HR8195-119

In Committee

Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 2, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Civil Rights, Healthcare.

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 H69103C5393824D59A20D142353566C29: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026.
  • Section H207FD116504845C0B073DEA66869B075: 2. Regional management frameworks for take of double-crested cormorants Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Civil Rights, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Civil Rights Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 16, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Apr 9, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

Apr 2, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Apr 2, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 2, 2026

Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Civil Rights Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"double-crested cormorant" §H207FD116504845C0B073DEA66869B075

the species Nannopterum auritum. The term Regional Flyway Council means— the Atlantic Flyway Council

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