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HR 4946 117th Congress House Environmental Protection Animal protection and human-animal relationships Endangered and threatened species Mammals

Manatee Protection Act of 2021

Introduced: August 6, 2021 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 31, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced in House
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Manatee Protection Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to include the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the endangered species list and give the species protections provided to endangered species.

What's happening now August 31, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 9 Republican 11
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 18, 2022
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 11, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 23, 2021
Phillips, Dean
· Dec 23, 2021
Rice, Kathleen
· Dec 23, 2021
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Franklin, Scott
Florida · Dec 7, 2021
Gaetz, Matt
· Dec 7, 2021
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Nov 16, 2021
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 1, 2021
Kilmer, Derek
· Nov 1, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Oct 15, 2021
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Oct 15, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 8, 2021
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Oct 8, 2021
 R
Waltz, Michael
Florida · Oct 8, 2021
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 23, 2021
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 17, 2021
Crist, Charlie
· Sep 17, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Sep 17, 2021
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Sep 10, 2021
Lawson, Al
· Sep 3, 2021
Demings, Val
· Aug 27, 2021
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Aug 27, 2021
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Aug 20, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Aug 6, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4946: Manatee Protection Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4946/
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"H.R. 4946: Manatee Protection Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4946/.
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H.R. 4946, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4946/.
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