[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 4389 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 363
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4389

                          [Report No. 118-439]

   To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make 
           improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2023

Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, 
and Mrs. Peltola) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

                             April 5, 2024

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Lawler, Mr. 
 Allred, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Kildee, 
  Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Porter, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Moylan

                             April 5, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, 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 June 
                               27, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make 
           improvements to that Act, 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 ``Migratory Birds of the Americas 
Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Federal Share.--Section 5(e)(1) of the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6104(e)(1)) is amended by striking 
``25 percent'' and inserting ``33.3 percent''.
    (b) Cooperation.--Section 7 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6106) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation 
Enhancements Act of 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing 
the implementation of subsection (b) by the Secretary, which shall 
include, if applicable, a description of the composition of the 
advisory group convened under paragraph (1) of that subsection.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 10(a) of the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6109(a)) is 
amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2028''.
    (d) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 4 of the Neotropical Migratory 
        Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.
            (2) Cooperation.--Section 7(b)(1) of the Neotropical 
        Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is 
        amended in the second sentence by adding a period at the end.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 363

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4389

                          [Report No. 118-439]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make 
           improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 5, 2024

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