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Union Calendar No. 230 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 518 

[Report No. 109–421] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2005 

Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

APRIL 25, 2006 

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 February 2, 2005] 

A BILL 

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 SEC. 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 Migra7 tory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101(1)) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘but breed in Canada and the United States’’ 

9 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 ‘‘United 

12 States,’’. 

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

14 (16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended by redesignating paragraphs 

15 (2) and (3) in order as paragraphs (3) and (4), and by 

16 inserting paragraph (1) the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘Caribbean’ includes 

18 Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.’’. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATIONOF PROJECTS TO ENHANCE CON20 SERVATIONIN CANADA.—Section 5(c)(2) of such Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 6104(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ 

22 after ‘‘the United States,’’. 

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

24 U.S.C. 6104(e)) is amended— 

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

26 and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2) by amending subparagraph 

2 (B) to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.— 

4 ‘‘(i) PROJECTS INTHE UNITED STATES

5 AND CANADA.—The non-Federal share re6 quired to be paid for a project carried out 

7 in the United States or Canada shall be 

8 paid in cash. 

9 ‘‘(ii) PROJECTS INLATINAMERICA AND

10 THE CARIBBEAN.—The non-Federal share 

11 required to be paid for a project carried out 

12 in Latin America or the Caribbean may be 

13 paid in cash or in kind.’’. 

14 (f) ADVISORY GROUP.— 

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

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

17 end the following: ‘‘The advisory group as a whole 

18 shall have expertise in the methods and procedures set 

19 forth in section 4(2) in each country and region of the 

20 Western Hemisphere.’’. 

21 (2) ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONVENE.—The Sec22 retary of the Interior is encouraged to convene an ad23 visory group under section 7(b)(1) of such Act by not 

24 later than 6 months after the effective date of this Act. 

25 This paragraph shall not be considered to authorize 


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1 delay of the schedule previously established by the 

2 United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the sub3 mission, judging, and awarding of grants. 

4 (g) REPORT.—Section 8 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6107) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2002,’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘2 years after the date of the enactment of the Neotropical 

7 Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006,’’. 

8 (h) NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

9 FUND.— 

10 (1) INGENERAL.—Section 9 of such Act (16 

11 U.S.C. 6108) is amended by striking so much as pre12 cedes subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 9. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 

14 FUND. 

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

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

17 ‘Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund’. The Fund 

18 shall consist of amounts deposited into the Fund by the Sec19 retary of the Treasury under subsection (b). 

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

21 Treasury shall deposit into the Fund— 

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

23 form of donations under subsection (d); and 

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


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1 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 

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

3 by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’ . 

4 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 

5 amended further as follows: 

6 (A) In section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6103), by strik7 ing paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

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

9 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund estab10 lished by section 9(a).’’. 

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

12 striking ‘‘Account’’ and inserting ‘‘Fund’’. 

13 (4) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

14 may transfer to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Con15 servation Fund amounts that were in the Neotropical 

16 Migratory Bird Conservation Account immediately 

17 before the enactment of this Act. 

18 (i) AUTHORIZATIONOF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 10 

19 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6109) is amended— 

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

21 first sentence; 

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

23 years 2001 through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of 

24 fiscal years 2006 through 2010 the amount specified 

25 for that fiscal year in subsection (b)’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT.—The amount referred to 

3 in subsection (a) is— 

4 ‘‘(1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 and 

5 2007; 

6 ‘‘(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

7 ‘‘(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

8 ‘‘(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 

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

10 this section may remain available until expended. 

11 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—Of amounts appropriated under 

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

13 shall be expended for projects carried out outside the United 

14 States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 230 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 518 

[Report No. 109

–421] 

A BILL 

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 proAPRIL 25, 2006 

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


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