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LIST Act of 2020

Introduced: January 10, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 16, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 10, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 10, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2020 or the LIST Act of 2020

This bill revises the process for removing a species from the endangered or threatened species lists.

A species must be removed from the endangered or threatened species lists if the Department of the Interior produces or receives substantial scientific or commercial information demonstrating that the species is recovered or that recovery goals set for the species have been met.

The publication and notice of a proposed regulation to remove a species from the lists must consist solely of a notice of the removal.

The bill establishes a process for removing species from the lists if they were erroneously or wrongfully listed. The bill prohibits a person from submitting a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species for 10 years if the person knowingly submitted a petition with information that was inaccurate beyond scientifically reasonable margins of error, fraudulent, or misrepresentative.

What's happening now January 16, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 6
Armstrong, Kelly
· Jan 28, 2020
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jan 21, 2020
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jan 17, 2020
Cheney, Liz
· Jan 13, 2020
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Jan 10, 2020
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 10, 2020
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jan 10, 2020
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jan 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5579: LIST Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5579/
MLA
"H.R. 5579: LIST Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5579/.
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H.R. 5579, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5579/.
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[H.R. 5579: LIST Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5579/)
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