MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM.

SEC. 122. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment of Program.—The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act is amended— (1) by striking the section 13 relating to effective date (16 U.S.C. 777 note) and inserting the following: “SEC. 14. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. “(a) In General.— “(1) Amount for grants.—Of the balance of each annual appropriation made under section 3 remaining after the distribution and use under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 114 STAT. 17734 in a fiscal year, not more than $3,000,000 shall be available 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 4(e)for use by the States in the same manner as funds apportioned under section 4(e). “(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 Act; “(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. 114 STAT. 1774 “(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.—Of the balance of each annual appropriation made under section 3 remaining after the distribution and use under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 4 for each fiscal year and after deducting amounts used for grants under subsection (a)— “(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; and “(2) $400,000 shall be made available for the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council established by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. “(f) Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to any activity carried out under this section.”; and (2) by moving that section to appear after the section 13 relating to State use of contributions (16 U.S.C. 7771). (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 4(e) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(e)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting “and after deducting amounts used for grants under section 14,” after “respectively,”.