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Union Calendar No. 376 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4348 

[Report No. 116–469] 

To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 

CASE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of 

California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. WILD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 

Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 

MALONEY of New York, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CROW, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KIM, 

Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HIMES, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

MALINOWSKI, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HECK, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

SHERMAN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. COOPER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. GABBARD, 

Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 

Mr. DELGADO, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 

RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. 


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MENG, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LIPINSKI, 

Ms. TITUS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KEATING, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. PINGREE, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. 

LAWRENCE, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. WELCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

CRIST, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. LURIA, Mrs. 

HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. SPEIER, and Ms. FRANKEL

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 

A BILL 

To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect America’s 

5 Wildlife and Fish In Need of Conservation Act of 2019’’ 

6 or the ‘‘PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO EN8 DANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND 

9 RESTORATION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to parts 17, 

11 402, and 424 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 

12 made by the following final rules are void: 

13 (1) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 

14 of the Interior entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 

15 Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Prohibitions to 

16 Threatened Wildlife and Plants’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 

17 44753 (August 27, 2019)). 

18 (2) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 

19 of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti20 tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 

21 Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation’’ 

22 (84 Fed. Reg. 44976 (August 27, 2019)). 

23 (3) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 

24 of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti25 tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 


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1 Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Desig2 nating Critical Habitat’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 45020 (Au3 gust 27, 2019)). 

4 (b) EFFECTIVENESS.—Parts 17, 402, and 424 of 

5 title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be in effect 

6 as if the amendments voided under subsection (a) had not 

7 been made. 


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Union Calendar No. 376 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4348 

[Report No. 116–469] 

A BILL 

To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary 

and for other purposes. relating to endangered and threatened species, of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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