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Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994
H. R. 5073 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to ensure that constitutionally protected private property rights are not infringed until adequate protection is afforded by reauthorization of such Act, to protect against and compensate for economic losses from critical habitat designation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to place a moratorium on new determinations of endangered or threatened species and designations of critical habitat until the Act is reauthorized. The bill requires the government to compensate private landowners for any loss in property market value resulting from critical habitat designations on their land. The bill also modifies provisions requiring federal agencies to consult with wildlife agencies to apply only to agency actions involving expenditures of $500,000 or more. These provisions are intended to protect private property rights and reduce economic impacts on private landowners from endangered species protections.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
10 cosponsors
- Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] (R-TX)
- Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] (R-TX)
- Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43] (R-CA)
- Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19] (R-TX)
- Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] (R-OH)
Actions (4)
- Sep 27, 1994 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. · house
- Sep 27, 1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources. · house
- Sep 22, 1994 Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. · house
- Sep 22, 1994 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 1994
Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Archer, Mr. Armey, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Combest, and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to ensure that constitutionally protected private property rights are not infringed until adequate protection is afforded by reauthorization of such Act, to protect against and compensate for economic losses from critical habitat designation, 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 “Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994”.
SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON DETERMINATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREATENED SPECIES AND DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT.
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 new paragraph:
“(4) Moratorium.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3), during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph and ending on the effective date of the first subsequent reauthorization of this Act, the Secretary may not—
“(A) determine that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species under paragraph (1); or
“(B) designate habitat of a species to be critical habitat under paragraph (3).”.
SEC. 3. COMPENSATION OF LANDOWNERS FOR DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT.
Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) (as amended by section 2) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) Compensation.—If the Secretary designates habitat of a species to be critical habitat under paragraph (3) and if the habitat is located on property that is owned by a person or entity other than the Federal Government, on request of the person or entity, the Secretary shall compensate the person or entity for any loss in market value of the land that results from the designation.”.
SEC. 4. AGENCY ACTIONS.
The first sentence of section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after “by such agency” the following: “that results in the expenditure of $500,000 or more”. <all>
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