ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Bills and resolutions

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. 1927), H2568 [9MY]

Claims: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 19), S943 [27FE] (see H.R. 1314), H1821 [21MR]

Conservation of natural resources: promote sustainable-use conservation and harmonize with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (see H.R. 1866), H2484 [7MY]

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. 1175), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2280), H3250 [6JN]

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. 847), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1818), H2393 [26AP]

——— permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and threatened species (see S. 1731), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3533), H7252 [19NO]

——— save (see H.R. 576), H412 [6FE]

Remarks in House

Birds: prosecution of wind energy companies for killing birds in violation of certain species protection laws, H4340, H4341 [10JY], H6566 [12OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: impact of proposal to declare portions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains as critical habitat for certain species, H4603 [18JY]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: impact on environmental laws, H6718 [23OC]

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. 1175), S4587 [18JN]

Federal state relations: affirm importance of State and Federal partnership to protect wildlife, S2265 [22MR]

Reports filed

Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1818) (H. Rept. 113–202), H5475 [10SE]

Texts of

S. 1175, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, S4588 [18JN]