ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Bills and resolutions

Claims: establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements (see S. 293), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 585), H660 [28JA]

Conservation of natural resources: establish objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 2735), H4241 [11JN]

Courts: improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees relative to the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 3162), H5402 [22JY]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see H.R. 2109), H2653 [29AP]

Crime: increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (see S. 27), S11 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior: publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see S. 112), S59 [7JA] (see H.R. 2098), H2653 [29AP]

——— review economic cost of adding species to endangered or threatened species list (see H.R. 2134), H2767 [30AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide certain Western States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage grouse species (see S. 1036), S2351 [22AP] (see H.R. 1997), H2463 [23AP]

Drought: suspend provisions of the Endangered Species Act for water releases by Federal and State agencies in river basins that are affected by drought (see H.R. 1668), H2108 [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. 561), S1118 [25FE] (see H.R. 327), H358 [13JA]

——— permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species and threatened species (see S. 855), S1781 [24MR]

——— protect and conserve elephants and regulate ivory in the U.S. (see S. 1769), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 697), H756 [3FE]

——— provide for trade sanctions against countries involved in illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn (see H.R. 1945), H2416 [22AP]

EPA: prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H7623 [3NO]

Federal-State relations: disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking (see S. 736), S1495 [12MR] (see H.R. 2352), H3251 [15MY]

Foreign trade: exempt importation and exportation of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from licensing requirements (see H.R. 4245), H9306 [11DE]

Hunting and trapping: extend import- and export-related provision to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered in order to ban bringing trophy animals killed abroad back to the U.S. (see S. 1918), S6239 [3AU] (see H.R. 3526), H6074 [16SE]

——— prohibit the taking of any endangered or threatened species in the U.S. as a trophy and the importation of any such trophy into the U.S. (see H.R. 3448), H5847 [8SE]

Information technology: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered or threatened (see S. 292), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 1667), H2108 [26MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 655), S1302 [4MR] (see H.R. 1589), H1899 [24MR]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 843), H916 [10FE]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Washington, Oregon, and Utah under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 1985), H2463 [23AP]

——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act (see S. 2281), S7913 [10NO] (see H.R. 884), H981 [11FE]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures (see H.R. 659), H703 [2FE]

Wildlife: clarify that intrastate species are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act or other Federal interstate commerce laws (see S. 1142), S2567 [30AP]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit funding to suspend provisions of the Endangered Species Act for water releases by Federal and State agencies in river basins that are affected by drought, H2762 [30AP]

——— provide Klamath Project contractors in California and Oregon with Endangered Species Act applicant status to ensure consultation on issues that may impact project operations, H5274, H5276, H5277 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: limit attorney fees in civil suits under the Endangered Species Act, H4854, H4855 [7JY]

Drought: suspend provisions of the Endangered Species Act for water releases by Federal and State agencies in river basins that are affected by drought (H.R. 1668), H2130 [13AP], H2362 [22AP]

Endangered species: provide for trade sanctions against countries involved in illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn, E511 [16AP]

EPA: prohibit funding to pay legal fees pursuant to a settlement in any case that arises under the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Endangered Species Act, H4852, H4853 [7JY]

NOAA: prohibit funding to implement California Central Valley Domain existing recovery plan for salmon and steelhead populations if plan fails to address predation by non-native species, H3807 [3JN]

Rural areas: impact on rural economy, H148 [8JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: opposition to proposal to raise Shasta Dam due to negative impact on salmon habitat, H655 [28JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, H4835, H4836 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the threatened or endangered species listing of any plant or wildlife that has not undergone a review required under the Endangered Species Act, H4847, H4848 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to keep the gray wolf on the endangered species list, H4831, H4832 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to list certain freshwater mussel species as threatened or endangered, H4853, H4854 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to restrict commercial import, export, and trade of certain African elephant ivory in the U.S., H4809, H4810 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat Sonoran desert tortoise as an endangered or threatened species, H4806 [7JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species, H4845, H4846 [7JY], E1022 [9JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse as a threatened species, H4846, H4847 [7JY]

——— prohibit listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act, H1668 [17MR]

——— prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Washington, Oregon, and Utah under the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1985), E581 [23AP]

——— reissue delisting of the gray wolf from the endangered species list, H4807, H4808 [7JY]

——— restore inclusion of the sage-grouse on the endangered species list, H4807, H4808 [7JY]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species and prevent further consideration of such listing pending implementation of conservation plans and measures, H3191, H3192 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, S268 [20JA], S320, S327 [21JA]

Crime: increase penalties for wildlife trafficking and allow civil penalties, fines, forfeitures, and restitution for such crimes to be transferred to wildlife conservation funds (S. 27), S14 [6JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: impact of listing northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act, S2961 [18MY]

——— impact of listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, S2961 [18MY], S8226 [1DE]

——— reverse listing of lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, S402, S403 [22JA], S569 [28JA]

Texts of

S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act, S601 [28JA]

S. 293, establish a procedure for approval of certain Endangered Species Act settlements, S602 [28JA]