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H.R. 130 119th Congress House

Trust the Science Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Lauren Boebert Republican · Colorado See on congress.gov
Animals Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the InteriorEndangered and threatened speciesEnvironmental regulatory proceduresMammals
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Jan 3, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Trust the Science Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and published on November 3, 2020.

The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation.

The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 130: Trust the Science Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-130/
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"H.R. 130: Trust the Science Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-130/.
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