Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007

A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2010, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the "Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007", and for other purposes.

10/15/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 -
(Sec. 2) Renames the Tropic more...al Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007 (Act) .
(Sec. 3) Includes tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)
(Sec. 4) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.
(Sec. 5) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs eligible for benefits. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)
(Sec. 6) 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. 7) Eliminates the requirement that the Enterprise for the Americas Board be consulted in negotiating a Conservation Agreement. Requires U.S. government and beneficiary country government review of Conservation Fund grants in excess of $250,000.
(Sec. 8) Renames:
(1) the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement; and
(2) the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.
(Sec. 9) Repeals Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.
(Sec. 10) Revises certain reporting dates.
(Sec. 11) Revises specified International Monetary Fund (IMF) criteria for country eligibility.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes FY2008-FY2010 appropriations. Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.

Sponsor

• Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
• and 10 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
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Committees

• Senate Foreign Relations

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2020

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Bill Status

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 06, 2007

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Related Issue Areas:

• Foreign policy
• Coral reefs
• Debt agreements
• Environmental protection
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• Foreign aid
• Forest conservation
• International affairs
• International environmental cooperation
• International finance
• Marine ecology
• Marine resources
• Natural resources
• Tropical forests

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September 17, 2007 Biden-Lugar Legislation to Reauthorize the Tropical Forest ...

The legislation, S. 2020, reauthorizes the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 (TFCA) for an additional three years. Since its inception, TFCA has been ...

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September 17, 2007 Biden-Lugar Legislation to Reauthorize the Tropical Forest ...

The legislation, S. 2020, reauthorizes the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 (TFCA) for an additional three years. Since its inception, TFCA has been ...

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April 15, 2008 McCain and big oil. McBush 2008

(S. Amdt. 2635, S. 2020, Senate Roll Call Vote 341, November 17, 2005; S. Amdt. 2587, S. 2020 Senate Roll Call Vote 331, November 17, 2005) McCain has proposed offering cutting the corporate tax rate by 10 percent-meaning more tax ...

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November 04, 2007 Einfluss der Klassengrösse

97, S. 2020) zu lesen, wonach Kinder aus kleineren Klassen bessere Noten hätten und die Schule erfolgreich(er) abschliessen könnten als solche aus grossen Klassen. Die Studie geht sogar soweit, zu behaupten, es gäbe [...]

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October 18, 2007 One way to pay for conservation

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a similar bill, S. 2020, last month. A Senate floor vote has not yet been scheduled. The bill would reauthorize and expand an existing “debt for nature” program that helps ...

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