[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 509 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 107
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 509

                          [Report No. 111-200]

       To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2009

 Mr. Brown of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                             July 10, 2009

 Additional sponsors: Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
Moran of Virginia, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Pierluisi, Mrs. Capps, 
                  Mr. Sablan, Mr. Farr, and Mr. Kildee

                             July 10, 2009

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               14, 2009]

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                                 A BILL


 
       To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.

    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 ``Marine Turtle Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS PREVENTING FUNDING OF PROJECTS IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 6601(b)), by striking ``in 
        foreign countries'';
            (2) in section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 6602(2))--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``in foreign countries''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``of foreign 
                countries''; and
            (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6603)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``State 
                or'' before ``foreign country''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``in foreign 
                countries''.
    (b) State Defined.--Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6602) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
        Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any 
        other territory or possession of the United States, and any 
        Indian tribe.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

    Section 5(b) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 
U.S.C. 6604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$80,000'' and inserting 
        ``$150,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Limitation on projects in the united states.--Not 
        more than 20 percent of the amounts made available from the 
        Fund for any fiscal year may be used for projects relating to 
        the conservation of marine turtles in the United States.''.

SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2004.

    Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U. S. 
C. 6606) is amended by striking ``each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2009'' and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to reauthorize the 
        Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for other 
        purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 107

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 509

                          [Report No. 111-200]

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                                 A BILL

       To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 10, 2009

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed