Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and reauthorizes through Fiscal Year 2030 and modifies several wildlife and conservation programs.

Highlights:

• Amends, re-authorizes, and modifies several wildlife and conservation programs and acts through Fiscal Year 2030, including (Title I, Sec. 101-110):

• The Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force;

• the management of invasive species under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act;

• The North American Wetlands Conservation Act;

• The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act;

• The Chesapeake Bay Program;

• The Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998; and

• Fish habitat conservation projects under the America's Conservation Enhancement Act.

• Amends and modifies America's Conservation Enhancement Act, including providing statutory authority for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to carry out a black vulture livestock protection program that allows one public entity per state to hold a statewide depredation permit to protect commercial agriculture livestock from black vulture predation (Title II, Sec. 201-207).

• Authorizes appropriations for the FWS to complete the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated database (Title II, Sec. 201-207).

• Extends a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency taking any action to regulate the lead content of sport fishing equipment or components under the Toxic Substances Control Act through Fiscal Year 2030 (Title II, Sec. 201-207).

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