Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/1219

 121 STAT. 1198

PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007

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‘‘(B) DELEGATION OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary, on recommendation of the Council, may delegate implementation of a small project to— ‘‘(i) the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service); ‘‘(ii) the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce; ‘‘(iii) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; or ‘‘(iv) the Secretary of Agriculture. ‘‘(C) FUNDING.—A small project delegated to the head of a Federal department or agency under this paragraph may be carried out using funds appropriated to the department or agency under section 109(a)(1) or other funds available to the department or agency. ‘‘(D) AGREEMENTS.—The head of a Federal department or agency to which a small project is delegated under this paragraph shall enter into an agreement with the non-Federal interest for the project generally in conformance with the criteria in subsections (d) and (e). Cooperative agreements may be used for any delegated project to allow the non-Federal interest to carry out the project on behalf of the Federal agency.’’. (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF ESTUARY HABITAT RESTORATION COUNCIL.—Section 105(b) of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2904(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) cooperating in the implementation of the strategy developed under section 106; ‘‘(7) recommending standards for monitoring for restoration projects and contribution of project information to the database developed under section 107; and ‘‘(8) otherwise using the respective authorities of the Council members to carry out this title.’’. (e) MONITORING OF ESTUARY HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS.—Section 107(d) of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2906(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘compile’’ and inserting ‘‘have general data compilation, coordination, and analysis responsibilities to carry out this title and in support of the strategy developed under this section, including compilation of’’. (f) REPORTING.—Section 108(a) of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2907(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘At the end of the third and fifth fiscal years following the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30, 2008, and every 2 years thereafter’’. (g) FUNDING.—Section 109(a) of the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2908(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘to the Secretary’’; and (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (D) and inserting the following:

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