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HR 3496 112th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Intergovernmental relations Parks, recreation areas, trails State and local government operations Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

America's Wildlife Heritage Act

Introduced: November 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Nov 29, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Nov 29, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Nov 18, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 18, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America's Wildlife Heritage Act - Sets forth requirements concerning the maintenance of viable populations of existing native and desired non-native species within each planning area in the National Forest System's or the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) public lands.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to adopt and implement a strategically targeted monitoring program for determining the status and trends of native and desired non-native species populations on System and BLM lands. Defines: (1) native species to mean species of plants and animals indigenous to a planning area; and (2) desired non-native species to mean those wild species of plants and animals that are not indigenous to a planning area but are valued for their contribution to species diversity or their social, cultural, or economic value.

Requires the Secretaries to coordinate the management of planning areas of the System and the BLM with the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Park System, other federal agencies, state fish and wildlife agencies, other state agencies responsible for management of natural resources, tribes, local governments, and non-governmental organizations engaged in species conservation.

What's happening now December 19, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4