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105TH CONGRESS f REPT. 105-266
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT OF 1997
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1787]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1787) to assist in the conservation of Asian elephants by sup-
porting and providing financial resources for the conservation pro-
grams of nations within the range of Asian elephants and projects
of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of
Asian elephants, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Asian elephant populations in nations within the range of Asian elephants
have continued to decline to the point that the long-term survival of the species
in the wild is in serious jeopardy.
(2) The Asian elephant is listed as an endangered species under section 4 of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and under appendix I of the Convention
on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
(3) Because the challenges facing the conservation of Asian elephants are so
great, resources to date have not been sufficient to cope with the continued loss
of habitat and the consequent diminution of Asian elephant populations.
(4) The Asian elephant is a flagship species for the conservation of tropical
forest habitats in which it is found and provides the consequent benefit from
such conservation to numerous other species of wildlife including many other
endangered species.
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