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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, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced:
Jan 21, 2025
Policy Area:
Animals
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Latest Action
Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in Senate
- Jan 21, 2025
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<p>This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken (<em>Tympanuchus pallidicinctus</em>), including each of its distinct population segments, from the threatened and endangered species lists that are published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Further, the bill prohibits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from designating such species as threatened or endangered, and thus, protecting such species under such act.</p>
Actions (2)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Jan 21, 2025
Subjects (1)
Animals
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (4)
(R-TX)
Mar 10, 2025
Mar 10, 2025
(R-OK)
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
(R-KS)
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
(R-OK)
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
Full Bill Text
Length: 2,328 characters
Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Jan 21, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:36 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 171 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 171
To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened
species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-
chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21, 2025
Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Moran)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
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, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-
chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 171 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 171
To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened
species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-
chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21, 2025
Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Moran)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
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, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-
chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
(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 (Tympanuchus
pallidicinctus), 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.
(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533
(a) ) is amended--
(1) in paragraph
(1) , in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) , by striking ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting ``Except
as provided in paragraph
(4) , the Secretary shall''; 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 an endangered species or a
threatened species.''.
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