In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

September 27, 2006.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2430) entitled ‘‘An Act 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’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

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 manage11 ment requires the coordination and integration of ef12 forts of many partners; 
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1 (3) it is in the national interest to undertake ac2 tivities in the Great Lakes Basin that support sus3 tainable fish and wildlife resources of common con4 cern provided under the recommendations of the 

5 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration authorized under 

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

7 to the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force); 

8 (4) additional actions and better coordination 

9 are needed to protect and effectively manage the fish 

10 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

11 the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; 

12 (5) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ac13 tions are not funded that are considered essential to 

14 meet the goals and objectives in managing the fish 

15 and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 

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

17 (6) the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora18 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.) allows Federal agen19 cies, States, and tribes to work in an effective part20 nership by providing the funding for restoration 

21 work. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 1004 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res24 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941b) is amended—

25 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (4), and (12); 
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (5), 

2 (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), and (14) as para3 graphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), 

4 and (12), respectively; 

5 (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para6 graph (2)), by inserting before the semicolon at the 

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

8 and wildlife management authority in the Great 

9 Lakes Basin’’; and 

10 (4) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig11 nated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

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

13 activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv14 ice related to fish and wildlife resource protection, 

15 restoration, maintenance, and enhancement impact16 ing multiple States or Indian Tribes with fish and 

17 wildlife management authority in the Great Lakes 

18 basin;’’. 

19 SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTATION 

20 OF PROPOSALS. 

21 Section 1005 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res22 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941c) is amended to read 

23 as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1005. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTA2 TION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL 

3 PROJECTS. 

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

5 Director—

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

7 to the availability of appropriations, the implementa8 tion of fish and wildlife restoration proposals and re9 gional projects based on the results of the Report; and 

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

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

12 the availability of appropriations, implement re13 gional projects in the Great Lakes Basin to be admin14 istered by Director in accordance with this section. 

15 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL

16 PROJECTS.—

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

18 shall annually request that State Directors and In19 dian Tribes, in cooperation or partnership with other 

20 interested entities and in accordance with subsection 

21 (a), submit proposals or regional projects for the res22 toration of fish and wildlife resources. 

23 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS AND RE24 GIONAL PROJECTS.—A proposal or regional project 

25 under paragraph (1) shall be—
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1 ‘‘(A) submitted in the manner and form 

2 prescribed by the Director; and 

3 ‘‘(B) consistent with—

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

5 Quality Agreement, as amended; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries 

7 Convention; 

8 ‘‘(iii) the 1980 Joint Strategic Plan 

9 for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, 

10 as revised in 1997, and Fish Community 

11 Objectives for each Great Lake and con12 necting water as established under the Joint 

13 Strategic Plan; 

14 ‘‘(iv) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nui15 sance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 

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

17 ‘‘(v) the North American Waterfowl 

18 Management Plan and joint ventures estab19 lished under the plan; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) the strategies outlined through the 

21 Great Lakes Regional Collaboration author22 ized under Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. 

23 Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes 

24 Interagency Task Force). 
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1 ‘‘(3) SEA LAMPREY AUTHORITY.—The Great 

2 Lakes Fishery Commission shall retain authority and 

3 responsibility to formulate and implement a com4 prehensive program to eradicate or minimize sea lam5 prey populations in the Great Lakes Basin. 

6 ‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.—

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

8 established the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res9 toration Proposal Review Committee, which shall op10 erate under the guidance of the United States Fish 

11 and Wildlife Service. 

12 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT.—

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

14 consist of 2 representatives of each of the State 

15 Directors and Indian Tribes, of whom—

16 ‘‘(i) 1 representative shall be the indi17 vidual appointed by the State Director or 

18 Indian Tribe to the Council of Lake Com19 mittees of the Great Lakes Fishery Commis20 sion; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) 1 representative shall have exper22 tise in wildlife management. 

23 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENTS.—Each representative 

24 shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing 

25 State Director or Tribal Chair. 
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1 ‘‘(C) OBSERVER.—The Great Lakes Coordi2 nator of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

3 Service shall participate as an observer of the 

4 Committee. 

5 ‘‘(D) RECUSAL.—A member of the Com6 mittee shall recuse himself or herself from consid7 eration of proposals that the member, or the enti8 ty that the member represents, has submitted. 

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

10 ‘‘(A) meet at least annually; 

11 ‘‘(B) review proposals and regional projects 

12 developed in accordance with subsection (b) to 

13 assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of the 

14 proposals and regional projects in fulfilling the 

15 purposes of this title; and 

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

17 those proposals and regional projects that should 

18 be funded and implemented under this section. 

19 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL

20 PROJECTS.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After considering rec22 ommendations of the Committee and the goals speci23 fied in section 1006, the Director shall—

24 ‘‘(A) select proposals and regional projects 

25 to be implemented; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) subject to the availability of appro2 priations and subsection (e), fund implementa3 tion of the proposals and regional projects. 

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

5 funding proposals and regional projects, the Director 

6 shall take into account the effectiveness and appro7 priateness of the proposals and regional projects in 

8 fulfilling the purposes of other laws applicable to res9 toration of the fish and wildlife resources and habitat 

10 of the Great Lakes Basin. 

11 ‘‘(e) COST SHARING.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para13 graphs (2) and (4), not less than 25 percent of the 

14 cost of implementing a proposal selected under sub15 section (d) (excluding the cost of establishing sea lam16 prey barriers) shall be paid in cash or in-kind con17 tributions by non-Federal sources. 

18 ‘‘(2) REGIONAL PROJECTS.—Regional projects se19 lected under subsection (d) shall be exempt from cost 

20 sharing if the Director determines that the authoriza21 tion for the project does not require a non-Federal 

22 cost-share. 

23 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM NON24 FEDERAL SHARE.—The Director may not consider the 

25 expenditure, directly or indirectly, of Federal funds 
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1 received by any entity to be a contribution by a non2 Federal source for purposes of this subsection. 

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

4 Nothing in this subsection affects an Indian tribe af5 fected by an alternative applicable cost sharing re6 quirement under the Indian Self-Determination and 

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

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

9 SERVICE PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREAT 

10 LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. 

11 Section 1006 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res12 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941d) is amended by strik13 ing paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

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

15 fish and wildlife resources.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES. 

17 Section 1007 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res18 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941e) is amended—

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

20 following: 

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

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

23 a centrally located facility for the coordination of all 

24 United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in 
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1 the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the ‘Great 

2 Lakes Coordination Office’. 

3 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The func4 tional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Coordina5 tion Office shall include—

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

7 ‘‘(B) information distribution; and 

8 ‘‘(C) public outreach. 

9 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Great Lakes Coordi10 nation Office shall—

11 ‘‘(A) ensure that information acquired 

12 under this Act is made available to the public; 

13 and 

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

15 Great Lakes Big Rivers.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

18 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

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

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

21 office’’ and inserting the following: 

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

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

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

25 the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office shall 
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1 include operational activities of the United States 

2 Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource 

3 protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhance4 ment in the Lower Great Lakes.’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (c)—

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

7 Director’’ and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’;. 

9 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

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

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

12 and 

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

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

15 the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices shall 

16 include operational activities of the United States 

17 Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource 

18 protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhance19 ment in the Upper Great Lakes.’’. 

20 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

21 Section 1008 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res22 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941f) is amended to read 

23 as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1008. REPORTS. 

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

3 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Resources 

4 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi5 ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report that de6 scribes—

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

8 under section 1005; 

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

10 section 1005; and 

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

12 goals specified in section 1006. 

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

14 years 2007 through 2012, the Director shall make available 

15 through a public access website of the Department informa16 tion that describes—

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

18 under section 1005; 

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

20 section 1005; 

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

22 goals specified in section 1006; 

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

24 annual budget process under this title; and 

25 ‘‘(5) actions taken in support of the rec26 ommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collabora-
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1 tion authorized under Executive Order 13340 (69 

2 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes Inter3 agency Task Force). 

4 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2007, the Di5 rector shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 

6 Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Resources 

7 of the House of Representatives the 2002 report required 

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

9 of enactment of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora10 tion Act of 2006.’’. 

11 SEC. 8. CONTINUED MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF 

12 STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 

13 The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

14 Service—

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

16 assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the 

17 fish and wildlife resources of the Great Lakes Basin; 

18 and 

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

20 findings and recommendations of the report entitled 

21 ‘‘Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study’’, 

22 submitted to the President of the Senate and the 

23 Speaker of the House of Representatives on September 

24 13, 1995. 
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1 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 1009 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Res3 toration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941g) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc7 tor for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012—

8 ‘‘(1) $14,000,000 to implement fish and wildlife 

9 restoration proposals as selected by the Director under 

10 section 1005(e), of which—

11 ‘‘(A) not more than the lesser of 33 1/3 per12 cent or $4,600,000 may be allocated to imple13 ment regional projects by the United States Fish 

14 and Wildlife Service, as selected by the Director 

15 under section 1005(e); and 

16 ‘‘(B) the lesser of 5 percent or $700,000 

17 shall be allocated to the United States Fish and 

18 Wildlife Service to cover costs incurred in ad19 ministering the proposals by any entity; and 

20 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000, which shall be allocated for 

21 the activities of the Great Lakes Coordination 

22 Office in East Lansing, Michigan, of the Upper 

23 Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office, and the 
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1 Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office 

2 under section 1007.’’.

Attest:

Clerk. 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2430

AMENDMENT