Community Protection Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2084
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2014-03-05
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Commerce

Department of the Interior

Economic performance and conditions

Endangered and threatened species

Land use and conservation

State and local finance

Unemployment

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Community Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973, with respect to critical habitat designations, to exclude an area from critical habitat upon a determination that the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species concerned. (Under current law, such exclusion is permitted, not required.)</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published, to publish and make available for public comment a draft quantitative analysis that examines the economic effects of the proposed designation, including any effects on possible uses of land and property values, employment, and state and local revenues.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2084 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2014 Mr. Pryor (for himself and Ms. Landrieu ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Protection Act of 2014 . 2. Draft economic analysis for critical habitat 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 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 public and private economic effects of the proposed designation, including any effects on— (I) possible uses of land and property values; (II) employment; and (III) revenues available for State and local governments; and (ii) is quantitative. .