103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2684
AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, and for
other purposes.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2684
AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Establishment 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,
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NA-
TIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE
FOUNDATION 
ESTABLISH-
MENT ACT
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation Improvement Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 102. COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS WITH NATIONAL OCE-
ANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
Section 2(b) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701) is amended
by inserting ‘‘and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’’ after ‘‘the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service’’.
SEC. 103. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
FOUNDATION.
(a) CONSULTATIONS REGARDING APPOINTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(b) of the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16
U.S.C. 3702(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior shall
consult with the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere before appointing any Di-
rector of the Board.’’.
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall apply to appointments of Direc-
tors of the Board of Directors of the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation made after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) EXPANSION OF BOARD.—Section 3(a) of the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act
(16 U.S.C. 3702(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘three’’ and in-
serting ‘‘4’’.
(c) INITIAL TERMS.—Of the Directors on the Board
of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
first appointed pursuant to the amendment made by sub-
section (b)(1), notwithstanding the second sentence of sec-
tion 3(b) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3702(b))—
(1) 2 shall be appointed to a term of 2 years;
(2) 2 shall be appointed to a term of 4 years;
and
(3) 2 shall be appointed to a term of 6 years;
as specified by the Secretary of the Interior at the time
of appointment.
(d) COMPLETION
OF APPOINTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall appoint the additional members
of the Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wild-
life Foundation authorized by the amendment made by
subsection (a), by not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(e) AUTHORITY OF BOARD NOT AFFECTED.—The
authority of the Board of Directors of the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation to take any action otherwise au-
thorized by law shall not be affected by reason of the Sec-
retary of the Interior not having completed the appoint-
ment of Directors of the Board of Directors of the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation pursuant to the
amendment made by subsection (b)(1).
SEC. 104. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL FISH AND
WILDLIFE 
FOUNDATION 
ESTABLISHMENT
ACT.
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 10 of the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16
U.S.C. 3709) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘not to exceed
$15,000,000’’ and all that follows through the end
of the sentence and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION.—The amounts
authorized to be appropriated under this section are in
addition to any amounts provided or available to the
Foundation under any other Federal law.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 10(b)(1) of the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act
(16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (2) and (3),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2),’’.