In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
December 12, 2022.
Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1466) entitled “An Act to authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.”, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
This Act may be cited as the “Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2022”.
SEC. 2. Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(b) Establishment.—The Secretary shall establish a Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program to assess and monitor the hydrology of saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife that depend on those ecosystems to inform and support coordinated management and conservation actions to benefit those ecosystems, migratory birds, and other wildlife.
(c) Work and implementation plan.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the Program, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the entities described in paragraph (2), shall establish a multiyear work and implementation plan to assess, monitor, and conserve saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife that depend on those ecosystems.
(3) INCLUSIONS.—The work and implementation plan established under paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) a synthesis of available information, literature, and data, and an assessment of scientific and informational needs, relating to—
(d) Implementation.—The Secretary shall implement the Program based on the information, findings, and recommendations contained in the work and implementation plan established under subsection (c).
(e) Cooperative agreements and grants.—The Secretary may enter into cooperative funding agreements with, or provide grants to, entities described in subsection (c)(2) for the purposes of—
(1) participating in developing, or providing information to inform the development of, the work and implementation plan under subsection (c);
(f) Effect.—The work and implementation plan established under subsection (c)(1) shall not affect—
(1) any interstate water compacts in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including full development of any apportionment made in accordance with those compacts;
Attest:
Clerk.
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