United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act
Bill journey · stage 1 of 5
Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 26, 2014)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act - Authorizes the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource on land managed by the USFWS, or for causing the USFWS to carry out actions to prevent, minimize, or abate such destruction, loss, or injury.
Requires amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury to be made available to USFWS to: (1) reimburse response costs and damage assessments; (2) restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or (3) monitor and study those resources.
What just happenedJul 16, 2014
Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 26, 2014
- Jul 16, 2014Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.
- Jun 26, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4162)
- Jun 26, 2014IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4160-4162)
- Jun 26, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate