U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4594 [23JN], H4652, H4653 [24JN], H4731, H4732, H4733, H4734, H4735, H4736, H4737, H4738, H4739, H4740, H4742, H4743, H4745, H4746, H4747, H4748, H4752, H4753, H4754, H4755, H4757, H4758, H4759, H4760, H4775, H4776 [25JN], H4784, H4785, H4790, H4791, H4792, H4793, H4795, H4797, H4798, H4799, H4800, H4801, H4803, H4804, H4805, H4806, H4807, H4808, H4809, H4810, H4811, H4812, H4813, H4816, H4818, H4819, H4820, H4821, H4822, H4823, H4824, H4825, H4826, H4827, H4828, H4829, H4830, H4831, H4833, H4834, H4835, H4836, H4838, H4839, H4841, H4842, H4843, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4847, H4848, H4850, H4851, H4852, H4853, H4854, H4855, H4864, H4865 [7JY], H4935, H4936, H4937, H4939, H4940, H4941, H4942, H4945 [8JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2822), consideration (H. Res. 333), H4614 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: 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]

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

BLM: validate certain patent and associated land reconfiguration in Clark and Lincoln Counties, NV (see S. 1319), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2307), H2957 [13MY]

Conservation of natural resources: amend laws relative to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety (see S. 834), S1708 [23MR] (see H.R. 3462), H5865 [9SE]

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

Dept. of the Interior: 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]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1645), S4544 [23JN] (see S. 2132), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 2822), H4541 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2822), consideration (see H. Res. 333), H4591 [23JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: 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]

Endangered species: protect and conserve elephants and regulate ivory in the U.S. (see S. 1769), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 697), H756 [3FE]

——— 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]

Endangered Species Act: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 736), S1495 [12MR] (see H.R. 2352), H3251 [15MY]

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

——— exempt importation and exportation of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from licensing requirements (see H.R. 4245), H9306 [11DE]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 3162), H5402 [22JY]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 2109), H2653 [29AP]

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

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

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

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

——— 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]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1967), H2417 [22AP]

Federal employees: provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures (see S. 1591), S4249 [17JN]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2189), S7413 [21OC] (see H.R. 1651), H2107 [26MR]

Fish and fishing: ensure continuation of successful fisheries mitigation programs (see H.R. 2235), H2798 [5MY]

Government regulations: ensure Mexican wolf nonessential experimental population environmental impact rule has no force or effect (see H.R. 2910), H4769 [25JN]

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

Idaho: modify boundaries of Pole Creek Wilderness, Owyhee River Wilderness, and North Fork Owyhee River Wilderness and authorize continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock activities in certain wilderness areas (see S. 1167), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2171), H2769 [30AP]

Investments: 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]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 1724), S4952 [9JY] (see H.R. 3382), H5767 [29JY] (see H.R. 3692), H6835 [6OC]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 520), S983 [12FE] (see H.R. 2957), H4861 [7JY]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 792), H854 [5FE]

——— provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (see H.R. 1445), H1769 [18MR]

——— provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see S. 1160), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2167), H2768 [30AP]

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]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (see H.R. 2086), H2652 [29AP]

Topsail, NC: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06 (see H.R. 151), H41 [6JA]

Wetlands: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 2346), H3212 [14MY]

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]

Remarks in House

Aquaculture: aquatic invasive species eradication funding through reductions in BLM oil and gas permitting activities funding, H4733 [25JN]

California: tribute to Salton Sea Red Hill Bay restoration project, H7746 [5NO]

Contracts: deny Federal contracts to contractors in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, H4936 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior: National Wildlife Refuge System funding, H4735, H4736 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4813, H4814 [7JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4699–H4761 [25JN], H4783–H4814, H4816–H4856 [7JY], H4875, H4888–H4900, H4935–H4946 [8JY], H4962, H4963, H4964, H4965, H4966, H4967, H4968, H4969, H4970, H4971, H4972, H4973, H4978–H4980, H5017 [9JY], H5034 [10JY], E1002 [7JY], E1014 [8JY], E1022 [9JY], E1033 [10JY], E1041 [13JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2822), consideration (H. Res. 333), H4608–H4617 [24JN]

——— prohibit funding for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H4824 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding in contravention of Executive order relative to efforts to reduce Government greenhouse gas emissions, H4826, H4827 [7JY]

Eckert, Nathan: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rachel Carson Individual Award recipient, E366 [19MR]

Endangered species: 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 required review, H4847, H4848 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to keep the gray wolf on the endangered species list, H4831, H4832 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to list certain freshwater mussel species as threatened or endangered, H4853, H4854 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to restrict commercial import, export, and trade of certain African elephant ivory in the U.S., H4809, H4810 [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]

——— reissue delisting of the gray wolf from the endangered species list, H4807, H4808 [7JY]

——— restore inclusion of the sage-grouse on the endangered species list, H4807, H4808 [7JY], H4944 [8JY]

——— 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]

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

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

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1651), E437 [26MR]

Hautman, Robert: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner, E1409 [1OC]

National Fish Hatchery System Strategic Hatchery and Workforce Planning Report: prohibit funding to terminate any propagation programs listed in report, H4812 [7JY]

Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (H.R. 1445), H1727 [18MR]

Shasta Dam: opposition to proposal to raise due to negative impact on salmon habitat, H655 [28JA]

Spearfish, SD: prohibit funding to close or move the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives, H4842 [7JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: opposition to proposal to raise Shasta Dam due to negative impact on salmon habitat, H655 [28JA]

Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships: reforestation of urban areas funding, H4834, H4835 [7JY]

Remarks in Senate

BLM: release certain wilderness study areas for preservation as wilderness, S515 [27JA], S557–S560, S572 [28JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), S4903 [9JY], S5022 [14JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 2132), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Ecology and environment: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to require examination of economic impact of critical habitat designations, S2009, S2010 [26MR]

Endangered species: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to conservation agreements with relevant Western States before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes a listing determination on the greater sage-grouse, S1876 [25MR]

——— 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]

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

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, S268 [20JA], S320, S327 [21JA]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize, S2756 [11MY]

——— reauthorize (S. 520), S995 [12FE]

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]

States: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent EPA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from engaging in closed-door settlement agreements that ignore impacted jurisdictions, S1769 [24MR]

Reports filed

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

Consideration of H.R. 2822, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 333) (H. Rept. 114–177), H4591 [23JN]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2822) (H. Rept. 114–170), H4541 [18JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1645) (S. Rept. 114–70), S4544 [23JN]

Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 834) (S. Rept. 114–91), S5525 [23JY]

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

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4739, H4759 [25JN], H4830, H4833 [7JY], H4937 [8JY]

Statements

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H4724–H4726 [25JN]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4701–H4722 [25JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 333, consideration of H.R. 2822, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act, H4608 [24JN]

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

S. 520, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act reauthorization, S995 [12FE]