‘‘(D) 
CERTIFICATION.—The 
Planning 
Agency may certify State and local agencies to 
perform the decontamination activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(i) at locations out-
side the Lake Tahoe Basin if standards at the 
sites meet or exceed standards for similar sites 
in the Lake Tahoe Basin established under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY.—The strategies and 
criteria developed under this paragraph shall 
apply to all watercraft to be launched on water 
within the Lake Tahoe region. 
‘‘(F) FEES.—The Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service may collect 
and spend fees for decontamination only at a 
level sufficient to cover the costs of operation of 
inspection and decontamination stations under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(G) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any person that 
launches, attempts to launch, or facilitates 
launching of watercraft not in compliance 
with strategies deployed under this para-
graph shall be liable for a civil penalty in 
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tion. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Any pen-
alties assessed under this subparagraph 
shall be separate from penalties assessed 
under any other authority. 
‘‘(H) LIMITATION.—The strategies and 
criteria under subparagraphs (B) and (C), re-
spectively, may be modified if the Secretary of 
the Interior, in a nondelegable capacity and in 
consultation with the Planning Agency and 
State governments, issues a determination that 
alternative measures will be no less effective at 
preventing introduction of aquatic invasive spe-
cies into Lake Tahoe than the strategies and 
criteria developed under subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), respectively. 
‘‘(I) SUPPLEMENTAL
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority under this paragraph is supplemental 
to all actions taken by non-Federal regulatory 
authorities. 
‘‘(J) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in this 
title restricts, affects, or amends any other law 
or the authority of any department, instrumen-
tality, or agency of the United States, or any 
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State or political subdivision thereof, respecting 
the control of invasive species. 
‘‘(3) STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT, 
EROSION 
CONTROL, AND TOTAL WATERSHED RESTORATION.— 
Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), 
$113,000,000 shall be made available— 
‘‘(A) to the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Assistant Secretary, or the Admin-
istrator for the Federal share of stormwater 
management and related programs consistent 
with the adopted Total Maximum Daily Load 
and near-shore water quality goals; 
‘‘(B) for grants by the Secretary and the 
Administrator to carry out the programs de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) to the Secretary or the Assistant Sec-
retary for the Federal share of the Upper 
Truckee River restoration programs and other 
watershed restoration programs identified in 
the Priority List established under section 5(b); 
and 
‘‘(D) for grants by the Administrator to 
carry out the programs described in subpara-
graph (C). 
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‘‘(4) 
SPECIAL
STATUS
SPECIES
MANAGE-
MENT.—Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 10(a), $20,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery 
Program.’’. 
SEC. 6. PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 
506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 6 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6. PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
AND
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available under section 10(a), not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) PLANNING AGENCY.—Of the amounts de-
scribed in paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent 
shall be made available to the Planning Agency to 
carry out the program oversight and coordination 
activities established under subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this Act, the 
Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors shall, as 
appropriate and in a timely manner, consult with the 
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heads of the Washoe Tribe, applicable Federal, State, re-
gional, and local governmental agencies, and the Lake 
Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(c) CORPS OF ENGINEERS; INTERAGENCY AGREE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
may enter into interagency agreements with non- 
Federal interests in the Lake Tahoe Basin to use 
Lake Tahoe Partnership-Miscellaneous General In-
vestigations funds to provide programmatic technical 
assistance for the Environmental Improvement Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before providing tech-
nical assistance under this section, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall enter into a local coopera-
tion agreement with a non-Federal interest to 
provide for the technical assistance. 
‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The agreement en-
tered into under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) describe the nature of the tech-
nical assistance; 
‘‘(ii) describe any legal and institu-
tional structures necessary to ensure the 
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effective long-term viability of the end 
products by the non-Federal interest; and 
‘‘(iii) include cost-sharing provisions 
in accordance with subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share 
of program costs under each local coopera-
tion agreement under this paragraph shall 
be 65 percent. 
‘‘(ii) FORM.—The Federal share may 
be in the form of reimbursements of pro-
gram costs. 
‘‘(iii) CREDIT.—The non-Federal in-
terest may receive credit toward the non- 
Federal share for the reasonable costs of 
related technical activities completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering 
into a local cooperation agreement with the 
Assistant Secretary under this paragraph. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS
EVALUATION
AND
MONI-
TORING.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Ad-
ministrator, and the Directors, in coordination with the 
Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) develop and implement a plan for inte-
grated monitoring, assessment, and applied research 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental 
Improvement Program; 
‘‘(2) include funds in each program funded 
under this section for monitoring and assessment of 
results at the program level; and 
‘‘(3) use the integrated multiagency perform-
ance measures established under this section. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
March 15 of each year, the Secretary, in cooperation with 
the Chair, the Administrator, the Directors, the Planning 
Agency, and the States of California and Nevada, con-
sistent with subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a re-
port that describes— 
‘‘(1) the status of all Federal, State, local, and 
private programs authorized under this Act, includ-
ing to the maximum extent practicable, for programs 
that will receive Federal funds under this Act during 
the current or subsequent fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the program scope; 
‘‘(B) the budget for the program; and 
‘‘(C) the justification for the program, con-
sistent with the criteria established in section 
5(b)(2); 
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‘‘(2) Federal, State, local, and private expendi-
tures in the preceding fiscal year to implement the 
Environmental Improvement Program; 
‘‘(3) accomplishments in the preceding fiscal 
year in implementing this Act in accordance with the 
performance measures and other monitoring and as-
sessment activities; and 
‘‘(4) public education and outreach efforts un-
dertaken to implement programs authorized under 
this Act. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN.—As part of the annual 
budget of the President, the President shall submit infor-
mation regarding each Federal agency involved in the En-
vironmental Improvement Program (including the Forest 
Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geo-
logical Survey, and the Corps of Engineers), including— 
‘‘(1) an interagency crosscut budget that dis-
plays the proposed budget for use by each Federal 
agency in carrying out restoration activities relating 
to the Environmental Improvement Program for the 
following fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) a detailed accounting of all amounts re-
ceived and obligated by Federal agencies to achieve 
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the goals of the Environmental Improvement Pro-
gram during the preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(3) a description of the Federal role in the 
Environmental Improvement Program, including the 
specific role of each agency involved in the restora-
tion of the Lake Tahoe Basin.’’. 
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; UPDATES TO RE-
LATED LAWS. 
(a) LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION ACT.—The Lake 
Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106–506; 114 Stat. 
2351) is amended— 
(1) by striking sections 8 and 9; 
(2) by redesignating sections 10, 11, and 12 as 
sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively; and 
(3) in section 9 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(2)) by inserting ‘‘, Director, or Administrator’’ 
after ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING COMPACT.—Sub-
section (c) of Article V of the Tahoe Regional Planning 
Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3240) is amended 
in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘and, in so doing, shall 
ensure that the regional plan reflects changing economic 
conditions and the economic effect of regulation on com-
merce’’ after ‘‘maintain the regional plan’’. 
(c) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 
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(1) TREATMENT
OF
LAKE
TAHOE
REGION 
UNDER TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 
134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘Lake Tahoe Region’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘region’ in subsection (a) 
of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 
Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234). 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—For the purpose of this 
title, the Lake Tahoe Region shall be treated as— 
‘‘(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 
‘‘(B) a transportation management area 
under subsection (k); and 
‘‘(C) an urbanized area, which is com-
prised of a population of 145,000 in the State 
of California and a population of 65,000 in the 
State of Nevada. 
‘‘(3) 
SUBALLOCATED
FUNDING.—In 
deter-
mining the amount that shall be obligated for a fis-
cal year for each of the States of California and Ne-
vada under section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 
213(c)(1)(A), the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) calculate the population under each 
of 
clauses 
(i) 
through 
(iii) 
of 
section 
133(d)(1)(A) and section 213(c)(1)(A); 
‘‘(B) decrease the amount under clause 
(iii) of each of section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 
213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 
paragraph (2)(C) for the Lake Tahoe Region in 
the State; and 
‘‘(C) increase the amount under clause (i) 
of each of section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 
213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 
paragraph (2)(C) for the Lake Tahoe Region in 
the State.’’. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
LAKE
TAHOE
REGION 
UNDER TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 
5303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘Lake Tahoe Region’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘region’ in subsection (a) 
of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 
Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234). 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—For the purpose of this 
title, the Lake Tahoe Region shall be treated as— 
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