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ACCESS Act

Introduced: February 22, 2019 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Mar 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 22, 2019
Introduced in House
Feb 22, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act or the ACCESS Act

This bill reauthorizes, authorizes, and establishes entities and activities for the conservation of fish and wildlife and opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting.

The bill

  • authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada,
  • facilitates the construction and expansion of public target ranges, and
  • requires the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a fee schedule for commercial filming and still photography operations on federal land.

The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program and the Chesapeake Bay Initiative.

The bill establishes the National Fish Habitat Board and the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services shall

  • allocate funds to support states and tribes in their efforts to implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease, and
  • make grants to support the expansion and acceleration of applied research on such disease.

The bill requires a National Academy of Sciences study on the transmission of chronic wasting disease in any species within the family Cervidae (the deer family) in the United States.

What's happening now March 26, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 1550 Related bill Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act
  • HR 1747 Related bill National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act
  • HR 4831 Related bill National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019
  • S 754 Related bill National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2019
  • S 1139 Related bill National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019
  • HR 1023 Related bill Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 18, 2019
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Apr 29, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1326: ACCESS Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1326/
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"H.R. 1326: ACCESS Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1326/.
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H.R. 1326, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1326/.
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[H.R. 1326: ACCESS Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1326/)
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