(c) ACTIVITIES.—The program under subsection (b)
shall provide scientific information to—
(1) guide operation and management of the
Missouri River, including operation of dams by the
Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation;
and
(2) measure and model the impact of manage-
ment alternatives through—
(A) monitoring of biota, including threat-
ened or endangered species, habitats, and water
quality;
(B) focused identification of cause and ef-
fect relationships; and
(C) identification and evaluation of meth-
ods to conserve fish and wildlife.
(d) BASELINE.—The program under subsection (b)
shall establish a baseline of conditions against which fu-
ture activities can be measured.
(e) DATABASE.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall—
(1) establish a database on Missouri River
biota, including threatened or endangered species,
habitats, and water quality; and
(2) make the database readily available to the
public.
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of establishment of the program under subsection (b), and
not less frequently than every 3 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the
Biological Resources Division of the United States Geo-
logical Survey, shall—
(1) review the program;
(2) as necessary, establish and revise the objec-
tives of the program; and
(3) submit to Congress a report on the environ-
mental health of the Missouri River.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to
carry out this section—
(A) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(B) $8,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
(C) $15,100,000 for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2010.
(2) NONREIMBURSABLE
EXPENDITURE.—The
costs associated with the development and implemen-
tation of the program under subsection (b) shall be
allocated to the United States as a nonreimbursable
expenditure.
SEC. 13. INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION.
(a) INTERPRETIVE CENTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service, shall establish Lewis and Clark Inter-
pretive Centers to educate the public about the eco-
nomic and environmental importance of the Missouri
River and the scientific and cultural discoveries of
Lewis and Clark in the vicinity of Missouri River
communities, including the communities of—
(A) Kansas City, Missouri;
(B) Nebraska City, Nebraska;
(C) Sioux City, Iowa;
(D) Pierre, South Dakota/Fort Pierre,
South Dakota;
(E) Bismarck, North Dakota;
(F) Great Falls, Montana;
(G) Leavenworth, Kansas; and
(H) Atchison, Kansas.
(2) SPENDING LIMIT.—The Secretary of the In-
terior’s share of costs associated with any single
project described in this subsection shall not exceed
25 percent of the total cost of carrying out the
project.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior to carry out this subsection
$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2007.
(b) RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall provide
improvements to recreation facilities and visitor cen-
ters at the Missouri River main-stem projects to pro-
vide for increased visitor use associated with the
Lewis and Clark commemoration.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Army to carry out this subsection
$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2004.
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