State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

Bill: 113-hr-4317
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2014-03-27
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species

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Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.</p> <p>Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.</p>

action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.</p> <p>Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4317 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2014 Mr. Neugebauer (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Washington , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Harris , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Valadao ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act . 2. Requiring decisional transparency with affected States Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1535(a) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before the first sentence; and (2) by striking Such cooperation shall include and inserting the following: (2) Such cooperation shall include— (A) before making a determination under section 4(a), providing to States affected by such determination all data that is the basis of the determination; and (B) . 3. Ensuring use of State, tribal, and local information (a) In general Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1532 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (21) as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) The term best scientific and commercial data available includes all such data submitted by a State, tribal, or county government. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 7(n) of such Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1536(n) ) is amended by striking section 3(13) and inserting section 3(14) .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 405 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4317 [Report No. 113–539] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2014 Mr. Neugebauer (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Washington , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Harris , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Valadao ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources July 17, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Lucas , Mr. Thornberry , Mr. Walden , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Gosar , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Tiberi , Mr. Jones , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Goodlatte , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Conaway , and Mr. Pearce July 17, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act . 2. Requiring decisional transparency with affected States Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1535(a) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before the first sentence; and (2) by striking Such cooperation shall include and inserting the following: (2) Such cooperation shall include— (A) before making a determination under section 4(a), providing to States affected by such determination all data that is the basis of the determination; and (B) . 3. Ensuring use of State, tribal, and local information (a) In general Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1532 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (21) as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) The term best scientific and commercial data available includes all such data submitted by a State, tribal, or county government. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 7(n) of such Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1536(n) ) is amended by striking section 3(13) and inserting section 3(14) .

July 17, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed