Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced
Summary
Would reissue the original depredation order for double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities. It would preserve the original order's terms while expanding where and who it covers. The reissued order would add 12 states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — and explicitly include lake managers and pond managers who are licensed by state agencies. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, would have one year to reissue the order. No new funding or sunset dates are specified.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More cormorant control for aquaculture managers
This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the original depredation order for double‑crested cormorants within 1 year of enactment. The reissued order would keep the original text from 50 CFR 21.47 as in effect on January 1, 2016, but expand coverage to add 12 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The reissued order would also add licensed private lake managers and pond managers (state‑licensed) to the list of people and businesses who could act under the order, in addition to aquaculture operators. The bill would not provide new funding or other phased implementation beyond the 1‑year reissuance deadline.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
AR • R
Cosponsors
Tommy Tuberville
AL • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
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