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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
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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To President
Became law
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
 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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2