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Union Calendar No. 568 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3742 

[Report No. 116–685, Part I] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 2019 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. VELA, 

Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CRIST, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

AMODEI, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 

Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. DEAN, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. COLE, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. MICHAEL F. 

DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SOTO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 

Mr. MAST, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

FLEISCHMANN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. LONG, 

Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 

addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 24, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. HIMES, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. RYAN, Mr. TURNER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

AGUILAR, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 

LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LUCAS, Ms. 


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JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, 

Mrs. HAYES, Mr. STANTON, Mr. KIND, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mrs. 

TRAHAN, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCHENRY, Ms. 

SCHRIER, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. ENGEL, 

Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, 

Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 

New York, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. OLSON, 

Mr. TONKO, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. LOFGREN, 

Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. WILD, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 

KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KELLER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAMB, Mr. HECK, 

Mr. POCAN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 

SCANLON, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. 

RODGERS of Washington, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 

Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. DEGETTE, 

Mr. LEWIS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. COX of 

California, Mr. NEAL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. CLAY, Ms. BASS, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. HIGGINS

of New York, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. CROW, Ms. GABBARD, 

Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. TORRES SMALL

of New Mexico, Mr. MARCHANT, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mr. PANETTA, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida 


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DECEMBER 24, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

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

DECEMBER 24, 2020 

Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 12, 2019] 


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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. 


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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 2019’’. 

6 TITLE I—WILDLIFE CONSERVA7 TION AND RESTORATION 

8 SEC. 101. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION 

9 SUBACCOUNT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Pittman-Robertson 

11 Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b) is amended in 

12 subsection (c)— 

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

14 paragraphs (9) and (10); and 

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

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBACCOUNT.— 

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

19 the fund a subaccount to be known as the ‘Wild20 life Conservation and Restoration Subaccount’ 

21 (referred to in this section as the ‘Subaccount’). 

22 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Sub23 account shall be available without further appro24 priation, for each fiscal year, for apportionment 

25 in accordance with this Act. 


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1 ‘‘(C) DEPOSITS INTO SUBACCOUNT.—Begin2 ning in fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of the 

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

4 general fund of the treasury each fiscal year to 

5 the fund for deposit in the Subaccount. 

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

7 transferred to the Subaccount shall supplement, but 

8 not replace, existing funds available to the States 

9 from— 

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

11 Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 

12 U.S.C. 777 et seq.); and 

13 ‘‘(B) the fund. 

14 ‘‘(3) INNOVATION GRANTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall dis16 tribute 10 percent of funds apportioned from the 

17 Subaccount through a competitive grant pro18 gram to State fish and wildlife departments, the 

19 District of Columbia fish and wildlife depart20 ment, fish and wildlife departments of terri21 tories, or to regional associations of fish and 

22 wildlife departments (or any group composed of 

23 more than 1 such entity). 

24 ‘‘(B) PURPOSE.—Such grants shall be pro25 vided for the purpose of catalyzing innovation of 


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1 techniques, tools, strategies, or collaborative part2 nerships that accelerate, expand, or replicate ef3 fective and measurable recovery efforts for species 

4 of greatest conservation need and species listed 

5 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (15 

6 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the habitats of such spe7 cies. 

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

9 shall appoint a review committee comprised of— 

10 ‘‘(i) a State Director from each re11 gional association of State fish and wildlife 

12 departments; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the head of a department respon14 sible for fish and wildlife management in a 

15 territory; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) four individuals representing 

17 four different nonprofit organizations each 

18 of which is actively participating in car19 rying out wildlife conservation restoration 

20 activities using funds apportioned from the 

21 Subaccount. 

22 ‘‘(D) SUPPORT FROM UNITED STATES FISH

23 AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.—The United States 

24 Fish and Wildlife Service shall provide any per25 sonnel or administrative support services necVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:12 Dec 26, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3742.RH H3742

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1 essary for such Committee to carry out its re2 sponsibilities under this Act. 

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

4 evaluate each proposal submitted under this 

5 paragraph and recommend projects for funding, 

6 giving preference to solutions that accelerate the 

7 recovery of species identified as priorities 

8 through regional scientific assessments of species 

9 of greatest conservation need. 

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

11 the Subaccount— 

12 ‘‘(A) shall be used to implement the Wildlife 

13 Conservation Strategy of a State, territory, or 

14 the District of Columbia, as required under sec15 tion 4(d), by carrying out, revising, or enhanc16 ing existing wildlife and habitat conservation 

17 and restoration programs and developing and 

18 implementing new wildlife conservation and res19 toration programs to recover and manage species 

20 of greatest conservation need and the key habi21 tats and plant community types essential to the 

22 conservation of those species as determined by 

23 the appropriate State fish and wildlife depart24 ment; 


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

2 enhance the Wildlife Conservation Strategy of a 

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

4 may be required by this Act; 

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

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

7 District of Columbia that are listed as endan8 gered species, threatened species, candidate spe9 cies or species proposed for listing, or species pe10 titioned for listing under the Endangered Species 

11 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or under 

12 State law; 

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

14 education and wildlife-associated recreation 

15 projects; 

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

17 greatest conservation need whose range is shared 

18 with another State, territory, Indian Tribe, or 

19 foreign government and for the conservation of 

20 the habitat of such species; 

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

22 prevent invasive species, disease, and other risks 

23 to species of greatest conservation need; and 

24 ‘‘(G) may be used for law enforcement ac25 tivities that are directly related to the protection 


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1 and conservation of a species of greatest con2 servation need and the habitat of such species. 

3 ‘‘(5) MINIMUM REQUIRED SPENDING FOR ENDAN4 GERED SPECIES RECOVERY.—Not less than an aver5 age of 15 percent over a 5-year period of amounts ap6 portioned to a State, territory, or the District of Co7 lumbia from the Subaccount shall be used for pur8 poses described in paragraph (4)(C). The Secretary 

9 may reduce the minimum requirement of a State, ter10 ritory, or the District of Columbia on an annual 

11 basis if the Secretary determines that the State, terri12 tory, or the District of Columbia is meeting the con13 servation and recovery needs of all species described 

14 in paragraph (4)(C). 

15 ‘‘(6) PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS NOT RE16 QUIRED.—Funds apportioned from the Subaccount 

17 shall not be conditioned upon the provision of public 

18 access to private lands, waters, or holdings. 

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

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

21 fund matching requirement for a wildlife con22 servation or restoration program or project fund23 ed by the Subaccount, a State may use as match24 ing non-Federal funds— 


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1 ‘‘(i) funds from Federal agencies other 

2 than the Department of the Interior and the 

3 Department of Agriculture; 

4 ‘‘(ii) donated private lands and waters, 

5 including privately owned easements; 

6 ‘‘(iii) in circumstances described in 

7 subparagraph (B), revenue generated 

8 through the sale of State hunting and fish9 ing licenses; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) other sources consistent with part 

11 80 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 

12 in effect on the date of enactment of the Re13 covering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019. 

14 ‘‘(B) Revenue described in subparagraph 

15 (A)(iii) may only be used to fulfill the require16 ments of such non-Federal fund matching re17 quirement if— 

18 ‘‘(i) no Federal funds apportioned to 

19 the State fish and wildlife department of 

20 such State from the Wildlife Restoration 

21 Program or the Sport Fish Restoration Pro22 gram have been reverted because of a failure 

23 to fulfill such non-Federal fund matching 

24 requirement by such State during the pre25 vious 2 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the project or program being 

2 funded benefits the habitat of a hunted or 

3 fished species and a species of greatest con4 servation need. 

5 ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol6 lowing definitions apply: 

7 ‘‘(A) SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION

8 NEED.—The term ‘species of greatest conserva9 tion need’ has the meaning given to it by each 

10 State fish and wildlife department, with respect 

11 to funds apportioned to such State. 

12 ‘‘(B) TERRITORY AND TERRITORIES.—The 

13 terms ‘territory’ and ‘territories’ mean the Com14 monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

15 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar16 iana Islands, and the United States Virgin Is17 lands. 

18 ‘‘(C) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘wildlife’ means 

19 any species of wild, freeranging fauna, including 

20 fish, and also fauna in captive breeding pro21 grams the object of which is to reintroduce indi22 viduals of a depleted indigenous species into pre23 viously occupied range.’’. 


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1 (b) ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF AVAILABLE

2 AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 

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

4 (1) by redesignating the second subsection (c), re5 lating to the apportionment of the Wildlife Conserva6 tion and Restoration Account, and subsection (d) as 

7 subsections (d) and (e) respectively; 

8 (2) in subsection (d), as redesignated— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

11 ‘‘to the District of Columbia and to the 

12 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each’’ and 

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

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘to Guam’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘To Guam’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘not more than 

18 one-fourth of one percent’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘not less than one-third of one per20 cent’’; and 

21 (iii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(C) To the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

24 a sum equal to not less than 1 percent thereof.’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 


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

2 follows: 

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

4 to which the land and water area of such State 

5 bears to the total land and water area of all such 

6 States;’’; 

7 (ii) in clause (ii)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘two-thirds’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘one-quarter’’; and 

10 (II) by striking the period and in11 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

15 the ratio to which the number of vertebrate and 

16 invertebrate species listed as endangered or 

17 threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 

18 1973 (15 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) in such State bears 

19 to the total number of such species listed in all 

20 such States.’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘3 per22 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.85 percent’’; 

23 (3) by amending subsection (e)(4)(B), as redesig24 nated, to read as follows: 


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

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

3 State under this section for a State’s wildlife con4 servation and restoration program may be used for 

5 wildlife conservation education and wildlife-associ6 ated recreation.’’; and 

7 (4) by adding at the end following: 

8 ‘‘(f) MINIMIZATION OF PLANNING AND REPORTING.— 

9 Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to require a State 

10 to create a comprehensive strategy related to conservation 

11 education or outdoor recreation. 

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

13 the date of enactment of the Recovering America’s Wildlife 

14 Act of 2019 and every 3 years thereafter, each State fish 

15 and wildlife department shall submit a 3-year work plan 

16 and budget for implementing its Wildlife Conservation 

17 Strategy and a report describing the results derived from 

18 activities accomplished under subsection (c)(4) during the 

19 previous 3 years to— 

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

21 Works of the Senate; 

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

23 House of Representatives; and 

24 ‘‘(3) the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv25 ice.’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson 

3 Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (5); 

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) 

6 as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 

7 (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para8 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘Indian Tribes, academic in9 stitutions,’’ before ‘‘wildlife conservation organiza10 tions’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Pittman-Rob12 ertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a et seq.) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in section 3— 

15 (A) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

18 and 

19 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); 

20 (B) in subsection (c)— 

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

22 by section 101(a)(1), by striking ‘‘or an In23 dian tribe’’; and 

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

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


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1 Conservation and Restoration Account’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; and 

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

4 Conservation and Restoration Account’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Subaccount’’; 

6 (2) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 669c)— 

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

8 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AC9 COUNT’’ and inserting ‘‘SUBACCOUNT’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘Account’’ each place it 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; and 

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

13 striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Subaccount’’; 

14 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 or 

3 diminish the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of a 

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

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

6 within the State, including on Federal lands and waters. 

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

8 ALASKA. 

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

10 Act and any provision of the Alaska National Interest 

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

12 3101 et seq.), then the provision in the Alaska National In13 terest Lands Conservation Act shall prevail.’’. 

14 SEC. 104. EXCLUSION FROM PAYGO SCORECARDS. 

15 (a) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 

16 budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on any 

17 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 

18 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

19 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef20 fects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO score21 card maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. 

22 Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

23 budget for fiscal year 2018. 


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1 TITLE II—TRIBAL WILDLIFE 

2 CONSERVATION AND RES3 TORATION 

4 SEC. 201. INDIAN TRIBES. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

7 Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account 

8 established by subsection (b)(1). 

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

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

11 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

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

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 (4) TRIBAL SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVA16 TION NEED.—The term ‘‘Tribal species of greatest 

17 conservation need’’ means any species identified by 

18 an Indian Tribe as requiring conservation manage19 ment because of declining population, habitat loss, or 

20 other threats, or because of their biological or cultural 

21 importance to such Tribe. 

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

23 (A) any species of wild flora or fauna in24 cluding fish and marine mammals; 


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1 (B) flora or fauna in a captive breeding, re2 habilitation, and holding or quarantine pro3 gram, the object of which is to reintroduce indi4 viduals of a depleted indigenous species into pre5 viously occupied range or to maintain a species 

6 for conservation purposes; and 

7 (C) does not include game farm animals. 

8 (b) TRIBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORA9 TION ACCOUNT.— 

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

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

12 Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account’’. 

13 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Account 

14 shall be available for each fiscal year without further 

15 appropriation for apportionment in accordance with 

16 this title. 

17 (3) DEPOSITS.—Beginning in fiscal year 2020, 

18 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the 

19 Treasury shall transfer $97,500,000 to the Account. 

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

21 Each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit 

22 funds into the Account and distribute such funds through 

23 a noncompetitive application process according to guide24 lines and criteria determined by the Secretary of the Inte25 rior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Indian 


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1 Affairs, in consultation with Indian Tribes. Such funds 

2 shall remain available until expended. 

3 (d) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

4 distribution guidelines and criteria described in subsection 

5 (c) shall be based, in part, upon Indian Tribes’ wildlife 

6 management responsibilities. 

7 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the Secretary may distribute funds from 

10 the Account to an Indian Tribe for any of the fol11 lowing purposes: 

12 (A) To develop, carry out, revise, or enhance 

13 wildlife conservation and restoration programs 

14 to manage Tribal species of greatest conservation 

15 need and the habitats of such species as deter16 mined by the Indian Tribe. 

17 (B) To assist in the recovery of species list18 ed as an endangered or threatened species under 

19 the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

20 1531 et seq.). 

21 (C) For wildlife conservation education and 

22 wildlife-associated recreation projects. 

23 (D) To manage a Tribal species of greatest 

24 conservation need and the habitat of such species, 


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1 the range of which may be shared with a foreign 

2 country, State, or other Indian Tribe. 

3 (E) To manage, control, and prevent 

4 invasive species as well as diseases and other 

5 risks to wildlife. 

6 (F) For law enforcement activities that are 

7 directly related to the protection and conserva8 tion of wildlife. 

9 (G) To develop, revise, and implement com10 prehensive wildlife conservation strategies and 

11 plans for such Tribe. 

12 (H) For the hiring and training of wildlife 

13 conservation and restoration program staff. 

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

15 (A) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—In order to 

16 be eligible to receive funds under subsection (c), 

17 a Tribe’s application must include a proposal to 

18 use funds for at least one of the purposes de19 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para20 graph (1). 

21 (B) IMPERILED SPECIES RECOVERY.—In 

22 distributing funds under this section, the Sec23 retary shall distribute not less than 15 percent of 

24 the total funds distributed to proposals to fund 

25 the recovery of a species, subspecies, or distinct 


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1 population segment listed as a threatened spe2 cies, endangered species, or candidate species 

3 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

4 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or Tribal law. 

5 (C) LIMITATION.—In distributing funds 

6 under this section, the Secretary shall distribute 

7 not more than 15 percent of all funds distributed 

8 under this section for the purpose described in 

9 paragraph (1)(C). 

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

11 Tribe shall be required to provide matching funds to be eli12 gible to receive funds under this Act. 

13 (g) PUBLIC ACCESS NOT REQUIRED.—Funds appor14 tioned from the Tribal Wildlife Conservation and Restora15 tion Account shall not be conditioned upon the provision 

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

17 waters, or holdings. 

18 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the funds deposited 

19 under subsection (b)(3) for each fiscal year, not more than 

20 3 percent shall be used by the Secretary for administrative 

21 costs. 

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

23 construed as modifying or abrogating a treaty with any 

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


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Union Calendar No. 568 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3742 

[Report No. 116–685, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restorapurposes. State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other greatest conservation need as determined by for management of fish and wildlife species of tion Act to make supplemental funds available 

DECEMBER 24, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

DECEMBER 24, 2020 

Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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