# H.R. 3276 (119th): Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026

Local 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: local_communities. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: local_community. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: wildlife_conservation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 297: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill pursues an ordinary, prudential environmental good (urban wildlife conservation) with no named moral harm, so it is not evil. It does not directly restrain an evil or defend a specific justice concern, and it carries only the modest prudential matter of new federal grant spending. That combination of a benign prudential good with minor policy concerns fits 'mixed' rather than a hard moral verdict.
Theological note: Scripture grants humanity a stewardship over creation, including the care of living creatures, so conservation of birds and their habitats is a legitimate concern of civil order. The measure's relevance lies in ordinary stewardship and community cooperation rather than any direct moral question about human life, justice, or the protection of persons.

## Recorded votes

Roll 297: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 345 · Nay 60 · Other 27.

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