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“listen to these words. They tell us why this legislation is urgently needed. ``We don't want legislation to put us in a tighter box. If another need for this money comes up in the future, we want to be able to direct money to do it,'' says the deputy director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service about this bill in the March 2000 issue of Outdoor Life. The deputy director's words were a plea for help and this bill answers that plea. Those who oversee this program still want to use wildlife and sport fish money, paid by sportsmen, to create slush accounts and fund other unauthorized needs. This bill assists the Fish and Wildlife Service in their administration of the programs by providing clear direction on what they can do when administering these wildlife and sport fish trust accounts. The bill eliminates the broad discretionary authority that supposedly gave them the permission to spend wildlife and sport fish trust accounts on things like slush funds and other unnecessary foreign travel. This bill prevents abuses and protects the trust funds. This bill does not choke the administration of the wildlife and fish trust accounts. It makes them lean, and it makes them manage the money accountably. This bill maintains the integrity of the two acts by ensuring the funds will be used for true administration by authorizing exactly what the administration funds may be spent on.”