To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the National Park Service for the study of how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5300
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-19
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of the Interior

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations

Insects

Lighting and heating

Lighting, heating, cooling

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits any authorization of appropriations for the National Park Service to:</p> <ul> <li>study how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects, or</li> <li>develop or test remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light to determine how artificial light affects insect movements and behavior. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5300 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2016 Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the National Park Service for the study of how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects, and for other purposes.

1. Funding prohibition No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the National Park Service to— (1) study how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects; or (2) develop or test remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light for the purpose of determining how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects.