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16 U.S.C. § 8209Accountability and reporting

submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 116-188 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 306 words · no verdicts yet

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Starting five years after October 30, 2020, and every five years after, the Board must report to Congress on this chapter's progress. The report must cover habitat acres improved, public access gained, better fishing opportunities, the state of U.S. fish habitats, and a detailed accounting of every project funded, including justifications for approvals, rejections, and funding priorities.

(a) In general. Not later than five years after October 30, 2020, and every five years after that, the Board must send the appropriate congressional committees a report on this chapter's progress. (b) Contents. Each report must include (1) an estimate of the acres, stream miles, acre-feet, or other measures of fish habitat that Partnerships maintained or improved over the past five years; (2) a description of the public access to fish habitats created or improved over that period; (3) a description of the improved public recreational fishing opportunities achieved; (4) a description of the current state of U.S. fish habitats, as identified by Partnerships; and (5) an assessment, broken down by year, of the fish habitat projects funded during that period, including (A) a description of the projects the Board recommended under section 8205(b), (B) a description of each project the Secretary approved under section 8205(f), in funding priority order, (C) the reasons for approving each project and for its funding priority, (D) the reasons for rejecting any Board-recommended project for a reason other than the criteria in section 8205(c), and (E) an accounting of money spent by federal, state, or local governments, Indian Tribes, or other groups to carry out these projects.
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(a) In general

Not later than 5 years after October 30, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, the Board shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the progress of this chapter.

(b) Contents

Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)

an estimate of the number of acres, stream miles, or acre-feet, or other suitable measures of fish habitat, that was maintained or improved by Partnerships under this chapter during the 5-year period ending on the date of submission of the report;

(2)

a description of the public access to fish habitats established or improved under this chapter during that 5-year period;

(3)

a description of the improved opportunities for public recreational fishing achieved under this chapter;

(4)

a description of the status of fish habitats in the United States as identified by Partnerships; and

(5)

an assessment of the status of fish habitat conservation projects carried out with funds provided under this chapter during that period, disaggregated by year, including—

(A)

a description of the fish habitat conservation projects recommended by the Board under section 8205(b) of this title;

(B)

a description of each fish habitat conservation project approved by the Secretary under section 8205(f) of this title, in order of priority for funding;

(C)

a justification for—

(i)

the approval of each fish habitat conservation project; and

(ii)

the order of priority for funding of each fish habitat conservation project;

(D)

a justification for any rejection of a fish habitat conservation project recommended by the Board under section 8205(b) of this title that was based on a factor other than the criteria described in section 8205(c) of this title; and

(E)

an accounting of expenditures by Federal, State, or local governments, Indian Tribes, or other entities to carry out fish habitat conservation projects under this chapter.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–188, title II, § 209, Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 935; Pub. L. 118–198, title II, § 205, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2682.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 116-188 · 134 Stat. 935
  • 2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-198 · 138 Stat. 2682

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 116-188 on 2020-10-30.

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