[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9184 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9184

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing 
     of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2026

Ms. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Crank, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Kennedy 
    of Utah, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, and Mr. Downing) 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 with respect to the listing 
     of threatened and 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 ``Local Data for Better Conservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LISTING DETERMINATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) State Data.--In making a determination to list, or delist, a 
species as a threatened species or an endangered species under this 
section, the Secretary shall accept and integrate State-collected 
data.''.
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