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United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

Introduced: February 12, 2016 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 17, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Feb 17, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 12, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
Feb 12, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

This bill authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource on land managed by the USFWS, or for causing the USFWS to carry out actions to prevent, minimize, or abate such destruction, loss, or injury.

Amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury must be made available to USFWS to: (1) reimburse response costs and damage assessments; (2) restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or (3) monitor and study those resources.

What's happening now February 17, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1