3.0.0 518 2024-07-24T15:24:01Z 2024-07-24T15:24:01Z House H HR 2023-01-25 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McCLINTOCK:H.R. 518.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause)The single subject of this legislation is:Endangered Species Act reform.[Page H325]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2023-02-21T19:18:26Z Referred to 2023-01-25T15:03:40Z 2023-02-21 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries. Committee 2023-01-25 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2023-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] Tom McClintock R CA 5 N B000668 Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] Cliff Bentz R OR 2 2023-01-25 True V000129 Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] David Valadao R CA G. 22 2023-01-25 True S001212 Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] Pete Stauber R MN 8 2023-01-25 True J000304 Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] Ronny Jackson R TX 13 2023-01-25 True Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2023-02-08T16:15:44Z 00 2023-01-25 Introduced in House 2023-06-04T20:08:35Z Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2023

This bill revises requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination.

The bill states that the term best scientific and commercial data available includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus, the USFWS and NMFS would no longer consider whether data from those sources are the best scientific and commercial data available. Instead, the data would be automatically deemed the best scientific and commercial data available regardless of the quality of the data.

Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the USFWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination.

The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.

]]> Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:24:01Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:42:52Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:13:57Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr518ih/xml/BILLS-118hr518ih.xml 2023-02-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries. 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.