[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1761 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1761

  To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2011

 Mr. Pierluisi (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. George Miller of 
    California, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
 Bordallo, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, 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 ``Marine Turtle Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2011''.

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, 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 
        less 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 2012 through 2017''.
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