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HR 4256 113th Congress House

Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014

Official title: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require, in counting the number of a species in a State for purposes of determining whether the species is an en… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require, in counting the number of a species in a State for purposes of determining whether the species is an endangered or threatened species, inclusion of the number of the species on State and private lands as determined by the State, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2014 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Endangered and threatened species
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2014
Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 14, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 14, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 9, 2014

Committee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in counting the number of a species in a state for the purposes of determining whether a species is an endangered or threatened species and whether a species has recovered, to count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on state, private, or tribal lands as determined by the state.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Sep 10, 2014
Bishop, Rob
· Mar 14, 2014
Chaffetz, Jason
· Mar 14, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4256: Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4256/
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"H.R. 4256: Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4256/.
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H.R. 4256, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4256/.
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