MONARCH Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 8/21/2023
Actions
- 2023-08-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- 2023-08-21Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- 2023-06-23Referred 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.
- 2023-06-23Referred 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.
- 2023-06-23Introduced in House
- 2023-06-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-06-23 (00)
Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2023 or the MONARCH Act of 2023
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 and other pollinators within the range of western monarch butterflies.
In addition, Interior must enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to facilitate updating and implementing the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Cosponsors (19)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
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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