H.R. 5588: WHOLE Act of 2020
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H.R. 5588: WHOLE Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-01-13 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-01-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · 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, Oceans, and Wildlife. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
WHOLE Act of 2020
Plain summary
Weigh Habitats Offsetting Locational Effects Act of 2020 or the WHOLE Act of 2020 This bill revises the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce reviews an agency action to determine whether the action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical habitat of the species. When making such determination, the appropriate department must consider the offsetting effects of protection or conservation measures that are already in place or proposed to be implemented as part of the action.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · 12 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Jason Smith (R-MO)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] reported raising $724,106 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.
Words on this page, explained (2)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- 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
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr5588.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr5588 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116