Extinction Prevention Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 7/29/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-29Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2021-07-05Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- 2021-05-20Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2021-05-20Introduced in House
- 2021-05-20Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-20 (00)
Extinction Prevention Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of
- butterflies and moths in North America;
- plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
- freshwater mussels in the United States; and
- bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.
Cosponsors (14)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
Subjects
- American Samoa
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aquatic ecology
- Arizona
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- California
- Canada
- Caribbean area
- Colorado
- Congressional oversight
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecology
- El Salvador
- Endangered and threatened species
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