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substantially the same manner in which the Secretary may 
enter into a cooperative agreement with a State. 
‘‘(B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘Indian tribe’ means— 
‘‘(i) with respect to the 48 contiguous States, 
any federally recognized Indian tribe, organized 
band, pueblo, or community; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to Alaska, the Metlakatla In-
dian Community.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pursuant to subsection (c) 
of this section’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or to assist’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘section 5(j)’’ and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to subsection (c)(1) and (2) or to ad-
dress candidate species or other species at risk 
and recovered species pursuant to subsection 
(c)(3)’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘monitoring the status of candidate species’’ 
and inserting ‘‘developing a conservation pro-
gram for, or monitoring the status of, candidate 
species or other species determined to be at risk 
pursuant to subsection (c)(3)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sen-
tence; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as designated by 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 
‘‘at no greater than annual intervals’’ and in-
serting ‘‘every 3 years’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Any cooperative agreement entered into by the 
Secretary under subsection (c) shall be subject to section 
7(a)(2) through (d) and regulations implementing such 
provisions only before— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary enters into the agreement; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary approves any renewal of, or 
amendment to, the agreement that— 
‘‘(i) addresses or affects species that are 
determined to be endangered species or threat-
ened species and the species were not addressed 
or the effects were not considered previously in 
the agreement; or 
‘‘(ii) new information about any species ad-
dressed in the agreement that the Secretary de-
termines— 
‘‘(I) constitutes the best available sci-
entific data; and
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‘‘(II) indicates that the agreement 
may have adverse effects on the species 
that had not been considered previously 
when the agreement was entered into or 
during any revision thereof or amendment 
thereto. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may suspend any cooperative 
agreement established pursuant to subsection (c), after 
consultation with the Governor of the affected State, if 
the Secretary finds during the periodic review required by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection that the agreement no 
longer constitutes an adequate and active program for the 
conservation of endangered species and threatened species. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may terminate any cooperative 
agreement entered into by the Secretary under subsection 
(c), after consultation with the Governor of the affected 
State, if— 
‘‘(A) as result of the procedures of section 
7(a)(2) through (d) undertaken pursuant to para-
graph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary deter-
mines that continued implementation of the coopera-
tive agreement is likely to jeopardize the continued 
existence of endangered species or threatened spe-
cies, and the cooperative agreement is not amended 
or revised to incorporate a reasonable and prudent