S. 655: Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009
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S. 655: Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-19 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009
Plain summary
Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009 - Amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for deposit in the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account for each of FY2011-FY2016 specified funds from: (1) amounts received from rents, royalties, and other sums paid to the Secretary or the Secretary of the Navy under leases on the outer Continental Shelf; and (2) amounts received from sales, bonuses, and royalties collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 and from rentals of public lands under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
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Official text
Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · 6 cosponsors
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John Thune (R-SD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s655.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s655 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111