Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard.
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Latest Action · July 11, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This joint resolution seeks to reject a Fish and Wildlife Service rule that would designate the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as an endangered species. If approved, the resolution would eliminate the protective status that the Fish and Wildlife Service established for this lizard in May 2024. The resolution was introduced by four Republican senators and uses a congressional disapproval process that allows Congress to overturn federal agency rules. The designation would have affected land use and development in areas where the lizard lives, primarily in the American Southwest. No specific funding or implementation timeline is mentioned in the resolution itself, as it is primarily a procedural measure to block an existing regulation.
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