HR 6354 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

STORAGE Act of 2018

Introduced Jul 12, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

Latest action · Sep 26, 2018 Committee Hearings Held.

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.

IntroducedJul 12, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Takings On Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018 or the STORAGE Act of 2018

This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce from designating as critical habitat an area in a water storage, diversion, or delivery facility where habitat is periodically created and destroyed as a result of changes in water levels caused by the operation of the facility.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2018 to Jul 26, 2018; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-KS	Ron Estes	Original	Jul 12, 2018
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jul 12, 2018

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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 Jul 12, 2018Hearings Sep 26, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 26, 2018Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 12, 2018Introduced in House
Jul 12, 2018Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause) which give Congress the power to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States. In Kleppe v. New Mexico, 426 U.S. 592 (1976), the Congress was found to have sufficient power to regulate the activity of animals on public lands; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states. If the matter in question is not purely a local matter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on interstate commerce, it falls within the Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce. National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S._(2012); Article I, Section 8, clause 18, which gives Congress the power make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 117, July 12, 2018, page H6174.

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
Serial No. 115-55	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 6344, TO AMEND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EFFORTS, "LOCAL ACT OF 2018"; ...... "PETITION ACT OF 2018"107 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Sep 26, 2018

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit designation as critical habitat of certain areas in artificial water diversion or delivery facilities.
Short Titles as Introduced: STORAGE Act of 2018; Stop Takings On Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 12, 2018Introduced in House

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