Union Calendar No. 563
116th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 116–680, Part I]
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit import and export of any species listed or proposed to be listed under such Act as a threatened species or endangered species, and for other purposes.
April 10, 2019
Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mr. Moulton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
December 21, 2020
Additional sponsors: Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Dean, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Crist, Ms. Titus, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Yarmuth, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Foster, and Mrs. Luria
December 21, 2020
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
December 21, 2020
Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2019]
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit import and export of any species listed or proposed to be listed under such Act as a threatened species or endangered species, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act” or the “CECIL Act”.
SEC. 2. Amendment to prohibited acts.
Section 9(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
SEC. 3. Imports of sport-hunted trophies.
Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Before issuing any permit under this Act authorizing import of any sport-hunted trophy of a species that is listed or proposed to be listed as an endangered or threatened species, the Secretary must make a finding after public notice and comment pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, of whether the country where the animal was killed adequately provides for the conservation and monitoring for that species, including that—
“(C) the country where the animal was killed demonstrates transparency, accountability, and verifiability in governance to ensure that any benefits of trophy hunting, including revenue from such taking, materially, directly and substantially benefits the conservation of that species;
SEC. 4. Permit fees for sport-hunted trophy imports.
Section 10(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(2)) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
SEC. 5. Transparency of sports-hunted trophy import permits.
Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(c)) is amended by inserting “The Secretary shall publish notice in the Federal Register of each application for an exemption or permit which is made under this Act for a sport-hunted trophy of a species that is listed or proposed to be listed as an endangered species or threatened species.” after “section.”
SEC. 6. Termination of International Wildlife Conservation Council.
The International Wildlife Conservation Council of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is hereby abolished.
SEC. 7. Government Accountability Office study.
(a) In general.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct and submit to the Congress a report on the results of a study of the effectiveness of trophy hunting in supporting international wildlife conservation efforts.
(b) Report.—The report shall—
(1) include a detailed analysis of how permit fees and other payments from hunters to government entities and hunting guides in host countries are applied to tangible actions supporting the conservation of the target species and other wildlife in such countries;
Amend the title so as to read: “A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to strengthen protections for endangered and threatened species, as well as species proposed to be listed, by requiring certification by the Fish and Wildlife Service that any international trophy hunting of those species enhances the conservation of the species before any import of the trophy would be permitted, and for other purposes.”.
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[Report No. 116–680, Part I] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit import and export of any species listed or proposed to be listed under such Act as a threatened species or endangered species, and for other purposes. | |||||
December 21, 2020 | |||||
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments | |||||
December 21, 2020 | |||||
Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |