ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Reclamation: initiate consultations under Endangered Species Act on existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project (see H.R. 3999), H12287 [3NO]

California: prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels (see H.R. 3105), H7704 [26JN]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 3503), H9278 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit the consideration of global climate change as a factor in determining whether a species is threatened or endangered (see S. 724), S3897 [26MR]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species (see S. 1395), S7138 [6JY] (see H.R. 1054, 1055), H1519 [12FE]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H381 [15JA]

Government regulations: suspend provisions during periods of drought relative to agencies that manage Federal river basins located in regions affected by the drought (see H.R. 1914), H4520 [2AP]

Letters

Domestic energy policy impact on certain Endangered Species Act regulations: Senator Murkowski, S5401-S5403 [13MY]

Require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify Endangered Species Act rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule: Senator Begich, H2650 [25FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting reversal of rules on interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, S2746 [4MR]

Motions

California: prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels (H.R. 3105), consideration, H8601 [23JY]

Proposals

Consideration of H.R. 3105, Turn on the Pumps Act, H8448 [21JY], H8600 [23JY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: initiate consultations under Endangered Species Act on existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project (H.R. 3999), H12293 [4NO]

California: prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels, H10428 [1OC], H11423, H11428 [15OC]

———prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels (H.R. 3105), consideration, H8601 [23JY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (H.R. 3503), E2159 [31JY]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (H.J. Res. 18), E93 [15JA]

Government regulations: require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, H2649, H2650 [25FE]

———suspend certain water restrictions during periods of drought relative to agencies that manage Federal river basins located in affected regions, H3843 [25MR]

———suspend provisions during periods of drought relative to agencies that manage Federal river basins located in affected regions, H889 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit the consideration of global climate change as a factor in determining whether a species is threatened or endangered, S4941 [30AP], S9639 [22SE]

Government regulations: require Depts. of the Interior or Commerce to follow existing public notice and comment statutes to modify rule relative to polar bears and related carbon emissions rule, S2677, S2679 [3MR], S2745 [4MR], S2782, S2800, S2803, S2809-S2813 [5MR], S5367 [12MY], S5401 [13MY]

Rulings of the Chair

California: prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels (H.R. 3105), consideration, H8601 [23JY]