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State to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised
by a State fish and wildlife agency.’’;
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘section
5(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7105(g)’’;
(C) in paragraph (8)(A) by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) in paragraph (8)(C) by—
(i) striking ‘‘section 3(5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 3(6)’’; and
(ii) striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(5))’’
and inserting ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(6))’’;
(3) in section 7104 (16 U.S.C. 3743) by—
(A) redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and
(B) inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(8) The term ‘State’ means any of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the United States Virgin
Islands, or American Samoa.’’;
(4) in section 7105(d) (16 U.S.C. 3744(d))—
(A) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
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(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (5);
(5) in section 7105 (16 U.S.C. 3744) by
amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
‘‘(e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECTS.—
‘‘(1) STATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each fis-
cal year of each project carried out with amounts
provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at
least 1⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from State, non-
Federal sources, except that if designated State
agencies from 2 or more States cooperate in imple-
menting such a project at least 30 percent shall be
paid with amounts from such State, non-Federal
sources. Payments required by this paragraph may
not be in the form of an in-kind contribution.
‘‘(2) PRIVATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each
fiscal year of each project carried out with amounts
provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at
least 1⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from voluntary
contributions by private entities or persons, except
that if designated State agencies from 2 or more
States cooperate in implementing such a project, at
least 30 percent shall be paid from such sources.
Subject to the approval of the Secretary, such con-
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tributions for a project may be in the form of, but
are not required to be limited to, private cash dona-
tions, and the contribution of materials, equipment,
or services necessary for the project.’’;
(6) in section 7105(g) (16 U.S.C. 3744(g))—
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deposit into the Fund
amounts appropriated to the Secretary for deposit to the
Fund, of which not more than 4 percent shall be available
to the Secretary to defray the costs of administering this
chapter and evaluating wildlife conservation and apprecia-
tion projects.’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
and
(7) in section 7105(h) (16 U.S.C. 3744(h))—
(A) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting
‘‘1998’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘to match the amount of
contributions made to the Fund by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4308
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying
out the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act for fiscal years 1995 through 1998, and for
other purposes.