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 110 STAT. 1340 PUBLIC LAW 104-143—MAY 15, 1996 or an Indian tribe, may be reimbursed for such expenses as may be incurred by reason of their service on the Task Force, as consistent with appHcable laws and regulations.". (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to actions taken by the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force on and after 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. APPROPRIATIONS. (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 4(a) of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the restoration of the fish and wildlife in the Trinity River Basin, California, and for other purposes", approved October 24, 1984 (98 Stat. 2723), as amended, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "October 1, 1995" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1998"; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking "ten-year" and inserting in lieu thereof "13-year". (b) IN-KIND SERVICES; OVERHEAD; AND FINANCIAL AND AUDIT REPORTS.—Section 4 of such Act (98 Stat. 2724) is amended— (1) by designating subsection (d) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections: • "(d) The Secretary is authorized to accept in-kind services as payment for obligations incurred under subsection (b)(1). "(e) Not more than 20 percent of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) may be used for overhead and indirect costs. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'overhead and indirect costs' means costs incurred in support of accomplishing specific work activities and jobs. Such costs are primarily administrative in nature and are such that they cannot be practically identified and charged directly to a project or activity and must be distributed to all jobs on an equitable basis. Such costs include compensation for administrative staff, general staff training, rent, travel expenses, communications, utility charges, miscellaneous materials and supplies, janitorial services, depreciation and replacement expenses on capitalized equipment. Such costs do not include inspection and design of construction projects and environmental compliance activities, including (but not limited to) preparation of documents in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. "(f) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare reports documenting and detailing all expenditures incurred under this Act for the fiscal year ending on September 30 of that same year. Such reports shall contain information adequate for the public to determine how such funds were used to carry out the purposes of this Act. Copies of such reports shall be submitted to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. "(g) The Secretary shall periodically conduct a programmatic audit of the in-river fishery monitoring and enforcement programs under this Act and submit a report concerning such audit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.". (c) AUTHORITY TO SEEK APPROPRIATIONS. —Section 4 of such Act, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is further amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

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