21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-376
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-02-14
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species

Government information and archives

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1162-1163)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.</p> <p>The departments are prohibited from making the information publicly available when: (1) the public disclosure of the information is prohibited by state law relating to the protection of personal information, and (2) the state makes a request to a department to withhold the information. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 376 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2017 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Cruz , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Daines , Mr. Flake , and Mr. Roberts ) 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 publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act . 2. Requirement to publish on Internet basis for listings Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) Publication on Internet of basis for listings The Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each regulation, including each proposed regulation, promulgated under subsection (a)(1), except that, at the request of a Governor or legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make available under this paragraph information regarding which the State has determined public disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to the protection of personal information. .