Animals Bills in Congress

8 Animals bills on file from the 118th–119th Congress; 6 reached a recorded roll call vote and 2 became law.

Recent votes

6 bills in Animals

This bill extends the deadline from 2028 to 2035 for the National Marine Fisheries Service to issue new regulations that protect the endangered Atlantic large whale from certain lobster and crab fishing gear.

119th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 6/24/26 · Latest action 9/14/26

This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt and published on July 30, 2024.

119th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 3/21/25 · Latest action 5/5/25

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003, which allows the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance to states for (1) eradicating or controlling nutria, and (2) restoring marshland damaged by nutria.

119th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 1/28/25 · Latest action 2/5/25

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).

118th Congress

2 roll callsIntroduced 2/2/23 · Latest action 5/1/24

This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Grant Program to encourage and facilitate coordinated rapid response and rescue of stranded marine turtles.

118th Congress

1 roll callIntroduced 4/10/23 · Latest action 4/15/24

This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat and published on November 30, 2022.

118th Congress

3 roll callsIntroduced 3/30/23 · Latest action 9/28/23