Rep. Kratovil, FrankJr. | Committee on Natural Resources
H.R. 4973 would authorize $3 million annually for the Secretary of Interior to carry-out the volunteer, community partnership, and education programs under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956. The bill authorizes the funding from FY 2011 through FY 2014.
H.R. 4973 would also authorize a new National Volunteer Coordination Program within the National Wildlife Refuge System. The purpose of the program would be to recruit and maintain volunteers to support resource management and conservation activities within the National Wildlife Refuge System. Within on year of enactment, the Director of the National Wildlife Refuge System must publish a national strategy for the coordination and utilization of volunteers within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Additionally, the bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a full report on the accomplishments of the volunteer program, the community partnerships program, and the refuge education programs authorized under this legislation.
Source:H.R. 4973: National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010
