Sec. 4. 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 paragraph (2); and in paragraph (1)— in the third sentence, by striking Any amount and inserting the following: Any amount ; and in the second sentence, by striking So much of such appropriation and inserting the following: Any amount appropriated under paragraph

(1)and ; by striking the section designation and all that follows through (a)(1) An and inserting the following: An ; in subsection (c)— by redesignating paragraphs

(2)and

(3)as paragraphs

(7)and (8), respectively; by striking (c)(1) Amounts and all that follows through the end of paragraph

(1)and inserting the following: In this subsection: The term Subaccount means the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount established by paragraph (2)(A). The term wildlife means— any species of wild, freeranging fauna (including fish); and any fauna in a captive breeding program, the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range. There is established in the fund a subaccount, to be known as the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount . There are authorized to be appropriated from the Subaccount for each fiscal year such amounts as are necessary 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: Of the amounts deposited in the Treasury under section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1338 ), $650,000,000. Of the 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 Subaccount shall supplement, but not supplant, existing funds available to the States from the sport fish restoration account and wildlife restoration account. The funds apportioned from the Subaccount— shall be used— to carry out, revise, or enhance existing wildlife conservation and restoration programs; 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 the habitats of those species, as determined by the appropriate State fish and wildlife department; to develop, revise, and implement a wildlife conservation strategy of the State in accordance with this Act; and for wildlife conservation education and wildlife-associated recreation projects; and may be used— to assist in the recovery of a species listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or to conserve a species from becoming a threatened species or an endangered species in the State under that Act; to manage a species of greatest conservation need, the range of which is shared with a foreign government, and the habitat of such a species; to manage, control, and prevent invasive and nuisance species and other risks to species of greatest conservation need; or 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 a species. The funds apportioned from the Subaccount shall not be conditioned on the provision of public access to any private land, water, or holding. For purposes of the non-Federal fund matching requirement for a wildlife conservation or restoration program or project funded by the Subaccount, a State— may use as matching non-Federal funds— funds from a Federal department or agency other than— the Department of the Interior; or the Department of Agriculture; and donated private land or water, including any privately owned easement; and may not use as matching non-Federal funds any revenue from the sale of State hunting and fishing licenses, unless all available Federal funds apportioned to a State fish and wildlife agency from the wildlife restoration account or the sport fish restoration account have been obligated by the State, in which case revenue generated through the sale of State hunting and fishing licenses may be used as non-Federal matching funds for a project or program that benefits the habitat of a species that is hunted or fished or another species with the greatest conservation need. ; in paragraph

(7)(as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), in the first sentence— by striking or an Indian tribe ; and by striking sections 4(d) and

(e)of this Act and inserting section 4(e) ; in paragraph

(8)(as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account and inserting Subaccount ; and by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this subsection affects the disposition of revenues that— are due to the United States, special funds, trust funds, or States from mineral and energy development on Federal land and water; or have been otherwise appropriated under Federal law, including the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432 ), the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code. ; and in subsection (d), by striking Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account and inserting Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount . Section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 669c ) is amended— by redesignating subsection

(d)as subsection (e); by redesignating the second subsection

(c)(relating to apportionment of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) as subsection (d); in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection

(d)(as so redesignated)— in clause (i)— by striking one-third of and inserting ; and 1/2 of by striking States; and and inserting States. ; and in clause (ii), by striking two-thirds of and inserting ; 1/2 of in paragraph

(1)of subsection

(e)(as so redesignated), in the first sentence of the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account and inserting Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount ; and by adding at the end following: Nothing in this Act requires a State to create a comprehensive strategy relating to— conservation education; or outdoor recreation. . Section 8(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act ( 16 U.S.C. 669g ) is amended, in the fourth sentence, by striking Account and inserting Subaccount .

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