S. J. Res. 9
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty three
Joint Resolution
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States
Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-
Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct
Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population
Segment’’.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress
disapproves the rule submitted by the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section
4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endan-
gered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87
Fed. Reg. 72674 (November 25, 2022)), and such rule shall have
no force or effect.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.