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H.R. 5179 116th Congress House

Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 19, 2019 Introduced by: Ruben Gallego Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 9, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
Oct 9, 2020
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Oct 9, 2020
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-559, Part I.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 15.
Jan 29, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Dec 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Dec 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced in House
Nov 19, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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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 Latest action October 9, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the use of wildlife corridors on Indian land to provide habitat or ecological connectivity and allow for fish, wildlife, or plant movement on such land.

Specifically, the bill permits an Indian tribe to nominate a corridor within the land of such tribe as a tribal wildlife corridor. The Department of the Interior must establish criteria for determining whether such a corridor qualifies as a tribal wildlife corridor, including criteria for restoring historical habitat.

Interior must provide tribes with technical assistance to establish, manage, or expand a tribal wildlife corridor. Such assistance must include support with accessing wildlife data and working with private landowners to access programs for facilitating connectivity on nonfederal land.

Additionally, Interior must (1) establish a program to award grants to tribes to increase connectivity through tribal wildlife corridors, and (2) consult with tribes to determine whether a tribal wildlife corridor may be expanded into public lands or otherwise benefit connectivity between public lands and such corridor.

The bill also permits the Department of Agriculture to give priority under certain conservation programs to those projects that enhance connectivity by expanding a tribal wildlife corridor.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 2891 Identical bill Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019
  • HR 2795 Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019
  • S 1499 Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019
  • HR 2 Moving Forward Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Nov 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5179: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5179/
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