HR-1326 : Still Just a Bill

Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act or the ACCESS Act

This bill reauthorizes, authorizes, and establishes entities and activities for the conservation of fish and wildlife and opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting.

The bill

  • authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada,
  • facilitates the construction and expansion of public target ranges, and
  • requires the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a fee schedule for commercial filming and still photography operations on federal land.

The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program and the Chesapeake Bay Initiative.

The bill establishes the National Fish Habitat Board and the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services shall

  • allocate funds to support states and tribes in their efforts to implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease, and
  • make grants to support the expansion and acceleration of applied research on such disease.

The bill requires a National Academy of Sciences study on the transmission of chronic wasting disease in any species within the family Cervidae (the deer family) in the United States.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-03-26CommitteeSubcommittee Hearings Held.House committee actions
2019-03-25CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.House committee actions
2019-03-11CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.House committee actions
2019-03-07CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.House committee actions
2019-03-07CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.House committee actions
2019-02-25CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.House committee actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-02-22IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
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Policy Area :

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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  • Advisory bodies
  • Animal and plant health
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appropriations
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Birds
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of the Interior
  • Ecology
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal district courts
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fishes
  • Government trust funds
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Mammals
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Marine pollution
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Photography and imaging
  • Research administration and funding
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations
  • Tax-exempt organizations
  • Television and film
  • User charges and fees
  • Water use and supply
  • Wetlands
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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