3.0.0 2560 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z Senate S S 2014-06-26 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Hearings by 2014-07-16T19:00:00Z Referred to 2014-06-26T21:34:26Z 2014-07-16 ssev15 Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772. Committee 2014-06-26 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4162) IntroReferral 2014-06-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4160-4162) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD Y Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Judicial review and appeals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Pollution liability Water quality Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2014-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-05T19:04:17Z United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act - Authorizes the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource on land managed by the USFWS, or for causing the USFWS to carry out actions to prevent, minimize, or abate such destruction, loss, or injury.

Requires amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury to be made available to USFWS to: (1) reimburse response costs and damage assessments; (2) restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or (3) monitor and study those resources.

]]> United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act Display Title United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and use those funds to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2560is/xml/BILLS-113s2560is.xml 2014-07-16 Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.