Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the 2016 depredation order allowing the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities.
The reissued order must be the same as the original but expanded to cover 12 additional States and to authorize licensed lake managers and pond managers to act.
The Secretary must complete reissuance within one year of enactment.
Narrow administrative change with modest impact improves prospects, but environmental opposition and Senate procedural hurdles lower chances.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory instruction to reissue a pre-existing regulatory depredation order with specified expansions. It is clear about what must be done, who must do it, the legal text to be relied upon, and a firm deadline.
Conservation welfare vs property protection and farm economics
Conservation welfare vs property protection and farm economics
Likely opposed or skeptical because it expands lethal control authority for a native bird species.
Would emphasize potential ecological harms, animal welfare, and the need for nonlethal alternatives and scientific monitoring.
May accept limited, well‑monitored measures if stringent safeguards are required.
Cautiously supportive of restoring regulatory clarity for aquaculture, while seeking guardrails.
Views the bill as a targeted, narrow change but wants data collection, review timelines, and clear training or oversight to reduce ecological risks.
Support conditional on measurable safeguards and cost transparency.
Generally supportive as it restores and extends a prior depredation order, protecting property and agricultural interests.
Sees empowering licensed lake and pond managers as appropriate local control.
Prefers minimal new federal constraints or delays.
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Narrow administrative change with modest impact improves prospects, but environmental opposition and Senate procedural hurdles lower chances.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Conservation welfare vs property protection and farm economics
Narrow administrative change with modest impact improves prospects, but environmental opposition and Senate procedural hurdles lower chance…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory instruction to reissue a pre-existing regulatory depredation order with specified expansions. It is clear about what must be done, who…
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