HR 4316 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act

Introduced Mar 27, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

Latest action · Jul 17, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.

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.

IntroducedMar 27, 2014
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior to submit an annual report detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration. Requires Interior to make the information available online in a searchable database.

Requires the report to include the total funds expended to respond to ESA lawsuits, the number of full-time employees dedicated to ESA lawsuits, and attorneys' fees awarded in the course of ESA lawsuits and settlements.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2014 to Jun 20, 2014; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-GA	Doug Collins	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-OK	James Lankford	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-FL	Steve Southerland II	Original	Mar 27, 2014
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Apr 1, 2014
R-OR	Greg Walden		Apr 10, 2014
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Apr 28, 2014

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Mar 27, 2014Hearings Apr 8, 2014Markup Apr 30, 2014Reported Jul 17, 2014

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 17, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-538.
Jul 17, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
Apr 30, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 30, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 16.
Apr 8, 2014Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 27, 2014Introduced in House
Mar 27, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 113-538

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 30, 2014H.R. 4316, Endangered Species Recovery Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 30, 2014

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2745.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-69	H.R. 4315, ``21ST CENTURY ENDANGERED SPECIES TRANSPARENCY ACT''; H.R. 4316, ``ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY TRANSPARENCY ACT''; H.R. 4317, ``STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL SPECIES TRANSPARENCY AND RECOVERY ACT''; AND H.R. 4318, ``ENDANGERED SPECIES LITIGATION REASONABLENESS ACT''94 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Apr 8, 2014

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2752	Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act	Related bill	Jul 31, 2014

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the disclosure of certain expenditures under that Act, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 17, 2014Reported in House
Mar 27, 2014Introduced in House

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