Accountable Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. Requires the plans to incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list.
Gives the appropriate Secretary 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. Removes a species from the endangered and threatened species list if the Secretary has not acted on a petition.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5329 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5329
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require establishment of
objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of
endangered species and threatened species under that Act, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2014
Mr. Conaway (for himself, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr.
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Crawford)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require establishment of
objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from lists of
endangered species and threatened species under that Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Accountable Recovery Act''.
SEC. 2. OBJECTIVE NUMERICAL GOALS FOR REMOVAL OF SPECIES FROM LISTS OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES.
Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``develop and'' and inserting ``, at the time
of a determination in accordance with subsection (a),
develop, make publicly available, and propose to''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ``,
including objective numerical recovery goals,'' after
``criteria''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(5)(A) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date
the Secretary receives a petition from a State in which is located a
species included in a list under subsection (c), or from any other
interested State or other person, that objective numerical recovery
goals required for the species under subsection (f)(1)(B)(ii) have been
achieved, the Secretary may determine that the petition does not
present such substantial information, or that such goals have not been
achieved, and publish the reasons for such determination.
``(B) A species that is the subject of a petition referred to in
subparagraph (A) is deemed to have been removed from the lists
published under subsection (c) upon the end of such 30-day period if
the Secretary has not issued a determination under subparagraph (A).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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