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H.R. 3496: America's Wildlife Heritage Act

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H.R. 3496: America's Wildlife Heritage Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-18 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

America's Wildlife Heritage Act

Plain summary

America's Wildlife Heritage Act - Sets forth requirements concerning the maintenance of viable populations of existing native and desired non-native species within each planning area in the National Forest System's or the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) public lands. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to adopt and implement a strategically targeted monitoring program for determining the status and trends of native and desired non-native species populations on System and BLM lands. Defines: (1) native species to mean species of plants and animals indigenous to a planning area; and (2) desired non-native species to mean those wild species of plants and animals that are not indigenous to a planning area but are valued for their contribution to species diversity or their social, cultural, or economic value. Requires the Secretaries to coordinate the management of planning areas of the System and the BLM with the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Park System, other federal agencies, state fish and wildlife agencies, other state agencies responsible for management of natural resources, tribes, local governments, and non-governmental organizations engaged in species conservation.

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Official text

America's Wildlife Heritage Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · 18 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3496 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112