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S. 1255

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 1255, the Cormorant Relief Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 2, 2025 by Sen. Tom Cotton (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Apr 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 1255 has 4 co-sponsors.

sb1255/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1255 IS: Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-02
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1255  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 2, 2025   Mr. Cotton  (for himself,  Mr. Tuberville ,  Mrs. Britt ,  Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and  Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Cormorant Relief Act of 2025  .
2.
Regulations relating to taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Lake manager
The term  lake manager  means a person that is licensed by a State regulatory agency to manage a private lake.
(2)
Original depredation order
The term  original depredation order  means the depredation order for double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities contained in section 21.47 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2016).
(3)
Pond manager
The term  pond manager  means a person that is licensed by a State regulatory agency to manage a private pond.
(4)
Secretary
The term  Secretary  means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(b)
Reissuance required
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall reissue the original depredation order in accordance with subsection (c).
(c)
Requirements
The depredation order reissued under subsection (b) shall be the same as the original depredation order, except that the depredation order reissued under that subsection shall apply—
(1)
to each of the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in addition to, and in the same manner as, each of the States to which the original depredation order applied; and
(2)
to lake managers and pond managers in addition to, and in the same manner as, each of the entities to which the original depredation order applied.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-04-02
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Tom Cotton (R) sponsors S. 1255, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1255 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works
Environment and Public Works
Referred To · Apr 2, 2025 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 1255 has taken 2 actions since Apr 2, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 2, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.Environment and Public Works Committee
Apr 2, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1255 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1255.

Titles

S. 1255 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Cormorant Relief Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Cormorant Relief Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named S. 1255 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Animals, Insurance, Postal, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION—Alabama14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
MITT WALKER114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATIONALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATIONALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION2025 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATIONALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION2025 fourth_quarter$40K4th Quarter - Report
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATIONALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1255 under Animals, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 29 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1255’s is Animals.

s1255/policy-areas.txt
AnimalsAgriculture and FoodArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 1255 carries 29 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Alabama to Wisconsin.

s1255/subjects.txt
AlabamaAquacultureArkansasBirdsCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaKentuckyLakes and riversLouisianaMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNew JerseyNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWisconsin

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com