Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 1, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020
This bill prohibits the incidental taking (e.g., capturing or killing) of migratory birds by commercial activities unless the activity is authorized under a permit or is identified as posing de minimis risk to migratory birds.
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) must regulate such incidental taking, including by (1) issuing general permits for certain industries, (2) creating a mitigation fee for any incidental taking of migratory birds, and (3) identifying categories of de minimis risk activities that are exempt from liability for the taking of migratory birds.
In addition, the FWS must establish and maintain a research program: (1) to evaluate the impacts of commercial activities on birds, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of best management practices and technologies to avoid or minimize such impacts, and (3) to develop new or improved best management practices and technologies.
Cosponsors 95
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2020 to Sep 1, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 8, 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 Jan 8, 2020Markup Jan 15, 2020Reported Sep 1, 2020 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 13, 2019 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 1, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-482.
- Sep 1, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
- Jan 15, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jan 15, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jun 13, 2019Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Prior to Introduction.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H64H.R. 5552–5562 | — | Jan 8, 2020 |
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
- Jun 30, 2020H.R. 5552, Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 4, January 8, 2020, page H64.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act's prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds includes incidental take by commercial activities, and to direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to regulate such incidental take, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Animals
- Birds
- Business ethics
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Industrial facilities
- Licensing and registrations
- Oil and gas
- Research administration and funding
- User charges and fees
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 1, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced 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.
