[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 398 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 398

    To make appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for a plant genetic 
                         conservation program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To make appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for a plant genetic 
                         conservation program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Plant Genetic Conservation 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION FOR PLANT GENETIC CONSERVATION.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2000:

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                       plant genetic conservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out a plant genetic conservation 
program to store material from rare, endangered, and threatened plants 
in Hawaii and other States and areas of the United States, including 
expenses for construction and maintenance of a temperature-controlled 
facility for such purpose, $1,500,000.
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