119-hr587

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 587 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 587

 To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened 
 species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
 Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser 
 prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 21, 2025

 Mr. Mann (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Estes, Mr. Arrington, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Palmer, 
 Mr. Perry, Mr. Hunt, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Babin, Mr. Self, and Mr. 
 Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened 
 species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
 Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser 
 prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELISTING OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), including each 
distinct population segment of the lesser prairie-chicken, is removed 
from the lists of threatened species and endangered species that are 
published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.).

    (b) Exclusion of Lesser Prairie-Chicken From Listing.--

Section 4

    (a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``The Secretary shall by 
 regulation'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph

    (4) , the Secretary shall by regulation''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Applicability to Lesser Prairie-chicken.--The Secretary may 
not make a determination under this subsection that the lesser prairie-
chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is threatened or endangered.''.
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