Sec. 201. Reauthorization of multinational species conservation funds

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Section 2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4245(a) ) is amended by striking 2007 through 2012 and inserting 2019 through 2023 . Section 8(a) of the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 ( 16 U.S.C. 4266(a) ) is amended by striking 2007 through 2012 and inserting 2019 through 2023 . Section 10(a) of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 5306(a) ) is amended by striking 2007 through 2012 and inserting 2019 through 2023 . Section 4 of the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 6303 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:

The Secretary may award to a person who is otherwise eligible for a grant under this section a multiyear grant to carry out a project that the person demonstrates is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes and the habitat of great apes. Nothing in this subsection precludes the Secretary from awarding a grant on an annual basis. . Section 5(b)(2) of the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 6304(b)(2) ) is amended by striking $100,000 and inserting $150,000 .

Section 6 of the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 6305 ) is amended by striking 2006 through 2010 and inserting 2019 through 2023 . Section 2(b) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6601(b) ) is amended— by striking so much as precedes the conservation and inserting the following: The purposes of this Act are— to assist ; in paragraph

(1)(as designated by the amendment made by subparagraph (A))— by inserting and territories of the United States after foreign countries ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to provide assistance for projects to assist in the conservation of other species of the order Testudine. . Section 3 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6602 ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking marine turtles in foreign countries and of marine turtles in those habitats” and inserting “marine turtles and freshwater turtles and tortoises in foreign countries and territories of the United States and of marine turtles and freshwater turtles and tortoises in those habitats ; and in each of subparagraphs (D)(ii), (E)(i), (E)(ii), and (F), by striking marine turtles each place it appears and inserting marine turtles and freshwater turtles and tortoises ; by redesignating paragraphs

(3)through

(6)as paragraphs

(4)through (7), respectively; by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following: The term freshwater turtle and tortoise means a member of the order Testudines— that is not a marine turtle; and that is listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. The term freshwater turtle and tortoise includes— any live animal described in subparagraph (A), and any part, product, egg, or offspring of such an animal; and a carcass of an animal described in subparagraph (A). . by adding at the end the following: The term territory of the United States means— the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the United States Virgin Islands; and any other territory or possession of the United States. . Section 4 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6603 ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after and freshwater turtle and tortoise ; Marine turtle by striking marine turtles each place it appears and inserting marine turtles and freshwater turtles and tortoises ; by striking marine turtle conservation each place it appears and inserting marine turtle and freshwater turtle and tortoise conservation ; in subsection (b)(1)(A)— by inserting or a territory of the United States after foreign country ; and by inserting or freshwater turtle and tortoise before nesting habitat ; and in subsection (d), by striking foreign countries and inserting a foreign country or a territory of the United States . Section (5)(b) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6604(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Of the amounts in the account available for each fiscal year in excess of $1,510,000, the Secretary may not spend less than 40 percent on financial assistance for projects for the conservation of freshwater turtles and tortoises. . Section 5(b)(2) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6604(b)(2) ) is amended by striking $80,000 and inserting $150,000 . Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 ( 16 U.S.C. 6606 ) is amended by striking each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009 and inserting each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 .

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