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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
and appoint the members of a science advisory board 
comprised of not less than 10 and not more than 20 
members recommended by the President of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences with expertise in wildlife 
biology, ecology, climate change and other relevant 
disciplines. The director of the National Global 
Warming and Wildlife Science Center established 
under subsection (b) shall be an ex officio member 
of the science advisory board. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The science advisory board 
shall— 
(A) provide scientific and technical advice 
and recommendations to the Secretary on the 
impacts of global warming on wildlife and its 
habitat, areas of habitat of particular impor-
tance for the conservation of wildlife popu-
lations affected by global warming, and strate-
gies and mechanisms to assist wildlife popu-
lations and their habitats in adapting to the im-
pacts of global warming in the management of 
Federal lands and in other Federal programs 
for wildlife conservation; 
(B) advise the National Global Warming 
and Wildlife Science Center established under 
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subsection (b) and review the quality of the re-
search programs of the Center; and 
(C) advise the Secretary regarding the best 
science available for purposes of developing and 
revising the national strategy under section 
7454. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The advice and 
recommendations of the science advisory board shall 
be available to the public. 
(b) NATIONAL GLOBAL WARMING AND WILDLIFE 
SCIENCE CENTER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
the National Global Warming and Wildlife Science 
Center within the United States Geological Survey. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center shall— 
(A) conduct scientific research on national 
issues related to the impacts of global warming 
on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms for 
adaptation to, mitigation of, or prevention of 
such impacts; 
(B) consult with and advise Federal land 
management agencies and Federal wildlife 
agencies regarding the impacts of global warm-
ing on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms 
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for adaptation to or mitigation of such impacts, 
and the incorporation of information regarding 
such impacts and the adoption of mechanisms 
for adaptation or mitigation of such impacts in 
the management and planning for Federal 
lands and in the administration of Federal wild-
life programs; and 
(C) consult, and to the maximum extent 
practicable, collaborate with State and local 
agencies, universities, and other public and pri-
vate entities regarding their research, moni-
toring, and other efforts to address the impacts 
of global warming on wildlife and its habitat. 
(3) INTEGRATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AC-
TIVITIES.—The Secretary, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the Secretary of Commerce shall ensure 
that research and other activities carried out pursu-
ant to this section are integrated with climate 
change program research and activities carried out 
pursuant to other Federal law. 
(c) DETECTION OF CHANGES.—The Secretary, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce 
shall each exercise authorities under other laws to carry 
out programs to detect changes in wildlife abundance, dis-
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tribution, and behavior related to global warming, includ-
ing— 
(1) conducting species inventories on Federal 
lands and in marine areas within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States; and 
(2) establishing and implementing robust, co-
ordinated monitoring programs. 
SEC. 7456. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.—Of 
the amounts appropriated to carry out this subchapter for 
each fiscal year— 
(1) 45 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to develop and implement 
the national strategy promulgated under section 
7454 in the administration of the Federal land sys-
tems, of which— 
(A) 35 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to— 
(i) operate the National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center established 
under section 7455; and 
(ii) carry out the policy set forth in 
section 7452 and implement the national 
strategy in the administration of the Na-
tional Park System the National Wildlife 
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Refuge System, and on the Bureau of 
Land Management’s public lands; and 
(B) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out the pol-
icy set forth in section 7452 and implement the 
national strategy in the administration of the 
National Forest System; 
(2) 25 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to carry out the policy set 
forth in section 7452 and to implement the national 
strategy through fish and wildlife programs, other 
than for the operation and maintenance of Federal 
lands, of which— 
(A) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to fund endangered 
species, migratory bird, and other fish and wild-
life programs administered by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, other than op-
erations and maintenance of the national wild-
life refuges; and 
(B) 15 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior for implementation 
of cooperative grant programs benefitting wild-
life including the Cooperative Endangered Spe-
cies Fund, Private Stewardship Grants, the 
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