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H.R. 3433 (111th): To amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Introduced:
- Jul 30, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA1]
- Status:
- Signed by the President
- Slip Law:
- This bill became Pub.L. 111-149.
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
3/25/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to allow the non-federal share of the U.S. contribution to the costs of wetlands conservation projects carried out in Canada to include cash contributions from non-U.S. sources and allow funds from Canadian sources to comprise up to 50% of the non-federal share of such project costs.
House Republican Conference Summary
The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.
This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/1/hr3433.
Background
In 1986, a joint waterfowl effort between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico resulted in all three countries signing the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. In 1989, Congress passed the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), authorizing funds for grants in Mexico and Canada for waterfowl conservation projects. These federal funds require a non-federal 50 percent match for the cost of the program. In 2006, the authorization for the program was extended at a level of $75 million annually. Under current law, contributions for the non-federal matching funds from Mexico are allowed to count but those from Canada are not. H.R. 3433 would allow Canada to use an equal amount of non-U.S. currency to pay the matching fund requirement for projects that occur in Canada.
Summary
H.R. 3433 would allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to accept Canadian funds for non-federal matching contributions required for projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA).
Cost
According to CBO, H.R. 3433 would "not affect the federal budget."
House Democratic Caucus Summary
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
United States Code
The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)
- Title 16: CONSERVATION
- Chapter 64: NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION
- Section 4407: Allocation of amounts available to carry out this chapter