US Congress House Bill 4790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: Introduced on May 30 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes as an eligible project cost for the construction of a federal-aid highway the cost of improving habitat and forage for pollinators (i.e. bees, birds, bats, Monarch butterflies, and other butterflies) on rights-of-way adjacent to such highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with willing states, to carry out programs that encourage: (1) integrated vegetation management practices on roadsides and other transportation rights-of-ways, including reduced mowing; (2) the development of habitat and forage for pollinators through planting of native forbs and grasses, including noninvasive, native milkweed species; and (3) research and demonstration projects on economic and environmental benefits and best practices for integrated vegetation management, reduced mowing, and planting of native forbs and grasses for pollinator habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies and other migrating pollinators. Authorizes the use of federal funds for the provision of habitat, forage, and migratory way stations for Monarch butterflies, other native pollinators, and honey bees that is related to a federally-funded transportation project.

Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Pollinator Protection Act

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2014-05-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2014-05-30	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E895)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4790/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4790/BILLS-113hr4790ih.pdf