To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1291
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-20
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds

Government trust funds

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize the appropriation to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund of such sums as are necessary to carry out such Act for FY2014-FY2019.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2013 Mr. Kind (for himself and Mr. Gerlach ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

1. Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Section 10 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6109 ) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: (a) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund to carry out this Act such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2019, to remain available until expended, of which not less than 75 percent of the amounts made available for each fiscal year shall be expended for projects carried out outside the United States. ; and (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.