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Calendar No. 497 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2430 

[Report No. 109–270] 

To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to 

provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16 (legislative day, MARCH 15), 2006 

Mr. DEWINE (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Ms. STABENOW) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Environment and Public Works 

JUNE 27, 2006 

Reported by Mr. INHOFE, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration 

Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources 

Restoration Study. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Fish and 

3 Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the Great Lakes have fish and wildlife com7 munities that are structurally and functionally 

8 changing; 

9 (2) successful fish and wildlife management fo10 cuses on the lakes as ecosystems, and effective man11 agement requires the coordination and integration of 

12 efforts of many partners; 

13 (3) it is in the national interest to undertake 

14 activities in the Great Lakes Basin that support sus15 tainable fish and wildlife resources of common con16 cern provided under the recommendations of the 

17 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration authorized 

18 under Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. Reg. 29043; 

19 relating to the Great Lakes Interagency Task 

20 Force); 

21 (4) additional actions and better coordination 

22 are needed to protect and effectively manage the fish 

23 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

24 the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; 

25 (5) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ac26 tions are not funded that are considered essential to 
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1 meet the goals and objectives in managing the fish 

2 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

3 the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; and 

4 (6) the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora5 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.) allows Federal 

6 agencies, States, and tribes to work in an effective 

7 partnership by providing the funding for restoration 

8 work. 

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

10 Section 1004 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

11 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941b) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (4), and (12); 

13 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (5), 

14 (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), and (14) as para15 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), 

16 (11), and (12), respectively; 

17 (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para18 graph (2)), by inserting before the semicolon at the 

19 end the following: ‘‘, and that has Great Lakes fish 

20 and wildlife management authority in the Great 

21 Lakes Basin’’; and 

22 (4) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig23 nated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

24 ‘‘(8) the term ‘regional project’ means author25 ized activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
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1 Service related to fish and wildlife resource protec2 tion, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement 

3 that benefit the Great Lakes basin;’’. 

4 SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTATION 

5 OF PROPOSALS. 

6 Section 1005 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

7 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941c) is amended to 

8 read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1005. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTA10 TION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL 

11 PROJECTS. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 

13 Director— 

14 ‘‘(1) shall encourage the development and, sub15 ject to the availability of appropriations, the imple16 mentation of fish and wildlife restoration proposals 

17 and regional projects; and 

18 ‘‘(2) in cooperation with the State Directors 

19 and Indian Tribes, shall identify, develop, and, sub20 ject to the availability of appropriations, implement 

21 regional projects in the Great Lakes Basin to be ad22 ministered by Director in accordance with this sec23 tion. 

24 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL

25 PROJECTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) REQUEST BY THE DIRECTOR.—The Direc2 tor shall annually request that State Directors and 

3 Indian Tribes, in cooperation or partnership with 

4 other interested entities and in accordance with sub5 section (a), submit proposals or regional projects for 

6 the restoration of fish and wildlife resources. 

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS AND RE8 GIONAL PROJECTS.—A proposal or regional project 

9 under paragraph (1) shall be— 

10 ‘‘(A) submitted in the manner and form 

11 prescribed by the Director; and 

12 ‘‘(B) consistent with— 

13 ‘‘(i) the goals of the Great Lakes 

14 Water Quality Agreement, as amended; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries 

16 Convention; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the 1980 Joint Strategic Plan 

18 for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, 

19 as revised in 1997, and Fish Community 

20 Objectives for each Great Lake and con21 necting water as established under the 

22 Joint Strategic Plan; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nui24 sance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 

25 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.); 
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1 ‘‘(v) the North American Waterfowl 

2 Management Plan and joint ventures es3 tablished under the plan; and 

4 ‘‘(vi) the strategies outlined through 

5 the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration 

6 authorized under Executive Order 13340 

7 (69 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great 

8 Lakes Interagency Task Force). 

9 ‘‘(3) SEA LAMPREY AUTHORITY.—The Great 

10 Lakes Fishery Commission shall retain authority 

11 and responsibility to formulate and implement a 

12 comprehensive program to eradicate or minimize sea 

13 lamprey populations in the Great Lakes Basin. 

14 ‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There 

16 is established the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

17 Restoration Proposal Review Committee, which shall 

18 operate under the guidance of the United States 

19 Fish and Wildlife Service. 

20 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

22 consist of 2 representatives of each of the State 

23 Directors and Indian Tribes, of whom— 

24 ‘‘(i) 1 representative shall be the indi25 vidual appointed by the State Director or 
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1 Indian Tribe to the Council of Lake Com2 mittees of the Great Lakes Fishery Com3 mission; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) 1 representative shall have exper5 tise in wildlife management. 

6 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENTS.—Each representa7 tive shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing 

8 State Director or Tribal Chair. 

9 ‘‘(C) OBSERVER.—The Great Lakes Coor10 dinator of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

11 Service shall participate as an observer of the 

12 Committee. 

13 ‘‘(D) RECUSAL.—A member of the Com14 mittee shall recuse himself or herself from con15 sideration of proposals that the member, or the 

16 entity that the member represents, has sub17 mitted. 

18 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) meet at least annually; 

20 ‘‘(B) review proposals and special projects 

21 developed in accordance with subsection (b) to 

22 assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of 

23 the proposals and special projects in fulfilling 

24 the purposes of this title; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) recommend to the Director any of 

2 those proposals and special projects that should 

3 be funded and implemented under this section. 

4 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSALS AND RE5 GIONAL PROJECTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After considering rec7 ommendations of the Committee and the goals speci8 fied in section 1006, the Director shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) select proposals and regional projects 

10 to be implemented; and 

11 ‘‘(B) subject to the availability of appro12 priations and subsection (e), fund implementa13 tion of the proposals and regional projects. 

14 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting and 

15 funding proposals and regional projects, the Director 

16 shall take into account the effectiveness and appro17 priateness of the proposals and regional projects in 

18 fulfilling the purposes of other laws applicable to 

19 restoration of the fish and wildlife resources and 

20 habitat of the Great Lakes Basin. 

21 ‘‘(e) COST SHARING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graphs (2) and (4), not less than 25 percent of the 

24 cost of implementing a proposal selected under sub25 section (d) (excluding the cost of establishing sea 
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1 lamprey barriers) shall be paid in cash or in-kind 

2 contributions by non-Federal sources. 

3 ‘‘(2) REGIONAL PROJECTS.—Regional projects 

4 selected under subsection (d) shall be exempt from 

5 cost sharing if the Director determines that the au6 thorization for the project does not require a non7 Federal cost-share. 

8 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM

9 NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The Director may not con10 sider the expenditure, directly or indirectly, of Fed11 eral funds received by any entity to be a contribution 

12 by a non-Federal source for purposes of this sub13 section. 

14 ‘‘(4) EFFECT ON CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES.— 

15 Nothing in this subsection affects an Indian tribe af16 fected by an alternative applicable cost sharing re17 quirement under the Indian Self-Determination and 

18 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).’’. 

19 SEC. 5. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

20 SERVICE PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREAT 

21 LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. 

22 Section 1006 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

23 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941d) is amended by 

24 striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining 

2 fish and wildlife resources.’’. 

3 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES. 

4 Section 1007 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

5 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941e) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(a) GREAT LAKES COORDINATION OFFICE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

10 a centrally located facility for the coordination of all 

11 United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in 

12 the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the ‘Great 

13 Lakes Coordination Office’. 

14 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

15 functional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Co16 ordination Office shall include— 

17 ‘‘(A) intra- and interagency coordination; 

18 ‘‘(B) information distribution; and 

19 ‘‘(C) public outreach. 

20 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Great Lakes Co21 ordination Office shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) ensure that information acquired 

23 under this Act is made available to the public; 

24 and 
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1 ‘‘(B) report to the Director of Region 3, 

2 Great Lakes Big Rivers.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

5 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’;. 

7 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

8 ‘‘The office’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—The office’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 

12 of the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office 

13 shall include operational activities of the United 

14 States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery 

15 resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and 

16 enhancement in the Lower Great Lakes.’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

19 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’;. 

21 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘The office’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—The office’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 

2 of the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices 

3 shall include operational activities of the United 

4 States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery 

5 resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and 

6 enhancement in the Upper Great Lakes.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

8 Section 1008 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

9 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941f) is amended to 

10 read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1008. REPORTS. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

13 2011, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Re14 sources of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

16 a report that describes— 

17 ‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review pro18 posals under section 1005; 

19 ‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 

20 section 1005; and 

21 ‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 

22 goals specified in section 1006. 

23 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 

24 31 of each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the Director 
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1 shall submit to the 8 Great Lakes States and Indian 

2 Tribes a report that describes— 

3 ‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review pro4 posals under section 1005; 

5 ‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 

6 section 1005; 

7 ‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 

8 goals specified in section 1006; 

9 ‘‘(4) the priorities proposed for funding in the 

10 annual budget process under this title; and 

11 ‘‘(5) actions taken in support of the rec12 ommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collabo13 ration authorized under Executive Order 13340 (69 

14 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes Inter15 agency Task Force). 

16 ‘‘(c) STUDY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 

18 16, 2009, the Director, in consultation with State 

19 fish and wildlife resource management agencies, In20 dian Tribes, and the Great Lakes Fishery Commis21 sion, shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) conduct a comprehensive study of the 

23 status, and the assessment, management, and 

24 restoration needs, of the fish and wildlife re25 sources of the Great Lakes Basin, including a 
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1 comprehensive review of the accomplishments 

2 that have been achieved under this title through 

3 fiscal year 2008; and 

4 ‘‘(B) submit to the President of the Senate 

5 and the Speaker of the House of Representa6 tives— 

7 ‘‘(i) the study described in subpara8 graph (A); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) a comprehensive report on the 

10 findings of the study. 

11 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the 

12 Director shall submit to the Committee on Environment 

13 and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 

14 Resources of the House of Representatives the 2002 re15 port required under this section as in effect on the day 

16 before the date of enactment of the Great Lakes Fish and 

17 Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006.’’. 

18 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 1009 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

20 Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941g) is amended to 

21 read as follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Di24 rector for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012— 

25 ‘‘(1) $12,000,000, of which— 
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1 ‘‘(A) $11,400,000 shall be allocated to im2 plement fish and wildlife restoration proposals 

3 as selected by the Director under section 

4 1005(e); and 

5 ‘‘(B) the lesser of 5 percent or $600,000 

6 shall be allocated to the United States Fish and 

7 Wildlife Service to cover costs incurred in ad8 ministering the proposals by any entity; 

9 ‘‘(2) $6,000,000, which shall be allocated to im10 plement regional projects by the United States Fish 

11 and Wildlife Service, as selected by the Director 

12 under section 1005(e); and 

13 ‘‘(3) $2,000,000, which shall be allocated for 

14 the activities of the Great Lake Coordination Office 

15 in East Lansing, Michigan, of the Upper Great 

16 Lakes Fishery Resources Office, and the Lower 

17 Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office under section 

18 1007.’’. 

19 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Fish and 

21 Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006’’. 

22 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

23 Congress finds that— 
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1 (1) the Great Lakes have fish and wildlife com2 munities that are structurally and functionally 

3 changing; 

4 (2) successful fish and wildlife management fo5 cuses on the lakes as ecosystems, and effective manage6 ment requires the coordination and integration of ef7 forts of many partners; 

8 (3) it is in the national interest to undertake ac9 tivities in the Great Lakes Basin that support sus10 tainable fish and wildlife resources of common con11 cern provided under the recommendations of the 

12 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration authorized under 

13 Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating 

14 to the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force); 

15 (4) additional actions and better coordination 

16 are needed to protect and effectively manage the fish 

17 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

18 the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; 

19 (5) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ac20 tions are not funded that are considered essential to 

21 meet the goals and objectives in managing the fish 

22 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

23 the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; and 

24 (6) the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora25 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.) allows Federal agen-
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1 cies, States, and tribes to work in an effective part2 nership by providing the funding for restoration 

3 work. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Section 1004 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res6 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941b) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (4), and (12); 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (5), 

9 (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), and (14) as para10 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), 

11 and (12), respectively; 

12 (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para13 graph (2)), by inserting before the semicolon at the 

14 end the following: ‘‘, and that has Great Lakes fish 

15 and wildlife management authority in the Great 

16 Lakes Basin’’; and 

17 (4) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig18 nated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

19 ‘‘(8) the term ‘regional project’ means authorized 

20 activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv21 ice related to fish and wildlife resource protection, 

22 restoration, maintenance, and enhancement impact23 ing multiple States or Indian Tribes with fish and 

24 wildlife management authority in the Great Lakes 

25 basin;’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTATION 

2 OF PROPOSALS. 

3 Section 1005 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res4 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941c) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1005. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTA7 TION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL 

8 PROJECTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 

10 Director— 

11 ‘‘(1) shall encourage the development and, subject 

12 to the availability of appropriations, the implementa13 tion of fish and wildlife restoration proposals and re14 gional projects based on the results of the Report; and 

15 ‘‘(2) in cooperation with the State Directors and 

16 Indian Tribes, shall identify, develop, and, subject to 

17 the availability of appropriations, implement re18 gional projects in the Great Lakes Basin to be admin19 istered by Director in accordance with this section. 

20 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL

21 PROJECTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) REQUEST BY THE DIRECTOR.—The Director 

23 shall annually request that State Directors and In24 dian Tribes, in cooperation or partnership with other 

25 interested entities and in accordance with subsection 
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1 (a), submit proposals or regional projects for the res2 toration of fish and wildlife resources. 

3 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS AND RE4 GIONAL PROJECTS.—A proposal or regional project 

5 under paragraph (1) shall be— 

6 ‘‘(A) submitted in the manner and form 

7 prescribed by the Director; and 

8 ‘‘(B) consistent with— 

9 ‘‘(i) the goals of the Great Lakes Water 

10 Quality Agreement, as amended; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries 

12 Convention; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the 1980 Joint Strategic Plan 

14 for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, 

15 as revised in 1997, and Fish Community 

16 Objectives for each Great Lake and con17 necting water as established under the Joint 

18 Strategic Plan; 

19 ‘‘(iv) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nui20 sance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 

21 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(v) the North American Waterfowl 

23 Management Plan and joint ventures estab24 lished under the plan; and 
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1 ‘‘(vi) the strategies outlined through the 

2 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration author3 ized under Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. 

4 Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes 

5 Interagency Task Force). 

6 ‘‘(3) SEA LAMPREY AUTHORITY.—The Great 

7 Lakes Fishery Commission shall retain authority and 

8 responsibility to formulate and implement a com9 prehensive program to eradicate or minimize sea lam10 prey populations in the Great Lakes Basin. 

11 ‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is 

13 established the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res14 toration Proposal Review Committee, which shall op15 erate under the guidance of the United States Fish 

16 and Wildlife Service. 

17 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

19 consist of 2 representatives of each of the State 

20 Directors and Indian Tribes, of whom— 

21 ‘‘(i) 1 representative shall be the indi22 vidual appointed by the State Director or 

23 Indian Tribe to the Council of Lake Com24 mittees of the Great Lakes Fishery Commis25 sion; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) 1 representative shall have exper2 tise in wildlife management. 

3 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENTS.—Each representative 

4 shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing 

5 State Director or Tribal Chair. 

6 ‘‘(C) OBSERVER.—The Great Lakes Coordi7 nator of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

8 Service shall participate as an observer of the 

9 Committee. 

10 ‘‘(D) RECUSAL.—A member of the Com11 mittee shall recuse himself or herself from consid12 eration of proposals that the member, or the enti13 ty that the member represents, has submitted. 

14 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) meet at least annually; 

16 ‘‘(B) review proposals and special projects 

17 developed in accordance with subsection (b) to 

18 assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of the 

19 proposals and special projects in fulfilling the 

20 purposes of this title; and 

21 ‘‘(C) recommend to the Director any of 

22 those proposals and special projects that should 

23 be funded and implemented under this section. 

24 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL

25 PROJECTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After considering rec2 ommendations of the Committee and the goals speci3 fied in section 1006, the Director shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) select proposals and regional projects 

5 to be implemented; and 

6 ‘‘(B) subject to the availability of appro7 priations and subsection (e), fund implementa8 tion of the proposals and regional projects. 

9 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting and 

10 funding proposals and regional projects, the Director 

11 shall take into account the effectiveness and appro12 priateness of the proposals and regional projects in 

13 fulfilling the purposes of other laws applicable to res14 toration of the fish and wildlife resources and habitat 

15 of the Great Lakes Basin. 

16 ‘‘(e) COST SHARING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graphs (2) and (4), not less than 25 percent of the 

19 cost of implementing a proposal selected under sub20 section (d) (excluding the cost of establishing sea lam21 prey barriers) shall be paid in cash or in-kind con22 tributions by non-Federal sources. 

23 ‘‘(2) REGIONAL PROJECTS.—Regional projects se24 lected under subsection (d) shall be exempt from cost 

25 sharing if the Director determines that the authoriza-
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1 tion for the project does not require a non-Federal 

2 cost-share. 

3 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM NON4 FEDERAL SHARE.—The Director may not consider the 

5 expenditure, directly or indirectly, of Federal funds 

6 received by any entity to be a contribution by a non7 Federal source for purposes of this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(4) EFFECT ON CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES.— 

9 Nothing in this subsection affects an Indian tribe af10 fected by an alternative applicable cost sharing re11 quirement under the Indian Self-Determination and 

12 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).’’. 

13 SEC. 5. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

14 SERVICE PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREAT 

15 LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. 

16 Section 1006 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res17 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941d) is amended by strik18 ing paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining 

20 fish and wildlife resources.’’. 

21 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES. 

22 Section 1007 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res23 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941e) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(a) GREAT LAKES COORDINATION OFFICE.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

3 a centrally located facility for the coordination of all 

4 United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in 

5 the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the ‘Great 

6 Lakes Coordination Office’. 

7 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The func8 tional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Coordina9 tion Office shall include— 

10 ‘‘(A) intra- and interagency coordination; 

11 ‘‘(B) information distribution; and 

12 ‘‘(C) public outreach. 

13 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Great Lakes Coordi14 nation Office shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) ensure that information acquired 

16 under this Act is made available to the public; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) report to the Director of Region 3, 

19 Great Lakes Big Rivers.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

22 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’;. 

24 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

25 office’’ and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—The office’’; and 

2 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 

4 the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office shall 

5 include operational activities of the United States 

6 Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource 

7 protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhance8 ment in the Lower Great Lakes.’’; and 

9 (3) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

11 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’;. 

13 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

14 ‘‘Each of the offices’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—Each of the offices’’; 

16 and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 

19 the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices shall 

20 include operational activities of the United States 

21 Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource 

22 protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhance23 ment in the Upper Great Lakes.’’. 
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1 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

2 Section 1008 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res3 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941f) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1008. REPORTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2011, 

7 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Resources 

8 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi9 ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report that de10 scribes— 

11 ‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review proposals 

12 under section 1005; 

13 ‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 

14 section 1005; and 

15 ‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 

16 goals specified in section 1006. 

17 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC ACCESS TO DATA.—For each of fiscal 

18 years 2007 through 2012, the Director shall make available 

19 through a public access website of the Department informa20 tion that describes— 

21 ‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review proposals 

22 under section 1005; 

23 ‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 

24 section 1005; 

25 ‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 

26 goals specified in section 1006; 
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1 ‘‘(4) the priorities proposed for funding in the 

2 annual budget process under this title; and 

3 ‘‘(5) actions taken in support of the rec4 ommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collabora5 tion authorized under Executive Order 13340 (69 

6 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes Inter7 agency Task Force). 

8 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the Di9 rector shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 

10 Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources 

11 of the House of Representatives the 2002 report required 

12 under this section as in effect on the day before the date 

13 of enactment of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora14 tion Act of 2006.’’. 

15 SEC. 8. CONTINUED MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF 

16 STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 

17 The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service— 

19 (1) shall continue to monitor the status, and the 

20 assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the 

21 fish and wildlife resources of the Great Lakes Basin; 

22 and 

23 (2) may reassess and update, as necessary, the 

24 findings and recommendations of the report entitled 

25 ‘‘Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study’’, 
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1 submitted to the President of the Senate and the 

2 Speaker of the House of Representatives on September 

3 13, 1995. 

4 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 Section 1009 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res6 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941g) is amended to read 

7 as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc10 tor for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012— 

11 ‘‘(1) $18,000,000 to implement fish and wildlife 

12 restoration proposals as selected by the Director under 

13 section 1005(e), of which— 

‘‘(A) not more than the lesser of 331 14 ⁄3 per15 cent or $6,000,000 may be allocated to imple16 ment regional projects by the United States Fish 

17 and Wildlife Service, as selected by the Director 

18 under section 1005(e); and 

19 ‘‘(B) the lesser of 5 percent or $600,000 

20 shall be allocated to the United States Fish and 

21 Wildlife Service to cover costs incurred in ad22 ministering the proposals by any entity; and 

23 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000, which shall be allocated for the 

24 activities of the Great Lakes Coordination Office in 

25 East Lansing, Michigan, of the Upper Great Lakes 
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1 Fishery Resources Office, and the Lower Great Lakes 

2 Fishery Resources Office under section 1007.’’. 
Calendar No. 497 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2430 

[Report No. 109–270] 

A BILL 

To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife ResLakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study. Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great tion of recommendations of the United States toration Act of 1990 to provide for implementaJUNE 27, 2006 

Reported with an amendment