110 STAT. 3009 -533 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996
(4) TASK FORCE. —The term 'Task Force" means the Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force as estabhshed by the
Klamath River Basin Fishery Resource Restoration Act (Public
Law 99-552, 16 U.S.C. 460ss-3, et. seq.).
(5) COMPACT COMMISSION.—The term "Compact Commission" means the Klamath River Basin Compact Commission
created pursuant to the Klamath River Compact Act of 1954.
(6) CONSENSUS. —The term "consensus" means a unanimous
agreement by the Working Group members present and consisting of at least a quorum at a regularly scheduled business
meeting.
(7) QUORUM. —The term "quorum" means one more than
half of those qualified Working Group members appointed and
eligible to serve.
(8) TRINITY TASK FORCE.— The term "Trinity Task Force"
means the Trinity River Restoration Task Force created by
Public Law 98-541, as amended by Public Law 104-143.
(b) IN GENERAL. —
(1) The Working Group through the Ecosystem Restoration
Office, with technical assistance from the Secretary, will propose ecological restoration projects, economic development and
stability projects, and projects designed to reduce the impacts
of drought conditions to be undertaken in the Upper Klamath
Basin based on a consensus of the Working Group membership.
(2) The Secretary shall pay, to the greatest extent feasible,
up to 50 percent of the cost of performing any project approved
by the Secretary or his designee, up to a total amount of
$1,000,000 during each of fiscal years 1997 through 2001.
(3) Funds made available under this title through the
Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture
shall be distributed through the Ecosystem Restoration Office.
(4) The Ecosystem Restoration Office may utilize not more
than 15 percent of all Federal funds administered under this
section for administrative costs relating to the implementation
of this title.
(5) All funding recommendations developed by the Working
Group shall be based on a consensus of Working Group members.
(c) COORDINATION.—
(1) The Secretary shall formulate a cooperative agreement
among the Working Group, the Task Force, the Trinity Task
Force and the Compact Commission for the purposes of ensuring that projects proposed and funded through the Working
Group are consistent with other basin-wide fish and wildlife
restoration and conservation plans, including but not limited
to plans developed by the Task Force and the Compact Commission.
(2) To the greatest extent practicable, the Working Group
shall provide notice to, and accept input from, two members
each of the Task Force, the Trinity Task Force, and the Compact
Commission, so appointed by those entities, for the express
purpose of facilitating better communication and coordination
regarding additional basin-wide fish and wildlife and ecosystem
restoration and planning efforts. The roles and relationships
of the entities involved shall be clarified in the cooperative
agreement.
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