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House Bill 3370
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Refuge System Protection Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 19, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 19, 2019
Latest Action
Jul 1, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3370
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Mike Thompson
California
Democrat
Anna Eshoo
California
Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Illinois
Democrat
Debbie Dingell
Michigan
Republican
Brian Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania
Republican
Rob Wittman
Virginia
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Refuge System Protection Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ), at the request of the Department of the Interior, to bring in a district court a civil action against any individual or entity that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any resource that is within the boundaries any land or water that is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The bill also authorizes DOJ, at the request of Interior, to bring in a district court an in rem action against any instrumentality (e.g., a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft) that destroys, causes the loss of, causes Interior to make risk mitigation efforts with respect to, or injures any such system resource.

Among others, it shall be an affirmative defense in either type of action that the destruction of, loss of, risk mitigation regarding, or injury to a system resource was caused by an otherwise legal act or omission that occurred outside the boundaries of the resource.

In either type of action, the court may award response costs and damages.

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Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 19, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jun 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1899
Refuge System Protection Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
07/01/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
06/19/2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
06/19/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:51:02 PM
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