Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/777m
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 22:40:03+00:00

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Not more than $3,000,000 shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for making multistate conservation project grants in accordance with this section.
Amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available for making grants only for the first fiscal year for which the amount is made available and the following fiscal year.
At the end of the period of availability under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion any amounts that remain available among the States in the manner specified in section 777c(c) of this title for use by the States in the same manner as funds apportioned under section 777c(c) of this title.
a regional association of State fish and game departments.
The Secretary of the Interior may make grants under this section only for projects identified on a priority list of sport fish restoration projects described in paragraph (3).
not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, submits to the Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs.
The Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs shall publish in the Federal Register each priority list submitted under paragraph (3)(C).
subject to paragraph (2), a nongovernmental organization.
will use the grant funds in compliance with subsection (d).
Any nongovernmental organization that is found to use grant funds in violation of subparagraph (A) shall return all funds received under this section and be subject to any other applicable penalties under law.
A grant under this section shall not be used, in whole or in part, for an activity, project, or program that promotes or encourages opposition to the regulated taking of fish.
the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission.
$400,000 shall be made available for the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council established by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to any activity carried out under this section.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
2015—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–94, § 10001(f)(1), struck out “of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of section 777b of this title” after “$3,000,000”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114–94, § 10001(f)(2)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted “Not more than $1,200,000 of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of section 777b of this title shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for use as follows:” for “Of amounts made available under section 777c(b) of this title for each fiscal year—”.
Subsec. (e)(1)(D). Pub. L. 114–94, § 10001(f)(2)(B), substituted period at end for “; and”.
2010—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–281 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 109–241, § 901(r)(2). See 2006 Amendment note below.
2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–241, § 901(r)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 111–281, substituted “Not more than” for “For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, not more than”.
Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109–59, § 10118(2), substituted “section 777c(c)” for “section 777c(e)” in two places.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–59, § 10118(3), added introductory provisions and struck out former introductory provisions which read as follows: “Of the balance of each annual appropriation made under section 777b of this title remaining after the distribution and use under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 777c of this title for each fiscal year and after deducting amounts used for grants under subsection (a) of this section—”.
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3010, provided that the amendment by section 903(a)(3) is effective with enactment of Pub. L. 109–241.
From Aug. 10, 2005, to end of fiscal year 2005, subsecs. (a)(1), (2)(B) and (e) of this section considered to read as immediately before enactment of Pub. L. 109–59, see section 101(b) of Pub. L. 109–74, set out as a note under section 777b of this title.

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