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Calendar No. 266
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 700
[Report No. 107–113]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 13, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
DECEMBER 7, 2001
Reported by Mr. JEFFORDS, with an amendment
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Asian Elephant Con-
servation Reauthorization Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANT CON-
SERVATION ACT OF 1997.
Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 4266) is amended by striking ‘‘1998’’
and all that follows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007’’.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 4266) is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of amounts
available each fiscal year to carry out this Act, the Sec-
retary may expend not more than 3 percent or $80,000,
whichever is greater, to pay the administrative expenses
necessary to carry out this Act.’’.
SEC. 4. COOPERATION.
The Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 is fur-
ther amended by redesignating section 7 (16 U.S.C. 4266)
as section 8, and by inserting after section 6 the following:
‘‘SEC. 7. ADVISORY GROUP.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist in carrying out this
Act, the Secretary may convene an advisory group con-
sisting of individuals representing public and private orga-
nizations actively involved in the conservation of Asian ele-
phants.
‘‘(b) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—
‘‘(1) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Group shall—
‘‘(A) ensure that each meeting of the advi-
sory group is open to the public; and
‘‘(B) provide, at each meeting, an oppor-
tunity for interested persons to present oral or
written statements concerning items on the
agenda.
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide to
the public timely notice of each meeting of the advi-
sory group.
‘‘(3) MINUTES.—Minutes of each meeting of
the advisory group shall be kept by the Secretary
and shall be made available to the public.
‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory group.’’.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 is amended as follows:
(1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 4263(3)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the Asian Elephant Conservation
Fund established under section 6(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 5 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5304), part I of the
African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4211 et seq.), and section 5 of the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
4264)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 4224’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 2204 of the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4224)’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 4225’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 2205 of the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4225)’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C. 4211’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 2101 of the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4211)’’.
(2) Effective on the day after the date of enact-
ment of the African Elephant Conservation Reauthor-
ization Act of 2001 (107th Congress)—
(A) section 2104(a) of the African Elephant
Conservation Act is amended by striking ‘‘this
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; and
(B) section 2306(b) of the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4245(b)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘this Act’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.
Section 10(a)(1) of the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)(1)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’;
and
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
by 
striking
‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’.
Calendar No. 266
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 700
[Report No. 107–113]
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation
Act of 1997.
DECEMBER 7, 2001
Reported with an amendment