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H.R. 181: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-03 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.
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Official title
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
This bill requires naturally propagated animals (i.e., wild animals) and artificially propagated animals to be treated the same under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, distinctions between naturally propagated animals and artificially propagated animals may not be made when the federal government makes determinations under the ESA, such as determinations to designate endangered species, threatened species, or critical habitats. In addition, the bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to authorize the use of artificial propagation of animals of a species when mitigation is required under the ESA. This bill applies to all endangered or threatened species regardless of when they were listed as endangered or threatened.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] · 0 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr181.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr181 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills