[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 645 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 645

   To reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.


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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 Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.

    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 ``Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION ACT OF 
              1994.

    Section 9 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5306) is amended by striking ``1996 through 2002'' and inserting 
``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 9 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 5306) is further amended by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' 
before ``There are authorized'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(b) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--Of amounts hereafter 
appropriated to carry out this Act each fiscal year, not more than 6 
percent, or $80,000, whichever is less, may be used to administer this 
Act.''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Conforming Amendments.--The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 
Act of 1994 is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 5303(3)) is amended by striking 
        ``Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund established under 
        section 6(a)'' 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'''.
            (2) Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by striking the 
        section heading and all that follows through ``(d) Acceptance 
        and Use of Donations.--'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 6. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.''.

    (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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