[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9357 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9357

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require congressional 
          approval of certain actions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2022

   Mr. Mann 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 congressional 
          approval of certain actions, 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. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN ACTIONS.

    Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) A listing, removal from a list, or change in status 
        of any species under this subsection shall take effect upon 
        enactment of a congressional joint resolution of approval.''.
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