Accountable Recovery Act

Bill: 114-hr-2735
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2015-06-11
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Commerce

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Accountable Recovery Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. The plans must incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list.</p> <p>The appropriate department is given 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. If the department has not acted on a petition at the end of that period, the species is removed from the endangered and threatened species list.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2735 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2015 Mr. Conaway (for himself and Mr. Westerman ) 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 establishment of objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of endangered species and threatened species under that Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountable Recovery Act . 2. Objective numerical goals for removal of species from lists of endangered species and threatened species Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking develop and and inserting , at the time of a determination in accordance with subsection (a), develop, make publicly available, and propose to ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting , including objective numerical recovery goals, after criteria ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (5) (A) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the Secretary receives a petition from a State in which is located a species included in a list under subsection (c), or from any other interested State or other person, that objective numerical recovery goals required for the species under subsection (f)(1)(B)(ii) have been achieved, the Secretary may determine that the petition does not present such substantial information, or that such goals have not been achieved, and publish the reasons for such determination. (B) A species that is the subject of a petition referred to in subparagraph (A) is deemed to have been removed from the lists published under subsection (c) upon the end of such 30-day period if the Secretary has not issued a determination under subparagraph (A). .