Endangered Species Accountability Reform Act

Bill: 116-hr-5095
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-14
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Endangered Species Accountability Reform Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Interior to remove a species from the list of endangered and threatened species five years after the species was added to the list.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5095 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2019 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Rouzer , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to delist certain endangered species and threatened species.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Endangered Species Accountability Reform Act . 2. Delisting of species Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after the date that is 5 years after the date on which the Secretary of the Interior determines that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533 ) the Secretary of the Interior shall delist such species.