US Congress House Bill 4723 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on October 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-14 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas in the United States. Specifically, the bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas; and directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within conservation areas, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.

Fish Act of 2019 Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act of 2019

Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-14	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-11-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-11-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2019-10-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2019-10-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2019-10-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2019-10-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4723/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4723/BILLS-116hr4723ih.pdf