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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 Mar 19, 2026

Latest action (Mar 19, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works Committee
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Issues
Climate & Energy

Summary

The Local Data for Better Conservation Act amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 by requiring the federal Secretary to accept and integrate data collected by states when making decisions to list or delist species as threatened or endangered. The amendment adds a new provision to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act that mandates the consideration of state-collected data in all listing and delisting determinations. This change applies to decisions regarding both threatened and endangered species.

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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 19, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Mar 19, 2026 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 9184 — Local Data for Better Conservation Act · Introduced Jun 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 2579 — Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • 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 72%
  • HR 1897 — ESA Amendments Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 4850 — Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2025 · Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 5365 — ENABLE Conservation Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 19, 2026

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Daines) 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 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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