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TESTiMOhfY OF Red Lake CHAmNUN Gerald F. Brun, February 18, 1993 



Before the House Native American Affairs Subcommittee 



Regarding Tribal Fish and Wildlife Conservation Legislation 



1 per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-sixth of 1 per 



2 centum, and for the Virgin Islands one-sixth of 1 per centum, and for the combined total of 



3 all of said tribal governments 2-and-one-quarter per centum, of the total amount 



4 apportioned, in any one year, but the Secretary shall in no event require any of said 



5 cooperating agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any 



6 project , nor require any of said tribal governments to pay any amount toward the cost of any 



7 project . Any unexpended or unobligated balance of any apportionment made pursuant to 



8 this section shall be available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 



9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,-e^the Virgin Islands, or by said tribal 



10 governments, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any approved project, and if 



1 1 unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available for 



12 expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the Migratory 



13 Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C.A. § 715 et seq.]. 



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