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H.R. 4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act

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H.R. 4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-14 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Plain summary

Recovering America's Wildlife Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2018, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The bill revises the requirements governing how the funds from the subaccount may be used, including by requiring funds to be used to develop, revise, and implement state wildlife conservation strategies. The bill expands the allowable uses of the subaccount, including by allowing funds to be used for managing invasive and nuisance species and for law enforcement activities that are directly related to the conservation of species of the greatest conservation need. Funds apportioned from the subaccount may not be conditioned upon the provision of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings. The bill specifies what types of funds and donations states may use to meet matching fund requirements. The bill revises the formula used to determine how funds are distributed to states.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · 116 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), J. French Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Darren Soto (D-FL), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE) and 56 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4647 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115