[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3973 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3973

  To reauthorize and amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
                        Management Act of 1984.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1998

 Mr. Riggs (for himself and Mr. Herger) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize and amend the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
                        Management Act of 1984.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trinity River Basin Fish and 
Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF TRINITY RIVER BASIN FISH AND WILDLIFE 
              MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1984.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 4(a) of the Trinity 
River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-
541; 98 Stat. 2721) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``October 1, 1998'' and inserting 
                ``October 1, 2006''; and
                    (B) by striking the dollar amount and inserting 
                ``$80,000,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``thirteen-year period'' 
        and inserting ``21-year period''.
    (b) Expenditures in Accordance With Task Force Priorities, 
Policies, and Processes.--Section 2 of such Act is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(c) The Secretary shall ensure that all expenditures of Federal 
funds for the purposes of the management program formulated under 
subsection (a) are made in a manner consistent with such priorities, 
policies, and technical and fiscal review processes as are established 
by the Task Force.''.
    (b) Contractor Expenditures for Administrative, Indirect, and 
Overhead Costs.--Section 2 of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) The amount expended by a contractor for administrative, 
indirect, and overhead costs, in carrying out a contract of less than 
$5,000 that is funded under the management program may not exceed 20 
percent of the total amount of Federal funds obligated or expended 
under the contract.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall require that any bid or proposal for a 
contract of $5,000 or more to be funded under the management program, 
and any such contract, shall separately identify the amount that is 
authorized to be expended by a contractor under the contract for 
administrative, indirect, and overhead costs.''.
    (c) Periodic Evaluations of Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
Management Program.--Section 2 of such Act is further amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) No later than October 1, 2000, and every 3 years thereafter, 
the Task Force shall--
            ``(1) evaluate the management program formulated under 
        section 2(a) and determine the results achieved by the 
        management program;
            ``(2) submit a report to the Congress on the findings and 
        conclusions of the evaluation that contains specific 
        recommendations for any required improvements in the management 
        program; and
            ``(3) initiate such changes as may be required in policies, 
        procedures, and activities of the management program to assure 
        that the purposes and requirements of this Act are achieved.''.
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