American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act
Key claim: The bill would limit Endangered Species Act protections strictly to species native to the United States and prohibit using federal species-protection funds to acquire land or water in foreign countries.
Abstract
(HR94 · 118th Congress) American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act This bill limits the protection of endangered or threatened species to species that are native to the United States. In addition, the bill prohibits certain funding for endangered or threatened species from being used to acquire lands, waters, or other interests in foreign countries. Latest action (2023-02-21): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
Why this matters
The proposal would narrow the species eligible for Endangered Species Act protections and exclude foreign land and water acquisitions from federal species-protection funding. This would reduce the geographic scope of those conservation tools, but the finding provides no estimates of fiscal savings or ecological effects; the bill remains introduced rather than enacted.