[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 2854 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 375
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2854

                          [Report No. 116-468]

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

                             August 7, 2020

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Meeks, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Kuster of 
    New Hampshire, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
    DeFazio, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
  Lowenthal, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Morelle, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
  Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Carbajal, 
 Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Bass, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Neguse, Ms. 
      Kaptur, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Davis of California, and Mrs. Beatty

                             August 7, 2020

  Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed


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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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 375

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2854

                          [Report No. 116-468]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             August 7, 2020

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed