ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Bills and resolutions

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

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]

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]

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

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

———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]

———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]

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

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

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

Letters

Remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species: Larry D. Voyles, Arizona Game and Fish Dept., S477 [2FE]

Remarks in House

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]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H2024-H2029 [29MR]

Endangered species: allow importation of polar bears for the purposes of public display at accredited zoological institutions, H5443 [25JY]

———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]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, H2025 [29MR]

Funding, H5438, H5439 [25JY]

Oklahoma: impact of Government regulations, H704 [11FE]

Remarks in Senate

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

Reports filed

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]