Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate a national strategy for mitigating the impacts of global warming on wildlife populations and to revise it within five years after its promulgation and not later than every ten years thereafter to reflect new information.
Requires the Secretary to establish a science advisory board to: (1) provide scientific and technical advice and recommendations on the impacts of global warming on wildlife and its habitat, areas of habitat of particular importance, and strategies and mechanisms to mitigate such impacts in the management of federal lands and in other federal wildlife conservation programs; (2) advise the National Global Warming and Wildlife Science Center and review the quality of the Center's research programs; and (3) advise the Secretary regarding the best science available.
Requires the Secretary to establish the National Global Warming and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to: (1) conduct scientific research on national issues related to the impacts of global warming on wildlife and its habitat and mechanisms for adaptation or mitigation of such impacts; and (2) provide scientific support to federal land management agencies and federal wildlife agencies regarding such issues.
Authorizes the establishment of a State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, to provide wildlife conservation grants for the planning, development, and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 16, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | May 16, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Original | May 16, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- May 22, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
- May 16, 2007Introduced in House
- May 16, 2007Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 16, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1063-1064)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2204 | Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act | Related bill | Oct 18, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Animals
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of the Interior
- Ecological research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Endangered species
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Freshwater resources conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Habitat conservation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine resources conservation
- Migratory bird conservation
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Water Resources Development
- Wildlife conservation
- Wildlife refuges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2007Introduced in House
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