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HR 5650 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Energy revenues and royalties Government trust funds Mining Oil and gas State and local finance State and local government operations Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016

Introduced: July 6, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jul 6, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 6, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2016, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The purpose of the subaccount is to fund state wildlife conservation and restoration programs for managing fish and wildlife species of the greatest conservation need as determined by a state fish and wildlife agency.

What's happening now July 13, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 14, 2016
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Nov 14, 2016
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Nov 14, 2016
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 27, 2016
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 8, 2016
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jul 14, 2016
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jul 6, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5650: Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5650/
MLA
"H.R. 5650: Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5650/.
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H.R. 5650, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5650/.
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