3.0.0 2185 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z 2023-01-11T20:25:43Z House H HR 2007-05-07 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-15T19:17:17Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup by 2007-07-31T19:28:06Z Referred to 2007-05-07T16:32:15Z Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 110 2020 S 2007-10-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419. Related bill House 2007-10-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-10-09 16:56:02 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2007-10-09 16:56:01 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-10-09 16:55:58 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11347-11348) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2007-10-09 16:55:58 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11347-11348) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-09 16:48:58 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2185. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-09 16:48:56 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11347-11350) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-09 16:48:42 Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-07-31 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2007-07-31 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 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Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2007-10-01 False 2008-01-18T06:00:00Z H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19436 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007</p> 2008-01-18T06:00:00Z H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19436 Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007 International Affairs Authorization Congressional reporting requirements Coral reefs Debt agreements Debt relief Ecosystem management Environmental Protection Executive Office of the President Foreign Trade and International Finance Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics International agencies International environmental cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine resources conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources Treaties Tropical forests International Affairs 00 2007-05-07 Introduced in House 2007-05-30T21:27:50Z Amends the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to make forests, coral reefs, and associated coastal marine ecosystem activities eligible for U.S. debt reduction benefits for developing countries. (Currently, such provision applies to tropical forests.)

Renames: (1) the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility; and (2) a Tropical Forest Agreement as a Conservation Agreement.

Extends authorization of appropriations for debt reduction.

Authorizes U.S. government representation on the administering body that oversees the implementation of grants arising from debt-for-nature swap or debt buy-back regardless of whether the United States is a party to any agreement between the purchaser and the beneficiary country government.

]]> 36 2007-10-09 Passed House amended 2007-12-12T17:54:57Z (Sec. 1) Amends the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to include tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to only tropical forests.)

(Sec. 3) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.

(Sec. 4) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs or associated coastal marine ecosystems eligible for benefits. (Current law refers only to tropical forests.)

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations through FY2010 for specified credit and concessional loan debt reduction owed to the United States.

Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.

(Sec. 7) Authorizes U.S. government representation on the administering body that oversees the implementation of grants from a debt-for-nature swap or debt buy-back regardless of whether the United States is a party to any agreement between the eligible purchaser and the government of the beneficiary country.

(Sec. 8) Requires U.S. government and beneficiary country government review of Conservation Fund grants in excess of $250,000.

(Sec. 8) Renames the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement.

(Sec. 9) Renames the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.

(Sec. 10) Repeals Enterprise for the Americas Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.

(Sec. 11) Revises certain reporting dates.

(Sec. 12) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007.

]]> To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Official Titles as Amended by House To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. H House Referred in Senate 2007-10-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2185rfs/xml/BILLS-110hr2185rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2007-10-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2185eh/xml/BILLS-110hr2185eh.xml Introduced in House 2007-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2185ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2185ih.xml 2007-10-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.