To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 117-hr-5708
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-25
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on December 16, 2020, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service entitled <i>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat</i>. The rule defined <em>habitat</em> under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and it responded to Supreme Court case law regarding the designation of critical habitat under the act.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5708 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 25, 2021 Mr. Bentz (for himself, Mr. Westerman , and Mr. Newhouse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

1. 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 and the National Marine Fisheries Service of the Department of Commerce entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 81411) shall have the force and effect of law.