HR 6961 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Fires Floods and storm protection Horticulture and plants Natural disasters Water storage Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

DRIP Act

Introduced: September 27, 2018 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Oct 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Sep 27, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Sep 27, 2018

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act or the DRIP Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species.

A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health.

A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state.

What's happening now October 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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