[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 130 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY ACT OF 2005

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                               speech of

                         HON. RICHARD W. POMBO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2005

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3824) to 
     amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
     provide greater results conserving and recovering listed 
     species, and for other purposes:

  Mr. POMBO. Mr. Chairman, regarding the Judicial jurisdiction under 
H.R. 3824, the United States District Court shall have jurisdiction 
over an action by a requestor arising over a written determination 
under Section 12(d) or a claim for aid under Section 13 of the 
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act, including the 
determination of the documentation of the foregone use and the fair 
market value thereof.

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