[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Crapo, 
        Mr. Daines, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
        Enzi, Mr. Cruz, and Mrs. Fischer):
  S. 292. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require 
publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that 
species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other 
purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 292

       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 ``21st Century Endangered 
     Species Transparency Act''.

     SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH ON INTERNET BASIS FOR 
                   LISTINGS.

       Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) Publication on internet of basis for listings.--The 
     Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet the 
     best scientific and commercial data available that are the 
     basis for each regulation, including each proposed 
     regulation, promulgated under subsection (a)(1), except that, 
     at the request of a Governor or legislature of a State, the 
     Secretary shall not make available under this paragraph 
     information regarding which the State has determined public 
     disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to 
     the protection of personal information.''.
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