[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S454-S455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COLEMAN:
  S. 272. A bill to amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize 
appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and 
to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetland and other 
waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.
  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill I introduce today--to amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize 
appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and 
to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetland and other 
waterfowl habitat essential to preservation of migratory waterfowl, and 
for other purposes--be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 272

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF 
                   MIGRATORY WATERFOWL AND HABITAT.

       The first section of Public Law 87-383 (16 U.S.C. 715k-3) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``That in'' and inserting the following:

     ``SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF 
                   MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT.

       ``(a) In General.--In'';

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       (2) by striking ``for the period'' and all that follows 
     through the end of the sentence and inserting ``$400,000,000 
     for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2017.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Advance to Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.--Funds 
     appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be treated as an 
     advance, without interest, to the Migratory Bird Conservation 
     Fund.
       ``(c) Repayment to Treasury.--
       ``(1) In general.--Effective beginning July 1, 2008, funds 
     appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be repaid to the 
     Treasury out of the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.
       ``(2) Amounts.--Repayment under this subsection shall be 
     made in annual amounts that are equal to the funds accruing 
     annually to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund that are 
     attributable to the portion of the price of migratory bird 
     hunting stamps sold that year that is in excess of $15 per 
     stamp.''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the funds provided pursuant to the amendments made by 
     this Act--
       (A) should be used for preserving and increasing waterfowl 
     populations in accordance with the goals and objectives of 
     the North American Waterfowl Management Plan; and
       (B) to that end, should be used to supplement and not 
     replace current conservation funding, including funding for 
     other Federal and State habitat conservation programs; and
       (2) this Act and the amendments made by this Act should be 
     implemented in a manner that helps private landowners achieve 
     long-term land use objectives in a manner that enhances the 
     conservation of wetland and wildlife habitat.
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