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Union Calendar No. 107 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 509 

[Report No. 111–200] 

To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2009 

Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 10, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mrs. 

CAPPS, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. FARR, and Mr. KILDEE

JULY 10, 2009 

Reported with amendments, 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 January 14, 2009] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004. 

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 ‘‘Marine Turtle Conserva3 tion Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS PREVENTING FUND5 ING OF PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

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

7 Act of 2004 is amended— 

8 (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 6601(b)), by strik9 ing ‘‘in foreign countries’’; 

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

11 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

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

14 foreign countries’’; and 

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

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

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

18 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘in for19 eign countries’’. 

20 (b) STATE DEFINED.—Section 3 of such Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 6602) is amended by adding at the end the following 

22 new paragraph: 

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

24 several States of the United States, the District of Co25 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

26 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 


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1 of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other territory 

2 or possession of the United States, and any Indian 

3 tribe.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES. 

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

6 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6604(b)) is amended— 

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

8 inserting ‘‘$150,000’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new para10 graph: 

11 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

12 STATES.—Not more than 20 percent of the amounts 

13 made available from the Fund for any fiscal year 

14 may be used for projects relating to the conservation 

15 of marine turtles in the United States.’’. 

16 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MARINE TURTLE CON17 SERVATION ACT OF 2004. 

18 Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 

19 2004 (16 U. S. C. 6606) is amended by striking ‘‘each of 

20 fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fis21 cal years 2009 through 2014’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to reauthorize 

the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for 

other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 107 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 509 

[Report No. 111–200] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act 

of 2004. 

JULY 10, 2009 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Nov 24 2008 23:24 Jul 10, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H509.RH H509

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