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U.S. OVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 20
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 116-18
WILDLIFE INNOVATION AND LONGEVITY DRIVER ACT
MARCH 26, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 268]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 268) 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, to
amend the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to modify the
protections provided by that Act, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
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
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