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H.R. 2854: Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

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H.R. 2854: Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-20 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375. 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

Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

Plain summary

Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019 This bill prohibits the use of neonicotinoids (a class of neuroactive insecticides that are chemically similar to nicotine) within the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · 45 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2854, Protect Our Refuges Act of 2019 (2020-02-21)

Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] reported raising $180,257 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2854 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116