[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5179

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require congressional 
          approval of certain actions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2022

 Mr. Marshall 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 congressional 
          approval of certain actions, 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. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN ACTIONS.

    Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) A listing, removal from a list, or change in status 
        of any species under this subsection shall take effect upon 
        enactment of a congressional joint resolution of approval.''.
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