SALMON AND CLEARWATER RIVER BASINS HABITAT FUND.

SEC. 9. SALMON AND CLEARWATER RIVER BASINS HABITAT FUND. (a) Establishment of Fund.—(1) In general.—There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the “Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Fund” (referred to in this section as the “Fund”), to be administered by the Secretary. (2) Accounts.—There is established within the Fund—(A) an account to be known as the “Nez Perce Tribe Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account”, which shall be administered by the Secretary for use by the Tribe subject to the same provisions for management, investment, and expenditure as the funds established by section 8; and (B) an account to be known as the “Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account”, which shall be administered by the Secretary and provided to the State as provided in the Agreement and this Act. (b) Use of the Fund.—(1) In general.—The Fund shall be used to supplement amounts made available under any other law for habitat protection and restoration in the Salmon and Clearwater River Basins 118 STAT. 3438 in Idaho, including projects and programs intended to protect and restore listed fish and their habitat in those basins, as specified in the Agreement and this Act. (2) Release of funds.—The Secretary shall release funds from the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account in accordance with section 6(d)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1535(d)(2)). (3) No allocation requirement.—The use of the Fund shall not be subject to the allocation procedures under section 6(d)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(d)(1)). (c) Availability of Amounts in the Fund.—Amounts made available under subsection (d) shall be available for expenditure or withdrawal only after the waivers and releases under section 10(a) take effect. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated—(1) to the Nez Perce Tribe Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account, $2,533,334 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011; and (2) to the Idaho Salmon and Clearwater River Basins Habitat Account, $5,066,666 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.