124 STAT. 1025 PUBLIC LAW 111–149—MAR. 25, 2010 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3433: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111 –296 (Comm. on Natural Resources). SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–158 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 155 (2009): Oct. 13, considered and passed House. Vol. 156 (2010): Mar. 9, considered and passed Senate. Public Law 111–149 111th Congress An Act To amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF NON -FEDERAL SHARE OF PROJECTS IN MEXICO AND CANADA UNDER NORTH AMERICAN WET- LANDS CONSERVATION ACT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(b)(3) of the North American Wet- lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4407(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(3) The non-Federal share of the United States contribution to the costs of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs. In the case of a project carried out in Canada or Mexico, the non-Federal share of the costs of the project may include cash contributions from non-United States sources that are used to pay costs of the project. In the case of a project carried out in Canada, funds from Canadian sources may comprise up to 50 percent of the non-Federal share of the costs of the project.’’. (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any approved and active wetlands conserva- tion project (as that term is used in section 8(b)(1) of such Act) carried out with assistance provided under such Act, including such a project approved before the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved March 25, 2010. 16 USC 4407 note. Mar. 25, 2010 [H.R. 3433]
