US Congress Senate Bill 1899 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), at the request of the Department of the Interior, to bring in a district court a civil action against any individual or entity that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any resource that is within the boundaries of any land or water that is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The bill also authorizes DOJ, at the request of Interior, to bring in a district court an in rem action against any instrumentality (e.g., a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft) that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any such system resource. Among others, it shall be an affirmative defense in either type of action that the destruction of, loss of, risk mitigation regarding, or injury to a system resource was caused by an otherwise legal act or omission that occurred outside the boundaries of the resource. In either type of action, the court may award response costs and damages.

Refuge System Protection Act

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB3370 (Same As) 2019-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1899/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1899/BILLS-116s1899is.pdf