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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 497
109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2nd Session SENATE 109-270
GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT
OF 2006
JUNE 27, 2006.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[to accompany S. 2430]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred a bill (S. 2430) to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wild-
life Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for implementation of rec-
ommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service con-
tained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 (Pub-
lic Law 101-537) was enacted November 8, 1990 to establish goals
for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) programs
operated in the Great Lakes and requires the Service to undertake
a number of activities specifically related to fishery resources, in-
cluding:
* conducting a study by October 1, 1994, of the status of, and
the assessment, management, and restoration needs of, the fishery
resources of the basin, and develop proposals to implement rec-
ommendations resulting from the study;
* inviting the Secretary of the Army, the affected State direc-
tors, Indian tribes, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Canadian
government entities, and others to enter into a Memorandum of
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