Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act
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 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | May 1, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | May 19, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | May 19, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | May 19, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | May 19, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 19, 2014 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jun 12, 2014 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Jun 20, 2014 |
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.
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
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
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
