To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5504
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2023-09-14
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Endangered and threatened species
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5504 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2023 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Ms. Hageman , Mrs. Boebert , and Mr. Carl ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

1. Withdrawal of proposed Endangered Species Act of 1973 rules (a) Withdrawal of proposed rules (1) USFWS and NMFS rules The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall withdraw the following proposed rules: (A) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of Regulations for Interagency Cooperation (88 Fed. Reg. 40753 (June 22, 2023)). (B) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat (88 Fed. Reg. 40764 (June 22, 2023)). (2) USFWS rule The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall withdraw the proposed rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (88 Fed. Reg. 40742 (June 22, 2023)). (b) No finalization, implementation, or enforcement The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as applicable, may not take any action to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rules described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).