Bill > HR872

Introduced Session

To reauthorize the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and certain wildlife conservation funds, to establish prize competitions relating to the prevention of wildlife poaching and trafficking, wildlife conservation, the management of invasive species, and the protection of endangered species, to amend the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to modify the protections provided by that Act, and for other purposes. This bill reauthorizes and revises several wildlife conservation programs, establishes requirements for invasive species management, and requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to establish certain prize competitions. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2023 (1) the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program; and (2) accounts under the Multinational Species Conservation Fund for the protection of African elephants, Asian elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, and great apes. The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, including to expand the fund to include funding for the conservation of tortoises and freshwater turtles. In addition, the bill requires certain federal agencies to (1) control and manage invasive species, and (2) develop strategic plans for implementing invasive species programs designed to achieve substantive annual net reductions of invasive species populations or infested acreage on land or water. Finally, the USFWS must establish Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prizes to encourage technological innovation with the potential to advance the mission of the USFWS with respect to the prevention of wildlife poaching and trafficking, promotion of wildlife conservation, management of invasive species, protection of endangered species, and nonlethal management of human-wildlife conflicts.

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Alan Lowenthal (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Jenniffer González (R),  Debra Haaland (D),  John Katko (R),  Peter King (R),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Amata Radewagen (R),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Susan Wild (D),  Don Young (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (on 02/25/2019)

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