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'• This agreement is entered inl rsuant to the Endangered Species Act, F c Law 93-205, and the Fish , and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934 as amended, including Public Law o5-624, and appiicable laws of the States ofColorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. SECTION B. STATEMENT OF WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES B.1. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AS A CONTRACTING AGENT a. The Foundation will become the Governance Committee' s contracting agent for the Executive Director, s contract, and contracts in support of Subcommittee tasks.. A detailed description of such services shall be negotiated in advance by the Governance Committee, the Executive Director, and the Foundation, but in general terms, the Foundation shall be responsible only for the financial aspects of the Executive Director, s relationship with the Governance Committee; all supervisory and related responsibilities shall be retained by the Governance Committee. The estimated amounts of funds budgeted to perform these services are shown on Attachment IV. b. The Foundation and the Governance Committee may identify additional support services to be performed by the Foundation for the Governance Committee, such as fund raising. The Foundation shall not enter into any contract without Governance Committee authorization or any contract that commits the States or Federal Government to expenditure of funds that exceed the amount authorized by the Governance Committee. All such contracts shalt include language which is acceptable to each party to this agreement and which conditions the contract on the continuing availability of funds from the parties.. The Governance Committee, or the Executive Director, to the extent authorized by the Governance Committee, will review and approve all proposed contracts. The States and Federal Government may provide technical assistance to the Foundation on an as-needed basis to assist in development of contracts. B.2. ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS a. Except as otherwise directed by the Governance Committee, the Foundation will collect all cash contributions received to perform the work required under this Agreement. Except as otherwise directed by the Governance Committee, Contributions requested will reflect each Reclamation and each Party's share of total costs as shown in B.2.g. below. b. Contributions made by each state shall go into its separate account held by the Foundation. Advances will be made into this account by that state on a periodic (generally quarterly) basis at rates equal to at least that state's share of the Governance Committee's expected obligations for the upcoming period, less any unexpended or unobligated amount remaining from previous advances. At tetmination of this agreement, any funds remaining in contribution accounts at the time of such termination, except to the extent necessary to cover costs properly incurred prior ta such termination, shall be returned to the app(icable parties. Such contributions may be invested by the Foundation in money market, certificate of deposit, or other interest guaranteed and insured accounts. Interest earnings from each such investment shall be credited to the applicable state' s account to reduce the amount of that state's next quarterly advance. c. Reclamation's contributions shall go into a separate account held by the Foundation. Advances will be made into this account on a periodic (generally quarterly) basis at rates equal to at least the expected federal share of obligations for the upcoming period. Such contributions may be invested by the Foundation in money market, certificate of deposit, or other interest Page 5 of 26