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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 335 

To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and 

Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act 

of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine 

Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. PIERLUISI) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the 

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the 

Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great 

Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle 

Conservation Act of 2004, 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 ‘‘Multinational Species 

5 Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT CON2 SERVATION ACT. 

3 Section 2306(a) of the African Elephant Conserva4 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 4245(a)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 

6 2020’’. 

7 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF RHINOCEROS AND TIGER 

8 CONSERVATION ACT OF 1994. 

9 Section 10(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva10 tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306(a)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 

12 2020’’. 

13 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANT CON14 SERVATION ACT OF 1997. 

15 Section 8(a) of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act 

16 of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4266(a)) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 

18 2020’’. 

19 SEC. 5. AMENDMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF GREAT 

20 APE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2000. 

21 The Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 is amended 

22 as follows: 

23 (1) MULTIYEAR GRANTS.—In section 4 (16 

24 U.S.C. 6303), by adding at the end the following 

25 new subsections: 

26 ‘‘(j) MULTIYEAR GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

2 a multiyear grant under this section to a person who 

3 is otherwise eligible for a grant under this section, 

4 to carry out a project that the person demonstrates 

5 is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for 

6 great apes and their habitats. 

7 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL GRANTS NOT AFFECTED.—This 

8 subsection shall not be construed as precluding the 

9 Secretary from awarding grants on an annual 

10 basis.’’. 

11 (2) PANEL OF EXPERTS.—In section 4(i) (16 

12 U.S.C. 6303(i))— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by— 

14 (i) striking ‘‘Every 2 years’’ and in15 serting ‘‘Within one year after the date of 

16 the enactment of the Multinational Species 

17 Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act 

18 of 2015, and every 5 years thereafter’’; 

19 (ii) striking ‘‘may convene’’ and in20 serting ‘‘shall convene’’; 

21 (iii) inserting ‘‘and priorities’’ after 

22 ‘‘needs’’; and 

23 (iv) adding at the end the following 

24 new sentence: ‘‘The panel shall, to the ex25 tent practicable, include representatives 


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1 from foreign range states with expertise in 

2 great ape conservation.’’; and 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

4 paragraph (4), and inserting after paragraph 

5 (1) the following new paragraphs: 

6 ‘‘(2) In identifying conservation needs and pri7 orities under paragraph (1), the panel shall consider 

8 relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies 

9 including scientific research and findings related 

10 to— 

11 ‘‘(A) the conservation needs and priorities 

12 of great apes; 

13 ‘‘(B) regional or species-specific action 

14 plans or strategies; 

15 ‘‘(C) applicable strategies developed or ini16 tiated by the Secretary; and 

17 ‘‘(D) any other applicable conservation 

18 plan or strategy. 

19 ‘‘(3) The Secretary, subject to the availability 

20 of appropriations, may pay expenses of convening 

21 and facilitating meetings of the panel.’’. 

22 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LIMITATION.— 

23 In section 5(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 6304(b)(2)), by strik24 ing ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 


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1 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

2 section 6 (16 U.S.C. 6305), by striking ‘‘2006 

3 through 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION OF MARINE 

5 TURTLE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2004. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Marine Turtle Conservation 

7 Act of 2004 is amended— 

8 (1) in sections 2(b) and 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 

9 6601(b), 6602(2)), by inserting ‘‘and territories of 

10 the United States’’ after ‘‘foreign countries’’ each 

11 place it occurs; 

12 (2) in section 3 (16 U.S.C. 6602) by adding at 

13 the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

15 The term ‘territory of the United States’ means each 

16 of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 

17 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

18 Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory 

19 or possession of the United States.’’; and 

20 (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6603)— 

21 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting 

22 ‘‘or territory of the United States’’ after ‘‘for23 eign country’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘and 

2 territories of the United States’’ after ‘‘foreign 

3 countries’’. 

4 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LIMITATION.—Sec5 tion 5(b)(2) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 

6 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6604(b)(2)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 

8 (c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 7 of the Marine 

9 Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6606) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2005 through 

11 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2016 through 

12 2020’’. 

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