Keep America's Refuges Operational Act

Bill: 115-s-1940
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2017-10-05
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior

Executive agency funding and structure

Public-private cooperation

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Keep America's Refuges Operational Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and national wildlife refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System; and (2) provisions authorizing the Department of the Interior to accept and use gifts, devises, or bequests of real and personal property for the benefit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the performance of its activities and services. </p> <p>The bill eliminates the prohibition on the use for the operation or administration of any nonfederal entity of any federal funds that are used for a project or program for a national wildlife refuge or a complex of geographically related refuges under a cooperative agreement between Interior and a partner organization, academic institution, state or local government agency, or other person under the community partnerships program. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1940 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 5, 2017 Mr. Carper (for himself and Mr. Barrasso ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep America's Refuges Operational Act . 2. Reauthorization of National Wildlife Refuge System volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs Section 7 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 ( 16 U.S.C. 742f ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)(C)(ii), by striking and may not be used for operation or administration of any non-Federal entity ; and (2) in subsection (g), by striking 2011 through 2014 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .