[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 191 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 191

      To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to ensure that 
 constitutionally protected private property rights are not infringed 
until adequate protection is afforded by reauthorization of the Act, to 
protect against economic losses from critical habitat designation, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 11 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
   Nickles) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to ensure that 
 constitutionally protected private property rights are not infringed 
until adequate protection is afforded by reauthorization of the Act, to 
protect against economic losses from critical habitat designation, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farm, Ranch, and Homestead 
Protection Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON DETERMINATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND 
              THREATENED SPECIES AND DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT.

    Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Moratorium.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3), 
        during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        paragraph and ending on the effective date of the first 
        subsequent reauthorization of this Act, the Secretary may not--
                    ``(A) determine that a species is an endangered 
                species or a threatened species under paragraph (1); or
                    ``(B) designate habitat of a species to be critical 
                habitat under paragraph (3).''.

SEC. 3. AGENCY ACTIONS.

    Section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Moratorium.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through 
        (4), during the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
        this paragraph and ending on the effective date of the first 
        subsequent reauthorization of this Act, a Federal agency shall 
        not be required to comply with paragraphs (1) through (4).''.
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