Fish Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 14, 2020 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.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act of 2019 or the Fish Act of 2019
This bill addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas in the United States.
Specifically, the bill
- requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas; and
- directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within conservation areas, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 28, 2019 to Oct 16, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Oct 16, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Nov 13, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Nov 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 17, 2019Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Aquatic ecology
- Canada
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Dams and canals
- Department of Commerce
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Federal-Indian relations
- Fishes
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Lakes and rivers
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Mining
- Performance measurement
- Pollution liability
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research administration and funding
- Roads and highways
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in House
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