A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 118-s-1895
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-08
Policy area: Animals
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires the FWS to reissue the final rule titled <i>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife</i> and published on November 3, 2020.</p> <p>The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (<em>C. l. baileyi</em>) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation. </p> <p>The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1895 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 8, 2023 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Ms. Lummis , Mr. Lee , and Mr. Barrasso ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

1. Reissuance of rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall reissue the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)). (b) No judicial review Reissuance of the final rule described in subsection (a) shall not be subject to judicial review.