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Union Calendar No. 405 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4317 

[Report No. 113–539] 

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to 

States of the basis of determinations under such Act, to ensure use 

of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in 

decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2014 

Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mrs. LUMMIS, 

Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, 

Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. VALADAO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

JULY 17, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LUCAS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 

POMPEO, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. JONES, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. GOODLATTE, 

Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. CONAWAY, and Mr. 

PEARCE

JULY 17, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require 

disclosure to States of the basis of determinations under 

such Act, to ensure use of information provided by State, 

tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under 

such Act, 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 ‘‘State, Tribal, and 

5 Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING DECISIONAL TRANSPARENCY WITH AF7 FECTED STATES. 

8 Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

9 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; 

11 and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘Such cooperation shall include’’ 

13 and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) Such cooperation shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) before making a determination under sec16 tion 4(a), providing to States affected by such deter17 mination all data that is the basis of the determina18 tion; and 

19 ‘‘(B)’’. 

20 SEC. 3. ENSURING USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL IN21 FORMATION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Endangered Spe23 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

2 (21) as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘best scientific and commercial data 

7 available’ includes all such data submitted by a State, trib8 al, or county government.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(n) of 

10 such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536(n)) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘section 3(13)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(14)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 405 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4317 

[Report No. 113–539] 

A BILL 

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 

for other purposes. ernments in decisionmaking under such Act, and mation provided by State, tribal, and county govminations under such Act, to ensure use of inforrequire disclosure to States of the basis of deterJULY 17, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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