S. 2020 · 110th Congress
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
LugarSponsor12 cosponsors · 7 D, 4 R, 1 I
D
Biden
CH
R
Hagel
SB
R
Brownback
PL
D
Leahy
PM
D
Murray
DI
D
Inouye
CD
D
Dodd
BN
D
Nelson
JI
R
Inhofe
JL
I
Lieberman
JK
D
Kerry
OS
R
Snowe1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007 (Act).
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Oct 15, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Renames the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as The Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007 (Act).
(Sec. 3) Includes tropical forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems within the scope of such Act. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)
(Sec. 4) Renames the Tropical Forest Facility as the Conservation Facility.
(Sec. 5) Makes developing countries with tropical forests or coral reefs eligible for benefits. (Current law refers to tropical forests.)
(Sec. 6) 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. 7) Eliminates the requirement that the Enterprise for the Americas Board be consulted in negotiating a Conservation Agreement.
Requires U.S. government and beneficiary country government review of Conservation Fund grants in excess of $250,000.
(Sec. 8) Renames: (1) the Tropical Forest Agreement as the Conservation Agreement; and (2) the Tropical Forest Fund as the Conservation Fund.
(Sec. 9) Repeals Board authority to carry out activities under the Act.
(Sec. 10) Revises certain reporting dates.
(Sec. 11) Revises specified International Monetary Fund (IMF) criteria for country eligibility.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes FY2008-FY2010 appropriations. Increases obligations for program administration, monitoring, and auditing.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007
Latest action (Oct 15, 2007): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 6, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.