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S. 1728 · 117th Congress

Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

3 cosponsors · 3 D

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 20, 2021

Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of

  • butterflies and moths in North America;
  • plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
  • freshwater mussels in the United States; and
  • bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah.

Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

Latest action (May 20, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 20, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.