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Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019

Introduced: September 26, 2019 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Sep 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 26, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019

This bill requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense program. Among other duties, the program must establish and carry out a grant and technical assistance program to restore and protect habitat for fish and wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

What's happening now September 26, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 925 Related bill The Heroes Act
  • S 3051 Related bill America's Conservation Enhancement Act
  • HR 2 Related bill Moving Forward Act
  • HR 4967 Identical bill Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 4, 2019
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 26, 2019
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 26, 2019
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 26, 2019
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Sep 26, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2591: Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2591/
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"S. 2591: Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2591/.
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