A bill to prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser Prairie Chicken.

Bill: 113-s-2623
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2014-07-17
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Birds

Endangered and threatened species

Land use and conservation

Mining

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior from implementing or limiting any modification to a public or private land-related policy or subsurface mineral right-related policy or practice that is in effect on enactment of this Act relating to the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2623 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2014 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Roberts , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Cruz , and Mr. Inhofe ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit land management modifications relating to the Lesser Prairie Chicken.

1. Prohibition on land management modifications relating to Lesser Prairie Chicken Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall not implement or limit any modification to a public or private land-related policy or subsurface mineral right-related policy or practice that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act relating to the listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a threatened species or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ).