WILDLIFE

Amendments

EPA: reauthorize National Estuary Program (S. 1523), S6349, S6422 [5AU]

Appointments

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, H1511 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 203), S4250 [17JN]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see S. 2032), S6651 [15SE] (see H.R. 2908), H4769 [25JN]

——— 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. 2269), H2876 [12MY]

——— 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 H.R. 3546), H6136 [17SE]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2920), H4770 [25JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 2341), S8306 [2DE] (see H.R. 239), H187 [9JA]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

California: establish certain conservation and recreation areas (see H.R. 4060), H8359 [18NO]

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see S. 1601), S4250 [17JN]

Conservation of natural resources: promote conservation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities (see H.R. 3173), H5465 [23JY]

Corps of Engineers: revise Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to reprioritize certain authorized purposes (see H.R. 1370), H1661 [16MR]

Crime: increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (see S. 27), S11 [6JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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. 2236), H2798 [5MY]

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. 1869), H2306 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see S. 1898), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3294), H5763 [29JY]

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 S. 1204), S2687 [6MY] (see H.R. 152), H41 [6JA]

——— provide authority to periodically increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) to fund acquisition of land for conservation of migratory birds (see H.R. 3645), H6705 [29SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: allow removal of pinyon-juniper trees to conserve and restore the habitat of the greater sage grouse and mule deer (see S. 468), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 1793), H2209 [14AP]

——— expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see S. 2286), S8020 [17NO]

——— improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands (see S. 2240), S7771 [4NO] (see H.R. 1485), H1802 [19MR]

——— provide certain Western States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage grouse species (see S. 1036), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1997), H2463 [23AP]

——— recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 528), H581 [26JA]

Endangered species: permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and threatened species (see S. 855), S1781 [24MR]

Endangered Species Act: establish objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 2735), H4241 [11JN]

——— extend import- and export-related provision to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered in order to ban bringing trophy animals killed abroad back to the U.S. (see S. 1918), S6239 [3AU] (see H.R. 3526), H6074 [16SE]

——— prohibit the taking of any endangered or threatened species in the U.S. as a trophy and the importation of any such trophy into the U.S. (see H.R. 3448), H5847 [8SE]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered or threatened (see S. 292), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 1667), H2108 [26MR]

EPA: reauthorize National Estuary Program (see S. 1523), S3860 [8JN] (see H.R. 944), H1034 [12FE]

Firearms: facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see S. 721), S1439 [11MR] (see S. 992), S2245 [16AP]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of lionfish to Lacey Act list of injurious species prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3202), H5466 [23JY]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 132), S100 [8JA]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument: designate (see H.R. 3882), H7623 [3NO]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see S. 1081), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2016), H2464 [23AP]

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge: convey small parcels of land for purposes of addressing a long-term boundary discrepancy (see H.R. 3027), H5088 [10JY]

Interstate commerce: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1142), S2567 [30AP]

Lacey Act: replace criminal penalties reliant on foreign law for trafficking in wildlife, fish, and plants with a civil penalty system (see S. 1019), S2300 [21AP]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 300), S7594 [28OC]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 286), S7272 [8OC]

——— observance (see H. Res. 479), H6974 [9OC]

NOAA: provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (see S. 1107), S2472 [28AP] (see H.R. 1888), H2307 [16AP]

Power resources: update avian protection laws in order to support an all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy (see H.R. 493), H531 [22JA]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 405), S833 [5FE] (see S. 556), S1117 [25FE] (see S. 659), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 2406), H3386 [19MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see H.R. 1729), H2111 [26MR]

——— extend date after which interest earned on obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund may be available for apportionment (see S. 722), S1439 [11MR] (see H.R. 2345), H3212 [14MY]

——— prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 655), S1302 [4MR] (see H.R. 1589), H1899 [24MR]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 843), H916 [10FE]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Washington, Oregon, and Utah under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 1985), H2463 [23AP]

——— 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 H.R. 1099), H1368 [26FE]

——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 2281), S7913 [10NO] (see H.R. 884), H981 [11FE]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see H.R. 659), H703 [2FE]

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. 2399), H3309 [18MY]

World Wildlife Day: designate (see S. Res. 95), S1247 [3MR]

Remarks in House

American Eagle Day: observance, H4497 [18JN]

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. 2269), E675 [12MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H555 [26JA]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, H3302 [18MY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prosecute or hold liable any person or corporation for accidental killing of certain protected birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, H3797, H3798 [3JN]

Endangered Species Act: impact on rural economy, H148 [8JA]

EPA: reauthorize National Estuary Program (H.R. 944), H3618, H3619 [1JN]

Forest Service: review management of the National Forest System and active forest management, H9192–H9198 [9DE]

Forests: improve timber management, H7746 [5NO]

Georgia: tribute to efforts to prepare for potential outbreak of bird flu, H6232 [25SE]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: anniversary, E1599 [5NO]

Power resources: update avian protection laws in order to support an all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy (H.R. 493), H3797 [3JN]

Terrorism: link between terrorist groups and wildlife trafficking, H7371 [2NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding to implement or enforce listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, H4835, H4836 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the threatened or endangered species listing of any plant or wildlife that has not undergone a review required under the Endangered Species Act, H4847, H4848 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat Sonoran desert tortoise as an endangered or threatened species, H4806 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species, H4845, H4846 [7JY], E1022 [9JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse as a threatened species, H4846, H4847 [7JY]

——— prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act, H1668 [17MR]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Washington, Oregon, and Utah under the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1985), E581 [23AP]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures, H3191, H3192 [14MY]

Wildlife Conservation Society: tribute, H7370 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 203), S4254 [17JN]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (S. 2032), S8426 [3DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: proposal to preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, S456–S460 [26JA], S558–S560 [28JA]

Arkansas: anniversary of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, S1437 [11MR]

Climate: efforts of Kentucky to comply with EPA clean power plan and address climate change, S2152–S2154 [14AP]

——— impact of global warming on wildlife and natural resources, S4835 [8JY], S6829 [21SE]

Crime: increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (S. 27), S14 [6JA]

EPA: reauthorize National Estuary Program (S. 1523), S6229–S6231 [3AU], S6349, S6350 [5AU]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (S. 1523), unanimous-consent request, S6176, S6177 [30JY], S6230 [3AU]

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 132), S101 [8JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize, S536 [27JA], S622, S623 [29JA], S691 [2FE]

National Bison Day: designate (S. Res. 300), S7598, S7599 [28OC]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (S. Res. 286), S7281 [8OC]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize, S8526 [9DE]

Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses: release of joint report on impact of Government regulations on State environmental stewardship, S1087 [25FE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 405), S837–S839, S842 [5FE], S843 [9FE], S1483 [12MR]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 556), S8525 [9DE]

——— protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 659), S2756 [11MY]

St. Petersburg, FL: tribute to Tampa Bay Estuary Program, S7265 [8OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to require examination of economic impact of critical habitat designations, S2009, S2010 [26MR]

——— impact of listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act, S2961 [18MY]

——— impact of listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, S2961 [18MY], S8226 [1DE]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, S402, S403 [22JA], S569 [28JA]

World Wildlife Day: designate (S. Res. 95), S1260 [3MR]

Reports filed

Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 556) (S. Rept. 114–183), S8724 [16DE]

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 152) (H. Rept. 114–84), H2318 [20AP]

EPA National Estuary Program Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1523) (S. Rept. 114–161), S7654 [29OC]

——— Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (H.R. 944) (H. Rept. 114–104), H2820 [8MY]

Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2406) (H. Rept. 114–377), H9269 [10DE]

Texts of

H.R. 944, EPA National Estuary Program reauthorization, H3618 [1JN]

S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, S601 [28JA]

S. 1523, EPA National Estuary Program reauthorization, S6349 [5AU]

S. 2032, National Bison Legacy Act, S8426 [3DE]

S. Res. 95, World Wildlife Day, S1254 [3MR]

S. Res. 203, American Eagle Day, S4252 [17JN]

S. Res. 286, National Wildlife Refuge Week, S7278 [8OC]

S. Res. 300, National Bison Day, S7597 [28OC]