Bill > HR106

This bill, called the "LIST Act of 2025", proposes significant changes to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, focusing on improving the process of listing, delisting, and reviewing species status. The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to initiate delisting procedures when a species has met its recovery goals or has recovered sufficiently to no longer need protection. If the Department of the Interior receives scientific or commercial information demonstrating a species' recovery, they must remove the species from the endangered list. Additionally, the bill introduces a mechanism to remove species from the list if their original listing was based on inaccurate, fraudulent, or misrepresentative scientific information. The legislation also expands the criteria for 5-year reviews of species status, allowing for consideration of recovery plan objectives, original listing factors, potential errors in previous determinations, and whether a species is still endangered or threatened. The bill aims to create a more precise and responsive approach to managing endangered species listings, with provisions that could potentially make it easier to delist species and limit future petitions from individuals who submit problematic scientific information.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/106/all-info