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[H.R. 3908 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 692
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3908

                          [Report No. 107-304]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2002

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

                            October 8, 2002

               Reported by Mr. Jeffords, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 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 ``<DELETED>and associated 
        habitats for wetland dependent migratory birds</DELETED> and 
        habitats associated with wetland ecosystems'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``wetland 
        <DELETED>dependent</DELETED> associated'' before ``migratory 
        bird''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``wetland <DELETED>dependent</DELETED> 
                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 
                ``<DELETED>(but at least 25 percent and not more than 
                50 percent thereof)</DELETED> (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 
        ``<DELETED>(but at least 50 percent and not more than 75 
        percent thereof)</DELETED> (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''.
            <DELETED>(2)</DELETED> (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''.
            <DELETED>(3)</DELETED> (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''.
            <DELETED>(4)</DELETED> (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)''.
            <DELETED>(5)</DELETED> (7) In section 4(c) (16 U.S.C. 
        4403(c)), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Commission'' and inserting ``Council''.
            <DELETED>(6)</DELETED> (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''.
            <DELETED>(7)</DELETED> (11) In section 5(f) (16 U.S.C. 
        4404(f)), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (e)''.
            <DELETED>(8)</DELETED> (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''.
            <DELETED>(9)</DELETED> (13) In section 10(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 
        4409(1)(D)), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''.
            <DELETED>(10)</DELETED> (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''.




                                                       Calendar No. 692

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3908

                          [Report No. 107-304]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 8, 2002

                        Reported with amendments