16 USC 669h-2 - Multistate conservation grant program

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 05, 2024

§ 669h–2.

Multistate conservation grant program

(a)

In general

(1)

Amount for grants

(A)

In general

(B)

Availability for hunter and recreational shooter grants

(2)

Period of availability; apportionment

(A)

Period of availability

(B)

Apportionment

(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

(3)

Priority list of projects

A priority list referred to in paragraph (2) is a priority list of wildlife restoration projects that the 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 support or promote hunting, trapping, recreational shooting, bow hunting, or archery;

(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

(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 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 hunting or trapping of wildlife or to recreational shooting activities; and

(ii)

will use the grant funds in compliance with subsection (d).

(B)

Penalties for certain activities

(d)

Use of grants

(e)

Nonapplicability of chapter 10 of title 5

(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 11, as added Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 113, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1767; amended Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title V, § 501(g)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3193; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(101), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4316.)

cite as: 16 USC 669h-2