[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1857 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 543

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1857

                          [Report No. 103-326]

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                                 A BILL

    To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal year 1995 through fiscal 
                   year 2000, and for other purposes.

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                             August 5, 1994

         Reported with amendments and an amendment to the title





                                                       Calendar No. 543
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1857

                          [Report No. 103-326]

    To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal year 1995 through fiscal 
                   year 2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 22, 1994

  Mr. Mitchell (for himself and Mr. Chafee) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

                             August 5, 1994

 Reported by Mr. Baucus, with amendments and an amendment to the title
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize appropriations to assist in carrying out the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal year 1995 through fiscal 
                   year 2000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION.

-T-h-a-t -s-e-c-t-i-o-n Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking ``not to 
exceed $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, and 
1994'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``not to exceed $20,000,000 for 
-f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r-s -1-9-9-5 -a-n-d -1-9-9-6-, each of fiscal years 
1995 and 1996, -$-3-0-,-0-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r -f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r-s 
-1-9-9-7 -a-n-d -1-9-9-8-, -a-n-d -$-4-0-,-0-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r 
-f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r-s -1-9-9-9 -a-n-d -2-0-0-0-'-'-. and $30,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 1997 and 1998''.

SEC. 2. MATCHING, REPORTING, AND REVISING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Matching Requirement.--Section 8(b) of the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4407(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence: ``In the case of a project carried 
out in Mexico, the required non-Federal share under the preceding 
sentence may be derived from cash contributions from non-United States 
sources.''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Section 10(1)(A) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
4409(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
the following: ``, including a list of wetlands conservation projects 
by type, conservation mechanism (such as acquisition, easement, or 
lease), location, and duration''.
    (c) Revisions to Plan.--Section 11 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 4410) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``1991'' and inserting ``1998''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``and Mexico'' after ``Canada''; 
                and
            (2) by striking the second sentence.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CONSERVATION.

    The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 19. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN WETLANDS CONSERVATION.

    ``Not later than January 31, 1996, the Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Council, to further the purposes of the Act shall--
            ``(1) develop a strategy, to assist in the implementation 
        of this Act in conserving the full complement of North American 
        wetlands systems and species dependent on the systems, that 
        incorporates existing information (existing as of the date of 
        the strategy) on types of wetlands habitats and species 
        dependent on the habitats; and
            ``(2) develop procedures to monitor and evaluate the 
        effectiveness of wetlands conservation projects completed under 
        this Act.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to authorize 
        appropriations to assist in carrying out the North American 
        Wetlands Conservation Act for fiscal years 1995 through 1998, 
        and for other purposes.''.