[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 503 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 503

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to impose a moratorium on 
the listing of species as endangered or threatened and the designation 
of critical habitat in order to ensure that constitutionally protected 
   private property rights are not infringed, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 1995

Mrs. Hutchison 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 impose a moratorium on 
the listing of species as endangered or threatened and the designation 
of critical habitat in order to ensure that constitutionally protected 
   private property rights are not infringed, 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 ``Endangered Species Listing 
Moratorium 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 March 7, 1995, and ending on 
        September 7, 1995, 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).''.
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