CONCURRENT WILDLIFE RESOURCES STUDIES.

SEC. 102. CONCURRENT WILDLIFE RESOURCES STUDIES. (a) In General.—The Secretary shall provide for the conduct, concurrently with the feasibility study under section 101(b), of studies of hydrology, wildlife pathology, and toxicology relating to wildlife resources of the Salton Sea by Federal and non-Federal entities. (b) Selection of Topics and Management of Studies.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall establish a committee to be known as the “Salton Sea Research Management Committee”. The committee shall select the topics of studies under this section and manage those studies. (2) Membership.—The committee shall consist of the following five members: (A) The Secretary. (B) The Governor of California. (C) The Executive Director of the Salton Sea Authority. (D) The Chairman of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Tribal Government. (E) The Director of the California Water Resources Center. (c) Coordination.—The Secretary shall require that studies under this section are coordinated through the Science Subcommittee which reports to the Salton Sea Research Management Committee. In addition to the membership provided for by the Science Subcommittee’s charter, representatives shall be invited from the University of California, Riverside; the University of Redlands; San Diego State University; the Imperial Valley College; and Los Alamos National Laboratory. (d) Peer Review.—The Secretary shall require that studies under this section are subjected to peer review. 112 STAT. 3380 (e) Authorization of Appropriations.—For wildlife resources studies under this section there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, through accounts within the Fish and Wildlife Service, exclusively, $5,000,000. (f) Advisory Committee Act.—The committee, and its activities, are not subject to the Federal Advisory Commission Act (5 U.S.C. App.).