IIB
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3908
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 8, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
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,
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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 provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the North American Wetlands
Conservation 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’’ be-
fore ‘‘migratory birds’’; and
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(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 ‘‘in-
cluding 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)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(but at least 50 per cen-
tum and not more than 70 per centum there-
of)’’ 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
striking so much as precedes the second sentence and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (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.
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‘‘(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 acquisition of inholdings within such lands and waters.
‘‘(3)’’.
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) The North American Wetlands Conservation Act
is amended as follows:
(1) 
In 
section 
2(a)(10) 
(16 
U.S.C.
4401(a)(10)), by inserting ‘‘of 1973’’ after ‘‘Species
Act’’.
(2) In section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 4402(2)), by
striking ‘‘Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish-
eries of the United States House of Representatives’’
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives’’.
(3) In section 3(5) (16 U.S.C. 4402(5)), by in-
serting ‘‘of 1973’’ after ‘‘Species Act’’.
(4) 
In 
section 
4(a)(1)(B) 
(16 
U.S.C.
4403(a)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘section 3(2)(B)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 3(g)(2)(B)’’.
(5) In section 4(c) (16 U.S.C. 4403(c)), in the
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Com-
mission’’ and inserting ‘‘Council’’.
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(6) In section 5(a)(5) (16 U.S.C. 4404(a)(5)),
by inserting ‘‘of 1973’’ after ‘‘Species Act’’.
(7) In section 5(f) (16 U.S.C. 4404(f)), by
striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(e)’’.
(8) In section 10(1)(C) (16 U.S.C. 4409(1)(C)),
by striking ‘‘western hemisphere pursuant to section
17 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Western Hemisphere
pursuant to section 16’’.
(9) 
In 
section 
10(1)(D) 
(16 
U.S.C.
4409(1)(D)), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;
and’’.
(10) In section 16(a) (16 U.S.C. 4413), by
striking ‘‘western hemisphere’’ and inserting ‘‘West-
ern Hemisphere’’.
(b)(1) Section 112(1) of Public Law 101–593 (104
Stat. 2962) is amended by striking ‘‘and before the pe-
riod’’.
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(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be effective
on and after the effective date of section 112(1) of Public
Law 101–593 (104 Stat. 2962).
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.