Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
Latest action · Feb 15, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
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.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2017 to Sep 14, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jul 18, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jul 20, 2017 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 14, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 29, 2017Hearings Jul 19, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Feb 15, 2018 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 29, 2017Discharged Feb 15, 2018 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2018Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-563, Part I.
- Feb 15, 2018Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Feb 15, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
- Oct 4, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 4, 2017Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
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
- Feb 12, 2018H.R. 3131, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 4, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 112, June 29, 2017, page H5378.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-230 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019364 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 8, 2018–Sep 11, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-18 | H.R. 424, "GRAY WOLF STATE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2017"; H.R. 717, "LISTING REFORM ACT"; H.R. 1274, "STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL SPECIES TRANSPARENCY AND RECOVERY ACT"; H.R. 2603, "SAVING AMERICA'S ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT" OR "SAVES ACT"; AND H.R. 3131, "ENDANGERED SPECIES LITIGATION REASONABLENESS ACT"127 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 19, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2109 | Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 1, 2015 |
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 conform citizen suits under that Act with other existing law, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2018Reported in House
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced 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.
