Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/2253

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118 STAT. 2223 PUBLIC LAW 108–384—OCT. 30, 2004 Plant and Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Oper ations Program shall establish and sustain funding for a Dis trict Office in Guam dedicated to brown tree snake control and managed by the Hawaii State Office. (5) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding related to the brown tree snake, including research conducted at institutions located in areas affected by the brown tree snake. (6) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding for the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center of the Department of Agriculture related to the brown tree snake, including the establishment of a field station in Guam related to the control and eradication of the brown tree snake. (7) Continuation, expansion, and provision of sustained research funding for the Fort Collins Science Center of the United States Geological Survey related to the brown tree snake, including the establishment of a field station in Guam related to the control and eradication of the brown tree snake. (8) Expansion of long term research into chemical, biological, and other control techniques that could lead to large scale reduction of brown tree snake populations in Guam or other areas where the brown tree snake might become estab lished. (9) Expansion of short, medium, and long term research, funded by all Federal agencies interested in or affected by the brown tree snake, into interdiction, detection, and early control of the brown tree snake. (10) Provision of planning assistance for the construction or renovation of centralized multi agency facilities in Guam to support Federal, State, and territorial brown tree snake control, interdiction, research and eradication efforts, including office space, laboratory space, animal holding facilities, and snake detector dog kennels. (11) Provision of technical assistance to the Freely Associ ated States on matters related to the brown tree snake through the mechanisms contained within a Compact of Free Association dealing with environmental, quarantine, economic, and human health issues. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this section (other than subsection (b)(10)) the following amounts: (1) For activities conducted through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Operations, not more than $2,600,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (2) For activities conducted through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Methods Development, not more than $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (3) For activities conducted through the Office of Insular Affairs, not more than $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (4) For activities conducted through the Fish and Wildlife Service, not more than $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.