Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 2, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015
This bill reauthorizes the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund through FY2020.
This bill amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize Department of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to carry out a project that is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, or gibbons) and their habitats.
Interior is required to convene a panel of experts to identify the greatest needs and priorities for the conservation of great apes within a year of this Act's enactment and every five years thereafter. Current law authorizes Interior to convene a panel to consider the greatest conservation needs every two years. The panel is required to consider relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies.
This bill amends the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to make a wildlife management authority of a U.S. territory eligible for financial assistance for marine turtle conservation.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2015 to Sep 7, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Jan 13, 2015 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Mar 3, 2015 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 27, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | May 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jun 7, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jun 22, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 7, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2015 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jan 13, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 6, January 13, 2015, page H360.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 227 | Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 10, 2017 |
| S 659 | Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2016 | Related bill | Feb 24, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- Africa
- American Samoa
- Animals
- Asia
- Caribbean area
- Department of the Interior
- Endangered and threatened species
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Guam
- International organizations and cooperation
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Reptiles
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2015Introduced in House
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.
