U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S5951, S5978–S6046 [22OC], S6098–S6133 [23OC], S6165–S6175 [24OC], S6183, S6185, S6186, S6194–S6204 [28OC], S6248–S6254 [29OC], S6306 [30OC], S6311–S6315, S6321 [31OC], S6722, S6723 [20NO], S6734 [21NO], H4804 [19JN], H4948, H4949, H4951, H4952, H4953, H4954, H4956, H4959, H4962, H4963, H4965, H4966, H4967, H4968, H4970, H4971, H4972, H4974, H4975, H4976, H4977 [20JN], H8972, H9035 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4787 [19JN]

Articles and editorials

Caribou Calves and Oil Development—Do They Mix?, H7684 [12SE]

Do the Caribou Really Care?, H7684 [12SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: issue depredation permits for taking of black vultures to livestock farmers to prevent harm to livestock (see H.R. 3655), H5302 [9JY]

Animals: protect grizzly bear populations and guarantee Native American tribes a role in conserving and managing the species (see H.R. 2532), H3473 [7MY]

——— require delisting of Mexican gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 3140), S7208 [19DE]

Birds: authorize U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to engage in activities to improve conditions for albatrosses and petrels (see H.R. 1305), H2038 [15FE]

——— enact as law certain regulations relative to the taking of double-crested cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities and protect public resources (see S. 2465), S5448 [11SE] (see H.R. 1242), H2030 [14FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: participate in implementation of Platte River Recovery Implementation Program First Increment Extension for threatened and endangered species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin (see S. 990), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 3237), H4627 [12JN]

——— provide for water security, reliability, modernization, and abundance in Western States (see H.R. 5217), H9167 [21NO]

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. 1499), S2923 [16MY] (see H.R. 2795), H3923 [16MY]

——— make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies (see H.R. 3742), H5774 [12JY]

——— modernize funding of wildlife conservation (see S. 2092), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 877), H1333 [30JA]

——— seek compensation for damages to trust resources and use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources (see S. 1899), S3843 [19JN] (see H.R. 3370), H4918 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: consider threat of invasive species before imposing a fishway requirement on a hydroelectric dam license (see H.R. 380), H357 [9JA]

——— establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3596), H5265 [28JN]

——— maintain annual base funding for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins fish recovery programs and require a report on implementation of those programs (see S. 38), S67 [8JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2580), S5748 [26SE] (see H.R. 266), H280 [8JA] (see H.R. 3052), H4215 [3JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 266), consideration (see H. Res. 28), H280 [8JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H4769 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 708), H8957 [18NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 75), H9057 [19NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see H.R. 316), H283 [8JA]

——— prohibit sale or transfer of public lands management authority without congressional consent (see S. 491), S1382 [14FE] (see H.R. 1276), H2031 [14FE]

——— support establishment and improvement of communications sites on or near Federal lands through retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites (see H.R. 2611), H3678 [9MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Defense: provide for indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals and improve and make management of such lands more transparent (see H.R. 2945), H4160 [23MY]

Endangered species: assist in conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries (see H.R. 4341), H7753 [17SE]

——— assist in conservation of highly endangered amphibian species in foreign countries (see H.R. 4340), H7753 [17SE]

——— permit States to regulate intrastate endangered and threatened species and allow taking of certain black vultures and ravens to prevent harm to livestock, vehicles, or buildings (see S. 2343), S5196 [30JY]

——— prohibit import and export of any species listed or proposed to be listed as a threatened or endangered species (see H.R. 2245), H3254 [10AP]

——— prohibit listing of a living nonnative species as a threatened species or an endangered species (see S. 2374), S5248 [31JY]

——— 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. 4804), H8455 [23OC]

——— prohibit treatment of certain non-native, non-indigenous hoofstock born in the U.S. as an endangered or threatened species or an essential or nonessential experimental population (see H.R. 4208), H7520 [23AU]

——— provide that nonnative species shall not be treated as endangered or threatened species (see H.R. 30), H201 [3JA]

——— repeal rules that weaken protections of endangered wildlife and fish (see S. 2491), S5539 [17SE] (see H.R. 4348), H7753 [17SE]

Endangered Species Act: consolidate protection of fish and regulation of waterways into a single agency (see H.R. 548), H600 [15JA]

——— disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 502), S1382 [14FE]

——— establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 1426), S2786 [13MY]

——— increase State and local involvement in management plans (see H.R. 4483), H7901 [24SE]

——— increase transparency, support regulatory certainty, and reauthorize (see H.R. 5467), H10609 [17DE]

——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes (see H.R. 4494), H7989 [25SE]

——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming (see S. 831), S1899 [14MR]

——— reissue rule delisting grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and prohibit further judicial review of the decision (see S. 614), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 1445), H2313 [28FE]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered or threatened (see S. 1429), S2786 [13MY]

Every Kid Outdoors program: codify and make permanent program to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students (see H.R. 1184), H1581 [13FE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1921), H2884 [27MR]

Fish and fishing: encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation (see S. 754), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 1747), H2717 [13MR]

——— prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (see H.R. 1105), H1462 [7FE]

Florida: remove from John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL-92 and Cape San Blas Unit P-30 (see H.R. 3733), H5774 [12JY]

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. 1643), S3105 [23MY]

Government regulations: ensure a complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see S. 78), S142 [10JA] (see H.R. 4601), H8094 [4OC]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (see S. 181), S293 [17JA]

Human rights: prohibit from awarding grants to entities that fund or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights (see H.R. 5493), H12289 [19DE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 5127), H8908 [15NO]

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. 1047), H1459 [7FE]

Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge: clarify U.S. interest in submerged lands in Nantucket Sound or waters above such submerged lands (see H.R. 183), H207 [3JA]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds: require continued sales of semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold (see S. 652), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1446), H2313 [28FE]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (see S. Res. 324), S5663 [24SE] (see H. Res. 610), H8081 [27SE]

National wildlife refuges: prohibit use of neonicotinoids as insecticides (see S. 1856), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 2854), H4010 [20MY]

Native Americans: protect cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and fossilized ivory products (see S. 804), S1898 [14MR] (see H.R. 1806), H2745 [14MR]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 310), S800 [31JA] (see H.R. 1347), H2100 [25FE]

North Dakota: redesignate Sullys Hill National Game Preserve as White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (see S. 2099), S4807 [11JY] (see H.R. 3755), H5824 [15JY]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 263), H228 [4JA]

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. 367), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1050), H1459 [7FE]

——— provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 179), H207 [3JA]

Science: promote botanical research and sciences capacity (see S. 2384), S5248 [31JY] (see H.R. 1572), H2504 [6MR]

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 4828), H8456 [23OC]

Sportsmen: provide for preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 1326), H2046 [22FE]

Territories: provide parity for wildlife restoration funding for U.S. territories and the District of Columbia and make technical corrections to certain wildlife and fishing legislation (see H.R. 1809), H2754 [18MR]

Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize: establish for reducing human-predator conflict (see S. 2194), S4966 [22JY]

Topsail, NC: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06 (see S. 1406), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2834), H3962 [17MY]

Tribal Wildlife Corridors: establish (see S. 2891), S6669 [19NO] (see H.R. 5179), H9057 [19NO]

Western Riverside County Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 2956), H4161 [23MY]

Wetlands: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see S. 261), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 925), H1335 [30JA]

Wild Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2685), H3727 [10MY]

Wildlife: develop recommendations and strategy to address wildlife trafficking on the Internet and social media (see H.R. 5398), H10123 [11DE]

——— 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 S. 268), S742 [29JA] (see H.R. 872), H1333 [30JA]

——— support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (see H.R. 864), H1332 [30JA]

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. 2105), H3100 [4AP]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S6187 [28OC], S6271 [30OC], S6735 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), motion to proceed, S5881 [17OC], S5946 [22OC]

Skipwith, Aurelia: nomination to be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, S6878 [5DE], S6987 [11DE]

Letters

Require continued sales of Multinational Species Conservation Funds semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold: Elijah E. Cummings, Committee on Oversight and Reform (House), H9086 [20NO]

——— Representative Grijalva, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H9086 [20NO]

Lists

Senate staff who worked on H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, S6322 [31OC]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 266), H497 [11JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S5880 [17OC], S6734, S6735 [21NO], H9035 [19NO]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1446, require continued sales of multinational species conservation funds semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold, H9119 [20NO]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1921, Ocean Acidification Innovation Act, H4339 [5JN]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: certify that repeal of oil and gas program will not harm caribou herd populations, H7683–H7685 [12SE]

Conservation of natural resources: make supplemental funding available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, H354 [9JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a Working Waterfront Task Force and a Working Waterfront Grant Program, H9974, H9975 [10DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H4970–H4972 [20JN]

——— making appropriations, H185 [3JA], H1154, H1155 [23JA], H10590, H10591, H10593 [17DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 266), H469–H498, H500 [11JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 266), consideration (H. Res. 28), H302–H311 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 266), motion to recommit, H497 [11JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4670 [13JN], H4797–H4896 [19JN], H4928, H4929–H4997 [20JN], H5011–H5022 [21JN], H5047–H5072 [24JN], H5100–H5104 [25JN], H5174 [26JN], E812 [20JN], E838 [25JN], E855 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration (H. Res. 445), H4779–H4789 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 708), H8967–H8971 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 75), H9041 [19NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), Senate amendment, H8966, H8972–H9041 [19NO], H9156 [21NO], E1483 [20NO]

Endangered Species Act: prohibit funding to list gray wolves as endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, H4783 [19JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (H.R. 1921), H4327–H4329 [5JN]

Fish and fishing: Asian carp control and eradication in Mississippi River and tributaries funding, H4784 [19JN]

——— encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to promote fish conservation, H9974, H9976 [10DE]

Gray wolf: remove from list of endangered and threatened wildlife for Minnesota, H5011 [21JN]

Great Lakes Fishery Commission: grass carp control funding, E789 [18JN]

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, E468 [15AP]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit funding for issuance of permits for importation of elephant or lion trophies from Zimbabwe, Zambia, or Tanzania, H4954–H4956 [20JN]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds: require continued sales of semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold (H.R. 1446), H9086, H9087 [20NO]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 263), H9075, H9076 [20NO], E11 [4JA]

Wetlands: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (H.R. 925), H9083, H9084 [20NO]

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, H2213 [26FE]

——— support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, reward anti-trafficking whistleblowers, and use fines and other penalties to fund conservation efforts (H.R. 864), E107 [30JA]

Wildlife Detector Dog program: funding, H4959 [20JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bats: combat white-nose syndrome in bats funding, S6386 [5NO]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 266), S182 [14JA], S187 [15JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: across-the-board funding reduction, S6184, S6186 [28OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), S4739 [9JY], S4744 [10JY], S5913 [21OC], S5951–S5953, S5959 [22OC], S6057–S6060, S6065 [23OC], S6179, S6180, S6183–S6187 [28OC], S6208–S6216, S6218, S6221–S6223, S6227, S6232, S6233 [29OC], S6263, S6284 [30OC], S6315, S6319–S6323, S6327, S6359 [31OC], S6386 [5NO], S6503, S6504 [12NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 75), S6736 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), House amendment, S6631, S6641 [19NO], S6682, S6696, S6703 [20NO], S6730–S6736 [21NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), motion to proceed, S5880 [17OC], S5911 [21OC], S5931, S5933, S5944–S5947, S5949–S5951 [22OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3055), unanimous-consent agreement, S6146 [24OC], S6293, S6294 [30OC]

Every Kid Outdoors program: establish to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students, S898 [6FE]

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. 1643), S3109 [23MY]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (S. 181), S301 [18JA]

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: clarification on use of digital maps, S1193 [12FE]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (S. Res. 324), S5853 [16OC]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 310), S1373 [14FE]

North Dakota: redesignate Sullys Hill National Game Preserve as White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (S. 2099), S6613 [14NO]

Skipwith, Aurelia: nomination to be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, S6878 [5DE], S6987 [11DE], S7008 [12DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, S901 [6FE], S1161 [11FE]

Reports filed

Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1305) (H. Rept. 116–249), H8386 [22OC]

Consideration of H.R. 266, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 28) (H. Rept. 116–1), H280 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, Science, and Military Construction Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 445) (H. Rept. 116–119), H4769 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3052) (H. Rept. 116–100), H4215 [3JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2580) (S. Rept. 116–123), S5746 [26SE]

Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3596) (H. Rept. 116–295), H8908 [15NO]

Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 310) (S. Rept. 116–9), S1897 [14MR]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Continued Sales of Semipostal Stamp Until All Remaining Stamps Are Sold: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1446) (H. Rept. 116–285), H8825 [13NO]

National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 116–314), H9178 [26NO]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 310), S866 [5FE]

Nomination of Aurelia Skipwith To Be U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5705 [25SE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 925) (H. Rept. 116–284), H8825 [13NO]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Renaming as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 263) (H. Rept. 116–228), H8110 [11OC]

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 990) (S. Rept. 116–146), S6155 [24OC]

White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2099), S5705 [25SE]

Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 268), S866 [5FE]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 268) (S. Rept. 116–18), S1985 [26MR]

Wildlife Restoration Funding Parity for U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia and Technical Corrections to Certain Wildlife and Fishing Legislation: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1809) (H. Rept. 116–114), H5582 [10JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 28, consideration of H.R. 266, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H302 [9JA]

H. Res. 445, consideration of H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, H4779 [19JN]

H.R. 263, rename Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge, H9075 [20NO]

H.R. 266, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H469–H487 [11JA]

H.R. 925, North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, H9083 [20NO]

H.R. 1446, require continued sales of Multinational Species Conservation Funds semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold, H9086 [20NO]

H.R. 1921, Ocean Acidification Innovation Act, H4327 [5JN]

H.R. 3055, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction appropriations, H4804–H4877 [19JN]

S. 2099, White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Designation Act, S6613 [14NO]

S. Res. 324, National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day, S5666 [24SE]