Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act
Latest action · Jul 18, 2019 Subcommittee 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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and other appropriate entities to support a program of intramural and extramural botanical science research to support the land management responsibilities of the Department of the Interior. Interior may hire additional personnel to augment its expertise in the botanical sciences.
Interior's land management agencies and the Forest Service shall give preference to using locally adapted native plant materials when undertaking land management activities on lands under their respective jurisdictions.
Specified federal agencies shall collaborate regarding land use responsibility when undertaking specified activities, including the development of genetically appropriate seed, related to native plant materials.
The bill authorizes the BLM to undertake specified activities for the development and use of native plant materials, including the protection of rare plants on public lands.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall ensure that a program of activities which is focused on conservation and protection of native plants is incorporated into its existing programs and activities.
Cosponsors 55
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 11, 2020; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 6, 2019 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2019Hearings Jul 18, 2019 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2019 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2019 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 3, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 3, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Mar 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Mar 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2019Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 165, no. 40, March 6, 2019, page H2505.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2384 | Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote botanical research and botanical sciences capacity, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animal and plant health
- Biological and life sciences
- Congressional oversight
- Ecology
- Endangered and threatened species
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Genetics
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Higher education
- Horticulture and plants
- Land use and conservation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Student aid and college costs
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced 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.
