US Congress House Bill 7657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on July 16 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out aquatic ecosystem restoration projects to improve habitat or passage for anadromous fish, including (1) installing fish bypass structures on small water diversions, (2) modifying tide gates, and (3) restoring or reconnecting floodplains and wetlands that are important for anadromous fish habitat or passage. Anadromous fish are species of fish that spawn in fresh or estuarine waters and that migrate to ocean waters. The Corps must give such projects equal priority for implementation as other aquatic ecosystem restoration projects.

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 with respect to anadromous fish habitat and passage, and for other purposes.

Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]

Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2020-07-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2020-07-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2020-07-16	House	Introduced in House

HB7575 (Related) 2020-07-30 - Received in the Senate.
SB1811 (Related) 2020-12-09 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7657/BILLS-116hr7657ih.pdf