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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8263
To ensure opportunities for Department of Defense participation in wildlife
conservation banking programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself and Ms. HAALAND) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To ensure opportunities for Department of Defense participa-
tion in wildlife conservation banking programs, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. OBJECTIVES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND
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CRITERIA FOR USE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVA-
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TION BANKING PROGRAMS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—To ensure opportunities for De-
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partment of Defense participation in wildlife conservation
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banking programs pursuant to section 2694c of title 10,
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United States Code, the Secretary of the Interior, acting
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through the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-
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life Service, shall issue regulations of general applicability
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establishing objectives, measurable performance stand-
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ards, and criteria for use, consistent with the Endangered
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Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), for mitigation bank-
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ing offsetting effects on a species, or habitat of such spe-
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cies, that is endangered, threatened, a candidate for list-
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ing, or otherwise at risk under such Act. To the maximum
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extent practicable, the regulatory standards and criteria
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shall maximize available credits and opportunities for miti-
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gation, provide flexibility for characteristics of various spe-
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cies, and apply equivalent standards and criteria to all
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mitigation banks.
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(b) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—The Secretary
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of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United
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States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall publish an advance
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notice of proposed rulemaking for the regulations required
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by subsection (a) by not later than one year after the date
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of the enactment of this Act.
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