ENDANGERED SPECIES

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Interior: continue to implement endangered fish recovery programs for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins (see S. 3693), S785 [17FE]

——— restrict from designating certain lands used for national defense-related purposes as critical habitats for any species and broaden exclusions and exemptions for such defense-related purposes (see H.R. 7197), H3862 [24MR]

Endangered Species Act: exclude certain populations of lesser prairie chicken from authority of such Act (see H.R. 9456), H8823 [7DE]

——— provide flexibility in protective regulations when species are listed as threatened or endangered (see H.R. 8136), H5645 [16JN]

——— require congressional approval of certain action (see S. 5179), S6941 [1DE] (see H.R. 9357), H8647 [29NO]

——— require publication on Internet of basis for determinations that species are endangered or threatened (see H.R. 9108), H8371 [30SE]

Marine mammals: provide assistance to U.S. fisheries to comply with Federal regulations to protect endangered North Atlantic right whale by reducing risk of incidental entanglement in fishing gear (see S. 3765), S1015 [7MR] (see H.R. 7042), H1423 [9MR]

——— support and provide financial resources for North Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required for such conservation (see S. 3664), S753 [16FE] (see H.R. 6785), H1130 [18FE]

Taxation: allow tax credit for purchase of certain adaptive gear required to prevent entanglement of right whales (see H.R. 7849), H5207 [19MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule relative to endangered and threatened wildlife status for lesser prairie-chicken (see S.J. Res. 70), S9779 [21DE] (see H.J. Res. 105), H9983 [21DE]

——— reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under Endangered Species Act (see S. 3738), S950 [2MR]

——— reissue regulations removing gray wolf from list of endangered and threatened wildlife under Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 7766), H4970 [13MY]

Lists

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5001, Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act, H3734 [15MR]

Remarks in House

Animals: remove gray wolf from lists of threatened and endangered species and exclude from authority of Endangered Species Act, H5517 [14JN]

California: impact of government regulations on water supply and storage and agriculture, H1186 [1MR], H4157 [5AP], H4195 [6AP], H7535 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: continue to implement endangered fish recovery programs for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins (H.R. 5001), H3731 [15MR], E291 [24MR]

——— Office of the Inspector General funding, H5522, H5523 [14JN]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: eliminate requirement to reinitiate consultation on land management or land use plans relative to certain new endangered species information, H7426 [29JY]

Endangered Species Act: exclude certain populations of the lesser prairie chicken from authority of such Act (H.R. 9456), H8806 [7DE]

——— provide flexibility in protective regulations when species are listed as threatened or endangered (H.R. 8136), H7429 [29JY]

——— reform, H5516 [14JN]

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5973), H4482 [26AP]

Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking: reauthorize (H.R. 5996), H4783 [10MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: expand conservation activities eligible for funding under Endangered Species Recovery and Habitat Conservation Legacy Fund to include efforts to control and prevent invasive species and disease, H5523, H5524 [14JN]

——— impose spending cap on wildlife conservation and habitat restoration administrative costs, H5522, H5523 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5973), S7187, S7188 [14DE]

Marine mammals: provide assistance to U.S. fisheries to comply with Federal regulations to protect endangered North Atlantic right whale by reducing risk of incidental entanglement in fishing gear, S9607 [20DE]

NOAA: impact of revised regulations relative to lobster and Jonah crab trap and pot fisheries, S2690, S2691 [25MY]

Reports filed

Global Amphibian Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2026) (H. Rept. 117–567), H8540 [16NO]

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5973) (H. Rept. 117–298), H4458 [25AP]

Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3211), S2939 [14JN]

Right Whale Coexistence Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3664), S7100 [12DE]

Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 5001) (S. Rept. 117–174), S5224 [28SE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5001) (H. Rept. 117–263), H1421 [9MR]

Texts of

H.R. 5001, Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act, H3731 [15MR]

H.R. 5973, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act reauthorization, H4482 [26AP]