118 S4022 IS: Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2024 U.S. Senate 2024-03-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4022IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 21, 2024Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2024.

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 inserting 33.3 percent.(b)

Cooperation

Section 7 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6106) is amended 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 2024, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the implementation of subsection (b) by the Secretary, which shall include, if applicable, a description of the composition of the advisory group convened under paragraph (1) of that subsection..(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), respectively.(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.