3.0.0 2677 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z Senate S S 2014-07-29 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-29T18:38:26Z Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 113 4866 HR 2014-09-09 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2014-07-29 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2014-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2014-07-29 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2014-07-29 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2014-07-29 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-07-29 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2014-07-29 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 2014-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2014-11-13T21:40:43Z 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),
  • all related 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 A bill to reverse the listing by the Secretary of the Interior of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to prevent further consideration of listing of the 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2677is/xml/BILLS-113s2677is.xml 2014-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.