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HR 1100 107th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative procedure Animals Dams Department of the Interior Emergency Management Endangered species Energy Environmental Protection Flood control Government Operations and Politics Habitat conservation Infrastructure Law Maintenance and repair Water Resources Development Wildlife conservation

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural flood disaster.

Introduced: March 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 20, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from provisions requiring consultation and conferencing with the Secretary of the Interior any agency action that consists of: (1) reconstruction or repair of a Federal or non-Federal levee to address a critical, imminent threat to public health or safety or to address a catastrophic natural event; or (2) maintaining the structural integrity of such a levee.

Provides that any activity by a Federal or non-Federal person that consists of such an action is not a taking of a species for purposes of the Act.

What's happening now March 20, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

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