113 HR 4319 IH: Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-03-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4319 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2014 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014.

2.

Draft economic analysis for critical habitat designation

Section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(2)) is amended— (1)in the first sentence, by striking (2) The Secretary shall and inserting the following: (2)

Critical habitat designation

(A)

In general

The Secretary shall; (2)in the second sentence, by striking The Secretary may and inserting the following: (B)

Exclusions

The Secretary shall; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (C)

Draft economic analysis

(i)

Requirement

At the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published, the Secretary shall publish and make available for public comment a draft analysis that— (I)examines the incremental and cumulative economic effects of all actions to protect the species and its habitat (including the effects of the proposed designation) upon each State and locality that is the subject of, or affected by, the proposed designation; (II)includes consideration of public and private economic effects on— (aa)possible uses of land and property values; (bb)the provision of water, power, or other public services; (cc)employment; and (dd)revenues available for State and local governments, including a political subdivision of a State that directly or indirectly provides public services, school districts, and any other instrumentality of a State; (III)complies with the guidelines issued pursuant to section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2001 (114 Stat. 2763A–153); and (IV)assesses such effects on a quantitative and qualitative basis. (ii)

Determination factors not affected

Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed as adding to, subtracting from, or otherwise modifying the factors set forth in subsection (a)(1) or the bases set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection .