S 369 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 12, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Craig Thomas R-WY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 12, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to use data that are empirical or have been field-tested or peer-reviewed in any case in which such Act requires the Secretary to use the best scientific and commercial data available in the determination of a species for inclusion on the endangered or threatened species list.

Requires the Secretary to: determine that a species is an endangered or threatened species only if there is sufficient biological information to support recovery planning for the species.

Specifies information required in a petition to add a species to the endangered or threatened list. Requires the Secretary to notify and provide a copy of a petition to the State agency of each State in which the species is believed to occur and to solicit the assessment of such agency as to whether the petitioned action is warranted.

Directs the Secretary, upon publication of a proposed regulation determining an endangered or threatened listing, to make publicly available all information on which the determination is based, as well as all information relating to the species that does not support such determination (with an exception for disclosures protected under the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act).

Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations that establish criteria that must be met for scientific and commercial data to be used as the basis for a determination that a species is an endangered or threatened species.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2003 to Apr 7, 2003.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEChuck HagelFeb 25, 2003
R-IDLarry E. CraigFeb 25, 2003
R-MTConrad R. BurnsApr 7, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 12, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. Feb 12, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2355-2356)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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