HR 3396
117th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Aquatic ecology
Arizona
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
California
Canada
Caribbean area
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecology
El Salvador
Endangered and threatened species
Extinction Prevention Act of 2021
Introduced: May 20, 2021
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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