A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require congressional approval of certain actions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5179
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-12-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires congressional approval to list, remove from a list, or change the status of any endangered species or threatened species.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5179 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 1, 2022 Mr. Marshall introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require congressional approval of certain actions, and for other purposes.

1. Congressional approval of certain actions Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) A listing, removal from a list, or change in status of any species under this subsection shall take effect upon enactment of a congressional joint resolution of approval. .