H.R. 776 · 119th Congress

Renews federal grants to states for controlling invasive nutria through 2030

Official title: Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 20251

Did not become law

§1What it does

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This bill would renew through the 2030 fiscal year a 2003 law that lets the Department of the Interior give money to states to eradicate or control nutria, which are invasive, semi-aquatic rodents, and to restore marshland they have damaged.2,3 It does this by changing the end date in that law from 2025 to 2030, along with a minor technical correction.4

§2Status

StatusLatest action, February 5, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.1
IntroducedJanuary 28, 2025
SponsorRep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Cosponsors3 cosponsors (1 Republican, 2 Democratic)
Official recordH.R. 776 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

Why this matters: The official count.

House, February 4, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: Passed — 361 yes, 56 no, 16 not voting.5