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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 517
112TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 112-215
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2011
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012.-Ordered to be printed
Mrs. BOXER, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1494]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred a bill (S. 1494) to reauthorize and amend the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill,
as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act
of 2012 reauthorizes the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
(NFWF), which was established by Congress in 1984 to catalyze
private investments to conserve fish, wildlife, and their habitats.
Since inception, NFWF has leveraged $576 million in federal
funds into $2 billion for conservation through more than 11,600
grants in the United States and abroad. NFWF is currently work-
ing with 14 federal agencies and more than 50 corporations, foun-
dations, and other private organizations to coordinate and leverage
funds for conservation through competitive grant programs. The
stated purposes of the Foundation are:
(1) To encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities
and services of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
and
(2) To undertake and conduct such other activities as will
further the conservation and management of the fish, wildlife,
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