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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1051
ENSURING MEANINGFUL PETITION OUTREACH WHILE
ENHANCING RIGHTS OF STATES ACT OF 2018
NOVEMBER 27, 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. 6345]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6345) to provide for greater county and State consultation
with regard to petitions under the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6345 is to provide for greater county and
State consultation with regard to petitions under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) sets out the broad goal of conserving and recovering species
facing extinction. The law authorizes federal agencies to identify
imperiled species and list them as either threatened or endangered,
as appropriate.1 The law further requires agencies to take nec-
1 16 U.S.C. §1533.
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