#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,in   
the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41
  ,december #ab1 #bjbb  ,,amendment3    
,that the bill from the ,senate 7,s4    
#adff7 entitled ,an ,act to authorize   
the ,director of the ,united ,states    
,geological ,survey to establish a      
regional program to assess1 monitor1 and
 benefit the hydrology of saline lakes  
in the ,great ,basin and the migratory  
birds and other wildlife dependent on   
those habitats1 and for other purposes41
 do pass with the following ,strike out 
all after the enacting clause and       
insert3  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,saline ,lake          
,ecosystems in the ,great ,basin ,states
 ,program ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,saline   
,lake ,ecosystems in the ,great ,basin  
,states ,assessment and ,monitoring     
,program  7a7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3  7#a7 ,program ,the term       
,program means the ,saline ,lake        
,ecosystems in the ,great ,basin ,states
 ,assessment and ,monitoring ,program   

established under subsection 7b74  7#b7 
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 acting 
through the ,director of the ,united    
,states ,geological ,survey4  7b7       
,establishment ,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   
ecosystems1 migratory birds1 and other  
wildlife4  7c7 ,work and implementation 
plan  7#a7 ,in general ,under the       
,program1 the ,secretary1 in            
coordination with the ,director of the  
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service and the entities described in  
paragraph 7#b71 shall establish a       
multiyear work and implementation plan  
to assess1 monitor1 and conserve saline 

lake ecosystems in the ,great ,basin and
 the migratory birds and other wildlife 
that depend on those ecosystems4  7#b7  
,coordinating entities ,the entities    
referred to in paragraph 7#a7 include-- 
7,a7 ,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1 and     
local agencies2  7,b7 institutions of   
higher education2  7,c7 nonprofit       
organizations2 and  7,d7 other local    
stakeholders4  7#c7 ,inclusions ,the    
work and implementation plan established
 under paragraph 7#a7 shall include--   
7,a7 a synthesis of available           
information1 literature1 and data1 and  
an assessment of scientific and         
informational needs1 relating to-- 7i7  
water quantity1 water quality1 water    
use1 and water demand2  7ii7 migratory  
bird and other wildlife populations1    
habitats1 and ecology2  7iii7 annual    
lifecycle needs of migratory birds2 and 
7iv7 environmental changes and other    
stressors1 including climatic stressors2
  7,b7 a description of how the plan    
should be implemented to address the    

scientific and informational needs      
described in subparagraph 7,a71         
including proposed activities1 such as  
monitoring1 data infrastructure needs1  
and development of tools necessary to   
implement the ,program2  7,c7           
recommendations and a cost assessment   
for the implementation of the plan2 and 
7,d7 such other matters as the          
,secretary determines to be appropriate4
  7#d7 ,report ,not later than #a year  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to    
,congress a report describing the work  
and implementation plan established     
under paragraph 7#a74  7d7              
,implementation ,the ,secretary shall   
implement the ,program based on the     
information1 findings1 and              
recommendations contained in the work   
and implementation plan established     
under subsection 7c74  7e7 ,cooperative 
agreements and grants ,the ,secretary   
may enter into cooperative funding      
agreements with1 or provide grants to1  

entities described in subsection 7c77#b7
 for the purposes of-- 7#a7             
participating in developing1 or         
providing information to inform the     
development of1 the work and            
implementation plan under subsection    
7c72  7#b7 carrying out assessments and 
monitoring of water quality1 quantity1  
use1 and demand under the ,program2 and 
7#c7 carrying out ecological1           
biological1 and avian assessments and   
monitoring under the ,program4  7f7     
,effect ,the work and implementation    
plan established under subsection       
7c77#a7 shall not affect-- 7#a7 any     
interstate water compacts in existence  
on the date of enactment of this ,act1  
including full development of any       
apportionment made in accordance with   
those compacts2  7#b7 valid and existing
 water rights in any ,state located     
wholly or partially within the ,great   
,basin2  7#c7 water rights held by the  
,united ,states in the ,great ,basin2   
and  7#d7 the management and operation  

of ,bear ,lake or ,stewart ,dam1        
including the storage1 management1 and  
release of water4  7g7 ,authorization of
 appropriations ,there is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out the        
,program #e1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  
years #bjbb through #bjbg4  ,clerk4