Fish Habitat Partnerships

The Board may recommend to Congress the designation of Fish Habitat Partnerships in accordance with this section. The purposes of a Partnership shall be— An entity seeking to be designated by Congress as a Partnership shall— demonstrate to the Board that the entity has— The Board may recommend to Congress for designation an application for a Partnership submitted under subsection (c) if the Board determines that the applicant— includes a governance structure that— Not later than February 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after October 30, 2020, and, subject to paragraph (3), each February 1 thereafter, the Board shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report, to be entitled “Report to Congress on Future Fish Habitat Partnerships and Modifications”, that— identifies each entity that— with respect to each entity recommended for designation as a Partnership, describes, to the maximum extent practicable— The Board shall— The Board shall only submit a report required under paragraph (1) in the fiscal years in which the Board is proposing modifications to, or new designations of, 1 or more Partnerships. Congress shall have the exclusive authority to designate or modify a Partnership. A Partnership designation or modification the Board recommends to Congress shall be deemed to be approved by Congress if Congress does not pass a joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the designation or modification by the date that is 90 days after the date on which the relevant congressional committees receive such recommendation. Not later than 5 years after October 30, 2020, any partnership receiving Federal funds as of October 30, 2020, shall be subject to a designation review by Congress in which Congress shall have the opportunity to designate the partnership under subsection (f). A partnership referred to in paragraph (1) that Congress does not designate as described in that paragraph shall be ineligible to receive Federal funds under this chapter.