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H. Rept. 110-552 1 (2008-03-31)

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                   110TH CONGRESS                                    REPORT
                     2d Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES          110-552





                         NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
                         ESTABLISHMENT ACT AMENDMENT OF 2007


                    MARCH 31, 2008.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                   of the Union and ordered to be printed


                        Mr. RAHALL, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                      submitted the following


                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany H.R. 3891]

                            [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
                    The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                  bill (H.R. 3891) to amend the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
                  tion Establishment Act to increase the number of Directors on the
                  Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
                  having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
                  amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                                       PURPOSE OF THE BILL
                    The purpose of H.R. 3891 is to amend the National Fish and
                  Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of
                  Directors on the Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wild-
                  life Foundation.

                              BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
                    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Foundation) was es-
                  tablished by Congress in 1984. The Foundation is a charitable and
                  nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the
                  United States. The purposes of the Foundation are-
                        (1) to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts for the
                      benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and services of
                      the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National
                      Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to further the con-
                      servation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other
                      natural resources;
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