Sec. 16. Injurious wildlife prevention fund

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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a Fund, to be known as the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund , to be administered by the Secretary, and to be available without fiscal year limitation and subject to appropriation, for use in accordance with subsection (c). The Fund shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (2). There are appropriated to the Fund, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to amounts collected— as user fees and received in the Treasury under section 13(a); as civil administrative or judicial penalties under section 15; and as a civil penalty for any violation of section 42 of title 18, United States Code (including a regulation promulgated under that section).

Of the amounts deposited in the Fund for a fiscal year— 75 percent shall be available to the Secretary for use in carrying out this Act (other than paragraph (2)); and 25 percent shall be used by the Secretary to carry out paragraph (2). The Secretary shall establish a program to provide natural resource assistance grants to States for use in supporting best practices and capacity-building by States, consistent with the purpose of this Act, for— inspecting and monitoring wildlife imports and interstate commerce; and conducting assessments of risk associated with the intentional importation of nonnative wildlife taxa.

The program under this paragraph shall be administered by the Director under the Federal Aid to States program of the Director. Amounts in the Fund may not be made available for any purpose other than a purpose described in subsection (c). Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2014, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the operation of the Fund during the fiscal year.

Each report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following: A statement of the amounts deposited in the Fund. A description of the expenditures made from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the expenditures. Recommendations for additional authorities to fulfill the purpose of the Fund. A statement of the balance remaining in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year. Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs

(35)and

(36)as paragraphs

(36)and (37), respectively; by redesignating the second paragraph

(33)(relating to obligational authority and outlays requested for homeland security) as paragraph (35); and by adding at the end the following: a separate statement for the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund established by section 16(a) of the Invasive Wildlife Prevention Act of 2012, which shall include the estimated amount of deposits in the Fund, obligations, and outlays from the Fund. .