S4048-118

Introduced

To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 21, 2024

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, To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment.

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 H13D5C4957E3144049E98B913B9EFD76F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act.
  • Section HF46DC6CF8DC0433CB8F689280436AFCE: 2. Reauthorization Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking of this Act not to exceed...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 21, 2024

Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Coons, Mr. Tillis, …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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