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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 91
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-73
WILDLIFE INNOVATION AND LONGEVITY DRIVER ACT
MAY 17, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 826]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 826) to reauthorize the Partners for Fish and
Wildlife Program and certain wildlife conservation funds, to estab-
lish prize competitions relating to the prevention of wildlife poach-
ing and trafficking, wildlife conservation, the management of
invasive species, and the protection of endangered species, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
States and localities throughout the United States, and nations
around the world, grapple with wildlife conservation and manage-
ment challenges, including those posed by invasive species, wildlife
poaching, and illegal trafficking.
An invasive species has been defined under Executive Order
13112 as an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to
cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
Roughly 50,000 non-native species have been introduced to the
United States with an annual economic cost estimated at more
than $120 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service
(CRS).1
'Congressional Research Service Report, Invasive Species: Major Laws and the Role of Se-
lected Federal Agencies, Summary (January 17, 2017).
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