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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-561
STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL SPECIES TRANSPARENCY
AND RECOVERY ACT
FEBRUARY 15, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1274]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1274) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
require making available to States affected by determinations that
species are endangered species or threatened species all data that
is the basis of such determinations, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and
Recovery Act.
SEC. 2. DECISIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL INFORMATION.
(a) REQUIRING DECISIONAL TRANSPARENCY WITH AFFECTED STATES.-Section 6(a)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is amended-
(1) by inserting (1) before the first sentence; and
(2) by striking Such cooperation shall include and inserting the following:
(2) Such cooperation shall include-
(A) before making a determination under section 4(a), providing to States af-
fected by such determination all data that is the basis of the determination; and
(B).
(b) ENSURING USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL INFORMATION.-Section 3 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended-
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