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[H.R. 1274 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 422
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1274

                          [Report No. 115-561]

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require making available 
   to States affected by determinations that species are endangered 
   species or threatened species all data that is the basis of such 
                determinations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2017

  Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
Pearce, Mr. Harper, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Jones, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Cramer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                           February 15, 2018

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. Sessions, and 
                              Mr. Stewart

                           February 15, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                                1, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require making available 
   to States affected by determinations that species are endangered 
   species or threatened species all data that is the basis of such 
                determinations, 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 ``State, Tribal, and Local Species 
Transparency and Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. DECISIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Requiring Decisional Transparency With Affected States.--
Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before the first sentence; and
            (2) by striking ``Such cooperation shall include'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(2) Such cooperation shall include--
            ``(A) before making a determination under section 4(a), 
        providing to States affected by such determination all data 
        that is the basis of the determination; and
            ``(B)''.
    (b) Ensuring Use of State, Tribal, and Local Information.--Section 
3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (11), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2) The term `best scientific and commercial data available' 
includes all such data submitted by a State, tribal, or county 
government.''.
    (c) Requirement to Publish on the Internet the Basis for 
Listings.--Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) The Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet 
the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis 
for each regulation, including each proposed regulation, promulgated 
under subsection (a)(1), except that, at the request of a Governor or 
legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make available under 
this paragraph information regarding which the State has determined 
public disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to the 
protection of personal information.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 422

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1274

                          [Report No. 115-561]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require making available 
   to States affected by determinations that species are endangered 
   species or threatened species all data that is the basis of such 
                determinations, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 15, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed