[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5627 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5627

To adopt the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 5, 2016

  Mr. Ribble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To adopt the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United 
                                States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The monarch butterfly is almost certainly the most 
        widely recognized of all butterflies in the United States.
            (2) The monarch butterfly population is widely distributed 
        across the United States, from Maine to Hawaii.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY AS THE 
              NATIONAL BUTTERFLY.

    (a) In General.--The insect commonly known as the ``monarch 
butterfly'' (Danaus plexippus) is adopted as the national butterfly of 
the United States.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act or the adoption of 
the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United States 
shall be construed or used as a reason to alter, change, modify, or 
otherwise affect any plan, policy, management decision, regulation, or 
other action by the Federal Government.
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