(C) assure data quality and make the data, 
models, and analyses included in the System 
available at scales useful to decisionmakers— 
(i) to prioritize and target natural re-
sources adaptation strategies and activi-
ties; 
(ii) to assess the impacts of proposed 
energy development, water, transmission, 
transportation, and other land use projects 
and avoid, minimize, and mitigate those 
impacts on habitats and corridors; 
(iii) to assess the impacts of existing 
development on habitats and corridors; and 
(iv) to develop management strategies 
to enhance the ability of fish, wildlife, and 
plant species to migrate or respond to 
shifting habitats within existing habitats 
and corridors; 
(D) establish a coordinated process for up-
dating maps and other information as land-
scapes, habitats, corridors, and wildlife popu-
lations change or as other information becomes 
available; 
(E) encourage the development of collabo-
rative plans by Federal and State agencies and 
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Indian tribes to monitor and evaluate the effi-
cacy of the System to meet the needs of deci-
sionmakers; 
(F) identify gaps in habitat and corridor 
information, mapping, and research that should 
be addressed to fully understand and assess 
current data and metadata, and to prioritize re-
search and future data collection activities for 
use in updating the System and provide support 
for those activities; 
(G) include mechanisms to support collabo-
rative research, mapping, and planning of habi-
tats and corridors by Federal and State agen-
cies, Indian tribes, and other interested stake-
holders; 
(H) incorporate biological and geospatial 
data on species and corridors affected by energy 
development and transmission plans, including 
renewable energy initiatives, transportation, and 
other land use plans; 
(I) be based on the best scientific informa-
tion available; and 
(J) identify, prioritize, and describe key 
parcels of non-Federal land located within the 
boundaries of units of the National Park Sys-
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tem, National Wildlife Refuge System, National 
Forest System, or National Grassland System 
that are critical to maintenance of wildlife habi-
tat and migration corridors. 
(d) FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary may provide support to the States and Indian 
tribes, including financial and technical assistance, for ac-
tivities that support the development and implementation 
of the System. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the States and Indian tribes, shall make rec-
ommendations on how the information developed in the 
System may be incorporated into existing relevant State 
and Federal plans affecting fish and wildlife, including 
land management plans, the State Comprehensive Wildlife 
Conservation Strategies, and appropriate tribal conserva-
tion plans, to ensure that they— 
(1) prevent unnecessary habitat fragmentation 
and disruption of corridors; 
(2) promote the landscape connectivity nec-
essary to allow wildlife to move as necessary to meet 
biological needs, adjust to shifts in habitat, and 
adapt to climate change; and 
(3) minimize the impacts of energy, develop-
ment, 
water, 
transportation, 
and 
transmission 
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projects and other activities expected to impact habi-
tat and corridors. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) GEOSPATIAL
INTEROPERABILITY
FRAME-
WORK.—The 
term 
‘‘Geospatial 
Interoperability 
Framework’’ means the strategy utilized by the Na-
tional Biological Information Infrastructure that is 
based upon accepted standards, specifications, and 
protocols adopted through the International Stand-
ards Organization, the Open Geospatial Consortium, 
and the Federal Geographic Data Committee, to 
manage, archive, integrate, analyze, and make acces-
sible geospatial and biological data and metadata. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary $1,000,000. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING INDIAN 
TRIBES. 
(a) FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.—Nothing in 
this Act is intended to amend, alter, or give priority over 
the Federal trust responsibility to Indian tribes. 
(b) EXEMPTION FROM FOIA.—Information received 
by a Federal agency pursuant to this Act relating to the 
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