Global Amphibian Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2026
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Global Amphibian Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a Highly Endangered Amphibian Species Conservation Fund and requires the Department of the Interior to use the fund to carry out a grant program for the conservation of highly endangered amphibian species.
 

Highly endangered amphibian species 
means any amphibian species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as either endangered or critically endangered. The term also means any other amphibian species categorized on such list as data deficient or under a threat category lower than endangered if Interior determines that (1) the most recent IUCN Red List assessment indicates that the population is decreasing, or (2) such species is facing new or emerging threats. 
 
The bill establishes the fund as a separate account in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.

action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Global Amphibian Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a Highly Endangered Amphibian Species Conservation Fund and requires the Department of the Interior to use the fund to carry out a grant program for the conservation of highly endangered amphibian species.
 

Highly endangered amphibian species 
means any amphibian species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as endangered, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild. The term also means any other amphibian species categorized on such list as data deficient or under a threat category lower than endangered if Interior determines that (1) the most recent IUCN Red List assessment indicates that the population is decreasing, or (2) such species is facing new or emerging threats. 
 
The bill establishes the fund as a separate account in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-567.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-567.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House