Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 281.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue, within 180 days, the June 30, 2017 final rule removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population from the Federal endangered and threatened species list. The bill requires reissuance “without regard to any other provision of law” and makes that reissuance immune from judicial review.
Liberal: law undermines ESA and removes judicial oversight
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory directive to the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a specific prior final rule (removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population from the Federal list), with a firm deadline and express removal of ordinary legal constraints (disregard of other laws and barring judicial review).
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue, within 180 days, the June 30, 2017 final rule removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population from the Federal endangered and threatened species list.
The bill requires reissuance “without regard to any other provision of law” and makes that reissuance immune from judicial review.
Narrow but contentious policy with strong opposition potential and significant Senate procedural hurdles; low-to-moderate chance overall.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory directive to the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a specific prior final rule (removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population from the Federal list), with a firm deadline and express removal of ordinary legal constraints (disregard of other laws and barring judicial review).
Liberal: law undermines ESA and removes judicial oversight
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Liberal: law undermines ESA and removes judicial oversight
Likely strongly opposed.
This persona would see the bill as circumventing the Endangered Species Act’s procedures and removing federal safeguards for a recovering but still-vulnerable population.
The prohibition on judicial review is viewed as a serious removal of accountability.
Mixed/uneasy.
This persona recognizes arguments for returning management to states if biological recovery is demonstrated, but is troubled that the bill bypasses standard legal and procedural safeguards.
Would seek specific monitoring, funding, and clear relisting triggers as conditions.
Likely broadly supportive.
This persona views the bill as restoring state management, reducing federal overreach, and providing finality to a delisting decision.
The bar on judicial review is seen as preventing litigation delays and giving states clear authority to manage human-bear conflicts.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
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Narrow but contentious policy with strong opposition potential and significant Senate procedural hurdles; low-to-moderate chance overall.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberal: law undermines ESA and removes judicial oversight
Narrow but contentious policy with strong opposition potential and significant Senate procedural hurdles; low-to-moderate chance overall.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise statutory directive to the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a specific prior final rule (removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly populatio…
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