[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 538 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 538

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2011

  Mr. Cardin 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 such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2017.
    ``(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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