Wolf Livestock Loss Prevention and Mitigation Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 989.
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 16, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gray Wolf Livestock Loss Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary to the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a five-year demonstration program to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to assist livestock producers, with respect to activities and losses that may occur on federal, state, private, or Indian land, to undertake proactive, nonlethal, activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss as a result of predation by wolves.
Requires the Secretaries to establish criteria and requirements to implement the demonstration program and when promulgating regulations for the implementation of such program, to consult with states that have implemented state programs that provide assistance to livestock producers.
Sets forth requirements states and Indian tribes shall meet to be eligible to receive a grant.
Prescribes criteria for the allocation of funding.
Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity provided assistance under this Act to half of the total cost of that activity.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2008 to Sep 8, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Jul 11, 2008 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Sep 8, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 16, 2008Markup Sep 11, 2008Reported Sep 16, 2008 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 9, 2008 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 989.
- Sep 11, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 9, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-572.
- Apr 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7745 | Larry E. Craig R-ID | Jul 30, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3082 | Jon Tester D-MT | Apr 16, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 26, 2008S. 2875, Wolf Livestock Loss Prevention and Mitigation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 26, 2008</p>
- Sep 26, 2008S. 2875, Wolf Livestock Loss Prevention and Mitigation ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 26, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-572 | CURRENT PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS LEGISLATION94 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 9, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to designated States and tribes to carry out programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by gray wolves and other predator species or to compensate landowners for livestock loss due to predation.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Gray Wolf Livestock Loss Mitigation Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Wolf Livestock Loss Prevention and Mitigation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Apr 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
