3.0.0 6961 2023-01-11T13:41:27Z 2023-01-11T13:41:27Z House HR 2018-09-27 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SINEMA:H.R. 6961.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H9152]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2018-10-22T14:16:27Z Referred to 2018-09-27T14:03:00Z 2018-10-22 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2018-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 N G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2018-09-27 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2018-09-27 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2018-12-12 False L000589 Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] Debbie Lesko R AZ 8 2018-12-12 False Agriculture and Food Fires Floods and storm protection Horticulture and plants Natural disasters Water storage Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2018-09-27 Introduced in House 2018-10-12T18:21:18Z Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act or the DRIP Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species.

A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health.

A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state.

]]> DRIP Act Display Title DRIP Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a grant program to award grants to qualified partnerships to remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced DRIP Act Short Titles as Introduced Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act Introduced in House 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6961ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6961ih.xml 2018-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. 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.