[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1329 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1329

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

 Mr. Pierluisi (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. George Miller of 
  California, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Moran, Mr. Farr, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. Grimm) 
 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 2013''.

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) Definitions.--Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6602) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(7) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
        Rico, the United States 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.
            ``(8) United states.--The term `United States', when used 
        in the geographic sense, means the several States of the United 
        States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United 
        States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other territory or 
        possession of the United States and any waters within the 
        jurisdiction of the United States''.

SEC. 3. PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    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) 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 2014 through 2018''.
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