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US S831

US S831
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


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Introduced
03/14/2019
In Committee
03/14/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This bill addresses the removal of federal protections for the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Specifically, the Department of the Interior must reinstate a rule that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes region from the endangered and threatened species list. The bill exempts the reinstated rule from judicial review. In addition, it exempts from judicial review a reinstated rule that removes the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list.

AI Summary

This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules that remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Western Great Lakes region and Wyoming from the list of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Specifically, it requires the Secretary to reinstate a 2011 rule that removed federal protections for gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes region, and a 2012 rule that removed federal protections for gray wolves in Wyoming. These reinstated rules would be exempt from judicial review, preventing further legal challenges to the delisting of the gray wolf in these regions.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (on 03/14/2019)

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