Threatened Species Protection Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5557
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-08
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Threatened Species Protection Improvement Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on August 27, 2019, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service relating to threatened species. The rule requires species listed as threatened after the issuance of the rule to be given protections tailored to the species' needs. Prior to the rule, threatened species were automatically provided with most of the protections that are provided to endangered species.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5557 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2020 Mr. Buck (for himself, Mr. Gosar , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Gianforte , and Mr. Mooney of West Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To codify a final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to endangered and threatened species, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Threatened Species Protection Improvement Act of 2020 . 2. Codification of final rule The revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Prohibitions to Threatened Wildlife and Plants and published in the Federal Register on August 27, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 44753), shall have the same force and effect of law as if enacted by an Act of Congress.