(e) RULE
AND REGULATIONS.—The Commission 
shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its 
business. 
(f) OFFICES AND MEETINGS.—The Commission— 
(1) may establish and maintain 1 or more of-
fices for the transaction of its business, which shall 
be located within the Mississippi River Basin; and 
(2) may meet at any time or place but not less 
often than annually. 
(g) DECISION MAKING.—The Commission may make 
a recommendation or take an action regarding its general 
affairs only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
member entities. The Commission shall strive for una-
nimity in its decisions but shall operate by consensus in 
its decision making. 
(h) FACA NOT TO APPLY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the Commission. 
SEC. 6. COMMISSION MANAGEMENT DUTIES. 
(a) OVERSEEING SUB-BASIN FISHERY MANAGE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall over-
see the management plans and the implementation 
and evaluation of the effectiveness of management 
actions of the 6 Mississippi River sub-basins de-
scribed in paragraph (2) to provide for the long-term 
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biologic and economic sustainability of interjurisdic-
tional fisheries in the Mississippi River Basin. 
(2) SUB-BASINS.—The 6 Mississippi River sub- 
basins are the Arkansas-Red-White, the Lower Mis-
sissippi, the Missouri, the Ohio, the Tennessee-Cum-
berland, and the Upper Mississippi. 
(b) COMMISSION MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—As the framework for a 
management plan for the Commission, the Commis-
sion shall adopt and use the MICRA Joint Strategic 
Plan for Management of Mississippi River Fisheries, 
which— 
(A) was adopted and approved by 28 
States in the Mississippi River Basin; and 
(B) establishes a formal commitment to a 
set of strategic procedures for a coordinated, 
inter-agency approach to cooperatively man-
aging self-sustaining interjurisdictional fishery 
resources in the Mississippi River Basin. 
(2) BEST METHODS, PRACTICES, AND CONDI-
TIONS.—The Commission shall work to research and 
implement the best scientific methods, best prac-
tices, and best conditions to bring about the con-
servation and sustainable management of interjuris-
dictional fisheries in the Mississippi River Basin. 
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(3) STRATEGIES TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPE-
CIES.—The Commission shall— 
(A) develop and coordinate inter-agency 
and inter-basin strategies to prevent the intro-
duction and control the abundance and spread 
of invasive carps and other prioritized aquatic 
invasive species within the Mississippi River 
Basin; and 
(B) draft and recommend to the appro-
priate management agencies strategies and ap-
proaches for dealing with the conservation of 
interjurisdictional fisheries and the manage-
ment and control of aquatic invasive species 
within the Mississippi River Basin. 
(4) CONSULTATION
AND
ADVICE.—The Com-
mission shall consult with and advise the pertinent 
administrative agencies party to the Commission re-
garding problems connected with the fisheries in the 
Mississippi River Basin and recommend the adop-
tion of such regulations as it determines advisable. 
(5) REEXAMINATION
AND
EVALUATION
OF 
JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 30 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion, in consultation with the Secretary, shall— 
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(A) reexamine and evaluate the Joint Stra-
tegic Plan described in paragraph (1) to— 
(i) determine which portions of the 
Plan have been completed and which need 
updating; and 
(ii) add new objectives, if any, to the 
Plan; and 
(B) issue a report to Congress on the sta-
tus of interjurisdictional fishery populations and 
the state of the ongoing work to eradicate, 
manage, and control aquatic invasive species in 
the Mississippi River Basin in accordance with 
the management plan of the Commission. 
SEC. 7. COMMISSION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, shall 
establish— 
(1) a competitive grant program to award 
grants to entities to carry out an eligible project; 
and 
(2) a formula grant program to award grants 
to State member entities to carry out eligible inter-
jurisdictional fisheries projects carried out in accord-
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ance with the recommendation of the Commission or 
the Joint Strategic Plan described in section 6(b)(1). 
(b) ENTITIES ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—The 
Commission may provide— 
(1) formula grants and competitive grants to 
State member entities; and 
(2) competitive grants to private entities, Fed-
eral agencies, nongovernmental organizations, public 
and private institutions of higher education, and 
partnerships between entities described in this sub-
section. 
(c) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.—An entity desiring a com-
petitive grant under this section shall submit to the 
Commission an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Commission may require. 
(2) 
PRIORITY
FOR
ENTITIES
PROVIDING 
MATCHING FUNDS.—In awarding competitive grants 
under this section, the Commission shall give pri-
ority to entities that will provide matching funds 
from non-Federal sources of not less than 10 per-
cent of the grant award, which may be provided in 
cash or in-kind. 
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