3.0.0 2020 2023-01-11T20:28:05Z 2023-01-11T20:28:05Z Senate S S 2007-09-06 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2007-10-15T21:19:15Z Markup by 2007-09-11T19:30:24Z Referred to 2007-09-06T17:43:11Z S. Rept. 110-196 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. 110 2185 HR 2007-10-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill House 2007-10-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419. Calendars 2007-10-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-196. Committee 2007-10-15 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-196. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2007-09-11 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2007-09-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-09-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-09-06 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-09-11 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2007-09-17 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-09-19 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-09-20 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-09-24 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-11-07 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2007-11-13 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2007-12-11 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-12-17 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-09-11 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-10-01 False 2007-09-18T04:00:00Z S. 2020, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19152 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007</p> 2007-09-18T04:00:00Z S. 2020, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19152 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 11, 2007 International Affairs Coral reefs Debt agreements Environmental Protection Foreign Trade and International Finance Forest conservation International environmental cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Public Lands and Natural Resources Tropical forests International Affairs 00 2007-09-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-04T15:15:48Z Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007 (Act).

Includes tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act.

Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.

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.

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

Repeals Enterprise of the Americas Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.

]]> 80 2007-10-15 Reported to Senate without amendment 2009-02-04T15:17:01Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007 (Act).

(Sec. 3) Includes tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)

(Sec. 4) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.

(Sec. 5) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs eligible for benefits. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)

(Sec. 6) 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. 7) Eliminates the requirement that the Enterprise for the Americas Board be consulted in negotiating a Conservation Agreement.

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

(Sec. 8) Renames: (1) the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement; and (2) the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.

(Sec. 9) Repeals Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.

(Sec. 10) Revises certain reporting dates.

(Sec. 11) Revises specified International Monetary Fund (IMF) criteria for country eligibility.

(Sec. 12) Authorizes FY2008-FY2010 appropriations. Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.

]]> Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2010, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the "Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007", and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 S Senate Reported to Senate 2007-10-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2020rs/xml/BILLS-110s2020rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2020is/xml/BILLS-110s2020is.xml 2007-10-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419. 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.