S2128Referred to Committee

MONARCH Act of 2025

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-06-18

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Jeff Merkley

Democrat · OR · Senator

Votes with party: 65.3% (323 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001176

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Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

2025-06-18

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-06-18

Previously

Environment and Public Works CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-18

Plain-English Summary

Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2025 or the MONARCH Act of 2025 This bill provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah). Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of the Interior must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies and other pollinators within the range of western monarch butterflies. In addition, Interior must enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to facilitate updating and implementing the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan, which was prepared by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

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Subjects

Animals

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