[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1429 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1429

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2019

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lankford, 
 Mr. Risch, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Endangered Species 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH ON INTERNET BASIS FOR LISTINGS.

    Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Publication on internet of basis for listings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall make publicly 
                available on the internet the best scientific and 
                commercial data available that are the basis for each 
                regulation, including each proposed regulation, 
                promulgated under subsection (a)(1).
                    ``(B) Exception.--At the request of a Governor or 
                legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make 
                available under subparagraph (A) information regarding 
                which the State has determined public disclosure is 
                prohibited by a law of that State relating to the 
                protection of personal information.''.
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