Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/674

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114 STAT. 1772 PUBLIC LAW 106-408—NOV. 1, 2000 amounts under subsection (b) to supplement the funding of any function for which general appropriations are made for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other entity of the Department of the Interior. " (d) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall procure the performance of biennial audits, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of expenditures and obligations of amounts used by the Secretary of the Interior for expenses for administration incurred in implementation of this Act. " (2) AUDITOR.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —^An audit under this subsection shall be performed under a contract that is awarded under competitive procedures (as defined in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement PoHcy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)) by a person or entity that is not associated in any way with the Department of the Interior (except by way of a contract for the performance of an audit or other review). " (Bj SUPERVISION OF AUDITOR.—The auditor selected under subparagraph (A) shall report to, and be supervised by, the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, except that the auditor shall submit a copy of the biennial audit findings to the Secretary of the Interior at the time at which the findings are submitted to the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior. "(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall promptly submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate— "(A) a report on the results of each audit under this subsection; and "(B) a copy of each audit under this subsection.", (c) EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.— Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(g) EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, of the amounts appropriated under section 3, the Secretary of the Interior shall use only funds authorized for use under subsections (a), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B), and (c) to pay the expenses for administration incurred in carrying out the provisions of law referred to in those subsections, respectively. "(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior may use not more than $900,000 in accordance with paragraph (1).". SEC. 122. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. —The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act is amended— (1) by striking the section 13 relating to effective date (16 U.S.C. 777 note) and inserting the following: 16 USC 777m. "SEC. 14. MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM. "(a) IN GENERAL. — "(1) AMOUNT FOR GRANTS. —Of the balance of each annual appropriation made under section 3 remaining after the distribution and use under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section