WILDLIFE

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities to establish or improve the habitat of the greater sage grouse and mule deer (S. 1417), S6062, S6102 [6SE]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7567, S7600, S7615 [13DE], S7660, S7661, S7662, S7663, S7667, S7668, S7670, S7672, S7688, S7689, S7694, S7709, S7710, S7714, S7715, S7716, S7717, S7719, S7720 [17DE], S7797 [18DE], H10346 [20DE]

Appointments

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, S2223 [17AP]

Articles and editorials

Act Is Broken, S6628 [5OC]

America Before Earth Day—Smog and Disasters Spurred the Laws Trump Wants To Undo, S2430 [25AP]

Don’t Blame the Army Corps of Engineers for Okeechobee, Everglades Woes, S4903 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: promote economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate cooperation, improve natural resource management, and protect and preserve threatened wildlife in Okavango River Basin (see S. 3196), S4916 [11JY] (see H.R. 4819), H551 [18JA]

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

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 553), S4281 [20JN]

Animals: 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. 2990), S2991 [5JN]

——— require review and approval for future research on nonhuman primates (see S. 3773), S7790 [18DE]

BatWeek: designate (see H. Res. 1136), H9449 [26OC]

Chronic wasting disease: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see S. 3644), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 6272), H5974 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve land stewardship and soil conservation (see S. 2874), S2773 [17MY] (see H.R. 5188), H1441 [6MR]

——— reauthorize Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (see H.R. 5022), H1177 [14FE]

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. 5556), H3441 [18AP]

Dept. of State: authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime (see H.R. 6197), H5580 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 7005), H9406 [28SE]

——— 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 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 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]

Great Lakes Week: designate (see H. Res. 868), H3750 [3MY]

Law enforcement: 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]

National Bison Day: designate (see S. Res. 698), S7051 [15NO]

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

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 675), S6816 [11OC] (see H. Res. 1122), H9431 [12OC]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (see S. 3508), S6341 [26SE]

——— provide for equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data (see S. 3331), S5582 [1AU]

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

Roads and highways: establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act relative to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States (see S. 2587), S1875 [21MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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 under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 6784), H8170 [12SE]

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

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

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

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

World Bonobo Day: designate (see H. Res. 738), H1178 [14FE]

World Wildlife Day: designate (see S. Res. 420), S1316 [1MR]

Cloture motions

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7567 [13DE], S7650 [17DE]

Letters

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]

Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act: Kitty Block, Humane Society of the U.S., Sara Amundson, Human Society Legislative Fund (organization), and Teresa M. Telecky, Humane Society International, H8156 [12SE]

——— Wildlife Conservation Society, H8156 [12SE]

Save Our Seas Act: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), E1356 [2OC]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1356 [2OC]

Motions

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7566 [13DE]

Remarks in House

Africa: promote economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate cooperation, improve natural resource management, and protect and preserve threatened wildlife in Okavango River Basin (H.R. 4819), H6312–H6315 [17JY], E1030 [18JY]

Asheville, NC: renaming of Wild Game Dinner for Wildlife Conservation in honor of Forrest E. Jarrett, E849 [15JN]

BLM: promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, NV (H.R. 1107), H387–H392 [16JA]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit building any new, unproven structures for endangered species along the Missouri River, H8226 [13SE]

——— prohibit water discharges from Lake Okeechobee until the water quality is deemed safe, H5158 [14JN], H5510 [22JN], H5651 [26JN], H6044 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: add chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, mule, and moose to high-priority research and extension initiatives, H4128, H4129 [16MY]

Dept. of State: authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime (H.R. 6197), H8155–H8157 [12SE]

Endangered Species Act: reform, H6467 [18JY]

EPA: Lake Champlain Basin Program funding, H6447 [17JY]

——— Southern New England Estuaries Program funding, H6453 [17JY]

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

Law enforcement: 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]

Lee, Gary: Adirondack Council Special Recognition Award recipient, E978 [6JY]

Maine: anniversary of Merrymeeting Bay Bald Eagle spotting trip, E1293 [25SE]

National Park Service: proposed rule allowing sport hunting of certain wildlife in national preserves in Alaska, H4287 [22MY]

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

Newtown, PA: tribute to student participants in Countryside Gallery ‘‘One Planet—Wildlife Vulnerable to Climate Change’’ exhibit, H5290 [20JN]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), H7640–H7645 [25JY]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), Senate amendment, H10346–H10366, H10398 [20DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 3508), H9135–H9138 [27SE]

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]

Terrorism: link between terrorist groups and wildlife trafficking, E1481 [30OC]

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

Traverse City, MI: tribute to Cherry Capital Airport K-9, Piper, E53 [17JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: modernize funding of wildlife conservation (H.R. 2591), H8133, H8134 [12SE]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

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

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

Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy: accreditation by Land Trust Accreditation Commission, E1476 [30OC]

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

Year of the Bird: observance, E1332 [28SE]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: promote economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate cooperation, improve natural resource management, and protect and preserve threatened wildlife in Okavango River Basin (H.R. 4819), S7950 [19DE]

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 553), S4293 [20JN]

Audubon Greenwich (organization): anniversary, S6912 [13NO]

Climate: impact of climate change on wildlife, S6014–S6018 [4SE], S6486–S6488 [3OC]

Corps of Engineers: authorize construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce toxic discharges, S4902, S4920 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities to establish or improve the habitat of the greater sage grouse and mule deer (S. 1417), S6102 [6SE]

Endangered Species Act: reform, S5601 [15AU]

Grand Canyon National Park: unveiling of plaque honoring Morris K. Udall and Senator McCain, S2000 [9AP]

Law enforcement: 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]

National Bison Day: designate (S. Res. 698), S7062 [15NO]

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

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), House amendment, S7566 [13DE], S7639–S7642, S7644–S7646, S7649 [17DE], S7737, S7739, S7740, S7742–S7749, S7752–S7765, S7769–S7771, S7773–S7782 [18DE], S7828, S7838–S7841, S7916–S7918 [19DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), unanimous-consent agreement, S7781 [18DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), unanimous-consent request, S7753, S7758, S7778 [18DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 3508), S6330–S6334 [26SE], S6489 [3OC]

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

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

World Wildlife Day: designate (S. Res. 420), S1321 [1MR]

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]

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]

Defending Economic Livelihoods and Threatened Animals (DELTA) Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 4819), S7241 [29NO]

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

Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5556) (H. Rept. 115–954), H8737 [20SE]

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]

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

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 441), S7318 [5DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 441) (S. Rept. 115–427), S7431 [11DE]

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]

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 414) (S. Rept. 115–409), S7274 [4DE]

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

Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 593), S6221 [18SE]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 593) (S. Rept. 115–372), S7050 [15NO]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 788) (H. Rept. 115–707), H4736 [29MY]

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]

Texts of

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

H.R. 1107, Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act, H387–H391 [16JA]

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

H.R. 4819, Defending Economic Livelihoods and Threatened Animals (DELTA) Act, H6312 [17JY]

H.R. 5875, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service parity for U.S. territories and the District of Columbia and make technical corrections to certain wildlife and fishing legislation, H6625 [23JY]

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

H.R. 6197, Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act, H8155 [12SE]

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

S. 756, NOAA promotion of international action to reduce marine debris, H7640–H7642 [25JY]

S. 2587, establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act relative to agency actions applicable to highway projects within the States, S1876–S1878 [21MR]

S. 3331, Fluke Fairness Act, S5586 [1AU]

S. 3508, Save Our Seas Act, S6331–S6334, S6343–S6346 [26SE], H9135–H9138 [27SE]

S. Res. 420, World Wildlife Day, S1318 [1MR]

S. Res. 553, American Eagle Day, S4284 [20JN]

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

S. Res. 675, National Wildlife Refuge Week, S6821 [11OC]

S. Res. 698, National Bison Day, S7058 [15NO]