Protect Conservation Funds Act of 2020

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8069 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8069

   To prohibit the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior from 
  issuing grants for the conservation of a species that is listed as 
   endangered under a State law that is not consistent with certain 
               Federal standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2020

  Mr. Cook (for himself and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior from 
  issuing grants for the conservation of a species that is listed as 
   endangered under a State law that is not consistent with certain 
               Federal standards, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Conservation Funds Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON CONSERVATION GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior may only issue 
a grant for the conservation of a species or the habitat of a species 
that is listed as threatened or endangered under State law if--
            (1) such listing meets the requirements described for 
        listing a species in section 424.11(d) of title 50, Code of 
        Federal Regulations; or
            (2) such species is listed as threatened or endangered 
        under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.).
    (b) Certification.--The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall require the recipient of any grant subject to 
subsection (a) to submit a certification that such recipient will not 
use funds received from such grant to conserve a species or the habitat 
of a species if such species does not meet the requirements described 
in such subsection.
    (c) Misuse of Funds.--A grant recipient that uses funds in a manner 
inconsistent with the certification described in subsection (b) shall 
be required to return funds used in such manner to the Federal 
Government.
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