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Union Calendar No. 251
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3908
[Report No. 107–421]
To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 7, 2002
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
APRIL 29, 2002
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 March 7, 2002]
A BILL
To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘North American Wet-
lands Conservation Reauthorization Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS
CONSERVATION ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of the North American Wetlands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et. seq.).
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
(a) FINDING.—Section 2(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 4401(a)(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘and other habitats’’ and inserting
‘‘and associated habitats’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 4401(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and other
habitats for migratory birds’’ and inserting ‘‘and as-
sociated habitats for wetland dependent migratory
birds’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘wetland de-
pendent’’ before ‘‘migratory bird’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘wetland dependent’’ before
‘‘migratory birds’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, the United States
Shorebird Conservation Plan, the North Amer-
ican Waterbird Conservation Plan, the Partners
In Flight Conservation Plans,’’ after ‘‘North
American Waterfowl Management Plan’’.
SEC. 
4. 
DEFINITION 
OF 
WETLANDS 
CONSERVATION
PROJECT.
Section 3(9) (16 U.S.C. 4402(9)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘of a wet-
land ecosystem and associated habitat’’ after ‘‘includ-
ing water rights,’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and other
habitat’’ and inserting ‘‘and associated habitat’’.
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 7(c) (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘not
to exceed—
‘‘(1) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
‘‘(2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(3) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
‘‘(5) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.
SEC. 6. ALLOCATION.
Section 8(a) (16 U.S.C. 4407(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(but at least 50 per centum
and not more than 70 per centum thereof)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(but at least 25 percent and not more
than 50 percent thereof)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘4 per centum’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘4 percent’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘(but at least
30 per centum and not more than 50 per centum
thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘(but at least 50 percent and
not more than 75 percent thereof)’’.
SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF THE
COST OF APPROVED WETLANDS CONSERVA-
TION PROJECTS.
Section 8(b) (16 U.S.C. 4407(b)) is amended by strik-
ing so much as precedes the second sentence and inserting
the following:
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), as a condition of providing assistance under this
Act for any approved wetlands conservation project, the
Secretary shall require that the portion of the costs of the
project paid with amounts provided by non-Federal United
States sources is equal to at least the amount allocated
under subsection (a) that is used for the project.
‘‘(2) Federal moneys allocated under subsection (a)
may be used to pay 100 percent of the costs of such projects
located on Federal lands and waters, including the acquisi-
tion of inholdings within such lands and waters.