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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2603" measure-id="id115hr2603" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-05-23" update-date="2018-02-27">
<title>SAVES Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr2603v17" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-02-27">
<action-date>2018-02-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House with amendment(s)</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Saving America's Vulnerable and Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to limit the scope of the Act to native species. Species that are not native to the United States may not be treated or listed as endangered or threatened species. </p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr2603v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-02-27">
<action-date>2017-05-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Saving America&rsquo;s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to limit the scope of the Act to native species. Species that are not native to the United States may not be treated as endangered or threatened species. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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