US Congress House Bill 4959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-9)
Status: Introduced on March 25 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Conservation Act of 2010 - Directs the President, through the Coordinator for Global Conservation, to establish the International Conservation Strategy to help combat global natural resource and biodiversity degradation in developing countries. Directs the Coordinator to establish the Interagency Working Group on Global Conservation. Directs the President to establish the President's Advisory Committee for Global Conservation. Urges the President to work with the world's major foreign assistance donor countries to: (1) develop an international conservation assistance strategy; (2) identify multilateral coordinating mechanisms; and (3) promote existing multilateral initiatives designed to identify meaningful levels of interim funding for forest conservation in developing countries.

Global Conservation Act of 2010

Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-25		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

SB3508 (Related) 2010-06-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4959/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4959/BILLS-111hr4959ih.pdf