ENDANGERED SPECIES

Articles and editorials

List of Examples of Federal Overregulation Is Way Too Long, S5906 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 203), S4250 [17JN]

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

——— strengthen protections for wild elephants, rhinoceroses, and other imperiled species through country-specific anti-poaching and anti-trafficking strategies and curtail demand for illegal wildlife products (see S. 2385), S8602 [10DE]

——— support conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in conservation of such populations (see H.R. 2697), H4001 [9JN]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H3558 [21MY]

BLM: validate certain patent and associated land reconfiguration in Clark and Lincoln Counties, NV (see S. 1319), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2307), H2957 [13MY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see S. 120), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 230), H155 [8JA]

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: allow removal of pinyon-juniper trees to conserve and restore the habitat of the greater sage grouse and mule deer (see S. 468), S926 [11FE] (see H.R. 1793), H2209 [14AP]

——— 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 Act: 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]

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

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

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

——— 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]

——— improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see H.R. 3162), H5402 [22JY]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

Fish and fishing: reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species (see H.R. 564), H639 [27JA]

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

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 132), S100 [8JA]

Hunting and trapping: allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada (see H.R. 326), H358 [13JA]

——— 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]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 335), H358 [13JA]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (see H.R. 2086), H2652 [29AP]

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts (see H.R. 1729), H2111 [26MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

Letters

Global Anti-Poaching Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7369 [2NO]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7370 [2NO]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H7370 [2NO]

Remarks in House

American Eagle Day: observance, H4497 [18JN]

Animals: prohibit use of Armed Forces for combat activities relative to global anti-poaching and wildlife trafficking efforts, H7371 [2NO]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (H.R. 2494), H7367–H7372 [2NO], E1119 [23JY], E1578 [3NO], E1585 [4NO]

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]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, H148 [8JA]

Corps of Engineers: Everglades restoration project funding, H2634 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on whether the American farmer should be classified as an endangered species, H4936 [8JY]

——— 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 Act: impact on rural economy, H148 [8JA]

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]

Federal agencies and departments: prevent a project from being approved if it impacts access to hunting, fishing, or impacts an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, H6240, H6241 [25SE]

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

Government regulations: eliminate the commercial import, export, and trade of African elephant ivory in the U.S., H4752 [25JN]

Manatee Awareness Month: observance, H7639 [4NO]

NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation and Restoration initiative funding through reductions in Dept. of Justice legal activities funding, H3689 [2JN]

——— 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]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on the nexus between terrorist groups and wildlife trafficking, H4415, H4416 [16JN]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns, E970 [24JN]

Terrorism: link between terrorist groups and wildlife trafficking, H7371 [2NO]

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]

——— 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], H4944 [8JY]

——— 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]

Wildlife Conservation Society: tribute, H7370 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: impact of government regulations, S2961 [18MY]

American Eagle Day: designate (S. Res. 203), S4254 [17JN]

Birds: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to conservation agreements with relevant Western States before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes a listing determination on the greater sage-grouse, S1876 [25MR]

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]

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

Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 132), S101 [8JA]

Pipelines: ensure compliance with U.S. regulations by TransCanada Pipelines LTD., and Canada upon construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, S312 [21JA]

——— ensure the Keystone XL Pipeline is built safely and in compliance with U.S. environmental laws, S520 [27JA]

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

H.R. 2494, Global Anti-Poaching Act, H7367–H7369 [2NO]

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]

S. Res. 203, American Eagle Day, S4252 [17JN]