[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2573 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2573

   To remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the lists of threatened 
  species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
    Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the dunes 
            sagebrush lizard from the authority of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2025

 Mr. Pfluger (for himself and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the lists of threatened 
  species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered 
    Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the dunes 
            sagebrush lizard from the authority of that Act.

    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 ``Limiting Incredulous Zealots Against 
Restricting Drilling Act of 2025'' or the ``LIZARD Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DELISTING OF DUNES SAGEBRUSH LIZARD.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), is removed from the 
lists of threatened species and endangered species, as applicable, that 
are published pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533).
    (b) Exclusion of Dunes Sagebrush Lizard From Listing.--Section 4(a) 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The Secretary shall by 
        regulation'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph 
        (4), the Secretary shall by regulation''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) Applicability to Dunes Sagebrush Lizard.--The Secretary may 
not make a determination under this subsection that the dunes sagebrush 
lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) is a threatened species or an endangered 
species.''.
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