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H.R. 1572: Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act

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H.R. 1572: Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · 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.

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Official title

Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act

Plain summary

Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and other appropriate entities to support a program of intramural and extramural botanical science research to support the land management responsibilities of the Department of the Interior. Interior may hire additional personnel to augment its expertise in the botanical sciences. Interior's land management agencies and the Forest Service shall give preference to using locally adapted native plant materials when undertaking land management activities on lands under their respective jurisdictions. Specified federal agencies shall collaborate regarding land use responsibility when undertaking specified activities, including the development of genetically appropriate seed, related to native plant materials. The bill authorizes the BLM to undertake specified activities for the development and use of native plant materials, including the protection of rare plants on public lands. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall ensure that a program of activities which is focused on conservation and protection of native plants is incorporated into its existing programs and activities.

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Official text

Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · 55 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] reported raising $998,074 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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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-cong116-hr1572 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116