HR 5552 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020

Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Alan S. Lowenthal D-CA

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
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 8, 2020
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 8, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jan 8, 2020
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jan 10, 2020
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jan 13, 2020
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jan 14, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jan 14, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jan 14, 2020
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jan 14, 2020
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jan 14, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jan 14, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jan 14, 2020
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jan 16, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jan 24, 2020
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jan 24, 2020
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jan 24, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jan 24, 2020
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jan 24, 2020
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jan 28, 2020
R-NY	John Katko		Jan 28, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Jan 28, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jan 29, 2020
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 3, 2020
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Feb 4, 2020
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 5, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Feb 5, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Feb 5, 2020
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Feb 5, 2020
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Feb 6, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Feb 12, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Feb 12, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Feb 12, 2020
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 13, 2020
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Feb 21, 2020
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 21, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Feb 25, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Feb 26, 2020
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Feb 26, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin		Mar 2, 2020
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 2, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 3, 2020
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Mar 3, 2020
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 4, 2020
D-WI	Ron Kind		Mar 4, 2020
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Mar 9, 2020
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Mar 13, 2020
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Apr 23, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jun 11, 2020
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jun 11, 2020
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 11, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Jun 11, 2020
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jun 22, 2020
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 22, 2020
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 22, 2020
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 22, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jun 22, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 22, 2020
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 22, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jun 22, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jun 22, 2020
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 22, 2020
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jun 22, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Jun 29, 2020
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Jun 29, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Jul 6, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 13, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jul 13, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 13, 2020
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 13, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 13, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Jul 13, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Jul 13, 2020
D-IL	Sean Casten		Jul 13, 2020
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jul 13, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jul 16, 2020
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jul 20, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jul 20, 2020
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jul 24, 2020
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Aug 11, 2020
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Sep 1, 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

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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

H. Rept. 116-482

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.''

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.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 1, 2020Reported in House
Jan 8, 2020Introduced in House

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