109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 518

AN ACT

To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine the Department of the Interior program for providing assistance 

for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds.

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Neotropical Migratory 

3 Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD 

5 CONSERVATION ACT. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(1) of the Neotropical Mi7 gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101(1)) is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘but breed in Canada and the 

9 United States’’ after ‘‘the Caribbean’’. 

10 (b) PURPOSES.—Section 3(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

11 6102(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ after 

12 ‘‘United States,’’. 

13 (c) DEFINITION OF CARIBBEAN.—Section 4 of such 

14 Act (16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended—

15 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

16 paragraphs (3) and (5), respectively; 

17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(2) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘Caribbean’ in20 cludes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is21 lands.’’; and 

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so re23 designated, the following: 

24 ‘‘(4) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the 

25 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund es26 tablished by section 9(a).’’. 
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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS TO ENHANCE

2 CONSERVATION IN CANADA.—Section 5(c)(2) of such Act 

3 (16 U.S.C. 6104(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Can4 ada,’’ after ‘‘the United States,’’. 

5 (e) COST SHARING.—Section 5(e) of such Act (16 

6 U.S.C. 6104(e)) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2) by amending subpara10 graph (B) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.—

12 ‘‘(i) PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

13 STATES AND CANADA.—The non-Federal 

14 share required to be paid for a project car15 ried out in the United States or Canada 

16 shall be paid in cash. 

17 ‘‘(ii) PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA

18 AND THE CARIBBEAN.—The non-Federal 

19 share required to be paid for a project car20 ried out in Latin America or the Caribbean 

21 may be paid in cash or in kind.’’. 

22 (f) ADVISORY GROUP.—

23 (1) COMPOSITION.—Section 7(b)(1) of such Act 

24 (16 U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the 

25 end the following: ‘‘The advisory group as a whole 
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1 shall have expertise in the methods and procedures 

2 set forth in section 4(2) in each country and region 

3 of the Western Hemisphere’’. 

4 (2) ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONVENE.—The Sec5 retary of the Interior is encouraged to convene an 

6 advisory group under section 7(b)(1) of such Act by 

7 not later than 6 months after the effective date of 

8 this Act. This paragraph shall not be considered to 

9 authorize delay of the schedule previously estab10 lished by the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv11 ice for the submission, judging, and awarding of 

12 grants. 

13 (g) REPORT.—Section 8 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

14 6107) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2002,’’ and in15 serting ‘‘2 years after the date of the enactment of the 

16 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement 

17 Act of 2006’’. 

18 (h) NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

19 FUND.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of such Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 6108) is amended by striking so much as 

22 precedes subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 9. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 

2 FUND. 

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

4 Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the 

5 ‘Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund’. The 

6 Fund shall consist of amounts deposited into the Fund 

7 by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—The Secretary of 

9 the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund—

10 ‘‘(1) all amounts received by the Secretary in 

11 the form of donations under subsection (d); and 

12 ‘‘(2) other amounts appropriated to the Fund.’’. 

13 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 

14 9(c)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6108(c)(2)) is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$150,000’’. 

17 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 

18 amended further as follows: 

19 (A) In section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6103), by 

20 striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(1) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the 

23 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund es24 tablished by section 9(a).’’. 

25 (B) In section 9(d) (16 U.S.C. 6108(d)), 

26 by striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Fund’’. 
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1 (4) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

2 may transfer to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Con3 servation Fund amounts that were in the 

4 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Account 

5 immediately before the enactment of this Act. 

6 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 10 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6109) is amended to read as 

8 follows: 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

10 the first sentence; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal 

12 years 2001 through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 

13 of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 the amount speci14 fied for that fiscal year in subsection (b)’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT.—The amount referred 

17 to in subsection (a) is—

18 ‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

19 and 2007; 

20 ‘‘(2) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

21 ‘‘(3) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

22 ‘‘(4) $6,500,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

23 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

24 this section may remain available until expended. 
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1 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—Of amounts appropriated under 

2 this section for each fiscal year, not less than 75 percent 

3 shall be expended for projects carried out outside the 

4 United States.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2006. 

Attest:

Clerk. 
109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 518

AN ACT

To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine 

neotropical migratory birds.viding assistance for the conservation of the Department of the Interior program for pro-