of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, shall submit to the Senate Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works and the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries a report
containing—
(1) a compilation and analysis of existing and
potential Federal expenditures, financial assistance,
and tax provisions which have the effect of encour-
aging private landowner conservation of the habitat
of endangered species, threatened species, or species
which the Secretary has identified to be a candidate
for listing under section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973;
(2) a compilation and analysis of existing and
potential Federal expenditures, financial assistance,
and tax provisions which have the effect of discour-
aging private landowner conservation of the habitat
of endangered species, threatened species, or species
which the Secretary has identified to be a candidate
for listing under section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973;
(3) a compilation and analysis of Federal statu-
tory and regulatory mechanisms, including expendi-
tures and financial assistance, which have the effect
of discouraging the conservation of endangered spe-
cies, threatened species, or species which the Sec-
retary has identified as candidates for listing under
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973;
and
(4) recommendations based on the compilations
and analyses under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
which would promote conservation of the habitat of
endangered species, threatened species, or species
which the Secretary has identified to be a candidate
for listing under section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973.
SEC. 10. IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION OF
SPECIES.
(a) WESTERN HEMISPHERE CONVENTION.—Section
8A(e) (16 U.S.C. 1537a(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) in order as subparagraphs
(C), (D), and (E); and
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2)(C), as so
redesignated, the following:
‘‘(A) placement of permanent United States li-
aisons in contracting party nations or in regions rep-
resenting several contracting party nations, includ-
ing Mexico, Central America, northern South Amer-
ica, Brazil, southern South America, and the Carib-
bean;
‘‘(B) cooperation with contracting parties and
appropriate international organizations for the pur-
poses of—
‘‘(i) convening a conference of the parties
and appropriate technical meetings on coopera-
tive bilateral and multilateral actions to imple-
ment the Western Convention, and
‘‘(ii) establishing and supporting a Perma-
nent Office of the Western Convention;’’;
(3) in paragraph (2)(D), as so redesignated, by
striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(4) in paragraph (2)(E), as so redesignated, by
striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(5) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the
following:
‘‘(F) implementation of cooperative measures to
conserve sensitive and threatened habitats and
ecosystems.’’; and
(6) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘1985,’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995, and every 3 years thereafter,’’.
(b) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CONVENTION ON
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF
WILD FAUNA
AND FLORA.—Section 11(f) (16 U.S.C.
1540(f)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘en-
force this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘enforce this Act and to
carry out the Convention and resolutions adopted under
the Convention by the parties to the Convention,’’.
SEC. 11. CITIZEN SUITS.
Section 11(g)(2)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C. 1540(g)(2)(A)(i))
is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following:
‘‘, except that such action may be brought immediately
after such notification in the case of an action against any
person respecting an emergency posing an immediate and
significant risk to the continued existence of any species
of fish or wildlife or plants included in the list published
under section 4(c);’’.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 15 (16 U.S.C. 1542) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 15. (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts
authorized under section 6(i) and subsections (b), (c), (d),
and (e) of this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated—
‘‘(1) to the Secretary of the Interior for carry-
ing out functions of the Secretary of the Interior
under this Act $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1994,
$120,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $130,000,000 for
fiscal year 1996, $140,000,000 for fiscal year 1997,
$150,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1998, 
and
$160,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
‘‘(2) to the Secretary of Commerce for carrying
out functions of the Secretary of Commerce under
this 
Act 
$15,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1994,
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $25,000,000 for
fiscal year 1996, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1997,
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $40,000,000
for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) to the Secretary of Agriculture for carry-
ing out functions of the Secretary of Agriculture
with respect to enforcement of this Act and the Con-
vention which pertain to the importation or expor-
tation of plants $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1994 through 1999.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS FROM ACT.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to assist the Secretary
and the Endangered Species Committee in carrying out
their functions under section 7 (e), (g), and (h) $625,000
for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1999.
‘‘(c) CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Inte-
rior for carrying out section 8A(e) $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1994 through 1999.
‘‘(d) HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANNING FUND.—
To assist in the development of plans under sections
10(a)(2) and 13, there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary $20,000,000, which shall be deposited
into the Habitat Conservation Planning Fund established
under section 13(b).
‘‘(e) PRIVATE ASSISTANCE.—There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary $25,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for implementing section
14.
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under
the authority of this section shall remain available until
expended.’’.
SEC. 13. REPORT ON CONSERVATION OF PLANTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to
the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the ex-
tent to which provisions of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 relating to species of plants that are listed under
section 4 of that Act are sufficient to provide for the con-
servation and survival of those plants. The report shall
include recommendations on any additional measures that
should be taken to ensure the conservation and survival
of those plants.
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