US Congress House Bill 8263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to ensure opportunities for participation by the Department of Defense in wildlife conservation banking programs, to issue regulations that establish objectives, measurable performance standards, and criteria for use with respect to such programs. Mitigation banking is a method of offsetting the effects of development on a species, or habitat of such species, that is endangered, threatened, or otherwise at risk. The bill requires the regulatory standards and criteria, to the extent practicable, to maximize available credits and opportunities for mitigation, provide flexibility for characteristics of various species, and apply equivalent standards and criteria to all mitigation banks.

To ensure opportunities for Department of Defense participation in wildlife conservation banking programs, and for other purposes.

Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2020-09-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2020-09-15	House	Introduced in House

HB6395 (Related) 2021-01-02 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
HR1271 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8263/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8263/BILLS-116hr8263ih.pdf