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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1329 

To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2013 

Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 

California, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. MORAN, Mr. FARR, 

Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. BORDALLO, and 

Mr. GRIMM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To reauthorize 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 ‘‘Marine Turtle Con5 servation Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS PREVENTING FUND7 ING OF PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

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

9 Act of 2004 is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 6601(b)), by 

2 striking ‘‘in foreign countries’’; 

3 (2) in section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 6602(2))— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

5 (A), by striking ‘‘in foreign countries’’; and 

6 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘of 

7 foreign countries’’; and 

8 (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6603)— 

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

10 ‘‘State or’’ before ‘‘foreign country’’; and 

11 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘in for12 eign countries’’. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

14 6602) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(7) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

17 the several States of the United States, the District 

18 of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

19 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common20 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other 

21 territory or possession of the United States, and any 

22 Indian tribe. 

23 ‘‘(8) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United 

24 States’, when used in the geographic sense, means 

25 the several States of the United States, the District 


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1 of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

2 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common3 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other 

4 territory or possession of the United States and any 

5 waters within the jurisdiction of the United States’’. 

6 SEC. 3. PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

7 Section 5(b) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act 

8 of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6604(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.—Not 

14 less than 20 percent of the amounts made available 

15 from the Fund for any fiscal year may be used for 

16 projects relating to the conservation of marine tur17 tles in the United States.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MARINE TURTLE CON19 SERVATION ACT OF 2004. 

20 Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 

21 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6606) is amended by striking ‘‘each of 

22 fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘each of 

23 fiscal years 2014 through 2018’’. 

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