Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
Cormorant Control Rules: Restore and Update Permits for Fish Farms
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No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Tells the Interior Department to bring back an older rule that lets certain people kill double-crested cormorants that are damaging fish at aquaculture sites.
- Expands where and who can use the rule, including managers of private lakes and ponds, and adds states like California, Colorado, and others listed in the bill.
- Updates the old rule’s wording, recordkeeping, and how it lines up with other federal laws, and removes an old expiration date so it doesn’t automatically end.
- Requires the Interior Department to renew the rule at least once every 5 years, so it stays active unless changed.
- Says the Interior Department still has to follow major environmental and wildlife-protection laws when carrying out this rule.
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Milestones
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
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. (text: CR H5076-5077)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
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)
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2293.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
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