H.R. 556 - Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
- Sponsor:
- Sam Farr
- Summary:
- To establish a program of research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the House on July 28, 2009
PASSED on July 28, 2009.
2/3 required to pass
voted YES: 316
voted NO: 107
10 voted present/not voting
Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
H.R. 556 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- Keywords
- California sea otter, Extinction, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Summary
- To establish a program of research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- At OpenCongress
- Title
- To establish a program of research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter.
- Other Titles
- Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
- Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
- Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act
- Sponsor
- Sam Farr
- Co-Sponsors
- Bob Filner
- Jerrold Nadler
- Raul Grijalva
- Christopher Smith
- Adam Schiff
- Anna Eshoo
- Jerry McNerney
- Ellen Tauscher
- Rush Holt
- James McDermott
- Zoe Lofgren
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Gerald Connolly
- Jane Harman
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Barney Frank
- Maurice Hinchey
- Joe Sestak
- Mazie Hirono
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Richard Neal
- Michael Honda
- Paul Hodes
- Earl Blumenauer
- Patrick Kennedy
- Howard Berman
- Lois Capps
- Henry Waxman
- George Miller
- Subjects
- Animals
- Advisory bodies
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquatic ecology
- California
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Research administration and funding
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 1/15/2009 Referred to Committee Passed House 7/28/2009 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected House On Passage - House - H.R. 556 Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 7/28/2009 This bill PASSED the House 316 voted YES 107 voted NO 10 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 1/15/2009 1/15/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 2/04/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife. 5/05/2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 6/10/2009 Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Discharged. 6/10/2009 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 6/10/2009 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 6/23/2009 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-175. Put on a legislative calendar 6/23/2009 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92. 7/27/2009 Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 7/27/2009 Considered under suspension of the rules. 7/27/2009 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 556. 7/27/2009 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Hastings (WA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. 7/28/2009 Considered as unfinished business. currently selected House Vote on Passage 7/28/2009 On Passage - House - H.R. 556 Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 7/29/2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to House members within 30 days of the vote "On Passage - House - H.R. 556 Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - Under Suspension of the Rules" from interest groups that…
supported this bill
| Environmental policy |
| Animal Rights |
opposed this bill
| Contributor | Interest group | Amount | Date | House member | Party | State | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humane Usa Pac | Animal Rights | $2,000 | 6/28/09 | Dan Burton | R | IN-5 | No |
| Tishman, Daniel R | Environmental policy | $1,500 | 6/28/09 | Michael McMahon | D | NY-13 | Yes |
| Gomer, Adelaide Park | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 6/29/09 | Eric Massa | D | NY-29 | Yes |
| Gomer, Adelaide Park | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 6/29/09 | Eric Massa | D | NY-29 | Yes |
| Lander-Simon, Diane | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/29/09 | Paul Hodes | D | NH-2 | Yes |
| Learner, Howard a | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/29/09 | Bill Foster | D | IL-14 | Yes |
| Mathews, James H | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/29/09 | Michael Simpson | R | ID-2 | Yes |
| Montgomery, Jan M | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/29/09 | Mark Schauer | D | MI-7 | Yes |
| Montgomery, Jan M | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/29/09 | Gary Peters | D | MI-9 | Yes |
| Republicans for Environmental Protection | Environmental policy | $1,500 | 6/29/09 | Bob Inglis | R | SC-4 | Yes |
| Republicans for Environmental Protection | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/29/09 | Dave Reichert | R | WA-8 | Yes |
| Republicans for Environmental Protection | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/29/09 | Leonard Lance | R | NJ-7 | Yes |
| Republicans for Environmental Protection | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/29/09 | Mary Bono Mack | R | CA-45 | Yes |
| Rockefeller, Laurance | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/29/09 | Maurice Hinchey | D | NY-22 | Yes |
| Shay, Russell H | Environmental policy | $200 | 6/29/09 | Michael Simpson | R | ID-2 | Yes |
| Spivak, Randi | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/29/09 | Raul Grijalva | D | AZ-7 | Yes |
| Beeuwkes, Reinier | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 6/30/09 | Daniel Maffei | D | NY-25 | Yes |
| Berger, Bruce | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Eric Massa | D | NY-29 | Yes |
| Blackwelder, Brent F | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/09 | Earl Blumenauer | D | OR-3 | Yes |
| Broussard, William J | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Suzanne Kosmas | D | FL-24 | Yes |
| Conboy, Brian | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/09 | James Himes | D | CT-4 | Yes |
| Cunningham, Marjorie M | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/09 | Gabrielle Giffords | D | AZ-8 | Yes |
| Dreher, David | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/09 | Thomas Perriello | D | VA-5 | Yes |
| Gillispie, Charles C | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/30/09 | Rush Holt | D | NJ-12 | Yes |
| Gleason, Jeffrey | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/30/09 | Thomas Perriello | D | VA-5 | Yes |
| Hoar, Christopher | Animal Rights | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Dan Burton | R | IN-5 | No |
| Leeds, Richard | Environmental policy | $1,200 | 6/30/09 | Paul Hodes | D | NH-2 | Yes |
| Mandel, Susan | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 6/30/09 | Martin Heinrich | D | NM-1 | Yes |
| Manuel, Athan | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/09 | Raul Grijalva | D | AZ-7 | Yes |
| Merck, Josephine a | Environmental policy | $600 | 6/30/09 | James Himes | D | CT-4 | Yes |
| Merck, Josephine a | Environmental policy | $400 | 6/30/09 | James Himes | D | CT-4 | Yes |
| Model, Allen John | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 6/30/09 | Paul Kanjorski | D | PA-11 | Not Voting |
| Nichols, Sara R | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/30/09 | John Hall | D | NY-19 | Yes |
| Ralph, Margaret Walton | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 6/30/09 | Joe Sestak | D | PA-7 | Yes |
| Schumann, Robert Fitzpatrick | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/30/09 | Mary Jo Kilroy | D | OH-15 | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Jerry McNerney | D | CA-11 | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Joe Sestak | D | PA-7 | Yes |
| Trimble, Robert | Animal Rights | $1,000 | 6/30/09 | Dan Burton | R | IN-5 | No |
| Beeuwkes, Reiner | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 7/1/09 | Edward Markey | D | MA-7 | Yes |
| Warburg, Joan M | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/1/09 | James Himes | D | CT-4 | Yes |
| Goldman, Peter | Environmental policy | $1,500 | 7/2/09 | Adam Smith | D | WA-9 | Yes |
| O'hare, Rolland R | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/3/09 | Sander Levin | D | MI-12 | Yes |
| Pollack, Lana | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/6/09 | Gary Peters | D | MI-9 | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 7/8/09 | Timothy Bishop | D | NY-1 | Yes |
| Ocean Champions | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/9/09 | Lynn Woolsey | D | CA-6 | Yes |
| Aronoff, Marcia S | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/10/09 | Daniel Maffei | D | NY-25 | Yes |
| Gabel, Marianne | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 7/11/09 | John Boccieri | D | OH-16 | Yes |
| Ferguson, Theodosia H | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/13/09 | Barbara Lee | D | CA-9 | Yes |
| Barton, John W | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/14/09 | Bill Cassidy | R | LA-6 | No |
| Crosby, Harriett | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/16/09 | Chellie Pingree | D | ME-1 | Yes |
| Franklin, Naomi | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/16/09 | Carol Shea-Porter | D | NH-1 | Yes |
| Calvelli, John F | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 7/21/09 | Eliot Engel | D | NY-17 | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/21/09 | Alan Grayson | D | FL-8 | Yes |
| Ocean Champions | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 7/22/09 | Brian Baird | D | WA-3 | Yes |
| Shorey, Clyde E | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/24/09 | Sander Levin | D | MI-12 | Yes |
| Dreher, David | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/27/09 | Peter DeFazio | D | OR-4 | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/28/09 | Michael McMahon | D | NY-13 | Yes |
| Ocean Champions | Environmental policy | $500 | 7/28/09 | Sam Farr | D | CA-17 | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/29/09 | Leonard Lance | R | NJ-7 | Yes |
| Carlson, Catherine a | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 7/30/09 | Howard Berman | D | CA-28 | Yes |
| Carlson, Catherine a | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 7/30/09 | Howard Berman | D | CA-28 | Yes |
| Eiseman, Judith | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/30/09 | John Olver | D | MA-1 | Yes |
| Goldberg, Bradley | Animal Rights | $2,400 | 7/30/09 | Nita Lowey | D | NY-18 | Yes |
| Goldberg, Bradley | Animal Rights | $2,400 | 7/30/09 | Nita Lowey | D | NY-18 | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $250 | 7/30/09 | Steve Driehaus | D | OH-1 | Yes |
| Ocean Champions | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 7/31/09 | Connie Mack | R | FL-14 | No |
| Humane Usa Pac | Animal Rights | $1,000 | 8/4/09 | Henry Brown | R | SC-1 | Yes |
| Hammett, Benjamin C | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 8/6/09 | Nancy Pelosi | D | CA-8 | Not Voting |
| Saunders, Marshall | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 8/12/09 | Bob Filner | D | CA-51 | Yes |
| Fowler, Marianne | Environmental policy | $250 | 8/13/09 | James Oberstar | D | MN-8 | Yes |
| Moulton, David | Environmental policy | $500 | 8/13/09 | Edward Markey | D | MA-7 | Yes |
| Frishberg, Ivan | Environmental policy | $265 | 8/14/09 | Thomas Perriello | D | VA-5 | Yes |
| Frishberg, Ivan | Environmental policy | $200 | 8/14/09 | Thomas Perriello | D | VA-5 | Yes |
| Dahl, Kevin | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 8/17/09 | Raul Grijalva | D | AZ-7 | Yes |
| Broussard, William J | Environmental policy | $250 | 8/19/09 | Suzanne Kosmas | D | FL-24 | Yes |
| Park Gomer, Adelaide | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 8/21/09 | Maurice Hinchey | D | NY-22 | Yes |
| Park Gomer, Adelaide | Environmental policy | $2,400 | 8/21/09 | Maurice Hinchey | D | NY-22 | Yes |
| Stanley, Jennifer | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 8/22/09 | Frank Kratovil | D | MD-1 | Yes |
| Safran, Thomas | Environmental policy | $500 | 8/24/09 | Brad Sherman | D | CA-27 | Yes |
| Wayburn, Laurie a | Environmental policy | $500 | 8/24/09 | Nancy Pelosi | D | CA-8 | Not Voting |
| Pollack, Lana | Environmental policy | $250 | 8/25/09 | Gary Peters | D | MI-9 | Yes |
| Horning, John | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 8/27/09 | Jerry McNerney | D | CA-11 | Yes |
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
