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HI HR132

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/11/2022

Primary Sponsor

Amy Perruso

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the federal government to develop a comprehensive national biodiversity strategy to address the unprecedented biodiversity crisis threatening approximately one million species with extinction.

  • Calls for the strategy to set ambitious goals for protecting biodiversity, including conserving at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

  • Requires the strategy to address local stressors controllable at the federal level including sediment and nutrient runoff, invasive species, and unsustainable harvesting practices.

  • Mandates coordination among federal agencies, state and tribal governments, indigenous communities, private landowners, and nongovernmental stakeholders in developing and implementing the strategy.

  • Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, congressional leadership, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

Urging The Federal Government To Develop A National Biodiversity Strategy.

Federal Government

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen excused (1).

3/28/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3/28/2022
Water & Land3/14/2022

Full Bill Text

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