US Congress House Bill 6961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 27 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-10-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DRIP Act Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species. A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health. A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state.

DRIP Act Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-10-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2018-09-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2018-09-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6961/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr6961/BILLS-115hr6961ih.pdf