115 HR 1274 RH: State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act U.S. House of Representatives 2017-03-01 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.

IB Union Calendar No. 422 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 1274 [Report No. 115–561] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2017 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Harper, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Jones, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources February 15, 2018Additional sponsors: Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Stewart February 15, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 1, 2017 A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require making available to States affected by determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species all data that is the basis of such determinations, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act.

2.

Decisional transparency and use of State, tribal, and local information

(a)

Requiring decisional transparency with affected States

Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is amended— (1)by inserting (1) before the first sentence; and (2)by striking Such cooperation shall include and inserting the following: (2)Such cooperation shall include— (A)before making a determination under section 4(a), providing to States affected by such determination all data that is the basis of the determination; and (B). (b)

Ensuring use of State, tribal, and local information

Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended— (1)by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as paragraphs (3) through (11), respectively; and (2)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2)The term best scientific and commercial data available includes all such data submitted by a State, tribal, or county government.. (c)

Requirement to publish on the Internet the basis for listings

Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9)The Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each regulation, including each proposed regulation, promulgated under subsection (a)(1), except that, at the request of a Governor or legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make available under this paragraph information regarding which the State has determined public disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to the protection of personal information..

February 15, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed