3.0.0 1899 2022-11-01T13:51:01Z 2022-11-01T13:51:01Z Senate S 2019-06-19 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-19T15:28:07Z Refuge System Protection Act 116 3370 HR 2019-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-06-19 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Crimes against animals and natural resources Department of the Interior 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 2019-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-19T16:27:00Z 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 of 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.

]]> Refuge System Protection Act Display Title Refuge System Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Refuge System Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1899is/xml/BILLS-116s1899is.xml 2019-06-19 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.