(A) 
Section 
11(a)(3) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1540(a)(3)). 
(B) Section 11(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1540(b)(3)). 
(6) REFERENCES TO ‘‘HIM’’.— 
(A) Section 4(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘him or the Secretary of 
Commerce’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(B) Paragraph (6) of section 4(b) (16 
U.S.C. 1533(b)), as redesignated by section 
5(b)(2) of this Act, is further amended in the 
matter following subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(C) Section 5(k)(2), as redesignated by sec-
tion 9(a)(1) of this Act, is amended by striking 
‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(D) Section 7(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(1)) 
is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(E) 
Section 
8A(c)(2) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1537a(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘him’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(F) 
Section 
9(d)(2)(A) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1538(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘him’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such per-
son’’. 
(G) Section 10(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1539(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary’’. 
(7) REFERENCES TO ‘‘HIMSELF OR HERSELF’’.— 
Section 11 (16 U.S.C. 1540) is amended in sub-
sections (a)(3) and (b)(3) by striking ‘‘himself or her-
self’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the defend-
ant’’. 
(8) REFERENCES TO ‘‘HIS’’.— 
(A) Section 4(g)(1), as redesignated by sec-
tion 8(1) of this Act, is amended by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
(B) Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 1535) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in subsection (d)(2) in the matter 
following clause (ii) by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary’s’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e)(1), as designated 
by section 10(3)(A) of this Act, by striking 
‘‘his periodic review’’ and inserting ‘‘peri-
odic review by the Secretary’’.
(C) Section 7(a)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
applicant’s’’. 
(D) Section 8(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1537(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary’s’’. 
(E) Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 1538) is amended 
in subsection (d)(2)(B) and subsection (f) by 
striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘such person’s’’. 
(F) Section 10(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1539(b)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary’s’’. 
(G) Section 10(d) (16 U.S.C. 1539(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
(H) Section 11 (16 U.S.C. 1540) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1) by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’s’’; 
(ii) in subsections (a)(3) and (b)(3) by 
striking ‘‘his or her’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘the defendant’s’’; 
(iii) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘his’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the officer’s or employee’s’’;
(iv) in subsection (e)(3) in the second 
sentence by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting 
‘‘the person’s’’; and 
(v) in subsection (g)(1) by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the person’s’’. 
SEC. 19. CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents in the first section is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 5 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5. Recovery plans and land acquisition.’’ 
(2) by striking the items relating to sections 13 
through 17 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 13. Private property conservation. 
‘‘Sec. 14. Public accessibility and accountability. 
‘‘Sec. 15. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. 
‘‘Sec. 16. Annual cost analysis by United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
‘‘Sec. 17. Reimbursement for depredation of livestock by reintroduced species. 
‘‘Sec. 18. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 20. CERTAIN ACTIONS DEEMED IN COMPLIANCE. 
(a) ACTIONS DEEMED IN COMPLIANCE.—During the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on the date described in subsection (b), any ac-
tion that is taken by a Federal agency, State agency, or 
other person and that complies with the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) is 
deemed to comply with sections 7(a)(2) and 9(a)(1)(B) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2),