[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2623 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2623

   To prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser 
                            Prairie Chicken.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2014

  Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. 
    Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser 
                            Prairie Chicken.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON LAND MANAGEMENT MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO 
              LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
not implement or limit any modification to a public or private land-
related policy or subsurface mineral right-related policy or practice 
that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act relating to the 
listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species or 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.).
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