[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 272 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 272

To amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize appropriations to promote the 
   conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the 
serious loss of important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential 
  to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 11, 2007

  Mr. Coleman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize appropriations to promote the 
   conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the 
serious loss of important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential 
  to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, 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. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY 
              WATERFOWL AND HABITAT.

    The first section of Public Law 87-383 (16 U.S.C. 715k-3) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``That in'' and inserting the following:

``SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY 
              WATERFOWL HABITAT.

    ``(a) In General.--In'';
            (2) by striking ``for the period'' and all that follows 
        through the end of the sentence and inserting ``$400,000,000 
        for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2017.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Advance to Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.--Funds 
appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be treated as an advance, 
without interest, to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.
    ``(c) Repayment to Treasury.--
            ``(1) In general.--Effective beginning July 1, 2008, funds 
        appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be repaid to the 
        Treasury out of the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.
            ``(2) Amounts.--Repayment under this subsection shall be 
        made in annual amounts that are equal to the funds accruing 
        annually to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund that are 
        attributable to the portion of the price of migratory bird 
        hunting stamps sold that year that is in excess of $15 per 
        stamp.''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the funds provided pursuant to the amendments made by 
        this Act--
                    (A) should be used for preserving and increasing 
                waterfowl populations in accordance with the goals and 
                objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management 
                Plan; and
                    (B) to that end, should be used to supplement and 
                not replace current conservation funding, including 
                funding for other Federal and State habitat 
                conservation programs; and
            (2) this Act and the amendments made by this Act should be 
        implemented in a manner that helps private landowners achieve 
        long-term land use objectives in a manner that enhances the 
        conservation of wetland and wildlife habitat.
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