HJRES 60
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Introduced: February 2, 2017
Introduced by:
Newhouse, Dan
Republican
· Washington
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Became law
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 2, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E131-132)
Plain-English summary
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on December 27, 2016, about its compensatory mitigation policy under the Endangered Species Act for offsetting the impacts of development activities to endangered and threatened species and their habitats.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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