16 U.S.C. § 941c : US Code - Section 941C: Identification, review, and implementation of proposals

Search 16 U.S.C. § 941c : US Code - Section 941C: Identification, review, and implementation of proposals

(a) In general
The Director, in consultation with the Committee, shall encourage
the development and, subject to the availability of appropriations,
the implementation of proposals based on the results of the Report.
(b) Identification of proposals
(1) Request by the Director
The Director shall annually request that State Directors and
Indian tribes, in cooperation or partnership with other
interested entities and based on the results of the Report,
submit proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife
resources.
(2) Requirements for proposals
A proposal under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in the manner
and form prescribed by the Director and shall be consistent with
the goals of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, as revised
in 1987, the 1954 Great Lakes Fisheries Convention, the 1980
Joint Strategic Plan for the Management of Great Lakes fishery
resources, the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), and the North
American Waterfowl Management Plan and joint ventures established
under the plan.
(3) Sea lamprey authority
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission shall retain authority and
responsibility for formulation and implementation of a
comprehensive program for eradicating or minimizing sea lamprey
populations in the Great Lakes Basin.
(c) Review of proposals
(1) Establishment of Committee
There is established the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife
Restoration Proposal Review Committee, which shall operate under
the guidance of the Council of Lake Committees of the Great Lakes
Fishery Commission.
(2) Membership and appointment
(A) In general
The Committee shall consist of representatives of all State
Directors and Indian tribes with Great Lakes fish and wildlife
management authority in the Great Lakes Basin.
(B) Appointments
State Directors and Tribal Chairs shall appoint their
representatives, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority.
(C) Observer
The Great Lakes Coordinator of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service shall participate as an observer of the
Committee.
(D) Recusal
A member of the Committee shall recuse himself or herself
from consideration of proposals that the member, or the entity
that the member represents, has submitted.
(3) Functions
The Committee shall at least annually -
(A) review proposals developed in accordance with subsection
(b) of this section to assess their effectiveness and
appropriateness in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter; and
(B) recommend to the Director any of those proposals that
should be funded and implemented under this section.
(d) Implementation of proposals
After considering recommendations of the Committee and the goals
specified in section 941d of this title, the Director shall select
proposals to be implemented and, subject to the availability of
appropriations and subsection (e) of this section, fund
implementation of the proposals. In selecting and funding
proposals, the Director shall take into account the effectiveness
and appropriateness of the proposals in fulfilling the purposes of
other laws applicable to restoration of the fishery resources and
habitat of the Great Lakes Basin.
(e) Cost-sharing
(1) In general
Not less than 25 percent of the cost of implementing a proposal
selected under subsection (d) of this section (not including the
cost of establishing sea lamprey barriers) shall be paid in cash
or in-kind contributions by non-Federal sources.
(2) Exclusion of Federal funds from non-Federal share
The Director may not consider the expenditure, directly or
indirectly, of Federal funds received by a State or local
government to be a contribution by a non-Federal source for
purposes of this subsection.