114 STAT. 1768 PUBLIC LAW 106-408—NOV. 1, 2000 available to the Secretary of the Interior for making multistate conservation project grants in accordance with this section. "(2) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; APPORTIONMENT.— "(A) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY. —Amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available for making grants only for the first fiscal year for which the amount is made available and the following fiscal year. "(B) APPORTIONMENT.— At the end of the period of availability under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion any amounts that remain available among the States in the manner specified in section 4(b) for use by the States in the same meinner as funds apportioned under section 4(b). "(b) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.— "(1) STATES OR ENTITIES TO BE BENEFITED.— ^A project shall not be eligible for a grant under this section vmless the project will benefit— "(A) at least 26 States; "(B) a majority of the States in a region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or "(C) a regional association of State fish and game departments. "(2) USE OF SUBMITTED PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS.— The Secretary of the Interior may make grants under this section only for projects identified on a priority list of wildlife restoration projects described in paragraph (3). "(3) PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS.—A priority Hst referred to in paragraph (2) is a priority list of wildlife restoration projects that the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies— "(A) prepares through a committee comprised of the heads of State fish and game departments (or their designees), in consultation with— "(i) nongovernmental organizations that represent conservation organizations; "(ii) sportsmen organizations; and "(iii) industries that support or promote hunting, trapping, recreational shooting, bow hunting, or archery; "(B) approves by vote of a majority of the heads of State fish and game departments (or their designees); and "(C) not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, submits to the Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. Federal Register, "(4) PUBLICATION. —The Assistant Director for Wildlife and publication. Sport Fish Restoration Programs shall publish in the Federal Register each priority list submitted under paragraph (3)(C). "(c) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of the Interior may make a grant under this section only to— "(A) a State or group of States; "(B) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or a State or group of States, for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife- Associated Recreation; and "(C) subject to paragraph (2), a nongovernmental organization.
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