U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), S5122, S5134, S5202, S5203 [23JY], S5240, S5255, S5273, S5274, S5275, S5276, S5277, S5278, S5279, S5280, S5297, S5298, S5299, S5300, S5301, S5302, S5303, S5304, S5306, S5307, S5308, S5309, S5310, S5311 [24JY], S5339, S5347, S5375, S5376, S5377, S5378, S5379, S5380, S5381, S5382, S5383, S5384, S5385, S5386, S5387, S5388, S5389, S5390 [25JY], S5429, S5430, S5431, S5432, S5433, S5434, S5435, S5436, S5437 [26JY], S5460, S5461, S5462 [30JY], S5499, S5500, S5501, S5502, S5503, S5521 [31JY], S5533 [1AU], H6434, H6435, H6436, H6437, H6438, H6439, H6440, H6441, H6442, H6443, H6444, H6445, H6446, H6447, H6448, H6449, H6450, H6451, H6452, H6453, H6454, H6455, H6456, H6457, H6459, H6460 [17JY], H6502, H6503, H6504, H6505, H6506, H6507, H6508, H6509, H6510, H6511, H6513, H6514, H6515, H6516, H6517, H6518, H6519, H6521, H6523, H6525, H6528, H6529, H6530, H6531, H6532, H6533, H6534, H6535, H6536, H6537, H6538, H6539, H6540 [18JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (H. Res. 996), H6280 [17JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, S6101 [6SE], H7900 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: modify and improve environmental regulations and requirements for agriculture and agricultural producers (see S. 2663), S2120 [12AP]

Animals: require delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 2277), S46 [4JA]

Birds: enact as law certain regulations relative to the taking of double-crested cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities and protect public resources (see H.R. 6302), H5986 [3JY]

Conservation of natural resources: establish National Wildlife Corridors Program and other initiatives to protect and restore native fish, wildlife, and plant species and their habitats (see S. 3715), S7356 [6DE] (see H.R. 7232), H9819 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior: consider threat of invasive species before imposing a fishway requirement on a hydroelectric dam license (see H.R. 7170), H9667 [27NO]

——— establish National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Indian Education (see H.R. 6510), H7685 [25JY]

——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see S. 3223), S5003 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 3073), S3951 [14JN] (see H.R. 6147), H5283 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (see H. Res. 996), H6262 [16JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require payment for damages and losses to James Doyle due to taking of private land by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as protected tortoise habitat, now designated Red Cliffs Desert Reserve (see S. 2531), S1578 [8MR]

Endangered species: call for China to maintain ban on rhinoceros and tiger parts, reduce demand for, and availability of, illicit wildlife parts, combat poaching and trafficking, and protect rhinoceros and tigers (see H. Res. 1177), H10103 [11DE]

——— prohibit import and export of any species listed or proposed to be listed as a threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 6885), H8884 [25SE]

——— prohibit listing of a living nonnative species as a threatened species or an endangered species (see S. 2778), S2485 [26AP]

——— prohibit taking any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife for a trophy in the U.S. and importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the U.S. (see H.R. 5690), H3781 [7MY]

——— remove freshwater mussels from the list of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 6668), H7751 [10AU]

Endangered Species Act: define endangered species petition backlogs and provide expedited means for discharging petitions during such a backlog (see H.R. 6355), H6173 [12JY]

——— increase State and local involvement in management plans (see H.R. 6364), H6174 [12JY]

——— prohibit designation as critical habitat of certain areas in artificial water diversion or delivery facilities (see H.R. 6354), H6173 [12JY]

——— provide for greater certainty and improved planning for incidental take permit holders (see H.R. 6360), H6173 [12JY]

——— provide for greater county and State consultation relative to petitions (see H.R. 6345), H6173 [12JY]

——— provide for improved precision in listing, delisting, and downlisting of endangered and potentially endangered species (see H.R. 6356), H6173 [12JY]

——— provide grants to non-Federal landowners who protect or restore habitat and contribute to recovery of an endangered or threatened species (see H.R. 6344), H6173 [12JY]

——— reissue rule delisting grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and prohibit further judicial review of the decision (see H.R. 6877), H8884 [25SE]

——— remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife (see H.R. 6784), H8170 [12SE]

——— remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife (H.R. 6784), consideration (see H. Res. 1142), H9510 [13NO]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5133), H1340 [1MR]

Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (see S. 3753), S7586 [13DE]

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 (see S. 3210), S4951 [12JY] (see H.R. 6362), H6173 [12JY]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (see S. 3394), S5991 [28AU]

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 3456), S6223 [18SE]

——— transfer Coast Guard property in Jupiter Island, FL, for inclusion (see H.R. 5245), H1507 [9MR] (see H.R. 5319), H1652 [15MR]

Idaho: modify boundaries of Pole Creek Wilderness, Owyhee River Wilderness, and North Fork Owyhee River Wilderness (see S. 3480), S6277 [24SE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: give effect to more accurate maps of units that were produced by digital mapping of such units (see H.R. 5787), H3975 [15MY]

Lakes: repeal desert terminal lakes assistance (see H.R. 5530), H3395 [17AP]

Midway Atoll: privatize administration and operation and transfer exclusive jurisdiction to a Board of Governors of the Midway Atoll (see H.R. 6879), H8884 [25SE]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (see S. Res. 671), S6770 [10OC] (see H. Res. 1088), H9090 [26SE]

Native Americans: increase penalties for violations of laws protecting Native American remains, funerary and sacred objects, and other cultural artifacts and move enforcement of such laws to BIA (see H.R. 6647), H7734 [31JY]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 6064), H5021 [8JN]

Public lands: protect Presidentially designated national monuments, establish National Monument Enhancement Fund, and designate certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness (see S. 2354), S581 [30JA] (see H.R. 6410), H6463 [17JY]

Red wolf: remove from list of endangered and threatened wildlife for North Carolina (see H.R. 6119), H5200 [14JN]

Territories: provide parity for U.S. territories and the District of Columbia and make technical corrections to certain wildlife and fishing legislation (see H.R. 5875), H4242 [18MY]

Washington County, UT: amend certain conservation plans to provide for a transportation route (see S. 3297), S5455 [30JY] (see H.R. 5597), H3505 [24AP]

Whitman County, WA: provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see H.R. 5742), H3885 [9MY]

Wildlife: reauthorize Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and certain conservation funds and establish prize competitions on wildlife and endangered species protection and invasive species management (see H.R. 5885), H4242 [18MY]

——— support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (see S. 3605), S6816 [11OC] (see H.R. 5697), H3833 [8MY]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), S5411 [26JY], S5469 [31JY]

Letters

Every Kid Outdoors Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H8139 [12SE]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8139, H8140 [12SE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8140 [12SE]

Marine fish conservation statutes technical amendments: several fish and wildlife organizations, H5622 [25JN]

Remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act: James Unsworth, Washington (State) Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, H9515 [14NO]

——— Joe Stohr, Washington (State) Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, H9516 [14NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exemption of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from certain inspections prior to export: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H753 [5FE]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H753 [5FE]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), S5536 [1AU], H6569 [19JY], H7894, H7895 [6SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: prohibit funding to limit or prohibit use of genetically modified crops in commercial agricultural operations conducted on national wildlife refuges, H6523 [18JY]

Anadromous Fish Screen Program: funding, H4929 [7JN]

Conservation of natural resources: modernize funding of wildlife conservation (H.R. 2591), H8133, H8134 [12SE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow issuance of depredation permits to livestock farmers authorizing taking of black vultures during calving season, H4224, H4225 [18MY]

——— Delaware River Basin Restoration Program funding through reductions in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service construction funding, H6435, H6436 [17JY]

——— maintain annual base funding for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins fish recovery programs and require a report on implementation of those programs (H.R. 4465), H1515, H1516 [13MR]

——— Office of Inspector General funding, H6449 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2021 [22MR]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H481 [18JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6270, H6272, H6344–H6461 [17JY], H6477, H6497–H6554 [18JY], H6569–H6572 [19JY], E1028, E1029 [18JY], E1055 [24JY], E1066 [25JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), consideration (H. Res. 996), H6274–H6282 [17JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), motion to instruct conferees, H7895 [6SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), motion to recommit, H6569–H6571 [19JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), Senate amendment, H7894–H7896 [6SE]

Endangered species: prohibit funding to carry out any rulemaking on the status of the lesser prairie chicken, H6518, H6519 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the threatened species or endangered species listing of any plant or wildlife that has not undergone a periodic review, H6508, H6509 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat New Mexico meadow jumping mouse as an endangered species, H6517, H6518 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat Preble’s meadow jumping mouse as a threatened species, H6507, H6508 [18JY]

Endangered Species Act: increase State and local involvement in management plans (H.R. 6364), H6467 [18JY]

——— provide grants to non-Federal landowners who protect or restore habitat and contribute to recovery of an endangered or threatened species (H.R. 6344), H6467 [18JY]

——— remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife (H.R. 6784), H9543–H9550 [16NO]

——— remove gray wolves from list of endangered and threatened wildlife (H.R. 6784), consideration (H. Res. 1142), H9514–H9522 [14NO]

Every Kid Outdoors program: establish to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students (H.R. 3186), H8139, H8140 [12SE]

Fish and fishing: make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes (H.R. 4528), H5622, H5623 [25JN]

Foreign trade: exempt sea urchins and sea cucumbers from certain inspections prior to export (H.R. 2504), H753–H755 [5FE]

Genoa, WI: opening of Great River Road Interpretive Center at Genoa National Fish Hatchery, E725 [24MY]

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (S. 3456), H10560 [21DE]

——— transfer Coast Guard property in Jupiter Island, FL, for inclusion, H9648 [27NO]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: give effect to more accurate maps of units that were produced by digital mapping of such units (H.R. 5787), H9476–H9478, H9507 [13NO]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (H. Res. 1088), H9394 [28SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: Invasive Species Program funding, H6434, H6435 [17JY]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 6064), H4984 [8JN], H9479, H9480 [13NO], E805 [8JN]

Republican Party: wildlife management policies, H5701 [26JN]

Territories: provide parity for U.S. territories and the District of Columbia and make technical corrections to certain wildlife and fishing legislation (H.R. 5875), H6625–H6627 [23JY]

Touchstone, Victoria: National Wildlife Refuge System Employee of the Year award recipient, E706 [22MY]

Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships: prohibit funding to eliminate, H6523–H6525 [18JY]

Whitman County, WA: provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, H4834 [6JN], H8228 [13SE]

Wildlife: support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (H.R. 5697), H3786 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), S5122–S5126 [23JY], S5227, S5230–S5237, S5240, S5241, S5245–S5249, S5255, S5258 [24JY], S5315–S5317, S5327, S5336–S5340, S5342, S5351, S5352 [25JY], S5394, S5398–S5403, S5406–S5411 [26JY], S5466, S5468, S5469, S5496–S5505 [31JY], S5527–S5531, S5533–S5539, S5573 [1AU], S6045, S6101 [6SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), unanimous-consent agreement, S5112 [19JY], S5314 [24JY], S5347 [25JY], S5503 [31JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), unanimous-consent request, S5402 [26JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 3073), S6203 [18SE]

Endangered Species Act: reform, S5601 [15AU]

——— reissue rule delisting grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and prohibit further judicial review of the decision, S6628 [5OC]

Fish and fishing: make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes (H.R. 4528), S5437 [26JY]

Forest and Refuge County Foundation: grant Federal charter and establish Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide stable, increasing, and reliable funding for rural county services (S. 3753), S7588 [13DE]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (S. 3394), S5992 [28AU]

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (S. 3456), S6200 [18SE], S7898 [19DE]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: give effect to more accurate maps of units that were produced by digital mapping of such units (H.R. 5787), S7913, S7914, S7949 [19DE]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (S. Res. 671), S6773 [10OC]

National Wildlife Refuge System: reauthorize volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs (H.R. 3979), S2017 [9AP]

Wildlife: support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (S. 3605), S6820 [11OC]

Reports filed

Clarify Treatment of Alaska Native Articles of Handicraft Containing Nonedible Migratory Bird Parts: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4069) (H. Rept. 115–675), H3975 [15MY]

Coast Guard Transfer of Property in Jupiter Island, FL, for Inclusion in Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5319) (H. Rept. 115–1016), H9509 [13NO]

Consideration of H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 996) (H. Rept. 115–830), H6262 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6784, Manage Our Wolves Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1142) (H. Rept. 115–1022), H9510 [13NO]

Cormorant Relief Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6302) (H. Rept. 115–994), H9442 [23OC]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6147) (H. Rept. 115–765), H5283 [19JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3073) (S. Rept. 115–276), S3951 [14JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Defense Provision for Indefinite Duration of Certain Military Land Withdrawals and Improve and Make Management of Lands More Transparent: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4299) (H. Rept. 115–542), H736 [2FE]

Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5597) (H. Rept. 115–896), H7750 [10AU]

Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2166) (S. Rept. 115–374), S7087 [26NO]

Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act (H.R. 4465) (H. Rept. 115–567), H1217 [16FE]

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3131) (H. Rept. 115–563), H1211 [15FE]

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3608) (H. Rept. 115–1048), H9666 [27NO]

Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States (EMPOWERS) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6345) (H. Rept. 115–1051), H9667 [27NO]

Every Kid Outdoors Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3186) (S. Rept. 115–394), S7189 [28NO]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3186) (H. Rept. 115–880), H7741 [3AU]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5133) (H. Rept. 115–625), H3063 [9AP]

Federally Integrated Species Health (FISH) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3916) (H. Rept. 115–838), H6556 [18JY]

Gray Wolf State Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 424) (H. Rept. 115–487), H18 [8JA]

Manage Our Wolves Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6784) (H. Rept. 115–1012), H9470 [9NO]

Marine Fish Conservation Statutes Technical Amendments: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4528) (H. Rept. 115–775), H5580 [22JN]

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1537), S6221 [18SE]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1537) (S. Rept. 115–350), S6924 [13NO]

Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2591) (H. Rept. 115–899), H7754 [14AU]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Renaming as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6064) (H. Rept. 115–986), H9430 [12OC]

Providing ESA Timing Improvements That Increase Opportunities for Nonlisting (PETITION) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6355) (H. Rept. 115–1105), H10586 [21DE]

Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6510) (H. Rept. 115–1088), H10509 [20DE]

Saving America’s Vulnerable and Endangered Species (SAVES) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2603) (H. Rept. 115–562), H1211 [15FE]

State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1274) (H. Rept. 115–561), H1211 [15FE]

Strengthening Coastal Communities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5787) (H. Rept. 115–997), H9459 [30OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Exemption of Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers From Certain Inspections Prior to Export: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2504) (H. Rept. 115–506), H131 [10JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Parity for U.S. Territories and District of Columbia and Technical Corrections to Certain Wildlife and Fishing Legislation: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5875) (H. Rept. 115–802), H5986 [3JY]

U.S. Interest in Certain Submerged Lands in the Area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Clarification: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 115–541), H736 [2FE]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6346–H6378 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 996, consideration of H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H6274 [17JY]

H. Res. 1142, consideration of H.R. 6784, Manage Our Wolves Act, H9515 [14NO]

H.R. 2504, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exemption of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from certain inspections prior to export, H753 [5FE]

H.R. 2591, Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act, H8133 [12SE]

H.R. 3186, Every Kid Outdoors Act, H8139 [12SE]

H.R. 4465, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act, H1515 [13MR]

H.R. 4528, marine fish conservation statutes technical amendments, H5622 [25JN]

H.R. 5787, Strengthening Coastal Communities Act, H9477 [13NO]

H.R. 6064, Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge renaming as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge, H9479 [13NO]

H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H6383–H6434 [17JY]

H.R. 6784, Manage Our Wolves Act, H9543 [16NO]

S. 3456, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge redesignation as Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, S7898 [19DE], H10560 [21DE]

S. Res. 671, National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day, S6772 [10OC]