Trust the Science Act

Trust the Science Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and published on November 3, 2020.

The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation.

The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 764

    To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations 
   removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened 
           wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2023

  Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Biggs, Mr. 
Gallagher, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Ogles, 
  Mr. Perry, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Grothman, Mr. 
   Gosar, Mr. Crane, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Steil, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. 
Fischbach, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations 
   removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened 
           wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

    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 ``Trust the Science Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING THE GRAY WOLF FROM THE LIST OF ENDANGERED AND 
              THREATENED WILDLIFE.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled 
``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf 
(Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife'' and 
published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778).

SEC. 3. NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Reissuance of the final rule under section 2 shall not be subject 
to judicial review.
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