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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5740" measure-id="id117hr5740" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-10-26" update-date="2022-10-17">
        <title>To codify certain regulations relating to endangered species and threatened species listing and critical habitat designation.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5740v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-10-17">
            <action-date>2021-10-26</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on August 27, 2019, by the Department of the Interior entitled <i>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Designating Critical Habitat</i>. The rule addressed procedures and criteria used for (1) listing or removing species from the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, and (2) designating critical habitat.</p>
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