[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5504 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5504

To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
 and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to 
      the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

  Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Boebert, and Mr. Carl) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
 and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to 
      the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 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. WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 RULES.

    (a) Withdrawal of Proposed Rules.--
            (1) USFWS and nmfs rules.--The Director of the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant 
        Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration shall withdraw the following 
        proposed rules:
                    (A) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and 
                Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
                Service entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
                and Plants; Revision of Regulations for Interagency 
                Cooperation'' (88 Fed. Reg. 40753 (June 22, 2023)).
                    (B) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and 
                Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
                Service entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
                and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species 
                and Designating Critical Habitat'' (88 Fed. Reg. 40764 
                (June 22, 2023)).
            (2) USFWS rule.--The Director of the United States Fish and 
        Wildlife Service shall withdraw the proposed rule of the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled ``Endangered and 
        Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to 
        Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants'' (88 Fed. Reg. 
        40742 (June 22, 2023)).
    (b) No Finalization, Implementation, or Enforcement.--The Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant 
Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, as applicable, may not take any action to finalize, 
implement, or enforce the proposed rules described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a).
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