[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2693 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2693

To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary of 
  the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to 
 address critical great ape conservation needs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2005

Mr. George Miller of California (for himself and Mr. Baird) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary of 
  the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to 
 address critical great ape conservation needs, 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 ``Great Ape Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. USE OF GREAT APE CONSERVATION FUND TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION 
              NEEDS ARISING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI.

    Section 5(b) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6304(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Use to support conservation needs arising from the 
        2004 tsunami.--In addition to the other uses authorized under 
        this subsection, the Secretary may use amounts in the Fund to 
        provide emergency financial and technical assistance to address 
        critical great ape conservation needs in Aceh Province, 
        Indonesia, arising from the tsunami of December 2004, including 
        for the following:
                    ``(A) To support the Aceh provincial nature 
                conservation department in activities to restore 
                institutional capacity, equipment replacement, and 
                conservation personnel training.
                    ``(B) To integrate wildlife habitat and 
                biodiversity conservation into post-disaster recovery 
                programs and activities.
                    ``(C) To strengthen the Aceh provincial nature 
                conservation department to protect significant great 
                ape habitat.
                    ``(D) To support efforts to identify and provide 
                alternative sustainable sources of timber resources for 
                re-building materials to limit and reduce unsustainable 
                logging practices and great ape forest habitat loss.''.

SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF PROJECTS TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF THREATS TO APES 
              IN RANGE STATES.

    Section 4(d) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6303(d)) 
is amended by striking ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
inserting ``; or'' and by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) address root causes of threats to great apes in range 
        states, including illegal bushmeat trade, diseases, lack of 
        regional capacity for conservation, and habitat loss due to 
        natural disasters.''.

SEC. 4. MEETINGS OF PANEL.

    Section 4(i) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6303(i)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall 
convene such panel by not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization and Tsunami 
Assistance Act of 2005, and quadrennially thereafter. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.) shall not apply to such 
panel.''.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 5(b)(2) of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
6304(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``expanded'' and inserting ``expended''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``$80,000'' and inserting ``$100,000''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 6 of the Great Ape Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6305) is 
amended by striking ``2001 through 2005.'' and inserting ``2006 through 
2010, of which $1,000,000 may be used to provide emergency assistance 
under section 4(d)(6) or 5(b)(3).''.
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