HR 5920 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

MONARCH Act of 2020

Introduced Feb 14, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Jimmy Panetta D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 5, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 14, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2020 or the MONARCH Act of 2020

This bill provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah).

Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies.

In addition, USDA must transfer amounts from the fund to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to implement the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2020 to May 15, 2020, with 24 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAJim CostaOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalFeb 14, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalFeb 14, 2020
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  2. Feb 27, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  3. Feb 14, 2020Introduced in House
  4. Feb 14, 2020Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Appropriations, 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3304MONARCH Act of 2020Identical billFeb 13, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2020Introduced in House

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