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[H.R. 3908 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3908

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
  To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North American Wetlands Conservation 
Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.).

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    (a) Finding.--Section 2(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 4401(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``and other habitats'' and inserting ``and associated 
habitats''.
    (b) Purposes.--Section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 4401(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and other habitats for 
    migratory birds'' and inserting ``and habitats associated with 
    wetland ecosystems'';
        (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``wetland associated'' before 
    ``migratory bird''; and
        (3) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by inserting ``wetland associated'' before ``migratory 
        birds''; and
            (B) by inserting ``, the United States Shorebird 
        Conservation Plan, the North American Waterbird Conservation 
        Plan, the Partners In Flight Conservation Plans,'' after 
        ``North American Waterfowl Management Plan''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF WETLANDS CONSERVATION PROJECT.

    Section 3(9) (16 U.S.C. 4402(9)) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``of a wetland ecosystem 
    and associated habitat'' after ``including water rights,''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and other habitat'' and 
    inserting ``and associated habitat''.

SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 7(c) (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking ``not to 
exceed'' and all that follows and inserting ``not to exceed--
        ``(1) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
        ``(2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
        ``(3) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
        ``(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
        ``(5) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.''.

SEC. 6. ALLOCATION.

    Section 8(a) (16 U.S.C. 4407(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``(but at least 50 per centum and not more 
        than 70 per centum thereof)'' and inserting ``(but at least 30 
        percent and not more than 60 percent)''; and
            (B) by striking ``4 per centum'' and inserting ``4 
        percent''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``(but at least 30 per centum 
    and not more than 50 per centum thereof)'' and inserting ``(but at 
    least 40 percent and not more than 70 percent)''.

SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF THE COST OF APPROVED 
              WETLANDS CONSERVATION PROJECTS.

    Section 8(b) (16 U.S.C. 4407(b)) is amended by striking so much as 
precedes the second sentence and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Cost Sharing.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), as a 
condition of providing assistance under this Act for any approved 
wetlands conservation project, the Secretary shall require that the 
portion of the costs of the project paid with amounts provided by non-
Federal United States sources is equal to at least the amount allocated 
under subsection (a) that is used for the project.
    ``(2) Federal moneys allocated under subsection (a) may be used to 
pay 100 percent of the costs of such projects located on Federal lands 
and waters, including the acquisition of inholdings within such lands 
and waters.
    ``(3)''.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) The North American Wetlands Conservation Act is amended as 
follows:
        (1) In section 2(a)(10) (16 U.S.C. 4401(a)(10)), by inserting 
    ``of 1973'' after ``Species Act''.
        (2) In section 2(a)(12) (16 U.S.C. 4401(a)(12)), by inserting 
    ``and in 1994 by the Secretary of Sedesol for Mexico'' after 
    ``United States''.
        (3) In section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 4402(2)), by striking 
    ``Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the United States 
    House of Representatives'' and inserting ``Committee on Resources 
    of the House of Representatives''.
        (4) In section 3(5) (16 U.S.C. 4402(5)), by inserting ``of 
    1973'' after ``Species Act''.
        (5) In section 3(6) (16 U.S.C. 4402(6)), by inserting after 
    ``1986'' the following: ``, and by the Secretary of Sedesol for 
    Mexico in 1994, and subsequent dates''.
        (6) In section 4(a)(1)(B) (16 U.S.C. 4403(a)(1)(B)), by 
    striking ``section 3(2)(B)'' and inserting ``section 3(g)(2)(B)''.
        (7) In section 4(c) (16 U.S.C. 4403(c)), in the matter 
    preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``Commission'' and inserting 
    ``Council''.
        (8) In section 5(a)(5) (16 U.S.C. 4404(a)(5)), by inserting 
    ``of 1973'' after ``Species Act''.
        (9) In section 5(b) (16 U.S.C. 4404(b)), by striking ``by 
    January 1 of each year,'' and inserting ``each year''.
        (10) In section 5(d) (16 U.S.C. 4404(d)), by striking ``one 
    Council member'' and inserting ``2 Council members''.
        (11) In section 5(f) (16 U.S.C. 4404(f)), by striking 
    ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (e)''.
        (12) In section 10(1)(C) (16 U.S.C. 4409(1)(C)), by striking 
    ``western hemisphere pursuant to section 17 of this Act'' and 
    inserting ``Western Hemisphere pursuant to section 16''.
        (13) In section 10(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 4409(1)(D)), by striking 
    the period and inserting ``; and''.
        (14) In section 16(a) (16 U.S.C. 4413), by striking ``western 
    hemisphere'' and inserting ``Western Hemisphere''.
    (b)(1) Section 112(1) of Public Law 101-593 (104 Stat. 2962) is 
amended by striking ``and before the period''.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be effective on and 
after the effective date of section 112(1) of Public Law 101-593 (104 
Stat. 2962).

SEC. 9. CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE.

    Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 105-312) is amended by striking ``2003'' 
and inserting ``2008''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.