[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 700 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 700

      To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.

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

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT OF 1997.

    Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4266) is amended by striking ``1998'' and all that follows through 
``2002'' and inserting ``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4266) 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. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 4263(3)) is amended by striking 
        ``Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 
        6'' 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. 4265) 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.''.

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