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H. Rept. 118-918 1 (2024-12-18)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahdm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-918 COMPREHENSIVE GRIZZLY BEAR MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2023 DECEMBER 18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1419] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1419) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1419 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Eco- system population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endan- gered and threatened wildlife. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION H.R. 1419 requires the Secretary of the Interior to, not later than 180 days after enactment, issue a final rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) population of grizzly bears from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The bill also prohibits the rule from being subject to judicial review. The grizzly bear was first listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1975 as a threatened species in the lower 48 states. 59-006