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

Bill: 116-s-831
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2019-03-14
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: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill addresses the removal of federal protections for the gray wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>). </p> <p>Specifically, the Department of the Interior must reinstate a rule that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes region from the endangered and threatened species list. The bill exempts the reinstated rule from judicial review.</p> <p> In addition, it exempts from judicial review a reinstated rule that removes the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 831 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 14, 2019 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Barrasso , and Mr. Enzi ) 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 final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

1. Reissuance of final rule regarding gray wolves in Western Great Lakes Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such reissuance shall not be subject to judicial review. 2. Reissuance of final rule regarding gray wolves in Wyoming The final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 55530), that was reinstated on March 3, 2017, by the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (No. 14–5300) and further republished on May 1, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 20284–85), that reinstates the removal of Federal protections for the gray wolf in Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, shall not be subject to judicial review.