Congress 116 - HR 4723 - Fish Act of 2019

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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

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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.

Actions

Jan 14, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 13, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Nov 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Oct 17, 2019

Referred 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.
Oct 17, 2019

Introduced in House

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