WILDLIFE

Appointments

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, H2899 [22MY]

Articles and editorials

Federal Agents Kill 750 Geese From Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Near JFK Airport, S496 [7FE]

Preferred Paths—Agency Recommends Against King Cove Road, S496 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 174), S4585 [18JN]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 3400), H6952 [30OC]

——— expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 2796), H4978 [23JY]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see S. 1381), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 1998), H2654 [15MY]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 1463), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 2856), H5173 [30JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 139), H32 [3JA]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: tribute (see H. Res. 220), H2774 [17MY]

Corps of Engineers: revise Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to reprioritize certain authorized purposes (see H.R. 1460), H1908 [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 730), H546 [14FE]

——— submit and provide access to a report on the animals killed under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services program (see H.R. 2074), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: make transparent direct and indirect costs incurred by power marketing administrations for compliance with environmental laws impacting fish and wildlife conservation (see H.R. 2162), H2953 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3556), H7310 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 126), H31 [3JA]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see S. 738), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 1206), H1427 [14MR]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users (see S. 1865), S9051 [19DE]

Doña Ana County, NM: designate the Organ Mountains and other public lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and establish the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (see S. 1805), S8771 [12DE]

Ecology and environment: exempt certain snake species in the U.S. from removal (see H.R. 2158), H2953 [23MY]

Endangered species: permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and threatened species (see S. 1731), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3533), H7252 [19NO]

——— save (see H.R. 576), H412 [6FE]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 1212), S4793 [20JN] (see H.R. 2463), H3988 [20JN]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 1784), S8565 [9DE]

Government regulations: amend the Lacey Act Amendments to reduce burdensome paperwork (see H.R. 3324), H6768 [23OC]

——— establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see S. 1153), S4406 [12JN] (see H.R. 996), H1318 [6MR]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1328), H1822 [21MR]

Horticulture: limit the application of certain importation laws to plants and finished plant products imported before a certain date (see H.R. 3280), H6453 [9OC]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3513), H7152 [15NO]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1329), H1822 [21MR]

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 254), S6753 [24SE]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 51), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 263), H169 [15JA]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 296), S8049 [14NO]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of refuges (see H.R. 1300), H1719 [20MR]

Natural resources: reauthorize natural resources management planning for State-owned facilities used for national defense (see H.R. 910), H815 [28FE]

NOAA: improve ability to address severe marine debris events (see H.R. 1425), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (see S. 1757), S8457 [21NO]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H28 [3JA]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 1335), S5800 [18JY] (see S. 1660), S7876 [6NO] (see H.R. 3197), H5883 [26SE] (see H.R. 3590), H7353 [21NO]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see S. 170), S357 [29JA] (see H.R. 1825), H2404 [3MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see S. 1650), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3109), H5587 [17SE]

——— exempt from certain prohibitions on the importation of wildlife animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture (see H.R. 3105), H5587 [17SE]

——— incorporate consideration of global warming and sea-level rise into comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges (see H. Con. Res. 13), H502 [13FE]

——— protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 1137), H1396 [13MR]

——— protect farmers and hunters from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting (see S. 1634), S7728 [31OC]

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council: establish Advisory Committee to advise Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting (see H.R. 2799), H4978 [23JY]

Letters

Allegations of animal abuse by Dept. of Agriculture Wildlife Services program employee: Representatives DeFazio and Campbell, E277 [12MR]

——— Thomas J. Vilsack, Sec. of Agriculture, E277 [12MR]

Remarks in House

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 174), E945 [20JN]

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (H.R. 2796), E1119 [23JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), H6334 [7OC]

Birds: prosecution of wind energy companies for killing birds in violation of certain species protection laws, H4340, H4341 [10JY], H6566 [12OC]

Bradenton, FL: birthday of South Florida Museum’s Snooty the Manatee, E772 [3JN]

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: tribute (H. Res. 220), E691 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allegations of animal abuse by Wildlife Services program employee, E277 [12MR]

——— submit and provide access to a report on the animals killed under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services program (H.R. 2074), E713 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 126), H2993, H2994 [3JN]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (H.R. 1206), H2994–H2996 [3JN]

Government regulations: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (H.R. 996), E248 [6MR]

Lacey Act: modify, H4991 [24JY]

Maine: tribute to ‘‘Gems of 26’’ military program offering veterans access to cultural, historic, and recreational experiences in Maine, E123 [12FE]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of refuges (H.R. 1300), H5148, H5149 [30JY]

Public lands: impact of shutdown on fishing, hunting, and other recreational activities, H6308–H6312 [5OC]

Sports: recognize importance of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting and ensure continued opportunities for those activities, H3029 [4JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, H514 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: combat wildlife poaching and trafficking, S8043 [14NO]

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 174), S4620 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 126), S4024 [7JN], S4027 [10JN]

Endangered Species Act: affirm importance of State and Federal partnership to protect wildlife, S2265 [22MR]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (S. 1212), S4796 [20JN]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 1784), S8572 [9DE]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S3223, S3227 [8MY]

National Bison Day: designate (S. Res. 254), S6759 [24SE], S7634 [29OC]

National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy: release, S2491 [9AP]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (S. Res. 296), S8069 [14NO]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 1335), S5806 [18JY], S7911 [7NO]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 1660), S7911 [7NO]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (S. 170), S367 [29JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: permit King Cove Native Corp., land conveyance in exchange for construction of single-lane gravel emergency road access through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, S493–S496 [7FE], S997 [28FE], S2543 [10AP]

——— round-up of Canadian geese in Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge to preserve aviation safety near LaGuardia Airport, S496 [7FE]

Reports filed

Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2463) (H. Rept. 113–250), H6674 [22OC]

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 126) (H. Rept. 113–77), H2773 [17MY]

Natural Resources Management Planning for State-Owned Facilities Used for National Defense Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 910) (H. Rept. 113–119), H3994 [24JN]

Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1206) (H. Rept. 113–67), H2773 [17MY]

Volunteer Programs and Community Partnerships for the Benefit of National Wildlife Refuges Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1300) (H. Rept. 113–112), H3686 [17JN]

Texts of

H.R. 126, Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, H2993 [3JN]

H.R. 1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, H2994 [3JN]

H.R. 1300, volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges reauthorization, H5148 [30JY]

S. Res. 174, American Eagle Day, S4590 [18JN]

S. Res. 254, National Bison Day, S6759 [24SE]

S. Res. 296, National Wildlife Refuge Week, S8055 [14NO]