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.
Sponsor
- Conservative Groups$1,092k
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Cosponsors (4)
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Latest Action
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-01-21
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2025-01-21
Plain-English Summary
This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ), 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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