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Union Calendar No. 363 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4389 
[Report No. 118–439] 
To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make 
improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2023 
Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 
and Mrs. PELTOLA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
APRIL 5, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. ALLRED, 
Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. PORTER, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. TRONE, and 
Mr. MOYLAN 
APRIL 5, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 27, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act 
to make improvements to that 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Migratory Birds of the 
Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) 
FEDERAL
SHARE.—Section 
5(e)(1) 
of 
the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
6104(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘33.3 percent’’. 
(b) COOPERATION.—Section 7 of the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6106) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Migratory Birds of 
the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives a report de-
scribing the implementation of subsection (b) by the Sec-
retary, which shall include, if applicable, a description of 
the composition of the advisory group convened under para-
graph (1) of that subsection.’’. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
10(a) of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6109(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6103) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re-
spectively. 
(2) 
COOPERATION.—Section 
7(b)(1) 
of 
the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is amended in the second sentence 
by adding a period at the end. 
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