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Testimony of Red Uke Chairman Gerald F. Brun, February 18, 1993 



Before the House Native American Affairs Subcommittee 



Regarding Tribal Fish and Wildlife Conservation Legislation 



1 third of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-third of 1 per centum, for the 



2 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-third of 1 per centum, an4-for the 



3 Virgin Islands one-third of 1 per centum, and for the combined total of all of said tribal 



4 governments 2-and-one-quarter per centum, of the total amount apportioned in any one 



5 year, but the Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperating agencies to pay an 



6 amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any project nor require any of said 



7 tribal governments to pay any amount toward the cost of any project . Any unexpended or 



8 unobligated balance of any apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be available 



9 for expenditure in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the 



10 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,-ef-the Virgin Islands, or by said tribal 



1 1 governments, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if 



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



13 expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying on the research program of the Fish 



14 and Wildlife Service in respect to fish of material value for sport or recreation. For 



15 purposes of this section, the apportionments made to Indian tribes shall be a djusted 



16 equitably so that no tribe shall receive less than one-quarter of 1 per centum nor more than 



17 5 per centum of the total amount apportioned to Indian tribes. For purp oses of section 



18 777e of this chapter, the Secretary may finance up to 100 per centum of the to tal costs: 



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