Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 7/29/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-29Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2021-04-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- 2021-03-03Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-03 (00)
Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Act of 2021
This bill provides statutory authority for the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund, which finances a grant program to protect critically endangered species. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish the fund as a separate account in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.
Critically endangered species means any animal species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as either endangered or critically endangered. The term also means any other animals species categorized on such list as data deficient or under a threat category lower than endangered if Interior determines that (1) the most recent IUCN Red List assessment indicates that the population is decreasing, or (2) such species is facing new or emerging threats.
Cosponsors (20)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Subjects
- Animal and plant health
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Department of the Interior
- Ecology
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Performance measurement
- Research administration and funding
- Trade restrictions
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