Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 1.djvu/364

 108 STAT. 338 PUBLIC LAW 103-232—APR. 11, 1994 wXnlfpoiicy TITLE II—BROWNSVILLE WETLANDS TSJ'^'^'°' "^ POLICY CENTER SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Brownsville Wetlands Policy Act of 1994". SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF WETLANDS POLICY CENTER AT THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER. — For piuposes of utilizing grants made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service there may be established in accordance with this title, on property owned or held in trust by the Brownsville Navigation District at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, a wetlands policy center which shall be known as the "Brownsville Wetlands Policy Center at the Port of Brownsville, Texas" (in this title referred to as the "Center"). The Center shall be operated and maintained by the Port of Brownsville with programs to be administered by the University of Texas at Brownsville. (b) MISSION OF THE CENTER. —The primary mission of the Center shall be to utilize the unique wetlands property at the Port of Brownsville and adjacent waters of South Texas to focus on wetland matters for the purposes of protecting, restoring, and maintaining the Lagoon Ecosystems of the Western Gulf of Mexico Region. (c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. — The Center shall be governed by a Board of Directors to oversee the management and financial affairs of the Center. The Board of Directors shall be cochaired by the Port of Brownsville, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and the designee of the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and shall include as members other representatives considered appropriate by those cochairs. (d) OVERSIGHT OF THE CENTER.— (1) ANNUAL REPORT.— The Board of Directors of the Center shall prepare an annual report and submit it through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to the Congress. (2) CONTENTS. — Annual reports under this subsection shall cover the programs, projects, activities, and accomplishments of the Center. The reports shall include a review of the budget of the Center, including all sources of funding received to carry out Center operations. (3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Board of Directors of the Center shall make available all pertinent information and records to allow preparation of annual reports under this subsection. Reports. (4) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. —The Comptroller General of the United States shall periodically submit to the Congress reports on the operations of the Center. SEC. 203. GRANTS. The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make grants to the Center for use for carrying out activities of the Center.

�