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HR 2293 · in committee · major

Cormorant Relief Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill allows the Department of Interior to reissue an order permitting the killing of double-crested cormorants at fish farms and hatcheries without special permits.
  • Fish farm operators, hatchery workers, and licensed private lake managers in specified states are authorized to take action against cormorants.
  • The depredation order must be renewed every five years and expanded to cover additional states and private water managers.

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  1. 01

    How would allowing fish farmers to kill cormorants without permits affect both the bird population and commercial fishing operations across different regions?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that cormorant predation significantly damages fish farms and hatcheries compared to other threats to these operations?

  3. 03

    Should the five-year renewal requirement include independent review of whether cormorant control is still necessary, or should it automatically continue?

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Mike Ezell

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Introduced 2025-12-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  2. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5076-5077)

  4. 2025-12-09 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5076-5077)

  5. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2293.

  6. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5076-5077)

  7. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-09-15 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241.

  9. 2025-09-15 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-285.

  10. 2025-09-15 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-285.

  11. 2025-07-15 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.

  12. 2025-07-15 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. 2025-07-15 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

  14. 2025-04-08 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  15. 2025-04-01 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

  16. 2025-03-24 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  17. 2025-03-24 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  18. 2025-03-24 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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