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Union Calendar No. 423 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2603 
[Report No. 115–562] 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative 
species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species 
or threatened species for purposes of that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
MARSHALL, and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COLE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HIGGINS 
of Louisiana, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, and Mr. 
DUFFY 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 23, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide 
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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 ‘‘Saving America’s Vul-
nerable and Endangered Species Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON TREATMENT OF NONNATIVE SPE-
CIES IN THE UNITED STATES AS ENDAN-
GERED SPECIES OR THREATENED SPECIES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 13 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (relating to amendments to other laws, 
which have executed) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘LIMITATION ON TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIES AS 
ENDANGERED SPECIES OR THREATENED SPECIES 
‘‘SEC. 13. (a) LIMITATION.—The species described in 
subsection (b) shall not be treated or listed as endangered 
species or threatened species for purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(b) COVERED SPECIES.—The species referred to in 
subsection (a) are species that are not native to the United 
States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 13 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 13. Limitation on treatment of certain species as endangered species or 
threatened species.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 423 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2603 
[Report No. 115–562] 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
provide that nonnative species in the United 
States shall not be treated as endangered species 
or threatened species for purposes of that Act. 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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