Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6448
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2016-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Endangered and threatened species
Floods and storm protection
Genetics
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Roads and highways
Scientific communication
Transportation safety and security
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016

 
This bill establishes a National Wildlife Corridors System for:
 
 
conserving and restoring habitats that support native fish, wildlife, and plant species that have experienced or may experience habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation, or obstructions of connectivity;
 
providing long-term habitat connectivity for the native species for migration, dispersal, adaptation to environmental change, and genetic exchange; and
 
facilitating coordinated landscape- and seascape-scale connectivity planning and management across departmental jurisdictions.
 
 
The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, the Interior, and Transportation must: (1) each create a process for designating lands and waters under their respective administration and control as national wildlife corridors; and (2) manage corridors in a manner that contributes to the long-term connectivity, persistence, resilience, and adaptability of native species.
 
The bill establishes safety and mitigation requirements for corridors that intersect, adjoin, or cross local, state, or federal roads or highways.
 
The departments may acquire land to establish and enhance corridors and the land may be purchased with amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund or the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund.
 
The U.S. Geological Survey must establish and make available to the public a comprehensive National Native Species Habitats and Corridors Geographic Information System Database.
 
The bill establishes a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund, which may be used by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for enhancing the management and the protection of corridors and other lands and waters identified as important to further the purposes of the corridor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2016-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Introduced in House