To prohibit the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from awarding grants to entities that fund or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 9, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill prohibits the Fish and Wildlife Service from awarding specified wildlife conservation grants to entities that fund or support certain persons or entities that are credibly alleged to have committed gross human rights violations.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2020 to Mar 9, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Feb 28, 2020 |
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 Dec 19, 2019 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jan 9, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Dec 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 206, December 19, 2019, page H12290.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from awarding grants to entities that fund or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 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.
