Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2024”.
Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act amendments
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”.
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 2024, 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.”
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”.
Technical corrections—
Definitions— Section 4 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended—
by striking paragraph (1); and
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.
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.