(c) BOUNDARY
REVISIONS.—The Secretary may 
from time to time make such corrections to the boundaries 
of the Refuge Complex as may be appropriate to carry 
out the purposes of the Refuge Complex as specified under 
this Act or to facilitate the acquisition of property within 
the Refuge Complex pursuant to section 5. 
SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) NOTIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT.—No later 
than 180 days after date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall establish the Refuge Complex by publica-
tion of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Prior to the establishment of 
the Refuge Complex and thereafter, the Secretary shall 
administer all federally owned lands, waters, and interests 
therein acquired for the Refuge Complex in accordance 
with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and this Act. The 
Secretary may utilize such additional statutory authority 
as may be available to the Secretary for the conservation, 
management, and restoration of fish and wildlife and nat-
ural resources, the development of wildlife dependent out-
door recreation opportunities, and facilitation of fish and 
wildlife interpretation and education as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
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(c) PRIORITY USES.—In providing opportunities for 
compatible fish and wildlife dependent recreation, the Sec-
retary, in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec-
tion 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Adminis-
tration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)), shall ensure 
that hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, 
and environmental education and interpretation are the 
priority public uses of the Refuge Complex. Each refuge 
within the Refuge Complex shall continue to provide those 
uses compatible with the establishment of that refuge. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS REGARDING NON- 
FEDERAL LANDS.—The Secretary may enter into cooper-
ative agreements with the State of California, its depart-
ments or agencies, or any political subdivision thereof, and 
with any other person for the management in a manner 
consistent with this Act of lands that are owned by such 
State, subdivision, or other person and located within the 
boundaries of the Refuge Complex and to promote public 
awareness of the natural resources of the San Francisco 
Bay ecosystem and encourage public participation in the 
conservation of those resources. 
SEC. 5. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF LANDS AND WA-
TERS FOR REFUGE COMPLEX. 
(a) ACQUISITIONS.—The Secretary may acquire by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
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or exchange the lands and waters or interests therein (in-
cluding conservation easements) within the boundaries of 
the Refuge Complex, except that lands, waters, and inter-
ests therein owned by the State of California may be ac-
quired only by donation. 
(b) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—Any Fed-
eral property located within the boundaries of the Refuge 
Complex as described by this Act, that is under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of a department or agency of the 
United States other than the Department of the Interior 
may, with the mutual concurrence of the head of the ad-
ministering department or agency and the Secretary, be 
transferred without consideration to the administrative ju-
risdiction of the Secretary for the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 6. REPEAL. 
Public Law 92–330 is repealed effective upon the 
date on which the Secretary publishes a notice of estab-
lishment of the Refuge Complex under section 4(a). 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary— 
(1) such sums as may be necessary for the ac-
quisition of lands and waters, or interests in lands 
and waters, within the Refuge Complex; 
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(2) such sums as may be necessary for the de-
velopment, operation and maintenance of the Refuge 
Complex; and 
(3) such sums as may be necessary to facilitate 
the recovery and restoration of fish and wildlife 
habitats within the Refuge Complex. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered report’’ means the report 
entitled ‘‘Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals: A Re-
port of Habitat Recommendations Prepared By the 
San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals 
Project, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San 
Francisco, California/S.F. Bay Regional Water 
Quality Control Board, Oakland, California. 1999’’; 
(2) the term ‘‘harmful non-native species’’ 
means, with respect to a particular ecosystem in a 
particular region, any species, including its seeds, 
eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of 
propagating that species, that is not native to that 
ecosystem and has a demonstrable or potentially de-
monstrable negative environmental or economic im-
pact in that region; 
(3) the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
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mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b); 
(4) the term ‘‘Refuge Complex’’ means the San 
Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex es-
tablished by this Act; 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior; and 
(6) the term ‘‘Service’’ means the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service. 
Æ 
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