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Directors and Tribal Chairs shall appoint their rep-
resentatives, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority. The Great Lakes Coordinator
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall
participate as an observer of the Committee.
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall annu-
ally review proposals developed under the process es-
tablished by subsection (b) to assess their effective-
ness and appropriateness in fulfilling the purposes of
this title and recommend to the Director priorities
for implementing the proposals.
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSALS.—Consider-
ing the Committee’s recommendations and the goals stat-
ed in section 1006, the Director shall select proposals to
be implemented and, within available appropriations, shall
fund their implementation.
‘‘(e) COST-SHARING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall require
that 25 percent of the cost of implementing any pro-
posal selected under subsection (d), other than those
involving the establishment of sea lamprey barriers,
must be paid by non-Federal sources on a basis con-
sidered by the Director to be timely and appropriate.
‘‘(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—In addition to
cash outlays, the Director shall consider as financial
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contributions by a non-Federal source the value of
in-kind contributions provided for the purpose of im-
plementing a proposal. In-kind contributions may
consist of, but are not required to be limited to, real
or personal property or personal services necessary
to implement a proposal that are rendered by volun-
teers. The Director shall establish the standards
under which the value of in-kind contributions shall
be determined. Valuations made by the Director
under this paragraph are final and not subject to
judicial review.
‘‘(3) EXCLUSION
OF
FEDERAL
FUNDS
FROM
NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The Director may not con-
sider the expenditure, either directly or indirectly, of
Federal funds received by a State or local govern-
ment to be a contribution by a non-Federal source
for purposes of this section.’’.
SEC. 7. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICES.
Section 1007 (16 U.S.C. 941e) is amended—
(1) by amending the section heading to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 1007. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICES.’’;
(2) in subsection (a) by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Director
shall maintain the functions of the Great Lakes Co-
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ordination Office in East Lansing, Michigan, for the
purpose of coordinating all United States Fish and
Wildlife Service activities in the Great Lakes
Basin.’’;
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) GREAT
LAKES
FISHERY
RESOURCES
OF-
FICES.—The Director shall maintain the Upper Great
Lakes Fishery Resources Office and the Lower Great
Lakes Fishery Resources Office. The Director shall pro-
vide each of these offices the necessary administrative and
technical support services to carry out all United States
Fish and Wildlife Service operational activities related to
fishery resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and
enhancement in their respective regions.’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 8. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Section 1008 (16 U.S.C. 941f) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 1008. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
‘‘The Director shall submit a report within 6 months
after the end of every second fiscal year to the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
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ate. The first such biennial report shall be submitted by
April 1, 1998. Each such report shall describe—
‘‘(1) actions taken to implement the process es-
tablished by section 1005;
‘‘(2) the results of proposals implemented under
section 1005; and
‘‘(3) activities undertaken and progress toward
the accomplishment of the goals stated in section
1006.’’.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1009 (16 U.S.C. 941g) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Di-
rector—
‘‘(1) for the operation of the Great Lakes Co-
ordination Office, the Upper Great Lakes Fishery
Resources Office, and the Lower Great Lakes Fish-
ery Resources Office under section 1007, $1,500,000
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002; and
‘‘(2) for implementation of fish and wildlife res-
toration 
proposals 
under 
section 
1005(c),
$3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through
2002.’’.
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SEC. 10. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Title II of Public Law 101–646 (104 Stat. 4773) is
repealed.
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