S 2949
114th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
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Great Lakes
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 18, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1