3.0.0 1426 2022-02-08T23:25:48Z 2022-02-08T23:25:48Z Senate S 2019-05-13 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-13T20:46:18Z 2019-05-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2019-05-13 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2019-05-13 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-05-13 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2019-05-13 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-05-13 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2019-05-13 True S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2019-05-13 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-05-13 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2019-05-14 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2019-05-16 False Environmental Protection Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Endangered and threatened species Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Environmental Protection 00 2019-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-01T15:55:58Z This bill revises provisions governing citizen suits against the Department of the Interior or the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration that allege a failure of the relevant department to perform its duties related to an endangered species or threatened species. Interior must publish the complaint in a citizen suit within 30 days of being served. Affected parties must be given a reasonable opportunity to intervene in the suit. If affected parties intervene, the court must refer the action to a mediation program or magistrate judge to facilitate settlement discussions.

The court is prohibited from awarding litigation costs in such citizen suits that are settled.

Interior must provide notice of a proposed settlement to each affected state or county. A settlement may not be approved if states or counties object.

]]> A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. Display Title A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1426is/xml/BILLS-116s1426is.xml 2019-05-13 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.