Bill Sponsor
House Bill 6961
115th Congress(2017-2018)
DRIP Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 27, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 27, 2018
Latest Action
Oct 22, 2018
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
6961
Congress
115
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act or the DRIP Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to qualified partnerships to: (1) remove non-native plant species that contribute to drought conditions, and (2) replace the non-native plant species with native plant species.

A "non-native plant species" is a plant species that: (1) is non-native (or alien) to an ecosystem; and (2) when introduced to the ecosystem causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health.

A "qualified partnership" is a partnership between: (1) at least one flood control district; and (2) at least one city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state.

Text (1)
September 27, 2018
Actions (3)
10/22/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
09/27/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
09/27/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:41:27 PM