102 STAT. 2312
PUBLIC LAW 100-478—OCT. 7, 1988
(9) SEA TURTLE COORDINATION.—In order to coordinate the protection, conservation, reproductive, educational and recovery efforts with respect to each of the relevant species of sea turtles in accordance with existing law, the National Marine Fisheries Service shall designate an individual as Sea Turtle Coordinator to establish and carry out an effective, long-term sea turtle recovery program. (10) PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION.—Section 8 is intended to assist the Secretary in making recommendations and in carrying out his duties under law, including the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and nothing herein affects, modifies or alters the Secretary's powers or responsibilities to review, determine or redetermine, at any time, his obligations under law. (11) DEFINITIGNS.—For the purposes of this section, the terms: (i) "relevant species of sea turtles" means the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, United States breeding populations of the loggerhead, the leatherback, and the green sea turtle, and other signMcant breeding populations of the loggerhead, the leatherback and the green sea turtle; (ii) "status" means whether a given species of turtle is endangered, threatened or recovered; (iii) "size" means the size of a given species of sea turtle; and (iv) "age and sex structure" shall be considered to mean the distribution of juveniles, subadults and adults within a given species or population of sea turtles, and males and females within a given species or population of sea turtles. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce $1,500,000 through fiscal year 1989 to carry out this section. SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 15 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1542) is amended to read as follows: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
"SEC. 15. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections (h)( (c), and (d), there are authorized to be appropriated— "(1) not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, $36,500,000 for fiscal year 1989, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, $39,500,000 for fiscal year 1991, and $41,500,000 for fiscal year 1992 to enable the Department of the Interior to carry out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under this Act* "(2) not to exceed $5,750,000 for fiscal year 1988, $6,250,000 for each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990, and $6,750,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 and 1992 to enable the Department of Commerce to carry out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under this Act; and "(3) not to exceed $2,200,000 for fiscal year 1988, $2,400,000 for each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990, and $2,600,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 and 1992, to enable the Department of Agriculture to carry out its functions and responsibilities with respect to the enforcement of this Act and the (Convention which pertain to the importation or exportation of plants.
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