Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024
HR 8308 reauthorizes the federal Nutria Eradication and Control Program through 2030, extending the existing program authorized under the 2003 Act. The bill directly affects the U.S. Department of the Interior, which administers the program targeting nutria - invasive rodents damaging wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay region. Its key mechanism is updating the program's expiration date from 2025 to 2030, ensuring continued funding and operations for nutria control efforts. This is a procedural extension with no new policy changes, maintaining the current program structure.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2024
House Passage
Dec 2024
Senate Passage
President
Introduced May 8, 2024
Last action Dec 18, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Dec 18, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
upper
Dec 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7287)
lower
Dec 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-849.
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
lower
Jul 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Hearings Held
lower
Jul 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
lower
May 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
May 8, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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