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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 171 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To remove the lesser prairie-chicken 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, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken |
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| 8 | 8 | | from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY21, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARSHALL(for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. MORAN) |
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| 13 | 13 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Environment and Public Works |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threat- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ened species and endangered species published pursuant |
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| 18 | 18 | | to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the author- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ity of that Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. DELISTING OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | sion of law, the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | pallidicinctus), including each distinct population segment 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •S 171 IS |
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| 32 | 32 | | is removed from the lists of threatened species and endan-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gered species that are published pursuant to the Endan-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | XCLUSION OFLESSERPRAIRIE-CHICKENFROM 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | L |
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| 38 | 38 | | ISTING.—Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended— 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Secretary shall’’; and 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 46 | 46 | | PPLICABILITY TO LESSERPRAIRIE-CHICK-12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | EN.—The Secretary may not make a determination under 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this subsection that the lesser prairie-chicken 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is an endangered species or 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | a threatened species.’’. 16 |
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