HR 4739 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016

Introduced Mar 15, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Rob Bishop R-UT

Latest action · Mar 15, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 15, 2016
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016

This bill delays findings by the Department of the Interior with respect to the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act until September 30, 2026.

Additionally, Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) are prohibited from amending any federal resource management plans that affect the greater sage grouse in a state in which the governor has notified Interior or USDA that a state management plan is in place.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2016 to Apr 27, 2016; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-NV	Cresent Hardy	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-CA	Paul Cook	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Mar 15, 2016
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 14, 2016
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Apr 14, 2016
R-OR	Greg Walden		Apr 14, 2016
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Apr 14, 2016
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Apr 14, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Apr 27, 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 Mar 15, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2016Introduced in House
Mar 15, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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
House	Lists H1389H.R. 4739–4748	—	Mar 15, 2016

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 provides authority to Congress to provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; as well as to make provisions and regulations for the military forces of the United States. Since proposed Sage Grouse habitat negatively impacts several military installations and training facilities, the Congress has authority under Section 8 to act to mitigate those impacts in order to preserve national defense readiness, while at the same time, empowering the States which have conservation plans for preservation and recovery of the Sage Grouse species.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 41, March 15, 2016, page H1389.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R44592	Sage-Grouse Conservation: Background and Issues Archived	Report	Aug 15, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1735	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016	Related bill	Oct 22, 2015
HR 4909	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017	Related bill	May 26, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the conservation and preservation of the Greater Sage Grouse by facilitating State recovery plans.
Short Titles as Introduced: Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 15, 2016Introduced in House

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