US Congress Senate Bill 1940 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Keep America's Refuges Operational Act This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and national wildlife refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System; and (2) provisions authorizing the Department of the Interior to accept and use gifts, devises, or bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the performance of its activities and services. The bill eliminates the prohibition on the use for the operation or administration of any nonfederal entity of any federal funds that are used for a project or program for a national wildlife refuge or a complex of geographically related refuges under a cooperative agreement between Interior and a partner organization, academic institution, state or local government agency, or other person under the community partnerships program.

Keep America's Refuges Operational Act

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB3979 (Same As) 2018-04-23 - Became Public Law No: 115-168. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1940/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1940/BILLS-115s1940is.pdf