HR-8811 : Still Just a Bill

The America's Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024, or H.R. 8811, seeks to reauthorize and modify several conservation programs. Key provisions include:

• Extending the authorization for reimbursements to livestock owners for losses due to federally protected species through 2030.
• Establishing a Black Vulture Livestock Protection Program, allowing states to issue depredation permits to protect livestock from black vultures, and requiring a study on sustainable take levels.
• Modifying the Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force to begin work immediately and extending its authorization through 2030.
• Extending the authorization for protection against invasive species through 2030.
• Reauthorizing the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through 2030.
• Reauthorizing the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act through 2030, and modifying the types of agreements the foundation can enter into.
• Extending the modification of the definition of sport fishing equipment under TSCA through September 30, 2030.
• Increasing funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program, and extending its authorization through 2030.
• Reauthorizing the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 through 2030.
• Reauthorizing Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense through 2030.
• Modifying the composition of the National Fish Habitat Board and the process for designating or modifying Fish Habitat Partnerships, giving Congress the authority to approve of new designations or modifications.