H.R. 3608 · 115th Congress
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
22 cosponsors · 22 R
5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 28, 2017
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act
Latest action (Nov 27, 2018): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 28, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.