H.R. 4370 · 117th Congress
Listing Reform Act
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PflugerSponsor9 cosponsors · 9 R
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Cheney
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Herrell
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Mann
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Newhouse
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Taylor6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill modifies requirements concerning the review of petitions to add a species to the list of endangered or threatened species or to remove a species from the list.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 6, 2021
Listing Reform Act
This bill modifies requirements concerning the review of petitions to add a species to the list of endangered or threatened species or to remove a species from the list.
Specifically, the bill allows the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce to prioritize the consideration of petitions to list a species as endangered or threatened other than in the order in which the petitions are received. The appropriate department may not give general priority to petitions to add species to the list of endangered or threatened species over petitions to remove a species from the list.
The deadline for the appropriate department to decide on whether or not a petition to list or remove a species should be granted is changed from within 12 months to as expeditiously as possible.
The appropriate department is given the authority to preclude the listing of a species as threatened due to the likelihood of significant, cumulative economic effects that would result from such listing or from the likely resulting designation of critical habitat of the species. Once a petition is precluded due to those economic effects, the appropriate department may not reconsider that finding unless the department (1) determines there is endangerment of extinction of the species; or (2) receives a new petition to add the species to the list that includes an analyses concluding that alternative actions are possible other than those resulting in significant, cumulative economic effects.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Listing Reform Act
Latest action (Jul 24, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 6, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.