[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2253 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2253

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the use under 
    that Act of any item or information obtained by trespassing on 
   privately owned property, or otherwise taken from privately owned 
       property without the consent of the owner of the property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1999

 Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the use under 
    that Act of any item or information obtained by trespassing on 
   privately owned property, or otherwise taken from privately owned 
       property without the consent of the owner of the property.

    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 ``Property Owners Protection Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF ITEMS AND INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM 
              PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY WITHOUT CONSENT.

    Section 11 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1540) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Restriction on Use of Items or Information Obtained From 
Privately Owned Property without Consent.--Any item or information 
obtained by trespassing on privately owned property, or otherwise taken 
from privately owned property without the consent of the owner of the 
property--
            ``(1) shall not be admissible as evidence in any criminal, 
        civil, or administrative proceeding under this Act; and
            ``(2) may not otherwise be used to administer this Act.''.
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