To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 15, 2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2007
- Passed HouseOct 9, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 1) Amends the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to include tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to only tropical forests.)
(Sec. 3) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.
(Sec. 4) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs or associated coastal marine ecosystems eligible for benefits. (Current law refers only to tropical forests.)
(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations through FY2010 for specified credit and concessional loan debt reduction owed to the United States.
Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.
(Sec. 7) 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. 8) Requires U.S. government and beneficiary country government review of Conservation Fund grants in excess of $250,000.
(Sec. 8) Renames the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement.
(Sec. 9) Renames the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.
(Sec. 10) Repeals Enterprise for the Americas Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.
(Sec. 11) Revises certain reporting dates.
(Sec. 12) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2007 to Oct 1, 2007; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | May 10, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jun 20, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Oct 1, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred May 7, 2007Markup Jul 31, 2007 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Oct 15, 2007 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Oct 9, 2007Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 9, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11347-11350)
- Oct 9, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2185.
- Oct 9, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11347-11348)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2116 | Mark Kirk R-IL | Oct 10, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H11347–H11350Text printed H11347 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Diane E. Watson D-CA, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Kathy Castor D-FL | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E975 | Mark Kirk R-IL | May 7, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jan 18, 2008H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007</p>
- Jan 18, 2008H.R. 2185, A bill to amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such actCost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 9, 2007
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2020 | Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 | Related bill | Oct 15, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Authorization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Coral reefs
- Debt agreements
- Debt relief
- Ecosystem management
- Environmental Protection
- Executive Office of the President
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Forest conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International environmental cooperation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Marine resources conservation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Treaties
- Tropical forests
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2007Referred in Senate
- Oct 9, 2007Engrossed in House
- May 7, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
