SAVES Act

Bill: 116-hr-30
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Ecology

Endangered and threatened species
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Saving America&rsquo;s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the protection of endangered and threatened species to species that are native to the United States, thus removing protection given to nonnative species in the United States that are listed as threatened or endangered. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that nonnative species in the United States shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving America’s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act . 2. Limitation on treatment of nonnative species in the United States as endangered species or threatened species (a) Limitation Section 13 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (relating to amendments to other laws, which have executed) is amended to read as follows: 13. Limitation on treatment of certain species as endangered species or threatened species (a) Limitation The species described in subsection (b) shall not be treated as endangered species or threatened species for purposes of this Act. (b) Covered species The species referred to in subsection (a) are species in the United States that are not native to the United States. . (b) Conforming amendment The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 13 and inserting the following: Sec. 13. Limitation on treatment of certain species as endangered species or threatened species. .