S. 4146 amends the Endangered Species Act to require the federal government to accept and use data collected by states when deciding whether to list species as threatened or endangered, or remove them from protection lists. The bill affects the Secretary of the Interior and state wildlife agencies, as it fundamentally changes how the federal government evaluates species' conservation status. The legislation does not specify funding amounts or implementation timelines. By incorporating state-level data into these decisions, the bill aims to give states a greater role in endangered species determinations, though it does not clarify how conflicting data between federal and state sources would be resolved or what weight state data must receive in decision-making.
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