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.

10/9/2007--Passed House amended.
(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.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
• and 31 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
  • Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
  • Rep. Gerald Weller [R, IL-11]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• Senate Foreign Relations
• 1 more
  • House Foreign Affairs
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Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
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• Oct 15, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
• Oct 09, 2007: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Oct 09, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Oct 09, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2185.
• Oct 09, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Oct 09, 2007: Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on 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 07, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
• May 07, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E975)
• Introduced on May 07, 2007.
• May 07, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E975)

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• Forest conservation
• International affairs
• International agencies
• International environmental cooperation
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• Marine ecology
• Marine resources
• Marine resources conservation
• Natural resources
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