[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 700 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 700


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2001

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
      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--
            (1) by striking ``There are authorized'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--There is authorized''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Administrative Expenses.--Of amounts available each fiscal 
year to carry out this Act, the Secretary may expend not more than 3 
percent or $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay the administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out this Act.''.

SEC. 4. COOPERATION.

    The Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 is further amended by 
redesignating section 7 (16 U.S.C. 4266) as section 8, and by inserting 
after section 6 the following:

``SEC. 7. ADVISORY GROUP.

    ``(a) In General.--To assist in carrying out this Act, the 
Secretary may convene an advisory group consisting of individuals 
representing public and private organizations actively involved in the 
conservation of Asian elephants.
    ``(b) Public Participation.--
            ``(1) Meetings.--The Advisory Group shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that each meeting of the advisory 
                group is open to the public; and
                    ``(B) provide, at each meeting, an opportunity for 
                interested persons to present oral or written 
                statements concerning items on the agenda.
            ``(2) Notice.--The Secretary shall provide to the public 
        timely notice of each meeting of the advisory group.
            ``(3) Minutes.--Minutes of each meeting of the advisory 
        group shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be made 
        available to the public.
    ``(c) Exemption From Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory 
group.''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) 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 
        ``the Asian Elephant 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. 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.''.

    (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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.