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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2372 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of 

greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2021 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 

to make supplemental funds available for management 

of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need 

as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recovering America’s 

5 Wildlife Act of 2021’’. 


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1 TITLE I—WILDLIFE CONSERVA2 TION AND RESTORATION 

3 SEC. 101. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION 

4 SUBACCOUNT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Pittman-Robert6 son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b) is amended 

7 in subsection (c)— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

9 paragraphs (9) and (10); and 

10 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBACCOUNT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 

14 the fund a subaccount to be known as the 

15 ‘Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Sub16 account’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Sub17 account’). 

18 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Sub19 account shall be available without further ap20 propriation, for each fiscal year, for apportion21 ment in accordance with this Act. 

22 ‘‘(C) DEPOSITS INTO SUBACCOUNT.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fis24 cal year 2022, and for each fiscal year 

25 thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury 


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1 shall transfer $1,300,000,000 from the 

2 general fund of the Treasury to the Sub3 account. 

4 ‘‘(ii) FUNDING SOURCE.— 

5 ‘‘(I) DEFINITION.—In this 

6 clause, the term ‘remaining natural 

7 resource or environmental-related vio8 lation revenue’ means the amount of 

9 all civil or criminal penalties, fines, 

10 sanctions, forfeitures, or other reve11 nues resulting from natural resource 

12 or environmental-related violations or 

13 enforcement actions by any Federal 

14 agency that are not directed to be de15 posited in a fund other than the gen16 eral fund of the Treasury or have oth17 erwise been appropriated. 

18 ‘‘(II) USE OF REVENUE.—Begin19 ning in fiscal year 2022, and for each 

20 fiscal year thereafter, the total 

21 amount of the remaining natural re22 source or environmental-related viola23 tion revenue with respect to the pre24 vious fiscal year— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) shall be deposited in 

2 the general fund of the Treasury; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(bb) shall be available for 

5 the purposes of the transfer 

6 under clause (i). 

7 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

8 transferred to the Subaccount shall supplement, but 

9 not replace, existing funds available to the States 

10 from— 

11 ‘‘(A) the funds distributed pursuant to the 

12 Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 

13 (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.); and 

14 ‘‘(B) the fund. 

15 ‘‘(3) INNOVATION GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 distribute 10 percent of funds apportioned from 

18 the Subaccount through a competitive grant 

19 program to State fish and wildlife departments, 

20 the District of Columbia fish and wildlife de21 partment, fish and wildlife departments of terri22 tories, or to regional associations of fish and 

23 wildlife departments (or any group composed of 

24 more than 1 such entity). 


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1 ‘‘(B) PURPOSE.—Such grants shall be pro2 vided for the purpose of catalyzing innovation 

3 of techniques, tools, strategies, or collaborative 

4 partnerships that accelerate, expand, or rep5 licate effective and measurable recovery efforts 

6 for species of greatest conservation need and 

7 species listed under the Endangered Species Act 

8 of 1973 (15 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the habi9 tats of such species. 

10 ‘‘(C) REVIEW COMMITTEE.—The Secretary 

11 shall appoint a review committee comprised 

12 of— 

13 ‘‘(i) a State Director from each re14 gional association of State fish and wildlife 

15 departments; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the head of a department respon17 sible for fish and wildlife management in a 

18 territory; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) four individuals representing 

20 four different nonprofit organizations each 

21 of which is actively participating in car22 rying out wildlife conservation restoration 

23 activities using funds apportioned from the 

24 Subaccount. 


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1 ‘‘(D) SUPPORT FROM UNITED STATES FISH

2 AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.—The United States 

3 Fish and Wildlife Service shall provide any per4 sonnel or administrative support services nec5 essary for such Committee to carry out its re6 sponsibilities under this Act. 

7 ‘‘(E) EVALUATION.—Such committee shall 

8 evaluate each proposal submitted under this 

9 paragraph and recommend projects for funding, 

10 giving preference to solutions that accelerate 

11 the recovery of species identified as priorities 

12 through regional scientific assessments of spe13 cies of greatest conservation need. 

14 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds apportioned from 

15 the Subaccount— 

16 ‘‘(A) shall be used to implement the Wild17 life Conservation Strategy of a State, territory, 

18 or the District of Columbia, as required under 

19 section 4(d), by carrying out, revising, or en20 hancing existing wildlife and habitat conserva21 tion and restoration programs and developing 

22 and implementing new wildlife conservation and 

23 restoration programs to recover and manage 

24 species of greatest conservation need and the 

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1 tial to the conservation of those species as de2 termined by the appropriate State fish and 

3 wildlife department; 

4 ‘‘(B) shall be used to develop, revise, and 

5 enhance the Wildlife Conservation Strategy of a 

6 State, territory, or the District of Columbia, as 

7 may be required by this Act; 

8 ‘‘(C) shall be used to assist in the recovery 

9 of species found in the State, territory, or the 

10 District of Columbia that are listed as endan11 gered species, threatened species, candidate spe12 cies or species proposed for listing, or species 

13 petitioned for listing under the Endangered 

14 Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

15 or under State law; 

16 ‘‘(D) may be used for wildlife conservation 

17 education and wildlife-associated recreation 

18 projects, especially in historically underserved 

19 communities; 

20 ‘‘(E) may be used to manage a species of 

21 greatest conservation need whose range is 

22 shared with another State, territory, Indian 

23 Tribe, or foreign government and for the con24 servation of the habitat of such species; 


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1 ‘‘(F) may be used to manage, control, and 

2 prevent invasive species, disease, and other 

3 risks to species of greatest conservation need; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(G) may be used for law enforcement ac6 tivities that are directly related to the protec7 tion and conservation of a species of greatest 

8 conservation need and the habitat of such spe9 cies. 

10 ‘‘(5) MINIMUM REQUIRED SPENDING FOR EN11 DANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY.—Not less than an 

12 average of 15 percent over a 5-year period of 

13 amounts apportioned to a State, territory, or the 

14 District of Columbia from the Subaccount shall be 

15 used for purposes described in paragraph (4)(C). 

16 The Secretary may reduce the minimum requirement 

17 of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia on 

18 an annual basis if the Secretary determines that the 

19 State, territory, or the District of Columbia is meet20 ing the conservation and recovery needs of all spe21 cies described in paragraph (4)(C). 

22 ‘‘(6) PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS NOT

23 REQUIRED.—Funds apportioned from the Sub24 account shall not be conditioned upon the provision 

25 of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings. 


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1 ‘‘(7) REQUIREMENTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) For the purposes of the non-Federal 

3 fund matching requirement for a wildlife con4 servation or restoration program or project 

5 funded by the Subaccount, a State, territory, or 

6 the District of Columbia may use as matching 

7 non-Federal funds— 

8 ‘‘(i) funds from Federal agencies 

9 other than the Department of the Interior 

10 and the Department of Agriculture; 

11 ‘‘(ii) donated private lands and 

12 waters, including privately owned ease13 ments; 

14 ‘‘(iii) in circumstances described in 

15 subparagraph (B), revenue generated 

16 through the sale of State hunting and fish17 ing licenses; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) other sources consistent with 

19 part 80 of title 50, Code of Federal Regu20 lations, in effect on the date of enactment 

21 of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 

22 2021. 

23 ‘‘(B) Revenue described in subparagraph 

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1 ments of such non-Federal fund matching re2 quirement if— 

3 ‘‘(i) no Federal funds apportioned to 

4 the State fish and wildlife department of 

5 such State from the Wildlife Restoration 

6 Program or the Sport Fish Restoration 

7 Program have been reverted because of a 

8 failure to fulfill such non-Federal fund 

9 matching requirement by such State dur10 ing the previous 2 years; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the project or program being 

12 funded benefits the habitat of a hunted or 

13 fished species and a species of greatest 

14 conservation need. 

15 ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol16 lowing definitions apply: 

17 ‘‘(A) PARTNERSHIPS.—The term ‘partner18 ships’ may include collaborative efforts with 

19 Federal agencies, State agencies, local agencies, 

20 Indian Tribes, nonprofit organizations, aca21 demic institutions, industry groups, and private 

22 individuals to implement a State’s Wildlife Con23 servation Strategy. 

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1 servation need’ may be fauna or flora, and may 

2 include terrestrial, aquatic, marine, and inverte3 brate species that are of low population, declin4 ing, rare, or facing threats and in need of con5 servation attention, as determined by each 

6 State fish and wildlife department, with respect 

7 to funds apportioned to such State. 

8 ‘‘(C) TERRITORY AND TERRITORIES.—The 

9 terms ‘territory’ and ‘territories’ mean the 

10 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Amer11 ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North12 ern Mariana Islands, and the United States 

13 Virgin Islands. 

14 ‘‘(D) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘wildlife’ 

15 means any species of wild, freeranging fauna, 

16 including fish, and also fauna in captive breed17 ing programs the object of which is to reintro18 duce individuals of a depleted indigenous spe19 cies into previously occupied range.’’. 

20 (b) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF AVAIL21 ABLE AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson 

22 Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (d)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘to the District of Columbia and to the 

3 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘To the District of Columbia’’; 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘to Guam’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘To Guam’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘not more than 

9 one-fourth of one percent’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘not less than one-third of one 

11 percent’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(C) To the Commonwealth of Puerto 

15 Rico, a sum equal to not less than 1 percent 

16 thereof.’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

18 (i) by amending clause (i) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(i) one-half of which is based on the ratio 

21 to which the land and water area of such State 

22 bears to the total land and water area of all 

23 such States;’’; 

24 (ii) in clause (ii)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘two-thirds’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘one-quarter’’; and 

3 (II) by striking the period and 

4 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(iii) one-quarter of which is based upon 

8 the ratio to which the number of species listed 

9 as endangered or threatened under the Endan10 gered Species Act of 1973 (15 U.S.C. 1531 et 

11 seq.) in such State bears to the total number of 

12 such species listed in all such States.’’; 

13 (C) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(B) The amounts apportioned under this 

16 paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that 

17 no such State, unless otherwise designated, 

18 shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 

19 1 percent or more than 5 percent of the amount 

20 available for apportionment under— 

21 ‘‘(i) subparagraph (A)(i); 

22 ‘‘(ii) subparagraph (A)(ii); and 

23 ‘‘(iii) the overall amount available for 

24 subparagraph (A).’’; and 


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1 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘3 per2 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.85 percent’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (e)(4), as redesignated— 

4 (A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) Not more than an average of 15 percent 

7 over a 5-year period of amounts apportioned to each 

8 State, territory, or the District of Columbia under 

9 this section for a wildlife conservation and restora10 tion program may be used for wildlife conservation 

11 education and wildlife-associated recreation.’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 

13 as so amended, the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) $55 million shall be reserved for 

15 States and territories that include plants among 

16 their species of greatest conservation need and 

17 in the conservation planning and habitat 

18 prioritization efforts of their Wildlife Conserva19 tion Strategy. Each eligible State, territory, or 

20 the District of Columbia shall receive an addi21 tional 5 percent of their apportioned amount. 

22 Any unallocated resources shall be allocated 

23 proportionally among all States and territories 

24 under the formulas of this section.’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) MINIMIZATION OF PLANNING AND REPORT2 ING.—Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to require 

3 a State to create a comprehensive strategy related to con4 servation education or outdoor recreation. 

5 ‘‘(g) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not more than one year 

6 after the date of enactment of the Recovering America’s 

7 Wildlife Act of 2021 and every 3 years thereafter, each 

8 State fish and wildlife department shall submit a 3-year 

9 work plan and budget for implementing its Wildlife Con10 servation Strategy and a report describing the results de11 rived from activities accomplished under subsection (c)(4) 

12 during the previous 3 years to— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Environment and Public 

14 Works of the Senate; 

15 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Natural Resources of 

16 the House of Representatives; and 

17 ‘‘(3) the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv18 ice.’’. 

19 SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robert21 son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘including 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

2 (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para4 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes, academic in5 stitutions,’’ before ‘‘wildlife conservation organiza6 tions’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Pittman-Rob8 ertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a et seq.) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in section 3— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) An amount equal 

13 to’’ and inserting ‘‘An amount equal to’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (B) in subsection (c)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (9), as redesignated 

18 by section 101(a)(1), by striking ‘‘or an 

19 Indian tribe’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (10), as redesignated 

21 by section 101(a)(1), by striking ‘‘Wildlife 

22 Conservation and Restoration Account’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Wildlife 

2 Conservation and Restoration Account’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Subaccount’’; 

4 (2) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 669c)— 

5 (A) in subsection (d), as redesignated— 

6 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AC7 COUNT’’ and inserting ‘‘SUBACCOUNT’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘Account’’ each place 

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated, 

13 by striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub14 account’’; and 

15 (3) in section 8 (16 U.S.C. 669g), in subsection 

16 (a), by striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub17 account’’. 

18 SEC. 103. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

19 The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 

20 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating section 13 as section 15; 

22 and 

23 (2) by inserting after section 12 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 13. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

2 ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enlarge 

3 or diminish the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of 

4 a State to manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife 

5 under the law and regulations of the State on lands and 

6 waters within the State, including on Federal lands and 

7 waters. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 14. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO 

9 ALASKA. 

10 ‘‘If any conflict arises between any provision of this 

11 Act and any provision of the Alaska National Interest 

12 Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 46–487, 16 U.S.C. 

13 3101 et seq.), then the provision in the Alaska National 

14 Interest Lands Conservation Act shall prevail.’’. 

15 TITLE II—TRIBAL WILDLIFE 

16 CONSERVATION AND RES17 TORATION 

18 SEC. 201. INDIAN TRIBES. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Account’’ means the 

21 Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Ac22 count established by subsection (b)(1). 

23 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

24 has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 

25 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

26 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 


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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (4) TRIBAL SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVA4 TION NEED.—The term ‘‘Tribal species of greatest 

5 conservation need’’ means any species identified by 

6 an Indian Tribe as requiring conservation manage7 ment because of declining population, habitat loss, 

8 or other threats, or because of their biological or cul9 tural importance to such Tribe. 

10 (5) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means— 

11 (A) any species of wild flora or fauna in12 cluding fish and marine mammals; 

13 (B) flora or fauna in a captive breeding, 

14 rehabilitation, and holding or quarantine pro15 gram, the object of which is to reintroduce indi16 viduals of a depleted indigenous species into 

17 previously occupied range or to maintain a spe18 cies for conservation purposes; and 

19 (C) does not include game farm animals. 

20 (b) TRIBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RES21 TORATION ACCOUNT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

23 Treasury an account to be known as the ‘‘Tribal 

24 Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account’’. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Account 

2 shall be available for each fiscal year without further 

3 appropriation for apportionment in accordance with 

4 this title. 

5 (3) DEPOSITS INTO ACCOUNT.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 

7 2022, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the 

8 Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 

9 $97,500,000 from the general fund of the 

10 Treasury to the Account. 

11 (B) FUNDING SOURCE.— 

12 (i) DEFINITION.—In this subpara13 graph, the term ‘‘remaining natural re14 source or environmental-related violation 

15 revenue’’ means the amount of all civil or 

16 criminal penalties, fines, sanctions, forfeit17 ures, or other revenues resulting from nat18 ural resource or environmental-related vio19 lations or enforcement actions by any Fed20 eral agency that are not directed to be de21 posited in a fund other than the general 

22 fund of the Treasury or have otherwise 

23 been appropriated. 

24 (ii) USE OF REVENUE.—Beginning in 

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1 thereafter, the total amount of the remain2 ing natural resource or environmental-re3 lated violation revenue with respect to the 

4 previous fiscal year— 

5 (I) shall be deposited in the gen6 eral fund of the Treasury; and 

7 (II) shall be available for the 

8 purposes of the transfer under sub9 paragraph (A). 

10 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO INDIAN TRIBES.— 

11 Each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall de12 posit funds into the Account and distribute such funds 

13 through a noncompetitive application process according to 

14 guidelines and criteria, and reporting requirements deter15 mined by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

16 Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in consultation 

17 with Indian Tribes. Such funds shall remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 (d) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

20 The distribution guidelines and criteria described in sub21 section (c) shall be based, in part, upon Indian Tribes’ 

22 wildlife management responsibilities. 

23 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

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1 the Account to an Indian Tribe for any of the fol2 lowing purposes: 

3 (A) To develop, carry out, revise, or en4 hance wildlife conservation and restoration pro5 grams to manage Tribal species of greatest con6 servation need and the habitats of such species 

7 as determined by the Indian Tribe. 

8 (B) To assist in the recovery of species 

9 listed as an endangered or threatened species 

10 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

11 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

12 (C) For wildlife conservation education and 

13 wildlife-associated recreation projects. 

14 (D) To manage a Tribal species of greatest 

15 conservation need and the habitat of such spe16 cies, the range of which may be shared with a 

17 foreign country, State, or other Indian Tribe. 

18 (E) To manage, control, and prevent 

19 invasive species as well as diseases and other 

20 risks to wildlife. 

21 (F) For law enforcement activities that are 

22 directly related to the protection and conserva23 tion of wildlife. 


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1 (G) To develop, revise, and implement 

2 comprehensive wildlife conservation strategies 

3 and plans for such Tribe. 

4 (H) For the hiring and training of wildlife 

5 conservation and restoration program staff. 

6 (2) CONDITIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 (A) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—In order 

8 to be eligible to receive funds under subsection 

9 (c), a Tribe’s application must include a pro10 posal to use funds for at least one of the pur11 poses described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

12 of paragraph (1). 

13 (B) IMPERILED SPECIES RECOVERY.—In 

14 distributing funds under this section, the Sec15 retary shall distribute not less than 15 percent 

16 of the total funds distributed to proposals to 

17 fund the recovery of a species, subspecies, or 

18 distinct population segment listed as a threat19 ened species, endangered species, or candidate 

20 species under the Endangered Species Act of 

21 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or Tribal law. 

22 (C) LIMITATION.—In distributing funds 

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1 uted under this section for the purpose de2 scribed in paragraph (1)(C). 

3 (f) NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—No Indian 

4 Tribe shall be required to provide matching funds to be 

5 eligible to receive funds under this Act. 

6 (g) PUBLIC ACCESS NOT REQUIRED.—Funds appor7 tioned from the Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restora8 tion Account shall not be conditioned upon the provision 

9 of public or non-Tribal access to Tribal or private lands, 

10 waters, or holdings. 

11 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the funds depos12 ited under subsection (b)(3) for each fiscal year, not more 

13 than 3 percent shall be used by the Secretary for adminis14 trative costs. 

15 (i) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 

16 construed as modifying or abrogating a treaty with any 

17 Indian Tribe, or as enlarging or diminishing the authority, 

18 jurisdiction, or responsibility of an Indian Tribe to man19 age, control, or regulate wildlife. 

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