Creates funds to protect butterflies, plants, mussels, and desert fish from extinction.
This bill would create four new federal funds to help protect specific threatened and endangered species. It would set aside $5 million each year for six years for each fund. This would allow the Secretary of the Interior to give out grants for conservation projects. These projects would focus on saving butterflies in North America, plants in the Pacific Islands, freshwater mussels in the U.S., and desert fish in the Southwest.
Today, there are no dedicated federal funds specifically for North American butterfly, Pacific Islands plant, U.S. freshwater mussel, or Southwest desert fish conservation. If this bill becomes law, four new federal funds would be created. These would provide a dedicated source of money for grants to protect specific species and their habitats.
HR 8850 · 119th Congress · May 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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