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Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016

Introduced: May 18, 2016 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 18, 2016
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Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016

This bill reauthorizes for FY2016-FY2021 the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 and revises requirements for: (1) funding requests to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proposals and regional projects that restore the fish and wildlife resources and habitat of the Great Lakes Basin, and (2) cost-share requirements for the proposals and projects.

The bill renames: (1) the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and (2) the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Upper Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office.

What's happening now May 18, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 612 Related bill WIIN Act
  • S 2848 Related bill Water Resources Development Act of 2016
  • HR 5765 Identical bill Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 20, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2949: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2949/
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