I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2338 
To establish the policy of the Federal Government to use all practicable 
means and measures to assist wildlife populations in adapting to and 
surviving the effects of global warming, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Mr. DICKS (for himself, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the policy of the Federal Government to use 
all practicable means and measures to assist wildlife 
populations in adapting to and surviving the effects of 
global warming, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—NATIONAL POLICY AND 
STRATEGY 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Global Warming Wild-
life Survival Act’’. 
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SEC. 102. NATIONAL POLICY ON WILDLIFE AND GLOBAL 
WARMING. 
It is the policy of the Federal Government, in co-
operation with State, tribal, and affected local govern-
ments, other concerned public and private organizations, 
landowners, and citizens to use all practicable means and 
measures— 
(1) to assist wildlife populations in adapting to 
and surviving the effects of global warming; and 
(2) to ensure the persistence and resilience of 
the wildlife of the United States as an essential part 
of our Nation’s culture, landscape, and natural re-
sources. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES.—The term ‘‘eco-
logical processes’’ means the biological, chemical, 
and physical interactions between the biotic and abi-
otic components of ecosystems, including nutrient 
cycling, pollination, predator-prey relationships, soil 
formation, gene flow, hydrologic cycling, decomposi-
tion, and disturbance regimes such as fire and flood-
ing. 
(2) HABITAT
LINKAGES.—The term ‘‘habitat 
linkages’’ means areas that connect wildlife habitat 
or potential wildlife habitat, and that facilitate the 
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ability of wildlife to move within a landscape in re-
sponse to the effects of global warming. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means any 
species of wild, free-ranging fauna including fish, 
and also fauna in captive breeding programs the ob-
ject of which is to reintroduce individuals of a de-
pleted indigenous species into previously occupied 
range. 
SEC. 104. NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, within 
two years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, on the basis of the best available science as pro-
vided by the science advisory board under section 
105, promulgate a national strategy for mitigating 
the impacts of global warming on wildlife popu-
lations in the United States. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND COMMENT.—In devel-
oping the national strategy, the Secretary shall— 
(A) consult with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, State fish and wildlife agencies, Indian 
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tribes, local governments, conservation organi-
zations, scientists, and other interested stake-
holders; and 
(B) provide opportunity for public com-
ment. 
(b) CONTENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall include 
in the national strategy prioritized goals and meas-
ures to— 
(A) identify and monitor wildlife popu-
lations likely to be adversely affected by global 
warming; 
(B) identify and monitor coastal, marine, 
terrestrial, and freshwater resources and habi-
tat at greatest risk of being damaged by global 
warming; 
(C) assist species in adapting to the im-
pacts of global warming; 
(D) protect, acquire, and restore wildlife 
habitat to build resilience to global warming; 
(E) provide habitat linkages and corridors 
to facilitate wildlife movements in response to 
global warming; 
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(F) restore and protect ecological processes 
that sustain wildlife populations vulnerable to 
global warming; and 
(G) incorporate consideration of climate 
change in, and integrate climate change adapta-
tion strategies for wildlife into, the planning 
and management of Federal lands administered 
by the Department of the Interior and lands 
administered by the Forest Service. 
(2) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
PLANS.—In 
developing the national strategy, the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) take into consideration research and 
information in State comprehensive wildlife con-
servation plans, the North American Waterfowl 
Management Plan, the National Fish Habitat 
Action Plan, and other relevant wildlife con-
servation plans; and 
(B) coordinate and integrate, to the extent 
practicable and consistent with the policy set 
forth in section 102, the goals and measures 
identified in the national strategy with goals 
and measures identified in such plans. 
(c) REVISION.—The Secretary shall revise the na-
tional strategy not later than five years after its initial 
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promulgation, and not later than every ten years there-
after, to reflect new information on the impacts of global 
warming on wildlife and advances in the development of 
strategies for adapting to or mitigating for such impacts. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION
ON
DEPARTMENT
OF 
THE INTERIOR AND FOREST SERVICE LANDS.—To 
achieve the goals of the national strategy and to im-
plement measures for the conservation of wildlife 
identified in the national strategy— 
(A) the Secretary shall exercise the author-
ity of such Secretary under this and other Acts 
on lands administered by the National Park 
Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and the Bureau of Land Management; 
and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall exer-
cise the authority of such Secretary under this 
and other Acts on lands administered by the 
Forest Service. 
(2) WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION
PROGRAMS.— 
Consistent with their authorities under other laws, 
the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
Secretary of Commerce shall administer wildlife con-
servation programs authorized under other laws to 
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achieve the goals of the national strategy and to im-
plement measures for the conservation of wildlife 
identified in the national strategy. 
SEC. 105. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
and appoint the members of a science advisory board 
comprised of not less than ten and not more than 
twenty members recommended by the President of 
the National Academy of Sciences with expertise in 
wildlife biology, ecology, climate change and other 
relevant disciplines. The director of the National 
Global Warming and Wildlife Science Center estab-
lished under subsection (b) shall be an ex officio 
member of the science advisory board. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The science advisory board 
shall— 
(A) provide scientific and technical advice 
and recommendations to the Secretary on the 
impacts of global warming on wildlife and its 
habitat, areas of habitat of particular impor-
tance for the conservation of wildlife popu-
lations affected by global warming, and strate-
gies and mechanisms to mitigate the impacts of 
global warming on wildlife in the management 
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of Federal lands and in other Federal programs 
for wildlife conservation; 
(B) advise the National Global Warming 
and Wildlife Science Center established under 
subsection (b) and review the quality of the re-
search programs of the Center; 
(C) advise the Secretary regarding the best 
science available for purposes of section 
104(a)(1). 
(b) NATIONAL GLOBAL WARMING AND WILDLIFE 
SCIENCE CENTER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
the National Global Warming and Wildlife Science 
Center within the United States Geological Survey. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center shall— 
(A) conduct scientific research on national 
issues related to the impacts of global warming 
on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms for 
adaptation or mitigation of such impacts; and 
(B) provide scientific support to Federal 
land management agencies and Federal wildlife 
agencies regarding such issues. 
(c) DETECTION OF CHANGES.—The Secretary, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce 
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shall each exercise authorities under other laws to carry 
out programs to detect changes in wildlife abundance, dis-
tribution, and behavior related to global warming, includ-
ing— 
(1) conducting species inventories on Federal 
lands and in marine areas within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States; and 
(2) establishing and implementing robust, co-
ordinated monitoring programs. 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.—Of 
the amounts appropriated to carry out this title for each 
fiscal year— 
(1) 45 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to develop and implement 
the national strategy promulgated under section 104 
on Federal lands, of which— 
(A) 35 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to— 
(i) operate the National Global Warm-
ing and Wildlife Science Center established 
under section 105; and 
(ii) carry out the policy set forth in 
section 102 and implement the national 
strategy on lands within the National Park 
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System, lands within the National Wildlife 
Refuge System, and public lands adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management; 
and 
(B) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out the pol-
icy set forth in section 102 and implement the 
national strategy on lands within the National 
Forest System; 
(2) 25 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able to Federal agencies to carry out the policy set 
forth in section 102 and to implement the national 
strategy through fish and wildlife programs, other 
than for the operation and maintenance of Federal 
lands, of which— 
(A) 10 percent shall be allocated to the 
Department of the Interior to fund endangered 
species, migratory bird, and other fish and wild-
life programs administered by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, other than op-
erations and maintenance of the national wild-
life refuges; 
(B) 8 percent shall be allocated to the De-
partment of the Interior for implementation of 
cooperative grant programs benefitting wildlife 
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including the Cooperative Endangered Species 
Fund, Private Stewardship Grants, the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, 
and the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, 
and used exclusively for activities that address 
the impacts of global warming on wildlife and 
its habitat; and 
(C) 7 percent shall be allocated to the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
to carry out the policy set forth in section 102 
and to implement the national strategy through 
Federal programs for conservation of fish and 
wildlife under its jurisdiction; and 
(3) 30 percent are authorized to be made avail-
able for grants to States and Indian tribes through 
the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program au-
thorized under section 201, to— 
(A) be used exclusively to carry out activi-
ties that address the impacts of global warming 
on wildlife in accordance with State comprehen-
sive wildlife conservation plans developed and 
approved under that program that contain ex-
plicit strategies for addressing the impacts of 
global warming on wildlife; and 
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(B) revise existing State comprehensive 
wildlife conservation plans as necessary to in-
clude specific strategies for addressing the im-
pacts of global warming on wildlife. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.— 
(c) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-
gress that funding provided to Federal agencies and 
States pursuant to this title supplement, and not replace, 
existing sources of funding for wildlife conservation. 
TITLE II—STATE AND TRIBAL 
WILDLIFE GRANTS PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—There is author-
ized to be established a State and Tribal Wildlife Grants 
Program to be administered by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and to provide wildlife conservation grants to States 
and to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian 
tribes for the planning, development, and implementation 
of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 
including species that are not hunted or fished. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section for each fiscal year— 
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(A) 10 percent shall be for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes that are not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this sec-
tion; 
(B) of the amounts remaining after the ap-
plication of subparagraph (A), and after the de-
duction of the Secretary’s administrative ex-
penses to carry out this section— 
(i) not more than one-half of 1 per-
cent shall be allocated to each of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico; and 
(ii) not more than one-fourth of 1 per-
cent shall be allocated to each of Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; 
(C) of the amount remaining after the ap-
plication of subparagraphs (B) and (C), the 
Secretary shall apportion among the States— 
(i) one-third based on the ratio that 
the land area of each State bears to the 
total land area of all States; and 
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(ii) two-thirds based on the ratio that 
the population of each State bears to the 
total population of all States. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—The amounts apportioned 
under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) for a fis-
cal year shall be adjusted equitably so that no State 
is apportioned under such subparagraph a sum that 
is— 
(A) less than 1 percent of the amount 
available for apportionment under that subpara-
graph that fiscal year; or 
(B) more than 5 percent of such amount. 
(c) COST SHARING.— 
(1) PLAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The Fed-
eral share of the costs of developing a comprehensive 
wildlife conservation plan shall not exceed 75 per-
cent of the total costs of developing such plan. 
(2) PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS.—The 
Federal share of the costs of implementing an activ-
ity in an approved comprehensive wildlife conserva-
tion plan carried out with a grant under this section 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of such 
activities. 
(3) 
PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—The non-Federal share of costs of an activ-
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ity carried out under this section shall not be paid 
with amounts derived from any Federal grant pro-
gram. 
(d) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No State, territory, or other 
jurisdiction shall be eligible for a grant under this 
section unless it submits to the Secretary a com-
prehensive wildlife conservation plan that— 
(A) complies with paragraph (2); and 
(B) considers the broad range of the State, 
territory, or other jurisdiction’s wildlife and as-
sociated habitats, with appropriate priority 
placed on those species with the greatest con-
servation need and taking into consideration the 
relative level of funding available for the con-
servation of those species. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive wildlife 
conservation plan must contain— 
(A) information on the distribution and 
abundance of species of wildlife, including low 
and declining populations as the State , terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction’s fish and wildlife 
agency considers appropriate, that are indic-
ative of the diversity and health of the jurisdic-
tion’s wildlife; 
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(B) the location and relative condition of 
key habitats and community types essential to 
conservation of species identified in subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) descriptions of problems which may 
adversely affect species identified in subpara-
graph (A) or their habitats, and priority re-
search and survey efforts needed to identify fac-
tors that may assist in restoration and im-
proved conservation of these species and habi-
tats; 
(D) descriptions of conservation actions 
proposed to conserve the identified species and 
habitats and priorities for implementing such 
actions; 
(E) proposed plans for monitoring species 
identified in subparagraph (A) and their habi-
tats, for monitoring the effectiveness of the con-
servation actions proposed in subparagraph 
(D), and for adapting these conservation ac-
tions to respond appropriately to new informa-
tion or changing conditions; 
(F) descriptions of procedures to review 
the comprehensive wildlife conservation plan at 
intervals not to exceed ten years; 
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(G) plans for coordinating the develop-
ment, implementation, review, and revision of 
the comprehensive wildlife conservation plan 
with Federal, State, and local agencies and In-
dian tribes that manage significant land and 
water areas within the jurisdiction or admin-
ister programs that significantly affect the con-
servation of identified species and habitats; and 
(H) provisions for broad public participa-
tion as an essential element of the development, 
revision, and implementation of the comprehen-
sive wildlife conservation plan. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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