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Calendar No. 615
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4308
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 19 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Received
SEPTEMBER 21 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal
years 1995 through 1998, 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 ‘‘North American Wet-
lands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994’’.
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SEC. 2. MATCHING, REPORTING, AND REVISING REQUIRE-
MENTS.
(a) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 8(b) of the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4407(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a project carried out in Mex-
ico, the non-Federal share of the United States contribu-
tion to the costs of the project may include cash contribu-
tions from non-United States sources that are used to pay
costs of the project.’’.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 10(1) of such
Act (16 U.S.C. 4409(a)(1)) is amended in subparagraph
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, in subpara-
graph (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’,
and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) wetlands conservation projects funded
under this Act, listed and identified by type,
conservation mechanism (such as acquisition,
easement, or lease), location, and duration.’’.
(c) REVISIONS TO PLAN.—Section 11 of such Act (16
U.S.C. 4410) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘1991’’ and inserting
‘‘1998’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and Mexico’’ after ‘‘Can-
ada’’; and
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(2) by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON-
SERVATION.
The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 19. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CON-
SERVATION.
‘‘Not later than January 31, 1996, the Secretary, in
cooperation with the Council, to further the purposes of
the Act shall—
‘‘(1) develop and implement a strategy to assist
in the implementation of this Act in conserving the
full complement of North American wetlands sys-
tems and species dependent on those systems, that
incorporates information existing on the date of the
issuance of the strategy in final form on types of
wetlands habitats and species dependent on the
habitats; and
‘‘(2) develop and implement procedures to mon-
itor and evaluate the effectiveness of wetlands con-
servation projects completed under this Act.’’.
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALLO-
CATIONS UNDER NORTH AMERICAN WET-
LANDS CONSERVATION ACT.
Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all that follows through the end of the
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘$20,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 and $30,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.
SEC. 5. CONSERVATION OF COASTAL WETLANDS.
Section 306(c) of the Coastal Wetlands Planning,
Protection and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955(c)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘in coastal wetlands ecosystems’’
after ‘‘wetlands conservation projects’’.
SEC. 6. WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
The Partnerships For Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C. 3741
et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 7103(3) (16 U.S.C. 3742(3)) by
inserting ‘‘the States and of’’ after ‘‘under the lead-
ership of’’;
(2) in section 7104 (16 U.S.C. 3743)—
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) The term ‘designated State agency’ means
the government agency, department, or division of
any State that is empowered under the laws of the
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State to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised
by a State fish and wildlife agency.’’;
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘section
5(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7105(g)’’;
(C) in paragraph (8)(A) by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) in paragraph (8)(C) by—
(i) striking ‘‘section 3(5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 3(6)’’; and
(ii) striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(5))’’
and inserting ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 1362(6))’’;
(3) in section 7104 (16 U.S.C. 3743) by—
(A) redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and
(B) inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(8) The term ‘State’ means any of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the United States Virgin
Islands, or American Samoa.’’;
(4) in section 7105(d) (16 U.S.C. 3744(d))—
(A) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
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(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (5);
(5) in section 7105 (16 U.S.C. 3744) by
amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
‘‘(e) NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECTS.—
‘‘(1) STATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each fis-
cal year of each project carried out with amounts
provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at
least 1⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from State, non-
Federal sources, except that if designated State
agencies from 2 or more States cooperate in imple-
menting such a project at least 30 percent shall be
paid with amounts from such State, non-Federal
sources. Payments required by this paragraph may
not be in the form of an in-kind contribution.
‘‘(2) PRIVATE SHARE.—Of the total cost each
fiscal year of each project carried out with amounts
provided by the Secretary under subsection (a), at
least 1⁄3 shall be paid with amounts from voluntary
contributions by private entities or persons, except
that if designated State agencies from 2 or more
States cooperate in implementing such a project, at
least 30 percent shall be paid from such sources.
Subject to the approval of the Secretary, such con-