[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 690 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 690

To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize 
                                the Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2009

   Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
  Menendez, and Mr. Nelson of Florida) 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 the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize 
                                the Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
              ACT.

    Section 10 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 6109) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act, to remain available until expended--
            ``(1) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(2) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            ``(3) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
            ``(4) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
            ``(5) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
            ``(6) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Of the amounts made available under subsection 
(a) for each fiscal year, not less than 75 percent shall be expended 
for projects carried out at a location outside of the United States.''.
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