Sec. 3. Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount
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Section 3 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 669b ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking
(1)An amount equal to and inserting An amount equal to ; and by striking paragraph (2); and in subsection (c)— by striking (c)(1) Amounts transferred to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account and inserting the following: There is established in the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund a subaccount to be known as the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount (referred to in this subsection as the Subaccount ). Amounts in the Subaccount shall be available without further appropriation, for each fiscal year, for apportionment in accordance with this Act. Beginning in fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the fund for deposit in the Subaccount the following: From amounts deposited in the Treasury under section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1338 ), $650,000,000. From amounts deposited in the Treasury under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191 ), after the withdrawal of funds to the States under subsection
(a)of that section, $650,000,000. Amounts transferred to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount ; in paragraph (2), as added by subparagraph (A)— by striking wildlife restoration account and and inserting wildlife restoration account. ; and by striking shall be used for the development, and all that follows through existing programs and projects. and inserting the following: Funds appropriated from the Subaccount— shall be used to carry out, revise, or enhance existing wildlife conservation and restoration programs and to develop and implement new wildlife conservation and restoration programs to manage wildlife species of greatest conservation need, including species that are not hunted or fished, and their habitats as determined by the appropriate State fish and wildlife department; shall be used to develop, revise and implement a wildlife conservation strategy of the State as may be required by this Act; shall be used for wildlife conservation education and wildlife-associated recreation projects; may be used to assist in the recovery of a species listed as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); may be used to manage a species of greatest conservation need whose range is shared with a foreign government and the habitat of such species; may be used to manage, control, and prevent invasive and nuisance species and other risks to species of greatest conservation need; and may be used for law enforcement activities that are directly related to the protection and conservation of a species of greatest conservation need and the habitat of such species. ; by adding at the end the following: Funds apportioned from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount shall not be conditioned upon the provision of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings. For the purposes of the non-Federal fund matching requirement for a wildlife conservation or restoration program or project funded by the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Subaccount, a State— may use as matching non-Federal funds— funds from Federal agencies other than the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture; and donated private lands and waters, including privately-owned easements; and may not use as matching non-Federal funds— revenue from the sale of State hunting and fishing licenses, except if all available Federal funds apportioned to a State fish and wildlife agency from the Wildlife Restoration Program or the Sport Fish Restoration Program have been obligated by the State, then revenue generated through the sale of State hunting and fishing licenses may be used as non-Federal match for projects and programs that benefit the habitat of species that are hunted or fished and other species that have greatest conservation need. For the purposes of this subsection— The term wildlife means any species of wild, freeranging fauna, including fish, and also fauna in captive breeding programs the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range. ; by redesignating paragraphs
(2)and
(3)as paragraphs
(7)and (8), respectively; and in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (D), by striking or an Indian tribe . Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 669c ) is amended— in subsection (c)(2)(A)— in clause (i), by striking one-third and inserting one-half ; and in clause (ii), by striking two-thirds and inserting one-half ; and by adding at the end following: Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to require a State to create a comprehensive strategy related to conservation education or outdoor recreation. .
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