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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 2003 - Authorizes appropriations to the President for FY 2004 and 2005 to carry out the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) program (which promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the forests of the Congo Basin by working to combat poaching, illegal logging, and other unsustainable practices and giving local populations an economic stake in the preservation of the forests, including through the development of ecotourism). Locates the Congo Basin in the Central African countries of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sao Tome/Principe.</p> <p>Earmarks most of such funds for the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 9, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 2004 - Authorizes appropriations to the President for FY 2004 to carry out the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) program (which promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the forests of the Congo Basin by working to combat poaching, illegal logging, and other unsustainable practices and giving local populations an economic stake in the preservation of the forests, including through the development of ecotourism).</p> <p>Earmarks most of such funds for the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).</p>]]></text>
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