Endangered Species Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2023-02-21 — LIST Act of 2023: The LIST Act of 2023 would require Interior to delist species upon receiving evidence of recovery or erroneous listing and bar individuals submitting inaccurate or fraudulent listing petitions from petitioning for 10 years; it has not advanced beyond subcommittee referral and does not change current law. (novelty: 2)
- 2023-02-21 — American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act: The introduced American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act would restrict Endangered Species Act protections to species native to the United States and prohibit federal species-protection funds from being used to acquire land or water in foreign countries; these changes are proposed, not enacted. (novelty: 2)