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Cormorant Relief Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue the depredation order for double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities in certain states. (The previous order was vacated in 2016 by court order.) Depredation orders allow for the taking (i.e., capturing, killing, dispersing, or transport of the carcass) of a specified species without a permit, generally to reduce damage caused by the species or to protect interests like health or property. Reissuing this order authorizes landowners, operators, tenants, and employees of entities engaged in aquaculture to take double-crested cormorants that are causing or threatening harm at aquaculture facilities and state and federal fish hatcheries. Interior must reissue the depredation order with updates, including an expansion of (1) the number of states covered by the order, and (2) the entities to whom the order applies (i.e., private lake and pond managers who are licensed by the state). Under the bill, Interior must renew the depredation order every five years.
Introduced
Mar 24, 2025
Last Action
Dec 10, 2025
Session
119th Congress
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Passage Probability
3% — Very Low
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2293.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-285.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241.
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
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Upgrade to ProReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.