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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4953 
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 Re-
sources Restoration Study. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration 
Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of rec-
ommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources 
Restoration Study. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Fish and 
Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) the Great Lakes have fish and wildlife com-
munities that are structurally and functionally 
changing; 
(2) successful fish and wildlife management fo-
cuses on the lakes as ecosystems, and effective man-
agement requires the coordination and integration of 
efforts of many partners; 
(3) it is in the national interest to undertake 
activities in the Great Lakes Basin that support sus-
tainable fish and wildlife resources of common con-
cern provided under the recommendations of the 
Great Lakes Regional Collaboration authorized 
under Executive Order 13340 (69 Fed. Reg. 29043; 
relating to the Great Lakes Interagency Task 
Force); 
(4) additional actions and better coordination 
are needed to protect and effectively manage the fish 
and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 
the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; 
(5) as of the date of enactment of this Act, ac-
tions are not funded that are considered essential to 
meet the goals and objectives in managing the fish 
and wildlife resources, and the habitats upon which 
the resources depend, in the Great Lakes Basin; and 
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(6) the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 941 et seq.) allows Federal 
agencies, States, and tribes to work in an effective 
partnership by providing the funding for restoration 
work. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 1004 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941b) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (4), and (12); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (5), 
(6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), and (14) as para-
graphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), 
(11), and (12), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by inserting before the semicolon at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and that has Great Lakes fish 
and wildlife management authority in the Great 
Lakes Basin’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2)) the following: 
‘‘(8) the term ‘regional project’ means author-
ized activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service related to fish and wildlife resource protec-
tion, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement 
that benefit the Great Lakes basin;’’. 
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SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTATION 
OF PROPOSALS. 
Section 1005 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941c) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1005. IDENTIFICATION, REVIEW, AND IMPLEMENTA-
TION 
OF 
PROPOSALS 
AND 
REGIONAL 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b)(2), the 
Director— 
‘‘(1) shall encourage the development and, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, the imple-
mentation of fish and wildlife restoration proposals 
and regional projects; and 
‘‘(2) in cooperation with the State Directors 
and Indian Tribes, shall identify, develop, and, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, implement 
regional projects in the Great Lakes Basin to be ad-
ministered by Director in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPOSALS AND REGIONAL 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUEST BY THE DIRECTOR.—The Direc-
tor shall annually request that State Directors and 
Indian Tribes, in cooperation or partnership with 
other interested entities and in accordance with sub-
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section (a), submit proposals or regional projects for 
the restoration of fish and wildlife resources. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS AND RE-
GIONAL PROJECTS.—A proposal or regional project 
under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted in the manner and form 
prescribed by the Director; and 
‘‘(B) consistent with— 
‘‘(i) the goals of the Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement, as amended; 
‘‘(ii) the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries 
Convention; 
‘‘(iii) the 1980 Joint Strategic Plan 
for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, 
as revised in 1997, and Fish Community 
Objectives for each Great Lake and con-
necting water as established under the 
Joint Strategic Plan; 
‘‘(iv) the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nui-
sance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 
(16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.); 
‘‘(v) the North American Waterfowl 
Management Plan and joint ventures es-
tablished under the plan; and 
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‘‘(vi) the strategies outlined through 
the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration 
authorized under Executive Order 13340 
(69 Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great 
Lakes Interagency Task Force). 
‘‘(3) SEA
LAMPREY
AUTHORITY.—The Great 
Lakes Fishery Commission shall retain authority 
and responsibility to formulate and implement a 
comprehensive program to eradicate or minimize sea 
lamprey populations in the Great Lakes Basin. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There 
is established the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Proposal Review Committee, which shall 
operate under the guidance of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 
consist of 2 representatives of each of the State 
Directors and Indian Tribes, of whom— 
‘‘(i) 1 representative shall be the indi-
vidual appointed by the State Director or 
Indian Tribe to the Council of Lake Com-
mittees of the Great Lakes Fishery Com-
mission; and 
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‘‘(ii) 1 representative shall have exper-
tise in wildlife management. 
‘‘(B) APPOINTMENTS.—Each representa-
tive shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing 
State Director or Tribal Chair. 
‘‘(C) OBSERVER.—The Great Lakes Coor-
dinator of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service shall participate as an observer of the 
Committee. 
‘‘(D) RECUSAL.—A member of the Com-
mittee shall recuse himself or herself from con-
sideration of proposals that the member, or the 
entity that the member represents, has sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall— 
‘‘(A) meet at least annually; 
‘‘(B) review proposals and special projects 
developed in accordance with subsection (b) to 
assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of 
the proposals and special projects in fulfilling 
the purposes of this title; and 
‘‘(C) recommend to the Director any of 
those proposals and special projects that should 
be funded and implemented under this section. 
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‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROPOSALS
AND RE-
GIONAL PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—After considering rec-
ommendations of the Committee and the goals speci-
fied in section 1006, the Director shall— 
‘‘(A) select proposals and regional projects 
to be implemented; and 
‘‘(B) subject to the availability of appro-
priations and subsection (e), fund implementa-
tion of the proposals and regional projects. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting and 
funding proposals and regional projects, the Director 
shall take into account the effectiveness and appro-
priateness of the proposals and regional projects in 
fulfilling the purposes of other laws applicable to 
restoration of the fish and wildlife resources and 
habitat of the Great Lakes Basin. 
‘‘(e) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (4), not less than 25 percent of the 
cost of implementing a proposal selected under sub-
section (d) (excluding the cost of establishing sea 
lamprey barriers) shall be paid in cash or in-kind 
contributions by non-Federal sources. 
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‘‘(2) REGIONAL PROJECTS.—Regional projects 
selected under subsection (d) shall be exempt from 
cost sharing if the Director determines that the au-
thorization for the project does not require a non- 
Federal cost-share. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSION
OF
FEDERAL
FUNDS
FROM 
NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The Director may not con-
sider the expenditure, directly or indirectly, of Fed-
eral funds received by any entity to be a contribution 
by a non-Federal source for purposes of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT ON CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES.— 
Nothing in this subsection affects an Indian tribe af-
fected by an alternative applicable cost sharing re-
quirement under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 5. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 
SERVICE PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREAT 
LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. 
Section 1006 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941d) is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining 
fish and wildlife resources.’’. 
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SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES. 
Section 1007 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941e) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GREAT LAKES COORDINATION OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
a centrally located facility for the coordination of all 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in 
the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the ‘Great 
Lakes Coordination Office’. 
‘‘(2) 
FUNCTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
functional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Co-
ordination Office shall include— 
‘‘(A) intra- and interagency coordination; 
‘‘(B) information distribution; and 
‘‘(C) public outreach. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Great Lakes Co-
ordination Office shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that information acquired 
under this Act is made available to the public; 
and 
‘‘(B) report to the Director of Region 3, 
Great Lakes Big Rivers.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Director’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The office’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—The office’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 
of the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office 
shall include operational activities of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery 
resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and 
enhancement in the Lower Great Lakes.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Director’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The office’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) NAME AND LOCATION.—The office’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 
of the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices 
shall include operational activities of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery 
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resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and 
enhancement in the Upper Great Lakes.’’. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
Section 1008 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941f) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1008. REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2011, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report that describes— 
‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review pro-
posals under section 1005; 
‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 
section 1005; and 
‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 
goals specified in section 1006. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 
31 of each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the Director 
shall submit to the 8 Great Lakes States and Indian 
Tribes a report that describes— 
‘‘(1) actions taken to solicit and review pro-
posals under section 1005; 
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‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under 
section 1005; 
‘‘(3) progress toward the accomplishment of the 
goals specified in section 1006; 
‘‘(4) the priorities proposed for funding in the 
annual budget process under this title; and 
‘‘(5) actions taken in support of the rec-
ommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collabo-
ration authorized under Executive Order 13340 (69 
Fed. Reg. 29043; relating to the Great Lakes Inter-
agency Task Force). 
‘‘(c) STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 
16, 2009, the Director, in consultation with State 
fish and wildlife resource management agencies, In-
dian Tribes, and the Great Lakes Fishery Commis-
sion, shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct a comprehensive study of the 
status, and the assessment, management, and 
restoration needs, of the fish and wildlife re-
sources of the Great Lakes Basin, including a 
comprehensive review of the accomplishments 
that have been achieved under this title through 
fiscal year 2008; and 
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‘‘(B) submit to the President of the Senate 
and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives— 
‘‘(i) the study described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) a comprehensive report on the 
findings of the study. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the 
Director shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives the 2002 re-
port required under this section as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Great Lakes Fish and 
Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006.’’. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 1009 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941g) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Di-
rector for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012— 
‘‘(1) $12,000,000, of which— 
‘‘(A) $11,400,000 shall be allocated to im-
plement fish and wildlife restoration proposals 
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as selected by the Director under section 
1005(e); and 
‘‘(B) the lesser of 5 percent or $600,000 
shall be allocated to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service to cover costs incurred in ad-
ministering the proposals by any entity; 
‘‘(2) $6,000,000, which shall be allocated to im-
plement regional projects by the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service, as selected by the Director 
under section 1005(e); and 
‘‘(3) $2,000,000, which shall be allocated for 
the activities of the Great Lake Coordination Office 
in East Lansing, Michigan, of the Upper Great 
Lakes Fishery Resources Office, and the Lower 
Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office under section 
1007.’’. 
Æ 
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