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(b) MEMBERS
OF CONFERENCE; COLLABORATIVE 
PROCESSES.— 
(1) 
MEMBERS
OF
CONFERENCE.—Section 
320(c)(5) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘institutions,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘not-for-profit organizations,’’. 
(2) 
COLLABORATIVE
PROCESSES.—Section 
320(d) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘In developing’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING DATA AND COL-
LABORATIVE PROCESSES.— 
‘‘(1) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING DATA.—In de-
veloping’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) UTILIZATION
OF
COLLABORATIVE
PROC-
ESSES.—In updating a plan under subsection (f)(4) 
or developing a new plan under subsection (b), a 
management conference shall make use of collabo-
rative processes to— 
‘‘(A) ensure equitable inclusion of affected 
interests; 
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‘‘(B) engage with members of the manage-
ment conference, including through— 
‘‘(i) the use of consensus-based deci-
sion rules; and 
‘‘(ii) 
assistance 
from 
impartial 
facilitators, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) ensure relevant information, including 
scientific, technical, and cultural information, is 
accessible to members; 
‘‘(D) promote accountability and trans-
parency by ensuring members are informed in 
a timely manner of— 
‘‘(i) the purposes and objectives of the 
management conference; and 
‘‘(ii) the results of an evaluation con-
ducted under subsection (f)(3); 
‘‘(E) identify the roles and responsibilities 
of members— 
‘‘(i) in the management conference 
proceedings; and 
‘‘(ii) in the implementation of the 
plan; and 
‘‘(F) seek resolution of conflicts or dis-
putes as necessary.’’. 
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(c) ADMINISTRATION OF PLANS.—Section 320(f) of 
such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(f)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION OF PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which a management conference 
submits to the Administrator a comprehensive con-
servation and management plan under this section, 
and after providing for public review and comment, 
the Administrator shall approve the plan if the Ad-
ministrator determines that the plan meets the re-
quirements of this section and the affected Governor 
or Governors concur. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Upon approval of a 
comprehensive conservation and management plan 
under this section, the plan shall be implemented. 
Funds authorized to be appropriated under titles II 
and VI and section 319 may be used in accordance 
with the applicable requirements of this Act to assist 
States with the implementation of the plan. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
and every 4 years thereafter, the Administrator 
shall complete an evaluation of the implementa-
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tion of each comprehensive conservation and 
management plan developed under this section 
to determine the degree to which the goals of 
the plan have been met. 
‘‘(B) REVIEW AND COMMENT BY MANAGE-
MENT CONFERENCE.—In completing an evalua-
tion under subparagraph (A), the Administrator 
shall submit the results of the evaluation to the 
appropriate management conference for review 
and comment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In completing an 
evaluation under subparagraph (A), and 
after providing an opportunity for a man-
agement conference to submit comments 
under subparagraph (B), the Adminis-
trator shall issue a report on the results of 
the evaluation, including the findings and 
recommendations of the Administrator and 
any comments received from the manage-
ment conference. 
‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—The 
Administrator shall make a report issued 
under this subparagraph available to the 
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public, including through publication in the 
Federal Register and on the Internet. 
‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULE FOR NEW PLANS.— 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a man-
agement conference submits a new comprehen-
sive conservation and management plan to the 
Administrator after the date of enactment of 
this paragraph, the Administrator shall com-
plete the evaluation of the implementation of 
the plan required by subparagraph (A) not later 
than 4 years after the date of such submission 
and every 4 years thereafter. 
‘‘(4) UPDATES.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date on which the Adminis-
trator makes an evaluation of the implementa-
tion of a comprehensive conservation and man-
agement plan available to the public under 
paragraph (3)(C), a management conference 
convened under this section shall submit to the 
Administrator an update of the plan. The up-
dated plan shall reflect, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the results of the program evalua-
tion. 
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‘‘(B) APPROVAL OF UPDATES.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which a man-
agement conference submits to the Adminis-
trator an updated comprehensive conservation 
and management plan under subparagraph (A), 
and after providing for public review and com-
ment, the Administrator shall approve the up-
dated plan if the Administrator determines that 
the updated plan meets the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(5) PROBATIONARY
STATUS.—The Adminis-
trator may consider a management conference con-
vened under this section to be in probationary status 
if the management conference has not received ap-
proval for an updated comprehensive conservation 
and management plan under paragraph (4)(B) on or 
before the last day of the 3-year period beginning on 
the date on which the Administrator makes an eval-
uation of the plan available to the public under para-
graph (3)(C).’’. 
(d) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Section 320 of such Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), 
(j), and (k) as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (m), 
respectively; and 
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