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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. HAR-
RIS, 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. COT-
TON, 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State, Tribal, and 
Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING DECISIONAL TRANSPARENCY WITH AF-
FECTED STATES. 
Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Such cooperation shall include’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) Such cooperation shall include— 
‘‘(A) before making a determination under sec-
tion 4(a), providing to States affected by such deter-
mination all data that is the basis of the determina-
tion; and 
‘‘(B)’’. 
SEC. 3. ENSURING USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(21) as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘best scientific and commercial data 
available’ includes all such data submitted by a State, trib-
al, or county government.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(n) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536(n)) is amended by striking 
‘‘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 
require disclosure to States of the basis of deter-
minations under such Act, to ensure use of infor-
mation provided by State, tribal, and county gov-
ernments in decisionmaking under such Act, and 
for other purposes. 
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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