21st CENTURY ENDANGERED SPECIES TRANSPARENCY ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4315), H6978 [28JY], H7015, H7016, H7017, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 693), H6993 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 2635), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 4315), H2743 [27MR]

Enact (H.R. 4315): consideration (see H. Res. 693), H6975 [28JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4315), H7022 [29JY]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 4315), H6844 [25JY], H6983, H7007–H7024 [29JY], E1279 [30JY], E1304, E1315 [1AU]

——— consideration (H. Res. 693), H6989–H6995 [29JY]

——— motion to recommit, H7022 [29JY]

Endangered Species Act: clarify that publication on the Internet of certain data is consistent with State privacy regulations and does not apply to Dept. of Defense classifed information, H7016, H7017 [29JY]

——— disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking, H6844 [25JY], H7009, H7010 [29JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— ensure fulfillment of Federal trust responsibility with respect to Indian tribes relative to Internet publication of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, H7022 [29JY]

——— exclude scientific information published solely in internal Dept. of the Interior publications from the definition of ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7017, H7018 [29JY]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees, H6844 [25JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, H6844 [25JY], H7010, H7011 [29JY]

——— prohibit automatically defining all data submitted by State, county, or tribal governments as the ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

——— require disclosure of Federal funding used in litigation against the Federal Government in a covered suit, H7019, H7020 [29JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4315, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 693) (H. Rept. 113–563), H6975 [28JY]

Provisions: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4315) (H. Rept. 113–537), H6397 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 693, consideration of H.R. 4315, provisions, H6989 [29JY]

H.R. 4315, provisions, H7015 [29JY]

S. 2635, provisions, S4707 [22JY]