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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-1105
PROVIDING ESA TIMING IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCREASE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONLISTING ACT OF 2018
DECEMBER 21, 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. 6355]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6355) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
define petition backlogs and provide expedited means for dis-
charging petitions during such a backlog, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommend 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 Providing ESA Timing Improvements That Increase
Opportunities for Nonlisting Act of 2018 or the PETITION Act of 2018.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended-
(1) by moving the margins of paragraphs (1) through (21) 2 ems to the right;
(2) by inserting before the text the following: (a) IN GENERAL.-; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(b) DEFINITIONS RELATED TO PETITIONS.-In this Act:
(1) 90-DAY PETITION BACKLOG.-The term '90-day petition backlog' means
such a backlog declared by the Secretary under section 4(b)(3)(E).
(2) 12-MONTH PETITION BACKLOG.-The term '12-month petition backlog'
means such a backlog declared by the Secretary under section 4(b)(3)(E).
(3) BACKLOG SCHEDULE.-The term 'backlog schedule' means a comprehen-
sive, regularly updated compendium of petitioned-for species that are the sub-
ject of a 90-day petition backlog or a 12-month petition backlog-
(A) that consists of-
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