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HR 3608 115th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Government information and archives Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

Introduced: July 27, 2018 Introduced by: McClintock, Tom Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 27, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815.
Nov 27, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1048.
Sep 27, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 12.
Sep 27, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 26, 2018
Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.

What's happening now November 27, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 8
Hunter, Duncan
· Jul 27, 2018
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jul 26, 2018
Rokita, Todd
· Jul 19, 2018
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Jul 17, 2018
Jenkins, Lynn
· Jul 17, 2018
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jul 17, 2018
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jul 12, 2018
 R
Estes, Ron
Kansas · Jul 12, 2018
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jul 12, 2018
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jul 12, 2018
Pearce, Stevan
· Jul 12, 2018
Gianforte, Greg
· Jul 28, 2017
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Jul 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3608: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3608/
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"H.R. 3608: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3608/.
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