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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2693 

To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary 

of the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to 

address critical great ape conservation needs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2005 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. BAIRD) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to provide project grants 

and emergency assistance to address critical great ape 

conservation needs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Ape Conserva5 tion Reauthorization Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. USE OF GREAT APE CONSERVATION FUND TO SUP2 PORT CONSERVATION NEEDS ARISING FROM 

3 THE 2004 TSUNAMI. 

4 Section 5(b) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 

5 U.S.C. 6304(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(3) USE TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION NEEDS

8 ARISING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI.—In addition to 

9 the other uses authorized under this subsection, the 

10 Secretary may use amounts in the Fund to provide 

11 emergency financial and technical assistance to ad12 dress critical great ape conservation needs in Aceh 

13 Province, Indonesia, arising from the tsunami of De14 cember 2004, including for the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) To support the Aceh provincial na16 ture conservation department in activities to re17 store institutional capacity, equipment replace18 ment, and conservation personnel training. 

19 ‘‘(B) To integrate wildlife habitat and bio20 diversity conservation into post-disaster recov21 ery programs and activities. 

22 ‘‘(C) To strengthen the Aceh provincial na23 ture conservation department to protect signifi24 cant great ape habitat. 

25 ‘‘(D) To support efforts to identify and 

26 provide alternative sustainable sources of tim-
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1 ber resources for re-building materials to limit 

2 and reduce unsustainable logging practices and 

3 great ape forest habitat loss.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF PROJECTS TO ADDRESS ROOT 

5 CAUSES OF THREATS TO APES IN RANGE 

6 STATES. 

7 Section 4(d) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 

8 U.S.C. 6303(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

9 semicolon at the end of paragraph (4), by striking the pe10 riod at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 

11 by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(6) address root causes of threats to great 

13 apes in range states, including illegal bushmeat 

14 trade, diseases, lack of regional capacity for con15 servation, and habitat loss due to natural disas16 ters.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. MEETINGS OF PANEL. 

18 Section 4(i) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 

19 U.S.C. 6303(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: ‘‘The Secretary shall convene such panel by not 

21 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 the Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization and Tsunami 

23 Assistance Act of 2005, and quadrennially thereafter. The 

24 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.) shall not 

25 apply to such panel.’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

2 Section 5(b)(2) of the Great Ape Conservation Act 

3 (16 U.S.C. 6304(b)(2)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘expanded’’ and inserting ‘‘ex5 pended’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$100,000’’. 

8 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 Section 6 of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 

10 U.S.C. 6305) is amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 

11 2005.’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010, of which 

12 $1,000,000 may be used to provide emergency assistance 

13 under section 4(d)(6) or 5(b)(3).’’. 

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