disease, including (but not limited to) research regarding the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB3BC2FDA49124E669CC0312951C48C36"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sustainable cervid harvest management practices to reduce chronic wasting disease occurrence and to prevent or limit spatial spread of chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B9128FE2F8941FF920690410306829B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management experiments and strategies designed for long-term suppression of chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1322C5817FEB49CD8E2640B651989DD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Harvest management practices and other practices that exacerbate chronic wasting disease occurrence, with an emphasis on retrospective analyses of available harvest management and chronic wasting disease trend data.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86D61B2D6E9B455FB509B8CCED83511E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factors contributing to local emergence of chronic wasting disease, increased prevalence of chronic wasting disease, and distribution of chronic wasting disease, including mechanisms of disease transmission and effective barriers to transmission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A199D0F1F9B49CBB54515877898B581"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Methods and products to effectively detect infectious prions in, and decontaminate infectious prions from natural environments and inorganic surfaces.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FE6A7E5445741EA99CB105C4CA683B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H51F7E48F65444E42BB522D130372D5CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 to make grants under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74DFF4D9373746D88501E6E1C1095B09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27803530C8A647B4BC78ED6427097ED3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative costs</header><text>Not more than three percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) may be used to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H023AF71339924BE29F512B7EA47FADE9"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Multi-agency cooperation with States to address chronic wasting disease</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Land management agencies of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior shall work cooperatively with States—</text>
<paragraph id="H2296F92FFB7E46C7BA0F364D0575B9EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the conduct of applied research regarding chronic wasting disease; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEBBF931068094C90BF3EBA179E3C6C6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the implementation of State chronic wasting disease response plans to reduce the spread and prevalence of chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study</header>
<section id="HA632CD81B49A45328D1B4282CF9C57AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H1005BB89EEF24979B9015E795E38508B"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="H36489AF80FDC410DAAB160556FA3DA1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in wild, free-ranging cervid herds and in captive cervid herds across the United States and Canada, and as of December 2018, is in 26 States and three Canadian provinces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1EA45DE9F89477F8D279D15DA8E98DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From December 2017 to December 2018 alone, the disease was detected for the first time in free-ranging cervid herds in Mississippi, Montana, and Tennessee, and there were new positive detections of the disease in 13 captive cervid herds from Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Quebec, Canada.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADC34AD06B6A4459B794CBD577D20A7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Six of such herds are being monitored by the National Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and therefore are considered to be at low risk for chronic wasting disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD57D3681C7848DDB33F8FA5209C4F76"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From June 2017 to September 2018, 10 States, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, are already fighting to control the transmission and spread of chronic wasting disease and found positive detections for the disease in additional wild, free-ranging cervid herds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AFF31E5E14E414790B976B1E897246C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>New positive detections in captive cervid herds were found in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H986F715417114C7BB94E95E134014123"><enum>(6)</enum><text>There is no known cure for chronic wasting disease, no reliable live animal test to detect the disease, and only a post-mortem test that provides some measure of reliable detection of the disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEFA3AF73B114C19BC0C676363D825F9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Chronic wasting disease is 100 percent fatal and is arguably the most important disease threatening North American cervid resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5C75696C37A4A3AB2D189A90ADDE03A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The spread of chronic wasting disease continues to increasingly and adversely affect the economic well-being of rural communities, the hunting public, farmed cervid producers, and State wildlife and agricultural agencies, because the only known measure for reducing the spread of chronic wasting disease is the complete depopulation of herds that test positive for the disease, a drastic measure which comes with great costs for all.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD0D6038056C4E268CF99FF96CD23F6D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The long-term environmental persistence of chronic wasting disease’s causative agent means that State wildlife management agencies, State departments of agriculture, and private cervid farmers have relatively few options to mitigate the effects of such disease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF1C4B36CE1E4942BB45BD0B349717C1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>There are ongoing debates about the predominant transmission pathways that are causing the new detections and continued spread of chronic wasting disease in cervids across the United States and Canada.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H527B8CD8EDCB4966A5C89EFFD814DABE"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Chronic wasting disease transmission in cervidae resource study</header>
<subsection id="H1BA6E921760B45FCB7B00519EF893D0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H845DBB09D73F475E8ABE629D8EC3E8CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretaries shall enter into an arrangement with the Academy under which the Academy shall conduct, and submit to the Secretaries a report—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40DF8CB53D1E41D0BA69C5C86381E4CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describing the findings of, a special resource study to identify the predominant pathways and mechanisms of the transmission of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed populations of cervids in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CF8B6885D3648E889A7CDC85C2F95FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which may include the potential impacts on the disease from transmissions from Canada.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C0C7BDA187140769C39A5F91BA02934"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The arrangement under paragraph (1) shall provide that the actual expenses incurred by the Academy in conducting the study under paragraph (1) shall be paid by the Secretaries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2DCA8B2E840A48D7873FFD4C0C397935"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of the study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within and between wild, captive, and farmed cervid populations, the study—</text> <paragraph id="H04F793BBB7BB44318784F3311D5E0587"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include, to the extent the United States is affected on a continental scale, the potential impacts on the disease from transmissions from Canada; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58B92ED78CA8452BB58C344058E7E199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C5F7C377B3B48BCB08339B1447BD159"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<clause id="HA2E09EA67B204AF2B8E0182C66542952"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the pathways and mechanisms for the transmission of chronic wasting disease in cervids and cervid products;</text>
</clause><clause id="H093BEB0B1F5941A78DBD1AAFAA9F7B44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the dosage and infection rates for each such pathway and mechanism; and</text> </clause><clause id="H66EE759DD7AF41C3BCBE38E457228765"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the relative frequency of each mode of such transmission;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA30F59E2F1C14E35B0082D1B161CBEC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify anthropogenic and environmental factors contributing to new chronic wasting disease emergence events, the development of geographic areas with increased chronic wasting disease prevalence, and overall geographic patterns of chronic wasting disease distribution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BBE30F3C0634D6590F219DC06E19D62"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify significant gaps in current scientific knowledge regarding the transmission pathways identified under subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91AFA695D1C349069E9DD00501CCA911"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify and prioritize scientific research projects that will address the knowledge gaps referred to in subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2F8BF6E3FD640E5A5B66B072185AB44"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review science-based best practices, standards, and guidance regarding the management of chronic wasting disease in wild, captive, and farmed cervid populations in the United States which have been developed by—</text>
<clause id="H677A869A41BE43C19FBB8602763050E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;</text>
</clause><clause id="H285A2A54B89A48A0B892E5025C6A15F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Geological Survey; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCD0357F2C02341408A9B69FA77AB11FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>State wildlife and agricultural agencies, which provide practical, science-based recommendations to State and Federal agencies for minimizing or eliminating the risk of transmission of chronic wasting disease in the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48FFF3E25626476FA9075C9D9E2CFE44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date on which funds are first made available for the study under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B6C6A4FAC924017821E00E2156A5EAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of the study; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6CF8E125389B4ADC98F0EA64F97158D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any conclusions and recommendations that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H944C2A0102C44223A25D3A58D849DE94"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data Sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretaries shall share with the entity conducting the study under subsection (a) data and access to databases on chronic wasting disease under the jurisdiction of—</text>
<paragraph id="H77027322DC8740FA934C981CF00CBC2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Veterinary Services Program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72EDABA6E78D46B486E07C22D8DDC4AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5395E1DA7BC34493BE89320E7051219A"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H3A8681715E4C4CA4B910A92FB01FDA87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Academy</term> means the National Academy of Sciences.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H174291FB9DD946ADA5CDBF0232E6A77B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cervid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>cervid</term> means any species within the family Cervidae.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78885459C2004A76BF94C93DF45473A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chronic wasting disease</header><text>The term <term>chronic wasting disease</term> means the animal disease afflicting deer, elk, reindeer, and moose populations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F90A27728C24B1EA73E6474AA5E0435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF979DAD719D4893B3B5B8D4E868F262"><enum>(B)</enum><text>belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which group includes scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA3F2272859448A7B234C2E02ED71AA7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretaries</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H30D46324CE0D4E31BEEFE883FEE09AD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB777F9D3BA234EDB82643B620F3648F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>XII</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="HFDAB7DB7CB254B66961FAF0D0FAA83E0"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Respect for treaties and rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to affect or modify any treaty or other right of any federally recognized Indian Tribe.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7D68895EB44C489766328C9AAA9C53" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1202.</enum><header>No priority over other uses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act provides a preference to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting over any other use of Federal land or water.</text>
</section><section id="HA9C048B3A437463C8B2DB2D1D2FD4B90"><enum>1203.</enum><header>State authority for fish and wildlife</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act—</text> <paragraph id="HC4C6CE9C7C904B06A8430E74137264AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary to require Federal licenses or permits to hunt and fish on Federal land; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA960CFF7ABE480C890AE616E0F4500B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enlarges or diminishes the responsibility or authority of States with respect to fish and wildlife management.</text>
</paragraph></section>