16 U.S.C. § 777k : US Code - Section 777K: Payments of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

Search 16 U.S.C. § 777k : US Code - Section 777K: Payments of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the
Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District
of Columbia, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of American Samoa,
the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of fish
restoration and management projects, as defined in section 777a of
this title, upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem fair,
just, and equitable, and is authorized to apportion to Puerto Rico,
the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, out of money
available for apportionment under this chapter, such sums as he
shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico 1 per centum, for
the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum, for Guam one-
third of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-third of 1 per
centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-
third of 1 per centum, and for the Virgin Islands one-third of 1
per centum of the total amount apportioned in any one year, but the
Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperating
agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the
cost of any project. Any unexpected or unobligated balance of any
apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be made available
for expenditure in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin
Islands, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any
approved projects, and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of
such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the
Secretary of the Interior to supplement the 57 percent of the
balance of each annual appropriation to be apportioned among the
States under section 777c(b) of this title.