MONARCH Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 7/29/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-29Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2021-05-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2021-05-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- 2021-03-17Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2021-03-17Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2021-03-17Introduced in House
- 2021-03-17Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-17 (00)
Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2021 or the MONARCH Act of 2021
This bill provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah).
Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies.
In addition, Interior must enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to facilitate the implementation of the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Cosponsors (20)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
Subjects
- Arizona
- California
- Government trust funds
- Idaho
- Insects
- Nevada
- Oregon
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Utah
- Washington State
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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