US Congress Senate Bill 3117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on December 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-19 - 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]

Requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of butterflies and moths in North America; plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands; freshwater mussels in the United States; and bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.

Extinction Prevention Act of 2019

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB2918 (Related) 2019-09-24 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3117/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3117/BILLS-116s3117is.pdf