To authorize new grants for research into riparian forest genetics and climate adaptation.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a grant program for plant genetics and genomics research related to (1) making riparian forests (e.g., forests on river banks) become more resilient to climate change and invasive species; and (2) providing critical habitat for animals and plants that are suffering from lost, degraded, or threatened habitat.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 31, 2021
Last action Sep 27, 2021
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3
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Committee
2
Sep 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Aug 31, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Aug 31, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom O’Halleran
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
Co
Marilyn Strickland
DDemocratic
Co
Salud O. Carbajal
DDemocratic
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