Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019
Latest action · Aug 7, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the use of neonicotinoids (a class of neuroactive insecticides that are chemically similar to nicotine) within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2019 to Jun 15, 2020; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | May 20, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 20, 2019 |
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 May 20, 2019Markup Nov 20, 2019Reported Aug 7, 2020 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 10, 2019Hearings Sep 24, 2019Discharged Nov 20, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 7, 2020Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-468.
- Aug 7, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
- Nov 20, 2019Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
- Nov 20, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 20, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
- Sep 24, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 10, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- May 20, 2019Introduced in House
- May 20, 2019Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 21, 2020H.R. 2854, Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 20, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 84, May 20, 2019, page H4010.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1856 | Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 13, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 7, 2020Reported in House
- May 20, 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.
