Cormorant Control Act

Bill: 115-hr-4429
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-16
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aquaculture

Birds

Department of the Interior

Hunting and fishing

Judicial review and appeals

Licensing and registrations

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cormorant Control Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reissue the final rule that was published on May 28, 2014, relating to the extension and revision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of certain depredation orders allowing for the taking of double-crested cormorants (a species of migratory birds) to protect stock at aquaculture facilities and to protect public resources, without regard to any other provision of a statute or regulation that applies to the issuance of such rule. </p> <p>The bill prohibits such reissuance (including this bill) from being subject to judicial review and from abrogating or otherwise having any effect on the order and judgment issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Case Number 14-CV-01807-JDB on May 25, 2016. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4429 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 16, 2017 Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Westerman , Mr. Peterson , and Mr. Upton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a rule relating to extension of the expiration dates for double-crested cormorant depredation orders, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cormorant Control Act . 2. Reissuance of rule regarding extension of expiration dates for double-crested cormorant depredation orders Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published on May 28, 2014, relating to extension of the expiration dates for double-crested cormorant depredation orders (79 Federal Register 30483), without regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such reissuance (including this section) shall not be subject to judicial review and shall not abrogate or otherwise have any effect on the order and judgment issued by the United States District Court of the District of Columbia in Case Number 14–CV–01807–JDB on May 25, 2016.