MONARCH Act of 2021
Latest action · Jul 29, 2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2021 or the MONARCH Act of 2021
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 the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies.
In addition, Interior must enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to facilitate the implementation of the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2021 to Apr 28, 2022; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jan 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Apr 28, 2022 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 17, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2021Hearings Jul 29, 2021 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2021 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred May 21, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- May 17, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
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. 167, no. 50, March 17, 2021, page H1501.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 809 | MONARCH Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Mar 17, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the western population of monarch butterflies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2021
- MONARCH Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced 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.
