[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2735 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2735

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require establishment of 
objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of 
endangered species and threatened species under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2015

 Mr. Conaway (for himself and Mr. Westerman) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require establishment of 
objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of 
endangered species and threatened species under that Act, 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 ``Accountable Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. OBJECTIVE NUMERICAL GOALS FOR REMOVAL OF SPECIES FROM LISTS OF 
              ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES.

    Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``develop and'' and inserting ``, at the time 
                of a determination in accordance with subsection (a), 
                develop, make publicly available, and propose to''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ``, 
                including objective numerical recovery goals,'' after 
                ``criteria''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5)(A) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
the Secretary receives a petition from a State in which is located a 
species included in a list under subsection (c), or from any other 
interested State or other person, that objective numerical recovery 
goals required for the species under subsection (f)(1)(B)(ii) have been 
achieved, the Secretary may determine that the petition does not 
present such substantial information, or that such goals have not been 
achieved, and publish the reasons for such determination.
    ``(B) A species that is the subject of a petition referred to in 
subparagraph (A) is deemed to have been removed from the lists 
published under subsection (c) upon the end of such 30-day period if 
the Secretary has not issued a determination under subparagraph (A).''.
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