H.R. 4558: United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-12 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

Plain summary

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act This bill authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to seek compensation from individuals or entities for costs or damages for destroying, causing the loss of, or injuring any living, nonliving, historical, cultural, or archaeological resource on land managed by the USFWS, or for causing the USFWS to carry out actions to prevent, minimize, or abate such destruction, loss, or injury. Amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury must be made available to USFWS to: (1) reimburse response costs and damage assessments; (2) restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of a resource that was destroyed, lost, or injured; or (3) monitor and study those resources.

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Official text

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · 19 cosponsors

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Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] reported raising $5.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4558.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4558 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114