SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rhinoceros and Tiger
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF RHINOCEROS AND TIGER
CONSERVATION ACT OF 1994.
Section 9 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306) is amended by striking ‘‘1996
through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, and 2007’’.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Section 9 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306) is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of amounts avail-
able each fiscal year to carry out this Act, the Secretary
may expend not more than 3 percent or $80,000, whichever
is greater, to pay the administrative expenses necessary to
carry out this Act.’’.
SEC. 4. COOPERATION.
The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994
is further amended by redesignating section 9 (16 U.S.C.
5306) as section 10, and by inserting after section 8 the
following:
‘‘SEC. 9. ADVISORY GROUP.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist in carrying out this Act,
the Secretary may convene an advisory group consisting
of individuals representing public and private organiza-
tions actively involved in the conservation of rhinoceros and
tiger species.
‘‘(b) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—
‘‘(1) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Group shall—
‘‘(A) ensure that each meeting of the advi-
sory group is open to the public; and
‘‘(B) provide, at each meeting, an oppor-
tunity for interested persons to present oral or
written statements concerning items on the agen-
da.
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide to the
public timely notice of each meeting of the advisory
group.
‘‘(3) MINUTES.—Minutes of each meeting of the
advisory group shall be kept by the Secretary and
shall be made available to the public.
‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory group.’’.
SEC. 5. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY.
Section 5(e) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5304) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY.—To the maximum ex-
tent practical, in determining whether to approve project
proposals under this section, the Secretary shall give consid-
eration to projects which will enhance sustainable conserva-
tion programs to ensure effective long-term conservation of
rhinoceros and tigers.’’.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Rhinoceros and
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 is amended as follows:
(1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 5303(3)) is amended
by striking ‘‘Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
established under section 6(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the ac-
count established by division A, section 101(e), title I
of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘MULTI-
NATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND’ ’’.
(2) Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by
striking the section heading and all that follows
through ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE
AND
USE
OF
DONA-
TIONS.—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 6. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Title I of section 101(e)
of division A of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–237)
is amended under the heading ‘‘MULTINATIONAL SPECIES
CONSERVATION FUND’’ by striking ‘‘Rhinoceros and Tiger
Conservation Act, subchapter I’’ and inserting ‘‘Rhinoceros
and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, part I’’.
Union Calendar No. 59
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 645
[Report No. 107–109]
A BILL
To reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger
Conservation Act of 1994.
JUNE 25, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed