[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3738 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3738

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating 
 to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under 
                  the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2022

Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Ms. Lummis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating 
 to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under 
                  the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY WOLVES IN WESTERN 
              GREAT LAKES.

    Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the 
final rule published on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without 
regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to 
issuance of such rule. Such reissuance shall not be subject to judicial 
review.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY WOLVES IN WYOMING.

    The final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 
55530), that was reinstated on March 3, 2017, by the decision of the 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (No. 14-5300) and 
further republished on May 1, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 20284-85), that 
reinstates the removal of Federal protections for the gray wolf in 
Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, shall not 
be subject to judicial review.
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