‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After providing notice and
opportunity for public comment, the Governor of each
State may prepare and submit, or the Governors of
the States and the governments of the Indian tribes
involved in an interstate organization, may jointly
prepare and submit—’’;
(II) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘technical and financial as-
sistance’’ and inserting ‘‘technical, en-
forcement, or financial assistance (or
any combination thereof)’’; and
(III) in subparagraphs (A) and
(B), by inserting ‘‘or within the inter-
state region involved’’ after ‘‘within the
State’’ each place it appears;
(iii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) in subparagraph (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of the subpara-
graph;
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following:
‘‘(C) identify any authority that the State
(or any State or Indian tribe involved in the
interstate organization) does not have at the
time of the development of the plan that may be
necessary for the State (or any State or Indian
tribe involved in the interstate organization) to
protect public health, property, and the environ-
ment from harm by aquatic nuisance species;
and’’; and
(IV) in subparagraph (D), as so
redesignated, by inserting ‘‘, and ena-
bling legislation’’ before the period;
(iv) in paragraph (3)—
(I) in subparagraph (A)—
(aa) by inserting ‘‘or inter-
state organization’’ after ‘‘the
State’’; and
(bb) by inserting ‘‘Indian
tribes,’’ after ‘‘local governments
and regional entities,’’; and
(II) in subparagraph (B), by in-
serting ‘‘or the appropriate official of
an interstate organization’’ after ‘‘a
State’’; and
(v) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or
the interstate organization’’ after ‘‘the Gov-
ernor’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or the Assistant Sec-
retary, as appropriate under subsection
(a),’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘approved management
plans’’ and inserting ‘‘management plans
approved under subsection (a)’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Upon request of a
State or Indian tribe, the Director or the Under Secretary,
to the extent allowable by law and in a manner consistent
with section 141 of title 14, United States Code, may pro-
vide assistance to a State or Indian tribe in enforcing an
approved State or interstate invasive species management
plan.’’.
(f) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1301 (16 U.S.C. 4741) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting
the following;
‘‘(3) to the Secretary to carry out section 1101—
‘‘(A) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1997 and 1998; and
‘‘(B) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2002;’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(4) for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002,
to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
1102(b)—
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 to the Department of the
Interior, to be used by the Director; and
‘‘(B) $1,000,000 to the Secretary; and
‘‘(5) for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002—
‘‘(A) $2,250,000 to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution to carry out section
1102(e); and
‘‘(B) $500,000 to the Secretary to carry out
section 1102(f).’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995’’
and inserting ‘‘1997 through 2002’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) through (7)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) $6,000,000 to the Department of the Inte-
rior, to be used by the Director to carry out sections
1202 and 1209;
‘‘(2) $1,000,000 to the Department of Commerce,
to be used by the Under Secretary to carry out section
1202;
‘‘(3) $1,625,000 to fund aquatic nuisance species
prevention and control research under section 1202(i)
at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Labora-
tory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration and the Lake Champlain Research Con-
sortium, of which $500,000 shall be used by the Lake
Champlain Research Consortium;
‘‘(4) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for uni-
versity research on aquatic nuisance species under
section 1202(f)(3) as follows:
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 to fund grants under sec-
tion 206 of the National Sea Grant College Pro-
gram Act (33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.) and grants to
colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the me-
chanic arts referred to in the first section of the
Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, chapter
841; 7 U.S.C. 322); and
‘‘(B) $1,000,000 to fund grants through the
Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research
Department of the Interior $2,500,000 to carry out section
1104.’’.
(g) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Public Law 101–646
(16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in titles I, II, and IV, by striking the
quotation marks at the beginning of any title, sub-
title, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
clause, subclause, or undesignated provision;
(2) at the end of titles II and IV, by striking the
closing quotation marks and the final period; and
(3) in section 1003—
(A) 
by 
striking 
each 
single 
opening
quotation mark and inserting double opening
quotation marks; and
(B) by striking each single closing quotation
mark and inserting double closing quotations
marks.
SEC. 3. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
Act is intended to affect the authorities and responsibilities
of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission established under
article II of the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries be-
tween the United States of America and Canada, signed
at Washington on September 10, 1954 (hereafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Convention’’), including the authori-
ties and responsibilities of the Great Lakes Fishery Com-
mission—
(1) for developing and implementing a com-
prehensive program for eradicating or minimizing
populations of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes water-
shed; and
(2) carrying out the duties of the Commission
specified in the Convention (including any amend-
ment thereto) and the Great Lakes Fishery Act of
1956 (16 U.S.C. 931 et seq.).
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