HR 5875 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Jul 24, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 18, 2018
  2. Passed HouseJul 23, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to apportion certain wildlife-restoration funds to the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia in the same manner as such funds are apportioned under current law to the states.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 18, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ASAumua Amata Coleman RadewagenOriginalMay 18, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 18, 2018
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalMay 18, 2018
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOriginalMay 18, 2018
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMay 18, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 18, 2018Markup Jun 6, 2018Reported Jul 3, 2018
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred May 18, 2018Hearings May 22, 2018Discharged Jun 6, 2018
SenateEnvironment and Public Works Committee
Referred Jul 24, 2018

Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  2. Jul 23, 2018Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Jul 23, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6625-6627)
  4. Jul 23, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5875.
  5. Jul 23, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6625-6626)
  6. Jul 23, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Jul 3, 2018Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-802.
  8. Jul 3, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 621.
  9. Jun 6, 2018Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
  10. Jun 6, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  11. Jun 6, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  12. May 22, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  13. May 18, 2018Introduced in House
  14. May 18, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  15. May 18, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6625–H6627Text printed H6625Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Tom McClintock R-CAJul 23, 2018

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

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3, 17, and 18; and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 82, May 18, 2018, page H4242.

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.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. Jul 23, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 3, 2018Reported in House
  4. May 18, 2018Introduced in House

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