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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2408 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2408

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

                                 An Act

 
  To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer 
 programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and 
                           for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer 
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY 
              PARTNERSHIPS UNDER FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956.

    Section 7(f) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742f(f)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out subsections 
(b), (c), (d), and (e) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2009.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS UNDER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
              VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 
              1998.

    Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and 
Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f note) is 
amended--
        (1) in the heading by striking ``Pilot'';
        (2) by striking ``pilot project'' each place it appears and 
    inserting ``project'';
        (3) in paragraph (1) by striking ``, but not more than 20 pilot 
    projects nationwide'';
        (4) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by striking ``pilot projects'' and inserting 
        ``projects''; and
            (B) by striking ``after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act'' and inserting ``after the date of the enactment of the 
        National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Act of 2004, and every 3 
        years thereafter''; and
        (5) in paragraph (4) by striking ``each of fiscal years 1999 
    through 2002'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year through fiscal 
    year 2009''.

SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.

    Section 7(d)(2)(A) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742f(d)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, 
        United States Code, the Secretary of the Interior may negotiate 
        and enter into a cooperative agreement with a partner 
        organization, academic institution, State or local government 
        agency, or other person to implement one or more projects or 
        programs for a refuge or complex of geographically related 
        refuges in accordance with the purposes of this subsection and 
        in compliance with the policies of other relevant authorities, 
        regulations, and policy guidance.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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