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A bill to remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.

To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie- chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Latest action (Jan 21, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works Committee
Policy area
Animals

Summary

This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken from the federal lists of threatened and endangered species and amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit its future listing. The bill applies to the lesser prairie-chicken species in its entirety, including all distinct population segments. It also prevents the Secretary of the Interior from making any determination that the lesser prairie-chicken is an endangered or threatened species. Once enacted, the species would no longer receive protections under the Endangered Species Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Roger Marshall’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $46,314
  • PYRAMID SOUND $19,800
  • GROWITZ EQUITY $13,200
  • SPECCHEM $13,200
  • ONYX EQUITY PARTNERS $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Roger Marshall → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Jan 21, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 587 — To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act. · Introduced Jan 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 91%
  • HR 2608 — To remove certain species from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. · Introduced Apr 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 3845 — To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to expand the exemption process under section 7 of that Act with respect to national security and significant adverse national or regional economic impacts. · Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 181 — To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 1306 — A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. · Introduced Apr 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 106 — LIST Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 21, 2025

Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie- chicken from the authority of 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. DELISTING OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.

(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), including each distinct population segment of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), is removed from the lists of threatened species and endangered species that are published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

(b) Exclusion of Lesser Prairie-Chicken From Listing.—Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by striking “The Secretary shall” and inserting “Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(4) Applicability to Lesser Prairie-chicken.—The Secretary may not make a determination under this subsection that the lesser prairie- chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is an endangered species or a threatened species.”. <all>

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