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 117 STAT. 622

PUBLIC LAW 108–16—APR. 23, 2003

public education activities carried out in accordance with the document published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled ‘‘Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds’’, dated March 2002. (d) COST SHARING.— (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs of the program may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the program. (2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Federal share of the costs of the program may be provided in the form of in-kind contributions of materials or services. (e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 percent of financial assistance provided by the Secretary under this section may be used for administrative expenses. (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For financial assistance under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $4,000,000 for the State of Maryland program and $2,000,000 for the State of Louisiana program for each of fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Deadline.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

No later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the National Invasive Species Council shall— (1) give consideration to the 2002 report for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries titled ‘‘Nutria in Louisiana’’, and the 2002 document entitled ‘‘Eradication Strategies for Nutria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Watersheds’’; and (2) develop, in cooperation with the State of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources, a long-term nutria control or eradication program, as appropriate, with the objective to significantly reduce and restore the damage nutria cause to coastal wetlands in the States of Louisiana and Maryland. Approved April 23, 2003.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 273: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003): Apr. 8, considered and passed House. Apr. 9, considered and passed Senate.

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