identified as important to further the purposes of 
Corridors designated under this Act. 
(c) DONATIONS.—The National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation may accept donations of funds for deposit into 
the Fund. 
(d) DISCLOSURE OF USE.—The National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation shall annually make publicly available 
by March 1 a description of how the Fund was used dur-
ing the preceding calendar year. 
SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.—Nothing in 
this Act is intended to amend, alter, or give priority over 
the Federal trust responsibility to Indian tribes. 
(b) EXEMPTION FROM FOIA.— 
(1) EXEMPTION.—Information described in 
paragraph (2) shall not be subject to disclosure 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, if 
the head of the agency that receives the information, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior 
and the affected Indian tribe, determines that disclo-
sure may— 
(A) cause a significant invasion of privacy; 
(B) risk harm to human remains or re-
sources, cultural items, uses, or activities; or 
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(C) impede the use of a traditional reli-
gious site by practitioners. 
(2) INFORMATION
DESCRIBED.—Information 
referred to in paragraph (1) is information received 
by a Federal agency pursuant to this Act relating 
to— 
(A) the location, character, or ownership of 
human remains of a person of Indian ancestry; 
or 
(B) resources, cultural items, uses, or ac-
tivities identified by an Indian tribe as tradi-
tional or cultural because of the long-estab-
lished significance or ceremonial nature to the 
Indian tribe. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONNECTIVITY.—The term ‘‘connectivity’’ 
means the condition of an area that permits, with 
respect to individual or ecologically associated native 
fish, wildlife, and plant species, dispersal and genetic 
exchange between populations; range shifts or ex-
pansion, such as in response to climate change; sea-
sonal movement or migration; or succession, move-
ment, or recolonization following disturbance or pop-
ulation decline. 
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(2) CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Corridor’’ means 
any land or water designated as a National Wildlife 
Corridor and part of the System by statute or by a 
Federal agency rulemaking or management plan 
issuance, revision, or amendment in accordance with 
this Act. 
(3) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Wild-
life Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund es-
tablished by this Act. 
(4) SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘System’’ means the 
National Wildlife Corridors System established by 
this Act. 
SEC. 11. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONSERVATION LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or 
otherwise affect any other statute or regulation relating 
to conservation of fish, wildlife, or plants. 
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) for each fiscal year for designating and ad-
ministering Corridors under this Act— 
(A) to the Secretary of the Interior, 
$7,500,000; 
(B) to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
$3,000,000; 
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(C) 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Defense, 
$1,500,000; 
(D) to the Secretary of Commerce, 
$3,000,000; and 
(E) to the Secretary of Transportation, 
$3,000,000; 
(2) to the Secretary of the Interior, $3,000,000 
for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and $1,500,000 for each 
fiscal year thereafter, to establish and maintain a 
comprehensive National Native Species Habitats and 
Corridors Geographic Information System Database 
under this Act; and 
(3) to the Fund, $3,000,000 for each fiscal year 
for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to 
provide assistance authorized by this Act. 
Æ 
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