National Invasive Species Council Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Invasive Species Council Act - Declares that no Federal agency may authorize, fund, or carry out any action that would likely cause or promote the introduction or spread of an invasive species in the United States or any other location, unless the agency head determines that: (1) the benefits outweigh the potential harm to the environment, economy, or human health; and (2) all feasible and prudent measures to minimize the risk or harm will be taken. Requires the Council for Environmental Quality, in conjunction with the National Invasive Species Council, to develop guidelines for such measures.
Establishes within the executive branch the National Invasive Species Council to ensure that Federal agency efforts concerning invasive species are coordinated, effective, complementary, and cost-efficient.
Requires the Council to develop a National Invasive Species Management Plan that details and recommends performance-oriented goals.
Requires the Council to create the Invasive Species Advisory Committee to provide information and advice for consideration by the Council.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare and submit to Congress and the Council a yearly budget analysis and summary of all Federal programs relating to invasive species.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Apr 13, 2005Introduced in House
- Apr 13, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- Apr 13, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E633-634)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Ecological research
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Electronic government information
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental education
- Environmental health
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Executive orders
- Executive reorganization
- Exotic animals
- Exotic plants
- Export controls
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Habitat conservation
- Health
- Import restrictions
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- International environmental cooperation
- Internet
- Minorities
- Non-native species
- Pest control
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Regional planning
- Restoration ecology
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2005Introduced in House
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