Calendar No. 615

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4308

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying

other purposes.Act for fiscal years 1995 through 1998, and forout the North American Wetlands Conservation

SEPTEMBER 21 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Read twice and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 615

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4308

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 19 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Received

SEPTEMBER 21 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Read twice and placed on the calendar

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the

North American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal

years 1995 through 1998, 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 ‘‘North American Wet5 lands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. MATCHING, REPORTING, AND REVISING REQUIRE2 MENTS.

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

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

5 4407(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following

6 new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a project carried out in Mex7 ico, the non-Federal share of the United States contribu8 tion to the costs of the project may include cash contribu9 tions from non-United States sources that are used to pay

10 costs of the project.’’.

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

12 Act (16 U.S.C. 4409(a)(1)) is amended in subparagraph

13 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, in subpara14 graph (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’,

15 and by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(D) wetlands conservation projects funded

17 under this Act, listed and identified by type,

18 conservation mechanism (such as acquisition,

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

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

21 U.S.C. 4410) is amended—

22 (1) in the first sentence—

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

24 ‘‘1998’’; and

25 (B) by inserting ‘‘and Mexico’’ after ‘‘Can26 ada’’; and
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1 (2) by striking the second sentence.

2 SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON3 SERVATION.

4 The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16

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

6 the following new section:

7 ‘‘SEC. 19. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON8 SERVATION.

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

10 cooperation with the Council, to further the purposes of

11 the Act shall—

12 ‘‘(1) develop and implement a strategy to assist

13 in the implementation of this Act in conserving the

14 full complement of North American wetlands sys15 tems and species dependent on those systems, that

16 incorporates information existing on the date of the

17 issuance of the strategy in final form on types of

18 wetlands habitats and species dependent on the

19 habitats; and

20 ‘‘(2) develop and implement procedures to mon21 itor and evaluate the effectiveness of wetlands con22 servation projects completed under this Act.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALLO2 CATIONS 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: ‘‘$20,000,000 for

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

9 each of fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.

10 SEC. 5. CONSERVATION OF COASTAL WETLANDS.

11 Section 306(c) of the Coastal Wetlands Planning,

12 Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955(c)) is

13 amended by inserting ‘‘in coastal wetlands ecosystems’’

14 after ‘‘wetlands conservation projects’’.

15 SEC. 6. WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

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

17 et seq.) is amended—

18 (1) in section 7103(3) (16 U.S.C. 3742(3)) by

19 inserting ‘‘the States and of’’ after ‘‘under the lead20 ership of’’;

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

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

23 follows:

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

25 the government agency, department, or division of

26 any State that is empowered under the laws of the
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1 State to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised

2 by a State fish and wildlife agency.’’;

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

4 5(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7105(g)’’;

5 (C) in paragraph (8)(A) by striking the pe6 riod and inserting a semicolon; and

7 (D) in paragraph (8)(C) by—

8 (i) striking ‘‘section 3(5)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘section 3(6)’’; and

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

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

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

13 (A) redesignating paragraph (8) as para14 graph (9); and

15 (B) inserting after paragraph (7) the fol16 lowing:

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

18 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

19 of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern

20 Mariana Islands, Guam, the United States Virgin

21 Islands, or American Samoa.’’;

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

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

24 after the semicolon;
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1 (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’

2 and inserting a period; and

3 (C) by striking paragraph (5);

4 (5) in section 7105 (16 U.S.C. 3744) by

5 amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

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

7 ‘‘(1) STATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each fis8 cal year of each project carried out with amounts

9 provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at

least 1 10 ⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from State, non11 Federal sources, except that if designated State

12 agencies from 2 or more States cooperate in imple13 menting such a project at least 30 percent shall be

14 paid with amounts from such State, non-Federal

15 sources. Payments required by this paragraph may

16 not be in the form of an in-kind contribution.

17 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each

18 fiscal year of each project carried out with amounts

19 provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at

least 1 20 ⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from voluntary

21 contributions by private entities or persons, except

22 that if designated State agencies from 2 or more

23 States cooperate in implementing such a project, at

24 least 30 percent shall be paid from such sources.

25 Subject to the approval of the Secretary, such con-
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1 tributions for a project may be in the form of, but

2 are not required to be limited to, private cash dona3 tions, and the contribution of materials, equipment,

4 or services necessary for the project.’’;

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

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

7 follows:

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

9 amounts appropriated to the Secretary for deposit to the

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

11 to the Secretary to defray the costs of administering this

12 chapter and evaluating wildlife conservation and apprecia13 tion projects.’’; and

14 (B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);

15 and

16 (7) in section 7105(h) (16 U.S.C. 3744(h))—

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

18 ‘‘1998’’; and

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

20 contributions made to the Fund by the National

21 Fish and Wildlife Foundation’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 13,

1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.