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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2208 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 374
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2208

                          [Report No. 113-501]

 To extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry 
 out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American 
          Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

  Mr. Wittman (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. King of 
    Iowa, and Mr. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                             June 30, 2014

Additional sponsors: Mr. Joyce, Mr. Young of Alaska, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
       Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Boustany, and Mr. DeFazio

                             June 30, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 
                                 2013]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry 
 out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American 
          Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.

 

    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 ``North American Wetlands Conservation 
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking ``not to exceed--'' and all that 
follows through paragraph (5) and inserting ``not to exceed $35,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR FEE TITLE ACQUISITION.

    (a) Limitation.--Section 6 of the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4405) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Limitation on Expenditures for Land Acquisition.--Amounts 
appropriated under the authority of this Act may not be used--
            ``(1) by the Secretary to acquire fee title to land on 
        behalf of the United States;
            ``(2) by the Secretary to acquire fee title to any land 
        from a third party who used funds appropriated under the 
        authority of this Act to acquire fee title to that land unless 
        the Secretary can certify that the Secretary has sufficient 
        available funds to properly manage and maintain the land being 
        acquired, including the provision of access for hunting; or
            ``(3) by a nongovernment organization to acquire fee title 
        to land within the United States unless the acquisition is 
        approved by the State or insular area fish and wildlife agency 
        with jurisdiction with respect to that land.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to any specific land acquisition required by 
contract or other agreement entered into before the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

    Section 10(2) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 4409(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) an annual assessment of the status of wetlands 
        conservation projects, including an accounting of--
                    ``(A) expenditures by Federal, State, and other 
                United States entities;
                    ``(B) expenditures made for fee-simple acquisition 
                of Federal lands in the United States; and
                    ``(C) expenditures by Canadian and Mexican sources 
                to carry out wetland projects funded under this Act.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 374

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2208

                          [Report No. 113-501]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry 
 out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American 
          Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 30, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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