HR 5694 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020

Introduced Jan 28, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Tom McClintock R-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 31, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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. IntroducedJan 28, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce to publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2020 to Mar 5, 2020; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTChris StewartOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-MOJason SmithOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-NDKelly ArmstrongOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-MNPete StauberOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJan 28, 2020
R-NEAdrian SmithFeb 11, 2020
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyFeb 11, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenMar 5, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 28, 2020
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
Referred Jan 31, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 31, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  2. Jan 28, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Jan 28, 2020Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, ``The Property Clause,'' which confers on Congress the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the property belonging to the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 18, January 28, 2020, page H633.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 142921st Century Endangered Species Transparency ActRelated billMay 13, 2019
HR 3608Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness ActReintroduction ofNov 27, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 28, 2020Introduced in House

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