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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 Depart-
ment of the Interior program for providing assistance 
for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD 
CONSERVATION ACT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(1) of the Neotropical Migra-
tory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘but breed in Canada and the United States’’ 
after ‘‘the Caribbean’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—Section 3(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
6102(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ after ‘‘United 
States,’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CARIBBEAN.—Section 4 of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended by redesignating paragraphs 
(2) and (3) in order as paragraphs (3) and (4), and by 
inserting paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘Caribbean’ includes 
Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS TO ENHANCE CON-
SERVATION IN CANADA.—Section 5(c)(2) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 6104(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ 
after ‘‘the United States,’’. 
(e) COST SHARING.—Section 5(e) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 6104(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2) by amending subparagraph 
(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES 
AND
CANADA.—The non-Federal share re-
quired to be paid for a project carried out 
in the United States or Canada shall be 
paid in cash. 
‘‘(ii) PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND 
THE
CARIBBEAN.—The non-Federal share 
required to be paid for a project carried out 
in Latin America or the Caribbean may be 
paid in cash or in kind.’’. 
(f) ADVISORY GROUP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—Section 7(b)(1) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The advisory group as a whole 
shall have expertise in the methods and procedures set 
forth in section 4(2) in each country and region of the 
Western Hemisphere.’’. 
(2) ENCOURAGEMENT
TO
CONVENE.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior is encouraged to convene an ad-
visory group under section 7(b)(1) of such Act by not 
later than 6 months after the effective date of this Act. 
This paragraph shall not be considered to authorize 
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delay of the schedule previously established by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the sub-
mission, judging, and awarding of grants. 
(g) REPORT.—Section 8 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6107) 
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2002,’’ and inserting 
‘‘2 years after the date of the enactment of the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006,’’. 
(h) NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 6108) is amended by striking so much as pre-
cedes subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
FUND. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the 
‘Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund’. The Fund 
shall consist of amounts deposited into the Fund by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall deposit into the Fund— 
‘‘(1) all amounts received by the Secretary in the 
form of donations under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(2) other amounts appropriated to the Fund.’’. 
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