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A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Introduced: March 4, 2015 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 2015
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-37.
Mar 4, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from using any funds to make a determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat (myotis septentrionalis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Interior proposed in October 2013 to list the northern long-eared bat as endangered.

What's happening now May 6, 2015

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-37.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1589 Identical bill To prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the north…
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 655: A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-655/
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"S. 655: A bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-655/.
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S. 655, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-655/.
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