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Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025
H.R. 180, 119th Congress
- Status
- In committee
- Introduced
- 01/03/2025
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Latest action
- 07/22/2025
About this bill
- Official title
- Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025
- Sponsor
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Introduced in
- House
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Committees
- Natural Resources Committee
- Latest action
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
Summary
Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (01/03/2025)
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025
This bill modifies requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits, and makes related requirements.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination. The bill states that the term best scientific and commercial data available includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus, such data is automatically deemed to be the best scientific and commercial data available. Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the FWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination.
The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.
Actions
Newest first
- 07/22/2025 · House
Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 07/16/2025 · House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- 01/03/2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 01/03/2025
Introduced in House
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Civil actions and liability, Congressional oversight, Department of the Interior, Endangered and threatened species, Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Judicial review and appeals, Public participation and lobbying, Public-private cooperation, State and local government operations, Wildlife conservation and habitat protection.
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo Bill Status; Congressional Research Service summaries · Last updated 07/22/2025