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Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2023

S. 1149 · 118th Congress · Mar 30, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2023”.

Sec. 2 Statement of purpose

The purpose of this Act is to extend financial and technical assistance to States, territories, the District of Columbia, and Indian Tribes, including under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), for the purpose of avoiding the need to list species, or recovering species currently listed as a threatened species or an endangered species, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or under State law.

Sec. 3 Sense of Congress relating to offsets

It is the sense of Congress that the costs of carrying out this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be offset.