[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6668 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6668

   To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to remove freshwater 
      mussels from the list of endangered and threatened species.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 2018

  Mr. Rokita 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 remove freshwater 
      mussels from the list of endangered 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 ``Modifying Unaccountable Standards 
and Simplifying Endangered Lists'' or the ``MUSSELS Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF FRESHWATER MUSSELS FROM ENDANGERED AND THREATENED 
              SPECIES LIST.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Limitation on Treatment of Freshwater Mussels.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any species of 
freshwater mussel shall not be treated as an endangered species or 
threatened species for purposes of this Act.''.
    (b) Publication of List.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, as that term is defined in 
section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532), shall 
revise and republish the list of endangered species and threatened 
species under section 4(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)) in 
accordance with this section.
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