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H.R. 5552, Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 116th
Date Requested Jan. 15, 2020
Requested By House Committee on Natural Resources
Date Sent June 30, 2020
Description:
The bill would Prohibit the incidental killing or taking of migratory birds by commercial activities without a permit Authorize the appropriation of $10 million annually for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a permitting program Establish fees for those permits and for migratory bird habitat restoration Establish a civil penalty for related violations Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Collection of the new fees Spending of the authorized amounts Areas of significant uncertainty include Projecting the number of entities that would be required to obtain a permit under the bill Predicting how the permit program and fees would be structured

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