HOUSE 1326116th CongressSubcommittee Hearings Held.

ACCESS Act

Last Action: 3/26/2019

Actions

2019-03-26Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-03-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-02-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2019-02-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-22Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-02-22Introduced in House
2019-02-22Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-22 (00)

Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act or the ACCESS Act

This bill reauthorizes, authorizes, and establishes entities and activities for the conservation of fish and wildlife and opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting.

The bill

authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada,
facilitates the construction and expansion of public target ranges, and
requires the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a fee schedule for commercial filming and still photography operations on federal land.

The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program and the Chesapeake Bay Initiative.

The bill establishes the National Fish Habitat Board and the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services shall

allocate funds to support states and tribes in their efforts to implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease, and
make grants to support the expansion and acceleration of applied research on such disease.

The bill requires a National Academy of Sciences study on the transmission of chronic wasting disease in any species within the family Cervidae (the deer family) in the United States.

Cosponsors (3)

Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ)
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)

Subjects

Advisory bodies
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Appropriations
Aquatic ecology
Birds
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Fishes
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations

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