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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2693 
To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to 
address critical great ape conservation needs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2005 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself and Mr. BAIRD) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide project grants 
and emergency assistance to address critical great ape 
conservation needs, 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 ‘‘Great Ape Conserva-
tion Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. USE OF GREAT APE CONSERVATION FUND TO SUP-
PORT CONSERVATION NEEDS ARISING FROM 
THE 2004 TSUNAMI. 
Section 5(b) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6304(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) USE TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION NEEDS 
ARISING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI.—In addition to 
the other uses authorized under this subsection, the 
Secretary may use amounts in the Fund to provide 
emergency financial and technical assistance to ad-
dress critical great ape conservation needs in Aceh 
Province, Indonesia, arising from the tsunami of De-
cember 2004, including for the following: 
‘‘(A) To support the Aceh provincial na-
ture conservation department in activities to re-
store institutional capacity, equipment replace-
ment, and conservation personnel training. 
‘‘(B) To integrate wildlife habitat and bio-
diversity conservation into post-disaster recov-
ery programs and activities. 
‘‘(C) To strengthen the Aceh provincial na-
ture conservation department to protect signifi-
cant great ape habitat. 
‘‘(D) To support efforts to identify and 
provide alternative sustainable sources of tim-
ber resources for re-building materials to limit 
and reduce unsustainable logging practices and 
great ape forest habitat loss.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF PROJECTS TO ADDRESS ROOT 
CAUSES OF THREATS TO APES IN RANGE 
STATES. 
Section 4(d) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6303(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end of paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) address root causes of threats to great 
apes in range states, including illegal bushmeat 
trade, diseases, lack of regional capacity for con-
servation, and habitat loss due to natural disas-
ters.’’. 
SEC. 4. MEETINGS OF PANEL. 
Section 4(i) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6303(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Secretary shall convene such panel by not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization and Tsunami 
Assistance Act of 2005, and quadrennially thereafter. The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.) shall not 
apply to such panel.’’.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 5(b)(2) of the Great Ape Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6304(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘expanded’’ and inserting ‘‘ex-
pended’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 6 of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6305) is amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 
2005.’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010, of which 
$1,000,000 may be used to provide emergency assistance 
under section 4(d)(6) or 5(b)(3).’’. 
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