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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-879
ESA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2024
DECEMBER 16, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 9533]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 9533) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
optimize conservation through resource prioritization, incentivize
wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater incen-
tives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and ac-
countability in recovering listed species, and limit reasonable and
prudent measures, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the ESA Amendments Act of 2024.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Endangered Species Act of 1973 definitions.
Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4. Rule of construction.
TITLE I-OPTIMIZING CONSERVATION THROUGH RESOURCE PRIORITIZATION
Sec. 101. Prioritization of listing petitions, reviews, and determinations.
TITLE II-INCENTIVIZING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LANDS
Sec. 201. Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances.
Sec. 202. Designation of critical habitat.
TITLE III-PROVIDING FOR GREATER INCENTIVES TO RECOVER LISTED SPECIES
Sec. 301. Protective regulations under Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Sec. 302. 5-year review determinations.
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