3.0.0 1708 2025-12-05T08:52:35Z 2025-12-05T08:52:35Z Senate S S 2023-05-18 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1708 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-18T17:42:59Z 118 3494 HR 2023-05-18 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2023-05-18 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2023-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-05-18 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-05-18 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2023-07-12 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2023-06-21T14:16:12Z

00 2023-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-16T20:18:15Z <p><b>Extinction Prevention Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of </p> <ul> <li> butterflies and moths in North America;</li> <li>plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;</li> <li>freshwater mussels in the United States; and </li> <li>bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah.</li> </ul> <p>Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.</p>

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