114 STAT. 2762A-120 PUBLIC LAW 106-553—APPENDIX B
"(2) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the
Interior;
"(3) the term 'State fish and game department' or 'State
fish and wildhfe department' means any department or division
of department of another name, or commission, or official or
officials, of a State empowered under its laws to exercise the
functions ordinarily exercised by a State fish and game department or State fish and wildlife department.
"(4) the term 'wildlife' means any species of wild, freeranging fauna including fish, and also fauna in captive breeding
programs the object of which is to reintroduce individuals of
a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied range;
"(5) the term 'wildlife-associated recreation' means projects
intended to meet the demand for outdoor activities associated
with wildlife including, but not limited to, hunting and fishing,
wildlife observation and photography, such projects as construction or restoration of wildlife viewing areas, observation towers,
blinds, platforms, land and water trails, water access, field
trialing, trail heads, and access for such projects;
"(6) the term 'wildlife conservation and restoration program'
means a program developed by a State fish and wildlife department and approved by the Secretary under section 304(d),
the projects that constitute such a program, which may be
implemented in whole or part through grants and contracts
by a State to other State, Federal, or local agencies (including
those that gather, evaluate, and disseminate information on
wildlife and their habitats), wildlife conservation organizations,
and outdoor recreation and conservation education entities from
funds apportioned under this title, and maintenance of such
projects;
"(7) the term 'wildlife conservation education' means
projects, including public outreach, intended to foster responsible natural resource stewardship; and
"(8) the term 'wildlife-restoration project' includes the wildlife conservation and restoration program and means the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of
land or water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breeding places
for wildlife, including acquisition of such areas or estates or
interests therein as are suitable or capable of being made
suitable therefor, and the construction thereon or therein of
such works as may be necessary to make them available for
such purposes and also including such research into problems
of wildlife management as may be necessary to efficient
administration affecting wildlife resources, and such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred
in and about such projects.".
(d) WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION ACCOUNT.— Section 3 of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
669b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)", and by
adding at the end the following:
"(2) There is established in the Federal aid to wildlife
restoration fund a subaccount to be known as the 'Wildlife
Conservation and Restoration Account'. There are authorized
to be appropriated for the purposes of the Wildlife Conservation
and Restoration Account $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 for
apportionment in accordance with this Act to carry out State
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