A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 115-s-164
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2017-01-17
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species

Judicial review and appeals

Mammals

Michigan

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, this bill prohibits judicial review of the reissued rules.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 164 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2017 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Enzi , Ms. Baldwin , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rules relating to the listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

1. Reissuance of final rules relating to gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue— (1) the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revising the Listing of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in the Western Great Lakes (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 (December 28, 2011)); and (2) the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Gray Wolf in Wyoming From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal of the Wyoming Wolf Population's Status as an Experimental Population (77 Fed. Reg. 55530 (September 10, 2012)). (b) No judicial review The reissuance of the final rules described in subsection (a) shall not be subject to judicial review.