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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-568
ESA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2025
MARCH 24, 2026.-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. 1897]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
optimize conservation through resource prioritization, incentivize
wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater incen-
tives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and ac-
countability in recovering listed species, streamline the permitting
process, eliminate barriers to conservation, and restore congres-
sional intent, having considered the same, reports favorably there-
on with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended
do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the ESA Amendments Act of 2025.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Endangered Species Act of 1973 definitions.
Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4. Rule of construction.
Sec. 5. Renaming of Endangered Species Act of 1973 to Endangered Species Recovery Act.
TITLE I-OPTIMIZING CONSERVATION THROUGH RESOURCE PRIORITIZATION
Sec. 101. Prioritization of listing petitions, reviews, and determinations.
TITLE II-INCENTIVIZING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LANDS
Sec. 201. Conservation Benefit Agreements.
Sec. 202. Conservation plans.
Sec. 203. NEPA exemption for incidental take permits.
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