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Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019

Introduced: November 19, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605.
Dec 9, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-305.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 4, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-198.
Nov 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now December 9, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 5179 Identical bill Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019
  • HR 2795 Related bill Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019
  • S 1499 Related bill Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019
  • HR 2 Related bill Moving Forward Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 19, 2019
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 19, 2019
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 19, 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Nov 19, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2891: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2891/
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"S. 2891: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2891/.
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S. 2891, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2891/.
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