other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 
to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or sec-
tion 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation), on a land use plan approved, amend-
ed, or revised under this section when— 
‘‘(1) a new species is listed or critical habitat is 
designated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(2) new information reveals effects of the land 
use plan that may affect a species listed or critical 
habitat designated under that Act in a manner or to 
an extent not previously considered.’’. 
TITLE 
VI—PROVIDING 
FOR 
GREATER INCENTIVES TO RE-
COVER LISTED SPECIES 
SEC. 601. PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS UNDER ENDANGERED 
SPECIES ACT OF 1973. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.—Section 3(3) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532(3)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and transplantation, and, in the ex-
traordinary case where population pressures within a given 
ecosystem cannot be otherwise relieved, may include’’ and 
inserting ‘‘transplantation, and, at the discretion of the 
Secretary,’’. 
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(b) PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS.—Section 4 of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is amend-
ed— 
(1) 
‘‘(d) PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any species is list-
ed as a threatened species pursuant to subsection (c), 
the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary and advisable to provide for the conservation 
of that species. 
‘‘(2) RECOVERY GOALS.—If the Secretary issues 
a regulation under paragraph (1) that prohibits an 
act described in section 9(a), the Secretary shall, with 
respect to the species that is the subject of such regula-
tion— 
‘‘(A) establish objective, incremental recov-
ery goals; 
‘‘(B) provide for the stringency of such reg-
ulation to decrease as such recovery goals are 
met; and 
‘‘(C) provide for State management within 
such State, if such State is willing to take on 
such management, beginning on the date on 
which the Secretary determines all such recovery 
goals are met and, if such recovery goals remain 
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met, continuing until such species is removed 
from the list of threatened species published pur-
suant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—A regulation 
issued under paragraph (1) that prohibits an act de-
scribed in section 9(a)(1) with respect to a resident 
species shall apply with respect to a State that has 
entered into a cooperative agreement with the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 6(c) only to the extent that 
such regulation is adopted by such State. 
‘‘(4) STATE RECOVERY STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may develop a 
recovery strategy for a threatened species or a 
candidate species and submit to the Secretary a 
petition for the Secretary to use such recovery 
strategy as the basis for any regulation issued 
under paragraph (1) with respect to such species 
within such State. 
‘‘(B) APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF PETITION.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
the Secretary receives a petition submitted under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) approve such petition if the recov-
ery strategy is reasonably certain to be im-
plemented by the petitioning State and to 
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be effective in conserving the species that is 
the subject of such recovery strategy; or 
‘‘(ii) deny such petition if the require-
ments described in clause (i) are not met. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary approves or 
denies a petition under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall publish such approval or denial 
in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(D) DENIAL OF PETITION.— 
‘‘(i) WRITTEN
EXPLANATION.—If the 
Secretary denies a petition under subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall include in 
such denial a written explanation for such 
denial, including a description of the 
changes to such petition that are necessary 
for the Secretary to approve such petition. 
‘‘(ii) RESUBMISSION OF DENIED PETI-
TION.—A State may resubmit a petition 
that is denied under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(E) USE IN PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS.— 
If the Secretary approves a petition under sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) issue a regulation under para-
graph (1) that adopts the recovery strategy 
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as such regulation with respect to the spe-
cies that is the subject of such recovery 
strategy within the petitioning State; and 
‘‘(ii) establish objective criteria to 
evaluate the effectiveness of such recovery 
strategy in conserving such species within 
such State. 
‘‘(F) REVISION.—If a recovery strategy that 
is adopted as a regulation issued under para-
graph (1) is determined by the Secretary to be 
ineffective in conserving the species that is the 
subject of such recovery strategy in accordance 
with the objective criteria established under sub-
paragraph (E)(ii) for such recovery strategy, the 
Secretary shall revise such regulation and reissue 
such regulation in accordance with paragraph 
(1).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) with respect to an endangered species, 
objective, incremental recovery goals in accord-
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ance with subsection (d)(2)(A) for use under that 
subsection if such endangered species is changed 
in status from an endangered species to a threat-
ened species under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii).’’. 
TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS AND 
REPEALS 
SEC. 701. RESCISSION OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any unobligated covered funds are 
hereby rescinded. 
(b) COVERED FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered funds’’ means— 
(1) any funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by sections 40002, 50224, 50232, 60401, 
and 60402 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’); and 
(2) $700,000,000 of the $2,600,000,000 appro-
priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration in section 40001 of Public Law 117–169 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act’’). 
SEC. 702. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 
The following sections of division AA of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) are 
repealed (and by conforming the items in the table of con-
tents accordingly): 
(1) Section 507 (16 U.S.C. 4701 note). 
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Union Calendar No. 754 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7408 
[Report No. 118–922, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restora-
tion Act to make supplemental funds available 
for management of fish and wildlife species of 
greatest conservation need as determined by 
State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other 
purposes. 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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