MONARCH Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/17/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2021-03-17Introduced in Senate
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 (10)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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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