Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009
Latest action · May 5, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 368.
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.
- IntroducedOct 28, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to Louisiana to pay the federal share of the cost of a pilot program to: (1) study the damage to wetlands in Louisiana caused by feral swine; and (2) develop methods to eradicate or control feral swine and to restore damaged wetlands.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that the pilot program uses the knowledge and expertise gained through activities carried out under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003.
Limits: (1) the federal share of total pilot program costs to 75%; and (2) the amount of the federal financial assistance that may for used for administrative expenses to 10%.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 4, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | David Vitter | Dec 4, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2009Markup Dec 10, 2009Reported May 5, 2010 |
| Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee | Hearings Dec 3, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2010Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-183.
- May 5, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 368.
- Dec 10, 2009Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Dec 3, 2009Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
- Oct 28, 2009Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S10858 | Mary L. Landrieu D-LA | Oct 28, 2009 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 15, 2009S. 1965, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environemnt and Public Works on December 10, 2009</p>
- Dec 15, 2009S. 1965, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environemnt and Public Works on December 10, 2009
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
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 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2010Reported to Senate
- Oct 28, 2009Introduced 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.
