II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1537 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 12, 2017 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Coons , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Franken , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Udall , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Carper , Mr. Leahy , and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act . 2. Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Section 10 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6109 ) is amended to read as follows: 10. Authorization of appropriations (a) In general There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023. (b) Use of funds Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, not less than 75 percent shall be expended for projects carried out at a location outside of the United States. .