Habitat Enhancement Now Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4591 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4591 To establish grant programs to sustain populations of species of migratory waterfowl through the deployment of tools and practices that complement habitat conservation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Mrs. Fischbach (for herself, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish grant programs to sustain populations of species of migratory waterfowl through the deployment of tools and practices that complement habitat conservation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Habitat Enhancement Now Act''. SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUSTAIN POPULATIONS OF SPECIES OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) the maintenance of healthy populations of migratory birds in North America is largely dependent on the protection, restoration, and management of wetland ecosystems and other habitats, as identified in the Implementation Plans of Joint Ventures authorized under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan; (2) duck populations in North America are being threatened by the loss in the quantity and quality of breeding habitat, which leads to declining nest success; (3) low nest success has been widely documented to be the key annual driver in duck populations; (4) additional tools can be employed to increase nest success to complement the private, State, and Federal habitat conservation programs and efforts in order to sustain healthy waterfowl populations; (5) rel