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HR 4995 117th Congress House Native Americans

Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021

Introduced: August 10, 2021 Introduced by: Gallego, Ruben Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Aug 20, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Aug 20, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Aug 10, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 10, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021

This bill authorizes tribal wildlife corridors.

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 voluntary 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.

What's happening now August 30, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3684 Related bill Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • S 2705 Identical bill Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Levin, Andy
· Jun 7, 2022
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 26, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Nov 1, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4995: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4995/
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"H.R. 4995: Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4995/.
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