Skip to main content
H.R. 181 119th Congress House

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Tom McClintock Republican · California See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEndangered and threatened species
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 15, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now September 15, 2026

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires naturally propagated animals (i.e., wild animals) and artificially propagated animals to be treated the same under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).

Specifically, distinctions between naturally propagated animals and artificially propagated animals may not be made when the federal government makes determinations under the ESA, such as determinations to designate endangered species, threatened species, or critical habitats.

In addition, the bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to authorize the use of artificial propagation of animals of a species when mitigation is required under the ESA.

This bill applies to all endangered or threatened species regardless of when they were listed as endangered or threatened.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 12 filings →
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 181: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-181/
MLA
"H.R. 181: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-181/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 181, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-181/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 181: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-181/)
Report a problem