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[H.R. 4973 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4973

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer 
 programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, 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 ``National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer 
Improvement Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO IMPLEMENT VOLUNTEER, 
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS UNDER FISH AND WILDLIFE 
ACT OF 1956.
    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 7(f) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 
1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(f)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out subsections 
(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2014.''.
    (b) Technical Corrections.--Section 7 of the Fish and Wildlife Act 
of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f) is amended in subsections (b)(2)(B)(ii) and 
(d)(2)(C)(i) by striking ``National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act 
of 1966'' each place it appears and inserting ``National Wildlife 
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966''.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM VOLUNTEER AND 
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1998.
    Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and 
Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f-1) is 
amended--
        (1) in the subsection heading by striking ``Projects'' and 
    inserting ``National Volunteer Coordination Program'';
        (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
    appropriations, and in conformance with the strategy developed 
    under paragraph (2) and consistent with the authorities regarding 
    gifts, volunteer services, community partnerships, and refuge 
    education enhancement under section 7 of the Fish and Wildlife Act 
    of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 741f), the Secretary of the Interior, through 
    the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall 
    carry out a National Volunteer Coordination Program within the 
    National Wildlife Refuge System to--
            ``(A) augment and support the capabilities and efforts of 
        Federal employees to implement resource management, 
        conservation, and public education programs and activities 
        across the National Wildlife Refuge System;
            ``(B) provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to 
        support the resource management, conservation, and public 
        education programs and activities of national wildlife refuges 
        or complexes of geographically related national wildlife 
        refuges in each United States Fish and Wildlife Service region; 
        and
            ``(C) fulfill the purpose and mission of the National 
        Wildlife Refuge System under the National Wildlife Refuge 
        System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.).'';
        (3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
        ``(2) Volunteer coordination strategy.--
            ``(A) In general.--No later than one year after date of 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Director shall publish in the 
        Federal Register a national strategy for the coordination and 
        utilization of volunteers within the National Wildlife Refuge 
        System.
            ``(B) Consultation required.--The strategy shall be 
        developed in consultation with State fish and wildlife 
        agencies, Indian tribes, refuge friends groups or similar 
        volunteer organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
            ``(C) Volunteer coordinators.--The Director shall provide, 
        subject to the availability of appropriations, no less than one 
        regional volunteer coordinator for each United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service region to implement the strategy published 
        under this paragraph. Such coordinators may be responsible for 
        assisting partner organizations in developing and implementing 
        volunteer projects and activities under cooperative agreements 
        under section 7(d) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 
        U.S.C. 742f(d)).''; and
        (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``for for each fiscal year 
    through fiscal year 2009'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year 
    through fiscal year 2014''.
SEC. 4. VOLUNTEER, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
REPORT.
    (a) In General.--Section 7 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 
U.S.C. 742f(e)) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (f) (as amended by this Act) as 
    subsection (g); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
    subsection:
    ``(f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this subsection and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate--
        ``(1) evaluating the accomplishments of the volunteer program, 
    the community partnerships program, and the refuge education 
    programs authorized under this section, and of the National 
    Volunteer Coordination Program and volunteer coordination strategy 
    under section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer 
    and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f-
    1); and
        ``(2) making recommendations to improve the effectiveness of 
    such programs, including regarding implementing subparagraphs (A), 
    (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (e).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 
1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f-1) is further amended by striking paragraph (3), 
and by redesignating paragraph (4) (as amended by this Act) as 
paragraph (3).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.