Keep America's Refuges Operational Act

Bill: 115-hr-3979
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
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: 2018-04-23
text: Became Public Law No: 115-168.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
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>

action_date: 2017-12-05
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
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 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>

action_date: 2017-12-18
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 5, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Keep America's Refuges Operational Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and 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>

action_date: 2018-04-09
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>Keep America's Refuges Operational Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and 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>

action_date: 2018-04-23
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Keep America's Refuges Operational Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize through FY2022: (1) the volunteer services, community partnerships, and 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>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 5, 2017 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Graves of Louisiana , Mr. Sablan , Mr. LoBiondo , and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 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 .

tv_txt: ™IB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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 in subsection (g), by striking 2011 through 2014 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .

Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3979 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 19, 2017 Received AN ACT 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 in subsection (g), by striking 2011 through 2014 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .

Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 324 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3979 [Report No. 115–438] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 5, 2017 Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Wittman , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Graves of Louisiana , Mr. Sablan , Mr. LoBiondo , and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources December 5, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Kind , Mr. Westerman , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Johnson of Louisiana , Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Curbelo of Florida , and Ms. Bordallo December 5, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 5, 2017 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 in subsection (g), by striking 2011 through 2014 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .

December 5, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: ™IB One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen H. R. 3979 AN ACT 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 in subsection (g), by striking 2011 through 2014 and inserting 2018 through 2022 .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.