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Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

Introduced: May 20, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2021
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
May 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of

  • butterflies and moths in North America;
  • plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
  • freshwater mussels in the United States; and
  • bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.

What's happening now July 29, 2021

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1728 Related bill Extinction Prevention Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 9, 2022
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Sep 10, 2021
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jun 11, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 28, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 20, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 20, 2021
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · May 20, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · May 20, 2021
Sires, Albio
· May 20, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 20, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3396: Extinction Prevention Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3396/
MLA
"H.R. 3396: Extinction Prevention Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3396/.
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H.R. 3396, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3396/.
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[H.R. 3396: Extinction Prevention Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3396/)
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