3.0.0 4866 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z 2023-01-11T13:26:15Z House H HR 2014-06-12 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MULLIN:H.R. 4866.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congressshall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessaryand proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers,and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H5364]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Hearings by 2014-09-09T15:27:54Z Referred to 2014-06-12T13:02:05Z Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 113 2677 S 2014-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2014-09-09 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2014-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001190 Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] Markwayne Mullin R OK 2 N L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 2014-06-12 True N000182 Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] Randy Neugebauer R TX 19 2014-06-12 True T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2014-06-12 True C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2014-06-12 True T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 2014-06-12 True L000575 Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] James Lankford R OK 5 2014-06-12 True F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 2014-06-12 True P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2014-06-12 True H001057 Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] Tim Huelskamp R KS 1 2014-06-12 True B001283 Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] Jim Bridenstine R OK 1 2014-06-12 True Animals Administrative law and regulatory procedures Birds Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Animals 00 2014-06-12 Introduced in House 2014-10-29T14:17:05Z Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 - Removes the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Prohibits further treatment of the species as threatened or endangered before January 31, 2020.

Requires Interior to monitor and submit an annual report on progress in the conservation of the lesser prairie chicken under:

  • the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,
  • all related Candidate Conservation Agreements (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species),
  • Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (agreements to voluntarily undertake measures to conserve a covered species with assurances that additional measures will not be imposed if the species becomes listed in the future),
  • conservation programs administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA),
  • state conservation programs, and
  • private conservation efforts.

Prohibits the lesser prairie chicken from being treated as threatened or endangered beginning on January 31, 2020, unless Interior publishes a determination that conservation efforts under the Range-Wide Plan, agreements, programs, and efforts have not achieved the Plan's conservation goals.

]]> Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 Display Title Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To reverse the Department of the Interior's listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to prevent further consideration of listing of such species as a threatened species or endangered species under that Act pending implementation of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan and other conservation measures, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4866ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4866ih.xml 2014-09-09 Committee Hearings Held. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.