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S. 2560

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act - Authorizes the 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.

Requires amounts recovered as a result of such destruction, loss, or injury to 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.

Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.

Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD](D-MD)Sponsor
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  • Introduced in SenateJun 26, 2014
  1. Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.

  2. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4162)

  3. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4160-4162)

  4. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate