[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 771 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 771

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to include a prohibition on 
the listing of a living nonnative species as a threatened species or an 
              endangered species, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2023

   Mr. Cruz 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 amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to include a prohibition on 
the listing of a living nonnative species as a threatened species or an 
              endangered species, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Saving America's Vulnerable and 
Endangered Species Act'' or the ``SAVES Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LISTING OF LIVING NONNATIVE SPECIES AS 
              THREATENED SPECIES OR ENDANGERED SPECIES.

    (a) Limitation.--The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 19. PROHIBITION ON LISTING OF LIVING NONNATIVE SPECIES AS 
              THREATENED SPECIES OR ENDANGERED SPECIES.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
not list under section 4(c) any living nonnative species.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. prec. 1531) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 17 the following:

``Sec. 18. Annual cost analysis by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
``Sec. 19. Prohibition on listing of living nonnative species as 
                            threatened species or endangered 
                            species.''.
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