American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-5638
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-16
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species

Foreign aid and international relief
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises requirements governing the protection of endangered or threatened species.</p> <p> Specifically, the bill limits such protection to native species. </p> <p>In addition, the bill prohibits certain funding for endangered or threatened species from being used to purchase land in foreign countries.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5638 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2020 Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Gosar , Mr. Newhouse , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Crawford , and Mr. Gianforte ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act to prevent a species that is not native to the United States from being listed as an endangered species or a threatened species, to prohibit certain types of financial assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act . 2. Limitation on listing of not native species and provision of certain financial assistance (a) Limitation on listing of not native species Section 4(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Not native species The Secretary may not determine that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species pursuant to section 4 if such species is not native to the United States. . (b) Limitation on provision of certain financial assistance Section 8(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1537(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking As a demonstration of and inserting the following: (1) In general As a demonstration of ; (2) by striking (which includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition, by lease or otherwise, of lands, waters, or interests therein) ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) Prohibition on purchasing land in a foreign country No financial assistance provided under paragraph (1) may be used to acquire, by lease or otherwise, lands, waters, or other interests in a foreign country. .