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Senate Bill 376
115th Congress(2017-2018)
21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act
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S. 376 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 376


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 14, 2017

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(9) PUBLICATION ON INTERNET OF BASIS FOR LISTINGS.—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), except that, at the request of a Governor or legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make available under this paragraph information regarding which the State has determined public disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to the protection of personal information.”.