SEC. 5. GREAT CATS AND RARE CANIDS CONSERVATION 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in the 
Multinational Species Conservation Fund established in 
title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1999 under the heading ‘‘MULTI-
NATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND’’, a sepa-
rate account to be known as the ‘‘Great Cats and Rare 
Canids Conservation Fund’’, consisting of— 
(1) amounts transferred to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for deposit into such account under sub-
section (c); and 
(2) amounts appropriated to such account under 
section 8. 
(b) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
upon request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, such amounts 
as the Secretary determines are necessary to provide 
assistance under section 4. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts in the Fund available for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary may expend not more than three per-
cent, or up to $100,000, whichever is greater, to pay 
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the administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
(c) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may accept and use donations to provide assistance 
under section 4, and may make public on the Internet 
website and in publications of the Department of the Inte-
rior that the Secretary is authorized to accept and use such 
donations. Amounts received by the Secretary in the form 
of such donations shall be transferred to the Secretary of 
the Treasury for deposit in the Fund. 
SEC. 6. STUDY OF CONSERVATION STATUS OF FELID AND 
CANID SPECIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall initiate within 
three months after the date of the enactment of this Act a 
study of felid and canid species listed under the IUCN Red 
List that are not rare canids and rare felids (as those terms 
are defined in section 3), respectively, to determine— 
(1) the conservation status of such species in the 
wild, including identification of any such species that 
are critically endangered or endangered; and 
(2) any such species that should be made eligible 
for assistance under this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after date of the 
enactment of this Act the Secretary shall report to the Con-
gress the determinations made in the study, including rec-
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ommendations of additional felid species and canid species 
that should be made eligible for assistance under this Act. 
SEC. 7. INELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. 
Amounts provided as a grant under this Act may not 
be expended on any project in a country the government 
of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeat-
edly provided support for acts of international terrorism 
pursuant to— 
(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)) (or 
any successor to that Act); 
(2) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(3) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)). 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) to the Fund, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013 to carry out this Act, other 
than section 6; and 
(2) such sums as are necessary to carry out sec-
tion 6. 
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Calendar No. 1068 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1464 
[Report No. 110–492] 
AN ACT 
To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare 
canids by supporting and providing financial re-
sources for the conservation programs of nations 
within the range of rare felid and rare canid pop-
ulations and projects of persons with dem-
onstrated expertise in the conservation of rare 
felid and rare canid populations. 
SEPTEMBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Reported with an amendment 
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