US Congress Senate Bill 293 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-06 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements. This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise provisions governing citizen suits against the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, that allege a failure of the relevant department to perform an act or duty related to an endangered species or threatened species. Interior must publish the complaint in a citizen suit within 30 days of being served. Affected parties shall be given a reasonable opportunity to intervene in the suit. If affected parties intervene, the court must refer the action to a mediation program or magistrate judge to facilitate settlement discussions. The court is prohibited from: (1) awarding litigation costs in a citizen suit that is settled by a consent decree, or (2) awarding litigation costs to a plaintiff in a citizen suit that is settled. Interior must provide notice of a proposed settlement to each state or county in which an affected species occurs. A settlement can only be approved if states or counties approve the settlement or fail to respond.

A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements.

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-06	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
2015-01-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S602)

HB585 (Same As) 2015-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/293/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s293/BILLS-114s293is.pdf