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<dc:title> S1466 ENR: Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2022</dc:title>
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<congress>One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session display="yes">2d Sess.</session><enrolled-dateline display="yes">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two</enrolled-dateline><legis-num display="yes">S. 1466</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" style="OLC"><section section-type="section-one" id="H8A959C8BC7EE4E04B1085597FD8AEE89" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2022</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HB34601FF9E314428A7DE23AC499A7C73" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program</header><subsection id="H9B0C0B9D4BA2423590F15B93FEB557FA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph id="HEE2BEA36455F46AB9C0F32A671764A57" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Program</term> means the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF7B4ABB6160405BB237B6B98E4D4D75" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA0BD313FCBD9451ABF5FEC83CA00086B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program to assess and monitor the hydrology of saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife that depend on those ecosystems to inform and support coordinated management and conservation actions to benefit those ecosystems, migratory birds, and other wildlife.</text></subsection><subsection id="H74BB6B7561574BCF8E11FB9CD7146830" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Work and implementation plan</header><paragraph id="H6232E9A2DFF84F55A639342C2EB9AFCB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the Program, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the entities described in paragraph (2), shall establish a multiyear work and implementation plan to assess, monitor, and conserve saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife that depend on those ecosystems.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H22C55CC9FB9340A3A495A328B3FDCFBE" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinating entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The entities referred to in paragraph (1) include—</text><subparagraph id="HAF4129DD8BC24331BF6B9FF78AAA39DD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DEEA01000174C4589866C3DECE56E27" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16A5FD48B2894D48879240AACC16818F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit organizations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H105B8C40E8E548B7A36BEC95F6A11E7E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other local stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5817499E83B447EAEB2548D46F700E7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The work and implementation plan established under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="H64EEC5B267CE4673BAC34BBD45B60444" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a synthesis of available information, literature, and data, and an assessment of scientific and informational needs, relating to—</text><clause id="H07D40DC5A5C640FFA69A3E4D43D50992" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water quantity, water quality, water use, and water demand;</text></clause><clause id="HAE1D32B8094A4C35AAD1E999C138D6FD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">migratory bird and other wildlife populations, habitats, and ecology; </text></clause><clause id="H470D02E6FDF646C3B2E20C7111E31325" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annual lifecycle needs of migratory birds; and</text></clause><clause id="H578E005950534A5389F0133107AF0659" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental changes and other stressors, including climatic stressors;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD8C1D2098AE4D0FA07D1932590F5EDF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the plan should be implemented to address the scientific and informational needs described in subparagraph (A), including proposed activities, such as monitoring, data infrastructure needs, and development of tools necessary to implement the Program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B7DA7D7D3F24D769E30D4A0462AC604" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations and a cost assessment for the implementation of the plan; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF161920734CB4DC8B5CC084C1C3A844A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other matters as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDC17675D24446ACB182F68634490C00" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the work and implementation plan established under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97C43BFAA622452EB628A51725EA7918" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall implement the Program based on the information, findings, and recommendations contained in the work and implementation plan established under subsection (c). </text></subsection><subsection id="H42CBD06996744FD4AEF477EBD0B2AFE5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative agreements and grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into cooperative funding agreements with, or provide grants to, entities described in subsection (c)(2) for the purposes of—</text><paragraph id="HCBF2F47F0EED42CFBAD89590F1DDDCF4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participating in developing, or providing information to inform the development of, the work and implementation plan under subsection (c);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6567DA6468954A3EABC6E66EB8E9067E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out assessments and monitoring of water quality, quantity, use, and demand under the Program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H440D4BBA29DA4361A22A8A6495AFBD29" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out ecological, biological, and avian assessments and monitoring under the Program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H163C929032D247839F3F16792E1A53A7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The work and implementation plan established under subsection (c)(1) shall not affect—</text><paragraph id="H391E15157D0840B4A0F152C43D403960" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any interstate water compacts in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including full development of any apportionment made in accordance with those compacts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF93F48DCE72F4743BCA9369955412127" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">valid and existing water rights in any State located wholly or partially within the Great Basin;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D2B7ABDF45B4380B7D3DF54E2A39C1A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water rights held by the United States in the Great Basin; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H973F2CB117B74A409C6FA3BAF62484C3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the management and operation of Bear Lake or Stewart Dam, including the storage, management, and release of water.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6DAADF31F7EB4F3C96D0832A98E4B710" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027.</text></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Speaker of the House of Representatives</role></attestation-group><attestation-group><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate</role></attestation-group></attestation></bill>
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