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A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a…

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A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or endangered species, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2009 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 26, 2009
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Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in the determination as to whether a species is threatened or endangered until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notifies the Secretary that: (1) each major emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) (specifically including China, India, and the United States) has ratified an international agreement to reduce the quantity of GHGs emitted; and (2) any such emitter found to not to be in compliance with such agreement, in any year, becomes compliant.

Makes this Act effective as of January 1, 2006.

What's happening now March 26, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 724: A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or endangered species, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-724/
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"S. 724: A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from considering global climate change as a natural or manmade factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or endangered species, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-724/.
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S. 724, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-724/.
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