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Union Calendar No. 376 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4348 
[Report No. 116–469] 
To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
AUGUST 7, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY
of California, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. WILD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CROW, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, 
Mr. 
BRENDAN
F. 
BOYLE
of 
Pennsylvania, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KIM, 
Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HIMES, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
MALINOWSKI, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. HECK, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. COOPER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. GABBARD, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 
Mr. DELGADO, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. 
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MENG, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LIPINSKI, 
Ms. TITUS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KEATING, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. PINGREE, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. DA-
VIDS of Kansas, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. WELCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
CRIST, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. LURIA, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. SPEIER, and Ms. FRANKEL 
AUGUST 7, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
A BILL 
To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to en-
dangered and threatened species, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Protect America’s 
Wildlife and Fish In Need of Conservation Act of 2019’’ 
or the ‘‘PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO EN-
DANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND 
RESTORATION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to parts 17, 
402, and 424 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
made by the following final rules are void: 
(1) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Prohibitions to 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 
44753 (August 27, 2019)). 
(2) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti-
tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation’’ 
(84 Fed. Reg. 44976 (August 27, 2019)). 
(3) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti-
tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
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Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Desig-
nating Critical Habitat’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 45020 (Au-
gust 27, 2019)). 
(b) EFFECTIVENESS.—Parts 17, 402, and 424 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be in effect 
as if the amendments voided under subsection (a) had not 
been made. 
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Union Calendar No. 376 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4348 
[Report No. 116–469] 
A BILL 
To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce 
relating to endangered and threatened species, 
and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 7, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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