Union Calendar No. 394

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4308

[Report No. 103–717]

A BILL

To amend the North American Wetlands Conservaprojects. tions under that Act for wetlands conservation tion Act to authorize appropriations for allocaSEPTEMBER 12, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 394

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4308

[Report No. 103–717]

To amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to authorize appropriations for allocations under that Act for wetlands conservation

projects.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 28, 1994

Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. WELDON, Mr. STUDDS, and Mr. FIELDS of

Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

SEPTEMBER 12, 1994

Reported with amendments, 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]

A BILL

To amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act

to authorize appropriations for allocations under that

Act for wetlands conservation projects.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AL2 LOCATIONS UNDER NORTH AMERICAN WET3 LANDS CONSERVATION ACT.

4 Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Con5 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all that follows through the end of the

7 sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘$15,000,000 for fis8 cal year 1994, $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995

9 and 1996, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 and

10 1998, and $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 and

11 2000.’’.

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North American Wet14 lands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994’’.

15 SEC. 2. MATCHING, REPORTING, AND REVISING REQUIRE16 MENTS.

17 (a) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 8(b) of the

18 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.

19 4407(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new

20 sentence: ‘‘In the case of a project carried out in Mexico,

21 the non-Federal share of the United States contribution to

22 the costs of the project may include cash contributions from

23 non-United States sources that are used to pay costs of the

24 project.’’.

25 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 10(1) of such Act

26 (16 U.S.C. 4409(a)(1)) is amended in subparagraph (B)
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1 by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, in subparagraph (C)

2 by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding

3 at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(D) wetlands conservation projects funded

5 under this Act, listed and identified by type,

6 conservation mechanism (such as acquisition,

7 easement, or lease), location, and duration.’’.

8 (c) REVISIONS TO PLAN.—Section 11 of such Act (16

9 U.S.C. 4410) is amended—

10 (1) in the first sentence—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘1991’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘1998’’; and

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘and Mexico’’ after ‘‘Can14 ada’’; and

15 (2) by striking the second sentence.

16 SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON17 SERVATION.

18 The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16

19 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

20 following new section:

21 ‘‘SEC. 19. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON22 SERVATION.

23 ‘‘Not later than January 31, 1996, the Secretary, in

24 cooperation with the Council, to further the purposes of the

25 Act shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) develop and implement a strategy to assist

2 in the implementation of this Act in conserving the

3 full complement of North American wetlands systems

4 and species dependent on those systems, that incor5 porates information existing on the date of the issu6 ance of the strategy in final form on types of wetlands

7 habitats and species dependent on the habitats; and

8 ‘‘(2) develop and implement procedures to mon9 itor and evaluate the effectiveness of wetlands con10 servation projects completed under this Act.’’.

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALLO12 CATIONS UNDER NORTH AMERICAN WET13 LANDS CONSERVATION ACT.

14 Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Con15 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking

16 ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all that follows through the end of the

17 sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘$20,000,000 for each

18 of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 and $30,000,000 for each of

19 fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.

20 SEC. 5. CONSERVATION OF COASTAL WETLANDS.

21 Section 306(c) of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Pro22 tection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955(c)) is amended

23 by inserting ‘‘in coastal wetlands ecosystems’’ after ‘‘wet24 lands conservation projects’’.
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1 SEC. 6. WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

2 The Partnerships For Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C. 3741 et

3 seq.) is amended—

4 (1) in section 7103(3) (16 U.S.C. 3742(3)) by in5 serting ‘‘the States and of’’ after ‘‘under the leader6 ship of’’;

7 (2) in section 7104 (16 U.S.C. 3743)—

8 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as

9 follows:

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘designated State agency’ means

11 the government agency, department, or division of

12 any State that is empowered under the laws of the

13 State to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised by

14 a State fish and wildlife agency.’’;

15 (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘section

16 5(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7105(g)’’;

17 (C) in paragraph (8)(A) by striking the pe18 riod and inserting a semicolon; and

19 (D) in paragraph (8)(C) by—

20 (i) striking ‘‘section 3(5)’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘section 3(6)’’; and

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(5))’’

23 and inserting ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(6))’’;

24 (3) in section 7104 (16 U.S.C. 3743) by—

25 (A) redesignating paragraph (8) as para26 graph (9); and
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1 (B) inserting after paragraph (7) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(8) The term ‘State’ means any of the 50

4 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

5 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern

6 Mariana Islands, Guam, the United States Virgin Is7 lands, or American Samoa.’’;

8 (4) in section 7105(d) (16 U.S.C. 3744(d))—

9 (A) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and’’

10 after the semicolon;

11 (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’

12 and inserting a period; and

13 (C) by striking paragraph (5);

14 (5) in section 7105 (16 U.S.C. 3744) by amend15 ing subsection (e) to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) STATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each fiscal

18 year of each project carried out with amounts pro19 vided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at least

1 20 ⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from State, non-Fed21 eral sources, except that if designated State agencies

22 from 2 or more States cooperate in implementing

23 such a project at least 30 percent shall be paid with

24 amounts from such State, non-Federal sources. Pay-
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1 ments required by this paragraph may not be in the

2 form of an in-kind contribution.

3 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each fis4 cal year of each project carried out with amounts pro5 vided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at least

1 6 ⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from voluntary con7 tributions by private entities or persons, except that

8 if designated State agencies from 2 or more States co9 operate in implementing such a project, at least 30

10 percent shall be paid from such sources. Subject to the

11 approval of the Secretary, such contributions for a

12 project may be in the form of, but are not required

13 to be limited to, private cash donations, and the con14 tribution of materials, equipment, or services nec15 essary for the project.’’;

16 (6) in section 7105(g) (16 U.S.C. 3744(g))—

17 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as

18 follows:

19 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deposit into the Fund

20 amounts appropriated to the Secretary for deposit to the

21 Fund, of which not more than 4 percent shall be available

22 to the Secretary to defray the costs of administering this

23 chapter and evaluating wildlife conservation and apprecia24 tion projects.’’; and

25 (B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and
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1 (7) in section 7105(h) (16 U.S.C. 3744(h))—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘1998’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘to match the amount of

5 contributions made to the Fund by the National

6 Fish and Wildlife Foundation’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize

appropriations to assist in carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal years 1995

through 1998, and for other purposes.’’.