[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 643 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 643

         To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
         To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act.

    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 ``African Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT.

    Section 2306 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4245) is amended by striking ``1997'' and all that follows through 
``2002'' and inserting ``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Part I of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4211 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 2104. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    ``Of amounts hereafter appropriated to carry out this part each 
fiscal year, not more than 6 percent, or $80,000, whichever is less, 
may be used to administer this part.''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--The African Elephant 
Conservation Act is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 2101(a) (16 U.S.C. 4211(a)) is amended by 
        striking ``African Elephant Conservation''.
            (2) Section 2102 (16 U.S.C. 4212) is amended by striking 
        the section heading and all that follows through ``(d) 
        Acceptance and Use of Donations.--'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 2102. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.''.

            (3) Section 2304 (16 U.S.C. 4243) is repealed.
            (4) Section 2305(4) (16 U.S.C. 4244(4)) is amended by 
        striking ``the African Elephant Conservation Fund established 
        by section 2102'' and inserting ``the account established by 
        division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277 under 
        the heading `multinational species conservation fund'''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Title I of section 101(e) of division A 
of Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat.2681-237) is amended under the heading 
`multinational species conservation fund''' by striking ``Rhinoceros 
and Tiger Conservation Act, subchapter I'' and inserting ``Rhinoceros 
and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, part I''.
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