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                                                 Union Calendar No. 251
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3908

                          [Report No. 107-421]

 To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2002

  Mr. Hansen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                             April 29, 2002

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                                7, 2002]

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 associated habitats for 
        wetland dependent migratory birds'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``wetland dependent'' 
        before ``migratory bird''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``wetland dependent'' 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 25 percent and not more than 50 percent 
                thereof)''; 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 50 percent and not more than 75 percent 
        thereof)''.

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 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''.
            (3) In section 3(5) (16 U.S.C. 4402(5)), by inserting ``of 
        1973'' after ``Species Act''.
            (4) 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)''.
            (5) In section 4(c) (16 U.S.C. 4403(c)), in the matter 
        preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``Commission'' and 
        inserting ``Council''.
            (6) In section 5(a)(5) (16 U.S.C. 4404(a)(5)), by inserting 
        ``of 1973'' after ``Species Act''.
            (7) In section 5(f) (16 U.S.C. 4404(f)), by striking 
        ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (e)''.
            (8) 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''.
            (9) In section 10(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 4409(1)(D)), by striking 
        the period and inserting ``; and''.
            (10) 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).




                                                 Union Calendar No. 251

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3908

                          [Report No. 107-421]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 29, 2002

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed