[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2343 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2343

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the review 
and recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences of species that 
   should be removed from lists of endangered species and threatened 
                                species.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 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 provide for the review 
and recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences of species that 
   should be removed from lists of endangered species and threatened 
                                species.

    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 ``Direct Review of Protected Species 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF 
              CANDIDATES FOR DELISTING.

    Section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Secretary shall request the National Academy of Sciences 
to review and recommend every five years species included in each list 
under this subsection that should be removed from that list.''.
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