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Local Data for Better Conservation Act

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 8, 2026

Latest action (Jun 8, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary
  • Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of Interior to consider state-collected data in species listing decisions.
  • Requires the Secretary to accept state-collected data when making determinations to list or delist species as threatened or endangered.
  • Mandates that state-collected data be integrated into the decision-making process for species listing and delisting under the Endangered Species Act.

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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 8, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  2. Jun 8, 2026 Introduced in House

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 8, 2026

Ms. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Crank, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, and Mr. Downing) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing of threatened and 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Local Data for Better Conservation Act”.

SEC. 2. LISTING DETERMINATIONS.

Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(j) State Data.—In making a determination to list, or delist, a species as a threatened species or an endangered species under this section, the Secretary shall accept and integrate State-collected data.”. <all>

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