ACCESS Act

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Introduced

22 February 2019

Last action

26 March 2019 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summary

Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act or the ACCESS Act This bill reauthorizes, authorizes, and establishes entities and activities for the conservation of fish and wildlife and opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting. The bill authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada, facilitates the construction and expansion of public target ranges, and requires the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a fee schedule for commercial filming and still photography operations on federal land. The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program and the Chesapeake Bay Initiative. The bill establishes the National Fish Habitat Board and the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services shall allocate funds to support states and tribes in their efforts to implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease, and make grants to support the expansion and acceleration of applied research on such disease. The bill requires a National Academy of Sciences study on the transmission of chronic wasting disease in any species within the family Cervidae (the deer family) in the United States.

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Timeline

22 February 2019
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
22 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Source: Committee
7 March 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Source: Committee
11 March 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Source: Committee
25 March 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Source: Committee
26 March 2019
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2019
related to ← Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act
related to ← National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2019
related to ← National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act
related to ← National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019
related to ← National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2019

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1326
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1326
us · 116-hr-1326 · source updated 7 April 2025