S 2862
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Ecology
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Horticulture and plants
Lakes and rivers
Natural disasters
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
DRIP Act of 2019
Introduced: November 14, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act of 2019 or the DRIP Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a competitive grant program to (1) remove nonnative plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions, (2) replace those nonnative plant species with native plant species, and (3) maintain and monitor riparian areas in which nonnative plant species have been removed and replaced.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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