3.0.0 1996 2022-02-03T05:28:57Z 2022-02-03T05:28:57Z House H HR 2005-04-28 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup by 2006-09-13T17:56:47Z Referred to 2005-04-28T14:07:20Z 2006-09-13 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2006-09-13 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2005-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2005-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 N H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2005-04-28 True S000097 Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] H. SAXTON R NJ JAMES 3 2005-04-28 True B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2005-04-28 True E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2005-04-28 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2005-04-28 True W000273 Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] GERALD WELLER R IL C. 11 2005-04-28 True O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-04-28 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-05-18 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2005-05-18 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2005-05-18 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2005-05-18 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2005-05-26 False B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-06-30 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2005-06-30 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-06-30 False L000563 Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] Daniel Lipinski D IL William 3 2005-06-30 False F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2005-06-30 False C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2005-06-30 False F000010 Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] Eni Faleomavaega D AS F. H. 0 2006-06-14 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2006-06-14 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2006-06-14 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2006-06-29 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2006-06-29 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2006-06-29 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2006-07-10 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-07-10 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2006-07-18 False 2006-09-19T04:00:00Z H.R. 1996, Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18138 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as agreed to by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006</p> 2006-09-19T04:00:00Z H.R. 1996, Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18138 Cost estimate for the bill as agreed to by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006 International Affairs Caribbean area Coastal zone Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Coral reefs Debt agreements Debt relief Department of the Treasury Developing countries Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds International environmental cooperation Latin America Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine resources conservation President and foreign policy Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Restoration ecology Sustainable development Treaties International Affairs 00 2005-04-28 Introduced in House 2005-05-16T19:02:49Z Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Facility.

Authorizes the President: (1) through the exchange by the Facility of new obligations for outstanding obligations of an eligible Latin American or Caribbean country with a coral reef or other coastal marine resource, to reduce the amount of concessional loans owed by the country to the United States as of January 1, 2005; and (2) to sell, reduce, or cancel such loans to facilitate a debt-for-nature swap or a debt buyback with an eligible purchaser or country to support coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation.

Requires each beneficiary country that has entered into a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Fund to receive payments of interest on new obligations undertaken by the country to provide grants for coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation projects.]]>

Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 Display Title Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect critical coral reef habitats. Introduced in House 2005-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1996ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1996ih.xml 2006-09-13 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.