3.0.0 1940 2023-01-11T13:38:17Z 2023-01-11T13:38:17Z Senate S 2017-10-05 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-05T19:02:31Z Keep America's Refuges Operational Act 115 3979 HR 2018-04-23 Became Public Law No: 115-168. Identical bill CRS 2017-10-05 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2017-10-05 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure Public-private cooperation Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-06T18:33:50Z Keep America's Refuges Operational Act

This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and national wildlife refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System; and (2) provisions authorizing the Department of the Interior to accept and use gifts, devises, or bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the performance of its activities and services.

The bill eliminates the prohibition on the use for the operation or administration of any nonfederal entity of any federal funds that are used for a project or program for a national wildlife refuge or a complex of geographically related refuges under a cooperative agreement between Interior and a partner organization, academic institution, state or local government agency, or other person under the community partnerships program.

]]> Keep America's Refuges Operational Act Display Title Keep America's Refuges Operational Act Short Titles as Introduced Keep America's Refuges Operational Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1940is/xml/BILLS-115s1940is.xml 2017-10-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.