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Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act

Introduced: March 6, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2012
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
Sep 19, 2012
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 112-216.
Jul 25, 2012
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Apr 24, 2012
Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-968.
Mar 6, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 6, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act - Amends the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act (the Act) to allow the Secretary of the Interior, for each 5-year period beginning in 2013, to set the amount to be collected for each Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp sold under the Act. Prohibits such amount from exceeding $25 for the first 5-year period and $30 for any subsequent period.

Requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or the Department of the Interior to collect the amount established for each Stamp sold for a hunting year if the Secretary determines, at any time before February 1 of a calendar year, that all amounts in the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund have been obligated for expenditure.

Specifies that the amounts described in this Act are the amounts in the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund which are available for obligation and attributable to amounts appropriated pursuant to the Act and the sale of stamps under this Act.

Permits the Secretary, in consultation with the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, to waive requirements under the Act relating to the prohibition on the taking of migratory waterfowl with respect to certain individuals as determined to be appropriate. Instructs the Secretary, in making a determination to waive such requirements, to grant only those waivers that will have a minimal adverse effect on the funds to be deposited into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.

What's happening now September 19, 2012

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.

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