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1 activities on or around Tribal lands. Endangered and Threatened 



2 plant and animal species such as the Florida Panther, Grizzly Bear, 



3 Black Footed Ferret, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Mexican Spotted 



4 Owl, and Apache Trout, are frequently found within Tribal 



5 jurisdictions and are Tribal resources. Mineral deposits such as coal, 



6 gas, oil, uranium and others are being removed from Tribal trust 



7 lands with no reinvestment of revenues for environmental 



8 rehabilitation nor financial reinvestment in fish, wildlife and 



9 recreation management programs for permanent renewable economic 



10 development opportunities to Tribal governments. 



11 Provisions under this section will devise a funding 



12 mechanism to incorporate permanent long term financial resources to 



13 consistently fund Tribal management initiatives. 



14 There will be authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 



15 annually for the maintenance of a permanent professional Tribal 



16 fish, wildlife and recreation management program. The Secretary of 



17 the Interior is hereby directed to develop a mechanism for direct 



18 funding of Tribal Governments for the purposes of carrying out the 



19 provisions of this Act. 



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