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Union Calendar No. 778 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8811 
[Report No. 118–753, Part I] 
To reauthorize the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2024 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Mrs. DINGELL, and 
Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and En-
ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 
Referral to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, 
and Energy and Commerce extended for a period ending not later than 
December 19, 2024 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PANETTA and Ms. TLAIB 
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DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Energy 
and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 2024] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the America’s Conservation Enhancement 
Act, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization 
Act of 2024’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT, DISEASE, AND PREDATION 
Sec. 101. Losses of livestock due to depredation by federally protected species. 
Sec. 102. Black vulture livestock protection program. 
Sec. 103. Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force. 
Sec. 104. Protection of water, oceans, coasts, and wildlife from invasive species. 
Sec. 105. North American Wetlands Conservation Act. 
Sec. 106. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. 
Sec. 107. Modification of definition of sport fishing equipment under TSCA. 
Sec. 108. Chesapeake Bay Program. 
Sec. 109. Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998. 
Sec. 110. Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION THROUGH 
PARTNERSHIPS 
Sec. 201. National Fish Habitat Board. 
Sec. 202. Fish Habitat Partnerships. 
Sec. 203. Fish habitat conservation projects. 
Sec. 204. Technical and scientific assistance. 
Sec. 205. Accountability and reporting. 
Sec. 206. Funding. 
Sec. 207. Technical correction. 
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TITLE 
I—WILDLIFE 
ENHANCE-
MENT, DISEASE, AND PREDA-
TION 
SEC. 101. LOSSES OF LIVESTOCK DUE TO DEPREDATION BY 
FEDERALLY PROTECTED SPECIES. 
Section 102(d) of the America’s Conservation En-
hancement Act (7 U.S.C. 8355(d)) is amended, in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 102. BLACK VULTURE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 103 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 8356) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; 
BLACK VULTURE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM’’ after ‘‘COMMON RAVENS’’ and conforming 
the table of contents accordingly; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) 
as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately; 
(3) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3) (as so re-
designated), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(4) by inserting before paragraph (1) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
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‘‘(a) DEPREDATION PERMITS FOR BLACK VULTURES 
AND COMMON RAVENS.—’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) BLACK VULTURE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with States, shall carry out, through fiscal year 
2030, a black vulture livestock protection program 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘program’) that 
allows 1 public entity or Farm Bureau organization 
per State to hold a statewide depredation permit to 
protect commercial agriculture livestock from black 
vulture predation. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each public entity or 
Farm Bureau organization that holds a depredation 
permit under the program— 
‘‘(A) shall— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate sufficient experience 
and capacity to provide government regu-
lated services to the public, as determined 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) submit a complete depredation 
permit application, as determined by the 
Secretary, for review and approval accord-
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ing to procedures of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service; 
‘‘(iii) be responsible for complying 
with, and ensuring subpermittee compliance 
with, as applicable, all permit conditions; 
and 
‘‘(iv) be responsible for collecting, man-
aging, and reporting required information 
under the permit; and 
‘‘(B) may subpermit to livestock producers 
to take black vultures for the purposes of livestock 
protection. 
‘‘(3) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service, shall carry out a study on whether 
prescribed take levels of black vultures may be in-
creased for subpermittees within a biologically sus-
tainable take level for the population. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the America’s Conservation En-
hancement Reauthorization Act of 2024, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Administrator of the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall sub-
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) FUNDING AGREEMENTS.—Federal de-
partments, agencies, and instrumentalities may 
enter into a Federal funding agreement with the 
Foundation for a period of not more than 10 
years.’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘, and should when pos-
sible,’’ after ‘‘may’’. 
SEC. 107. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF SPORT FISH-
ING EQUIPMENT UNDER TSCA. 
Section 108(a) of the America’s Conservation En-
hancement Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘During the 5-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘During the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of the America’s Conserva-
tion Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024 and ending 
on September 30, 2030’’. 
SEC. 108. CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM. 
Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(j)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, 
$92,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 109. CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE ACT OF 1998. 
Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 112 Stat. 2963; 134 Stat. 
920) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 110. CHESAPEAKE WATERSHED INVESTMENTS FOR 
LANDSCAPE DEFENSE. 
Section 111(e)(1) of the America’s Conservation En-
hancement Act (33 U.S.C. 1267 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL FISH HABI-
TAT 
CONSERVATION 
THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL FISH HABITAT BOARD. 
Section 203 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 8203) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘26 members’’ and inserting ‘‘28 
members’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) 2 shall be representatives of the De-
partment of the Interior, including the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau 
of Land Management;’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (G) and (H) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(G) 2 shall be representatives of Indian 
Tribes, of whom— 
‘‘(i) 1 shall be a representative of In-
dian Tribes in the State of Alaska; and 
‘‘(ii) 1 shall be a representative of In-
dian Tribes in States other than the State 
of Alaska; 
‘‘(H) 2 shall be representatives of— 
‘‘(i) the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils established by section 302(a)(1) of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and 
Management 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1852(a)(1)); or 
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‘‘(ii) the Marine Fisheries Commis-
sions;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘all 
members’’ and inserting ‘‘the members present’’. 
SEC. 202. FISH HABITAT PARTNERSHIPS. 
Section 204 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 8204) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, subject 
to paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘Act and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Board shall only submit 
a report required under paragraph (1) in the fiscal 
years in which the Board is proposing modifications 
to, or new designations of, 1 or more Partnerships.’’; 
and 
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) DESIGNATION OR MODIFICATION OF PARTNER-
SHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress shall have the ex-
clusive authority to designate or modify a Partner-
ship. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION
OR
MODIFICATION
PROC-
ESS.—A Partnership designation or modification the 
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Board recommends to Congress shall be deemed to be 
approved by Congress if Congress does not pass a 
joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the des-
ignation or modification by the date that is 90 days 
after the date on which the relevant congressional 
committees receive such recommendation.’’. 
SEC. 203. FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECTS. 
Section 205 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 8205) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘for the fol-
lowing fiscal year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the 
total cost of all fish habitat conservation projects car-
ried out by a Partnership each year shall be at least 
50 percent.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Such non- 
Federal share of the cost of a fish habitat con-
servation project’’ and inserting ‘‘The non-Fed-
eral share described in paragraph (1)’’. 
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SEC. 204. TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE. 
Section 206(a) of the America’s Conservation En-
hancement Act (16 U.S.C. 8206(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, the Bureau of Land Management,’’ after ‘‘the Forest 
Service’’. 
SEC. 205. ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING. 
Section 209 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 8209) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘Not 
later than’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub-
section (b) and indenting appropriately; and 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), and (D) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (5), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘Partnership operations 
under section 204 and’’ after ‘‘to provide funds 
for’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2030’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 207. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 211 of the America’s Conservation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 8211) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 
10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’),’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 778 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8811 
[Report No. 118–753, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the America’s Conservation 
Enhancement Act, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agri-
culture, and Energy and Commerce discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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