Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5895
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2016-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Animal and plant health
Aquatic ecology
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Pest management
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: 

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016

 
This bill sets forth a regulatory process for preventing the introduction and establishment in the United States of certain injurious wildlife that is likely to cause harm to: (1) humans; (2) interests in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry; or (3) wildlife or wildlife resources.
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may: (1) designate certain wildlife as injurious, and (2) make immediate and temporary emergency designations if the injurious wildlife poses an imminent threat. Interested persons may petition the USFWS to designate wildlife as injurious.
 
The bill: (1) gives the Department of the Interior the primary authority to prevent the importation and sale of wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites, and (2) establishes requirements that address those pathogens and parasites.
 
The bill prohibits: (1) importing into the United States, or transporting between states, injurious wildlife or wildlife not in trade; and (2) possessing or releasing into the wild such wildlife.
 
The USFWS may issue permits that authorize the importation or transport of injurious wildlife for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes.
 
The USFWS must establish user fees for live wildlife imports.
 
The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations.
 
Interior must establish a grant program for supporting states and Indian tribes in: (1) inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife, and (2) assessing risks associated with the intentional importation of wildlife.
 
 The bill establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this bill. Revenues generated by user fees and penalties must be deposited into the fund.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2016-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-07-14
text: Introduced in House