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the Under Secretary 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 Com-
merce, to be used by the Under Secretary to carry
out section 1202;
‘‘(3) $1,625,000, which shall be made available
from funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated
if such funds are so authorized, to fund aquatic nui-
sance species prevention and control research under
section 1202(i) at the Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, of which $500,000
shall be made available for grants, to be competi-
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tively awarded and subject to peer review, for re-
search relating to Lake Champlain;
‘‘(4) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for uni-
versity research on aquatic nuisance species under
section 1202(f)(3) as follows:
‘‘(A) $2,800,000, which shall be made
available from funds otherwise authorized to be
appropriated if such funds are so authorized, to
fund grants under section 205 of the National
Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C.
1124);
‘‘(B) $1,200,000 to fund grants to colleges
for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
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
‘‘(C) $1,000,000 to fund grants through
the Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research
Unit Program of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service;
‘‘(5) $3,000,000 to the Department of the
Army, to be used by the Assistant Secretary to carry
out section 1202(i)(1)(B); and
‘‘(6) $300,000 to the Department of the Inte-
rior, to be used by the Director to fund regional
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panels and similar entities under section 1203, of
which $100,000 shall be used to fund activities of
the Great Lakes Commission.’’;
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) GRANTS
FOR
STATE
MANAGEMENT
PRO-
GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for each
of fiscal years 1997 through 2002 $4,000,000 to the De-
partment of the Interior, to be used by the Director for
making grants under section 1204, of which $1,500,000
shall be used by the Director, in consultation with the As-
sistant Secretary, for management of aquatic nuisance
vegetation species.’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated
$2,500,000 to carry out section 1104.’’.
(g) REFERENCES TO APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—
The Act (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) is amended by striking
‘‘appropriate Committees’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Congress’’.
(h) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Public Law 101-
646 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) is amended—
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(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 responsibil-
ities of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission established
under article II of the Convention on Great Lakes Fish-
eries between the United States of America and Canada,
signed at Washington on September 10, 1954 (hereafter
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Convention’’), including
the authorities and responsibilities of the Great Lakes
Fishery Commission—
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(1) for developing and implementing a com-
prehensive program for eradicating or minimizing
populations of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes wa-
tershed; 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.).
Passed the House of Representatives September 24,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.