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MONARCH Act of 2020

Introduced: February 14, 2020 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 27, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Feb 14, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, 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.
Feb 14, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2020 or the MONARCH Act of 2020

This bill provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah).

Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies.

In addition, USDA must transfer amounts from the fund to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to implement the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

What's happening now March 5, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3304 Identical bill MONARCH Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 31
All 31 Democratic 22
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 15, 2020
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Apr 23, 2020
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 23, 2020
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Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 23, 2020
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Levin, Mike
California · Mar 16, 2020
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Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 2, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Mar 2, 2020
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 2, 2020
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Feb 28, 2020
Speier, Jackie
· Feb 28, 2020
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 26, 2020
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Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 25, 2020
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Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 25, 2020
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 14, 2020
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Feb 14, 2020
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 14, 2020
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Correa, J. Luis
California · Feb 14, 2020
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Costa, Jim
California · Feb 14, 2020
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 14, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Feb 14, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Feb 14, 2020
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 14, 2020
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Harder, Josh
California · Feb 14, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 14, 2020
KING, PETER
· Feb 14, 2020
Loebsack, David
· Feb 14, 2020
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Feb 14, 2020
McNerney, Jerry
· Feb 14, 2020
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 14, 2020
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Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 14, 2020
Woodall, Rob
· Feb 14, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5920: MONARCH Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5920/
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"H.R. 5920: MONARCH Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5920/.
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H.R. 5920, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5920/.
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