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S. Rept. 116-18 1 (2019-03-26)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacha0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. OVERNMENT INFORMATION Op 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 89-010