Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986

Summary

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1985 - Title I: Extension of Wetlands Loan Act - Extends the authorization of the Wetlands Loan Act through FY 1996. Title II: Revenues for Migratory Bird Conservation Fund - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to charge fees for admission permits to designated units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Requires deposit of such fees into the migratory bird conservation fund. Authorizes the Secretary to sell, at designated units, Golden Eagle Passports. Directs the Secretary to treat the revenues accruing from such sales in the same manner as fees collected for admission permits. Describes the kinds of admission permits which may be purchased, including individual, group, and special free permits for the blind or disabled and those over age 62. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring an admission permit, or charging a fee, with respect to entry to any designated unit by any individual: (1) with a valid Golden Eagle Passport, Golden Age Passport, or any other lifetime admission permit issued under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965; (2) who has a valid migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp; (3) who is related to or accompanying an individual described in clause (1) or (2); or (4) who has been issued a special free permit as described in the preceding sentence. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations necessary to carry out this paragraph. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees. Increases the price of the migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp. Requires that the amount of import duties collected on arms and ammunition be paid into the migratory bird conservation fund. Establishes in the Treasury the Wetlands Conservation Fund to receive specified funds from the land and water conservation fund and provides for the transfer of moneys from the Wetlands Conservation Fund during FY 1986 through 1995 to finance acquisitions under the wetlands priority conservation plan. Title III: Financial Assistance to States for Wetlands Conservation - Authorizes the Secretary to provide annual financial assistance to States during FY 1986 through 1995 for wetlands conservation. Prescribes formulae for the allocation and apportionment of appropriations among the States and the Secretary for wetlands acquisitions. Sets forth eligibility requirements and conditions relating to such apportionment. Requires each State wishing to participate in such program to submit to the Secretary a comprehensive fish and wildlife resource management plan to ensure the perpetuation of such resources or to submit detailed statements of any wetlands conservation project proposed for that State. Entitles each such State to up to 75 percent of the costs of implementing such plan or project upon the Secretary's approval. Directs the Secretary to establish, and periodically review and revise, a national wetlands priority conservation plan specifying, on a region-by-region or other appropriate basis, the types of wetlands to which priority should be given for wetlands acquisition and the implementation of preservation and enhancement projects. Title IV: Wetlands Inventory and Trend Analysis - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to: (1) produce final National Wetlands Inventory maps for the entire United States (specifies dates at which different maps are to be completed); and (2) produce, by the end of FY 1986, and at ten year intervals thereafter, reports to update and improve the information contained in the report dated September 1982 and entitled "Status and Trends of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Coterminous United States, 1950's to 1970's." Authorizes appropriations for the above maps and reports. Directs the Secretary, by the end of FY 1986 to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a report regarding wetlands losses in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such report.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 11 November 1986

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 3 October 1986

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 16 September 1986

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 March 1985

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