CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jared Golden (D-ME)

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective.

H.R. 8509 · House bill Animals

A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill aims to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The primary purpose is to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective. Specifically, it seeks to change the expiration year for these regulations. The amendment replaces the year 2028'' with 2035'' throughout the relevant section of the law.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    Extending the regulations through 2035 provides continued legal protection for the North Atlantic right whale.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.