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H.R. 3276119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · 21 active : 3 Republicans, 18 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 14, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govLocal Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
This bill provides statutory authority for the Urban Bird Treaty Program, which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This program works with communities to support conserving and managing birds that live in and migrate through urban areas. This support includes grants administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and provided to entities including government agencies, community groups, and academic institutions for conducting activities related to the program.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Birds
- Community life and organization
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
21 activeShow all 21 cosponsors
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3)
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- Pablo Jose Hernández (D-PR-AL)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3)
- George Latimer (D-NY-16)
- John B. Larson (D-CT-1)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO-1)
- Shri Thanedar
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
