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 102 STAT. 2308

PUBLIC LAW 100-478—OCT. 7, 1988

State agency, which has entered into a cooperative agreement pursuant to subsection (c) of this section to assist in development of programs for the conservation of endangered and threatened species or to assist in monitoring the status of candidate species pursuant to subparagraph (Q of section 4(b)(3) and recovered species pursuant to section 4(g). The Secretary shall allocate each annual appropriation made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of this section to such States based on consideration of— "(A) the international commitments of the United States to protect endangered species or threatened species; "(B) the reaniness of a State to proceed with a conservation prt^ram consistent with the objectives and purposes of this Act; "(C) the number of endangered species and threatened species within a State; "(D) the potential for restoring endangered species and threatened species within a State; "(E) the relative urgency to initiate a program to restore and protect an endangered species or threatened species in terms of survival of the species; "(F) the importance of monitoring the status of candidate species within a State to prevent a s^nificant risk to the well being of any such species; and "(G) the importance of monitoring the status of recovered species within a State to assure that such species do not return to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are again necessary. So much of the annual appropriation made in accordance with provisions of subsection (i) of this section allocated for obligation to any State for any fiscal year as remains unobligated at the close thereof is authorized to be made available to that State until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any amount allocated to any State which is unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary in conducting programs under this section.". (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1535) is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(i) APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) To carry out the provisions of this section for fiscal years after September 30, 1988, there shall be deposited into a special fund known as the cooperative endangered species conservation fund, to be administered by the Secretary, an amount equal to 5 percent of the combined amounts covered each fiscal year into the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund under section 3 of the Act of September 2, 1937, and paid, transferred, or otherwise credited each fiscal year to the Sport Fishing Restoration Account established under 1016 of the Act of July 18, 1984. "(2) Amounts deposited into the special fund are authorized to be appropriated annually and allocated in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.". SEC. 1006. PROTECTION OF PLANTS.

Section 9(a)(2)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows: "(B) remove and reduce to possession any such species from areas under Federal jurisdiction; maliciously damage or destroy any such species on any such area; or remove, cut, dig up, or damage or destroy any such species on any

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