H.R. 2735: Accountable Recovery Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-11 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Accountable Recovery Act

Plain summary

Accountable Recovery Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. The plans must incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list. The appropriate department is given 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. If the department has not acted on a petition at the end of that period, the species is removed from the endangered and threatened species list.

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Official text

Accountable Recovery Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · 1 cosponsors

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Bruce Westerman (R-AR)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2735.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2735 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114