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S. 2949 114th Congress Senate

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend and reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990.

Introduced: May 18, 2016 Introduced by: Amy Klobuchar Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 18, 2016
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 Latest action May 18, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 5765 Identical bill Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016
  • S 612 WIIN Act
  • S 2848 Water Resources Development 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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