ENDANGERED SPECIES

Bills and resolutions

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 206), S3613 [8JN]

Animals: authorize permits for takings of wolves to protect from wolf depreciation in States where wolf populations exceed recovery goals (see H.R. 3453), H7828 [17NO]

———prohibit treatment of the gray wolf in Idaho and Montana as an endangered species (see S. 321), S642 [10FE] (see H.R. 510), H509 [26JA]

———prohibit treatment of the gray wolf in Minnesota, Wisonsin, and Michigan as an endangered species (see H.R. 838), H1390 [28FE]

———provide for State management of population segments of the gray wolf (see H.R. 1819), H3160 [10MY]

———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (see S. 249), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 509), H509 [26JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan Rivers fish recovery programs (see S. 1224), S3891 [16JN]

California: provide congressional direction for Endangered Species Act implementation relative to operation of Central Valley Project and California State Water Project, and water relief (see H.R. 1251), H2106 [30MR]

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. 2111), H4034 [3JN]

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: tribute (see H. Res. 47), H396 [20JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (see S. 826), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1907), H3301 [13MY]

Ecology and environment: require that certain species be treated as extinct if there is not a substantial increase in their population during a certain period (see H.R. 1042), H1768 [11MR]

Endangered Species Act: delist the polar bear as a threatened species (see H.R. 39), H34 [5JA]

———extend exemption relative to presence of Utah prairie dogs in or near airports and cemeteries (see S. 1580), S5773 [20SE] (see H.R. 2973), H6271 [20SE]

———improve information to consumers of Federal power marketing administrations about the costs associated with compliance (see H.R. 1719), H3060 [4MY]

———provide exception for actions carried out against grizzly bears in self-defense, defense of others, or a reasonable belief of imminent danger (see S. 1552), S5624 [14SE] (see H.R. 2929), H6181 [14SE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit Bluefin tuna from being treated as an endangered species or threatened species (see H.R. 1806), H3159 [10MY]

———reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon (see H.R. 946), H1618 [8MR]

———reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species (see H.R. 3069), H6467 [29SE]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican spotted owl in sanctuaries (see H.R. 1202), H1984 [17MR]

Hunting and trapping: 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. 1066), S3338 [25MY] (see H.R. 990, 991), H1665 [9MR]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1761), H3107 [5MY]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (see H.R. 1837), H3218 [11MY]

Virgin River: facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan (see H.R. 2745), H5883 [1AU]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: inclusion of dunes sagebrush lizard on endangered species list, E1091 [14JN]

Remarks in House

Animals: judicial review of rules removing the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species, H5438 [25JY], H5611-H5613 [27JY]

———remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species, H984 [16FE]

California: provide congressional direction for Endangered Species Act implementation relative to operation of Central Valley Project and California State Water Project, and water relief (H.R. 1251), H2050 [30MR]

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. 2111), E1051 [3JN]

Concho water snake: inclusion on endangered species list, H5553 [26JY]

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: tribute (H. Res. 47), E92 [20JA]

Corps of Engineers: impact of proposed highway extension through Garner, NC, H1654, H1655 [9MR], E442 [9MR]

Dunes sagebrush lizard: inclusion on endangered species list, H5553, H5558 [26JY]

Economy: impact of endangered species listings on employment, H3209 [11MY]

Endangered Species Act: funding, H5438, H5439 [25JY]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican spotted owl in sanctuaries (H.R. 1202), H2034 [29MR], H2321 [5AP]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: allow importation of polar bears for the purposes of public display at accredited zoological institutions, H5443 [25JY]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns, H5593 [27JY]

———restoration program funding, H5064, H5065 [14JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding limitations for listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations, H5550-H5560 [26JY], E1491 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 206), S3629 [8JN]

Animals: remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species (S. 249), S477-S479 [2FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (S. 826), S2516 [14AP]

Endangered Species Day: observance, S3164 [19MY]

Reports filed

Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3069) (H. Rept. 112-322), H8317 [8DE]

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 991) (H. Rept. 112-308), H8074 [1DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species and restore management to the States: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, S478 [2FE]

Texts of

S. 826, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, S2516 [14AP]

S. Res. 206, American Eagle Day, S3620, S3629 [8JN]