[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6761 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6761

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program 
  to provide financial assistance to States in eradicating the Asian 
                 giant hornet, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2020

 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program 
  to provide financial assistance to States in eradicating the Asian 
                 giant hornet, 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 ``Murder Hornet Eradication Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. MURDER HORNET ERADICATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish 
a program to provide financial assistance to States for management, 
research, and public education activities necessary to--
            (1) eradicate the Asian giant hornet; and
            (2) restore bee populations damaged by the Asian giant 
        hornet.
    (b) Eligibility.--A State is eligible to receive funds under this 
section if such State has demonstrated to the Secretary sufficient need 
for a program to implement measures to eradicate the Asian giant 
hornet.
    (c) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of the 
        program may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the 
        program.
            (2) In-kind contributions.--The non-Federal share of the 
        costs of the program may be provided in the form of in-kind 
        contributions of materials or services.
    (d) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--Not more than 5 percent 
of financial assistance provided by the Secretary under this section 
may be used for administrative expenses.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For financial assistance 
under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Asian giant hornet.--The term ``Asian giant hornet'' 
        means a Vespa mandarinia.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and 
        insular possessions of the United States.
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