A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 114-s-655
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2015-03-04
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species

Executive agency funding and structure

Mammals
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-06
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from using any funds to make a determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Interior proposed in October 2013 to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 655 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2015 Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

1. Northern long-eared bat (a) Prohibition The Secretary of the Interior shall not use any funds otherwise available to the Secretary to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533 ). (b) Relationship to other law The Secretary of the Interior shall not be considered to be in violation of section 4(b)(6) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6) ), for failure to publish a final regulation in accordance with this section.