[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6284

    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule 
 relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of 
   grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened 
  wildlife and to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental 
      Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from such list.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2021

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule 
 relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of 
   grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened 
  wildlife and to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental 
      Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from such list.

    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 ``Science-Based Grizzly Bear 
Management Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF GRIZZLY BEARS OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AND 
              NORTHERN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ECOSYSTEMS FROM ENDANGERED 
              AND THREATENED LISTS.

    (a) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
reissue the final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone 
Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, published on June 30, 2017 (82 Fed. 
Reg. 30502), without regard to any other provision of statute or 
regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such reissuance and 
this subsection shall not be subject to judicial review.
    (b) Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.--No later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue a final rule removing the Northern Continental Divide 
Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife without regard to any other 
provision of statute or regulation that applies to the issuance of such 
rule. Such issuance and this subsection shall not be subject to 
judicial review.
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