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 112 STAT. 484 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 (3) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by inserting ", for an outreach and communications program" after "Act"; (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking "subsections (a) and (b)," and inserting "subsections (a), (b), and (c),"; (5) by adding at the end of subsection (d), as redesignated, the following: "Of the sum available to the Secretary of the Interior under this subsection for any fiscal year, up to $2,500,000 may be used for the National Outreach and Communications Program under section 8(d) in addition to the amount available for that program under subsection (c). No funds available to the Secretary under this subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally provided through general appropriations, nor for any purposes except those purposes author- Federal Register, ized by this Act. The Secretary shall publish a detailed accountpublication, ing of the projects, programs, and activities funded under this subsection annually in the Federal Register."; and (6) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking "subsections (a), (b), and (c)," and inserting "subsections (a), (b), (c),and(d),". (c) INCREASE IN STATE ALLOCATION.—Section 8 of the 1950 Act (16 U.S.C. 777g) is amended— (1) by striking "12 1/2 percentum" each place it appears in subsection (b) and inserting "15 percent"; (2) by striking "10 percentum" in subsection (c) and inserting "15 percent"; (3) by inserting "and communications" in subsection (c) after "outreach"; and (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and by inserting after subsection (c) the following: "(d) NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM.— "(1) IMPLEMENTATION.— Within 1 year after the date of enactment of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and implement, in cooperation and consultation with the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, a national plan for outreach and communications. "(2) CONTENT. — The plan shall provide— " (A) guidance, including guidance on the development of an administrative process and funding priorities, for outreach and communications programs; and "(B) for the establishment of a national program. "(3) SECRETARY MAY MATCH OR FUND PROGRAMS.— Under the plan, the Secretary may obligate amounts available under subsection (c) or (d) of section 4 of this Act— "(A) to make grants to any State or private entity to pay all or any portion of the cost of carrying out any outreach and communications program under the plan; or "(B) to fund contracts with States or private entities to carry out such a program. "(4) REVIEW. —The plan shall be reviewed periodically, but not less frequently than once every 3 years. "(e) STATE OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM.— Within 12 months after the completion of the national plan under subsection (d)(1), a State shall develop a plan for an outreach and

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