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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2573 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the lists of threatened species |
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| 6 | 6 | | and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species |
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| 7 | 7 | | Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the dunes sagebrush |
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| 8 | 8 | | lizard from the authority of that Act. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. P |
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| 12 | 12 | | FLUGER(for himself and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the lists of |
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| 16 | 16 | | threatened species and endangered species published pur- |
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| 17 | 17 | | suant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to |
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| 18 | 18 | | amend that Act to exclude the dunes sagebrush lizard |
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| 19 | 19 | | from the authority of that Act. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Limiting Incredulous 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Zealots Against Restricting Drilling Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘LIZARD Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2573 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. DELISTING OF DUNES SAGEBRUSH LIZARD. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sion of law, the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | arenicolus), is removed from the lists of threatened species 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and endangered species, as applicable, that are published 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533). 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) E |
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| 38 | 38 | | XCLUSION OF DUNESSAGEBRUSHLIZARD 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | F |
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| 40 | 40 | | ROMLISTING.—Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended— 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | retary shall by regulation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall by 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | regulation’’; and 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | PPLICABILITY TODUNESSAGEBRUSHLIZ-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ARD.—The Secretary may not make a determination 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | under this subsection that the dunes sagebrush lizard 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (Sceloporus arenicolus) is a threatened species or an en-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | dangered species.’’. 20 |
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