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Congress enacted the following amendments to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1978: The definition of "species" with respect to "populations" was restricted to vertebrates; otherwise, any species, subspecies, or variety of plant, or species or subspecies of animal remained eligible for protection under the ESA [ section 3 ].
The history of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) includes its passage in 1973 and its amendments. Before the Endangered Species Act, Congress enacted legislation to promote conservation and to regulate human activity around fish and wildlife, beginning with animals on federal land.
Feb 9, 2021 · The Endangered Species Preservation Act (P.L. 89-669), enacted in 1966, implemented a process for listing native species that were considered endangered and a program for conserving, protecting, restoring, and propagating those species.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares that— various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation;
Sep 16, 2020 · This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to, among other things (1) require state-federal consultation for the conservation and recovery of wildlife; (2) modify requirements for delisting or downlisting a threatened or endangered species; (3) require Interior to cooperate to the maximum extent possible (currently, the maximum ...
The Endangered Species Act establishes protections for fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered; provides for adding species to and removing them from the list of threatened and endangered species, and for preparing and implementing plans for their recovery; provides.
A BILL. To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to increase transparency, to support regulatory certainty, and to reauthorize that Act, 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.
