HR9695-118

Introduced

To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 19, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, 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, Agriculture.

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 H2409081575D64894A36B3B75CFA31A9D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Heritage and American Bison, Grizzly Bear, and Wolf Restoration and Coexistence Act.
  • Section H0D9EC2CCA8A14872B7D6BDB882E8A2E1: 2. Findings Congress finds that— the American bison, the grizzly bear, and the wolf— are iconic species that have important cultural significance to Indigenous...
  • Section H2D2F594C654745F4A28DC16CE3A2DD1A: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term best available science means scientific findings that— were reviewed by independent, anonymous peers and published in a...
  • Section H50D0D75CE4BC4BDB9F09C48829C57513: 4. Protection of bison, grizzly bears, and wolves Subject to subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person— to take, possess, purchase, sell, or transport a...
  • Section HEA503334B3C04F06A29E241251E0E3DE: 5. Establishment of bison, grizzly bear, and wolf restoration and coexistence committees Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 19, 2024

Mr. Grijalva 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 Government Operations Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"public land" §H2D2F594C654745F4A28DC16CE3A2DD1A

land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The term scientific society means an organization— the mission of which is dedicated to 1 or more sciences

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