Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act

Bill: 115-hr-3598
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Birds

Government trust funds

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act through FY2023.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Kind (for himself and Mr. Wittman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act . 2. Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Section 10 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6109 ) is amended to read as follows: 10. Authorization of appropriations (a) In general There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023. (b) Use of funds Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, not less than 75 percent shall be expended for projects carried out at a location outside of the United States. .