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House
H.R.21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17]
Summary: To establish a national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national and regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 152 KB
Bill Status
H.R.48 - Asian Carp Prevention
and Control Act
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13]
Summary: To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, popularly known as the Lacey Act, to add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 32 KB
Bill Status
Related Bills: H.R.3173, S.1421
H.R.51
- Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great
Lakes Study Act of 2009
Introduced: Jan
6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10]
Summary: To
direct the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service to conduct a study of the feasibility of a variety
of approaches to eradicating Asian carp from the Great Lakes and
their tributary and connecting waters.
Full Bill: (As
Introduced): Text | PDF
- 34 KB
Bill Status
H.R.80 -
Captive Primate Safety Act
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3]
Summary: To amend the Lacey Act
Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as
prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to
make corrections in the provisions relating to
captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for
other purposes.
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 169 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: S.462
H.R.146 - Omnibus Public
Land Management Act of 2009
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
Summary: An act to designate certain
land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System, to authorize certain programs and activities
in the Department of the Interior and the Department
of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 1.2 MB
Bill
Status
Note: Became Public
Law No:
111-11 (Mar 30, 2009)
Related Bills: S.22
Note: SEC. 2405. MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION
AREA AND WILDERNESS.
INVASIVE SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEEDS.—In accordance
with
any applicable laws and subject to such terms and
conditions as
the Secretary determines to be desirable and appropriate,
the Secretary
may prescribe measures to control nonnative invasive
plants
and noxious weeds within the Conservation Area.
H.R.170 -
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez
Canyon Wilderness Area Act
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Salazar, John T.
[CO-3]
Summary:To establish the Dominguez-Escalante
National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon
Wilderness Area
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 188 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: S.183
Note: FIRE, INSECT, INVASIVE SPECIES,
AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary
may under-take such measures in the Conservation
Area and Wilderness as are necessary to control and
prevent fire, insects, invasive species, and diseases,
in accordance with section 4 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and any other applicable laws (including regulations)
and Executive orders.
H.R.223 - Gulf
of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection
Act
Introduced: Jan 6, 2009
Sponsor: Rep
Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6]
Summary: To expand the boundaries
of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes.
Full
Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 55 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: S.212
Note: (includes REGULATION OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES — In
carrying out the assessment required by paragraph 19
(1)(A), the Secretary shall consider appropriate regulations
for the deposit or release of introduced species into
the Sanctuaries)
H.R.500 - Great Lakes
Collaboration Implementation Act (National Invasive Species Council Act)
Introduced: Jan 14, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3]
Summary: A bill to establish a collaborative
program to protect the Great Lakes, and for other
purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text |
PDF - 432 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: S.237
H.R.405 - Lower Colorado
River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act
Introduced: Jan 9, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2]
Summary: To authorize appropriations
for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation
Program in the States of Arizona, California, and
Nevada, and for other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 158 KB
Bill
Status
H.R.669 - Nonnative
Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act
Introduced: Jan 26, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Bordallo, Madeleine
Z. [GU]
Summary: To prevent the introduction
and establishment of nonnative wildlife species
that negatively impact the economy, environment,
or other animal species' or human health, and for
other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 192 KB
Bill
Status
H.R.980 - Northern Rockies
Ecosystem Protection Act
Introduced: Feb 11, 2009
Sponsor:Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.
[NY-14]
Summary: To designate certain
National Forest System lands and public lands under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior
in the States of Idaho,Montana, Oregon, Washington,
and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers,
wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting
corridors, and for other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 369 KB
Bill
Status
Note: MANAGEMENT DURING RECOVERY.— RESTORATION. —All
lands within the Recovery System shall be managed
so as to restore their native vegetative cover and
reduce or eliminate \invasive non-native species,
facilitate native species diversity to the extent
possible with climate change, stabilize slopes and
soils to prevent or reduce further erosion erosion,
recontour slopes to their original contours, remove
barriers to natural fish spawning runs, and generally
restore such lands in their entirety to a natural
roadless and wild condition.
H.R.1145 - National Water Research
and Development Initiative Act of 2009
Introduced: Feb 24, 2009
Sponsor :
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6]
Summary : To implement a
National Water Research and Development Initiative, and for other
purposes.
Note: Bill has an amendment that states: The
amendment further requires that the plan include
a focus on (1) development of the effect of invasive
species on water supplies.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 166 KB (Introduced)
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Status
H.R.1404 - FLAME Act
Introduced: Mar 10, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J.,
II [WV-3]
Summary: To authorize a supplemental
funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland
fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest
System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for
other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 178 KB
(amended to include invasive species
control - Mar 26, 2009)
Bill
Status
H.R.2811 - A bill to amend
title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor
snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious
animal
Introduced: Jun 10, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17]
Summary: To amend title 18, United
States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the
species Python genera as an injurious animal.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 152 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: S.373
H.R.3173 - Asian Carp
Prevention and Control Act
Introduced: Jul 10, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13]
Summary: To amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code,
to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 156 KB
Bill Status
Related
Bills: H.R.48, S.1421
H.R.3650 - Harmful Blooms
and Hypoxia Research and Control Ammendments Act
of 2009
Introduced: Sep 25, 2009
Sponsor: Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3]
Summary: To establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Program, to develop and coordinate a comprehensive and integrated strategy to
address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, and to provide for the development
and implementation of comprehensive regional action plans to reduce harmful algal
blooms and hypoxia.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 177 KB
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S.22 - Omnibus
Public Land Management Act of 2009
Introduced: Jan 7, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM]
Summary: A bill to designate certain
land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System, to authorize certain programs and activities
in the Department of the Interior and the Department
of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 1.9 MB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.146 (Became
Public Law No:
111-11 (Mar 30, 2009)
Note: INVASIVE SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEEDS.—In
accordance with any applicable laws and subject
to such
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines
to be desirable and appropriate, the Secretary may
prescribe measures to control nonnative invasive
plants and noxious weeds within the Conservation
Area.
S.183
- Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act
Introduced: Jan 8, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Salazar, Ken [CO]
Summary: A bill to establish the
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and
the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 184 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.170
Note: INVASIVE SPECIES AND NOXIOUS WEEDS.—In accordance with
any applicable laws and subject to such 2 terms and conditions as the Secretary
determines to be desirable and appropriate, the Secretary may prescribe measures
to control nonnative invasive plants and noxious weeds within the Conservation
Area.
S.212 - Gulf
of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection
Act
Introduced: Jan 12, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA]
Summary: To expand the boundaries
of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and
for other purposes.
Full Bill: (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 178 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.223
Note: includes REGULATION OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES — In carrying
out the assessment required by paragraph 19 (1)(A), the Secretary shall consider
appropriate regulations for the deposit or release of introduced species into
the Sanctuaries
S.237 - Great Lakes
Collaboration Implementation Act (National Aquatic Invasive
Species Act of 2009)
Introduced: Jan 14, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI]
Summary: A bill to establish a
collaborative program to protect the Great Lakes,
and for other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 43 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.500
S.373 - A bill to
amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor
snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious
animal
Introduced: Feb 3, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL]
Summary: To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species
Python genera as an injurious animal.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 152 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.2811
S.462 - Captive
Primate Safety Act
Introduced: Feb 24, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA]
Summary: To amend the Lacey Act
Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation,
transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or
purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, of any
live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, and
for other purposes. (But only deals with primates).
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 168 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.80
S.561 -
FLAME Act (doesn’t include invasive species as does related bill H.R.1404)
Introduced: Mar 10, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM]
Summary: A bill to authorize
a supplemental funding source for catastrophic
emergency wildland fire suppression activities
on Department of the Interior and National Forest
System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive
wildland fire management strategy, and for other
purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text |
PDF - 178 KB
Bill Status
Related Bills: H.R.1404
S.594 - Agriculture Smart
Trade Act
Introduced: Mar 12, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P.,
Jr. [PA]
Summary: A bill to require a
report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases
and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade
before initiating negotiations to enter into a
free trade agreement, and for other purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 161 KB
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Status
S.1421 - Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act
Introduced: Jul 9, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI]
Summary: A bill to amend section
42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the
importation and shipment of certain species of carp.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 155 KB
Bill
Status
Related Bills: H.R.48, S.1421
S.1519 - Nutria Eradication
and Control Act of 2009
Introduced: Jul 29, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L.
[MD]
Summary: A bill to provide for
the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland,
Louisiana, and other coastal States.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text |
PDF - 164 KB
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Status
S.1965 - Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009
Introduced: Oct 28, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Landrieu, Mary
L. [LA]
Summary: A bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance
to the State of Louisiana for a pilot program to
develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine
and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral
swine.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text | PDF
- 161 KB
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Status
S.2798 -
National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act
of 2009
Introduced: Nov 18, 2009
Sponsor: Sen Udall, Mark [CO]
Summary: A bill to reduce the risk of catastrophic
wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation
treatment of National Forest System and adjacent land, and for other
purposes.
Full Bill (As Introduced): Text |
PDF - 176 KB
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