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HR 2185 110th Congress House International Affairs Authorization Congressional reporting requirements Coral reefs Debt agreements Debt relief Ecosystem management Environmental Protection Executive Office of the President Foreign Trade and International Finance Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics International agencies International environmental cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Marine resources conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources Treaties Tropical forests

To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 15, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct 9, 2007
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 9, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 9, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11347-11348)
Oct 9, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11347-11348)
Oct 9, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2185.
Oct 9, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11347-11350)
Oct 9, 2007
Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 31, 2007
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 31, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 7, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 7, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E975)
May 7, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) Amends the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to include tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to only tropical forests.)

(Sec. 3) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.

(Sec. 4) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs or associated coastal marine ecosystems eligible for benefits. (Current law refers only to tropical forests.)

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations through FY2010 for specified credit and concessional loan debt reduction owed to the United States.

Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.

(Sec. 7) Authorizes U.S. government representation on the administering body that oversees the implementation of grants from a debt-for-nature swap or debt buy-back regardless of whether the United States is a party to any agreement between the eligible purchaser and the government of the beneficiary country.

(Sec. 8) Requires U.S. government and beneficiary country government review of Conservation Fund grants in excess of $250,000.

(Sec. 8) Renames the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement.

(Sec. 9) Renames the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.

(Sec. 10) Repeals Enterprise for the Americas Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.

(Sec. 11) Revises certain reporting dates.

(Sec. 12) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007.

What's happening now October 15, 2007

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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