Sec. 13. Establishment of funds and authorization of appropriations
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund . Beginning with the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund all revenues received by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury from user fees under section 9 and civil and criminal penalties under section 10.
The Secretary shall administer the Fund. The Secretary and the Director, as appropriate, may obligate amounts in the Fund to carry out this Act, without further appropriation. Amounts available for obligation under this section shall remain available without fiscal year limitation. 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 Director to carry out paragraph (2).
The Secretary shall establish a program to make natural resource assistance grants to States and Indian tribes for use in supporting best practices and capacity building by States and Indian tribes, consistent with the purposes of this Act, for— inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife between States; and conducting assessments of risk associated with the intentional importation of any wildlife. Of the amounts described in paragraph (1)(B), 10 percent shall be available to the Director for the implementation of the program established under subparagraph (A).
Amounts in the Fund may not be made available for any purpose other than a purpose described in subsection (b). Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2019, the Director shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that describes the operation of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
A report described in paragraph
(1)shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report— a statement of the amounts deposited in the Fund; a description of any expenditure made from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the expenditure; a recommendation for any additional authority to fulfill the purpose of the Fund; and 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 adding at the end the following: a separate statement for the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund established under section 13(a) of the Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act , that includes the estimated amount of deposits in the Fund, obligations, and outlays from the Fund. . There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.