H.R. 4389

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023

Latest
Raw Text PDF XML

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four

H. R. 4389

AN ACT

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

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023.

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.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.