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; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat.
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Latest Action · May 15, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This joint resolution would reject a rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in April 2024 that governs how endangered and threatened species are listed and how their critical habitats are designated under the Endangered Species Act. If passed, the rule would be invalidated and have no legal effect. The resolution was introduced by a group of Republican senators and represents a Congressional Review Act disapproval measure, which allows Congress to overturn federal agency regulations. The affected rule changed the process and criteria for protecting wildlife species and their habitats, and invalidating it would revert the agency to its previous procedures. No specific funding or implementation timeline is mentioned in the resolution, as its sole purpose is to block the Fish and Wildlife Service rule from taking effect.
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