[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2854 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2854

To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 
 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2019

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Huffman, 
 Mrs. Dingell, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Thompson 
of Mississippi, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Cartwright, 
Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Haaland, and Mrs. Radewagen) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 
 to prohibit the use of neonicotinoids in a National Wildlife Refuge, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF NEONICOTINOIDS IN A NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE.

    The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 5 as section 6; and
            (2) by inserting after section 4 the following:

``SEC. 5 NEONICOTINOID.

    ``No person may use a neonicotinoid in the System.''.
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