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1 Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978: Conference Report to Accompany S. 2899 1 (1978)

handle is hein.animal/enspacr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 95TH COGRESS) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I REPORT 2d Session I No. 95-1804 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1978 OCTOBER 15 (legislative day, OCTOBER 14), 1978.-Ordered to be printed Mr. MURPHY of New York, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany S. 2899] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2899) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish an Endangered Species Interagency Committee to review certain actions to determine whether exemptions from certain requirements of that act should be granted for such actions, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same wit an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amend- ment, insert the following: That this Act may be cited as the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978. SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended- (1) by inserting before paragraph (1) thereof the following new paragraph: (1) The term 'alternative courses of action' means all alternatives and thus is not limited to original project objectives and agency jurisdiction. (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) as redesignated by paragraph (7) of this section the following new paragraph: (5) (A) The term 'critical habitat' for a threatened or endangered species means- (i) the specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species, at the time it is listed in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this Act, on which are found those physical or biological features (I) essential to the conservation of the species and (II) which may require special management considerations or protection; and *39-006 0

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