[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3706]
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  SA 2725. Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Heller) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC. 3__. STATE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF SPECIES.

       (a) Sage-grouse and Prairie-chicken.--
       (1) In general.--During the 10-year period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the conservation status of 
     each of the Greater Sage grouse (Centrocerus urophasianus) 
     and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) 
     under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
     U.S.C. 1533) shall be not-warranted for listing.
       (2) Subsequent determinations.--In determining conservation 
     efficacy for purposes of making any determination of such 
     status after such 10-year period, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall fully consider all conservation actions of 
     States, Federal agencies, and military installations.
       (b) American Burying Beetle.--Notwithstanding the final 
     rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Determination of Endangered Status for the American Burying 
     Beetle'' (54 Fed. Reg. 29652 (July 13, 1989)), the American 
     burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) may not be listed as 
     a threatened species or endangered species under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
       (c) Judicial Review.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of statute or regulation, this section shall not be subject 
     to judicial review.
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