Sec. 4. National fish, wildlife, and plants climate adaptation strategy joint implementation working group
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish a National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group composed of the heads of Federal and State agencies or departments with jurisdiction over fish, wildlife, and plant resources of the United States, and Tribal representatives, as follows: The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. The Chief of Engineers. The Chief of the Forest Service. The Commissioner of Reclamation. The Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The Director of the National Park Service. The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Director of the United States Geological Survey. The Secretary of Agriculture.
The Secretary of Defense. State representatives from each regional association of State fish and wildlife agencies. Not less than 2 representatives of Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The Working Group shall serve as a forum for interagency consultation on, and the coordination of, the development and implementation of the National Strategy. There shall be 4 co-chairs, of whom— 2 shall be representatives of the Federal Government; 1 shall be a representative of a State; and 1 shall be a representative of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization.
Notwithstanding section 1009 of title 5, United States Code, the Working Group may close a meeting of the Working Group to the public or redact information from minutes of a meeting of the Working Group if the applicable Tribal or Native Hawaiian organization representatives on the Working Group determine that a meeting or minutes from a meeting, as applicable, will disclose sensitive traditional ecological knowledge. Except as provided in paragraph (3), information described in paragraph
(2)shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code. The information referred to in paragraph
(1)is information that a representative of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization on the Working Group or any other member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization— submits to or discusses with the Working Group; and designates as sensitive or private according to Tribal or Native Hawaiian custom, law, culture, or religion. If a representative of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization on the Working Group or any other member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization requests information that the Tribal or Native Hawaiian organization representative or member submitted to the Working Group and designated as sensitive or private, as described in paragraph (2), the Tribal or Native Hawaiian organization representative or member shall receive that information.