To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), including each of its distinct population segments, from the threatened and endangered species lists that are published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Further, the bill prohibits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from designating such species as threatened or endangered, and thus, protecting such species under such act.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 587 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 587

   To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened 
  species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
    Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser 
            prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2025

    Mr. Mann (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Estes, Mr. Arrington, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Palmer, 
   Mr. Perry, Mr. Hunt, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Babin, Mr. Self, and Mr. 
    Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened 
  species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
    Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser 
            prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELISTING OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), including each 
distinct population segment of the lesser prairie-chicken, is removed 
from the lists of threatened species and endangered species that are 
published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.).
    (b) Exclusion of Lesser Prairie-Chicken From Listing.--Section 4(a) 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The Secretary shall by 
        regulation'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph 
        (4), the Secretary shall by regulation''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) Applicability to Lesser Prairie-chicken.--The Secretary may 
not make a determination under this subsection that the lesser prairie-
chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is threatened or endangered.''.
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