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16 U.S.C. § 777m — Multistate conservation grant program

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16 U.S.C. § 777m — Multistate conservation grant program

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**(a) In general** (1) **Amount for grants** — Not more than $3,000,000 shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for making multistate conservation project grants in accordance with this section. (2) **Period of availability; apportionment** (A) *Period of availability* — Amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available for making grants only for the first fiscal year for which the amount is made available and the following fiscal year. (B) *Apportionment* — At the end of the period of availability under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion any amounts that remain available among the States in the manner specified in [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for use by the States in the same manner as funds apportioned under [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Selection of projects** (1) **States or entities to be benefited** — A project shall not be eligible for a grant under this section unless the project will benefit— (A) at least 26 States; (B) a majority of the States in a region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or (C) a regional association of State fish and game departments. (2) **Use of submitted priority list of projects** — The Secretary of the Interior may make grants under this section only for projects identified on a priority list of sport fish restoration projects described in paragraph (3). (3) **Priority list of projects** — A priority list referred to in paragraph (2) is a priority list of sport fish restoration projects that the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies— (A) prepares through a committee comprised of the heads of State fish and game departments (or their designees), in consultation with— (i) nongovernmental organizations that represent conservation organizations; (ii) sportsmen organizations; and (iii) industries that fund the sport fish restoration programs under this chapter; (B) approves by vote of a majority of the heads of State fish and game departments (or their designees); and (C) not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, submits to the Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. (4) **Publication** — The Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs shall publish in the Federal Register each priority list submitted under paragraph (3)(C). **(c) Eligible grantees** (1) **In general** — The Secretary of the Interior may make a grant under this section only to— (A) a State or group of States; (B) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or a State or group of States, for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation; and (C) subject to paragraph (2), a nongovernmental organization. (2) **Nongovernmental organizations** (A) *In general* — Any nongovernmental organization that applies for a grant under this section shall submit with the application to the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies a certification that the organization— (i) will not use the grant funds to fund, in whole or in part, any activity of the organization that promotes or encourages opposition to the regulated taking of fish; and (ii) will use the grant funds in compliance with subsection (d). (B) *Penalties for certain activities* — Any nongovernmental organization that is found to use grant funds in violation of subparagraph (A) shall return all funds received under this section and be subject to any other applicable penalties under law. **(d) Use of grants** A grant under this section shall not be used, in whole or in part, for an activity, project, or program that promotes or encourages opposition to the regulated taking of fish. **(e) Funding for other activities** Not more than $1,200,000 of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Interior for use as follows: (1) $200,000 shall be made available for each of— (A) the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; (B) the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; (C) the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; and (D) the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. (2) $400,000 shall be made available for the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council established by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (3) A portion, as determined by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, of funds disbursed for the purposes described in paragraph (2) but remaining unobligated as of October 1, 2021, shall be used to study the impact of derelict vessels and identify recyclable solutions for recreational vessels. **(f) Nonapplicability of chapter 10 of title 5** Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to any activity carried out under this section.

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16 U.S.C. § 777b — Authorization of appropriations

To carry out the provisions of this chapter for fiscal years after September 30, 1984, there are authorized to be appropriated from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund established by [section 9504(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) the amounts paid, transferred, or otherwise credited to that Trust Fund, except as provided in [section 9504(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section9504/c&num=0&edition=prelim). For purposes of the provision of the Act of August 31, 1951, which refers to this section, such amounts shall be treated as the amounts that are equal to the revenues described in this section. The appropriation made under the provisions of this section for each fiscal year shall continue available during succeeding fiscal years. So much of such appropriation apportioned to any State for any fiscal year as remains unexpended at the close thereof is authorized to be made available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any amount apportioned to any State under the provisions of this chapter which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure on any project is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior to supplement the 58.012 percent of the balance of each annual appropriation to be apportioned among the States, as provided for in [section 777c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/c&num=0&edition=prelim).

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16 U.S.C. § 777c — Division of annual appropriations

**(a) In general** For each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, the balance of each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of [section 777b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777b&num=0&edition=prelim) remaining after the distributions for administrative expenses and other purposes under subsection (b) and for activities under [section 777m(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777m/e&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be distributed as follows: (1) **Coastal wetlands** — An amount equal to 18.673 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. and Restoration Act ([16 U.S.C. 3951](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3951&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). (2) **Boating safety** — An amount equal to 17.315 percent to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for State recreational boating safety programs under [section 13107 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section13107&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) **Boating infrastructure improvement** (A) *In general* — An amount equal to 4 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for qualified projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 ([33 U.S.C. 1322](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1322&num=0&edition=prelim) note) and [section 777g–1(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777g–1/d&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) *Limitation* — Not more than 75 percent o

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5 U.S.C. § 5313 — Positions at level II

Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):

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16 U.S.C. § 777m — Multistate conservation grant program

Page 1358 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 777l culture and Commerce of Puerto Rico’’, added Amer- ican Samoa to the list of recipients, and substituted maximum limits of apportionment of one percent for Puerto Rico, one-third of one percent for Guam, one- third of one percent for American Samoa and one-third of one percent for Virgin Islands for maximum limit of $10,000 for Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands to- gether. 1959—Pub. L. 86–70 struck out provisions which au- thorized cooperation with the Alaska Game Commis- sion and permitted apportionment of not more than $75,000 in any one year to the Territory of Alaska. 1956—Act Aug. 1, 1956, inserted ‘‘the Governor of Guam’’ after ‘‘Commissioner of Agriculture and Com- merce of Puerto Rico,’’ and ‘‘Guam’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico’’ in three remaining places those words appear. Act July 2, 1956, struck out provisions which author- ized the Secretary to cooperate with the Division of Game and Fish of the Board of Commissioners of Agri- culture and Forestry of Hawaii, struck out limitation of $25,000 on the amount of funds which could be appor- tioned to Hawaii in any one year, and substituted ‘‘Ter- ritory of Alaska’’ for ‘‘Territories’’ in two places. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENTS From Aug. 10, 2005, to end of fiscal year 2005, section considered to read as immediately before enactment of Pub. L. 109–59, see section 101(b) of Pub. L. 109–74, set out as a note under section 777b of this title. Amendment by Pub. L. 109–59 effective Oct. 1, 2005, see section 10

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