I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4319 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to publish and make available for public comment a 
draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical 
habitat is published. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2014 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, and Mr. 
WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make avail-
able for public comment a draft economic analysis at 
the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat 
is published. 
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 ‘‘Common Sense in Spe-
cies Protection Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR CRITICAL HABI-
TAT DESIGNATION. 
Section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(2) The 
Secretary shall’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary may’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary shall’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—At the time a 
proposed rule to designate critical habitat 
is published, the Secretary shall publish 
and make available for public comment a 
draft analysis that— 
‘‘(I) examines the incremental 
and cumulative economic effects of all 
actions to protect the species and its 
habitat (including the effects of the 
proposed designation) upon each State 
and locality that is the subject of, or 
affected by, the proposed designation; 
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‘‘(II) includes consideration of 
public and private economic effects 
on— 
‘‘(aa) possible uses of land 
and property values; 
‘‘(bb) the provision of water, 
power, or other public services; 
‘‘(cc) employment; and 
‘‘(dd) revenues available for 
State and local governments, in-
cluding a political subdivision of 
a State that directly or indirectly 
provides public services, school 
districts, and any other instru-
mentality of a State; 
‘‘(III) complies with the guide-
lines issued pursuant to section 515 of 
the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act of 2001 (114 Stat. 
2763A–153); and 
‘‘(IV) assesses such effects on a 
quantitative and qualitative basis. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION FACTORS NOT 
AFFECTED.—Nothing in clause (i) shall be 
construed as adding to, subtracting from, 
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or otherwise modifying the factors set 
forth in subsection (a)(1) or the bases set 
forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection’’. 
Æ 
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