Murder Hornet Eradication Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6761 To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States in eradicating the Asian giant hornet, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 8, 2020 Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States in eradicating the Asian giant hornet, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Murder Hornet Eradi- 4 cation Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. MURDER HORNET ERADICATION PROGRAM. 6 (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Inte- 7 rior shall establish a program to provide financial assist- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 May 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6761.IH H6761 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6761 IH ance to States for management, research, and public edu- 1 cation activities necessary to— 2 (1) eradicate the Asian giant hornet; and 3 (2) restore bee populations damaged by the 4 Asian giant hornet. 5 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive funds 6 under this section if such State has demonstrated to the 7 Secretary sufficient need for a program to implement 8 measures to eradicate the Asian giant hornet. 9 (c) COST SHARING.— 10 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 11 the costs of the program may not exceed 75 percent 12 of the total costs of the program. 13 (2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed- 14 eral share of the costs of the program may be pro- 15 vided in the form of in-kind contributions of mate- 16 rials or services. 17 (d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 18 Not more than 5 percent of financial assistance provided 19 by the Secretary under this section may be used for ad- 20 ministrative expenses. 21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For fi- 22 nancial assistance under this section, there is authorized 23 to be appropriated to the Secretary $4,000,000 for each 24 of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 May 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6761.IH H6761 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6761 IH (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1 (1) ASIAN GIANT HORNET.—The term ‘‘Asian 2 giant hornet’’ means a Vespa mandarinia. 3 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4 the Secretary of the Interior. 5 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 6 the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 7 territories and insular possessions of the United 8 States. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 May 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6761.IH H6761 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS