To codify a final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 117-hr-5733
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-26
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on December 18, 2020, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entitled <i>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat.</i> The rule set forth a process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5733 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 26, 2021 Ms. Herrell (for herself, Mr. Westerman , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Pfluger ) 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 the designation of critical habitat under 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, titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat and published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 82376), shall have the force and effect of law.