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Calendar No. 580
115TH CONGRESS } REPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-350
MIGRATORY BIRDS OF THE AMERICAS CONSERVATION
ACT
NOVEMBER 13, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1537]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1537) to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Neotropical migratory birds are bird species that breed in North
America and winter in the tropics. Some of these species are feder-
ally listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act, and many are popular for bird watching. These birds also
play an important role in pest control and pollination for agri-
culture.
The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) pro-
vides grants to support conservation of migratory bird populations
and fosters international cooperation for initiatives that will main-
tain healthy bird populations. Since 2002, the Act has provided
over $66 million in grant funding, along with $250 million in
matching funds from public and private partners-a match ratio of
3.8 to 1. These funds have gone to 570 projects in 36 countries and
have benefited hundreds of species that breed in North America
and live during the winter in Mexico, Central America, the Carib-
bean, or South America. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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