Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 115-hjres-60
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-02
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on December 27, 2016, about its compensatory mitigation policy under the Endangered Species Act for offsetting the impacts of development activities to endangered and threatened species and their habitats.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 60 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2017 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Pearce , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Cramer , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Sessions , and Mr. Biggs ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (81 Fed. Reg. 95316 (December 27, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.