‘‘(B) Each determination under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be made in accordance with subsections 
(a) and (b).’’. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF CRITICAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF REQUIREMENT.—Section 4(a) (16 
U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1532), as amended by 
section 3 of this Act, is further amended by striking 
paragraph (6) and by redesignating paragraphs (7) 
through (22) in order as paragraphs (6) through (21). 
(2) Section 4(b) (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)), as other-
wise amended by this Act, is further amended by 
striking paragraph (2), and by redesignating para-
graphs (3) through (8) in order as paragraphs (2) 
through (7), respectively. 
(3) Section 4(b) (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is further 
amended in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by striking subparagraph 
(D). 
(4) Section 4(b) (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is further 
amended in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘determina-
tion, designation, or revision referred to in subsection
(a)(1) or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘determination referred 
to in subsection (a)(1)’’. 
(5) Section 4(b) (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is further 
amended in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘; and if such 
regulation’’ and all that follows through the end of the 
sentence and inserting a period. 
(6) Section 4(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(1)) is 
amended— 
(A) in the second sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘if any’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, and specify any’’ 
and all that follows through the end of the 
sentence and inserting a period; and 
(B) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘, des-
ignations,’’. 
(7) Section 5 (16 U.S.C. 1534), as amended by 
section 9(a)(3) of this Act, is further amended in sub-
section (j)(2) by striking ‘‘section 4(b)(7)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 4(b)(6)’’. 
(8) Section 6(c) (16 U.S.C. 1535(c)), as amended 
by section 10(1) of this Act, is further amended in 
paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘section 4(b)(3)(B)(iii)’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
4(b)(2)(B)(iii)’’. 
(9) Section 7 (16 U.S.C. 1536) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2) in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘or result in the destruction or ad-
verse modification of any habitat of such spe-
cies’’ and all that follows through the end of the 
sentence and inserting a period; 
(B) in subsection (a)(4) in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘or result’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the sentence and inserting a 
period; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘or 
its critical habitat’’. 
(10) 
Section 
10(j)(2)(C)) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1539(j)(2)(C)), as amended by section 12(c) of this 
Act, is further amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(i) solely’’ and inserting ‘‘that 
solely’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the sentence and inserting a 
period.
SEC. 6. PETITIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINA-
TIONS AND REVISIONS. 
(a) TREATMENT
OF PETITIONS.—Section 4(b) (16 
U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended in paragraph (2), as redesig-
nated by section 5(b)(2) of this Act, by adding at the end 
of subparagraph (A) the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall not 
make a finding that the petition presents substantial sci-
entific or commercial information indicating that the peti-
tioned action may be warranted unless the petitioner pro-
vides to the Secretary a copy of all information cited in 
the petition.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.— 
(1) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Section 4(b) (16 
U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated by 
section 5(b)(2) of this Act— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘to the 
State agency in’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Gov-
ernor of, and the State agency in,’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘such 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘such Governor or 
agency’’; 
(iv) in clause (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; and
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) maintain, and shall make available, a 
complete record of all information concerning the de-
termination or revision in the possession of the Sec-
retary, on a publicly accessible website on the Inter-
net, including an index to such information.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Information maintained and made 
available under paragraph (5)(A)(iii) shall include 
any status review, all information cited in such a sta-
tus review, all information referred to in the proposed 
regulation and the preamble to the proposed regula-
tion, and all information submitted to the Secretary 
by third parties. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall withhold from public 
review under paragraph (5)(A)(iii) any information 
that may be withheld under 552 of title 5, United 
States Code.’’. 
(2) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Paragraph (5) of sec-
tion 4(b) (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)), as amended by section 
5(b)(2) of this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking clauses 
(i) and (ii) and inserting the following: