US Congress House Bill 2918 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-09-24 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.

Extinction Prevention Act of 2019

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-24	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-06-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-05-22	House	Introduced in House

SB3117 (Related) 2019-12-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2918/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2918/BILLS-116hr2918ih.pdf