[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20324]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATIONS AND EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN COASTAL WETLAND CONSERVATION 
                                PROJECTS

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 670, S. 2495.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2495) to strike limitations on funding and 
     extend the period of authorization for certain coastal 
     wetland conservation projects.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed; the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and 
that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2495) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2495

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

     SECTION 1. COASTAL WETLAND CONSERVATION PROJECT FUNDING.

       (a) Funding.--Section 306 of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, 
     Protection, and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, not to exceed 
     $70,000,000,'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``, not to exceed 
     $15,000,000''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``, not to exceed 
     $15,000,000,''.
       (b) Period of Authorization.--Section 4(a) of the Dingell-
     Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)) is 
     amended in the second sentence by striking ``2009'' and 
     inserting ``2019''.

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