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Refuge System Protection Act
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Refuge System Protection Act This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), at the request of the Department of the Interior, to bring in a district court a civil action against any individual or entity that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any resource that is within the boundaries any land or water that is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The bill also authorizes DOJ, at the request of Interior, to bring in a district court an in rem action against any instrumentality (e.g., a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft) that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any such system resource. Among others, it shall be an affirmative defense in either type of action that the destruction of, loss of, risk mitigation regarding, or injury to a system resource was caused by an otherwise legal act or omission that occurred outside the boundaries of the resource. In either type of action, the court may award response costs and damages. .
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2020 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
S. XXX/H.R. 3742: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 3422/H.R.XXXX: The Great American Outdoors Act; S. 1081/H.R. 3195: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act; S. 382/ H.R. 837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission of Cervidae Study Act; S. 689/H.R. 1550: Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act; H.R. 1326: Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act; S. XXX/H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; migration corridors; S. 2302/H.R. XXX: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act; S. 241/H.R. 823: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act; S. XXX/H.R. XXX: Colorado Recreation Enhancement and Conservation Act; S. 1899/H.R. 3370: Refuge System Protection Act; S. 1326/H.R. 2081: Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act; Trump administration's proposed National Environmental Policy Act rules; S.O. 3376: Trump administration's secretarial order on e-bikes; H.R. 1747: National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act; H.R. 925: America's Conservation Enhancement Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
S. XXX/H.R. 3742: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 1081/H.R. 3195: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act; S. 382/ H.R. 837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission of Cervidae Study Act; S. 689/H.R. 1550: Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act; H.R. 1326: Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act; S. XXX/H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; migration corridors; S. 2302/H.R. XXX: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act; S. 241/H.R. 823: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act; S. XXX/H.R. XXX: Colorado Recreation Enhancement and Conservation Act; S. 1899/H.R. 3370: Refuge System Protection Act; S. 1326/H.R. 2081: Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act; Trump administration's proposed National Environmental Policy Act rules; S.O. 3376: Trump administration's secretarial order on e-bikes; H.R. 1747: National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act; H.R. 925: North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act; S. 3051: America's Conservation Enhancement Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
S. XXX/H.R. 3742: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 1081/H.R. 3195: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act; S. 382/ H.R. 837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission of Cervidae Study Act; S. 689/H.R. 1550: Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act; H.R. 1326: Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act; S. XXX/H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; migration corridors; S. 2302/H.R. XXX: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act; S. 241/H.R. 823: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act; S. XXX/H.R. XXX: Colorado Recreation Enhancement and Conservation Act; S. 1899/H.R. 3370: Refuge System Protection Act; S. 1326/H.R. 2081: Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act; Trump administration's proposed National Environmental Policy Act rules; S.O. 3376: Trump administration's secretarial order on e-bikes; H.R. 1747: National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act; H.R. 925: North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
S. XXX/H.R. 3742: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 1081/H.R. 3195: Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act; S. 382/ H.R. 837: Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission of Cervidae Study Act; S. 689/H.R. 1550: Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act; H.R. 1326: Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act; S. XXX/H.R. 3794: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; migration corridors; S. 2302/H.R. XXX: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act; S. 241/H.R. 823: Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act; S. 47: John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act; S. XXX/H.R. XXX: Colorado Recreation Enhancement and Conservation Act; S. 1899/H.R. 3370: Refuge System Protection Act; S. 1326/H.R. 2081: Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act; Trump administration's proposed National Environmental Policy Act rules
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
| Democratic |
| DC |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | Democratic | IL |
| Robert J. Wittman | Republican | VA |