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        H.R.700

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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


                                 An Act


 
       To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Asian Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT OF 1997.

    Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4266) is amended by striking ``1998'' and all that follows through 
``2002'' and inserting ``2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 7 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 
4266) is further amended--
        (1) by striking ``There are authorized'' and inserting ``(a) In 
    General.--There is authorized''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Administrative Expenses.--Of amounts available each fiscal 
year to carry out this Act, the Secretary may expend not more than 3 
percent or $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay the administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out this Act.''.

SEC. 4. COOPERATION.

    The Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 is further amended by 
redesignating section 7 (16 U.S.C. 4266) as section 8, and by inserting 
after section 6 the following:

``SEC. 7. ADVISORY GROUP.

    ``(a) In General.--To assist in carrying out this Act, the 
Secretary may convene an advisory group consisting of individuals 
representing public and private organizations actively involved in the 
conservation of Asian elephants.
    ``(b) Public Participation.--
        ``(1) Meetings.--The Advisory Group shall--
            ``(A) ensure that each meeting of the advisory group is 
        open to the public; and
            ``(B) provide, at each meeting, an opportunity for 
        interested persons to present oral or written statements 
        concerning items on the agenda.
        ``(2) Notice.--The Secretary shall provide to the public timely 
    notice of each meeting of the advisory group.
        ``(3) Minutes.--Minutes of each meeting of the advisory group 
    shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be made available to the 
    public.
    ``(c) Exemption From Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory 
group.''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Conforming Amendments.--The Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
1997 is amended as follows:
        (1) Section 4(3) (16 U.S.C. 4263(3)) is amended by striking 
    ``the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 
    6(a)'' and inserting ``the account established by division A, 
    section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105-277 under the heading 
    `multinational species conservation fund'''.
        (2) Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 4265) is amended by striking the 
    section heading and all that follows through ``(d) Acceptance and 
    Use of Donations.--'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 6. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.''.

    (b) Technical Corrections.--
        (1) The matter under the heading ``multinational species 
    conservation fund'' in title I of the Department of the Interior 
    and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 4246; 112 
    Stat. 2681-237), is amended--
            (A) by striking ``section 5304 of'' and all that follows 
        through ``section 6 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
        1997'' and inserting ``section 5 of the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
        Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5304), part I of the 
        African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4211 et seq.), and 
        section 5 of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 
        U.S.C. 4264)'';
            (B) by striking ``16 U.S.C. 4224'' and inserting ``section 
        2204 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
        4224)'';
            (C) by striking ``16 U.S.C. 4225'' and inserting ``section 
        2205 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
        4225)''; and
            (D) by striking ``16 U.S.C. 4211'' and inserting ``section 
        2101 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
        4211)''.
        (2) Effective on the day after the date of enactment of the 
    African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001 (107th 
    Congress)--
            (A) section 2104(a) of the African Elephant Conservation 
        Act is amended by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``this 
        title''; and
            (B) section 2306(b) of the African Elephant Conservation 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 4245(b)) is amended by striking ``this Act'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``this title''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 
              FOUNDATION.

    Section 10(a)(1) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)(1)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2005''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$20,000,000'' and 
    inserting ``$25,000,000''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

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