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Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020

Introduced: January 28, 2020 Introduced by: McClintock, Tom Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 31, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 28, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 28, 2020
Introduced in House
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Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce to publish online, 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 January 31, 2020

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1429 Related bill 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 1 Republican 10
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 5, 2020
Mooney, Alexander
· Feb 11, 2020
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Feb 11, 2020
Armstrong, Kelly
· Jan 28, 2020
Cheney, Liz
· Jan 28, 2020
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Jan 28, 2020
Gohmert, Louie
· Jan 28, 2020
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 28, 2020
 R
LaMalfa, Doug
California · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Jan 28, 2020
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Jan 28, 2020
Stewart, Chris
· Jan 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5694: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5694/
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"H.R. 5694: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5694/.
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