[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3131 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3131

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizen suits 
    under that Act with other existing law, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2017

 Mr. Huizenga introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizen suits 
    under that Act with other existing law, 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 ``Endangered Species Litigation 
Reasonableness Act''.

SEC. 2. AWARD OF LITIGATION COSTS TO PREVAILING PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE 
              WITH EXISTING LAW.

    Section 11(g)(4) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1540(g)(4)) is amended by striking ``to any'' and all that follows 
through the end of the sentence and inserting ``to any prevailing party 
in accordance with section 2412 of title 28, United States Code.''.
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