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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2208" measure-id="id113hr2208" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-23" update-date="2014-11-14">
<title>North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr2208v17" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-11-14">
<action-date>2014-06-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act - Amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to&nbsp;reauthorize appropriations for allocations to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects through FY2018.</p> <p>Prohibits: (1) the Secretary of the Interior from using these funds to acquire land, or (2) a nongovernment organization from using these funds to acquire land unless the acquisition is approved by the state or insular area fish and wildlife agency with jurisdiction with respect to that land.</p> <p>Revises reporting requirements by requiring the annual assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects to include an accounting of expenditures made for acquisition of federal lands.</p> <ul> <ul> </ul> </ul> </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id113hr2208v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-06-13">
<action-date>2013-05-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to extend through FY2017 the&nbsp;authorization of appropriations for allocations to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects.</p>]]></summary-text>
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