H.R. 4256: Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014
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H.R. 4256: Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-14 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Committee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014
Plain summary
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in counting the number of a species in a state for the purposes of determining whether a species is an endangered or threatened species and whether a species has recovered, to count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on state, private, or tribal lands as determined by the state.
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Official text
Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · 3 cosponsors
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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4256.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4256 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113