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106TH CONGRESS
1st Session
SENATE
Calendar No. 237
REPORT
106-126
AMENDMENTS TO THE CRITICAL HABITAT REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973
JULY 28, 1999.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CHAFEE, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[to accompany S. 1100]
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1100) to amend the Endangered Species Act of
1973 to provide that the designation of critical habitat for endan-
gered and threatened species be required as part of the develop-
ment of recovery plans for those species, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Critical Habitat Designations
Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act in 1973 (ESA) to
establish a program to identify and protect species of fish, wildlife
and plants that are endangered or threatened. Section 4(b) of the
ESA establishes a process for the Secretary (the Fish and Wildlife
Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service) to determine
whether a species is endangered or threatened. Concurrently with
this determination, the Secretary is also required, to the maximum
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