Sec. 6. Program performance and accountability
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Section 6 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act ( Public Law 106–506 ; 114 Stat. 2354) is amended to read as follows: Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection
(a)of section 12, as amended by section 8 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 , not less than $150,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out this section. Of the amounts made available to the Secretary under paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent shall be made available to the Planning Agency to carry out the program oversight, coordination, and outreach activities under subsections
(d)and (e). In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors shall, as appropriate and in a timely manner, consult with the heads of the Washoe Tribe, applicable Federal, State, regional, county, and local governmental agencies, and the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee. The Assistant Secretary may enter into interagency agreements with non-Federal interests in the Lake Tahoe Basin to use Lake Tahoe Partnership-Miscellaneous General Investigations funds to provide programmatic technical assistance for forest management or invasive species control activities. Before providing technical assistance under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall enter into a local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for the technical assistance. The agreement entered into under subparagraph
(A)shall— describe the nature of the technical assistance; describe any legal and institutional structures necessary to ensure the effective long-term viability of the end products by the non-Federal interest; and include cost-sharing provisions in accordance with subparagraph (C). The Federal share of program costs under each local cooperation agreement under this paragraph shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the form of reimbursements of program costs. The non-Federal interest may receive credit toward the non-Federal share for the reasonable costs of related technical activities completed by the non-Federal interest before entering into a local cooperation agreement with the Assistant Secretary under this paragraph. The Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors will coordinate with the Planning Agency to conduct public education and outreach programs, including encouraging— owners of land and residences in the Lake Tahoe Basin to implement defensible space; and owners of land and residences in the Lake Tahoe Basin and visitors to the Lake Tahoe Basin to help prevent the introduction and proliferation of invasive species. The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall provide scientific and technical guidance to public outreach and education programs conducted under this subsection. Public outreach and education programs for aquatic invasive species under this subsection shall— be coordinated with county governments in the Lake Tahoe Basin and Lake Tahoe Basin tourism and business organizations; and include provisions for the programs to extend outside of the Lake Tahoe Basin. In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors, in coordination with the Planning Agency and States of California and Nevada, shall— develop and implement a plan for integrated monitoring, assessment, and applied research to evaluate the effectiveness programs funded under this Act; and include in each program funded under this section funds for monitoring and assessment of results at the program level. .
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Sec. 6
Program performance and accountability
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-506
Stat.114 Stat. 2354
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