HR 1996 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005

Introduced Apr 28, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Mark Kirk R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 13, 2006 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Facility.

Authorizes the President: (1) through the exchange by the Facility of new obligations for outstanding obligations of an eligible Latin American or Caribbean country with a coral reef or other coastal marine resource, to reduce the amount of concessional loans owed by the country to the United States as of January 1, 2005; and (2) to sell, reduce, or cancel such loans to facilitate a debt-for-nature swap or a debt buyback with an eligible purchaser or country to support coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation.

Requires each beneficiary country that has entered into a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Fund to receive payments of interest on new obligations undertaken by the country to provide grants for coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation projects.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2005 to Jul 18, 2006, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 28, 2005
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 28, 2005
R-ILJerry WellerOriginalApr 28, 2005
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalApr 28, 2005
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalApr 28, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalApr 28, 2005
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalApr 28, 2005
D-CABarbara LeeMay 18, 2005
D-OREarl BlumenauerMay 18, 2005
D-FLRobert WexlerMay 18, 2005
D-METhomas H. AllenMay 18, 2005
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenMay 26, 2005
D-ILDaniel LipinskiJun 30, 2005
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJun 30, 2005
R-DEMichael N. CastleJun 30, 2005
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2006Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
  2. Sep 13, 2006Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  3. Apr 28, 2005Introduced in House
  4. Apr 28, 2005Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Subjects

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  1. Apr 28, 2005Introduced in House

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