To authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Defense.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H299DC6F862444E228A2F386E98599DAD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Refuge System Protection Act of 2023.
- Section HB809401BB9BD4592A7ABFC5FE8035D5D: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term damages means— compensation for— the cost of replacing, restoring, or acquiring the equivalent of a system resource; and...
- Section H81C2D72FE9BE43C4B45231B083C1557C: 3. Actions The Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary, may bring in the district court of the United States of appropriate jurisdiction— a civil...
- Section H86FA55F3EA004EB5914CF0B5D86B6B16: 4. Use of recovered amounts Amounts of the response costs and damages recovered by the Secretary under this Act and any amounts recovered by the Federal...
- Section H7A3E0FC9014D442795F6D7E719AF4C78: 5. Donations Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may accept donations of money or services to meet expected, immediate, or ongoing response costs and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Defense
Primary Purpose
This bill, To authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek compensation for injuries to trust resources and to use funds received as that compensation to restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of the Interior. The term system resource means any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archeological resource that is located within the boundaries of— a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System
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